Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread bodsda
Look in the directory that you ran the xev command from - I don't know why he was expecting it to be in /tmp Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Bruce Beardall Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:50:16 To: UK Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local Council Meeting

2011-03-04 Thread Jacob Mansfield
apparently, it's lotus notes they're upgrading from Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions™ www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk - I do know the database is down "When Windows™ is opened the bugs come in." On 4 March 2011 08:35, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 03/03/11 23:52, Jacob Mansfiel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
Nope, no debug file in sight. On 4 March 2011 12:18, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 12:08, Bruce Beardall wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Anyone else having a problem with the right mouse click working properly >> since installing Maverick? I've had the same problem on both Intel and AMD >> based system

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, I just wondered, can I ask the question again, I have managed to get the computers to see each other, but I cannot get Nautilus to show the directories, from either the Ubuntu partition or the Windows Partition. When I go into Places>Network, I click on the Icon in there, and still get Unab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
Thanks John, I'll give that a go when I get home. Cheers Bruce On 4 March 2011 12:18, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 12:08, Bruce Beardall wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Anyone else having a problem with the right mouse click working properly >> since installing Maverick? I've had the same problem o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Why cant Nautilus handle Samba locations, I am getting that error. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread Kingsid3 .
As an FYI, i've had loas of problems with clicking with trackpads and mice, for a while now, ever since 10.10 was realeased :( Simon On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Bruce Beardall wrote: > Hi All > > Anyone else having a problem with the right mouse click working properly > since installing Mav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 12:08, Bruce Beardall wrote: Hi All Anyone else having a problem with the right mouse click working properly since installing Maverick? I've had the same problem on both Intel and AMD based systems and playing with the live version of Natty last night appears that the problem is p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 12:08, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 04/03/11 11:30, John MM wrote: Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 04/03/11 11:30, John MM wrote: Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Memory alloc

[ubuntu-uk] Right Mouse Click

2011-03-04 Thread Bruce Beardall
Hi All Anyone else having a problem with the right mouse click working properly since installing Maverick? I've had the same problem on both Intel and AMD based systems and playing with the live version of Natty last night appears that the problem is persisting into the next version. Regards Bru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, fixed that problem, but when I go into Places>Network, and click on the Windows Icon, I still get 'Unable to mount location - Failed to retrieve share list from server' I have tried everything, why should I still be getting that error message. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quiz Night!

2011-03-04 Thread Alan Bell
On 03/03/11 23:34, Isabell Long wrote: click the linkie -> http://doodle.com/eucwzx2qdiiiqs5p<- Done. yay, good response so far, and I have my international team of Ubuntu gurus slaving away writing questions, up to 43 so far, should be over 100 by the time of the quiz. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, went ahead, and uninstalled using the Terminal. Rebooted, then installed using Terminal. Now, when I go to add Directories to share, I get this error 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "Everyone" to a SID. Memory allocation error' I now have an smb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 10:59, Andy Partington wrote: smb.conf is in /etc/samba/ smb.conf get's generated on installing Samba from memory, so if you don't have one samba didn't install correctly ? Just running testparm on it's own will look in the default dir. Hi, thank you for the reply, ok, so how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Andy Partington
On 4 March 2011 10:32, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: > >> What do you see if you select Places> Network >> >> Colin >> > I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable > to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just discovered, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 10:25, Colin Law wrote: What do you see if you select Places> Network Colin I see Windows Network Icon, that when I click on it, it gives an 'unable to mount, failed to retrieve sharelist from server'.I just discovered, I cant find my smb.conf file in the samba directory. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
ok, think I found something, I tried running testparm smb.conf inside samba directory, and it seems I dont have the smb.conf file. I tried looking for it, in the directory, and couldnt see it anywhere. Where should it be, and if its really isnt there, how do I ge it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 March 2011 10:13, John MM wrote: > Ok, well, I found this, if I run > > me@me-laptop:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.x.x > Enter me's password: > Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.4] > >    Sharename       Type      Comment >    -            --- >    print$          Di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
Ok, well, I found this, if I run me@me-laptop:~$ smbclient -L //192.168.x.x Enter me's password: Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.4] Sharename Type Comment - --- print$ Disk Printer Drivers IPC$IPC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 09:18, Simon Greenwood wrote: The samba directory should be owned by root. Everything else looks correct from your ls output. Your shared folders should be owned by you. In Windows, a machine's user has defacto admin rights. The question that Vista and Windows 7 asks about making c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

2011-03-04 Thread Alan Bell
I just downloaded natty-server-amd64.iso in 64 seconds :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread John MM
On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software Centre. s/ Ok, have been trying to work with t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 4 March 2011 07:37, John MM wrote: > On 04/03/11 07:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> Check that you can ping either computer each way, that SMB sharing is set >> up on your netbook - it isn't installed by default as Gordon has pointed >> out, and you'll have to search for Samba in the Software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

2011-03-04 Thread Neil Perry
On 4 March 2011 08:58, David Jones wrote: > On 04/03/2011 08:47, David Jones wrote: > >> On 04/03/2011 08:44, alan c wrote: >> >>> I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - >>> here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) >>> >> >> Alan >> >> I've j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

2011-03-04 Thread David Jones
On 04/03/2011 08:47, David Jones wrote: On 04/03/2011 08:44, alan c wrote: I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) Alan I've just tried downloading the natty-desktop-i386.iso and my estimated downlo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

2011-03-04 Thread David Jones
On 04/03/2011 08:44, alan c wrote: I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) Alan I've just tried downloading the natty-desktop-i386.iso and my estimated download time is about 11 minutes and I'm not

[ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

2011-03-04 Thread alan c
I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local Council Meeting

2011-03-04 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 03/03/11 23:52, Jacob Mansfield wrote: On 3 March 2011 22:08, Alan Bell > wrote: how did it go? they've just bought outlook 2010, That'll be a HUGE learning curve then, unless they already have Outlook 2007... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co