Re: [ubuntu-uk] I've started so I'll finish

2011-04-16 Thread Alan Bell
The quiz night went very well, we got through the Ubuntu questions in short order, with prizes of baseball hats going to Martijn van de Streek and Alan Pope, and the Official Ubuntu Book going to Jessica Tallon. We then moved on to questions from the Geography, Science, Religion and SciFi categ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
Colin, > > It only takes a few seconds to change the channel at the router. > There is no need to change anything at the PCs, they should > automatically re-connect at the new frequency. > Thanks, I have now found out how to do this, and as you say its easy to do. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 April 2011 21:54, Graham Smith wrote: > Colin > >> Have you checked with your router switched off, in case it is hiding >> another network on the same channel?  Also there are other devises >> that can use the same frequencies but do not show up (wireless CCTV >> cameras for example) so it w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
Colin Have you checked with your router switched off, in case it is hiding > another network on the same channel? Also there are other devises > that can use the same frequencies but do not show up (wireless CCTV > cameras for example) so it would not do any harm to shift to another > frequency a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 April 2011 18:37, Graham Smith wrote: > Dave, > >> >> I've had a similar problem with my wireless connection getting slower and >> slower, losing connection, resetting etc. >> >> The same laptop when running Win 7 didn't have the problem, other laptops >> in the house didn't have the problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 April 2011 20:00, Graham Smith wrote: > David > >>Yes, I did mean a neighbours wifi network etc, some networks are set as >> hidden >networks, but generally you'd expect to see them. > > Thanks again. > > Strangely, this evening, since resetting the router at about 5pm, for the > first time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
David >Yes, I did mean a neighbours wifi network etc, some networks are set as hidden >networks, but generally you'd expect to see them. Thanks again. Strangely, this evening, since resetting the router at about 5pm, for the first time in a couple of weeks, I am still connected ?? Graham -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread David Jones
On 04/16/2011 06:37 PM, Graham Smith wrote: Dave, I've had a similar problem with my wireless connection getting slower and slower, losing connection, resetting etc. The same laptop when running Win 7 didn't have the problem, other laptops in the house didn't have the problem a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
Barry > There is a known problem with the Broadcom BCM 4132 wi-fi chipset with > certain Belkin routers. The problem is certain to show with the Belkin > F6D4230-4 v1. When I first experienced it, I went out and bought one to > see if the problem is repeatable - it is! > Thanks, but the router

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 18:12 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > I have a weird problem with my eeepc 901 running Ubuntu netbook 10.10 > (but the same problem existed with WINXP and puppy linux 5.2) and my > wireless connection. There is a known problem with the Broadcom BCM 4132 wi-fi chipset with certa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
Dave, > I've had a similar problem with my wireless connection getting slower and > slower, losing connection, resetting etc. > > The same laptop when running Win 7 didn't have the problem, other laptops > in the house didn't have the problem at the same time I was losing > connection. > > After

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread David Jones
On 04/16/2011 06:12 PM, Graham Smith wrote: I have a weird problem with my eeepc 901 running Ubuntu netbook 10.10 (but the same problem existed with WINXP and puppy linux 5.2) and my wireless connection. Every evening between 4 and 6 I start to get server reset error messages when I am on l

[ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Graham Smith
I have a weird problem with my eeepc 901 running Ubuntu netbook 10.10 (but the same problem existed with WINXP and puppy linux 5.2) and my wireless connection. Every evening between 4 and 6 I start to get server reset error messages when I am on line. Eventually, but not always I totally lose th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I've started so I'll finish

2011-04-16 Thread Alan Bell
I am getting the bot all set up and primed with questions, the mumble server is up and people are chatting on it, if you want to join in and check your sound is working that would be great, just install mumble from the software centre or with sudo apt-get install mumble from the command line. W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-16 Thread Andres
Hello barry, tried reportint it just now. But launchpad doesn't show n easy way to reort bug at 10.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick but the report bug link sends me to wiki. Sad thing it was done on a work machine i shouldent have tried in the first place. So shouldnt tied again. Ha