Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
On 23 April 2013 21:40, Colin Law wrote: > On 23 April 2013 18:56, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: >> I thought this was fixed, but see these couple bugs: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/739184 >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1085169 > > There

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
On 23 April 2013 18:26, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > well that provoked a 'wtf' from the head of quality / testing. He is filing > a bug. As you correctly state, this is an issue. I will post up the bug > number once Nicholas has raised it. Please log onto to the system and click > on the "aff

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Release Event - Thursday

2013-04-23 Thread Barry Drake
On 23/04/13 22:17, Alan Bell wrote: the release of the Raring Ringtail is in a couple of days and we will be having the traditional London pub meetup with the Canonical team. This time it will be at the Old Thameside Inn, next to the Golden Hind from about 6:30 on Thursday evening. Hey guys .

[ubuntu-uk] London Release Event - Thursday

2013-04-23 Thread Alan Bell
Hi all, the release of the Raring Ringtail is in a couple of days and we will be having the traditional London pub meetup with the Canonical team. This time it will be at the Old Thameside Inn, next to the Golden Hind from about 6:30 on Thursday evening. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Neil Greenwood
On Apr 23, 2013 9:22 PM, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > > On 2013-04-23 20:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Ah, yes, DKMS again, that explains it. Now if only we could just have DKMS > > packaged up for automatic installation in the Synaptic package manager. As > > it is, you need quite a bit of savvy to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Colin Law
On 23 April 2013 18:56, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > I thought this was fixed, but see these couple bugs: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/739184 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1085169 There is also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2013-04-23 20:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Ah, yes, DKMS again, that explains it. Now if only we could just have DKMS > packaged up for automatic installation in the Synaptic package manager. As > it is, you need quite a bit of savvy to install DKMS, more than I've got, > for sure. You mean, lik

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
I do not use libreoffice but for your advice... (18:10:22) balloons: tea time.. irish tea, but not milk.. don't hurt me! > (18:11:22) phillw: slip a shot of whisky into it :) > (18:11:25) phillw: So I am now running beta 2 of Raring, I guess, and > LibreOffice's menus > (18:11:25) phillw: still a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 23/04/13 20:36, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: Debian (and thus Ubuntu) has the feature of DKMS which allows a package to flag to apt that it needs reconfiguring after a kernel update. AFAIK, dpkg will run the configure step of installation again for those so-flagged packages to give them a chance to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
Debian (and thus Ubuntu) has the feature of DKMS which allows a package to flag to apt that it needs reconfiguring after a kernel update. AFAIK, dpkg will run the configure step of installation again for those so-flagged packages to give them a chance to recompile any kernel interfaces. The nvidia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Colin Law
On 23 April 2013 18:26, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > well that provoked a 'wtf' from the head of quality / testing. He is filing > a bug. As you correctly state, this is an issue. I will post up the bug > number once Nicholas has raised it. Please log onto to the system and click > on the "aff

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
I thought this was fixed, but see these couple bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/739184 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1085169 If you can confirm the new version linked (in a ppa, from bug reports) is working for you, you can help the d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, well that provoked a 'wtf' from the head of quality / testing. He is filing a bug. As you correctly state, this is an issue. I will post up the bug number once Nicholas has raised it. Please log onto to the system and click on the "affects me" portion to receive updates on its progress. Regar

[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
So I am now running beta 2 of Raring, I guess, and LibreOffice's menus still are completely inaccessible via the keyboard. This is a really serious problem. It renders the entire suite unusable for me. Is there any official way to draw more attention to this really quite critical bug? -- Liam Pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Kris Douglas
Hello, I do believe this depends on the card in use, some drivers have slightly different conditions compared to others. I know for example some modules recompile themselves when the kernel is updated. I'm confident Linux Emporium choose devices that work exceptionally well with Linux (or specific

[ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

2013-04-23 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Hi, You recall we talked about the hassle of having to re-install wireless drivers after every kernel update. I've noticed that neither of the Lenovo machines which I got from Linux Emporium suffers from this problem: they've both received multiple kernel updates. So I rang Linux Emporium to