Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preferred online storage solution?

2011-02-16 Thread A J Binnie
On 16 February 2011 11:36, Dave Hanson wrote: > > So that concludes my (very) shortlist and my experiences, And as I say "I'm > particularly keen to find out what everyones preferred online storage > solution is and why". > > I swear by Dropbox. Apart from the initial 2GB storage, I've managed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS Simple Web Forms?

2011-01-05 Thread A J Binnie
On 5 January 2011 20:47, Tim Dobson wrote: Does anyone know of a FOSS, easy, simple way of creating forms to gather > user feedback? There's always Polldaddy.com, but with the free version you're limited to 10 questions, and 100 responses per month. Obviously you get a bit more if you pay for i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora Handles

2011-01-02 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, ajbin...@joindiaspora.com If anyone's stuck for an invite, email me direct. Thanks to Steve for mine. Regards, Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Synaptic Touchpad Issues

2010-11-05 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, I've just had a hard drive failure and have had to do a completely fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10. I had it running beforehand and I had no problems with the touchpad, but because I'd upgraded from previous releases, I think I probably had some old settings. I've got an Acer Aspire 5920G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-16 Thread A J Binnie
On 16 October 2010 21:57, alan c wrote: > Wanted: > I have some friends in  INVERNESS  who use Ubuntu after my initial > help, but they have some display problems and they are not experienced > enough to make best use of phone help. Anyone around Inverness  wiling > and able, do please contact me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-15 Thread A J Binnie
On 15 October 2010 21:48, Bill Cumming wrote: > May as well throw my hat in since I've not seen another Scot in this > thread... > > I'm on the coast in Ayrshire (45 Mins away from Glasgow City Centre) > > Been using Linux (Ububtu specifically) for the past 3 years. There is another! I'm near Elg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread A J Binnie
I thought I'd throw my tuppence worth in. Before I discovered Ubuntu, I had a few attempts at installing Linux. One was Mandrake (version 7, I think), and I had a couple of attempts at installing Debian and Redhat, all to no avail. I can't remember how I found out about Ubuntu (Dapper), but I foun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does a hard shutdown actually damage anything?

2010-09-03 Thread A J Binnie
On 3 September 2010 09:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hi, > > Once again I lost my shutdown function; not only did shutdown vanish > from my main menu, but when I added the Session Indicator Applet to the > panel, the shutdown option on this did not work either; only the user > switcher option worked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOLVED - Lost Wireless Connection after upgrade

2010-08-15 Thread A J Binnie
Hi Folks, On 15 August 2010 09:02, Alan Pope wrote: > > > On 15 Aug 2010, at 08:27, John Stevenson wrote: > > > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade > > > > I would recommend "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" not "sudo apt-get upgrade". > Sadly it was installing the updates that triggered the

[ubuntu-uk] Lost Wireless Connection after upgrade

2010-08-14 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, I've been running 10.04 for a while now, and everything was working fine until the last round of updates. Now I've completely lost my wireless connection. The network manager menu has gone from the top-right hand corner of the screen and I appear to have lost the ability to do anything t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-27 Thread A J Binnie
On 26 April 2010 17:30, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package > with "sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree". Some more tips at > http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 > > Hope this helps, Well it did and it didn't. I completely removed eve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-26 Thread A J Binnie
Hi Simos, Thanks for your reply. On 26 April 2010 16:27, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > > Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. > With the latest 64-bit Flash from > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html > (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-26 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, On 26 April 2010 14:53, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > It's all good; I've been running 64-bit for over a year. Just make > sure you download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe rather than using > the version in the repos (which drags in the 32-bit version and a > wrapper). I've trie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sage Line 500 Client & Wine

2010-04-24 Thread A J Binnie
On 22 April 2010 15:16, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > I have installed the Sage Line 500 client under Wine and it installs > and starts up without a issue. > > However I have noticed that it does not refresh the current view > correctly. For instance if I am viewing the transactions of a > particula

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4

2010-04-09 Thread A J Binnie
On 9 April 2010 17:24, Dave Smith wrote: > Anyone using a dongle from orange with an ubuntu netbook? Which model > dongle did you use? Or which service provider seems the most Linux > friendly? > I bought a Huwei dongle from 3 and Linux handles it significantly better than windows does. Plug i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Blue tooth

2010-03-29 Thread A J Binnie
My Sony Ericsson K800i has a remote control facility and it works with Karmic for controlling audio and moving the mouse about the screen. I've had a quick squint at the user guide for the Nokia 6301 and it does seem to have a remote control facility. Try pairing it up with your computer and see wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub/bootloader configs (was: Ubuntu 64 bit)

2010-03-02 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, As it turned out, the partition I had my previous installation in wasn't formatted, so grub was finding stuff that I thought had gone. I formatted it, ran grub-update and it only picked up what I needed. Frustrating, really. Just as I'm getting the hang of things they go and change the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub/bootloader configs (was: Ubuntu 64 bit)

2010-03-01 Thread A J Binnie
EDIT THIS FILE So, what do I do. Do I ignore the message, or carry on regardless? Gus On 2 March 2010 02:03, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, A J Binnie wrote: > > where are the grub configuration files kept these days? > > If you still have Grub1, then they are still in

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 64 bit

2010-03-01 Thread A J Binnie
Hi Folks, I joined this list a couple of weeks ago, and tonight I've had my first reason to post something. Been using Ubuntu on and off since 6.06 and with every release I'm getting closer to making it my main OS (I dual-boot with Windows Vista at the moment, which is my main reason for finally w