Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting PATH and other env variables

2008-02-22 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
"Sean Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > BUT, the way that it works is that the settings are applied at the > time of LOGIN, therefore if you simply open new Gnome sessions the > script won't be run, as the new window will simply inherit the details > at the time of lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting PATH and other env variables

2008-02-19 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
"Sean Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > What about /etc/profile ? > This is fine for customisations that are system wide. But I would like something that is per user. Thanks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https:

[ubuntu-uk] Setting PATH and other env variables

2008-02-18 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
Hi What is the correct place to define PATH. I have usally defined it in .bash_profile but this doesnt appear to get called when you start a gnome session. I want to be able to set the PATH when I start a gnome terminal session. BASHRC doesnt seem the right place because you can sometimes en

[ubuntu-uk] Screen reading

2007-03-17 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
Hi Can anyone give me some on screen reading on Ubuntu (edgy) I am dyslexic and being able to read text would be helful. Hopefully it would have an english accent! Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] App for organizing pdfs

2007-03-11 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Could you describe a few examples/use-cases of what "manage" might > mean to help to narrow things down. I am not the original poster, but I could chip in to say what I would like in a similar vein. This applies to any type of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A GUI Grub editor?

2007-03-01 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Feb 28, 2007 at 11:24, Andrew Black (delete obvious bit) praised >> But I find Grub scary. Partly that I know that if I get it wrong I >> have a nasty unbooting machine (does grup mean Get wRong and mac

[ubuntu-uk] USB DVD writer

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
I am thinking of buy a USB DVD writer. Are there any gotchas in Linux support. Can you boot from one? I would want to use it with Dapper and Edgy. -- Andrew Black London -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A GUI Grub editor?

2007-02-28 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
I am quite technical and in general prefer hacking text files rather than GUI editors. But I find Grub scary. Partly that I know that if I get it wrong I have a nasty unbooting machine (does grup mean Get wRong and machins is UnBootable). If find the file created by debian/ ubuntu really hard

[ubuntu-uk] Sound hardware suggestions

2007-02-08 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
I wonder if anyone could suggest a sound "card" for use with a Edgy machine. Do they exist as USB connected - give me the flexibility to use on different machiens without taking apart. My interersts are - sampling audio input (Analogue -> digital ) at high quality - playing sound (quality les

[ubuntu-uk] Katapult

2007-01-23 Thread Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)
Has anyone used Katapult? This is installed on my Ubuntu machine but I can't see how to get it to do anything useful Runing gmome on Ubuntu Dapper -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/