Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels .....

2015-01-22 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 04:16:55PM +0100, Colin Law wrote: > Right, gotit, thanks. I deduce from what I see that 14.04 > automatically uninstalls (or at least makes available for > autoremoving) all except the current and previous kernel, and all that > is left is the conf files for previous vers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-09-30 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:18:08PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On 23 April 2013 18:05, Liam Proven wrote: > > 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 enti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-03-27 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 03:13:44PM +, Mark Fraser wrote: > That makes sense, but why are they blocked as I've got these: > [28] 443ALLOW INAnywhere > [29] 995ALLOW INAnywhere > As rules in UFW. It would expect those rules to mean you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-03-27 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:02:51PM +, Mark Fraser wrote: > I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my > syslogs: > > [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= > MAC=50:46:5d:b8:7a:58:1c:c6:3c:9b:dd:0e:08:00 SRC=173.194.41.99 > DST=192.168.2.102 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Precise .....

2012-02-17 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 03:12:30PM +, Liam Proven wrote: > On 17 February 2012 15:10, Barry Drake wrote: > > On 17/02/12 15:06, Liam Proven wrote: > >> > >> Try sudo apt-get install -f > > > > Sorry, that just gives me: > > barry@prrecise:~$ sudo apt-get install -f > > [sudo] password for barr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPL etc.

2011-12-26 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:37:27AM +, Sean Miller wrote: > This isn't strictly Ubuntu, but more a generic "Open Source" question. > > I am looking for a WYSIWYG editor for my own bespoke CMS that I have > written, and have until now been using FCKEditor. > > I have found this one, however, wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu

2011-12-26 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 06:50:03PM +, Tony Pursell wrote: > I do actually get a flashing icon in the panel on my Desktop PC when I have > messages. It is the empathy icon (a sort of green square voice bubble) > that alternates with a sort of alert symbol. To me it is a bit irritating > as I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shutdown during log in: is it a feature?

2011-12-22 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 09:09:28AM +, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > Hello, > > It used to be the case, at least I seem to remember, that if I was in the > log in of ubuntu (now light dm I think) if I pressed the shutdown button > (on the hardware) it will give me 60 seconds to shutdown but wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu

2011-12-20 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 07:47:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote: > I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are > translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called > ayatana-notify, IIRC. But they are non-interactible (by design). So you cannot click them to get to th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin ....

2011-12-19 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:30:36PM +, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there I decided to install Alpha 1 Precise on its release > day. I have Oneiric on a dual boot, but Precise seems good, so I am > using it almost exclusively. So far, the bugs I've encountered are > few and far between. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open pgp key

2011-12-17 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 08:31:36AM +, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > I am trying (and failing) to upload my open gpg key details to > launchpad i am using my existing gpg key created some time ago, it > is still valid > > i have used pass word and encryption keys as per instructions to > sync m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 01:34:18PM +, Paula Graham wrote: > Dunno what's hogging the CPU but Oneiric takes literally (I've timed > it) up to 6 mins to boot on my 4 GB Lenovo and almost as long to > shut down and is sluggish in use. For several more minutes after > logging in, the CPU is going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 lost sound

2011-11-25 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:26:54PM +, George Tripp wrote: > Looking increasingly likely I'm going to end up having to reinstall. A shame > really since it's only sound that's the problem. That's life! A reinstall seems excessive. If it works on the liveCD it is clearly not a hardware issue.