On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 23:40 +0100, James Tait wrote:
> The more information you can provide -
> dates, times, amounts, tracks purchased - the easier it should be for
> us to track down.
James,
at last -
info now submitted via the form on https://one.ubuntu.com/help/contact/
Fingers crossed & tha
On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 22:25 +0100, Bod Soutar wrote:
> I'm still confused as to how having a rant on a mailing list is going
> to get the problem resolved.
Bodsa,
again - I repeat: this is/was/has not been a rant - it is & was a
statement of fact accompanied by a opinion expressed disappointment.
On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 06:56 -0400, Penelope Stowe wrote:
> I wonder if it would be useful to file a bug suggesting that error
> messages in the music store (if possible, only when the error comes
> during an actual purchase) include a recommendation to check with your
> bank to see if money has bee
On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 16:07 +0100, James Tait wrote:
> I would suggest someone with recent experience of this files the bug
> and sees where it goes.
One of my earlier mails did ask: "Under what should I file this bug?
Ubuntu, Ubuntu One, RhythymBox, 7Digital?"
As RhythymBox support has/is cea
On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 10:50 +0100, George Tripp wrote:
> >I'm still confused as to how having a rant on a mailing list is going
> to get the problem resolved ...
>
> I'm not sure whether this is really a "rant" or not and whether if it
> was that matters! It is howe
On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 23:05 +0100, James Tait wrote:
> We do take notice of these and
> use them to fix bugs and improve the service. Yeah, we're human
> too
James , you impress me.
will get round round to it ASAP - currently in a "discussion/conference
call" with boss on firm's laptop... ho
On Sun, 2013-04-14 at 16:59 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> So in short, you _assumed_ that your card was declined for some reason
> and began the purchase again, then _assumed_ that Canonical would
> shrug off the problem to 7digital?
I assumed nothing at first other than that there had been a problem,
On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 15:49 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Could someone with Ubuntu 12.04 and capability of using more than one
> display please test something for me?
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/930147
>
> Please confirm that the above bug is fixed on 12.04 with Unity 2D
> install
On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 10:36 +, Barry Drake wrote:
> Can confirm this. If you do it by mistake you can get your system
> back...
Thanks, Barry - I'm glad I'm not the only one - and your way out sounds
so much easier than the one it took me till 1.30 this morning to
resolve!!
I'll save your ma
On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 14:05 +, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> if you wanted to find out. For that matter, a bit of packet sniffing
> would also tell you what is going in and out.
Wouldn't this be a prime case for Wireshark if worried about it?
You could make it the first "legitimate" rather than "da
On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 19:55 +, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> > On 06/01/13 19:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> >> You mean, turn it into a 'naked computer', without any resident
> >> operating system at all. But the BIOS firmware is designed by
> >> Microsoft to prevent undesired operating system softwa
> I did that. And I switched off the "quick boot" option in the Windows
> 8 Control Panel. too -- this is another essential which other
> sufferers might miss because it isn't part of the boot options. i
> think I did all the things recommended by those who say it should boot
> given these settings
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 10:38 +, David King wrote:
> I used to use Gwibber, and then a few months ago it seemed to stop
> working properly, so I uninstalled it.
at least I am not the only one!
>
> ALthough it could be a problem with the Facebook API meaning that
> Gwibber is not receiving Faceb
On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 20:52 +, Alan Pope wrote:
> Delete the connection to facebook and re-create it?
Done - no difference.
> Kill gwibber and gwibber-service run them from a terminal and look for
> interesting messages?
Now that is worth a try.
Thanks for ideas, will give it a go.
I suspe
Hi all,
I openly admit my contributions to the Ubuntu community are small & less
than I would wish [the occasional but of help, some guidance where
needed and local advocacy when I am around] - due in main to work
commitments and travelling nearly 1000 miles a week from site to site..
but I enjoy
Hurumphhh!
[why is] there is always a critic when somebody praises something!
On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:31 +, Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote:
> > A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam. My webcam needs are
> > modest so I do not need high en
On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 21:03 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well as for security,
> inevitably closed.
Simon - a good and concise answer. Thanks.
though the comment "and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well
as for security, inevitably c
On Sun, 2012-07-29 at 12:12 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
"difficulty getting quorate"
I'm not surprised - there's no such thing.
quorum ~ nounvery rare
1. a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organisation to
conduct business
;)
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On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 12:39 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> On 02/06/12 15:56, Alan Bell wrote:
> any change in installation procedure means:
> * Re-train the whole of IT,
> * Change all training and documentation material,
> * Update the process of how business units get servers
>
On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 12:07 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Woot-repair
Well done for *you* finding it, Barry.
Pity you didn't mention where or what though.
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On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 20:45 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Barry, using gparted, the HDD containing Windows XP Pro was partitioned
> as you described and all seemed well. The installation process was
> started and do something else selected. The partition allocated ext4 was
> chosen and then I
On Sat, 2012-05-12 at 11:26 +0100, Isabell Long wrote:
> On 12 May 2012, at 11:07, Bill Baker wrote:
>
> > Some comparisons...
>
> The style and creativity made me smile a lot. Brilliantly expressed. :-)
>
> Isabell.
>
Isabell,
Thank you. Much appreciated.
I
Some comparisons...
I decided to have a 2nd computer child - I called it "Precise" [my first
("Lucid") has grown up & left home - though still has a room in my house
(or hard disk as some call it)].
Many said it was too early but I went ahead. The child was premature
-the specialists said it was
I'm using Feh [a cli image viewer] trying to replicate the old "Pictures
Folder" screen saver. By using "feh -rzZFYD7 /home/[me]/Pictures"
I obtain 99% of the functionality [including directory recursion -
but have to fire it manually.
Is there anyway to set a cron job to start it automatically af
On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 21:17 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there One of many things I've learned from spending time on
> Ubuntu Answers and AskUbuntu is that a significant number of folk are
> totally confused because they have a wubi installation. In many cases I
> have spotted this earl
> installed the wikipedia lens but does not seem to come up. I wrote
> lens and dash on the dash and it does not find anything.
In case it helps, this is the answer I got from the [very helpful]
writer of the lens:
Michael Hall15 Apr 2012
+Billy Baker if you run "quickly package", it should cr
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 17:23 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 28/04/12 15:55, alan c wrote:
> Errm Alan . we have an HUD. Try simply typing help (or even
> he) into the lens .
>
Barry - now try pointing that out to a new user. ;)
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On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 15:55 +0100, alan c wrote:
> On 28/04/12 14:14, kpb wrote:
> > On 28/04/12 11:59, Barry Drake wrote:
> >> Someone just upgraded from 10.04 and after answering a couple of
> >> questions, I pointed him to the poster. He found it very helpful.
> >
> > Hello Barry and all
> >
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 12:33 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 28/04/12 11:58, Bill Baker wrote:
> > Could someone look at http://imagebin.org/210105 & come up with
> > some rationale pretty please?
> >
>
> Interesting. I don't think we factored in upgrades of Bus
Could someone look at http://imagebin.org/210105
& come up with some rationale pretty please?
Business Remix was & is a bog standard install [with only addition being
grsync [graphical frontend for rsync].
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On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 20:19 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 14/04/12 16:31, Bill Baker wrote:
> >
> > Alan,
> > would it be "accwptable" to ask for one purely on the basis that when
> > saying "you really ought to try this" to those I'm trying to
On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 13:26 +0100, Andres Muniz wrote:
> Smurf effect removed! Thanks!
> Finally worked for me by going to nvidia version 173. System
> settings>drivers it was set on the [recomended]
>
>
How Occam's Razor Works
Occam's Razor is a line of reasoning that says the simplest
On Sat, 2012-04-14 at 18:56 +0100, Pete Smout wrote:
> On 14/04/12 16:31, Bill Baker wrote:
> > Registered Ubuntu User 32366
> Not related but how do you
> Registered Ubuntu User 32366 ?
>
>
It was a thing started a long time ago [& now forgotten, I fear]
http://cou
On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 10:30 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am now accepting pre-orders for CDs of the Ubuntu 12.04 release.
>
> Please email me off-list for the address to send your stamped addressed
> envelope and I will put these to one side and send out CDs as soon as I
> get them.
On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 10:29 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 09/04/12 09:24, Bill Baker wrote:
> > This has appeared on Linux Today site:
> >
> > "Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings?"
> > "LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong,
This has appeared on Linux Today site:
"Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings?"
"LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be
used to spy on you."
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2012-04-09-002-41-SC-UB
Should someone [in a positi
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