[ubuntu-uk] wifi problem with Lenovo X201 Centrino Advanced-N 6200

2011-11-05 Thread Bruce Durling
Hi, I've been having some trouble lately with the wifi on my Lenovo X201 and I was wondering if anyone was having similar trouble or could suggest a fix. All help gratefully appreciated. I've been banging my head on google around this for a good number of weeks now and the suggestions that I've f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid

2010-05-23 Thread Bruce Durling
Tim and John, Thanks! I've passed this on to my friend. cheers, Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] nvidia and lucid

2010-05-22 Thread Bruce Durling
Hi, I have a friend running Lucid with nvidia and he is having trouble with the video drivers (black screen after bootup or flickering low resolution). I'm noticing that there are a number of discussions on ubuntuforums and the nvidia boards and some bug reports, but I haven't found anything defin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Karmic launch party - open to all?

2009-10-27 Thread Bruce Durling
Sounds like my company's dress code. "We have no dress code, but we prefer you to be dressed." 2009/10/27 Alan Bell : > Joseph Hughes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only? >> >> Thanks, >> Joseph > open to all. (washing first is advised though)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome OS Announced

2009-07-08 Thread Bruce Durling
2009/7/8 Farran Lee : > I'm not sure how correct this is, but I read somewhere (might've been on > here :P) that the HTML5 standard doesn't actually include the opensource > media stuff, because Microsoft and I think another corporation didn't > like it. However, Mozilla and most other groups have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dropbox on jaunty?

2009-04-09 Thread Bruce Durling
2009/4/9 dan : > Somewhere on the forums there was a link to the development version. > This is the version i'm currently using on jaunty. > > As for an official repo i think you might have to wait until jaunty is > released. I found this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1104951&hig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dropbox on jaunty?

2009-04-09 Thread Bruce Durling
Simon, 2009/4/9 Simon Wears : > Have you tried installing the official Dropbox, such as the 8.10 build, to > see if it works? Not yet. I was hoping to put the repository in and it looks like it is intrepid only. I've seen some warnings about python errors. I'll give it a try in a bit though if th

[ubuntu-uk] dropbox on jaunty?

2009-04-09 Thread Bruce Durling
Does anyone know if there is a trusted dropbox nautilus plugin for Jaunty? I've found a private repo on google, but I was wondering if there was something more official. So I suppose it is an opinion rather than a web search I need. :-) cheers, Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Durling
Yishay, I like the tag line you put with it. Better than mine. :-) 2009/3/31 Yishay Mor : > me too: http://twitter.com/yishaym/status/1424196619 > > 2009/3/31 Bruce Durling >> >> I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot >&g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Durling
I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot would be the place to go. 2009 - The year of the linux desktop for Great Grandmas? cheers, Bruce 2009/3/31 alan c : > I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do > internet shopping on her own with Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT : Need stuff

2009-02-03 Thread Bruce Durling
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Ciaran Mooney wrote: > Also I don't think my current graphics card can handle a larger > screen, it can only just cope with basic desktop effects! So I'll > likely be needing a new graphics card too. Now I know this means going > with ATI or nVidia, both of which ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keep losing sound

2009-01-07 Thread Bruce Durling
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Oliver Marks wrote: > Not sure if this will help, but flash player uses alsa by default, but > if you install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound it will try and output > thought esound or oss, which might help but you would have to try, it > falls back to also if it fa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keep losing sound

2009-01-07 Thread Bruce Durling
I'd just like to me too on this. I'm running a Dell Inspiron 1420 that came with Ubuntu and I'm running 32bit 8.10 now. Things seem better but still flaky. I should get to the bottom of it one day really. I have a desktop that runs Mythbuntu 8.10 and that doens't seem to have much in the way of s