Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Chris Smith
James wrote: > What's the full URL for UKFSN then, please? http://www.ukfsn.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor

2008-05-27 Thread Chris Smith
Rob Beard wrote: > [...] Never had any problems with older ATI cards though. My Radeon 9600 (128MB) will only let me work one screen when I have my 24" connected under Ubuntu, Windows will let me dual screen a 24" and a 17". Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: > Chris Smith wrote: >> Andrew Oakley wrote: >>> First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. >> I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is > >> Then, how do I restore this to a clean install of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to back up Dovecot IMAP?

2008-05-16 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: > First I would like to back up everything on the IMAP server. How do I do > this please? I personally use rsnapshot [1] to backup my /var/mail folder which is 846MB, I have been backing it up for 6 months using rsnapshot and that weighs in at 1.6GB a cost I consider worthwhi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] transferring files between Ubuntu and XP slow!!!!

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Smith
Sean Miller wrote: > As I said, it amazes me that a crossover cable would work at all with a > router. I can only imagine that the router has had functionality built into > it to monitor signals on both the "in" and "out" pins, unless I'm missing > something obvious. Automatic Crossover, which in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IMAP Server

2008-05-09 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: > I've also been running Dovecot for about two years, and am very happy > with it. I've only used it for small numbers of users, so I have no idea > how well (or poorly) it scales for width. My own mailbox on Dovecot is > some 60 megs spread across about a dozen folders, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Convert to MP4/AAC

2008-04-29 Thread Chris Smith
Javad Ayaz wrote: > anyone had any experience with http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html > a converting toolapparently for buntu??? Looks Windows only, and I would not consider touching a software product when the website looks like that! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Issues

2008-04-17 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: > Please can you check it, comment if it matches your experience (in > particular, state that it happens on your Thinkpad, not just my Dell) > and mark the bug as Confirmed. Thanks, Done. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Issues

2008-04-17 Thread Chris Smith
Andrew Oakley wrote: > This bug needs reporting. Can you check whether it is one of these > existing bugs: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/163678 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/164527 > > If so, please comment there, and if required change the sta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Motherboards dying ( was:Re: possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?)

2008-04-17 Thread Chris Smith
andylockran wrote: > Andrew Oakley wrote that he'd only had two motherboards die in the > last 20 years. > > I've not been so lucky, putting down around 5 of my PCs failings to > the motherboard dying (albeit through some kind of PSU surge in a > couple of cases). > > So how common is it? Have y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Motherboards dying ( was:Re: possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?)

2008-04-17 Thread Chris Smith
Farran Lee wrote: > okay, so I definitely won't have to change anything? Somebody mentioned > it somewhere... not here though. I've changed totally CPU, Motherboard and chipset and still had Ubuntu booting first time. Windows however... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Issues

2008-04-17 Thread Chris Smith
Chris Smith wrote: > Just updating now will see what's what afterwards. Well I found another issue. With the "reduce backlight brightness" option ticked for battery power. If I remove the AC cord it dims, plug it back in again it gets brighter. If I keep repeating the 2 states

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Issues

2008-04-16 Thread Chris Smith
Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:38 +0100, Chris Smith wrote: >> - The brightness adjusts itself for power saving I assume but its >> totally erratic and generally annoying. >> > > Have you tweaked the settings in Gnome Power Manager on the task bar? It &g

[ubuntu-uk] Hardy Issues

2008-04-16 Thread Chris Smith
Hi, I am seeing a number of issues in Hardy generally related I think to running it on an IBM Thinkpad (X22). - The hardware volume control buttons (mute, up, down) do not seem to interact with the software mixer and only control the hardware volume. I tried mapping them in keyboard shortcut sett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-25 Thread Chris Smith
Rob Beard wrote: > The final thing I can think of is Moodle (which is included with > Karoshi) which is a complete Virtual Learning Environment. It's free > and runs on Ubuntu and most other flavours of Linux. I've had a bit of > a play with it but not being an expert I'm not sure how well it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Halifax online banking

2008-02-20 Thread Chris Smith
alan c wrote: > Anyone have a halifax online account? I have been using Halifax online banking since Edgy with no problems. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

2008-01-21 Thread Chris Smith
Javad Ayaz wrote: > This command in terminal i take it? > Also do i need to specify the path of the files? or just file1.vob file2.vob > ? Yeah this is a command to be run in the terminal. You need to specify the paths to the files, I was assuming you were in the directory containing them. You cou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

2008-01-21 Thread Chris Smith
Javad Ayaz wrote: > ok im going to be a pain ! sorry! :) > > I edited the file. now i want to join 2 vob files but i cant see any way of > doing it. > I looked at the tutorial but couldnt see anything!! > > Any help please? VOB files are just MPEG streams so you *should* be able to just do: c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SSH question

2008-01-12 Thread Chris Smith
Sean Miller wrote: > I run all my sshd servers (on the www) on 23432. > > Easy to remember but not the first place the hackers look. > > So I think it's definitely worth doing... but if you're on a home network > and have a router and need port 22 for your local access why not use the > router to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Smith
Dave Walker wrote: > Chris Smith wrote: >> Joshua Scotton wrote: >>> I was getting the same error message until I changed this part >>> XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; >>> to >>> XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; >>> >>> where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-10 Thread Chris Smith
Joshua Scotton wrote: > > I was getting the same error message until I changed this part > XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > to > XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; > > where user was the username of the person logged on and using screen :0 > > then it worked a treat Yeah the "~owner_of:0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Chris Smith
Kris Douglas wrote: > Hi, thanks for the help, I tried this before, and got the message > > > libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: dbus-launch failed to > autolaunch D-Bus session: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. > > > It appeares i would have to actually be on the X serve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers

2007-11-17 Thread Chris Smith
Matthew Daubney wrote: > > Ok lads and ladies, I've been giving this some thought now. I can't > afford a new server machine, and probably shouldn't be running this > monster 24/7. Digging around, in my price range is a Linksys NSLU2 > (about £60..) which can be reflashed with Debian. I run a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Solid State hard disks?

2007-10-27 Thread Chris Smith
Mark Harrison wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know where (whether?) it's possible to get solid-state > "disks" in a format that has an IDE / SATA cable attached? > > Let me explain the thinking: > > - A 4Gb solid state disk in an SD card format costs about £25 > - A 4Gb solid state disk with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi there!

2007-01-18 Thread Chris Smith
: > I'm also nearing the end of secondary school. If only we were a little > younger to see if OSS gets implemented at all. > -- Chris Smith http://users.toonarmy.mine.nu/~chris/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Fiesty ??

2006-12-20 Thread Chris Smith
at /var/lib/dpkg/status its not as simple as dpkg --get-selections. -- Chris Smith http://users.toonarmy.mine.nu/~chris/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/