Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dear Ubuntu List Team i have something to draw to your attention

2021-06-24 Thread Colin Law
On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 20:25, Mark Dorrington wrote: > I am posting the ubuntu technicians e-mail address in case ubuntu does not > fix any > technical issues within ubuntu so he can report it to his developers. > Who are you asking to contact the technician? Colin -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repo speed

2019-04-02 Thread Colin Watson
> already known about? This is known and being worked on. (I'm not involved myself so don't have a lot to add beyond that - I've just seen it going past on internal channels.) -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] todoman bug

2018-12-30 Thread Colin Law
r the update policy. Ubuntu 18.10 has 3.4.0 by the way. Colin > > -- > ___ __ ___ __ __ __ >/ _ |___/ /__ / _ |/ /_/ /___ ___ ___/ / > / __ / _ / -_) / __ / __/ __/ |/|/ / _ \/ _ \/ _ / > /_/ |_\_,_/\__/ /_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] launchpad and ubuntu

2018-12-21 Thread Colin Watson
o start with, so I'm not sure how you managed this. Normally the private key is mode 600 and the public key is mode 644. The default permissions for files are 644 rather than 755, unless you're on an unusual filesystem. (755 indicates executability, so programs and dir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adobe Flash problem

2018-08-21 Thread Colin Law
If not then try installing it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ppa problem

2018-06-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 June 2018 at 22:07, Jim Price wrote: > ... > Lesson learned - don't just delete PPAs which have been disabled by a > dist-upgrade. That's true, but in fact the better lesson is to purge ppas before upgrading and then put them back again. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ppa problem

2018-06-25 Thread Colin Law
t that didn't work with a similar > error message. There are now two vlc packages visible in synaptic too, which > may be the result of something else I've tried. I would start off by uninstalling it. Colin > > -- > JimP > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 18.04 on line updates not available yet

2018-04-29 Thread Colin Watson
oblems. > Anything to do with the last minute bug that was found (and fixed) on release > day? No - that was confined to ubiquity (the installer), and is unrelated to upgrades. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AMD APU support in 18.04

2017-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
f the 4.15 kernel is a pre-requisite and 18.04 > uses 4.14, will this make support for AMD APUs in 18.04 less than stellar? https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2017-December/040061.html says that 4.15 is "tentatively" going to be the baseline

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xubuntu Display Settings

2017-07-14 Thread Colin Law
anything useful in /var/log/syslog when you plug it in? If, in a terminal, your run tail -f /var/log/syslog then it will show the end of syslog and wait for new stuff to be written there. Then plug in the mains and see what happens in the terminal. If necessary you can copy/paste the extra stuff he

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongles

2016-11-30 Thread Colin Law
any will work personally I have tp-link ones that work fine. I have never come across one that does not work with Ubuntu. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard " and @ change.

2016-10-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 October 2016 at 16:33, Michael wrote: > > > On 20/10/2016 16:39, Colin Law wrote: > > On 20 October 2016 at 15:27, Michael > wrote: > >> My " and @ symbols have changed from the UK layout to the American one. >> >> I have checked 16.04 keyboa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard " and @ change.

2016-10-20 Thread Colin Law
be En1 probably. If so see if there are options there, perhaps you inadvertently select the USA one. On mine En2 is the USA one. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 September 2016 at 08:55, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > > On 19 September 2016 21:07:13 BST, Colin Law wrote: >>On 19 September 2016 at 20:13, Neil Greenwood >> wrote: >>> Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. >>> >>> I think partimage d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
mage does not handle ext4 which would be a problem (at least that is what [1] says) I had thought about clonezilla and will have another look at it. The last time I used it (which was some time ago) it seemed overly complex, but perhaps I just need to put a bit more effort in to see how to use it from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 September 2016 at 18:37, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 17:49, Colin Law wrote: >> On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote: >> Is not the partition table in the space before the first partition? So >> in the example I posted whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 14:21, Colin Law wrote: >> I do a fair amount of work with SD cards and use dd to create an image >> for backup or for burning onto other cards. If I burn an image from an >> 8GB card onto a 1

[ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
t I could write a script to use fdisk to get the sector size and the highest value of end sector and call dd accordingly. Any better ideas? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

2016-08-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 August 2016 at 13:43, Lois McNab wrote: > Hi Colin, > Thank you for the advice. > > Excuse my ignorance , how do I run sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade? First a couple of points about protocol on this list. Please don't top post. Insert your reply int

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 -incomplete

2016-08-04 Thread Colin Law
een: > ... > Flashing cursor at bottom, I am unble to type anything. Hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 which should take you to a terminal. Login there and run sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade if there are any errors come back to us. Then reboot using sudo reboot and see if that helps Colin -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mystic Meg aka Facebook

2016-06-22 Thread Colin Law
r contacts? Then it knows who you called, knows his number and made >>> the connection. >> >> >> As I understand it this would not be possible on the Ubuntu phone. > > There's is a great advert for the Ubuntu phone Even better don't use facebook. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New hard drive errors

2016-06-19 Thread Colin Law
ve and so I ran fsck on it. This > failed pass 5: Checking group summary information with lots of block bitmap > differences. If you have not already done so then check the SMART data for the disc. Also look in syslog to see if there are any rude messages. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corrupt VLC problem in 4.2014 THREAD CLOSED

2016-04-04 Thread Colin Law
e next week. Colin > > On 04/04/16 20:32, Michael wrote: >> >> I tried deleting in terminal but did not. >> A DVD causes drive-chatter, sometimes a box of error messages, but no >> playback possible, just shows the disc title. >> Was good, looks like VLC corrupti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corrupt VLC problem in 4.2014

2016-04-04 Thread Colin Law
e your personal settings for vlc remove the folder .config/vlc as mentioned above. However it sounds more like a hardware issue to me. Does the drive still work in a different player? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing menu in top panel.

2016-01-19 Thread Colin Law
ent about your machine. Have you tried a fresh install? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

2016-01-13 Thread Colin Law
On 13 January 2016 at 18:07, Barry Drake wrote: >>Not sure what you mean by gnome menus in the top panel. Can you be >>more explicit? Are you running Ubuntu with Unity? > > Hi Colin . When you move the mouse pointer into the top panel, many > applications show a menu o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

2016-01-13 Thread Colin Law
; an existing bug report for this. What program should I report it against > please? Not sure what you mean by gnome menus in the top panel. Can you be more explicit? Are you running Ubuntu with Unity? I will update mine (has not been done for a couple of days) to see if I see it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-17 Thread Colin Law
inkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T/Lenovo-T410-Disable-Hibernation-function-FN-F12/td-p/407741 Those seem to be talking about FN keys, whereas Barry said it was F3 for suspend, which seemed particularly strange to me. Barry? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 December 2015 at 20:20, Liam Proven wrote: > > * Ubuntu has its own software-driven suspend/resume and hibernate/wake Is Ubuntu's hibernate (as opposed to suspend) reliable? I thought it was no longer supported. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard shortcuts in 15.04

2015-12-15 Thread Colin Law
ed all the F keys to play different pieces of Christmas music (Carols) > with the press of a key. I need to set it up on my laptop before Christmas > eve. Anyone able to give me a clue please? This may do what you want. System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-01 Thread Colin Law
sential (including integration with SMS). Does it do google navigation? The real-time traffic data is the killer there. I am not trying to be negative about Ubuntu Phone, it would be great if it manages to catch up with Android. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 December 2015 at 16:39, Alan Pope wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 16:35, Colin Law wrote: >> Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot >> of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, >> unfortunately. >> > > .

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

2015-12-01 Thread Colin Law
wouldn't > be much of a problem. If any of the phone team are listening, please put it > on the wish-list. Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, unfortunately. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-27 Thread Colin Law
ne. A classy Thornton's plastic model. My brother had a wooden one, mine was much smoother in operation, most superior. If you only need three digits precision it can be almost as fast as a calculator and it forces you to think what the numbers mean in a way you don't with a calculator. Much ea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

2015-11-26 Thread Colin Law
On 26 November 2015 at 13:17, Alan Lord wrote: > Slightly OT but I thought it interesting in case anyone missed the > announcement this morning: > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/ That's outrageous. Free computer with magazine indeed. What is the world

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network Enlightenment

2015-11-17 Thread Colin Law
all would be well. I suspect that Simon is right in that it will prefer the wired i/f when available, but I don't know. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twin DVD drives not mounting

2015-09-20 Thread Colin Law
dy burnt dvd does it work? If not does anything appear in syslog when you plug it in? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 15.10 Wily - Dash problem

2015-08-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 August 2015 at 17:07, Barry Drake wrote: > On 30/08/15 17:01, Colin Law wrote: > >> How did you remove them? > > > In the Online Accounts settings window, on the Google account settings, each > of these accounts shows an 'on/off' switch. I turned all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 15.10 Wily - Dash problem

2015-08-29 Thread Colin Law
On 29 August 2015 at 14:06, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi Colin Thanks for your reply which seems to have disappeared! No, > the online search is not disabled - but I think I had it disabled when I was > trying to avoid google interference. Re-enabling everything did not cure > the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 15.10 Wily - Dash problem

2015-08-29 Thread Colin Law
immediately after that, the problem first occurred. Have you disabled online search? I know it should not make any difference, but if so then try enabling it again. System Settings > Security & Privacy > Search Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Amazon Prime videos to work

2015-08-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 August 2015 at 22:09, David King wrote: > I am having trouble getting Amazon Prime videos to work in Ubuntu. It's > Ubuntu Studio 14.04 with XFCE desktop. Can you give us a link to an example video? Colin > > I have tried it in Firefox, Chromium, Qupzilla, Opera, V

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WIFI sending problem ....

2015-08-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 August 2015 at 07:02, Barry Drake wrote: > On 11/08/15 21:22, Colin Law wrote: > >> What do you see in syslog when it disconnects? > > > Bless you Colin. Looks like a hardware problem, and I think I've cracked > it. Never thought to look at the syslog. Sill

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WIFI sending problem ....

2015-08-11 Thread Colin Law
r a > holiday in a few weeks, and will have to install a different OS for the time > being if there is no solution yet. What do you see in syslog when it disconnects? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

2015-06-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 June 2015 at 10:11, Barry Drake wrote: > > If anyone comes up with a better option than Zorin, I'll get it! Have you tried ubuntu mate? I have found it good on old PCs Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

2015-06-07 Thread Colin Law
han if you buy a Windows machine it is guaranteed to work with all future versions of Windows. You are still better off than buying one without Ubuntu pre-installed, as that is not guaranteed to work at all with Ubuntu. However I think I would want one with 14.04 not 12.04. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 June 2015 at 15:47, Barry Drake wrote: > On 06/06/15 14:40, Colin Law wrote: > >> I that case perhaps, as I suggested, you did not tell the installer to >> use sdb for boot. > > > As Ubuntu is now so quick and easy to install, I popped a spare 80GiB drive > i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 June 2015 at 15:47, Barry Drake wrote: > On 06/06/15 14:40, Colin Law wrote: > >> I that case perhaps, as I suggested, you did not tell the installer to >> use sdb for boot. > > > As Ubuntu is now so quick and easy to install, I popped a spare 80GiB drive > i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
not tell the installer to use sdb for boot. That does not explain why it would not boot off sdb the first time, but it is may be too late to work that out now. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 June 2015 at 12:11, Barry Drake wrote: > On 06/06/15 11:50, Colin Law wrote: > >> You did not answer the other questions on my previous post. Apologies >> if that is because you still have to sort out the answers. I thought >> I had better say in case you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 June 2015 at 11:27, Barry Drake wrote: > On 06/06/15 11:07, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 6 June 2015 at 10:32, Barry Drake wrote: >>> >>> On 06/06/15 08:31, Colin Law wrote: >> >> >> I don't think 'sda' is a valid answer to all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 June 2015 at 10:32, Barry Drake wrote: > On 06/06/15 08:31, Colin Law wrote: > >> Assuming the drives were sda and sdb which is which? >> As originally setup how did you select which system to boot from? Did >> you tell the BIOS to boot off one disk or the other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying installation problem ....

2015-06-06 Thread Colin Law
ally setup how did you select which system to boot from? Did you tell the BIOS to boot off one disk or the other or did you get a grub menu that allowed you to select which one? If it was the latter then which drive did it actually boot from to give you the grub menu (as setup in BIOS)? Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preference for wifi hotspot to home router

2015-05-29 Thread Colin Law
the following should stop it connecting automatically: Click on the network icon in the top panel, then Edit Connections Select the BT wifi connection and click Edit On the General tab make sure "Automatically connect to this network" is not checked. Colin > Many Thanks >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clock settings greyed out

2015-05-27 Thread Colin Law
! No updates to system yesterday, though I've had quite a few over > the previous few days, and I'm sure clock displayed OK since those updates. That is likely this (intermittent) bug. Logout/in usually sorts it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-datetime/+bug/124428

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

2015-05-03 Thread Colin Law
, for example $ ls /opt/teamviewer9/ config doc logfiles tv_bin $ ls -l /usr/bin/teamviewer lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Sep 4 2014 /usr/bin/teamviewer -> /opt/teamviewer9/tv_bin/script/teamviewer The question is whether that satisfies the rules or not. Colin > > > On 03/05/15 20:52, Ba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

2015-05-03 Thread Colin Law
> Basic DOs and Dont's for packaging for Commercial Applications > > DOs > > Please use /opt// as your application root directory" I see some apps install a link to the application binary from /usr/bin. Is that the recommended approach? Colin > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

2015-04-28 Thread Colin Law
ot know how to test that the package installs and runs on a clean install? Colin > > On 28/04/15 08:19, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> The idea is that you test the package yourself before submission rather >> than use the publishing process for support and QA. >> >> Have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Law
gger.local so it may be that you do not need fixed ip addresses. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Law
ent #4) it was fixed in wine 1.7.20. The ppa has 1.7.38. Is it not fixed in that? What does apt-cache policy wine show for you when you have updated from the ppa? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-25 Thread Colin Law
re details of the "package containing the fix". Is that a specific version of wine or what? Also the link to the relevant bugs might be useful. Thanks Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 3.0 HDD Problem

2015-03-09 Thread Colin Law
? > > I've repeated the installation/test on 2 different machines with the same > result, and the USB 3.0 drive in question mounts OK on Mint 17 so I don't > think it's a hardware fault per se. Is that on the same PC? What do you see in syslog in that cas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rhinosupport tickets [was 14.04.1 to 14.04.2?]

2015-02-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 February 2015 at 09:45, Alan Pope wrote: > Spammer, removed and blocked from the list. OK, thanks. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Rhinosupport tickets [was 14.04.1 to 14.04.2?]

2015-02-20 Thread Colin Law
Can anybody tell me why I have been getting these message (see below) when I reply to questions here? Colin -- Forwarded message -- From: Power Pro Date: 20 February 2015 at 09:03 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04.1 to 14.04.2? To: Colin Law Your Ticket Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04.1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04.1 to 14.04.2?

2015-02-20 Thread Colin Law
e ago so will not include any updates since then. Therefore a re-install would take you backwards. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Exposure

2015-02-15 Thread Colin Law
On 15 February 2015 at 17:00, Sharif Shown wrote: > I don't know...? You don't know what? Colin > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 8:38 PM, alan c wrote: >> >> On 15/02/15 12:57, Sheila Farmer wrote: >> > Hi , >> > My name is Sheila Farmer, I am a fri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown

2015-02-03 Thread Colin Law
#x27;? So i can just ctrl + f for that and > that will indicate the start of the shutdown sequence? Yes, good idea Stuart. However, as I said previously, if your log is continually being written to then look at that problem first. It may be related to the shutdown problem and should be easier to analyse. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown

2015-02-03 Thread Colin Law
On 3 February 2015 at 04:35, James Morrissey wrote: > Hi Colin, > > Thanks for getting back to me. > > On 1 February 2015 at 16:43, Colin Law wrote: >> ... >> Try it with a normal shutdown and a failed one and see if there are >> any obvious differences. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Computer restarts on shutdown

2015-02-01 Thread Colin Law
ime to time as they come from multiple threads so it can be tricky to find differences. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-29 Thread Colin Law
follow this article. > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/10/adobe-reader-linux-download-pulled-website So has that worked around your problem? Colin > > On 29/01/15 10:37, Colin Law wrote: >> >> Good point. Does it display if you view it in Firefox or Chromium >> rather than d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-29 Thread Colin Law
! Good point. Does it display if you view it in Firefox or Chromium rather than downloading it? Likely not. You could put it on a usb stick and take it to your library or to a friend or someone with Windows and a printer. Does Adobe reader work under Wine I wonder. Colin > > > On 29

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-29 Thread Colin Law
before > I can even start! Presumably you could just print the form out and fill it in by hand. Colin > > > On 29/01/15 09:43, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >> I believe this is a proprietary component of Adobe Reader, I know the >> issue has been around for a long time a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-29 Thread Colin Law
as the N1 Claim Form from > http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/GetForm.do?court_forms_id=338 > > Is there something special about Corporation Tax forms? Some pdf's with forms are ok, some are not. See the bug I linked to for more detail https://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-28 Thread Colin Law
it would be much nicer if both Adobe and > HMRC played nicely with the community. A complaint to HMRC would not go amiss. I believe there is supposed to be a policy of using open formats (reference anyone?). Can you supply a link to the page to download the form from? Colin > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-28 Thread Colin Law
to re-jig our computers every time we do something like this. Very >> poor design. >> > > Yes. You need Adobe Reader to fill the form in. Been that way for years. https://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler/+bug/321720 in case anyone is interested. Proprietary Adobe formats in the forms

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

2015-01-28 Thread Colin Law
e pdf documents with forms. Are you able to share the pdf document? Also which version of Ubuntu are you using and if, in the viewer, you select help about what does it say in the about box? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

2015-01-27 Thread Colin Law
On 27 January 2015 at 17:24, Barry Drake wrote: > On 27/01/15 17:14, Colin Law wrote: >> >> I might suggest that high horses are out of order when complaining about >> problems in an alpha release :) Colin > > > Oops! I hadn't realised I was giving that impres

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

2015-01-27 Thread Colin Law
On 27 January 2015 at 15:51, Barry Drake wrote: > On 27/01/15 14:54, Colin Law wrote: >> >> In the working mint and the non-working ubuntu what do apt-cache policy >> wine and apt-cache policy wine1.6 and which msiexec show? Colin > > > I think you've got it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

2015-01-27 Thread Colin Law
t .wine directory? Have you tried against an >> entirely virgin .wine directory > > > Tried everything you suggest. Colin was spot on with his duplicate. I'd > tried looking for it but hadn't tried what he had tried. The duplicate > seems to assume the problem ex

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

2015-01-27 Thread Colin Law
On 27 January 2015 at 12:20, Barry Drake wrote: > On 27/01/15 11:53, Colin Law wrote: >> >> I see from the bug report that you have used the command wine msiexec -i >> ActivePython-2.7.8.10-win32-x86.msi What happens if you just use msiexec -i >> ActivePython-2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

2015-01-27 Thread Colin Law
e msiexec -i ActivePython-2.7.8.10-win32-x86.msi Colin > > Regards,Barry > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 January 2015 at 09:43, Barry Drake wrote: > On 18/01/15 09:15, Colin Law wrote: >> >> Also if that is the version of ibus then I deduce you are running Ubuntu >> 14.10, whereas the new ibus is for 14.04, so it won't help anyway. I don't >> know, but I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-18 Thread Colin Law
14.10, whereas the new ibus is for 14.04, so it won't help anyway. I don't know, but I suspect it may not be back ported for 14.10 as that will be superseded in a few months anyway. > > The threaded view is a great improvement though. Thanks. I am glad something useful has been accomplished :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
ppropriate point(s) so that it is easy for a reader to see what I am replying to. Colin > > > > On 17/01/15 21:34, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 17 January 2015 at 21:00, Gareth France >> wrote: >>> >>> I know but due to the never ending tsunami of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
lled: 1.5.5-1ubuntu3 Candidate: 1.5.5-1ubuntu3 The one in the Proposed repo is 1.5.5-1ubuntu3.1 Colin > > > > On 17/01/15 20:58, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 17 January 2015 at 20:55, Gareth France >> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry but I have no idea where the b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
the way, it is easier to follow the thread if you post your reply inline with previous post, which is the convention on this list. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 January 2015 at 20:55, Gareth France wrote: > Sorry but I have no idea where the bug is. I linked to it in my earlier post. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/ibus/+bug/1240198 Colin > > > > On 17/01/15 20:54, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 17 January 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 January 2015 at 20:49, Gareth France wrote: > Not as yet, I've only just discovered the issue is still present. Where do I > install it from please? See comment #70 in the bug, it links to instructions on the wiki on how to install a package from proposed. Colin > > &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 January 2015 at 20:43, Gareth France wrote: > I have deleted all but the UK keyboard layout as suggested and all was well > until I rebooted. Now it is stuck in US layout which is still showing as not > installed. Have you tried installing the new version of ibus? Colin --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 January 2015 at 13:42, Barry Titterton wrote: > On 17/01/15 13:14, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 17 January 2015 at 12:42, Gareth France >> wrote: >>> >>> I've been suffering from this since release day but it's driving me nuts >>&

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Law
lways > displays UK but the layout is wrong. I have to switch to American and then > back to UK almost every time I boot up to resolve it. Sounds like this bug, a fixed version of ibus should be in the repos soon. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/ibus/+bug/1240198 Colin -- u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2014-12-08 Thread Colin Law
27;t be necessary to have to > pretend I'm using a different operating system in order to have the have > consumer rights. Installing Ubuntu will not change your consumer rights. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2014-12-06 Thread Colin Law
from the install CDs or whatever restore system is provided with the machine. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-start wifi?

2014-11-28 Thread Colin Law
do you see when you click on the network icon in the top panel. Also what version of Ubuntu? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity doesn't load after kernel update?

2014-11-28 Thread Colin Law
ebooted and chose Unity from the greeter. > > No top bar and no launcher. If you logon as a different user (or guest) is it ok? That should indicate whether it is a system wide problem or user settings. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity doesn't load after kernel update?

2014-11-26 Thread Colin Law
On 26 November 2014 at 15:37, Alan Lord wrote: > On 26/11/14 15:31, Colin Law wrote: >> >> >> What settings have you changed? I wonder whether the fact that some >> settings are non-standard is a factor in the problem arising in the >> first place. I have n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity doesn't load after kernel update?

2014-11-26 Thread Colin Law
n the problem arising in the first place. I have never had to reset as far as I can remember, except when running beta versions once or twice. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reverse engineering data files

2014-11-24 Thread Colin Law
On 24 November 2014 at 08:03, Gareth France wrote: > I was led to believe by a rep of the company who makes these that this is > not the case. He was happily discussing with my other companies who have > done the same. Can't he let you have a copy of the format specificatio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HUD memory leak?

2014-11-21 Thread Colin Law
On 21 November 2014 17:28, Gareth France wrote: > interesting, however I only use chrome. Do you have a large number of bookmarks in Chrome? Colin > > > On 21/11/14 17:25, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> On 20 November 2014 20:42, Gareth France >> wrote: >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 16:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 16/11/14 16:42, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 16 November 2014 16:11, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >>> >>> On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 16 November

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 16:11, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >>> >>> On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 16/11/14

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