ile via
Bluetooth or USB cable. I'm genuinely impressed that the hardware hurdles
in the way of Linux definitely seem to be getting fewer and fewer.
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well.
Thanks for that: again, not another key combo that it would have
occurred to me to use, since it /obviously/ does bad things.. ;-)
(You can imagine how perplexed I was the first time I came across a
Whinedos box that asked me to do that in order to login..)
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Adam Bagnall wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
> David M wrote:
>>
>> ..in order to shutdown my computer, but as this menu item is no longer
>> present, is it possible to activate the new logout menu from the
>> keyboard? I presume it must be somehow, as it
Dean Sas wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
> David M wrote:
>>
>> However, 9.04 has removed the Logout/Shutdown options from the System
>> menu in GNOME, meaning that I have no alternative now but to use the
>> newish logout menu (that was introduced in 8.10,
s keyboard
shortcut, as I'm sure few people would guess it otherwise.
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And of course, I run a mixture of KDE and GNOME apps depending on
preference, so ultimately I see little point in getting too fanatical
about it..
David.
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came over the wrong way given what looked liked
slightly dubious circumstances. (I didn't recognise it as a Doctor Who
quote and just thought it was a bit too megalomaniac, even if intended
humorously, in the circumstances.)
..anyway, the current incarnation of the Master was a bit crap, an
media - we need to
present ourselves as we would want others to see us. That doesn't
necessarily mean shirt-buttoned-up formality (ugh), but there is a degree
of professionalism that is necessary.
> I would like to thank the 19 people who voted for me; it's a shame I
> cannot
der no circumstances should the poll be
closed before the closing time.
[1] ..unless sufficient members feel that the poll has been mishandled
to such an extent that they feel there should be a new call for
candidates.
I would be grateful if somebody could advise how to create a poll on
Launch
Thanks for your reply, Alan.. Comments below..
Alan Pope wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
> On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 23:30 +0100, David M wrote:
>> The process sounds reasonable 'in the large' but definitely not in the
>> detail. *Please* bear in mind that there
seemingly power themselves down after a period of non-use. While
nifty, the thing that worries me here is whether it does so in such a
way that doesn't cause mount problems, and whether Ubuntu is able to
kick it back into life again the next time it is needed?
And perhaps finally, iomega's De
also have two filing cabinets for originals of bank
> statements / mortgage / tax returns / etc. :-)
I dream of the day when we can actually keep paperless paperwork! :-)
Cheers,
David.
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et!). I also don't know whether USB HDs or NAS HDs are RAID-able.
Can anybody offer any advice on this?
Thanks,
David.
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solution that:
1 definitely works with Ubuntu
2 works without too much fear and pain as regards software installation
(something that I can just apt-get and forget would be ideal)
3 I can get hold of easily
4 is cheap (under GBP 50) :-)
Thanks for any advice,
David.
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would act as a
replacement for the Colorzilla eyedropper? That is, a program which
would allow me to select a pixel on-screen and return its color value?
David.
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d to make, if any, and whether this affects
the PHP problem.
I did a web search, and this seems to be a problem experienced by
various other people, but unfortunately there don't seem to be any
responses stating how to resolve it... :-(
Thanks for any advice,
David.
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Pete Ryland wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
about: Re: Configuring grub: how do I determine location of /boot?
> On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 06:48:07 +0100, David M wrote:
>> (although, weirdly, if music, etc, is playing at the time, it repeatedly
>> loops the last seco
rtition" from *what*, btw?)
S.., how can I find out where /boot actually is?
My system has whatever-is-installed-in-the-MBR installed in the MBR of
my first hard disk (hda) (which otherwise contains Some Other System),
but Ubuntu itself is installed on the second hard disk (hdb).
Thanks for any
Ubuntu seems to prefer xinetd as it's in main, whereas inetd
(inetutils-inetd) is only in universe..
Thanks for your help,
David.
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Magnus Therning wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:19:04PM +0100, David M wrote:
>>
>>I'd like, when I login, for one of these terminals to run some commands
>>automatically. I know these would go in some kind of login file (eg,
>
es anybody know which file I need to edit in this case?
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about: hoary->breezy upgrade fails on libofx2
> I've upgraded my /etc/apt/sources.list accordingly.
> apt-get dist-upgrade seemed to have fetched everything needed ok, and
> started the actual upgrade. Everything seemed to proce
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