Re: [ubuntu-uk] Portable wireless network.?

Roachy, > Based on your description of what you need, you'll probably want to set up a lightweight server with a wireless adapter or linked to an existing access point via an ethernet connection - you'll also need to find some way of sending the delegates to the questionnaire as an initial page. W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Portable wireless network.?

ice of a new drive, > > https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/internet/C/networking-shares.html > > Goes through a few options for you. There is samba as which is useful if the other people in the room are running window. > > Anyway – hope that will gets you started. > > > On 26 Januar

[ubuntu-uk] Portable wireless network.?

I'm not actually sure what I should be asking here, but I would like to be able to set up a laptop as a server running questionnaires (created with StatPac) that need a cgi-bin folder to run a perl script. I would then like to allow people to access the questionnaire from their laptops via a wirel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No tilde with 11.04 running on Macbook Pro with VMware

Liam > Is that the only key not working correctly? > > Also, you are aware that the UK keyboard layout is not the same as the > *Apple* UK keyboard layout? > > Thanks,I tried selecting different keyboards, however, even though Ubuntu dialog boxes were all saying that I was set up for the UK. I n

[ubuntu-uk] No tilde with 11.04 running on Macbook Pro with VMware

I have just installed 11.04 on a unibody Macbook pro using VMWare, but the "~" key prints on screen as ">". As far as I can tell I have set up Ubuntu so its using a UK keyboard and told it that it is a MacBook Pro. This worked fine with earlier versions of Ubuntu and Parallels I have found some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New business

Dave, There is a lot of advice around for starting a business, just google, but the Inland Revenue web page is a fair start http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/businesses/tmastarting-up-in-business.shtml When I started up 7 years, the inland

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

A little bit of a ramble here, but hopefully the concepts are clear. It probably depends on circumstances, but using specialist software such as stats and GIS, as an example R and QGIS allow students access to these programs at home, and not as is the case with the commercial alternatives force s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

Paul, > ok so this happens with my local authority application form if i import > the native word dociument in to open office the boxes seem to go off the > edge of the page > > if word is not appropriate what are they meant to use, pdf is fixed, as in > if filling in (pen) i can't add more row

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

Tim, I have a Draytek Vigor 2820 Vn and for some months now it has been > getting more problematical with wireless networking. Ten yards (metres, > furlongs, cubits, whatever you are happy with) away the other day it was > fascinating to see the signal strength wax and wane on a portable; > nothi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

Colin, > > It only takes a few seconds to change the channel at the router. > There is no need to change anything at the PCs, they should > automatically re-connect at the new frequency. > Thanks, I have now found out how to do this, and as you say its easy to do. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

Colin Have you checked with your router switched off, in case it is hiding > another network on the same channel? Also there are other devises > that can use the same frequencies but do not show up (wireless CCTV > cameras for example) so it would not do any harm to shift to another > frequency a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

David >Yes, I did mean a neighbours wifi network etc, some networks are set as hidden >networks, but generally you'd expect to see them. Thanks again. Strangely, this evening, since resetting the router at about 5pm, for the first time in a couple of weeks, I am still connected ?? Graham -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

Barry > There is a known problem with the Broadcom BCM 4132 wi-fi chipset with > certain Belkin routers. The problem is certain to show with the Belkin > F6D4230-4 v1. When I first experienced it, I went out and bought one to > see if the problem is repeatable - it is! > Thanks, but the router

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

Dave, > I've had a similar problem with my wireless connection getting slower and > slower, losing connection, resetting etc. > > The same laptop when running Win 7 didn't have the problem, other laptops > in the house didn't have the problem at the same time I was losing > connection. > > After

[ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

I have a weird problem with my eeepc 901 running Ubuntu netbook 10.10 (but the same problem existed with WINXP and puppy linux 5.2) and my wireless connection. Every evening between 4 and 6 I start to get server reset error messages when I am on line. Eventually, but not always I totally lose th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

Sean I shall never, myself, be a great advocate of things like the Kindle... I > spend all day looking at a screen programming, or in my part time job at > Morrisons supporting self-scans and working on tills, so when I want to "get > away and relax" the last thing I want is an electronic screen.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

A bit late to the party, but.. I bought a Kindle as a way of reading the many manuals/tutorials/books that are now downloadable. To save me printing them out. The Kindle works with PDFs, but without the re-flow capability that you get with the mobi based Kindle formatted books. This means the onl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Paula, > All she will need to do is create a Windows Live account in her browser, > choose Empathy from the applications list, click Edit -> Accounts -> Add and > select the Protocol (probably MSN I should think - dunno, I use xmpp), fill > in username and password and it'll 'just work' for basic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Eddie, Thanks. It should just be a matter of registering for a Window Live account > (assuming you haven't already done so), Not yet > instant messenger clients available for Ubuntu. All the clients on > Ubuntu will handle text and emoticons without problem, which sounds like > all your othe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Matt, you won't have problems accessing the windows site, I do it regularly using > chromium (with no modifications) on ubuntu. > > Personally, I have a @live.co.uk account because they won't allow me to > sign up with a @gmail.com one... but it's not that bad. > Thanks, that's helpful. Graham -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Tony, > Firstly, if you go to the Windows Live web site to sign up for an > account it may tell you to get lost as you are not using Windows. > However, there are ways for Firefox to fool websites into thinking you > are using Windows. Maybe someone will tell us how that's done. > I could proba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Al > Shouldn't be a problem. She won't need an @hotmail or @live account. > She can use her own email address. > I didn't realise that, nor sure I understand how that works. I assumed it was some sort of closed network that you needed to sign into. When you open Empathy, it asks for account det

[ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

My better half wants to communicate with a relative in Canada, who has told her its easy, "you just click on the Windows Messenger icon on your desktop" However, given that my better half is looking at a Ubuntu desktop, it isn't as easy as suggested. I know nothing about Instant messaging, but no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS

Alan > This will attempt to mount the directory "/Public" that is at > 192.168.1.10 onto a local director of "/home/name/Server1 using the CIFS > protocol type and with the username and password specified. > > My first observation is that CIFS is an implementation of the Windows > broadcast protoc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS

Simon No, mount doesn't create a mount point, you have to do that. /media is now the standard though. >> >> > /media is in the root file system by default and makes the disc available > to everyone, so the fstab entry should be > //192.168.1.10/Public /media/public cifs > username=username,passwor

[ubuntu-uk] Mounting NAS

My notes from 2008! say to mount my NAS by runnng this command sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.10/Public /media/public -o user=QNAP/username%password BUT I am getting an error that media/public does not exist. I assumed that this would create media/public, do I need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

Robert, Thanks for this. If you don't have another machine handy you might be able to figure out > what's going on using a tty on the same machine: once you get the login > screen up switch to a tty (ctrl-alt-F1 for the first one) and login > there, start top, switch back to the graphical login (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

Chris On 16 December 2010 19:26, Chris Wilson wrote: > I too am experiencing this, though I had put it down to my machine being a > development box and thus has had a lot of extra applications installed, and > generally been tinkered with. > > In my case its a fresh (ish) install only a couple o

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

Over the last few days when booting up Maverick, the screen stays blank (wallpaper only) for several seconds to over a minute before the panels appear. I assume I have done something (or an update has done something) but can anyone suggest a fix for this, I keep on expecting the panels to simply n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University

Tim Are you by any chance trying to connect to an eduroam network? If so, you > may find the instructions at this Cambridge university website helpful: > http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/wireless/eduroam/configuring-ubuntu10.04.html > Thanks, I'm not trying to log onto eduroam, but these instructions are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University

Patrick there's a bug logged for this against Network Manager: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632184 > > I believe this is the same issue you're encountering and in fact it's the > issue that I have with my company's WiFi and certificates. The same > certificate is used for 802.1X

[ubuntu-uk] connecting to secure network in University

Hello, There has been a change in the security at the University I work at, and where as before I could connect to the wireless network by simply typing in password and username (which I can still do with my Macbook Pro) connecting with Ubuntu 10.10 is defeating me. The netbook is finding and id

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

Liam, > If you ran it from System | Administration, it should have asked you > for your password. That's gksudo - the same as sudo but running > graphically. Nope, that would have made sense, as I did run it from System|Administration, I got an error saying it couldn't parse the x -config file

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

Liam, and reboot, or is there something else I should be doing. > > Remember that you must be running as root to save from nvidia-settings. > > Personally, I run it from a terminal: > > $ sudo -s > # nvidia-settings > > Thanks, that sounds like a good idea, but in fact it seems to have saved the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

Mmmm, well this bizarre, I have just tried this again, to see if restarting X helped. However this time when I went into the NVIDIA GUI, the second monitor was overlapping the main monitor in the monitor set up display. before it had been offset to the left. I dragged the monitor over to the left,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

Bodsda Reboots are not necessary, use ctr+alt+backspace to restart X. > Thanks, so can I select the primary display and restart X to see if its working, without committing to saving the x config. > Saving to the config file is the only way to keep the configuration after a > reboot though. > Y

[ubuntu-uk] Dual Monitor set up NVIDIA Twinview

Following on from my new monitor thread, I ended up with a Viewsonic VG2227WM 22" Monitor. I know this wasn't mentioned in that thread, but for various reasons that is what I ended up with. And, as suggested, I also replaced my Matrox card (new graphics card is an ASUS geforce EN210 Silent) The V

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Al We bought two Samsung 2343BW monitors early this year (or late last) for > our business and have been very pleased with them. > > They are 23" with a resolution of 2048x1152 and cost about £140 IIRC. > > They work great with Ubuntu as that is all we use in the office :-) > > Al > > These seem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Kris > I have to agree with Al here. They do some nice displayport devices, > Matrox, but you can't go wrong with a simple ATI or a simple NVidia (I > think the consensus is ATI is preferred, correct me if I am wrong) > > see : > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/?x=12&p_or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Al You've had some nice monitor recommendations, but I wonder if you've > considered replacing that card? > > The matrox cards have pretty ropey support at best, and that one is a > "legacy" card. > > Mmmm, yes, I almost mentioned this in my first post. Any specific suggestions? Thanks, Graham

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Steve, I’ve had a couple of LCD monitors from here, > http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/products2.asp?CategoryID=407&SubCategoryID=490that > were OK and functioned with out problems. > Thanks, I have had a look, and there does seem to be some good buys. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Paul, Indeed Graham, I wasn't trying to be dismissive, that's the problem with > writing speed emails on the Blackberry! :) > > yep, good as they are, Blackberries aren't conducive to a long reply. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Neil, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/196524 seems to be a nice specced monitor for > cheap! > > Same model as suggested by Kris, so that's a mini concensus. Thanks, Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Kris I would have a look at something like this: > > http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/LG+E2240T+22%22+Widescreen+LED+Monitor+-+Black+?productId=41115 > > I have a similar monitor > ( > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Monitors/22+Inch+LCD/LG+W2261V-PF+22%22+Widescreen+Flatron+Full+

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Paul, My personal opinion is that its doubtful you'll have problems with a monitor > in this day and age. Maybe have a look on Scan.co.uk or similar I was > looking at a 19inch widescreen for under £100. I've had several flavours of > LCD monitor hooked up to both Ubuntu and Windows and my only i

[ubuntu-uk] New Monitor

Hello, Anyone got a best buy suggestion for a new monitor. Its for Ubuntu 10.10 and I have a Matrox P650 card, as yet not fully rebuilt. I'm probably looking at about 22", and as cheap as possible/reasonable. I have already laid out too much on PC stuff just recently. I have become a bit nervo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

5 February 2010 13:26, Graham Smith wrote: > Bruno, > >> The way I did it last week on a ThinkPad T42 was to plug in the >> projector to the VGA port, then go to System -> Preferences -> Display. >> I will show a second monitor called "Unknown" and will ena

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

Bruno, > The way I did it last week on a ThinkPad T42 was to plug in the > projector to the VGA port, then go to System -> Preferences -> Display. > I will show a second monitor called "Unknown" and will enable you to > switch it on. It will then advise that it needs to enable something > (can't r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

Simon, > Stepping back a little, what happens if you plug a projector in after the > laptop has booted and logged in? I did try that and nothing happens, ie no signal goes to the projector. However searching for "external monitor" rather than digital projector on google and Ubuntu forums has sho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

Simon, > One of the things that changed in karmic is display detection, which now > happens through dbus, and there isn't a fixed xorg.conf any more, just a > stub in /etc/X11. You will probably need to set up the projector as a device > in xorg.conf. > There might be some clues as to what it's do

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

I have posted this on the Ubuntu forums as well, but hoping to increase my chances of a solution by spreading the net. My Thinkpad T42 with Karmic freezes just after login, if I have a digital projector connected. This is fresh install of Karmic that doesn't work. It was working fine with an 8.1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] "tartan" window when launching Gnome-do or system monitor on Karmic upgrade

I have made a bit of a discovery. In the Gnome-Do preferences, it is defaulted to Docky as the selected theme and greyed out so you cannot change it. Changing the appearance|Visual effects option to normal allows Gnome-Do to work using the Docky Theme, which you can then change back to the classi

[ubuntu-uk] "tartan" window when launching Gnome-do or system monitor on Karmic upgrade

I have just upgraded from jaunty to Karmic on Thinkpad T42, but launching Gnome-do from icon or system monitor from system menu gives me a rectangular box with coloured lines instead of the window I expect to get. But launching from the applications menu|system tools works. Has anyone any suggesti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

Jon > I’m looking for some information. My father in law is looking to buy a > laptop and broadband dongle. We’ve (sort of) found a laptop that we’re going > to put Jaunty onto but I’d like to know if there are any ISP’s we should > look at and also any we should avoid? I found that the 3-mobile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

David, > But if you have a separate home partition which is quite large, that is > better, I think, especially as it leaves the root partition for system > files. based on what was said here I ended up with 20Gb for Root and 90Gb for \home out of my 120gb HD. Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

Dean > I don't bother any more, but then most of my data is stored on a NAS. > When reinstalling Ubuntu there is an option for keeping your home directory. Ah well, done it now, but I suspect it was the ability to keep the home directory was what I had heard and made me think it wasn't required

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

Rob >> Or even NTFS I assume to make it easy for a dual boot Windows >> >> >> > Well I wouldn't personally format my home partition to NTFS.  I can > however access my Windows partition with the NTFS3g driver which is > handy for those occasions when I need to access something off it Yes i fact t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

Rob > In theory unless something goes completely wrong you should be able to > upgrade online as each new release is made available but I'd say a > separate home partition is a good thing. Yes, I like the principle  > Having a separate home partition also means > that you could format your root

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

mac Thanks for the reply, > For future reference, the best time for setting up a /home partition is > *during* a fresh install.  Just use the 'manual' option during the > partitioning process, early on in the install sequence, to set up, for > example, /root, swap, /home  (or whatever arrangement

[ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

Is it still considered good practice to have a home partition, I have seen it mentioned in the forums that its no longer required. But it still seems to make sense to me. I have just had a fresh install using 09.04 (as no one seemed able to help me fix my network problem on 8.1, so a fresh install

[ubuntu-uk] Lost networking during 8.04 to 8.1 upgrade

I have posted this on the Ubuntu support forums, but to see if I speed up getting help, I have also posted it here. This is a Thikpad T42, and was working fine before the upgrade and although I allowed Synaptic to manage the upgrade, I have, since it broke, booted from an 8.1 live CD and the netwo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Evince to print A4

Mac, > Graham >>> The other day, I noticed that in the printer configuration > app (System / Administration / Printing) there's a Job Options tab for > each printer you have installed; this has a 'Scale to fit' tick box. I > guess you should set the media size in the Printer Options tab (A4 in >

[ubuntu-uk] Getting Evince to print A4

I am having problems getting Evince to print a US letter size PDF as A4, its cutting off one edge. The printer is set up for A4 but the properties (in Evince) say US letter size for the document After a search in google I have added this line to .profile export LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8" This hasn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

> In return I sent him a CD with Ubuntu 8.04.1 and he has agreed to try > it. However, is Windows 7 a joke or what? I like the Mac based based high security version and the EU version designed to not do anything :-) Graham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

Michael, > Hi Graham, this may or may not be of any use, but I had to fiddle my > webcam in skype using gstfakevideo. I wrote a small howto which you > can find here: http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/19 > > It might be worth something, but YMMV Thanks, strangely everything worked perfectly with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

> yes you should be able to change it back again easily, all you are doing > is changing the video output, affecting video playback. you can check if > your device has xv by running > xvinfo | grep ports Thanks again, this command give no return at all. I now realise the vdeo options I listed are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

Neil >> Autodetect >> X Windows system (No xv) >> X Windows System (x11/xshm/xv) >> Custom >> >> Should I be choosing the 3rd one or is X Windows something else > > X Window, X11, xorg, they all mean the same thing. It's the underlying > system that draws windows and responds to mouse and keyboard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

When I launch gstreamer I have the following options Autodetect X Windows system (No xv) X Windows System (x11/xshm/xv) Custom Should I be choosing the 3rd one or is X Windows something else I also get a list of unloaded plugins artsdsink sdlvideosink v4lmjpegsrc qcamsrc esdmon Graham -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

Serif > I had problems with skype video where I could only see the recipents > video and not my own in skype, after some investigation, I found out > that skype needs xv output to be enabled, do you have the right driver > for your video card? try changing the video output in > gstreamer-properties

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

Adam Thanks for the response >> When I test the video in skype, Skype shuts down. If I leave it >> enabled, as soon as the recipient of a call picks up. Skype >> disconnects (but you do see the video stream briefly) >> >> Initially, this was a problem with a Logitech 5000, and I bought a >> Logi

[ubuntu-uk] Skype video on Ubuntu 8.04

I have asked this on the ubuntu forums, but with no success and my question and similar on the Skype-Linux forums are going unanswered, but just in case, I will ask again here. When I test the video in skype, Skype shuts down. If I leave it enabled, as soon as the recipient of a call picks up. Sky