Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast live tonight

2011-03-15 Thread Liam Wilson
Cool! What time will you be going live at? I'll try and tune in :) -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-18 Thread Liam Wilson
he reason i say that is because a friend popped round the other day with his Acer aspire ZG8 netbook, and although he was able to establish a connection, he wasn't able to send or recieve any data until the router was - like before - switched off and on again. I'll look into it, anyway. Than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-15 Thread Liam Wilson
sn't seem to be this >> problem... >> >> P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and >> get the same result... >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> Liam Wilson > > You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using

[ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes

2011-01-12 Thread Liam Wilson
x27;ve also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

2010-09-20 Thread Liam Wilson
limewire library, should then show up in rhythmbox. This is for music though, if your looking for in-game audio, I'm not too sure there, sorry! :) Liam -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-12 Thread Liam Wilson
ICQ: 73187508 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > I also had this problem, and I think it's caused by twitter's switch to oAuth. I fixed mine by deleting the twitter account

[ubuntu-uk] Deleting a file in unity

2010-09-03 Thread Liam Wilson
much rather do it via the way that unity handles files in that shell thing rather than taking the long way round. Thanks a lot -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-08-31 Thread Liam Wilson
On 31 August 2010 14:44, Colin Law wrote: > On 31 August 2010 12:24, Alan Bell > wrote: >> There were 85 voters and the results in order of the options are: >> [...] >> Making this the most popular logo option: >> http://pollka.libertus.co.uk/pics/full/logo14.svg (don't worry about the >> 14 in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-05 Thread Liam Wilson
Just my tuppence; If the podcast team have decided on a (quite frankly, awesome) design, then would it not be a good idea to make the Ubuntu-UK website coherent with that? I mean, currently, the Podcast is run by members of the UK team, and is featured prominently on the first page of the website,

[ubuntu-uk] Meego and Ubuntu

2010-05-26 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all; As some of you may know, Meego for Netbooks was released today ( http://meego.com/downloads/releases/netbook) and I thinking about dual-booting it with UNE, but was wondering if anyone else has tried it yet, and if you have, how is it? I'm downloading it as I type Cheers; Liam -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Call for help - ISO testing

2010-05-15 Thread Liam Wilson
On 14 May 2010 19:53, Philip Billington wrote: > Hi > > Happy to help, add me to the list. > > - Phil > > On 13 May 2010 09:15, "Alan Pope" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm sat here at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels and wanted to > let people know about something and ask for volunteers to hel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running .exe's off a CD?

2010-05-05 Thread Liam Wilson
On 5 May 2010 21:38, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > On 5 May 2010 21:33, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 5 May 2010 21:30, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Thing is, I can't mark it as executable, as it's on a CD, so now, 2 > things: > >> 1) Why am I being blocked from r

[ubuntu-uk] Running .exe's off a CD?

2010-05-05 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey everyone, I just bought a couple of windows games on CD, and I installed wine and such, but I can't actually execute them. On double clicking them, I get the message: "The file '/media/RCT2/Setup.exe' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Liam Wilson
Anton, Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb file in the long run? Liam On 10 February 2010 20:43, Anton Piatek wrote: > On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser > wrote: > > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my > PPA > > st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Liam Wilson
That's also one of the aims of the ubuntu viral videos project - to give help to the new users. Regards Liam On 3 February 2010 10:55, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 10:24 +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > John Matthews w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Liam Wilson
Thank you Johnathon. I'm working on the wiki as we speak, should be done soon! Liam On 2 February 2010 22:23, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > - "Ron Rhodes" wrote: > > > Alan Pope wrote: > > > On 2 February 2010 16:12, Harry Rickards wrote: > > > > > >> I'd be interested in helping wherever

[ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Liam Wilson
Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' (I.e; short videos that can be posted on the bew. similar to the Wi project seems to be a better option to market Ubuntu than creating a TV ad for a number of reasons; 1. It's cheaper - no cost of getting it on the air 2. Easier to spread - j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-02-02 Thread Liam Wilson
b 2010 21:41:01 -, Liam Wilson > > > > wrote: > > > >> Indeed, that's what I think, the only cost would be putting the > >> advert(s) > >> together. > >> > >> Who actually wants to make this happen? > >> > > Me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-02-01 Thread Liam Wilson
s blogs and such. You could easily have > yourself a relatively cheap ad campaign. > > On 1 Feb 2010, at 12:22, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Okay, I've been in touch with the marketing team, and they've said that if > we wanted to do this, we'd have to look at the costs o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-02-01 Thread Liam Wilson
Well, say instead of a TV advert, we contributed our ideas to the Viral Video's project or something similar to make a channel on youtube, or even both, if we're lucky, we could touch on subjects such as Ubuntu hour, and ways to help improve your first time experience with Ubuntu. And I guess we c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-02-01 Thread Liam Wilson
fine on print. Liam On 31 January 2010 15:51, Rob Beard wrote: > On 31/01/2010 15:17, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Hey Rob, I used GIMP, and got the ubuntu and canonical logos off the > > internet, and took the screenshots myself. > > > > You can download all the im

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-02-01 Thread Liam Wilson
s> Sort of like what we have with the screencasts channel, too. But that's just my suggestion... Liam On 1 February 2010 10:15, wrote: > On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 23:32 +, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 31 January 2010 23:13, Liam Wilson wrote: > > > IF we are going to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
In fact, if we still wanted to, I'm pretty sure we could make an advert, and then just put it on youtube, sort of like what microsoft have done, with little 'shorts' to promote Win7. On 1 February 2010 01:20, Liam Wilson wrote: > I guess there are a lot more projects (Probab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
. Suppose something like commercial advertising of Ubuntu is left to the guys who have the money, but that's not to say we should stop campaigning for the the release of lucid, eh? Liam On 1 February 2010 00:35, Alan Pope wrote: > On 31 January 2010 23:46, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Yeah,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
ly determined to see it through? Thanks; Liam On 31 January 2010 23:32, Alan Pope wrote: > On 31 January 2010 23:13, Liam Wilson wrote: > > IF we are going to make this video, ideally, it would be better to think > > about actual content first. > > I disagree. The very first

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert - media?

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Oh wow. Just goes to show that something like this may still be possible. Alan, are you interested in creating this advert, for serious? If you are, I'll make you a collaborator to the google sites page I set up for the project (the page is bare as-is). http://sites.google.com/site/ubuntutvadvertp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
ve made us a Wiki site on google sites, which can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/ubuntutvadvertproject/ It's only the very basic template as of typing, I'll work more on it tomorrow. Liam On 31 January 2010 21:50, Liam Wilson wrote: > Oh right. Silly me! xD > > Li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Oh right. Silly me! xD Liam On 31 January 2010 21:44, Steve wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:33:05 -0000, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > Cheers steve, if you're going to re-size them, the'yd ideally be around > > the > > 864x514 px size, as that's a reason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] idea for tv ad

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
IF we are going to make this video, ideally, it would be better to think about actual content first. I think the best plan of action to get this going is to think about what we want in the first 30-60 seconds. This way, we have a general idea of where the video is headed in terms of genre and audie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Cheers steve, if you're going to re-size them, the'yd ideally be around the 864x514 px size, as that's a reasonable size for them to be printed on A4. On 31 January 2010 21:25, Steve wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:13:18 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > Yeah,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Yeah, like say "Help us finish this" sort of thing? sounds like a good incentive! On 31 January 2010 21:00, Steve wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:35:25 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > I suppose the problem we have with creating something like this is, the > > g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
I suppose the problem we have with creating something like this is, the general public alrieady KNOW what windows is, a lot don't really know what Ubuntu, and Linux are. Perhaps if we were to create a TV advert, the main purpose of it would be to inform people what Ubuntu is. Perhaps a TV advert w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
If this is actually going to happen, we need to start thinking of ways how we can get this video shown to people, whether it be televised, or viral. If we're going to put our own money or anyone else's money and time into this we need to make sure that it isn't a waste of it, agreed? On 31 January

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
I think it'd be better to show how ubuntu is cost-effective (i.e; Free). If someone sees something that works better than what they have, for a lot less money, then they could possibly be enticed. It could also be noted that ubuntu is much secure to attacks from viruses and such. But yeah, the con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
you're welcome to try :D It's also probably worth noting that if you are going to use a border printer, to try keep all the borders around the image the same size, so it doesn't become disoriented. Liam. On 31 January 2010 15:04, Rob Beard wrote: > On 30/01/2010 23:23, Liam Wil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
I'll do that then. Just gonna see what it looks like with totally-equal screenshots... Liam On 31 January 2010 14:36, Alan Pope wrote: > On 31 January 2010 12:27, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Perhaps there could be a way to put this up on the Ubuntu UK wiki, either > as > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Yeah, I guess so. I suppose by putting other OS' down, we are in turn, giving Ubuntu a more positive image. To acheive this I guess we could use the aforementioned idea of someone bieng on hold and then somone getting an instant reply on the forums for free. On 31 January 2010 14:30, Michael Dougl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx Poster

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
You think? It was the best i could do without seriously distorting the image, as the canvas is about 3500x2500 px, and the screenshots (say the password entry one) were as small as 500x250 when they were taken, and the 1st screenshot, the desktop, was taken at 1024x900 px, so I had to scale that o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Say, show off a few compiz shots here and there... On 31 January 2010 14:25, Liam Wilson wrote: > Yaaay! Thanks Michael! Please do put it (the poster) around your local > community, as it'll be a great way to introduce people to ubuntu. > > > On 31 January 2010 14:12, James Mil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
igan > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> > >>> I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. > >>> > >>> Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we cou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
On 31 January 2010 13:23, James Milligan wrote: > On 31/01/2010 13:16, CShadowRun wrote: > > Steve wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilson > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Sent! > >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
U1 issues atm. > > > On 31/01/2010 12:10, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Michael; > I can't connect to U1 for whatever reason, so I'll email you the .tar.gz if > that's alright. > > Liam > > On 31 January 2010 11:43, Michael Douglas wrote: > >> Li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
.co.cc ) meaning people can just share that link to access > it. > > - Michael > > > On 31/01/2010 11:41, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I > can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one, as I can't find anywhere else that I can upload it to, so let me know if you want it, and I'll share it with you. Liam. On 30 January 2010 23:44, Liam Wilson wrote: > Aye, t'is the default backgrou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
Aye, t'is the default background from 9.04; I like it because it's simple, and the stripes give it a feeling of elegance, I think! :) On 30 January 2010 23:35, Steve wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:23:59 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > aah, so I'll have t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
Q3HQMG2&Expires=1264980138&Signature=ymEVuWzOps8kjZmcllIFbXdq6m8%3D On 30 January 2010 23:18, Steve wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:08:36 -, Paul Sutton wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Liam Wilson wrote: > >&g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
Yeah, working on A4 gives me more space to work on than the original resolution, so I'll work on A4. Should look good when it's finished. (I hope!) Liam On 30 January 2010 22:38, Steve wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:32:07 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > I think on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
t now, I'm just taking the screenshots themselves. On 30 January 2010 22:13, Steve wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:46 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: > > > Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to > > scan > > was only A4) Is th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
Pixel-wise? I'm working on 1290x1440 at the moment. (The page I used to scan was only A4) Is that too big/too small do you think? It'll probably be scalable, too. Liam On 30 January 2010 21:50, Steve wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:34:16 -, Liam Wilson > wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
G2&Expires=1264973503&Signature=ubjfyJcDFpk7W3Xxp0wq2cY8f7w%3D P.S: Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, It's my scanners fault, honest! On 30 January 2010 18:11, Liam Wilson wrote: > That's quite cool. I was thinking of something in a similar layout to > this<h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
2010 17:50, Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Liam Wilson wrote: > > Hey all; > > > > Seeing as April (And therefore Lucid) are not too far away, I thought it > > would be a good idea for us to create some sort of Marketing C

[ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-30 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all; Seeing as April (And therefore Lucid) are not too far away, I thought it would be a good idea for us to create some sort of Marketing Campaign to celebrate the release of the next LTS release, possibly by creating posters/flyers/leaflets of some sort to possibly put around our local commu

[ubuntu-uk] Dell Mini Ubuntu Key?

2009-12-16 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey everyone; I bought a Dell Mini 10v, with Ubuntu, of course, and much to my distaste, if you would, has shipped with a windows key! (Between rALT and FN), and I was wondering if anyone knew where to get an Ubuntu one? A quick google search hasn't turned up any results, so I was wondering inf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openshot video editing software Karmic Koala

2009-11-01 Thread Liam Wilson
I fell into this trap with Openshot, the PPA messes all kinds of stuff up, I can't remember how I fixed it, but it did involve uninstalling OpenShot. I remember tryig to play the Original Godzilla when it happened. I was sad :( I don't think the .deb messes with the shizzle, but I wouldn't try it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting Up an Ubuntu network?

2009-10-30 Thread Liam Wilson
for a way to do this over a Linux network, not a windows one. Liam. 2009/10/30 Rob Beard > Liam Wilson wrote: > > Hey, I have 2 computers Running Ubuntu 9.04 (soon to be 9.10) Thing is, > > ones a laptop, and the others a netbook running UNR. They're currently > > conne

[ubuntu-uk] Setting Up an Ubuntu network?

2009-10-29 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey, I have 2 computers Running Ubuntu 9.04 (soon to be 9.10) Thing is, ones a laptop, and the others a netbook running UNR. They're currently connected to a XP server via Samba, But I'd like to set up a Linux network between the laptop and the netbook, with the Laptop as the client. How would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????

2009-10-29 Thread Liam Wilson
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/29 John Matthews : > >> Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using >> alt>f2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be >> changed today. >> >> > > Today is the day, yes. I'd recommend you subscribe to the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????

2009-10-29 Thread Liam Wilson
John Matthews wrote: > Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using > alt>f2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be > changed today. > > Kojm > > I don't thin Karmic is actually out _YET_ Usually, it's released about 12-ish, if I'm right?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bootable USB drive

2009-10-28 Thread Liam Wilson
Rob Beard wrote: > javadayaz wrote: > >> tbh i dont think ive not seen it either.the PIII is an old dell >> machine..but i will have to have another look!!! >> >> > You may find it won't (the Dell P3 machines I have support CD & network > booting but not USB booting). Try pressing the F1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Timeout?

2009-10-27 Thread Liam Wilson
ssions does not exceed 10 - as I've seen smbclient not > release connections previously, and XP will only allow 10 concurrent > connections > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey all; >> >> I've set up a nice little

[ubuntu-uk] Samba Timeout?

2009-10-27 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all; I've set up a nice little home network with my 9.04 laptop and my XP box using samba. The only problem I have is that whilst the connection works fine after booting up my 9.04 (Which is the client), I can access my files on the XP server and vice-versa for about 20-30 minutes, and then th

[ubuntu-uk] Samba timeout?

2009-10-27 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all; I've set up a nice little home network with my 9.04 laptop and my XP box using samba. The only problem I have is that whilst the connection works fine after booting up my 9.04 (Which is the client), I can access my files on the XP server and vice-versa for about 20-30 minutes, and then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good old Dell!

2009-10-27 Thread Liam Wilson
Sean Miller wrote: > I hate Dell... > > "With an UBUNTU operating system you must use open source programmes: > > * Some open source software requires intermediate or advanced > technical knowledge to use > * Most open source programmes are not compatible with Microsoft programmes > * Y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour

2009-10-23 Thread Liam Wilson
Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Stephen Garton wrote: > >> 2009/10/23 Sean Miller : >> >> >>> Since yesterday's Jaunty update Firefox appears to have lost its >>> history, "refresh" etc. buttons and only has the original domain in >>> the address bar (ie. if I go to http://sitea.com and click o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bizarre Firefox behaviour

2009-10-23 Thread Liam Wilson
Stephen Garton wrote: > 2009/10/23 Sean Miller : > >> Since yesterday's Jaunty update Firefox appears to have lost its >> history, "refresh" etc. buttons and only has the original domain in >> the address bar (ie. if I go to http://sitea.com and click on links >> within the address bar does not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio 4 and Bansee

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Tony Arnold wrote: > Liam, > > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> How do I add BBC Radio 4 to Banshee? E.I; the Stream URL, etc? >> > > I've added it to RhythmBOx using the following URL: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx > > HTH. &g

[ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio 4 and Bansee

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
How do I add BBC Radio 4 to Banshee? E.I; the Stream URL, etc? I'd just find this much easier than having to open the web page every time, that's all :) Many thanks Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Neil Greenwood wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/21 James Milligan : >>> >>> >>>> Apologies - sent that a little early! >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/10/21 James Milligan : > >> Apologies - sent that a little early! >> >> He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as >> a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and >> don't have to fuss about with it. >> >> All in all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] streaming content via wires!

2009-10-07 Thread Liam Wilson
2009/10/7 javadayaz > Hi, > > Some of you may remember my post about streaming content from a ubuntu pc > to a media centre/xbox over an eternet wire a couple of months ago! All of > this in my new house > > Well heres a quick update. > > I was thinking of how best to get this done when it occurr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >>> >>> >>>> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> 2009/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : >>> >>> >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I canno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/6 Liam Wilson : > >> Hey all, >> >> After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video >> files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what >> Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem

[ubuntu-uk] Problem Playing some Video files

2009-10-06 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey all, After uninstalling Openshot, it seems that I cannot play some Video files (Notably .avi files that use a xvid video codec). No matter what Player I use, VLC, Mplayer, Totem, etc; The sound plays, but no video. And after searching for a codec with Totem, it seems to be that there isn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cups Error 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'

2009-09-29 Thread Liam Wilson
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: 2009/9/26 Liam Wilson : Tony Pursell wrote: On 26 Sep 2009 at 16:15, Liam Wilson wrote: Hey all; I've just bought myself a new Kodak ESP 3 all in one printer, and upon opening the printer configuration Dialogue to see if there are dr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cups Error 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'

2009-09-26 Thread Liam Wilson
Tony Pursell wrote: > On 26 Sep 2009 at 16:15, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey all; >> I've just bought myself a new Kodak ESP 3 all in one printer, and >> upon opening the printer configuration Dialogue to see if there are >> drivers available for it, I fin

[ubuntu-uk] Cups Error 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'

2009-09-26 Thread Liam Wilson
ost' as my print server. After frying to connect to it, I get the error There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'. What can be done to resolve this error, as I need this printer to work for my ICT course. Many, many thanks; Liam Wilson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Movie Editor

2009-08-29 Thread Liam Wilson
Tony Pursell wrote: > On 29 Aug 2009 at 10:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > >> Has anyone else tried this? I have just installed it from the repos. and >> attempted to make a very simple music video for upload to YouTube. I >> used a still jpg for the video and attempted to use an mp3 audio file, >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 Remix question

2009-08-27 Thread Liam Wilson
Gordon wrote: > Is the Remix only designed for small-screen Netbooks, or would it be > suitable for 15.5" Laptops? > Would there be any advantage in installing the Remix on such a laptop as > opposed to the ordinary desktop 9.04? > > Ta! > > > I tried using the Remix on my fat 17" screen, and

[ubuntu-uk] Possible NetworkManager bug?

2009-08-25 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey everyone; I've been having this problem for some time now, and it's really starting to get on my nerves ('Bug me', if you would. haha). The thing is, that when I'm up in my room, I get roughly a 20% signal from my router, which is downstairs, but every so often, the status applet in the ic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No sound from Banshee?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 14/08/09 22:34, Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey, after installing the earcandy package, I got no sound from banshee, >> so I decided to uninstall earcandy, but still no sound from Banshee, >> even after a restart. I can't really u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
James Milligan wrote: > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Hey, I'm using Thunderbird as my default mail application for my >> Emails (As opposed to Evolution), and as I am subscribed to a number of >> Mailing Lists, I thought it would be a lot simpler to organise the Li

[ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Liam Wilson
AMING and GNU-GENERATION, could I have them separated into different files, and if so, how would I go about doing it? It would just make organizing my mail a bit easier, that's all. Thanks, Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] No sound from Banshee?

2009-08-14 Thread Liam Wilson
Hey, after installing the earcandy package, I got no sound from banshee, so I decided to uninstall earcandy, but still no sound from Banshee, even after a restart. I can't really use any other media player, as Rythmbox crashes when I adjust the volume, and Amarok doesn't work with my multimedia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Liam Wilson
James Milligan wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Alan Pope wrote: >> >> >>> 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >>> >>> >>> >>>> Liam Wilson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>

[ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10

2009-08-13 Thread Liam Wilson
For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

2009-07-07 Thread Liam Wilson
Liam Wilson wrote: > David King wrote: >> That's all the more reason for people to switch to a free alternative >> like Ubuntu. >> >> >> David King >> >> >> >> John Matthews wrote: >> >>>> >>>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

2009-06-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Just out of curiosity, Paul, How old is the Hard drive your using? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

2009-06-17 Thread Liam Wilson
John wrote: > Alan Bell wrote: > >> you can bypass the queue by getting someone to share something with you >> . . . you have mail . . . >> >> alan c wrote: >> >> >>> I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got >>> myself on a waiting list. >>> >>> Any ideas of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

2009-06-13 Thread Liam Wilson
Rob Beard wrote: > Dave Morley wrote: > >> It maybe a none essential upgrade that MS could have. In Vista they do >> this for driver updates. >> >> > That's true, they seem to bundle other apps in Windows Update on Vista > and Windows 7 and it doesn't use Internet Explorer at all as fa