[ubuntu-uk] Dear Ubuntu Community

2021-09-30 Thread Mark Dorrington
Many Thanks Mark. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2021-06-24 Thread Mark Dorrington
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. On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 14:06, J Fernyhough wrote: > On 22/06/2021 08:28, Mark Dorrington wrote: > > The current version of ubuntu 2

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

2021-06-22 Thread Mark Dorrington
contact the ubuntu technician: mark.cunning...@canonical.com So us users can get this problem resolved. Many Thanks Mark. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 170 - Ubuntu 21.04 DVD & VLC

2021-05-30 Thread Mark Dorrington
Dear Dave Thanks very much indeed for the infordmation Highly Appreciated! I can buy this at local sainsburys or whsmiths Many Thanks Mark. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello is it possible for me to buy a ubuntu dvd

2021-05-28 Thread Mark Dorrington
Hello Steven where is the best place to purchase a ubuntu dvd as i am on pay as you go for my internet as i do not like contracts due to the complexed small print on the contract. Many Thanks Mark. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello is it possible for me to buy a ubuntu dvd

2021-05-28 Thread Mark Dorrington
from a webpage nothing printer is on and the usb cable is fully inserted into the usb port. I tried to print from mozilla firefox Any help would be highly appreciated! Many Thanks Mark. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hello is it possible for me to buy a ubuntu dvd

2021-05-28 Thread Mark Smith
Ubuntu Linux 21.04 DVD (64-Bit) | Linux DVD Shop - UK Linux Shop supplying Linux on CD, DVD and USB with Free UK Delivery, 24Hr Dispatch. (thelinuxshop.co.uk) <https://thelinuxshop.co.uk/ubuntu-linux-2104-p-127.html> kind regards, Mark Smith On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 07:18, Mark Dorrington

[ubuntu-uk] Hello is it possible for me to buy a ubuntu dvd

2021-05-27 Thread Mark Dorrington
teful! Many Thanks Mark Dorrington. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

2019-10-16 Thread Mark Lawrence
, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018, 15:33 Liam Proven, wrote: > On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 16:08, Mark Fraser wrote: > > > > On 08/10/18 10:24, Liam Proven wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 12:35, Mark Fraser > wrote: > > >> > > >> I've tried asking this q

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On 08/10/18 10:24, Liam Proven wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 12:35, Mark Fraser wrote: I've tried asking this questions in numerous other places and so far I've had no response, so I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. I rebooted my server last week and when I trie

[ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-04 Thread Mark Fraser
I've tried asking this questions in numerous other places and so far I've had no response, so I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. I rebooted my server last week and when I tried to remove old kernels it was stopping when trying to update grub. I ran update-grub2 on its own and I get:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I kill jbd2?

2018-02-01 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 01/02/18 21:17, Colin Law wrote: On 1 February 2018 at 20:58, Mark Lawrence <mailto:breamore...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yes that's right, kill it, before my laptop, myself or both go out of the window.  Why, my disk has been clattering away for the last 4 hours and it&#

[ubuntu-uk] How do I kill jbd2?

2018-02-01 Thread Mark Lawrence
do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Channel 4 OD U/S

2017-12-02 Thread Mark Lawrence
that I've not been able to fix myself via google in several months of using Ubuntu, which I'm slowly but surely getting the hang of and enjoying. -- Mark Lawrence -- 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

2016-06-18 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday, 18 June 2016 16:44:07 BST Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 18 June 2016 at 16:21, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Bought a new 3TB hard drive this week onto which I created a new GPT > > partition > > table and a 3TB ext4 partition. This completed successfully and I us

[ubuntu-uk] New hard drive errors

2016-06-18 Thread Mark Fraser
Bought a new 3TB hard drive this week onto which I created a new GPT partition table and a 3TB ext4 partition. This completed successfully and I used rsync to copy some files onto it. The next day, I was unable to mount the drive and so I ran fsck on it. This failed pass 5: Checking group summa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 13 Sep 2015 17:37:59 Paul Waring wrote: > On 12/09/15 14:00, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, > > but I've come up against this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 13 Sep 2015 17:37:59 Paul Waring wrote: > On 12/09/15 14:00, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, > > but I've come up against this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/1

[ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-12 Thread Mark Fraser
Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, but I've come up against this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/14534 63 when trying to start it. Has anyone here been able to get lighttpd running on 15.04 or can offer some advice in how to find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

2014-10-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 04 Oct 2014 15:25:26 Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there . I just got back after some time away using my netbook. > It is a Samsung N150 currently running Lubuntu 14.04 as it had become > far too slow on recent Ubuntu releases. I want to upgrade to something > faster that can run Ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu at Oggcamp

2014-08-05 Thread Mark Johnson
table and power, you'll need to provide bodies and anything else you want! Cheers Mark [1] http://oggcamp.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 05 May 2014 11:45:10 Tony Pursell wrote: > Here is another idea. Run > > apt list --installed |cut -d/ -f1 -s > installed > > for all machines. Then use the join command (see the man page for options) > to make the table. Perhaps open the table in LibreOffice use text to table. > >

[ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
I've got 4 computers here that I would like to compare the installed packages on each one together. I've done dpkg --get-selection > installed.txt on each computer, but now I'm trying to merge each one into a single file and leave a space where a package isn't installed. Instead of: Acpi-suppor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beer startup (off topic)

2014-04-29 Thread Mark White
Job ? On 29 Apr 2014 21:47, "Bruno Girin" wrote: > Hi all, > > It's off-topic but past experience suggests people on this list may be > interested. > > A contact of mine is setting up a start-up company to do with craft > brewing based in London and they are looking for a CTO / technical > direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 02 Apr 2014 14:07:51 Alan Pope wrote: > I'd recommend any users who use Ubuntu One file services read this > blog post from our CEO, Jane Silber:- > > http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/01/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/ > > Cheers, > Al. Gave up with it after they didn't rea

[ubuntu-uk] Server upgrade

2013-12-29 Thread Mark Fraser
Upgraded my server yesterday from 13.04 to 13.10 and when I went to remove all redundant packages after rebooting, I got a big list of packages it wanted to remove (http://paste.ubuntu.com/6656758/). The i386 instances could be due to it removing ia32-libs: Removing consolekit ... Removing fuse

Re: [ubuntu-uk] vhs capture devices

2013-10-20 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 19 Oct 2013 20:29:02 malcolm elliott wrote: > Hello i have a usb capture device which gives an id of ebia:2861 when > i type in lsusb i understand that an em2861 driver is required where > would i find this driver and how would i install it for ubuntu 12.10 64biti > assume th

[ubuntu-uk] Mini PCI-e 3G card

2013-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
My laptop has a mini PCI-e slot, SIM card slot and antenna cable for 3g services. Have tried to find if there are any cards that are compatible with Ubuntu without much luck. Has anyone had any experience of 3g cards? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

[ubuntu-uk] fsck during boot

2013-10-03 Thread Mark Fraser
I realised the other day that I hadn't seen my computer run fsck during boot for quite a while. Running dumpe2fs I get this: Mount count: 220 Maximum mount count: -1 Last checked: Wed Mar 20 21:20:51 2013 I understand that I can run tune2fs -c 35 To get it to check e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu logon screen bongos disppared

2013-05-20 Thread Mark Einon
in ;) > > Annoying but not a great loss in the vast scheme of things. Remember - they may take your bongos, but they'll never take your freedom. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels

2013-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On 4 May 2013 15:54, "Tony Pursell" wrote: > > Hi All > > Has anyone got any advice or tips on how to safely rid oneself of unwanted kernel. I thought this was an issue that had been solved but I'm still left with 5 ver 2.6 and 8 ver 3.0 kernels despite having upgraded to Raring. I don't mind ke

[ubuntu-uk] Dynamic DNS service

2013-03-19 Thread Mark Fraser
I've been using dyndns on my home server with ddclient successfully for a few years now and I've recently given my dad a laptop with Ubuntu installed on it that I would like to access remotely. Looking at dyndns's website it looks like the free option that I'm on is no longer available, what is

[ubuntu-uk] Linux Flash plugin too old

2013-03-03 Thread Mark Fraser
Over the last few days my wife has noticed that a few games on Facebook that use Flash have stopped working under Ubuntu saying that the installed version is too old. Other than getting her to use Google Chrome instead of Firefox, is there another option? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 25 Feb 2013 12:51:56 Robert Flatters wrote: > On Monday, 25 February 2013, Nigel Verity wrote: > > I would echo the advice to go for 12.04 using one of the lighter variants > > e.g Lubuntu or Xubuntu. > > > > As a tip based on my own experience, when you advertise the netbooks don't > >

[ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Fraser
I have 2 Toshiba NB100-11R netbooks that I no longer require and was thinking about selling on. They originally came with Ubuntu 8.04 netbook remix installed, but I've since upgraded them to Kubuntu 12.10. My question is what version of Ubuntu do I install on them prior to trying to sell them?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-02-16 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 12:30:48 Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 14 February 2013 12:02, Mark Fraser wrote: > > I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my > > syslogs: > > > > [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= > > MAC=50

[ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-02-14 Thread Mark Fraser
I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my syslogs: [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=50:46:5d:b8:7a:58:1c:c6:3c:9b:dd:0e:08:00 SRC=173.194.41.99 DST=192.168.2.102 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x40 TTL=55 ID=17891 PROTO=TCP SPT=443 DPT=50069 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-05 Thread Mark Einon
ill > appear at the necessary point in the set-up process, if not as a fully > automated wizard. It looks like something is already in the pipeline - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1049466 > > Thank you very much for your patient help, Mark, and apologies to ever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-05 Thread Mark Einon
On 5 February 2013 17:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Here we are. I can see what I did wrong: I screwed up r8169, which is the > Ethernet driver, thinking it was maybe a rival wireless driver. Definitely > my bad. > > uname -a > linuc rowan-Compaq 3.5.0-23-gene

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-05 Thread Mark Einon
gt; Now what was that command again that gave the mammoth, comprehensive > read-out you find so informative? Hi Rowan, Your new kernel version would be good also, so: $> uname -a And then to get the state of the network devices: $> sudo lshw -C network Cheers, Mark > > &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-05 Thread Mark Einon
/1272-how-to-install-ralink-rt3290-wireless-drivers-on-ubuntu-1204/ Cheers, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-05 Thread Mark Einon
On 5 February 2013 08:58, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 04/02/13 23:03, Mark Einon wrote: >> >> >> Ok. So the device doesn't have a driver loaded, so it is a kernel >> issue... It knows it's a ralink device (PCI vendor ID 0x1814) but >> doesn't know wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-04 Thread Mark Einon
k-PC:~$ lsmod > Module Size Used by > rt3562sta 995054 0 Hmm, this looks to be part of the Ralink vendor driver, which shouldn't be here if we're trying to use the native kernel one. Is it possible to remove this? ('sudo rmmod rt3562sta'). Cheers, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-04 Thread Mark Einon
ed. > > There are no hardware switches for the wireless network known to me, though > there is a hardware switch for Bluetooth (the f12 button) The command 'rfkill list' should tell you which rf kill switches are available, and what their state is. Cheers, Mark > > > -- > 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] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-04 Thread Mark Einon
On 4 February 2013 14:42, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 04/02/13 14:31, Mark Einon wrote: >> >> I'm really surprised that this driver is not supported in your kernel >> - what version do you have? (run '$> uname -a' on the command line to >> find ou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

2013-02-04 Thread Mark Einon
gt; > The RT2860_Driver_XP2k directory is probably what you need for ndiswrapper? I'm really surprised that this driver is not supported in your kernel - what version do you have? (run '$> uname -a' on the command line to find out). I think it's been in since 3.0, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On 18 January 2013 09:32, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it woul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 18 Jan 2013 12:25:16 Alan Pope wrote: > On 18/01/13 02:36, Rob Beard wrote: > > I was under the impression that you can configure things like drivers to > > re-compile when a kernel changes, not that I know exactly how to > > configure it to do so (is it something to do with DKMS?). > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 18 Jan 2013 09:32:35 Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website > > http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > > > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would b

[ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-17 Thread Mark Fraser
Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for installing Ubuntu on. Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there are instructions on how to compile drivers although

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stating "Works with Linux" gains extra sales (and respect)

2012-12-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 03 Dec 2012 18:37:39 Bill Baker wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:31 +0000, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote: > > > A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam. My webcam needs are > > > modest so I do not need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stating "Works with Linux" gains extra sales (and respect)

2012-12-03 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote: > A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam. My webcam needs are > modest so I do not need high end models. High, low or mid-range cameras > a-plenty in store but only one had proudly put on the box "compatible > with Windows 7, Works w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Mark Einon
nberg.org/) for a massive collection of books that are out of copyright, and I also know that any http://oreilly.com/ books are DRM free if purchased through their website (and their Amazon versions too). Cheers, Mark > > PS -- Bound to be a tonne of people get a cross-posted email, there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saving history in the terminal

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Einon
:) :( That sounds cool, but doesn't work for me - not even pasting it into a browser or nautilus. I have apturl installed, is there some other package I need (if so, please don't paste a link to it! :P ) Cheers, Mark > Cheers, > -- > Alan Pope > Engineeri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saving history in the terminal

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Einon
On 31 October 2012 11:34, scoundrel50agmail wrote: > Yippee that worked, thank you so much, now I found another problem, I cant > use aptitude it says aptitude not found, do I have to install it? sudo apt-get install aptitude -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saving history in the terminal

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Einon
history you want to keep) : sudo rm ~/.bash_history And then try opening a terminal, typing some commands, closing then re-opening another terminal. Cheers, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saving history in the terminal

2012-10-31 Thread Mark Einon
u are experiencing? Another issue could be that the file ~/.bash_history is not writeable by you (e.g. it's owned by root instead). Cheers, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saving history in the terminal

2012-10-21 Thread Mark Einon
s kept. Is this what you are experiencing? Another issue could be that the file ~/.bash_history is not writeable by you (e.g. it's owned by root instead). Cheers, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice 3.6 calc landscape

2012-10-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 14 Oct 2012 10:19:14 Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi Mark > > On 14 October 2012 09:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Tried creating a spreadsheet in calc last night and wanted it printed in > > landscape, but when I went to Format > Page, the only tabs were: > > Org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice 3.6 calc landscape

2012-10-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 14 Oct 2012 09:57:41 Colin Law wrote: > On 14 October 2012 09:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Tried creating a spreadsheet in calc last night and wanted it printed in > > landscape, but when I went to Format > Page, the only tabs were: > > Organiser, Header (right

[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice 3.6 calc landscape

2012-10-14 Thread Mark Fraser
Tried creating a spreadsheet in calc last night and wanted it printed in landscape, but when I went to Format > Page, the only tabs were: Organiser, Header (right), Header (left), Footer (right), Footer (left) Clicking on any of these caused Libreoffice to crash. Tried searching on Google, but co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

2012-10-13 Thread Mark Einon
ems but at a reduced price from the win versions. They're worth a look... Cheers, Mark -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 16 on 12.04

2012-10-12 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 11 Oct 2012 15:06:25 Jim Price wrote: > I got the updated to Firefox 16.0 yesterday. Today it's all over the > news that Firefox 16 has been pulled pending a security fix. I can't > seem to find any word on what the status is for Ubuntu, and 16 is still > the current version in the upda

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgraing to Libreoffice 3.6.2 via repository?

2012-10-05 Thread Mark Fraser
ough > > the file paths, each one has got a URL in it. These are all > > > > gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages > > > > which is the 'standard' ubuntu repositiory, suggesting that either Apt > > is not querying the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgraing to Libreoffice 3.6.2 via repository?

2012-10-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Oct 5, 2012 9:04 AM, "Gordon Burgess-Parker" wrote: > > On 05/10/12 09:02, Avi Greenbury wrote: >> >> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >>> >>> According to this page http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/10/ >>> libreoffice-3-6-2-maintenance-update-released/ LO 3.6.2 is in the libreoffice >>> ppa reposi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury (was High Wycombe LUG)

2012-07-29 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 29 Jul 2012 10:57:13 Sean Miller wrote: > We need to get LUGOG (Linux User Group of Glastonbury) going again, > haven't had a meeting for a couple of years, but the challenge is > exactly this... > > On 29 July 2012 10:18, Gareth France wrote: > > I didn't really picture it as being som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ethernet not working after board replacement

2012-06-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Jun 26, 2012 10:38 AM, "James Morrissey" wrote: > > Great, > > Thanks for the help. Deleting > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and restarting seemed to do > the trick. > > Thanks again. > Shouldn't this be made easier to sort out? Used to get something similar when replacing optical

[ubuntu-uk] File sharing website

2012-06-10 Thread Mark Fraser
Watched this week's Click and a website called http://minus.com/ was mentioned as a website for sharing files such as photos and videos. What made it stand out was that a desktop app for Ubuntu was mentioned. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acroread 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04

2012-05-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 10 May 2012 10:46:43 Tom Ellis wrote: > On 09/05/12 11:45, Mark Fraser wrote: > > I upgraded my laptop to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 at the weekend > > and noticed that the package for acroread is still at version > > 9.4.7-1oneiric1, but the 32 bit

[ubuntu-uk] Acroread 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04

2012-05-09 Thread Mark Fraser
I upgraded my laptop to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 at the weekend and noticed that the package for acroread is still at version 9.4.7-1oneiric1, but the 32 bit is at 9.5.1-1precise1. Package: acroread Priority: extra Section: text Installed-Size: 139680 Maintainer: Brian Thomason Archit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] playonlinux

2012-04-03 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 03 Apr 2012 15:16:03 paul sutton wrote: > Hi Just tried to install the playonlinux package (ubuntu software centre > on 11.10) and it says it needs to remove bsd lpr/lpd line printing > spooling system I just wondered why, I cancelled as i have only just got > my printer working, and don

[ubuntu-uk] Brother P-touch 1230 labelling machine

2012-01-30 Thread Mark Fraser
Lidl have the Brother P-touch 1230 labelling machine for £24.99 and it is possible to get it to work with Ubuntu by installing B-Label from here http://apz.fi/blabel/ .You will have to use alien to convert the rpm package to deb, but it seems to work fine. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one and google +

2011-12-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 23 Dec 2011 11:30:42 mac wrote: > On 22/12/11 23:55, Alan Pope wrote: > > So in my opinion we should be where people are. People most definitely > > are on G+, whether you are or not. > > I don't use G+, so I can't check: Is Debian on G+? Yes they are - https://plus.google.com/11171119

Re: [ubuntu-uk] qlcodes on ubuntu cd wallets

2011-12-22 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 21:59:56 Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > I kinda like the idea but all too often the QR codes used are dull and > unimaginative. I'm sure you can find a way to make them more interesting. > > Grant. How about doing something like the BBC do with their QR codes http://2d-co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 10 Dec 2011 12:06:38 Barry Titterton wrote: > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on 11.10. Can > someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same problem? > > Last week my wife needed to import three PDF files into a Writer > document as images. Open Off

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam problem

2011-12-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2011 17:06:06 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I purchased a Logitech C270 HD Webcam which according to this site > http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices is compatible with Linux. > I ran up a Live CD of Ubuntu 11.10 and connected the camera. > the camera works but the micropho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 5V DC power: power off?

2011-12-06 Thread mark white
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas Sent: 06 December 2011 11:00 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 5V DC power: power off? On 6 December 2011 10:42, Mark White wrote: > Try t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 5V DC power: power off?

2011-12-06 Thread Mark White
Try this http://www.dlpdesign.com/usb/io8.shtml Buy in the uk http://netsemi.com/p-207317-interface-modules-development-tools-usb-based-8-chanl-data-acqusition-modl.aspx?currency=GBP Plenty of suppliers in the uk . Mark On 6 Dec 2011, at 04:44, Matthew Wild wrote: > On 5 December 2011

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [enjoy] Monkeys not only type Shakespeare but also use Ubuntu!

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 28 Sep 2011 08:59:05 alan c wrote: > Yay! > Monkeys Recreate Shakespeare Using Ubuntu > http://www.muktware.com/news/2517 I see the BBC reported it too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15060310 , but without mentioning Linux or Ubuntu once. If they had used Apple, it would have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release party

2011-09-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 14 Sep 2011 06:42:40 Ted Wager wrote: > Anything going on in the High Peak/Stockport area ? > > Regards > Ted Wager Anything happening in Somerset/South West area? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Language spell check firefox

2011-09-05 Thread Mark
Try the localepurge package in the repo, it will automate the removal of additional language packs. On 5 Sep 2011 23:09, "Steve Fisher" wrote: Search synaptic for locales and remove the ones you do not need. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 12 Aug 2011 22:06:37 Kris Douglas wrote: > On 12 August 2011 20:30, Daniel Case wrote: > > It is indeed...do you know where I can get a decent fan as well? :) > > > >> On 12 August 2011 19:43, Rob Beard wrote: > >>> On 12/08/11 19:05, Daniel Case wrote: > Looks good, does the OEM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-31 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 31 Jul 2011 14:53:24 Liam Proven wrote: > On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser wrote: > > In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity > > Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are > > providing an AIO computer based o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Mark White
Degree and Masters courses online. We use Ubuntu on our servers and Moodle for our learning management software. All our software is open source. Contact me and I will try to help. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 28 Jul 2011 11:03:36 Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser wrote: > > In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity > > Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are > > providing an AIO > >

[ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are providing an AIO computer based on Mint with their own user interface. The FAQ page is worth a read. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Providers

2011-07-26 Thread Mark
a fair usage policy but most a fairly reasonable with the limit unless you're a heavy heavy user. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 01 Jul 2011 14:35:02 Dino T. wrote: > I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or > hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated. > > Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls > called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu South west loco team page

2011-06-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 27 Jun 2011 20:59:36 Rob Beard wrote: > On 27/06/11 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 23:08:10 Paul Sutton wrote: > >> As the following site relating to the UK south west loco team page is > >> only being edited by myself > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu South west loco team page

2011-06-27 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 23:08:10 Paul Sutton wrote: > As the following site relating to the UK south west loco team page is > only being edited by myself > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SouthWest I am located in the south west - Somerset - and was a member of the LUGOG. When that went quiet I t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?

2011-06-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 13 Jun 2011 18:11:58 Rob Beard wrote: > On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: > > Hello Peeps > > > > I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics > > controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would > > benefit from an upgrade? I am looki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 11 Jun 2011 09:32:31 Mark Fraser wrote: > Just been to look at the website of my daughter's school - > https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/hps/Default.aspx. Is this similar to > other school websites in the UK where everything is in either Word, Excel > or PPT format

[ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
Just been to look at the website of my daughter's school - https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/hps/Default.aspx. Is this similar to other school websites in the UK where everything is in either Word, Excel or PPT format both old and new with the help section giving links to viewers? I've tried

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 08 Jun 2011 09:46:40 Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > I've been following up 7 days of this guy fighting a change to Ubuntu > from Windows7. > > Sadly he is finding loads of contradictory messages, rants about > linux, rants about mint, rants about nvidia drivers... > > But a very inte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 10 Jun 2011 09:46:12 Alan Pope wrote: > On 10 June 2011 09:30, Dave Hanson wrote: > > I'm toying with the idea of buying a barebones pc from maplins to run web > > server on. (potentially more) I would quite like a dual core processor > > and a gig or so of ram < £120, the rest i can beg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 02 Jun 2011 17:31:19 Alan Pope wrote: > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367768/asus-to-ship-ubuntu-netbooks > > In Europe. > > Neat huh? Where exactly will sell them though? Can't really see Comet, PC World/Currys stocking them. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 04 May 2011 13:08:35 Jon Reynolds wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:51:49 +0300, Dave Rice wrote: > > OK, > > > > here are some links that I found useful! > > > > The method I used, admittedly it was on a Maverick based distro, was > > to update the kernel from here: > > > > http://ke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler

2011-05-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 01 May 2011 13:49:16 Mark Fraser wrote: > I've decided to pack away my little used - it was basically being used as a > clock - O2 Joggler. > > I'm sure reading a while ago that someone on here was looking for one. If > this is still the case, would you like

[ubuntu-uk] Joggler

2011-05-01 Thread Mark Fraser
I've decided to pack away my little used - it was basically being used as a clock - O2 Joggler. I'm sure reading a while ago that someone on here was looking for one. If this is still the case, would you like to buy this one? It comes with box and instructions. -- Registered Linux User #46640

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