Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

On 06/04/2011, Tim Dobson wrote: > On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: >> Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs >> posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can >> aggregate the bandwidth? >> >> If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Programming in Python User Interface

On 25 March 2011 10:02, wrote: > Pythonchallange is probably not the best place for a beginner to start, > unless they enjoy headaches, mysteries and extremely fast paced learning > > That totally depends on the person and how they learn... for me, pythonchallenge with hints and a little help fro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android Slates/Tablets......

On 24 March 2011 11:10, James Thomas wrote: > Hi John, > > According to the review in Linux User and Developer, the best one to go for > it the Samsung Galaxy Tab at £390. A close runner up was the Dell Streak, > but that is also priced at £390... > > +1 for the galaxy, my colleague has one, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

Hi john, You should also have a backup here: /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 so the command to move it would be: *sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status* on my system this is only 3 days old (ie before I updated today) Matt On 6 March 2011 12:06, John MM wrote: > On 06/03/11

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

Hi Simon - out of interest, can I ask what BIOS version you have on the M1330 at the moment? I'm using my 32bit M1330, and have frequent issues with overheating. I'm wondering if a BIOS update might go some way to resolving it. Cheers, Matt On 24 February 2011 06:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

HI Rossen, I have seen the same problem from time to time. Once the load average gets above 4/5 I typically reboot, or kill the process responsible and go make a cup of tea while everything settles down again. What browser are you running? Until recently I was having a real headache with the fl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

> > I've had very few problems with the entire Dell laptop line. My company > has bought ~30ish laptops from them in the last 5 years. Lessons > learned: > My Dell M1330 came with ubuntu preinstalled, and worked fine for a while. Although after 6 months it suffered from real problems due to the g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

Hi Graham, 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. I use the @live.co.uk account in Empa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

On 2 December 2010 18:56, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > The situation is basicly that I want to be able to send an e-mail (or maby > use a M$ Outlook plugin) to be able to send an sms to a number that I can > specify with the message. the modem is a siemens TC65-T. also, if a message > is recived I ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

On 30 November 2010 15:08, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > would somebody be able to guide me through setting up an alamin IP->SMS > gateway on a ubuntu 10.10 server? > thanks in advance > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a two hard drive dock

something like this? http://snurl.com/1ikix7 Matt On 24 November 2010 09:06, javadayaz wrote: > both are good products...but is there anything that would hide the actual > hds once they have been pushed into the dock? > some sort of enclosure perhaps... > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Jam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cron Help

Morning Jon, Cron is a tool for scheduling repetitive tasks. Do you think this is coming from your box? Where does the email come from? Cheers Matt On 23 September 2010 09:22, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone help me with this please. I get an email every day with the > following:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Conky doesn't display on XFCE desktop

On 17 September 2010 10:57, Philip Newborough wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Matt Sturdy > wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I recently made the switch to XFCE, and mostly it's working well. Quick, > > clean interface etc. > > The one thing I can't

[ubuntu-uk] Conky doesn't display on XFCE desktop

Hi guys, I recently made the switch to XFCE, and mostly it's working well. Quick, clean interface etc. The one thing I can't fix is Conky. It used to display on the nautilus desktop... and it still starts up with no errors... but I can't see where it goes! starting from the command line gives

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote: > > or nearly that, anyway. > > > > Article: > > Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech > > Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook: > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Irritating balloon notifiers

Hi, These instructions should work for you: http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/26/disable-notifications-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/ Cheers, Matt On 20 August 2010 18:44, Rowan Berkeley wrot