On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> Assuming this fixes your issue, then I _think_ the place to make these
> changes permanent is the file /etc/default/grub; remove text of the
> form "vga=791", and then run the command "sudo update-grub" to
> regenerate the grub configurati
Hi Everyone
Please accept my apologies, I posted to the list as I reckoned most
were experienced computer users and would probably have an old copy of
windows floating around which they were no longer using seeing as they
were Ubuntu users.
Alan, please note I was not fully aware of the copyright
> What make is his laptop?
>
> Rob
>
> --
A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-(
I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I
logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get
into the safe-mode with command prompt, and tried to insta
Hi Guys
Haven't been on the list in ages! Hope everyone is well and enjoying
10.04 as much as I am :-)
I'm trying to fix a Computer of a friend of mine and it has Windows XP
Home edition on it. I only have a copy of Windows XP Professional.
I'm desperately in need of a XP Home Edition CD. Does
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:16 PM, javadayaz wrote:
> where should i enter this? Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or
> 192.168.0.1?
>
You should be able to set this in teh ipv4 settings, take it off auto (dhcp)
_
Michael Fletcher
Interested in Linux? Then visit
> I have looked in the hardware database, but would like to buy a
> personally recommended model, rather than just pick one from the general
> list which is given.
>
> Many thanks for any advice.
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
Hi Keith, i think has been discussed before, good starting point:
http://www.go
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Gordon wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> Can someone point me to a tutorial on how to remotely control a machine
>> not in the same location and not on the same network?
>>
>> Ta!
>>
>>
>
> I forgot to mention - the person using this remote computer just about
> has the a
>> To bring up the buddy list, I click on the envelop icon in the
>> notification/indicator area in the top right of the screen. That lists
>> Empathy & Evolution mail, just select Empathy and that brings the
>> contact list for me. Sometimes I do have to do that twice when I've just
>> started the
> Some people regard me as a bit of a FOSS zealot/activist, but I do
> happily use my Nano, watch Flash based videos on my Ubuntu desktop using
> the Adobe Flash player and have other non-free stuff on my computer too;
> I know what they are and what they are for though.
>
> It's your free choice.
Hi Guys,
This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3
player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to
features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) .
If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against all my
OSS beliefs and values?
> Question asked, question answered. I mentioned no political party
> name. No "party political propaganda points" at all. My point in fact
> was that whether *any* party supports free and open source software
> would not sway my vote.
>
> What a typical British attitude. Any mention of politic
> Larry Wright wrote
>
> I've got a HTC Hero which is Android and the blue tooth is crippled
> needs to have to phone rooted to work any easy ways would be appreciated
> apart from
> that its the bees knees,,
> regards Larry
>
Hi Larry, is your Hero running Android 2.0?
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> Sorry, I missed the D off. It's Darren :)
>
> Yeah I've got a Pioneer car stereo with Bluetooth and hands-free built
> in. Bluetooth audio works through the stereo and calls just stop the
> music playing to come through the hands-free and resume afterwards.
>
> I haven't tried using BT to transfe
> Mike, I'm sure Bluetooth Audio isn't mono on mine. It certainly sounds
> as good as CD's through my car stereo. Are you using Cupcake?
>
> Arren
>
> --
Hi Arren, I'm using cupcake. but to be honest I have only ever
connected to my ear-piece when driving. Glad that it is stereo then!
are you con
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, David Jones
wrote:
>
> Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't
> fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email,
> contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data allowance, but
> in my firs
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Jon
Reynolds wrote:
> OK A bit more progress. I went to the Ralink (?) website and got hold of
> a copy of the latest RT73 driver... Now that seemed to compile properly.
> My problem now is getting it loaded and the old one (rt2500?)
> disabled/removed.
>
> Somethi
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> I get loads of MSN spim these days. At least 3-4/hr, sometimes dozens
> an hour, all the time I'm online.
>
> I meticulously block each one, but sometimes, the same ones keep
> spimming me again and again. Blocking seems to do nothing.
>
> I've e
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Thursday 02 July 2009 19:33:09 LeeGroups wrote:
>> No ones, complained to me yet... And I use the Last.FM app to stream
>> music, it's brilliant,
>
> For me it's mainly the radio. Beebplayer looks to be the app for me and my
> want for Live
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
>
>
I have the HTC-Magic (G2) through vodafone, love it :-)
I did a review [1] and short video [2] if you are interested. As
David mentioned, I think the fair use policy is 500MB, but I could
imagine hitting that on my phone, I'd have to be ma
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM, David King wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu 9.04, and a few days ago upgraded the kernel to
> 2.6.28-13.
>
> Today though the system update program says I have new updates, and it
> includes the same kernel again.
>
> Is it necessary to install the same one again, or is
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Michael G Fletcher wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
>> 2009/7/1 Rowan :
>>> Sorry - for 'Internet Explorer' read 'Windows Explorer,' which is the
>>> file browser in Windows. I forgot to men
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Rowan wrote:
> -- So, in fact, all these players will open and play MP3 files, or whole MP3
> folders (i.e. albums), straight from the Nautilus file >browser, if you
> right-click and select that -- even if you prevent them from 'populating'
> their own 'librarie
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM, John wrote:
> Its as it says in the ubject line really. For some reason, after
> rebooting, I cannot now move from Desktop 1. I have 4 available. Would
> anybody know how to get this working again please?
>
> John.
Hi John, did you manage to get this sorted out?
_
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM, javadayaz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any apps in ubuntu where i can keep records of daily,monthly
> expenses?
>
> --
> Javad
>
Have you looked at GnuCash... http://www.gnucash.org/
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Rowan
Berkeley wrote:
> Hi, people. Banshee doesn't edit tags in mp3 files, only the copies of
> these tags in its own Music Library. Also, it doesn't seem to be able to
> recognise new additions to the mp3 archive except by recompiling its
> Music Library completel
> > (admittedly, I don't know if ogg support is standard in Android but at
> > least the potential to easily install it should be there)
> >
My HTC-Magic (the second Android phone) plays ogg files
"out-of-the-box", so hopefully will not too difficult unless sony make
it difficult :-)
--Michael
-
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Michael G Fletcher
wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Julian Burgess wrote:
>> Hello, we just had a MSI AE1900 delivered at work, is it possible to
>> get multitouch working on it under Ubuntu? (I'm not sure it even has
>> ha
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Julian Burgess wrote:
> Hello, we just had a MSI AE1900 delivered at work, is it possible to
> get multitouch working on it under Ubuntu? (I'm not sure it even has
> hardware support)? I've been looking at MPX but am a bit out of my
> depth, if anyone has experien
> Hi both thank you for your messages, now I'm a bit confused, I dont need
> gksudo? Plus what is Policykit? Very much a newbie here.
>
> Thank you again.
>
> John.
>
John, easiest method I found is to right click on the folder that you
want to share and then select sharing options. Normally sets
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/5/5 Michael G Fletcher :
>> I wonder why that was removed - always seemed a great emergency fix
>> for unruly systems :-)
>>
>
> You can also install the dontzap package to do that manual config for you.
>
>
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Tom Vetterlein wrote:
> Hi
>
> Try adding this to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf :
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "DontZap" "off"
> EndSection
>
> That should do the trick.
>
> Tom
Thanks Tom, that fixed it :-)
I wonder why that was removed - always se
Evening all :-)
Up until 8.10 I was able to press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart the X
server - very useful when something was misbehaving. It appears that
in 9.04 this is no longer a default? Anybody else notice this? Anyway
to manually reset this?
Cheers
--Michael
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Ian Pascoe
wrote:
> Cheers Folks, Ian
>
this may be of some interest, Friend of mine set this up to use WoL
via the internet :-)
http://www.hokemon.com/wordpress/2008/06/14/wake-on-lan-through-the-internet/
Cheers
--Michael
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https:
> I know I'm being a bit picky, but wouldn't it be DHCP (Dynamic Host
> Configuration Protocol) that assigns the IP addresses, rather than DNS
> (Domain Name System)? DNS might assign local domain names to the IP's
> though.
>
> Thanks
> Harry
Thanks Harry - spot on, i must have only turned on hal
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, doug livesey wrote:
> Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone
> recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the spot!
> I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where I'm
> supposed to "op
Just in case you missed it, the Linux Foundation announced the Winner
last week [1]. I thought the winning video was brilliant [2], not to
mention the spectacular runner up, The Origin [3] :-)
Hope everyone had a great Easter!
--Michael
[1]
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcement
> quick update: drs305 helped me on the forums with the kernel bit... don't
> know what the issue was, but removing the .postinst file from /var/boot/info
> and reinstalling linux-image did the trick :D
> I thought perhaps that would mean that the graphics driver would install
> properly.
> And...
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Farran Lee wrote:
> the graphics bit has got stupid now... different packages that depend on
> each other, or aren't listed as conflicting, are trying to remove each
> other. I have nvidia-180-kernel-source, nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig,
> nvidia-180-modaliases a
>
> Gitso:
> Thanks for the heads up! I have used it - and it works! :-)
> I will be using it a lot more in future to support friends and family
> with ubuntu.
Gitso, I'm in love :-) so simple and easy to use! Just helped John
solve his wireless issues using gitso, very nice indeed :-) Thanks
>
> Hi Lucy,
>
> thank you for getting back to me. I posted after you messaged, so I'm a bit
> of a mess. I have no connection now. The WICD wouldnt connect, had an
> authentication problem, just like in Network manager, wouldnt connect at all
> to the internet using any of my wireless connections.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Farran Lee wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 11:46 +0100, Robert McWilliam wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 04:34:09PM +0100, Farran Lee wrote:
> >
> > hmm the last post i did got grabbed by the list's spamassassin :S I'll
> > try again: http://pastebin.com/f7d0f62
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Looks like i have fixed it, pcm volume was down, (what ever pcm is)
>
> It still has a tendancy to cut out, for a few seconds, not sure why,
> it seems like some sort of buffer issue, but so when watching a video i
> miss dialog for a few se
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Hi
>
> I am having issues with sound on ubuntu 8.10
>
> having tried both pulse audio and alsa, I am still having a similar issue
>
> my volume is low, despite the speaker being turned up an
2009/3/24 Tom Vetterlein :
> Brilliant. I'll try and track down a Logitech I think.
>
> Thanks for your replies everyone.
>
> Tom
>
> 2009/3/24 Chris Penston
>>
>> I'm using one with Ubuntu 8.04 which I bought direct from Logitec. It
>> worked straight out of the box with Skype and Cheese.
>>
>>
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 2:51 PM, John wrote:
> Just a question, is there any way I can find out if the wireless adaptor
> is broken, or is the software has become corrupted in any way? Its not
> even showing that there is a wireless on the netbook. I can connect via
> the ethernet though, which w
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> 2009/3/20 Michael G Fletcher :
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> I know, it's pre-alpha and everything, but has anyone got it working?
>>>
>>> For me, I just get:
>>
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> I know, it's pre-alpha and everything, but has anyone got it working?
>
> For me, I just get:
>
>
> lpro...@blackbox:~$ chromium-browser
> [7638:7638:3687311408:ERROR:common/temp_scaffolding_stubs.cc(214)] Not
> implemented reached in static bo
>
> Hi, sorry its taken me so long to get back to you, I just entered that
> command into the terminal and got this.
>
> Linux username-laptop 2.6.27 -8-eeepc #1 SMP Sun Nov 16 12:02:12 MST 2008
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
> hope that helps. I can only get connected via the ethernet wire, if I look
> in the
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Howard Berry wrote:
> Greetings,
> I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week.
> There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with
> Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by
> pressing Fn+F7.
> I wa
> On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 13:09 +, John wrote:
>
> Well, that's no good, I noticed that the third option was the eeepc option,
> which is what it boots up into, and when I tried the the 5th option, it
> doesnt pick up the wireless network at all, its as if its isnt even
> installed.
>
> The funny
I noticed that the site was up, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyReleaseParties
Does anybody know if Canonical will again be organising a release
party in London? Will we have a local server there? I'm keen to bring
my Eee and do an update!
Cheers
--MIchael
_
Michae
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Andrew Turner wrote:
> 2009/3/8 Michael G Fletcher :
>> Andrew, not sure if you have tried yet, but I have a friend that
>> bought a Dell and had no trouble getting a refund [1] :-)
>>
>> Good Luck
>> --Michael
>>
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Rowan Berkeley
wrote:
> Indeed, I was laboring under a misconception there. It sounds quite
> straightforward, when you explain it like that ...
>
>
Great! I think it explains where some of the frustration was creeping
into the list from :-) Something we need to
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Rowan Berkeley
wrote:
> I wouldn't mind installing 8.10, and then I could run all the updates as
> and when they appear, and enjoy all the cutting edge improvements. But
> it's true that I do not know whether the non-default interface driver
> was necessitated by t
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Rowan Berkeley
wrote:
> If all LinuxCertified did was buy a batch of snazzy Korean executive
> laptops, with Windows Vista already installed on them, and then install
> out-of-date and un-updatable versions of ubuntu on them, then tweak them
> to make it work as lon
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Andrew Turner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just got myself one of the new Dell Inspiron 15 laptops (unfortunately
> with Vista - they no longer do the Ubuntu pre-installed 1525). Thought
> I'd let the list know that Intrepid runs out out the box with no
> problems (wireless,
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Jai Harrison wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm interested in talking with a friend who uses Windows over the
> internet. I'm going to have to buy a headset and use a service that's
> available on Windows and GNU/Linux (I'm thinking Skype). I also need a
> headset that works wi
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:54 AM, John wrote:
> Hi Mike, have finally got the Dongle working, but its not stable, it
> crashes now and again. It seems it doesnt like automatically
> reconnecting, if the connection has been lost.
>
> On one crash, something changed, and I'm not sure what it was. I j
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:24 AM, John wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> sorry I havent been around much, I havent been very well, and had to
> leave this.
>
> I have managed to work out this page
>
> http://www.pharscape.org/networkmanager-0.7.0-and-3g-wwan-modems.html
>
> till I get to where it says
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Simon Wears wrote:
> Ever since 8.10 was released, I've carried with me a copy of Intrepid on my
> 1Gb USB key, since it's bundled along with my flat keys. I was wondering
> about making the install a little more customised - at the moment it's just
> the standard
> --- On Sun, 15/2/09, John wrote:
>
> From: John
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk"
> Date: Sunday, 15 February, 2009, 12:46 AM
>
> I wanted to try get Orange Wireless on here, as I have Orange with my
> mobile. I went into the sh
>>
> Hi, well, I have been trying everything that you have all suggested, and
> I have a few problems. The Lightning 0.9 wont work with this version of
> Firefox and Ubuntu 8.10. Doesnt matter how much I've tried it just wont
> work. The version in the repositories works, but it wont work with the
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Michael Holloway
wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 19:08 +, John wrote:
>> Oh that's odd, I thought it had connected once since being installed. Oh
>> well. Does anybody have any idea on how get this fixed?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> John.
>
> Do you have another comp
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff
wrote:
>> I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I
>> imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel
>> distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd
>> be willing to pay.
>
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Rik wrote:
>
> This happened to me after installing Adobe-Air and BBC iPlayer,
> reinstalling gnome-app-install fixed it:
>
> sudo apt-get --reinstall install gnome-app-install
>
>
> Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 20
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Harry Rickards wrote:
> Try opening up a terminal and running
> sudo aptitude update
>
Still completely blank i'm afraid...
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Evening :-)
I'm not sure what has happened, but I appear to have the same problem
on my desktop and my Eee. When I click Applications > Add/Remove...
there is nothing but blank boxes. I also tried selecting "all open
source application" and "all available applications", still getting
nothing.
8
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:10 AM, mac wrote:
> Stuart wrote:
>
>> ...the Foxmarks add-on for Firefox lets you synchronize your
>> bookmarks... They are all stored on a central server.
>
> The privacy issues with this are mentioned in the thread. Here's Eben
> Moglen on this general area:
> http:/
ohhh, now this is interesting :-)
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/245994/eu-could-force-microsoft-to-bundle-firefox-with-windows.html
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Roger Lancefield wrote:
>
>
> 2009/1/28 Roger Lancefield
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Rob Beard wrote:
>>>
>>> >> I'm swinging towards an Xilence 480W PSU [1] from aria for £26, but
>>> >> not sure if it's (a) worth the extra money for a quieter PSU,
Hello :-)
The power supply on my desktop machine seems to have stopped
functioning as normal. It still works, but when I shut my machine
down it no longer stops. The power supply is either on or off. Even
after switching it off at the wall, when I turn the wall power on
again, all the fans star
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:29 PM, mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any thoughts on how Ubuntu plays with the 1.0 release of Songbird?
>
> http://getsongbird.com/
>
> Mac
>
>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:04 AM, David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just looking at the subject line, it appears that someone has an awful lot
> of issues. :-)
>
>
> David King
>
>
> Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I got a 901 a few w
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Never mind the US elections, Never mind the by-and-local elections..
> This is the election you've all been waiting for !
>
> Seriously though, *Voting opens* [0] at Midnight tonight *00:00 15/11/08
> GMT* (approx 40min tim
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Ron Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I remember awhile ago that someone mentioned they received the
>> "powered by..." stickers that came with Linux Format. I am trying to
> Hi Michael,
>
> I got a 901 a few weeks ago and installed eeexubuntu. Working very well
> after a bit of fiddling about with the wireless. I haven't had any
> issues with the lid sensor. Sounds like a problem with the hardware, so
> probably worth sending back for repairs.
>
> All the best,
>
> T
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:53 AM, andylockran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I remember awhile ago that someone mentioned they received the
>> "powered by..." stickers that came with Linux Format. I am trying to
Hi Guys
I remember awhile ago that someone mentioned they received the
"powered by..." stickers that came with Linux Format. I am trying to
get one of the powered by Linux stickers (the one with tux on it)
If anybody has one and is happy to part with it, please let me know
and I will send you a
Hi Guys, I picked up an eee 901 last Monday. I charged it and
immediately installed Ubuntu and adamm's kernel from array.org.
Everything works brilliant! However, I appear to be having an issue
with the sensor from the lid. it appears to think that it opens and
closes randomly. see an image here
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/11/5 Simos Xenitellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Many people make the mistake to install the stock Ubuntu on the EEE.
>> The specialised version that Yishay mentions below is what people
>> should be installing instead.
>> Adv
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Ken Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In reply to multiple posts...
>
> 1. I use the dvd drive allot, I view/burn many dvd's and if it is going
> to re-insert it on eject then not on.
> 2. I still have another 2 machines running with 8.04 (xbuntu) and 8.10
> (with
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Matt Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Michael G Fletcher
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > After mo
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in
> his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04
> (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big
> brother is in
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/10/28 Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Who's coming to the Canonical-organised Intrepid release party at Waxy
>> O'Connors, London on Thursday night?
>>
>
> Yup, I'll be there.
>
>> Shall I bring "Hello My Name Is..."
>> >> Hello,
>> >> Could anyone tellme how to use synaptic package manager to remove old and
>> >> unused packages etc after an update?
>> >> I now have several option in grub, and would like to clean things up.
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks,
>> >> SI
>> >>
When you say several option in grub, do you me
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Iain Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Murphy wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:28:56 +0100
>> "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what's going on with the look of Intrepid? I did think that
>>> it was supposed to
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>
>
>
> This might help you decide...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/16/android_kill_switch/
>
> Rob
>
ouch..
Hi Guys, slightly off-topic, but I would appreciate your thoughts on this
This was inspired by the news of the G1 phone being released in the UK
on the 30th of October (http://tinyurl.com/48s4gp).
Some questions;
* How free is the OS really?? I know it has a Linux based kernel and
will be op
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Ellis Corbie Riley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
Just saw this - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseParties#Europe
Can i safely assume we will be at Waxy O'Connors and not De Hems then?
--Michael
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Roger Lancefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/9/29 John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> So, anyone up for a party?
>
>
> +1 for De Hems. Central location. 12 million or so people within an hour's
> train ride (he wildly guestimates). Plenty of good, reasonably
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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,
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM, ptaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> i have tried this inside FF2 and FF3, with the latest flash from the
> repos, and x86 8.04.1
>
> i am trying to play scifi.dragonfly.com/renegade/stogamst448
>
> when i clicked to play it, ff2 and ff3 died, so i decided
>
> I've been experimenting with a single 8.04 machine running FF3.
> Bookmarks work properly if the profile is on the machine itself. When I
> move the profile to the network drive, FF3 appears to run OK, but I
> cannot add, delete or organise bookmarks - which rather defeats the
> whole object!
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Chris Oattes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Holloway wrote:
>> Is anyone else very confused???
>>
>
> Yes. Sadly, this mental state is in fact normal for me, and not entirely
> related to the contents of this thread.
>
> Chris.
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:38 AM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jai Harrison wrote:
>
>> What we really need is a multiplatform messaging protocol + client to
>> cut into the Microsoft instant messaging market - the younger
>> generation of Microsoft Windows users.
>
> Isn't that what Pidgin
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I've tried to convert girls before but the problem is they're focused
> on things like Microsoft's "Windows Live Messenger" and social use of
> their operating system. Whilst this can (and is) done with GNU/Linux
>
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote:
>> Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
>> anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for th
Hi Guys and Girls,
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for the SFD??
I would be keen to organise/participate with something in the London area?
--Michael
(PS = I see Alan Cocks has got a Bracknell one set u
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:11 PM, James Westby
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 12:11 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
>> August is also a tricky month. Many people are on holiday,
>
> I'd love to be there, but I'm one of those people, so I can't
> make that weekend.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
What do you think of this? At $250 dollars (about £125) it seems a
winner if the performance is usable...
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--Michael
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