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

2010-06-03 Thread Michael Wood
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Craig Peden wrote: > We could easily use a JavaScript sildeshow to rotate images. Then > everyone (Well, not everyone) will be happy. > > You could have a picture of London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast on > rotation. > > I would reccomend http://smoothgallery.jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors through 2 graphics cards

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, You can just add a second device screen and monitor section into your xorg.conf and then in the server layout section you'll need to add something like: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen2" Screen "Screen 2" En

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using an Nvidia MX440

2009-01-30 Thread Michael Wood
Yes I have, What version of Ubuntu are you running on the second PC ? There were problems with Intrepid because of the new Xorg server and nvidia not having released a driver that was compatiable with it, though this is mostly resolved now: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphic

[ubuntu-uk] Winner announcement: Team Leader / PoC 2009

2008-11-29 Thread Michael Wood
+ Stephen Johnston for commiting to be a candidate in this election And finally to all those who voted - A record number of you (89) for any vote in Ubuntu-UK's history. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/teamlead09/ Kind Regards, Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Important: Voting Opens For Team Leader

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Wood
[0] *https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/teamlead09 *- more information about the vote is available on this page also [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/TeamLeadCandidates [2] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+login Kind Regards, Michael Wood (Returning officer*) *where's my badge and hat!?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slightly OT: GeForce 4 MX support fixed?

2008-11-01 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, Short answer is no. Long answer is that for me it was fixed in an update to hardy.1 but i have just been trying to use ibex and it's resurfaced the nighmare of this issue. Check the release notes for intrepid ibex. There is even more of a compatibility issue now with nvidia and the new Xse

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Cutting Edge Windows PC Games on Linux Machines

2008-06-17 Thread Michael Wood
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:59 +0100, James Grabham wrote: > Gigabit Ethernet probabally would be. > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Chris Rowson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shuttleworth interview in today's Technology Guardian

2008-05-22 Thread Michael Wood
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:04:20PM +0100, John Levin wrote: > >> SABDFL's got a beard now. I bet Jono Bacon had something to do with it. >> >> > > No he doesn't. We just interviewed him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVQP7lUiOU&feature=user > and he definitely didn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rhythmbox not resuming after youtube play

2008-04-28 Thread Michael Wood
e safe to rule out the bug being in rhythmbox, I'd say you should then file a bug with pulseaudio. Regards, Michael Wood (X3N on IRC) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The day after...

2008-04-25 Thread Michael Wood
Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 17:36 +0100, Adam Bagnall wrote: >> I've got my pictures up on w00tz.co.uk They're on my adsl connection and >> they're quite big so if possible save your curiosity until after 10:30pm >> tonight to it's off peak and I don't use my bandwidth limits up. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] show of hands.. was: 8.04 Ubuntu release party - London - 24th April

2008-04-23 Thread Michael Wood
Rob Beard wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 09:29 +0100, Kat Kinnie wrote: >>> Stick it in your diary and feel free to bring along friends and family >>> too, the more the merrier. You can see it on the wiki page for Ubuntu >>> release parties https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyRelease

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Wood
Alan Pope wrote: > There now appear to be two choices for the Hardy release party if you're > in London. > > Both on Thursday 24th April, one is at The Pembury Tavern > , the other is at De Hems >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (marketing) Government minister FOSS meeting - Hants LUG

2008-04-20 Thread Michael Wood
alan c wrote: > Hants LUG have held a meeting with John Denham MP, Secretary of State > for Innovation, Universities and Skills today. His constituency is - > in Hampshire. > > He attended for about 45 minutes, was actively interested, and asked > relevant questions, giving a clear impression

[ubuntu-uk] 300 ubuntu-uk launchpad members !

2007-12-10 Thread Michael Wood
As of 11:50 this morning (10/12/07) we now have 300 Ubuntu-UKJ active members on launchpad !! [1] I remember when we were just (re) starting out ubuntu-uk in September of 2006, just I and a few others, and here we are a year and a couple of months later 300 !! Congratulations everyone on a go

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pen drive not automounting.

2007-11-27 Thread Michael Wood
Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Andrew Jenkins wrote: > >> OK here goes, >> >> Using Ubuntu 7.10 for over a year and all works well. >> > > Sorry, Ubuntu for over a year, 7.10 for a month. > > >> If I plug in a pen-drive when running Gnome it will >> automount and place an icon on the desktop, '

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

2007-11-17 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Holloway wrote: > I thought about that... thing is, i have no idea why it has stopped. Its > has never happened to me before in 3-4 years of having remote servers, > so i wouldn't expect to need a cron job. I think having a cron job is > "paranoia" but then sometimes things do go wrong!!! A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcams

2007-11-07 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Rimicans wrote: > Anyone recommend a webcam for use with feisty? > > Cheers, > > Michael > > > > > Logitech ones also work well -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

2007-11-06 Thread Michael Wood
Matthew Wild wrote: > > > On 11/6/07, *STONE COLD* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > i guess i dont know what frequency scaling means then!i thought it > was somthing to do with cpu loads! > > > The idea is that when the CPU is not being used (like when the PC is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Michael Wood
gord wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:18 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > >> Well different colours would have been good, could spray paint them, >> lol. >> >> >> >> Daniel >> > > http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5428/ubuntuue4.jpg ;) > you have too much time on your hands gord :p kitty

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Holloway wrote: > Hey guys > > Has anyone managed to install vmware on a gutsy server yet? I've been > going around in circles for ages now, i think every package from the > repo is now installed :) From what i have been able to google, > apparently libx11 causes this probably when its not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via Tescos

2007-10-20 Thread Michael Wood
Keith Cleaver wrote: > John Levin wrote: > >> Just found this: >> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx >> and >> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6129/btnResultSort.x%3d509/btnResultSort.y%3d291.aspx >> >> Anyone tried one? >> >> John >> > I t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers

2007-10-02 Thread Michael Wood
John McCourt wrote: > Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is > pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a > file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well. > Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make > any configurations to it then firestarter is a good >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launchpad Poll for LoCo contact

2007-09-27 Thread Michael Wood
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 23:47 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > >> I notice that there are two polls running for the Loco contact post, >> when there really should only be one. >> > > Apparently the interface for creating polls is not really very intuitive > and the pers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Bluetooth

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Wood
Farran Lee wrote: > there is this... but on my laptop it will run, but won't find any > bluetooth devices. The command is "kbtobexclient", but it is a kde > program. It's called Bluetooth OBEX Client - it worked fine on our > main pc though. Try it, see what it does for you. > > Also, try gnome-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC

2007-08-03 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Wood wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: > >> There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the >> Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no >> guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC

2007-08-03 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Wood wrote: > There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the > Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no > guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that > there should be an code of conduct aimed at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help...

2007-08-02 Thread Michael Wood
Josh Blacker wrote: > Being a slight newbie, I'd appreciate some direction with this! > > I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing > with a friend. Emailing it to him every so often is a chore - what I > want is a cron script to do this for me, say every evening. Any idea

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC

2007-08-02 Thread Michael Wood
There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. I have written a draft CoC [1] Th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: USB Drives

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Wood
Dave Walker wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 22:41 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > >> Hi >> >> The USB drive doesn't appear anywhere in /Media - I see my floppy drive, two >> CD Rom drive and the various HD partitions, but nothing else. >> >> I've run DESG and there's a lot of output! What's the comma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

2007-05-30 Thread Michael Wood
Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future > >

[ubuntu-uk] planet.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-29 Thread Michael Wood
Hi All, Due to popular demand I've made planet.ubuntu-uk.org look a lot nicer (hopefully) and it now has the facilities to have more information about each author. Unless there are any objections to the design can I ask that people who wish to fill in extra information add the following face

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk website broken

2007-05-29 Thread Michael Wood
Alan Pope wrote: > Thanks for the bug report :) > > I have commented out the offending code (the drop down). Michael or myself > will take a look at it later on to put it right. It looks like a bug in the > string manipulation used to grab the list of UKTeam pages from the Ubuntu > Wiki which sc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot problems

2007-05-29 Thread Michael Wood
gord wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 22:16 +0100, Robin Hall wrote: > >> I have Windows XP and Ubuntu running as a dual boot system on my >> computer. The system worked perfectly up until yesterday when Windows >> loaded and continues to load without giving me choice. I understand >> this could

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Volunteer for GUADEC!

2007-05-23 Thread Michael Wood
If you would like to help out at GUADEC 2007, please add your name to the list on the Volunteer wiki page . The page also details some of the responsibilities we need covering during the event. Once we have a list of people willing to help, we can o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings from South India!

2007-05-17 Thread Michael Wood
Edward Crompton wrote: > Dear All, > > I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd finally > introduce myself. I work for Mahiti.org, a not for profit technology > consultancy for the voluntary sector based in Bangalore, India. We > develop on a couple of FOSS content management

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Wood wrote: > Hello Again, > > So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed > from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: > http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin > > run the oct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Wood
Michael Wood wrote: > Hello Again, > > So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed > from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: > http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin > > run the oct

[ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Wood
Hello Again, So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command: sh octosetup-

[ubuntu-uk] Launchpad Ubuntu-UK hits 200 users !

2007-05-12 Thread Michael Wood
Congratulations to Steve Belcher who became Ubuntu-UK's 200th member on launchpad[1]. All in a matter of 8 Months and 8 days, well done everyone for spreading the love. [1]https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+members -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-10 Thread Michael Wood
Stephen Garton wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: > > >> The development version of the site is at http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/dev/ >> Please post any feedback. >> > > Just one point, is it wise to have the page title as "Ubuntu Home Page | > Ubuntu&

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Michael Wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Great work on the site :) > - The random UK images are a good idea > - I don't like the yellow/green Ubuntu-UK logo background Any ideas on what it should be replaced with ? I'd just been borrowing graphics from : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Projects so far. Ther

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Michael Wood
john levin wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: > >> Hi >> >> As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the ubuntu-uk.org >> website. Porting it over to the current ubuntu main page design and >> adding some features. >> > > A

[ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-08 Thread Michael Wood
page, getting it xhtml strict validating wai etc regards, Michael Wood -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop effects

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Wood
Keith Bowerman wrote: > Since I upgraded to Feisty last month, I have suffered a minor hiccough > whilst booting up. > > When logging in, the Ubuntu desktop opens but without my four workspace > icons at the bottom right of the screen, and any filer window appears > without the minimise, maximise a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-05-02 Thread Michael Wood
Stephen Garton wrote: > On 02/05/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Guys and Dolls, >> >> During the meeting last night on irc we discussed various marketing ideas. >> These included the Tux 500 [0] campaign and the firefox New York Times >> advert [2]. These seem to many of us to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgot his password after installing Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Michael Wood
Robin Menneer wrote: > I have a colleague who had help from a friend (more knowledgeable than > I am) in loading Ubuntu from the web via apple-mac and a PC > emulation. Between the two of them, they have forgotten the Ubuntu > password and don't think that either wrote it down. Is the only >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote X sessions - is there a timeout

2007-04-09 Thread Michael Wood
Andrew wrote: > Hi > We sometimes create X session from one machine to another (using XDMCP) > both running ubuntu. Sometimes when you leave the machine come back you > find the session has gone. > > Is there any inactivity timeout involved and if so can we change the value. > > Andrew > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs

2007-03-27 Thread Michael Wood
xx xx wrote: > Hi mates does anyone try to loadbalance some stuff wit ipvs ? there is > no to much info on the web but i know it support a bunch of algorythms > for loadbalancing. > I was using pools{} on openbsd but it does only support roundrobin. > Cheers > For HTTP load balancing i've always

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Wood
Thanks for your response Mark, very insightful, much appreciated. Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: > [1]https://wiki.ub

[ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Wood
Pretty funny, http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux.OGG and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_2.OGG and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_3.OGG -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Michael Wood
Colin Murphy wrote: > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt > thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to > allow me to do fsck and stuff. > > I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work. > > I was able to get things star

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UKTeam meeting update

2007-03-21 Thread Michael Wood
Robin Menneer wrote: > On 3/21/07, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Did you know there are 380 subscribers to the UK Maillist allowing for >> duplicates and metoo addresses thats not a small number of people >> chatting and sharing ideas about Ubuntu. meanwhile the IRC Channel >> #ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-20 Thread Michael Wood
Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +0000, Michael Wood wrote: > >> Firstly: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 >> >> "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and K

[ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Wood
in the ubuntu communities interest to be a sponsor of GUADEC and to have community involved art work. ubuntu needs to look at how these decisions affect it's own community in terms of excluding them at will and importantly the affect and impression that is given to the wider open source com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uninterruptible power supply question

2007-03-07 Thread Michael Wood
Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just built a home/soho server and I'm hoping someone here could > help me with a couple of questions. It's a headless server (dual-core, > three 320GB hard drive with RAID5) where I'm running the increasingly > complicated applications that I use for home a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: netz.smurf.noris.de GOING AWAY]

2007-02-25 Thread Michael Wood
Dean Sas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael, > I don't know if you've saw this but we have ten days to sort the team > website out, Canonical offer free hosting - see the link below. > > dsas > > - Original Message > Subject: netz.smurf.noris.de G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] House of Parliament tours.

2007-01-18 Thread Michael Wood
I'd be interested in going. Thanks Nik Butler wrote: > Out of interest would Ubuntu-UK members like to do a tour of the Both > Houses of Parliament ? > > http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hcio/tours.cfm > > Lets see how many are interested before we worry about in or out of > session though.

[ubuntu-uk] Opensource on BBC Technology

2007-01-17 Thread Michael Wood
News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6270657.stm - Open source gets European boost "This view echoes those of 111 UK MPs who signed an early day motion promoting open source software in December 2006 to support the use of open source in schools." - well done everyone wrote to their MP.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC security mention in Ubuntu Weekly News 27

2007-01-15 Thread Michael Wood
alan c wrote: > I have only used IRC a few times, and have only a vague idea of the > issues around it. I noyice in UWN 27 that > = > If you are using IRC to connect to any of the Ubuntu IRC channels, the > IRC Operator's Team would like to inform you that to make your > connection secure y

[ubuntu-uk] A couple of things..

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Wood
Hello ubuntu uk Got a couple of things i've been thinking about. -- A guy came into #ubuntu-uk asking how to get involved in open source software yesterday. We helped him out and pointed him in the right direction hopefully, but it struck me that the easiest way that we explained it was throu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] more video clips etc

2006-12-15 Thread Michael Wood
alan c wrote: > for reference: > http://ubuntuclips.org/ > ubuntuclips.org ubuntuvideo.com and quickones.org :| This often happens in open source, 3 good ideas that could have been 1 excellent one. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@

Re: [ubuntu-uk] K/Ubuntu?

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Wood
Tez wrote: > Stephen Garton wrote: > >> Now, it doesn't really bother me, but I was just wondering why the >> signature appended to the messages on the list link to the kubuntu >> wiki instead of the ubuntu one?: >> >> >> >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kernel upgrade

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Wood
Keith Bowerman wrote: > On booting up Edgy a couple of hours ago I was advised that there were > 10 updates available to me, mainly upgrading the kernel. I dutifully > downloaded them and following the usual instructions rebooted the > machine, except that I couldn't, the loader got no further tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Fiesty ??

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Wood
Ted Wager wrote: > tim matthews wrote: > >> I don't think you can update from dapper to Feisty, you can only update from >> edgy to feisty (so I think). >> I'm pretty sure it's possible to jump a release for upgrading, just make sure you use the upgrade manager. The repositories will be t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] amazon

2006-12-06 Thread Michael Wood
baza wrote: > Tried that. > > It's weird this. It just won't let me login, even though I can from my > works Windows XP laptop just fine. > > Still, it'll save me spending so much lol > > Baz > > It might be a stored password in firefox that is being submitted in the password field. To check t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu waht to do next

2006-11-27 Thread Michael Wood
s > click apply > click reload > click search > enter "mplayer" right click on the result "mplayer" and select "mark for installation" > then click apply After it's finished you should find mplayer in Applications > sound and video > mplay

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ogg playback problem

2006-11-01 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, I also had the same problem, with the mplayer plugin, however running mplayer or gmplayer and opening the url worked fine. Gary Kearley wrote: > I have a problem trying to playback the .ogg file Alan created. > > I can play the ogg file from the "example content" fine, but trying to > play A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some PC builder advice please

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, My father bought a Mesh last year, good spec Athlon64 3500 250GB SATA 1GB Ram* * NVIDIA GeForce 6??0 Graphics. But it ended up running very slow under windows and has had multiple boot problems, XP professional has been reinstalled multiple times, it now has ubuntu on it which runs ok so f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange thing after upgrading to edgy

2006-10-22 Thread Michael Wood
Nope, sorry forgot to say, it's an Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) which uses the i810 graphics driver. Thanks, Michael David Morley wrote: > On 22/10/06, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm gett

[ubuntu-uk] Strange thing after upgrading to edgy

2006-10-22 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, I'm getting this strangeness on tty1-8 , I would file a bug, but i don't know what it is in the first place. Anyone got an ideas ? Thanks, Michael "X3N" -- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] verbose/debugging for firefox and an article on beeb

2006-10-03 Thread Michael Wood
Yeah I meant Edgy Oliver Maunder wrote: > > > On 02/10/06, *Michael Wood* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > > When dapper is > released we should really have a go at encouraging the coverage of > it on > th

[ubuntu-uk] verbose/debugging for firefox and an article on beeb

2006-10-02 Thread Michael Wood
gative so far. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4784595.stm might be a good channel to publicise it. Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Michael Wood
I did see that, but I don't think the method that jdub is using is particularly good ;) I'm going to have a play and see what I can come up with, I've got quite a lot of time at the moment. Michael Dean Sas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 &

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Michael Wood
Morning, I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend feeds to the planet. Good idea ? Bad idea ? Michael -- /\/\ichael \/\/ood [ http://www.michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk planet

2006-09-14 Thread Michael Wood
The ubuntu-uk planet is up and I've "themed" it. If you would like your blog added to it please email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) me with the feed address and your name. Currently the planet can be found here : http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/planet/ Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk mailing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting the group going

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Wood
s default settings and some feeds which were in the default config (though i added my blog ;) However in getting the subdomain the admin of the box tells me that it's developing a hard disk problem. So i'm just going to hold off spending time on it until we know the situation with it more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting the group going

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Wood
Nik, you can get the logo and such from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official nik wrote: > I was about to ask my local promotional marketing material chap to make > me up some more Polo Shirts ( £18 a piece ( yep im pimping! )). So where > can I get the Ubuntu logo suitable to have emblazone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launchpad team created

2006-09-07 Thread Michael Wood
Steve Smith wrote: > On 05/09/06, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >> The launchpad team has now been created for the ubuntu uk people. >> https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk Please join it ! >> > > Hi Michael > > This is wonderful,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launchpad team created

2006-09-05 Thread Michael Wood
d. It provides the means to register and be a member more formally than just being signed up on the mailing list, for building a community I feel this is quite important. Tony Arnold wrote: > Michael, > > On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 01:06 +0100, Michael Wood wrote: > > >> I&#x

[ubuntu-uk] Launchpad team created

2006-09-04 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, I'm Michael Wood (X3N) you may remember me from such irc channels as #ubuntu-uk,#lugradio and #gnome-uk on freenode. Or from such events as Linux Expo and gnome uk meetups. The launchpad team has now been created for the ubuntu uk people. https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk Please