Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

On 19 September 2016 21:07:13 BST, Colin Law wrote: >On 19 September 2016 at 20:13, Neil Greenwood > wrote: >> Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. >> >> I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a >(very >> slightly) friendlier f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a (very slightly) friendlier front end, but I've not used either for several years... Neil On 19 September 2016 17:49:44 BST, Colin Law wrote: >On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network Enlightenment

On 17 November 2015 18:55:16 GMT+00:00, Stuart Ward wrote: >On 17 November 2015 at 16:34, Matt Wheeler wrote: > >> internet <--- (x.x.x.x :router A: 192.168.0.1) <--- (192.168.0.2 >> :router B: 192.168.1.1) <--- (wireless devices) >> >> >What you should do is turn off DHCP and NAT on router B a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corporation tax submission issues

On 29 January 2015 10:53:10 GMT+00:00, Gareth France wrote: >I have gotten along just fine since 2006 without having to touch a >non-Ubuntu system. If it is possible I like to keep it that way. It >works for me and every time I am forced to use a Windows system it >hammers home exactly why I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icons go missing ...

On 12 January 2015 13:42:57 GMT+00:00, George DiceGeorge wrote: >http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-15-04-Gets-Linux-Kernel-3-18-467083.shtml >Ubuntu 15.04 (Vidid Vervet) is now under development and this is a time >when new features and components are added to the distribution. The >same is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automating find and replace

On 17 September 2014 22:31:28 BST, Bruno Girin wrote: >On 17 September 2014 20:47, Gareth France >wrote: > >> >> Not helpful for solving the immediate problem I know, but for the >>> future the issue would be easy to solve if you kept a master copy of >>> your source in a version control syste

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

On 4 May 2014 13:39:40 GMT+01:00, Joe Alam wrote: >Hi, > >There's probably a far better way that someone with some more >experience >will suggest, but the first thing that came to mind is to write a >little >program/script that does the following: > >- read all the files, into their own list of pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where does flash store it's temporary files?

On 18 April 2014 11:31:40 GMT+01:00, Peter Smout wrote: >On 18/04/14 11:26, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >> >> >> On 18 April 2014 11:20, Peter Smout > > wrote: >> >> On 18/04/14 11:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On 17 April 2014 17:12, Peter Smout

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ending Dual-Boot

On 11 March 2014 07:08:03 GMT, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > >On 10 March 2014 16:38:47 GMT, Daniel Llewellyn >wrote: >>On 10 March 2014 16:38, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: >> >>> dpkg -l | grep '^i' >>> >>> -- >>> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ending Dual-Boot

On 10 March 2014 16:38:47 GMT, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: >On 10 March 2014 16:38, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > >> dpkg -l | grep '^i' >> >> -- >> >> dpkg -l (lowercase L) lists all packages that are installed or >otherwise >> known to the system (such as those packages you've removed but not >purged

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 103, Issue 2

On 5 Nov 2013 22:59, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > >> >> Cheers, guys, maybe you're right, I might need to up my game a bit in the Shell script stakes at least (and with aliases). >> >> To answer the question of why I need so much history - I forget stuff! >> >> I'd never be a programmer (I reckon)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] fsck during boot

On 3 Oct 2013 19:44, "Mark Fraser" wrote: > > 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 und

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung might be getting rid of Android and using their own Linux based OS

On 14 Sep 2013 07:00, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > > On 2013-09-13 17:10, Kris Douglas wrote: > > I get my handsets from Three. They come with about 1 app and once Android > > is rooted you can remove it or put a custom ROM on. > > > > I also benefit from quick, easy replacement of the handset shoul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samsung might be getting rid of Android and using their own Linux based OS

On 12 Sep 2013 11:29, "Pete Smout" wrote: > > [snip] > I agree, $700 is a lot for untested software, I would happily install alongside Android, even at beta test stage, but I will not pay a months rent for the privalige! I hope the project lives on but feel that a major error of judgment was made

Re: [ubuntu-uk] proxy settings with log in for package manager?

On 8 September 2013 08:07, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: > El 07/09/2013 21:11, "Neil Greenwood" > escribió: > > On 6 September 2013 15:51, Andrés Muñiz Piniella > wrote: > >>[snip] > >> I finally came up the solution: looking up in askubuntu [1] it se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] proxy settings with log in for package manager?

On 6 September 2013 15:51, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > I am using kubuntu 12.04 but it should be a cross platform problem I think. > > The problem I had was that the proxy was not letting me get online. > I changed the proxy settings via the network settings GUI and it was > all fine for rekon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy and unity-common

On 23 Jul 2013 16:26, "Neil Greenwood" wrote: > > That wants to remove unity and ubuntu-desktop and... > > I still see a candidate version for unity-common, even though I've just done an update. Hmm, I wonder if it's because I'm using aptitude instead of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy and unity-common

to sort it all out. Neil On 23 Jul 2013 13:39, "J Fernyhough" wrote: > On 23 July 2013 13:29, Neil Greenwood > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is anyone else using Saucy yet? A few days ago I was presented with a > unity > > update that won't inst

[ubuntu-uk] Saucy and unity-common

Hi all, Is anyone else using Saucy yet? A few days ago I was presented with a unity update that won't install because of a conflict between libunity-core-6.0-7 and unity-common 7.0.2+13.10.20130705.1-0ubuntu1 The proposed solution is to remove unity-common. I left out a few days to see if it was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deja-dup & [lucky] backup

On 31 May 2013 17:47, "J Fernyhough" wrote: > > On 31 May 2013 16:14, Grant Phillips-Sewell > wrote: > > then there are tools out there > > [citation needed] > > > which can scan each > > block/sector of your drive to find the remnants of previous partition > > structures, optionally re-write you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packages for Java and Postgresql

Hi Patrick, To return to your original request about Java, Oracle have prevented it being easily available in distributions' own package managers because of a license change. There's a PPA that gives you easy access to the latest versions of Java 6, 7 and 8. If you go to https://launchpad.net/~we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cranky old Rhythmbox

Top- posting because the rest of the thread is... I have rhythmbox running fine in 13.04, with 6000+ tracks (not sure how many albums). I've had it open since I booted, about 2 weeks ago. I suspend every night too. Plays fine, although I have seen problems like those mentioned previously. Neil.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DSL provider

On 7 May 2013 15:12, "mac" wrote: > > On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote: >> >> I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that >> Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider. >> Does anyone have a recommendation? > > > +1 for PlusNet Fibre. > > Local firm (oop 'ere,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DSL provider

On 7 May 2013 08:44, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > > > > On 7 May 2013 08:36, TT Mooney wrote: >> >> Hi all - >> >> I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider. >> >> Does anyone have a recommendation? I used to have BT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

On May 1, 2013 5:49 PM, "Neil Greenwood" wrote: > > > On May 1, 2013 5:27 PM, "Alan Jenkins" wrote: > > > > Foxyproxy is a good plugin for firefox if you cannot get the PAC file working. That allows setting exceptions and redirecting to diffe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

On May 1, 2013 5:27 PM, "Alan Jenkins" wrote: > > Foxyproxy is a good plugin for firefox if you cannot get the PAC file working. That allows setting exceptions and redirecting to different proxies based on regular expressions. > I've used foxyproxy in the past, but I don't think it's particularly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

On May 1, 2013 4:16 PM, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > > > > On 1 May 2013 16:06, Neil Greenwood wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I'm having a problem with Ubuntu in work when I try to use a PAC file to configure the proxy. The result is that the http_proxy vari

[ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

Hi, I'm having a problem with Ubuntu in work when I try to use a PAC file to configure the proxy. The result is that the http_proxy variable is not set, and everything tries to connect directly. Does anyone have any idea how I could try to debug this? By the way, the same file works perfectly for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response

On May 1, 2013 1:28 PM, "Nigel Verity" wrote: > > When I last mentioned Linux in PC World it was quite obvious that the assistant had never heard of it. Now that most PC World shops are integrated with Currys, there are staff with apparently little experience on the PC side. They may know a lot ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless in 13.04

Thanks for posting the solution. Neil On Apr 29, 2013 1:24 PM, "Rowan Berkeley" wrote: > Hi, > > I posted a message to the effect that the procedure for reinstalling the > Ralink RT3290 wireless driver, which worked on 12.10, doesn't work after > online upgrade to 13.04. Since posting that, I fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking in the wireless drivers

On Apr 23, 2013 9:22 PM, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > > On 2013-04-23 20:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Ah, yes, DKMS again, that explains it. Now if only we could just have DKMS > > packaged up for automatic installation in the Synaptic package manager. As > > it is, you need quite a bit of savvy to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] User Testing

Umm, I'd suggest la...@lczajkowski.com :-) Neil On 18/03/13 17:22, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > Aloha folks > > Wondering if there are 4 people on here who would like to do some user > testing in the Bluefinn in London where Canonical is, must be available > on the 2nd or 5th April. It's only for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

Ok, that works too, but COLUMNS=1000 ps -ef has a unique prefix in the history, so I can rerun it with !C Horses for courses... Neil On Mar 12, 2013 8:30 AM, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > On 2013-03-12 06:53, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > With the ps command, I'm setting C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

gt; On 2013-03-08 15:14, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > PAGER=/bin/cat man command > > > > Don't include the export. Works a treat if you normally want the pager, > but > > not for one command. I frequently use this to get full output from the ps > > command...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

On Mar 7, 2013 10:08 PM, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > > On 2013-03-07 18:12, Tony Pursell wrote: > > man command | cat > > > > where command is the command you want to browse, will dump everything to > > the terminal and you can scroll back up through it with the mouse wheel (I > > hope), > > Put th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse scrolling in man pages

On Mar 7, 2013 8:29 PM, "Jim Price" wrote: > > On 07/03/13 18:12, Tony Pursell wrote: >> >> On 7 March 2013 16:49, Jim Price wrote: > > >>> I'm using Gnome terminal in Mythbuntu 12.04 and mouse-wheel scrolling >>> works fine for scrolling back and forward through terminal history, but >>> wheneve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

Doesn't look like the swap is thrashing the disk - there's memory and swap free, but I/O is blocking 56% of the CPU time. Next time it happens, try getting the vmstat output that Alan suggested. Neil. On Feb 10, 2013 5:49 PM, "Gareth France" wrote: > On 07/02/13 18:54, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Odp: alien arena problem

You'll have to log out and back in before that takes effect too. Neil On Dec 3, 2012 11:06 PM, wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am running Lubuntu 12.04 and have just installed Alien arena, > > > > psutton@E-machine:~$ uname -a > > Linux E-machine 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:19:45 UTC >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

The Cog In... I hope you were actually asking what it meant now, or I look silly - but that's not unusual! Neil On Dec 3, 2012 9:51 PM, "Barry Drake" wrote: > On 03/12/12 21:17, Colin Law wrote: > >> No problem, any time. I always keep up to date with the latest buzz >> words. DASH, HUD, TCITTR

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unable to connect extras.ubuntu.com

I had a failure earlier, it's now working for me. Neil On Nov 1, 2012 9:26 AM, "Colin Law" wrote: > On 1 November 2012 08:16, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > the update worked 20 hours ago-i didn't change anything and now it seems > > that it cant connect. Have switched to best ser

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT speedtester and java

For reference, you don't need to remove it and install the other. You can install the new one and mark the old one as automatically installed. On Oct 21, 2012 8:26 PM, "Colin Law" wrote: > On 21 October 2012 18:20, Tony Arnold > wrote: > > Colin, > > > > On 21/10/12 16:44, Colin Law wrote: > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Royal mail using acrobat

Maybe it's some DRM that prevents the file being re-used, and is tied to Acrobat. Just a guess, since we still use the stamps you buy in the post office! On Oct 21, 2012 4:48 PM, "Andres Muniz" wrote: > ** > > - Mensaje original - > > On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, Andres Muniz wrote: > > > cannot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT speedtester and java

You may find that you need the java plugin installed too, that's the bit that runs java applets in Web pages. Also, even the BT engineer that came to my house didn't recommend using their speed test! I can't remember which one he did use though... Google should find something. HTH, Neil On Oct 21

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grsync equivalent

On 20/07/12 19:58, Bill B. wrote: > Hi folks, > Rather than risk a "dodgy" download to firms WinXP enforced laptop, does > anyone know of a good, *safe* equivalent to Grsync [graphical front end > of/for rsync] available for WindowsXP. > > I want to sync a USB of work tech docs stored on their [en

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configuring Wammu

You can use -i for case insensitivity in grep. But that's the wrong thing to do here. Wammu wants the serial port, not the USB address. This will be something like /dev/ttyS0 or maybe /dev/ttyACM0. You might be able to find the correct address by looking at the last few lines output by dmesg, or by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

On 18.05.12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: > It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to > play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming > media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/201

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting Xgnokii to work?

Since it came from a .deb, you can also run dpkg --listfiles xgnokii Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 15, 2012 4:24 PM, "Joe" wrote: > I don't know anything about the program itself, but as for finding the > installation directory you could run 'whereis xgnok

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

I think he meant what is currently on the disk, since I don't remember Bruno complaining about precise much... Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 15, 2012 10:48 PM, "Barry Drake" wrote: > On 15/05/12 22:35, Bruno Girin wrote: > >> I found a forgotten HDD the oth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

Hi Norman, I think the only mistake you made (for future reference out to help others) was to install grub to the partition rather than the whole of the boot drive. To recover now, you boot the live CD and reinstall grub, as others have suggested. The complete list of instructions is on the grub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- "low-graphics mode crashes"

I think if you log into your launchpad page, there's a list of bugs that you've raised. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 9, 2012 8:27 PM, "Matthew Sturdy" wrote: > On 9 May 2012 21:02, Philip Stubbs wrote: > >> I also have both installed, but gdm is not used.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

I've raised bug 982954 about the intermittent failure to show the launcher, even when the sensitivity is set to high. I'm using Unity 3D though. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 9, 2012 9:34 AM, "Colin Law" wrote: > On 9 May 2012 09:05, alan c wrote: > > On 0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

My wife could install and use an Android app, but she couldn't get to the boot menu without help. Only one data point, I know... Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 8, 2012 1:17 PM, "Colin Law" wrote: > On 8 May 2012 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote: > > ... > > At the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

If there is a broken user account, it definitely is a config file issue with one of the hidden files in that user's directory. It's not a global config issue though. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 3, 2012 11:33 PM, "Gareth France" wrote: > > On 03/05/12 13:3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

Since 8.04 I think, if you choose not to format and install over your previous partition, the /home directory will be left intact. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the top-post and brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 1, 2012 10:20 AM, "paul sutton" wrote: > On 01/05/12 02:20, Roy Jamison wrote: > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange question: record audio on time delay.

Try the sox package. It has utilities to play back and record, which you can then script from cron or at. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On May 1, 2012 2:38 AM, "Tim Dobson" wrote: > Ok Guys, > > This is an end-user question... which is strange because I usually th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Install problems...

On Dydd Gwener 27 mis Ebrill 2012 18:05:03 BST, James Morrissey wrote: > Found the bug report. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/909871 > > If anyone can tell me how to set > > b43.blacklist=yes > > I'd appreciate it. > > j I googled "grub module blacklist" and found

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Install problems...

Einstein said doing the same thing and expecting different results was a sign of madness - but then he didn't like quantum mechanics and had no experience of PCs! I think there might be a wiki page with a list of boot options you can try if your boot freezes, but I can't remember where it is. Try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

One thing to check - you located the file, but check that it isn't a broken symlink by using "ls -l". Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On Apr 5, 2012 4:26 PM, "James Morrissey" wrote: > > Try installing the following packages: > > > > libqwt5-qt4 > > libqwt5-qt4-dev

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutdown bug?

I think it's by design. It used to shutdown regardless when users were logged in, but this isn't desirable for multi-user systems. Now, it wouldn't matter whether you tried to shutdown as the admin user or the normal user, as I understand it. It will only log you out until no more users are logged

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libreoffice

Just to correct the assertion below: /tmp is writable for all users, typically files downloaded there might have their permissions set to read-only though. Sorry I can't help with the original question! Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On Mar 26, 2012 6:56 PM, "John O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

Well, you can volunteer to support it, and put the option back in. Or pay someone to do it if you don't have the skills yourself. That's the joy of free software. However, Canonical decided they weren't going to keep paying to support it. That's their right too. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

sults were the opposite of what he first thought before the testing. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. On Mar 23, 2012 8:17 PM, "Hakan Koseoglu" wrote: > > On 23 March 2012 19:54, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > It's policy. The decision was mad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

It's policy. The decision was made after usability testing, where users got confused when first maximising a window. "where's the launcher gone now?" And because the option was being removed, the decision was also made to remove the code to reduce the maintenance requirements. Neil. P.S. Sorry fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does AV chat work with Jabber?

My day job is testing VoIP/SIP, and I've not had much luck with Empathy, but I have more success with Linphone for A/V and Twinkle for just voice is hard to beat for its configure-ability Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity and top-post, this is typed on my phone. On Mar 22, 2012 11:57 PM, "James T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Since my last update

It is very possible that temperature is the problem. It's not a bug though, it's a hardware issue. Neil. P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg high CPU usage

On Mar 7, 2012 10:50 AM, "Grant Phillips-Sewell" wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:45:23 + > Pete Smout wrote: > > > On 06/03/12 18:15, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > > > On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:07:08 + > > > Pete Smout wrote: > > > > > >> On 05/03/12 21:10, Pete Smout wrote: > > >>> Hi, >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Since my last update

On Mar 6, 2012 5:34 PM, "James Morrissey" wrote: > > Hi, > > Since my last update a number of things have stopped working. > > 1. Brightness controls no longer work (fn+F8 and fn+F9) > 2. Only skip forward works (fn+F12), skip backwards (fn+F10) no longer does > 3. Suspend on lid-close appears to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Precise .....

On Feb 17, 2012 10:55 PM, "Barry Drake" wrote: > > On 17/02/12 18:47, Piskie wrote: >> >> Never had a partial that way that caused me issues - update manager is prone to causing 'issues' during the dev cycle so I never use it, nor the software-centre. > > > Doing the update from the commandline ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.10

On Feb 17, 2012 2:38 PM, "John Oliver" wrote: > > If it is only Firefox and Thunderbird affected, check the settings of those applications for stray proxy settings etc. Whilst I don't see how such peculiar settings could have come into force, they could have done, and my advice is to check the net

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Precise

On 12.01.12 23:29, Pete Smout wrote: > Hi, > > Just upgraded the HDD in my laptop and decided to reinstall ubuntu, so I > went for the daily build of 12.04. > > Although this is still in the Alpha test stage and issues are to be > expected, the issue I encountered was that it would not install! >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a printer? HPLIP

On 04.01.12 20:22, alan c wrote: > On 04/01/12 20:00, Andy Braben wrote: >> 2012/1/4 Juan J. >> >>> On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 18:10 +, Andy Braben wrote: [...] Is that not worth a bug report? HPLIP package not kept up to date on automatic updates? >>> >>> That's a very good poi

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

On Dec 22, 2011 11:56 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote: > > On 22/12/11 23:00, Andres wrote: >> >> i do not get it. >> >> At least through facebook/twitter you could use your gwibber. > > And you'll be able to use G+ through gwibber once Google make the API available no doubt. > >> Since g+, linkedin, diaspo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libreoffice - writer

On 08.12.11 18:58, Norman Silverstone wrote: > I am encouraging a Windows Office user to change to LibreOffice within > Ubuntu 11.10. > [snip] > 2. Is there a Welsh dictionary available so that it is possible to > produce documents in Welsh without lots of words being underlined in red > and spelli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] costume launcher on unity?

On 03.12.11 18:27, Andres wrote: > Neil: >> in, but it's easier to open a terminal and type the following: >> echo $PATH > > Thanks! That just made it very clear! i understand that if I get > /usr/bin:/bin it will check /usr/bin first and later /bin > > I'll give it a go. > > > Glad it helped.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] costume launcher on unity?

On Dec 2, 2011 11:00 PM, "Andres" wrote: > > I was unable to do the script, lack of knolwdge on how paths, and bash scripts work. For example if my bash is called skype how do i make it call that instead of the normal skype? > Ok, paths are quite easy once you understand the concept. bash stores

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Problem

On Dydd Gwener 02 mis Rhagfyr 2011 19:56:42 GMT, Michael Daniels wrote: > > From: clan...@googlemail.com > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:52:16 + > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Problem > > @Michael. If you go to System Settings > Printers and right click the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification

Sorry, I've just realised I didn't make it clear that these settings might apply locally too. Worth a try anyway. Neil On Nov 30, 2011 5:43 PM, "Neil Greenwood" wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > There's an option to require authentication on the printer sharing s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Authentification

Hi Michael, There's an option to require authentication on the printer sharing settings, if I remember correctly. You can see this either through the printer configuration applet, or through the local cups interface on http://localhost:631 HTH, Neil On Nov 30, 2011 9:09 AM, "Michael Daniels" wr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Watch and backup folder

On Nov 20, 2011 4:24 PM, "Bea Groves" wrote: >[snip] > To reiterate, all the software has to do is: > > a) Monitor the Documents folder (and all subfolders) on a continuous basis > b) If a file or folder is created or modified, then copy the changes to > another drive or folder of my choice (e.g.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loss of 10.04 headers.

On 31.10.11 15:58, Michael Daniels wrote: >> I searched Google for "ubuntu 10.04 reset gnome panels" (without the >> quotes). Near the top of the results, I found a link to an Ubuntu Forums >> post[0] that includes a couple of ways to do this, in the terminal. You >> might want to copy all the cont

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loss of 10.04 headers.

On 29.10.11 22:17, Michael Daniels wrote: > Somehow, I have completely wiped my 10.04 headers, even the clock on the > right ! I get everything, except maybe the clock using ALT F1, can I > restore the headers, without a complete reload, please ? > Thanks, Michael > > Create another user, and log

Re: [ubuntu-uk] meetings tonight

On 20.10.11 11:09, Alan Bell wrote: > On 20/10/11 10:55, Iain Cuthbertson wrote: >> Hi Alan, >> >> Good to be reminded about the meeting, one I might have been able to >> attend. >> Sadly, I shall be in Birmingham watching The Ukulele Orchestra of >> Great Britain instead. >> >> For those attending

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop after messing with Compiz.....

On 19.10.11 12:22, scoundrel50a wrote: > On 19/10/2011 12:02, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 19 October 2011 12:00, scoundrel50a wrote: >>> I was fiddling with compiz and decided to have a look at what the >>> desktop >>> cube looks like. One of the options said something about turning off the >>> desktop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyring password error

On 13.10.11 16:58, dianne reuby wrote: > I have 10.10 Ubuntu. Used my machine with no problems this morning. Just > switched back on and logged on to my account OK. But I get a message > that my login password and my keyring password don't match, and to enter > the password. > > Are the admin pass

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two questions: 64bit live USB problem and dual boot with recovery partition

On 16.08.11 15:15, James Morrissey wrote: > Hi Neil, > > Thanks for the response. > >>> Wanting to repartition my HDD (using GParted) so that i can dual boot, >>> i 'Try Ubuntu without Installing', at which point the screen goes >>> blank and nothing happens. I am then forced into a hard reboot.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two questions: 64bit live USB problem and dual boot with recovery partition

On 16.08.11 13:03, James Morrissey wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just received my new laptop. Its a Thinkpad x121e, with Intel (Core > i3). > > I am trying to put ubuntu on it, but i am having some problems with > the 64 bit live USB. > > When i run the USB i get i get a GRUB-looking screen, with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

On 25.07.11 06:44, richard wrote: > On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 21:24 +0100, Dino T. wrote: >> Seen the Fujitsu LifeBook E751? 10 hours battery life. 15.6 inch >> screen, i5 Core processor. Bit pricey though as VAT runs it to £700+. >> >> >> Acer Aspire Timeline X 4820T is another one. £500 odd but only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Call for creating and testing localized ISO images

On 22.07.11 10:57, Alan Pope wrote: > Anyone fancy helping out with this. > > We're looking to make localised en_GB ISO images, at the moment the > default ISO is en_US (so American keyboard layout, dictionary etc). > > Cheers, > Al. > I'm interested. I'll also look at making some cy_GB images

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

On 19.07.11 15:00, Dave Hanson wrote: > Steve - mine starts with #! /bin/sh, which from some 'googling' tells me > it's a bourne shell, the Ubuntu variant is bash. So does that mean it > cannot be ran on Ubuntu or is it possible to use a different shell? > That might be the problem. On Ubuntu, /b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] hard disk problem ?

On Dydd Gwener 08 mis Gorffennaf 2011 17:37:49 BST, alan c wrote: > On 08/07/11 10:56, Yorvyk wrote: > >>> 'The adoption of compulsory open standards will help government >>> to avoid lengthy vendor lock-in' >>> >> What does this mean? Are the government's open standards the same >> as we would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] hard disk problem ?

Ar Dydd Iau 07 mis Gorffennaf 2011 08:11:40 BST, ysgrifennodd john beddard: > "Linux doesn't seem to give a warning message when the hard-disk is > full, instead the system seem to die and shut down." > > Has anyone come across this before. They said it was their main reason > for not using Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

On 06.07.11 11:32, Byte Soup wrote: > > Quoting from the site: > > An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited > use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with > 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of > this range. > > Do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on dual-booting 11.04 and Windows 7

On 05.07.11 18:04, alan c wrote: > 2) My understanding is that both vista and windows 7 are likely to > place system files at the end of the partition, which means that a > third party partition editor (such as gparted, as used in Ubuntu etc) > may resize the partitons ok, but you may find that the

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

On 27.06.11 17:46, Alan Bell wrote: We have pages covering all the diagonal compass points listing people, LUGs and other resources in that general direction. This is awesome, but on a point of terminology they can't be called LoCo teams, the NorthEast page is a good model and I would like to see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

On Jun 11, 2011 2:40 PM, "Will Bickerstaff" wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 1:33 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: [snip] >> aren't going to spend the time reformatting a newsletter in HTML >> format once they've made it in Word (or even worse, Publisher). Hence, >> save as a PDF, done. > > > I couldn't a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple backup script

On 2 June 2011 18:07, Chris Rowson wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2011 5:50 PM, wrote: >> >> I would say it depends on what you mean by 'wrong' >> >> I handle the backups for a local government, so yes, that is wrong, very >> wrong. >> > > I know where you're coming from. I think the list has quite a few 

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

On 20.05.11 07:10, Sean Miller wrote: > On 20 May 2011 07:00, Paul Morgan-Roach > wrote: > > My advice - open the document if you can. If it's something that > depends on layout heavily, ask for it as a jpg or pdf. > > > Actually, it's got significantly better o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

On 15.05.11 12:04, Barry Drake wrote: > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 12:06 +0100, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: >> A semaphore with value of 1 is a mutex. That should work fine. > Thanks. Now I've had chance to read the links that were posted, I can > see what it is about. Anyhow, it is working just fine. I h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Will kernel problems in Maverick mean i have kernel problems in Natty?

On 28.04.11 12:09, J Fernyhough wrote: > Download the three debs appropriate to your architecture (i386 for > 32-bit, amd64 for 64-bit. To find out write uname -a in a terminal), > e.g. for 32-bit: > > linux-headers-2.6.38-02063804-generic_2.6.38-02063804.201104221009_i386.deb > linux-headers-2.6.3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Network Connectivity

Sounds like an IPv6 problem, probably in Firefox. IIRC, you change this in the about:config settings. I'll look through the archive to check... Cofion/Regards, Neil. On 6 Apr 2011 20:10, "Steve Flynn" wrote: > On 06/04/11 20:00, Phil Wood wrote: >> >> To be clear; I can connect to my wireless net

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