[ubuntu-uk] Heads up

2005-11-08 Thread Nick McMahon
http://news.com.com/New+worm+targets+Linux +systems/2100-7349_3-5938475.html?part=rss&tag=5938475&subj=news worth a read if you run a server. Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-08 Thread Nick McMahon
> Yes, C64 is the default driver. Have you been able to use the Epson utility > tool to check ink levels and alike? > > I would very much like to do this but I have not figured out the correct > command line parameter to pass. Since I have to use RAW mode for this I have > to use the utility

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-08 Thread Nick McMahon
I use the C64 driver on the C66 with no problems, i dont know if that helps in any way but its all i know :) -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I would like to play dvd

2005-10-24 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Oren, have you paid a visit to http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ yet? they have all the codecs you should need, but give VLC a try first. Hi all At last, I managed to get my network connection. Hurrraaa. Now, I am absolutely struggling with getting sense out of Totem. But not only Totem. All I w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot log into the root account

2005-10-17 Thread Nick Mcmahon
llow root to login with GDM" but i reccomend against doing that too, you shouldnt realy use root as your main account, period. hope that helps Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openoffice

2005-10-16 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Thanks Dave, Turns out i had neither, i also found a language meta-package that installed a whole bunch of *en-gb things for mozilla (thunderbird),gnome and openoffice, including the help files (about 37Mb of files) i think everything is fixed for me now. Nick McMahon Dave Meikle wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openoffice

2005-10-15 Thread Nick Mcmahon
baza wrote: On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 18:22 +0100, Nick Mcmahon wrote: Hello, i was just wondering what version of OpenOffice Breezy is supposed to work with, i have installed OpenOffce.org2 and find there is no dictionary :s has anyone else experianced this? any ideas what to do? Nick

[ubuntu-uk] Openoffice

2005-10-15 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Hello, i was just wondering what version of OpenOffice Breezy is supposed to work with, i have installed OpenOffce.org2 and find there is no dictionary :s has anyone else experianced this? any ideas what to do? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 5.04 CDs available

2005-10-13 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Same here, theirs quite an interest at my college, maybe not a market for all 700 :-Pbut i should certainly be able to get a load shifted Hi all - I have about 700 Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) CDs available in our office in London (all x86). Yes, these are out of date now that Breezy is out bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mplayer

2005-10-07 Thread Nick Mcmahon
en downloaded i usually only get audio. ill keep a closer eye on what happens if you post a link to the bug you file i might be able to add to it and help them out. Although i had the problem in 5.04 too Nick McMahon Baza wrote: On 7 Oct 2005, at 15:12, Baza wrote: Hi, before I file a bug re

[ubuntu-uk] JRE

2005-10-04 Thread Nick Mcmahon
i just wondered, given the very recent Google/sun news why has the JRE version in breezy been taken back to 1.4 from 1.5? as far as i am aware this was Suns doing...any ideas? Nick -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suspend you ram broke (breezy)

2005-10-04 Thread Nick Mcmahon
baza wrote: The October 3 update seems to have broke suspend to RAM on my Inspiron 2200. It was working, 'out of the box' up til that point. Is anyone else finding this? Baza not that specifically, but the same update seems to have broken my friends xsession, must have been a punishment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question

2005-09-22 Thread Nick Mcmahon
did after logging in) from 5.04 to 5.10 it came back, so i dont know if there is a fix, but a reinstall works :) Nick McMahon -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question

2005-09-22 Thread Nick Mcmahon
find its easier than the way i have described. right click on a desktop panel, the one with the clock on will do, Click " + add to panel" and then scroll about untill you (hopefully) see Network Monitor and an icon that looks like the old 56K activity monitor for windows, do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG

2005-09-16 Thread Nick McMahon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick McMahon wrote: Magnus Therning wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:46:58PM +0100, Nick McMahon wrote: nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG

2005-09-16 Thread Nick McMahon
Magnus Therning wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 04:46:58PM +0100, Nick McMahon wrote: nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted out now... one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what happens?! What happens to what? If you re-install your

[ubuntu-uk] RE:GPG

2005-09-16 Thread Nick McMahon
nevermind, google is your friend I *think* i have this sorted out now... one question though, what happens if i reinstall or something, what happens?! -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] GPG

2005-09-16 Thread Nick McMahon
Hi, i was wondering if anyone knew much about GPG, im joining a site that requires me to auth myself with a GPG key, but i have never used them before! i tried to find mine with gpg --fingerprint nickm but it returned: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gpg --fingerprint nickm gpg: error reading key: public

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live CD problem

2005-09-07 Thread Nick McMahon
Stephen Bennett wrote: Hello all, Would anyone have any idea why a ubuntu live CD would not boot with a Compaq Presario whereas with a laptop and another computer it boots without a problem? do you mean it wont boot at all, or freezes durning boot? if it doesnt boot at all: you might have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 12168 Needs a British English Speaker.

2005-09-04 Thread Nick McMahon
Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Nick, http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12168 picks up on some incorrectly spelt words in aspell's British English dictionary. I opened it, and Mark Florian has added a couple more. It would be nice if a British English speaker could confirm our spelling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 12168 Needs a British English Speaker.

2005-09-04 Thread Nick McMahon
I'd be happy to take a look at some, but, i have no idea how/where to get started..if someone could point me there ill take a look but iv never done this before.. Nick Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12168 picks up on some incorrectly spelt words in aspe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Norman Silverstone wrote: I am sorry, bit I must disagree with you. One of the very strong points about Ubuntu is the community and, to some extent, the bigger and more diverse the community is the better for all. FWIW, I think the only reason for separate groups is one of ease of communication

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Matthew East wrote: When the group (-uk) was started, the reason we called it -uk was that we wanted to include all of the UK. In fact this was insisted upon :) The "Britain" on that link you refer to is probably misplaced! We'll get it changed... This doesn't stop you setting up a separate Ir