On Sat, 9 May 2015, Gareth France wrote:
> the last week or so
Which precise update is installed?
> it seems to be pot luck as to whether I can make or receive calls.
What precise steps are you taking to:
(a) make a call
(b) receive a call
Where is the call being made to, or from.
> The v
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On Sat, 2 May 2015, Gareth France wrote:
> debian/source/format:3.0 (quilt)
I've run a few experiments trying variations like weird DOS line
endings, extra lines/newlines and so forth but I can't reproduce
the error message that you are seeing.
> deb
On Sat, 2 May 2015, Gareth France wrote:
> debian/source/format
> debian/cliftontestsuite.install
Please post the output of:
$ grep . debian/{source/format,*.install}
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2015, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 8 April 2015 at 11:55, Will Cooke wrote:
> > evening of Thursday April 23rd in central London.
> Excellent plan. I'll be there.
Missed it; but there's another Ubuntu UK Party on May 7th in Stoke:
http://www.ubuntuparty.co.uk/
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Gareth France wrote:
Lets assume that every minute of replying takes away from potential
debugging/improvement time on Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Phone;
Oh well, I guess it's important.
> Is it just me or have Canonical chosen
...a m
On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, Barry Drake wrote:
> impossible to install .msi file using wine under Ubuntu
Which precise .msi file? (ie. URL)
> The suggestions
Which exact suggestions did you try? (ie. exact command lines/steps).
> I've been taking part in a discussion on a forum ...
> Someone who use
On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> > Sounds good. The tricky bit is they seem to have encrypted the results
> There doesn't appear to be anything encrypted.
A newer '.sss' version (found packed inside a '.gar&#
On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> Doing the conversions on F3 01 90 B7 gives 4279 as expected
I pushed the script I have to github:
https://github.com/sladen/pat/blob/master/portableappliancetest.py
This fully decodes the file and validates the checksums (producing the
attached outpu
lti-meter, and
just like using a multi-meter, sampling the properties of real world
physics gives jitter in the results. This is entirely expected.
> On 27/11/14 13:49, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > In this case, this is above >99.99, which the new meter shows as
> > '99.99'
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> I really don't understand what you have done here.
> > >>F3 01 90 B7 - 42.79 - 0x90b7 & 0x7fff => 0x10b7 => 4279 decimal
> > >>F3 01 97 78 - 60.08 - 0x9778 & 0x7fff => 0x1778 => 6008 decimal
The two bytes we're interested in (0x90b7) together
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> The file we began looking at came from my old machine
> ... the basic structure remains the same.
> 01 looks like
0x01 is probably the number of samples that follow for that
particular test type (F3 "Earth Insulation") in this case.
> other one/two are
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> Hex Result
> F3 01 48 79 - 99.99
> F3 01 90 B7 - 42.79 - 0x90b7 & 0x7fff = 0x10b7 = 4279 decimal
> F3 01 48 D8 - 99.99
> F3 01 48 DB - 99.99
> F3 01 48 DB - 99.99
> F3 01 48 D6 - 99.99
> F3 01 97 78 - 60.08 - 0x9778 & 0x7fff = 0x1778 = 60
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> > f2 80 05 f3 4e 08 f6 80 49 00 08 f8 80 00 (Washing machine)
> > f2 80 06 f3 4e 08 f6 80 01 00 08 f8 80 00 (Fridge)
> IDEarth Insulation LoadLeakage Continuity Descript
> D7785 0.05>99.99 0.050.73(No
On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> tell me where the numbers 0.06 and >99.99 are.
f2 80 05 f3 4e 08 f6 80 49 00 08 f8 80 00 (Washing machine)
f2 80 06 f3 4e 08 f6 80 01 00 08 f8 80 00 (Fridge)
If you know the numbers, they are easy to find. The top bit ('0x80')
is prob
tered.
Attached is some Python that decodes everything except the Washing
Machine and Fridge.
-Paul
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Paul Sladen, 2014-11-25, Seaward SSS PAT testing file format debug hardness
# Hereby placed in the public domain in the hopes of improving safety and interoper
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Gareth France wrote:
> www.cliftonts.co.uk/SSS
> the possibility of being given the design specs and signing a
> non-disclosure agreement.
I wouldn't bother waiting nor risk the complications arising from
signing an agreement. You're doing something for the purposes of
intero
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> "Alphabetise Desktop Icons"...
"Sort by name"
There, I shorterised it.
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2013, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I am using a web site which requires
What is the website?
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2013, Gareth France wrote:
> www.cliftonts.co.uk/system1.png
> www.cliftonts.co.uk/system2.png
'plugin-container' 100% That's the flash player; something flash on a
website has probably gone AWOL. Various streaming sites still use
flash-based media-players and one of these probably
On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Andres Muniz wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > Could you give a URL/link, and some additional context
> the pdf was of a printed postage, so it's after paying for it
So I'm guessing at the "Royal Mail Online Pos
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, Andres Muniz wrote:
> cannot open pdf postage from the royal mail website?
Could you give a URL/link, and some additional context about exactly
what you're seeing.
For myself, the following PDF opens automatically in Evince:
http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/Roy
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, James Leivesley wrote:
> a very blank message, with a blank subject line
Hello James,
Welcome to Ubuntu UK mailing list. You blank test message seems to
have worked. Is there anything we yourself or "Additional
Recruitment" of Telford with?
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Simon Redmond wrote:
Greeting Simon,
> looking at a new laptop that's a pretty nice deal, it has an Intel HD
> 3000/4000 video card as standard and I was wondering what the support
> was like under Ubuntu?
It will be easier for people to respond if you can share the make and
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2012-08-04, Stuart Ward wrote:
> > Please go into a shop and ask about Linux support.
Or if what you are really after is Ubuntu support, then ask for
"Ubuntu" support *by name*. (Rather than asking for "Linux").
> > support for Linux, but all my protesta
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012, pete smout wrote:
> the machine is a sony viao VGC-LV1S pc (all in the screen) with an
> internal sensor for a wireless keyboard and mouse (not USB) and the
> keyboard works fine but not the mouse.
Does the mouse say 'VGP-WMS3' on it as the model number?
-Paul
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, scoundrel50a wrote:
> I am trying to get my wacom tablet to work, but it needs a command,
We need some high-level information. Is the Wacom tablet:
(a) Connected by a serial cable
(b) Connected by a USB cable
(c) Built-in (eg. Tablet computer)
Is the Wacom pad:
(1)
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Andy Braben wrote:
> On 29 February 2012 17:27, john beddard wrote:
> > http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi&cm_mmc=UK-PPC-0212-_-02_Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_Pi
> says Fedora
> says Debian.
For those wondering:
Ubuntu targets the AR
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 11/11/11 13:54, Barry Drake wrote:
> > I think I was the only committed Ubuntu person,
The conversation eventually took an up-turn and ended the night
talking about particle physics and the practicalities of
diesel-electric propulsion in the marine indust
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Gordon wrote:
> What's the latest on these? Do they all work now in Ubuntu
I've now switched over to a Huawei e585 "Mifi"; this is a 3G device
with a built-in battery and wireless access point. One button to
switch it on and the laptop will connect over the wireless, just li
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, Alan Bell wrote:
> . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November.
There's a public inquiry about the attempts to stop-up the footbridge
over Nottingham midland railway station on 8/9 November 2011, so I'll
quite possibly be around.
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Joe Smith wrote:
> So, does anyone on here use or know of any decent software/methods to use?
I believe that Ubuntu ships with "Tomboy Notes" by default.
(Personally I used a pure text-based editor called 'Emacs' running
inside Gnome-Terminal).
> P.S. My first time posting on
On Tue, 3 May 2011, John Patrick wrote:
> On the mac I need to type alt+3 for a # to appear
Try using Shift-3 or the key labelled '\'.
Do either of those work?
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On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Tim Dobson wrote:
> Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs
> posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections
I haven't done it yet, but I need to arrange something similiar using
bonded 3G for getting better upstream from the narrowboat.
Basic
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, alan c wrote:
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844259706
"Every manual based on a complete strip; clean and make all" ?
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/
> > and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get pr
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Paul Sladen wrote:
> Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page,
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/
> Virtually all of these sheets are only usable as scrap-paper
> Question is, could we do something more *useful* with these
This would per
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 27 January 2011 11:11, Paul Sladen wrote:
> I don't think there is much to fix, it is perfectly quick. It's just
> the process of generating an icon from a PDF takes a second. If there
> is a lot of them,
"Just takes a s
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, mac wrote:
> On 27/01/11 09:01, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> > ...There is a simple preferences box which
> You mean you only want to turn off thumbnails for pdfs,
It would be good to get to the root cause here. Is the desire for
turning off the icon previews because rendering is
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Alan Bell wrote:
> We have a distinct lack of CDs
If CDs haven't turned up in time for the event it may be possible to
raid some from the Canonical office, although ideally conference stuff
should have been ordered in advance via Shipit.
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Hello people,
Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something
like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/
and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year
by people setting up their printer because the default action offered
to the user
On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Steve Fisher wrote:
> My laptop is running hot
Machines generally need to be /doing/ something to run hot. Top cause
is normally some forgotten browser tab sat at a page containgin a
badly-coded flash menu or advert that is using 100% CPU.
Try running and 'top' and 'iotop' wh
On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 11:43 +, Alan Bell wrote:
> > We could split the difference and try for 8:30 I suppose.
> if I'm having to use my gsm dongle, I won't be able to IRC
Just as a point of reference, IRC is very bandwidth efficient as it is
pure text w
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> it should be possible to see the keyhole at least.
You can see the keyhole---but it unremarkable because it looks exactly
the same as any other keyhole.
What you can't see is any of the tumblers *in* the keyhole, or through
the keyhole to what is behind
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Has anybody else suffered a similar problem and/or have any ideas as to a
> solution?
What version(s) of Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org?
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Jim Price wrote:
> with thousands of accounts, it might become and administrative
> problem to ensure that all the sending GSM modems don't have their
> accounts expiring.
Speak to the various telcos, they have dedicated arrangements (sales
teams, contracts, and rates) for lar
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Philip Stubbs wrote:
> On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> > Details here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_sues_google/
> if it was found that the alternative VM infringes any Sun IP.
For an Android .dex executable, there are no Java byte codes, an
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, ByteSoup wrote:
> sudo cp /usr/share/bin
> was /usr/share/bin normally a symlink to another directory anyway?
'/usr/share/bin' does not normally exist. You have just created it (as a
file). You can read about the purpose of '/usr/share/*' over in the
Filesystem Hierarchy St
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, John Matthews wrote:
> Does anybody know ho I can update it, so that it only shows Lucid int he
> grub?
The label in Grub is cosmetic, the (partly upgraded) system will be booted
anyway. You should be able to:
sudo update-grub
to push that change. Please could you file
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, A J Binnie wrote:
> where are the grub configuration files kept these days?
If you still have Grub1, then they are still in the same place
('/boot/grub/menu.lst'), which is dynamially updated by the command
'update-grub', based on the installed Linux kernels (dpkg -l linux-imag
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Jorge O. Castro wrote:
> there will be a cash incentive.
Jorge, it might be worth including whether the "cash incentive" is likely to
be greater than the the cost of getting there?
People are likely to be willing to donate their time to helping improve
Ubuntu, but might not b
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> Only problem now is that I can't unmount the iPod (aka: iTouch) as the
> user, I have to unmount it as root.
Does:
fusermount -u
work?
> it as iPod_, [then] iPod__ and keeps adding underscores each time
It's probably because the first instance has
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, javadayaz wrote:
> I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps
'espeak' is already pre-installed on any Ubuntu desktop. You can run:
$ espeak "Hello, I'm using Oobuntu! "
Or, if you to enable speech in the desktop environment, you can do:
S
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Paul Webster wrote:
> What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway?
"Shiretoko"is the code name for developer-only releases of what was
eventually shipped as Firefox-3.5 by Mozilla/Mozilla Corp.
"Karmic Koala" is the code name for developer-only releases
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, David Stansby wrote:
> If you have the 3.0 update then I've found this post
The iPhone 3.0 versions added a compressed version of the iTunesDB for
faster syncing, named iTunesCDB. It is a direct analogue of the traditional
uncompressed iTunesDB and it's possible to go full ci
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, David Stansby wrote:
> A quick look at iTunes 8 (which is needed to sync iPod touches)
> >> David Stansby wrote:
> >>> If anything did work, it would have to be through windows
iTunes is a utility to talk to iPhones/iTouchen; it is not the _only_
way---just like Microsoft Win
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> Does Ubuntu 9.04 support the iTouch (first gen)?
http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/?title=Main_Page#Ubuntu_Intrepid.2FJaunty
I'm sorry it's not more integrated, but my first generation iPhone suffered
screen issues a while back...
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote:
> Could that perhaps be placed on the website, and the new license /
> only/ be incorporated into the source?
The first thing you need to do is get a couple of the source code that
doesn't have distribution/modification/use restrictions.
If you get that
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2009, at 02:43, Andy Smith wrote:
> > provide a written, signed statement that the entire project
> general advice on the implications of relicensing a non-open source
The easiest, simplist is probably to get the following included in the
sou
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote:
> License:
A bit of Googling suggests to me it's likely something called Novaboard, and
the scrapped from the cache, the licence is:
Please read the following terms & conditions carefully as they set out
what you can and can not do with this softwar
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009, Chris Rowson wrote:
> "Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. ...
Zut alors(!)
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Ken Robson wrote:
> And Poundland have Pqi 1Gb mini usb sticks
For only a Pound?
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Harry Rickards wrote:
> > command to be opened on a secondary monitor from a terminal
> Sadly, I tested "-geometry" with gnome-terminal and it doesn't understand
However; formatting it as:
gnome-ter
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Harry Rickards wrote:
> command to be opened on a secondary monitor from a terminal
X applications (all of them) historically supported the "-display" and
"-geometry" options on the command line:
xterm -geometry 80x25+1024+0
Which if you secondary monitor is 1024 pixe
On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, javadayaz wrote:
> Uh oh.I've just deleted important stuff from my g1. Any ubuntu tools
Try 'magicrescue' (from searching for 'undelete').
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Ian Betteridge wrote:
> The only problem is managing it under Linux, if you don't want to
> jailbreak the phone...
Oh, we're nearly there :)
* USB mounting working
* iTunesDB updating almost working
* Signing is there, but needs simplifying
Contact sync almost there read-onl
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Christopher Swift wrote:
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1908:1320
>From Googling (same URL that Popey also found) /that/ device might first
appear as a 1MB CD-ROM (so, read-only), which then contains the special(tm)
MS Windows software. Once loaded, the software switches the device
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Adam Funk wrote:
> I made the mistake of buying a Yuraku 1.5" digital photo-frame
The last one I came across only had something like 8MB of flash on it
anyway. However I couldn't find any results for searching for this name,
could you post the USB ID; output shown by:
lsus
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Sean Miller wrote:
> How supported is it with Ubuntu?
1. Insert dongle into USB port.
2. (one time only) Select United Kingdom->'3' (or Orange/T-mobile/etc)
3. Cruise the interweb.
4. Remove dongle.
Repeat Steps 1., 3. and 4. whenever bored.
The connection is as good as the
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
Ah ha! The famous Reeding near Sluff.
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Chris Coulson wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Ken Robson
> > Ubuntu "an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that
> > runs off the Linux system."'
A pretty good description wouldn't you say. They just need the word
"free" in there.
> I don't know whether to laugh or cr
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote:
> > The follow up blog post adds a lot of information,
> she gave em, back, and was more worried about what else was on them,
For those who'd like to read it first (second) hand, the follow-up is:
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Pete Stean wrote:
> the iPod Touch and the iPhone *aren't* supported under linux
I currently have an iPhone and have made a certain amount of the
functionality "sort-of" work. My notes so far are up on:
http://www.paul.sladen.org/toys/apple/iphone-1.1.1.html
This iPhone h
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> I think a TV Advert is a great idea, but it is an extremely expensive
> outing! I would imagine it would cost upwards of �100k
The key here is probably to produce something of sufficent quality that the
advert will spread itself.
Apple only showed thei
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, STONE COLD wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I was wondering how i could utilize this lcd screen in Ubuntu?
> just found out its a VFD screen...not a LCD screen!
The actual technology of the display shouldn't matter (VFD, LCD, LED,
TFT). When I last looked into these displ
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mac wrote:
Hello Mac,
Interesting coincidence with the name: Apple's _Mac_ OSX also uses sudo!
> Would it be possible / wise (for reasons of security) to remove the
> admin rights of the first user on the system
Before the first time 'sudo' is used on an Ubuntu system, a
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Daniel Lamb wrote:
> http://en.ubuntumediacenter.org/
> http://linuxmce.com/
Then there's the slightly more established:
http://www.mythbuntu.org/
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Adam Funk wrote:
> Isn't [..dropping straight to a root shell..] a bit of a security hole?
No... Something is not "a security issue" if there are multiple other ways
to achieve the same thing (linux init=/bin/sh, LiveCD).
You are free to:
1. Set the Grub password (to preve
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Adam Funk wrote:
> I can think of one situation where you really need a root password
> set: booting in rescue mode.
On a default Ubuntu with the root account locked, selecting "(recovery
mode)" will drop one straight to a root shell, without requiring a password.
The idea beh
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Matthew Wild wrote:
> On 8/5/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log
> > Well, if you're computer still works eh ;-)
> How do you get aroun
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> For now though I consider playing around as 'root' while being 'under
> the influence' as bad as driving so I'll leave well alone.
Exact logging is *precisely* why 'sudo' exists. In the morning you do:
sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log
and find o
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Sean Miller wrote:
> Is there a way to upgrade from Ubuntu Feisty to Ubuntu Studio
$ apt-cache search ubuntu studio
ubuntustudio-audio - Ubuntu Studio Audio Package
ubuntustudio-audio-plugins - Ubuntu Studio audio plugins Package
ubuntustudio-graphics - Ubuntu Studio gr
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Kris Marsh wrote:
> Most PSUs these days seem to be rated 100-240V 50-60Hz, so [..] all you
> need is a plug converter/travel adaptor.
Changing countries is even simpler; just replace the cable that goes from
the wall-socket to the "cover-leaf" IEC C7 or "figure-of-8" IEC C5
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Jane Silber wrote:
> For those of you in the London area, you might want to stop by the
> upcoming mini-bar event on 20 April to help celebrate the release of
> Ubuntu 7.04.
...and or those in the Helsinki area, there will be a sauna release party
the day afterwards (Saturd
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> On 3/2/07, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> > > - Intel DG965RY motherboard
> > > 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device
> > sa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Chris Rowson wrote:
> It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could
> contribute videos to advertise Ubuntu -
Perhaps:
http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system
> > The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*.
> BU
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Michael Wood wrote:
> Colin Murphy wrote:
> > What is the approved way of working in this rescue situation without a
> > root password?
> I've set my root password by doing "sudo su" then passwd
If people are going to set root passwords, then *please remember them*.
Ubuntu
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, 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
The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*. Out of the box,
Ubuntu is configured to use 'sudo' and
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, James Tuthill wrote:
> I have just purchased a zebra label printer - 2844 (
> http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/products/printers/desktop/lp2844.html
>
Based on a quick Google of "lp 2844 linux", it appears to be a plain text
(just like an old line-printer).
Going
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, alan c wrote:
> Use of colour in modest contrast also would be economical.
A black-and-white photo-copiable design, with the option to add three quick
dashes of yellow, orange and red to the logo using felt-tip/crayon would
likely work quite well.
Gives it a "I did this" feel
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, john levin wrote:
> I'm looking for a desktop program to manage
Could you describe a few examples/use-cases of what "manage" might mean to
help to narrow things down.
> the vast number of pdfs I've accumulated; something similar to Yep
> http://www.yepthat.com/ which bills its
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, STONE COLD wrote:
Hello Stone Cold,
> > E: ... is not known on line 30 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> ok too hard, igive up...a reinstall is in order...thanks for yur help guys!
No, *please don't* do a re-install. This isn't MS Windows here, you don't
need to do a re
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
Hello Eamonn,
> - Intel DG965RY motherboard
> 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device
You appear to be in the same boat (first hit on Google) as a Gentleman who
signs himself off as Linus Torvalds:
http://www.mail-archive.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Llywelyn Owen wrote:
Hello Llywelyn,
> I need to install the kernel source on my Dapper laptop, the Synaptic
> package manager shows v 2.4.27-12 is available for download.
kernel-source-* are legacy packages imported from Debian. You DON'T want
these.
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Alex Sirota wrote:
Hello Alex,
Thanks for responding! BTW: The webpage for ColorZilla appears to have
disappeared and been replaced with your homepage (uploaded to the wrong
directory maybe?):
http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
> I'm still investigating why exactl
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, David M wrote:
Hello David,
> Re: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
(I've CC'ed Alex Sirota who is the developer of the 'ColorZilla' plugin).
> the eyedropper functionality would work once again, [with] libstdc++5
This package (the C++ standard library) provides sup
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Martin Castle wrote:
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign
> this is a paste from the mail sent to me:
Like any sort of publicity campaign, chain letters are always better when
somebody writes from the heart, rather than copying and parroting another's
words.
> [..] beca
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Benjamin Webb wrote:
> On 05/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Benjamin Webb wrote:
> > > Is there any "official" overal site for Linux in the UK?
> I have found http://linux.co.uk/ and http://www.linux.org.uk/,
Perhaps the best place to start, or to coordinat
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> Can anyone help? I am in Ubuntu 6.10. The numbering function has gone
> erratic producing numbers of different sizes
Can you try to narrow down which "numbering function" is this. If the
computer is completely turned off, which steps (such as
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> On 06/02/07, Stephen Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > London School of Puppetry wrote:
> > > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images
> > I've just been playing with "add/remove..." in the applications menu,
> > an
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