[ubuntu-uk] Bad video performance

2009-10-27 Thread Paul Webster
Hi My laptop (Celeron M 1.4, 750 MB of RAM) ran YouTube videos, etc., fine under Windows XP. Now, under Jaunty - which is otherwise great - videos are just a blurry, slowly stuttering mess. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Paul Webster -- Paul Webster 3 Norman Rise Cranbrook TN 17 3BY

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Webster
Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any thoughts on Globalmenu

2009-08-02 Thread Paul Webster
Thank you, Neil, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to set up a VM (Virtual Machine?). Can you point me in the right direction? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Any thoughts on Globalmenu?

2009-07-31 Thread Paul Webster
Hi. I recently read about Globalmenu, used to make Ubuntu have a single menu bar (panel) at the top of the screen, as on the Mac, instead of having its own menu *in addition* to the menu of whatever window is open. This saves screen space and is more elegant, since you only see the menu bar that yo

[ubuntu-uk] Digest in a mess?

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Webster
Hi The digest seems to have tied itself in knots, because gmail is telling me that my submission (very short) is over the 40 KB limit for posts to the board... Paul Webster -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Webster
outine (Rowan Berkeley) > 4. Re: Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Vinothan Shankar) > 5. Re: Printer problems (Wulfy) > 6. Open with... WHAT? (Paul Webster) > 7. Re: Printer probl

[ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Webster
Dear all I know I'm a pest with my incessant questions, but things just keep cropping up... When a word-processing file is downloaded (e.g. an email attachment), the following happens on my system: 1) If it is a .doc file, an Open Office 3.0 start-up window appears and makes a failed attempt to

[ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Webster
Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide. Paul W. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.u

[ubuntu-uk] I installed Firefox 3.5, but...

2009-07-05 Thread Paul Webster
Hi. I installed Firefox 3.5 using Synapitic. All went well. However, Firefox hasn't noticed any change and still loads as 3.0.11. Any thoughts? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Can't move panels, oh, and why does Firefox crash so much?

2009-07-04 Thread Paul Webster
Quit button. It seems to quit, but when I try to restart it, it claims to be still running and a restart of the computer is said to be the solution. In fact it can be forced to shut down in System Monitor. Any thoughts on these two points? Paul Webster -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

2009-06-21 Thread Paul Webster
Not that old. I've had the computer less than two years. I doubt it's a hardware problem. 2009/6/21 Liam Wilson > Just out of curiosity, Paul, How old is the Hard drive your using? > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

2009-06-21 Thread Paul Webster
ught Jaunty was meant to be quick in this department. Do computers running Ubuntu gradually get slower and slower like Windows computers do? Paul 2009/6/21 Lucy > 2009/6/21 Matthew Daubney : > > On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 08:29 +0100, Paul Webster wrote: > >> Hi (again)! I'm a

[ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

2009-06-21 Thread Paul Webster
Hi (again)! I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, a refugee from the Windows Wonderland, and I like it very much. However, lately the hard disk churns and churns, almost all the time, and startup is very slow. Even writing this email has taken a long time, because sometimes everything else comes to a

[ubuntu-uk] Default keyring

2009-06-20 Thread Paul Webster
Hi. I wish I'd never heard of Twitter clients. Yesterday I tried to install Twhirl, which got me emeshed in Adobe Air. This "killer app" is an assassin. Among other things, it stopped Add/Remove from working. Matthew Daubney gave me the help, via this forum, to fix that (Many thanks, again). So, go

[ubuntu-uk] Add/remove... NOTHING

2009-06-19 Thread Paul Webster
Add/remove programs has gone completely blank. "No application found". Synaptic has no problem. I'm running 9.04. Can anyone help? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/