On 06/06/07, Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Since the last upgrade I find I cannot use the fkeys to get out of the
> >> gui nor back in...I press the ctrl-alt f1 and the screen goes blank and
> >> I cannot input to it...I then try to get back to the desktop but screen
> >> still stays blank...
On 04/06/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Again, if you read the links I pasted you would see a section about this
> under "additional notes". This could be done over dialup.
That's what pay as you go dialup is for. See:
http://www.freedom2surf.net/help/tutorials/17/
for one example.
On 31/05/07, Simon Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have an rss feed subscription to planet.ubuntu.com.. how much
> > duplication would I experience If I subscribed to the uk planet as well?
> Only 11 feeds, yes I counted them because I couldn't
On 31/05/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/30/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > contains a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual card which is not 100% working in
> > Linux yet.
>
> Interesting point. I was looking carefully at their dua
On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does?
WEP is one of the encryption methods used over wireless ethernet
(802.11), encrypting all traffic with a shared secret known as the WEP
key. Unfortunately, it's not very secu
On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling
> Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK.
I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but
nice to know there's another!
Interestingly, their top offering und
On 11/04/07, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jono has asked that the various Loco teams can nominate a few speakers,
> to put this in his words
I've done quite a few talks at conferences throughout the world
(including UKUUG, NLUUG and more recently LCA), and have presented
introductions t
On 11/04/07, David Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David M wrote:
> > I'm looking for an Ubuntu-friendly DTT/DVB card so that I can watch
> I'm using one of these Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-t PCI Freeview Receiver for
> 38 Plus Channels in DVD Quality DVB Radio / Remote control [1] in my
> mythtv set
On 28/03/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 08:17:39PM +0100, TheVeech wrote:
> > Any national events?
> A friend of mine organised a national install day a few years ago and I
> think his current opinion is "never again". It's like herding cats. Each LUG
> has its o
On 27/03/07, xx xx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey pete:
> ndb is a pseud cluster solution provided for mysql it acts as loadbalancer
> and failover solution. And actually ultramonkey layer 7 is using it for
> mysql loadbalancing.
> Unfortunatelly ndb doesnt work well by itself.
> Thanks mate
>
>
On 27/03/07, xx xx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh yeah is mature and should be stable (to stay in the current kernel).
> I'm already using ultra monkey with ndb it works almost perfect theres some
> issues but are fully ndb related.
Do you mean nbd, the netblock device?
> Have you ever tried to
On 27/03/07, xx xx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
The Linux Virtu
On 23/03/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For whatever reason Ubuntu decided to drop the word "linux" from their
> brand name in 2005 or so. The website for example used to be
> "ubuntulinux.com".
The reason for calling it Ubuntu over Ubuntu Linux was mainly for
avoiding the whole Linux -
On 20/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lets not descend into the madness of political correctness for the
> sake of proving a point. It's petty, pathetic and and devalues the
> rule set underpinning it.
Agreed, no harm may have been intended, but as soon as harm was done,
whether i
On 20/03/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pete Ryland wrote:
> > It is offensive. The joke's premise is based on the (untrue)
> > generalisation that all women are unfathomable.
>
> Or rather that women are unfathomable by men. That's offensive
On 20/03/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Caroline Ford wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
> >> (crap snipped)
> >>
> >> The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
> >>
> >
> > That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
> > ht
On 17/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2) Take a look at some of the following links:
> > http://www.gnomefiles.org/
> > http://www.kde-apps.org/
> > http://www.osalt.com/
> > http://linuxappfinder.com/
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Software
> >
> Thank you for these frui
On 13/12/06, David Restall - System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's not jittery - I'd describe it as jerky or jumpy, the speech goes
> along fine but the picture stops for a brief interval then jumps to
> where the speech is, it's as if I'm watching through a series of short
> snaps
On 13/12/06, David Restall - System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The sound works fine but the picture is not as smooth as I would expect
> from a normal TV. Reading around the subject, this is a 'feature' that is
> regularly encountered - even on non GNU/Linux systems. I tried record
On 28/11/06, David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the case of Brighton LUG, I pretty much announce that I'm going to be
> in a pub at a certain time and date and let the natural draw of geeks
> and alcohol do the rest. Every LUG meet I've been to has had some
> alcohol involved at some poi
On 28/11/06, tim matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For Chinese, Japanese and even Korean "scim" saves the day.
Scim is horrible compared to the alternatives, especially if you don't
use "click to focus". For Japanese at least, I'd highly recommend
im-ja.
Anyway, does anyone have any recommen
On 24/11/06, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So *that's* why people use IRC. I've only tried it twice, once a
> couple of nights ago, and once when I was in university, hmm, 15 or so
> years ago. That first time I was in a very busy channel and quickly
> got very lost. The second time I
On 19/11/06, Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 19/11/06, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Also, you should be using make rather than shell scripts, and
> > ideally autoconf/automake for portability's sake.
>
> Yes, good advice, and I'm with you
On 15/11/06, Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Talking of IDEs, I'd be interested in hearing any opinions on the free Linux
> development tools.
>
> I haven't used anjuta much, I found the way it sets up its compile options
> confusing ! It seemed to behave very bizarrely with the pkgconfig for gtkm
On 11/11/06, Norman Silverstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for their help and advice. Having gone to the website
> I left clicked on the title I wanted and then right clicked on the video
> file and saved it to disc. Plays well using Movie Player.
>
> I believe this could be ve
On a slightly-related note, the BBC is holding a Christmas Geek Bash:
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/11/christmas_party.html
It might be a good place to meet people who have influence over their
website policy.
It's being organised in association with such people as:
Swedish Beer
On 04/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Sony NWHD3 and to put music on there i have power up windows for
> it! So i thought maybe theres a way around this! so i sat there and thinking
> and thinkingand eventually came up with this idea.
I wrote a (user-land) driver fo
On 05/11/06, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 01:57:17PM +0000, Pete Ryland wrote:
> >> Currently, Nik Butler is doing a fantastic job as our interim leader.
> > I do support Nik in his current "role" but do no
second any other
contenders[1] so that we can get this over and done with and move on
with more important things.
In the case that there is more than one candidate, the vote will be
decided by a simple majority vote system.
Thank you,
Pete Ryland
[1] Nik Butler has already nominated himself, seconded
On 03/11/06, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had kinda of assumed that I was taking on the role since Id asked at
> the start and was taking on the responsiblity of trying to get the UK
> Team Approved ?
Apologies, I must have missed that mail. By all means, that would be
fine by me. I
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this title.
Pete
--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https:/
On 03/11/06, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can you send submissions to the Fridge to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> please? (Note that Linux World got covered already, including a mention
> of the UK team - http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/613)
>From that article:
> London-based Qube Networks employ
On 03/11/06, tim matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> well, I don't agree with their conservative view of what the "market" is.
>
> typical BBC, very, very conservative.
I agree, but there do exist people within the Beeb that aren't so.
BTW, I should point out that what I said about their reason
On 03/11/06, tim matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> well .. I've done this before.
>
> While living in Holland, I set up an ogg stream for Radio 1 from the
> NOS. Like the BBC, the NOS is a total Microsoft shop.
I'm sorry, this is bunk. The BBC is not a total Microsoft shop. They
are doing *l
On 30/10/06, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
3. Is there an available kernel, optimised for AMD64 processors?That depends on why you want a 64-bit kernel. If it's not in this list then you are better off with the 32-bit one:* You have 4GB or more of RAM
* You have more than 2GB of RAM, and
On 10/10/06, South Walney Information Management <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A supplementary question: When I'm frustrated I like to play Freecivwith myself - there's something profoundly cathartic about sending aflotilla of ironclads against Houston and they make satisfying bangs.At least, they do
On 11/10/06, Albert Vilella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all,I am trying to get antialiasing working on my laptop for an emacs GUIgenerated from an ssh X session on a computer at work.Does anybody know if it is possible to have such thing workng? Canantialiasing be achieved for programs running on
On 23/10/06, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Evening Guys. I plan to get to the Halls by 1.00pm Tuesday and by 8:30amthe following days.Hi Nik et al,Well I didn't think I'd be able to make it (again) this year due to work commitments, but it turns out that I'm now free until Friday, so if you
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 09:51:45PM +0100, Steve Smith wrote:
> But that was just for my amusement, at the end of the week I'll be the
> proud owner (thanks to the wonders of contracts) of a Sony Ericsson
> W810i phone/MP3 player/2meg pixel
> camera/radio/might-as-well-sell-my-laptop "thing". Anyon
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 11:43:14 +0100, David M wrote:
> So, it's more the case that the soundcard is happily alive still doing
> what it was last told to (and not hearing instructions to the contrary),
> but the brain feeding it is pretty much dead? (..he said, rather morbidly)
Yes, exactly.
>
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 06:48:07 +0100, David M wrote:
> (although, weirdly, if music, etc, is playing at the time, it repeatedly
> loops the last second or so of the sound that was playing, suggesting that
> somewhere, deep down, the computer is at least still partially alive..)
The audio looping
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 05:42:31 +0100, Grant wrote:
> Just wanted to see if there was a meeting point/ site for the ubuntu
> teams. Are you planning any sorts of issues etc.
There is already a UK translation team listed on launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-en-gb
But otherwi
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 05:00:39 -0800, William Amaral wrote:
> the drive is ata and it shows up with both the new and ubuntu patched
> kernel, it even detects the partition as ext3 ( it is correct ) but it
> does not mount it ( in the newer kernels downloaded downloaded and
> built from ker
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 05:35:05 +0100, David Marsh wrote:
>
> I have a program which I want to start automatically every time the
> computer boots up, and I'd like to redirect the output of that command
> to a logfile.
>
> So, in the crontab for the appropriate user, I have the following:
>
> @
I know it's a bit late notice, but just in case anyone's interested, there's
a GLLUG on tomorrow in London.
Pete
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:48:49 +0100
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On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:20:17 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > Anyone going to LinuxTag and fancy taking a box of 500 Kubuntu CDs?
> > Other suggestions on how to get them there welcome.
>
> Mark's Jet? (Worked for Oz).
Oz.. Now isn't that somewhere
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