Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth problem- pc to phone

2008-05-22 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 21:13 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > After spending countless hours looking on the net im on the verge of > giving up. posting here now as a last resort... > > My xubuntu hardy is bluetooth enabled. I can see it when i switch on > BT on my phone, moto z8. But thats it. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server Setup - Help Needed With Email

2008-05-20 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 18:46 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: [snip] > What I would like to do is have that single POP3 account on the > server, and the server then to share that mail out as IMAP, so that > multiple clients can use it. So what you mean is your internal Ubuntu box retrieves the mail v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Godwin's law WAS (Rules)

2008-05-19 Thread Tan Xuan You
> [snip] > > As for Winston Churchill, he'd have probably been too drunk to write > it anywhere logical... would probably have missed the paper and > written it on the tablecloth instead, then wondering why Lady Astor > was chuckling to herself at the other side of the Commons Canteen. > Sean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: transferring files between Ubuntu and XP slow!!!!

2008-05-17 Thread Tan Xuan You
> Then there's the Power Over Ethernet standards too which complicates > things more (we have specially wired Brown cables for our Cisco Phones > at work). > > Rob > Yep! Power over Ethernet + Gigabit cable = instant fried expensive Gigabit device! Which brings the question.. do Gigabit devi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: transferring files between Ubuntu and XP slow!!!!

2008-05-17 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 12:11 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Xuan, what's a rollover cable used for? > > Sean > It's used to connect a router console output to a PC input. Most commonly found on Cisco routers actually. It doesn't talk TCP/IP I think. IIRC I used to connect using telnet over a ser

Re: [ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: transferring files between Ubuntu and XP slow!!!!

2008-05-17 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 08:45 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: > I dont know what cable it is...and dont have anyway of identifying it > either!!! although the cable id connected from router to pc initially. > Typical network engineer's quick check: Hold the cable ends up so that they're facing the sa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-14 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 22:45 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in > that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from > me. You could give DeviceVM a ring at +1.408.861.1088, or visit their office at 1054 S. De Anz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] watch tv on ubuntu!

2008-05-12 Thread Tan Xuan You
from www.tvlicensing.co.uk What is a TV Licence needed for? To use any TV equipment such as a TV set, digital box, video or DVD recorder, computer or mobile phone to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on television. I'm no lawyer (engineer rather), but it doesn't mention st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] watch tv on ubuntu!

2008-05-12 Thread Tan Xuan You
I have my doubts regarding this Zattoo program in the UK. As I read it, once anyone receives a television program in real-time in the UK, they are liable for TV Licensing. Zattoo seems like such a program, albeit having a different transmission media (p2p over the net instead of RF transmission).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

2008-05-02 Thread Tan Xuan You
Regarding the dishwasher method, there's probably a few things that could go wrong: 1) Hard water. Calcium and other mineral deposits (better known as soap scum) left behind after drying can make the keyboard worse than it was. 2) Improper drying. Surfaces under surface-mount chips on the keyboar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Tan Xuan You
Low power consumption silent PC? Give me an ARM chip, PCB design, and soldering iron, I'll get your silent PC up and running. =) Maybe even have the storage as an onboard CompactFlash or SDHC card! =) Might have to contend with the fact that it's just a little circuit board with blinky lights co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Tan Xuan You
Colin, They can't wait for Firefox 3 final, nor for any other vendor. Canonical has a strict 6-month update cycle that keeps development going. They can't afford to wait for any other vendor, they have to take the best decision that allows them to stick to the update cycle. This constant push of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution irritation

2008-04-24 Thread Tan, Xuan
I just realised that aliasing "rm" to "rm -i" is just like implementing Vista's User Account Control on UNIX. "Your permission is required for this file operation." -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tony Arnold Sent: Thu 4/24/2008 11:07 AM To: British Ubuntu Talk S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone here into low-level stuff?

2008-04-17 Thread Tan, Xuan
Agree with Matthew. I've been coding for years now (most often in that piece of called VBScript for ASP pages), but only just started a proper course, which goes all the way from machine code to PIC to ARM to Pascal. It's given me much more insight as to what I've been doing all this time.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?

2008-04-17 Thread Tan, Xuan
Farran: been there, done that. =) When I was 15 I single-handedly fried three motherboards because I failed to notice the dark spot on the video card that had just toasted. I swapped the video card out to test (didn't have a spare video card, but had a few spare mobos with AGP slots in them around

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator

2008-04-17 Thread Tan Xuan You
Hi Ben, I tried reinstalling compiz as suggested, even with removing all libraries and packages listed and reinstalling them, but to no avail. On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 00:19 +0100, Ben wrote: > Hi > i had the same problem and i resolved it by reinstalling compiz did urs > just start or was it w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator

2008-04-14 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 23:23 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:54 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > > Each time, I tested by enabling compiz via the System menu, then > > restarting X by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. All the times I tested the > > window decor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator

2008-04-14 Thread Tan Xuan You
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:37 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 21:26 +0100, Tan Xuan You wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I think this has been a prevalent problem recently, yet I find myself > > stumped by it. > > > > Basically, whenever I

[ubuntu-uk] Compiz and gtk-window-decorator

2008-04-14 Thread Tan Xuan You
Hi all, I think this has been a prevalent problem recently, yet I find myself stumped by it. Basically, whenever I enable any level of compiz using System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects, gtk-window decorator fails to paint my window decorations. Titlebar, window border are all gon