Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

On 25/02/2008, Joshua Scotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: > > Does sage maybe work with wine? > > Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what > would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

Hi Caroline, Whilst attempting to connect to the network, I'd recommend tailing your syslog for related messages as it often helps in diagnosing which part of the connection fails. The System Log application under System > Administration is good for this as you can watch all your logs at once. I'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Switched hard drives

On 23/02/2008, Steve Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 11:41 +, Andy Watts wrote: > > Hi people > > > > l do hope that this hasn't been asked too many times before.. > > > > l have 2 hard drives in my machine, 1 with windows 2k and the other with > > Ubuntu on it. l've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I use a desktop PC as a network hub?

On 2/22/08, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Right, Im setting up a p3 800mhz 256mb box as a firewall, file server, > media player and to use for other stuff. > > Now I will have > > Modem>PC>old wireless router > > If I do this, I will have all network traffic coming at it through a >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

I encounter such attitudes all the time, especially among old school businessmen. It usually changes once I boot up an Ubuntu live CD for them, but I often have to expend much dialogue in coercing them to even take a look. Tom Daniel Lamb wrote: Did anyone see the comment? "I was pleased w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?

Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 01:52:46PM +0000, Tom Bamford wrote: >> You're right, any OEM install disc will do as long as you have valid >> license stickers/serial numbers. I use a mastered ISO which has every >> version of XP in both OEM and retail flav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?

Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Tom Bamford wrote: >> I use a mastered ISO which has every >> version of XP in both OEM and retail flavours on the one CD. >> > Thanks Tom - Am dl as we speak. > How does 9 - 1 work? If I burn an iso (will K3B do?) and boot one of the &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?

Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Sorry to ask MS stuff here but I have been trying for days to find an > answer to this and hope some of you may be able to help. > I have been given two old PCs with MS XP Pro SP2 installed and licence > OEM sticker on the sides and would like to re-install clean XP Pro a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors with independent desktops

Andrew Oakley wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Basically what I want to do is send the second monitor output to an LCD >> TV (but not have a complete MythTV installation) which I can just play >> videos on. > > Then just grab the window you want (eg. MythTV) and drag it off your > first monito

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

London School of Puppetry wrote: > Hi there,I usually have no problem with connecting to wifi, except today > I was in a place where it is netgear. Impossible. I was given the > password but nothing happened, tried switching on and off, but nothing- > then using a default system code,, caused t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution

Keith Bowerman wrote: > Since my upgrades to Gutsy, on two different machines, I seem to have > suffered more than my fair share of problems with Evolution. > > However, I have searched quite extensively for information on exporting > my emails and contacts from Evolution into Thunderbird, without

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server - sys req?

Rob Beard wrote: > Maybe someone else might want to advise on partitioning the drives, I > can never remember if /var should have more space than /usr. IIRC > it's down to what you want to use the server for. > > Rob > /var is where the logs go, as well as MySQL databases and Apache's defa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External drive.... Grrr

Andy Watts wrote: > Hi people > > could some kind soul desipher the following dmesg output for me please. it's > a drive that XP recognises ok > > [11226.398993] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address > 18 > [11226.578921] usb 2-3: device descriptor read/64, error -62 > [

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site

Seif Attar wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > | BBC, Sky, ITN all suck big time. Try watching Al Jazeera, there's always > | something fairly important or interesting on there, and no > | "entertainment news" (a contradictory term in itself). > I like the jazeera news

Re: [ubuntu-uk] news services was: BBC news site

William Anderson wrote: > Tom Bamford wrote: >> [snip] >> >> I guess everyone has their viewing preference; the same 15 minutes of >> lukewarm headlines over and over again is not for me, nor any >> US-b[i]ased station. > > Rolling news channels are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] news services was: BBC news site

Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:31:42PM +0000, Tom Bamford wrote: >> Forgot CNN, which is also pretty weak on content. >> > > Reminds me of an American guy I worked with last year. > > Him: You know, they need adverts on the BBC! > Me: Why!? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site

Tom Bamford wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Josh Blacker wrote: >>> Rob Beard wrote: >>>> Andy Watts wrote: >>>> >>>>> Many thanks guys >>>>> >>>>> l also found the answer at >>>>> http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC news site

Rob Beard wrote: > Josh Blacker wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >>> Andy Watts wrote: >>> Many thanks guys l also found the answer at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonfree lt's up and running now, just wish the news wasn't so depressing :) >>> What abo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External drive is stuck at read-only.

Andrew Jenkins wrote: Daniel Davies wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: I've recently been playing with a NAS drive. To set it up I had it connected as an external USB drive. All was going well, fdisk, mkfs, etc. and I moved a couple of Gb of files to it. After I disconnected it and plugg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM backs Ubuntu

Mac wrote: > You may already have seen this interesting development... > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=7193&print > > Mac > That's pretty cool. I've been using Ubuntu to persuade businesses to ditch Microsoft and this will definately h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] what does this message in kino mean?

Javad Ayaz wrote: > "The IEEE 1394 subsystem is not responding > > The raw1394 module must be loaded, and you must have read and write > access to /dev/raw1394" > > Ok so what does this mean and how can i fix it? should i fix it? > > I have no digital cameras/camera of any sort attached! > > Regar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to change hdd/partition numbering

Vitorio Okio wrote: > > Unfortunately it did not worked. Here is the actual output of my try. > > At the first run fdisk reported "partitions out of order" after printing > the partition table. Then after applying 'x' and 'f' it reported that > partition order was successfully changed. > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to change hdd/partition numbering

Vitorio Okio wrote: > I've deleted with GParted unwanted Dell Utility partition sited the first > on my HDD. This partition was set as /dev/sda1, so all others followed > correspondignly: /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, etc. > > Now after deleting and booting back in Ubuntu my now first partition is > st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

Javad Ayaz wrote: > tried both even > cd /media/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/ cat mehndi1.vob mehndi2.vob > > mehndi_joined.vob > > but still no joy!! > The N in nuzhet is upper case. Could that be it? > Yes, you must specify an uppercase N as Linux filenames are case sensitive. Tom -- ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

Stephen Garton wrote: > On 21/01/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i tried this >> >> cat /dev/sda5/nuzhet shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi1.vob /dev/sda5/nuzhet >> shadi/mehndi edited/mehndi2.vob >/dev/sda5.vob >> >> but it didnt work!! >> >> any ideas? >> > Javad, > > Try cat "/dev/sda5/n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu cd damaging windows paritions?

Farran wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 17:45 +, Rob Beard wrote: gord wrote: > i would be careful, its likely that something has gone wrong with > windows because... well its windows.. and that they are blaming this > strange thing you put on the computer once that they are unfa

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy gets thumbs up in Micromart

I just read an article in Micro Mart mag by a self-proclaimed linux noob called Jason d'Allison. He set out to install Gutsy after hearing good things about it, and although it took him 3 weeks to secure a machine to install it on, after two weeks he was enjoying the difference and after anothe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SSH question

Alan Pope wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:56:30PM +, Stephen Garton wrote: Hi Al, On 12/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:13:56AM +, Stephen Garton wrote: On a box at home, I have ssh running on a non-specific high numbered port.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?

Michael Holloway wrote: > Has anybody else tried jeOS yet? > > I have tried it on 3 different VMWare servers, 2 AMD based, and one > Intel. No matter how hard i try, i cant get it to work. It installs > fine, and then freezes on boot, failing to load the Kernel. It would > appear that it cant moun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?

Sean Miller wrote: On 1/12/08, *Alan Pope* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:53:13PM +, Chris Rowson wrote: > Are you entirely sure chaps? > > I thought JeOS was a bare-bones operating system designed for people > to base vir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jerky Streaming Video.

Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Whenever I try to watch any streaming video such > as BBC iPlayer or YouTube things aren't right. > After a few minutes the video will start to pause > and jump in short bursts, the sound is fine. I'm > guessing that my machine cannot cope (or at least > the video card can't

[ubuntu-uk] PCI ADSL modem on Linux

Hello, Does anyone know of a PCI ADSL modem that works well with Ubuntu? I have three of them at home (Nokia, Zoom and an unbranded Conexant-based one) and none of them seem to work in Linux. If I could find one that works I'd have my Ubuntu box run my entire network, including being my wirele

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE Flash Card Readers - Recommendations

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 15:47 +, Tom Bamford wrote: However, recent versions of Ubuntu have shown all my laptop drives, including CF memory cards, as SCSI devices (/dev/sd* as opposed to /dev/hd*). My desktop dies a horrible death if I try to do the same

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE Flash Card Readers - Recommendations

Hi, My laptop (Thinkpad) has a CompactFlash slot which is essentially a PC-card slot shrunk down. It's on the PCI bus and when you insert a CF card it emulates an IDE device. It's hot swappable, but so are the IDE controllers for the hard drives in the laptop and in the docking station which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration

Mark Allison wrote: > Hi there, > > I have 6 PCs at home, and have them all connected to a Netgear DG834G > wireless ADSL modem. Some PCs are connected directly, others via > wireless. The current topology is: > > ADSL Router-->Home LAN > > One of my PCs is an Ubuntu server running squid and dansgu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Put your questions to Bill Gates

Tony Arnold wrote: Kirrus, Kirrus wrote: Just seen this on the BBC news site... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7161359.stm Anyone got any questions? How about asking him if he plans to invest any of his money in some key open source projects? Regards, Tony. That's a valid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD & sound

davisjo wrote: Hi Everyone, I have tried to play a DVD and also a film on the hard drive but alas no sound. I have downloaded most of the video players and selected all sources to include all the codecs but still no sound. If I remember right, out teacher enabled the codec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ekiga test conversation needed (now) please, somebody?

alan c wrote: > Hi all > I have just connected up a quickcam and am trying to test it out. Does > anyone happen to be sitting near to something that will connect or > allow me to connect to, an ekiga account or compatible please? > > I have a relative who is on skype, but I gather that skype is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facing up to Facebook

If it is this article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/01/facebook.socialnetworking) you are referring to, it doesn't say that Facebook have pulled Beacon, only modified it to stop posting purchasing information publically. It sounds like they still use the system with the same ba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

Mac wrote: alan c wrote: The power saving system is the problem and although it can be disabled, (using something like sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sd[Your device] ) I believe seagate do not accept it as covered by warranty. It is not simply a matter of fomatting the (NTFS) drive. I cer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.

Scrase, Eddie wrote: I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to a file which was something along the lines of: /etc/initrd/rc0 I see Ubuntu has similar files so if I wanted to have an application run at startup which file should I edit an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Internet access for second user

Mac wrote: Mac wrote: Tony Travis wrote: Yes, In principle, but network manager configures the network on a per-user basis and this requires admin authority. Personally, I use "WiFi Radar", which is brilliant! Tony >>> I've been wondering whether to switch to WiFi Radar, but n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))

Philip Newborough wrote: > Regarding the original question, I'm too looking into hosting options > for e-mail. I've been considering paying the $50 per year for the > Google Apps service. I've been using the standard Gmail service for a > number of years now and I'm quite happy with it. I think the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.

Kris Douglas wrote: On 06/12/2007, *Tom Bamford* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and > have hit a problem. Once I've created the first > partition a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.

Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Anyway, I've tried to create the file systems and > have hit a problem. Once I've created the first > partition as FAT 16 and try to 'mkfs' it I get the > error as follows: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu710 /dev/sdc1 > > mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) > WA

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no start up screen

norman wrote: > When I switch my computer on the first thing I expect to see is a screen > about Intel and from which, if I so wish, I can access the bios set up. > Since installing Edubuntu this does not happen. All I get is a blank > screen plus an error message complaining about the video suppor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eee hacking - add bluetooth

Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just seen this on The Inquirer... > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/29/hack-eee-bluetooth > > It seems someone has worked out how to add an internal USB bluetooth > module to the Asus EeePC. Seems pretty cool if you don't mind loosing > the wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to fix Gnome problem

Mac wrote: > Daniel >>> Thanks for your reassuring advice. I've now tried the > reconfig. Sad to say, I still get the 'Your session has been saved' > message when I click the log out button; the proper log out screen does > not appear; instead, the shutdown wav file plays, the screen clears

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

norman wrote: Okay ill stop rambling... my suggestion is to use the Ubuntu live CD and partition your hard-drive accordingly, and format all the partitions. but don't install Ubuntu. I would also suggest making a 200MB /boot partition at the beginning of the HDD. Then install Windows, check that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: MBR, can you post the menu.lst and device.map files the from /boot/grub/ directory to the pastebin (or to this list)? Then we can see the current configuration and maybe make suggestions about what needs to be changed. Please explain to this ignorant one what is the MBR and how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: If I'm following correctly, the Ubuntu drive is SATA. Therefore it doesn't come into master/slave debate. That is correct and interesting. Does that mean I could just plug in another SATA drive without having to worry about setting jumpers etc? I don't have much experience

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: If that is the case you will probably have to change some of the jumpers on the ide devices themselves. You should set the jumpers on the hard drive (ide) to master, and the jumpers on the CD drive to slave. Then connect the ide hard drove to the first connection on the cable and th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

norman wrote: > As promised, here is my report back. The old hard drive was out of the > machine and waiting to be transplanted into the new one. The side was > removed from the new box and then, horror upon horrors, where had the > nice, wide, grey ribbon cable gone? All I could see connected to t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

Keith Gregory wrote: norman wrote: Sorry to keep labouring the point but, please, to avoid total confusion which do I make the master, Ubuntu or Windows? Norman The easiest way is to make windows the master, Ubuntu the slave kfg Yep, then reverse the drive order once Windows is set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

I would install Windows in the same way but after Windows is installed, you can set the Windows drive to slave and reconnect your Ubuntu drive as master. Then just add this entry to your grub menu after the line that reads "END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS": title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd rom-gutsy doesnt see!!!

, *Tom Bamford* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: If it's an ATA or SATA drive can your CMOS program see it? Tom Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Im not sure what ive done ...(well havent disconnected any cables > thats for s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd rom-gutsy doesnt see!!!

If it's an ATA or SATA drive can your CMOS program see it? Tom Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Im not sure what ive done ...(well havent disconnected any cables > thats for sure)...but now my system cant see my DVD rom. > > Any ideas please? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash

That would be better with an "End Now..." button :p Alan Pope wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:28:36PM +, Albert Vilella wrote: Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm Got it? No? "MS Explorer"? ... :-) http://www.jimcromwell.com/land

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash

Ha ha ha, that made me chuckle. Albert Vilella wrote: > Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm > > Got it? No? "MS Explorer"? ... :-) > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot problem

Sometimes the Windows boot files get messed about for which a reinstall may not be necessary. Try booting from a Windows install cd and entering recovery mode. You'll be asked for your Administrator password - just press enter if it is blank. You'll get a recovery console with limited commands;

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus Eee PC video review

I like it, it's a nice piece of kit for the money, especially if you factor in a built-in 3G modem/phone. If you're looking to splash out a few more notes (say 2-3 times the price) one of my friends has just got a Toshiba Libretto u100 running Ubuntu. Despite being about the same size as the Ee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice

Hi Norman, As someone who tries to get everyone I help off Windows and onto Ubuntu, I've had to come up with some unusual solutions. For most needs excluding 3D graphics I'd recommend installing Windows 2000/XP on a virtual machine. If you switch off system restore and automatic updates in Win

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

Great idea! I knew there was a reason I've been spending ages tuning my desktop PC. I'm happy to offer tech help with respect to both the server and for fellow ATI users with graphics issues. Tom Alan Pope wrote: > I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an > Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Josh Blacker wrote: > WPA I think. I should know, as I set it up! (Checked: WPA Personal. > Anyone care to explain the difference between Personal and Enterprise?) > WPA personal will use a shared passphrase, with WPA enterprise it will likely use a Radius server to authenticate users as they c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Mac wrote: > Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? > > And, if you do, do you use > > no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 > > with ESSID broadcast / hidden? > Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng drivers. I use WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) with a nice long passphrase.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

Chris Rowson wrote: > no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) > Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

You don't have to if all you want is a CPU usage monitor. I find the most useful ones to be processor, memory, network and load. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: sorry i thought frequency scaling was basically monitoring the cpu load..hmmm ill add the system monitor applet...! out of interest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

If you are looking for a general CPU usage monitor, add the System Monitor applet and deselect the memory and swap/load monitors. CPU frequency scaling is something different. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: ok so its not reliable...ill set it up in frequency! is there an alternative to thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

I don't know how accurate it is, but I think it reads better if you set it to show the frequency units rather than a percentage. I've come across desktops with mobile processors in them before, there may also be some desktop processors with scaling features that I don't know about. Regards, To

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

Hi, I assume you mean the CPU frequency scaling monitor? This doesn't monitor CPU activity per se, it's for use with mobile processors with Speedstep technology. When the CPU isn't being maxed out it will run at a lower clock speed to save energy (to extend battery life) - mine flips between

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADVERT] Ubuntu case badges

Sorry, I meant 20. Tom Bamford wrote: Hi Al, Could I take 10 if you have enough? Regards, Tom Alan Pope wrote: Hi, I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each. They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel stickers you often find on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADVERT] Ubuntu case badges

Hi Al, Could I take 10 if you have enough? Regards, Tom Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bunch of Ubuntu case badges which I am selling for 25p each. > They are robust aluminium ones which can replace the Windows/Intel > stickers you often find on laptops. They are bright & shiny and very >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Load Unload Cycles

Hi Dougie, Thank you for explaining it a bit more. I have read documentation from Hitachi on the subject, but couldn't find anything useful on the Samsung website. I've also noticed today that the count is going up just as quickly when running on external power as it does on battery power, so what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Load Unload Cycles

I've been looking at this bug as well and peeked at my drive stats. The mentioned Load_Cycle_Count stands at 355,884 on my laptop after I observed it increase by over 150 counts in just a few minutes on battery power. Can anyone confirm if there is a correlation between this count and the lifespan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

Nevermind, didn't realise you wanted a cross-platform app. On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 13:47 +0000, Tom Bamford wrote: > How about this: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp > > Like Adobe, it installs a virtual printer to export from any other > print-capable app. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

How about this: http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp Like Adobe, it installs a virtual printer to export from any other print-capable app. On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 13:27 +, STONE COLD wrote: > sorry perhaps i didnt make myself very clear...i meant an app > independant of OO! > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

I'll second that, very good uptime and low latency with F2S. They also provide extra IPs if necessary. I used to have XBox Live and it ran much better with its own public address. I run a server as well which I can get a good 32KBytes/sec when downloading remotely, even with heavy P2P sessions I ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I have to switch it manually if it should get turned off by accident. I don't have the standard wireless card though, this could account for the differences. Tom O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OEM Setup was Ubuntu via Tescos

I've used it in Feisty. When you're finished with the temporary user account, you issue an oem-config-prepare command as root and shut the machine down. The next boot takes you (ie. the end user) through a config wizard to create a user, set the timezone etc. Regards, Tom On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 18

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

What model is your laptop? With my ThinkPad I can turn off various internal devices including the Wireless adapter. In Windows it's a checkbox to switch on and off but in Ubuntu I have to send commands to ACPI files in /proc. I believe there are several laptops that work in the same way. Hope this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wifi PCMCIA card - suggestions, please.

I've had great success with Atheros based cards on Ubuntu. I've had a Belkin Cardbus adapter that was an Atheros 5004 and worked perfectly in Edgy and Feisty. My current card is an Atheros a/b/g (although MiniPCI not PC card but in my experience they work just the same) and works very well in Feist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC to develop Flash-based iPlayer for Linux

Lucy wrote: > I agree that it's a big step forward, but it will still require the > use of non-free software from one company and (I think) will still use > DRM. I'm running a 64 bit version of Ubuntu with a 64 bit version of > Firefox, therefore Adobe's flash isn't available to me, unless I use a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC to develop Flash-based iPlayer for Linux

Kris Marsh wrote: > "By adopting the Adobe Flash(r) Player software, the BBC will make its > free catch-up TV service – BBC iPlayer – available as a streaming > service across Macintosh and Linux(r), as well as Microsoft > Windows(r), by the end of the year." > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to delete all .m4a files from music library

Try this: find /path/to/music -name "*.m4a" -exec rm {} \; Regards, Tom Mac wrote: > I've got a mixture of .flac and .m4a files of the same music scattered > through the multiple sub directories in ~/music. I want to delete all > the .m4a files from which ever subdirectory they happen to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?

Wulfy wrote: > I was wondering how many people on-list used any of the alternate forms > of Ubuntu - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc. I mostly see references to > the plain Ubuntu... > > I use Kubuntu, btw... Just can't stand that evil Gnome... :@) > Has to be Gnome, KDE is just tooo slow an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When server is rebooted need to restart cupsys

Mark Allison wrote: > Thanks guys - yes "sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start" works too. I had a > read of the update-rc.d man page and I ran this command: > > "update-rc.d cupsys defaults" > > and I get returned: > > "System startup links for /etc/init.d/cupsys already exist." > > I'm quite new to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When server is rebooted need to restart cupsys

Does running "sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start" work as well as a restart? If cupsys isn't being started at boot, add a symlink in the /etc/rc2.d directory to "/etc/init.d/cupsys" (where 2 is the default runlevel). Regards, Tom Mark Allison wrote: > Hi there, > > I have ubuntu-server 7.04 runnin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?

andylockran wrote: > We had some fun on Wednesday night on IRC installing "Virtual Richard > Stallman" on our ubuntu boxes to see how many non-free products were > installed. > > Well, as it's a friday afternoon, and people are probably looking for > something to waste their time.. let's all ta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do I need?

It really depends how the machine is set up. If the Windows installation is on its own partition or disk, with the valuable data on another partition, you can use the Ubuntu installer to reformat the Windows volume and install there. Your other partitions/drives will be mounted when the install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers

We use old laptops as servers for some tasks, mostly IBM ThinkPads because they're very well supported in Ubuntu and because they last for years. You don't get the performance you'd expect from a full-size unit and expansion/redundancy options are limited, but in this context (home networks) th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bluetooth connection

Hi, I use the KDE bluetooth utilities, they work just as well in Gnome. Install and run kbluetoothd which will give you a tray icon. Left click it to browse nearby bluetooth devices, and click on 'obex push' icon for a device to send files to it. Regards. Tom STONE COLD wrote: hi ok i go

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

Hi David, I've always found support for USB mass storage devices to be excellent in Ubuntu. I haven't come across a drive that isn't automatically recognised and mounted, no matter what filesystem you choose to use on it. Even my SE mobile works as a card reader on Ubuntu out of the box. If yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive

I believe it's better to use ntfs-3g rather than ntfs as the filesystem type, unless they mean the same thing now. Regards Michael Holloway wrote: > Whats your " sudo fdisk -l " output. > > You should still be able to mount them - with "mount" or just putting > them in fstab (replacing sbd1 wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive

Hello, Install the ntfs-3g and ntfs-config packages, and maybe reboot if necessary. You should get read access to your partitions, you can then run 'gksudo ntfs-config' to enable write-support. Regards, Tom STONE COLD wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a dual boot...my windows OS detects my partiti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange Livebox (internet) with Ubuntu

Hello, Having work with an Orange livebox for a client, I can say they are terrible units with poor firmware and fault tolerance. The two I used frequently dropped the ppp connection for no reason and gave mediocre Wifi range and performance. The service itself didn't seem too bad, if you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile phone ?

Ted, I have a SE W800i which works well. It auto-mounts in Gnome when connected over USB, which makes it a useful Sony card reader, and (using kbluetoothd) works well for bluetooth file transfers. I expect you will be able to access your plusnet mail as I have full IMAP support on my phone, not