Re: [ubuntu-uk] samba ldap

2009-10-13 Thread Daniel Lamb
I used this guide http://islandlinux.org/howto/installing-samba-openldap-ubuntu Als you can have a look at the script I wrote, its on www.openyourwindows.com/smb-server.html Regards, Daniel Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, Can i seek help here for https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/serverguide/C/samba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yeah just spent the afternoon playing with ebox, its come on alot in the past year, the mail module didnt work though. Daniel Alan Pope wrote: 2009/6/2 Alan Lord (News) : You might try looking at the SME Server for some ideas: http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page .. and ebox .. htt

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi, About 6 months ago I wrote a script which installs a ubuntu server with groupware, file shares, printer shares, dns, dhcp, domain controller etc, just like a windows 2003 small business server, the script runs great and I have done a number of installs with it but currently have to rewrit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server

2009-04-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
Have you tried adding all users on the domain as admins on the local machine? might be worth a shot, printing works for me and this is what I have done. Regards, Daniel Cornelius Mostert wrote: OK, SO I plugged the printer directly into the Linux server, used cups to setup the server ans Samba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Song Pro or similar

2009-03-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
http://www.adebenham.com/lyricue/ is the only opensource worship software for linux i can find. Hope it works out for you. Daniel Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Quoting red : My house mate tonight has finaly taken the step to the world of Unbuntu! He is going to use Audacity to do liv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....

2009-02-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
Dave Morley wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:04 +, Robert Longstaff wrote: I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire One

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-04 Thread Daniel Lamb
I just stuck on the standard ubuntu os and it worked fine, needed a wireless driver and changed the kernel to a specific eee one, cant remember it but it works great. £40 thats good going. Daniel John Levin wrote: Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Daniel Lamb wrote: > >> To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if >> you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something >> like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work then you do need to know what your doing. Daniel Dave Morley wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:00 +0100,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Daniel Lamb
I do, all my servers run it and monitoring is done via it, I find it alot better than ebox currently, however ebox does look promising. I know some people are anti webmin however I do find it brilliant. Regards, Daniel Alan Pope wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:23:37AM +0100, Daniel Lamb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-22 Thread Daniel Lamb
Webmin does monitor software raid. Worth having a quick look at it. Regards, Daniel Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:18:53PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > >> I'm configuring a server with software RAID and wondered if any of you >> have any ideas about monitoring the RAID array. D

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UKTeam parts exchange proposal

2008-08-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
Looks good, I shall list some of my hardware on there also. Regards, Daniel Philip Wyett wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 12:46 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: Hi all, Having a bit of a clear out of smaller PC hardware... I thought better than throwing things away, could I offer good working compo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
Sorry it is infact: www.openyourwindows.com/smb/smb-server.iso Daniel Lamb wrote: it has been uploaded to www.openyourwindows.com/smb server.iso, this is the script and all needed software etc. Please let me know how you get on. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
it has been uploaded to www.openyourwindows.com/smb server.iso, this is the script and all needed software etc. Please let me know how you get on. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel Lamb wrote: I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
, calendars etc as well as av and openoffice. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel Lamb wrote: I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software needed as an sbs replacement on a ubuntu server Very interesting - I have always thought this was something

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software needed as an sbs replacement on a ubuntu server, currently it is using files which have to be changed manually doing a find and replace, however I am hoping to do this as part of the install script and also scripts for add

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Ubuntu LTSP installation at Exwick Community Centre - Exeter, Devon

2008-07-22 Thread Daniel Lamb
servers direct are very good, the sales guys dont know very much technically but the pricing and service is brilliant. For a very basic server i would suggest this one, http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/Fujitsu_Siemens_PRIMERGY_VFY:E1002SH040GB/version.asp have used it in a clients just a file ser

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Id also suggest slampp for that, or possibly 8.04 with samba and and openssh then install webmin and configure samba with that, samba will work basically out of the box, look at this http://doxfer.com/Webmin/SambaWindowsFileSharing or read a guide i wrote which is in the Full Circle Magazine.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
There is a distro called slampp i think. Which will do the majority of that other than streaming but you can do that with vlc. Daniel Original message From: Wayne Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server sorry should h

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-04 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hello, Is anyone interested in an SBS equivalent ubuntu server with mail, domain, file shares etc? I have built something which does this using remastersys but I need help writing a script if anyone is interested please get in touch. Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Migrating between distros

2008-06-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Are the home directories on a separate partition? If not you could move them to a separate partition or an external hard drive I guess. Regards, Daniel Sean Miller wrote: > Hi, > > I have this laptop running Mandriva... in the normal Ubuntu install > situation I'd effectively wipe off Mandriva

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I know when to reboot after upgrading Ubuntu Server?

2008-06-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
It will come up at the end of the upgrade it should come up with restart now, I usually upgrade my servers with "sudo do-release-upgrade". It always comes up with restart at the end. If you have started with with ssh and closed the session you may need to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" as some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
I saw an old friend of my parents this week and he was telling me about this brilliant alternative operating system something called Ubuntu, I then pointed out that is what my parents have been using for years lol, not really spotting but still came up in random conversation. regards, Daniel

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

2008-05-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Can you not setup your email to be picked up using postfix/smtp? Using an mx record from your domain and also securing the authentication for the email. You might be able to setup fetchmail to collect the email and distribute it out using dovecot and postfix. If you use webmin it will greatly

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

2008-05-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
This is all well and good what the bbc say however as you are not recieving a transmission it would be harder for them to track surely, obviously they could track it by ip address however that would mean zattoo would need to work with them, I am not condoning or suggesting anyone breaks the la

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IMAP Server

2008-05-10 Thread Daniel Lamb
I would use postfix, dovecot and fetchmail but dovecot is a very good imap server, look at webmin for administering it, ebox isnt quite there yet. Also for groupware look at egroupware, install is very easy and you can just use your imap server for connect and groupdav for contacts. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Route Planning Solution?

2008-04-13 Thread Daniel Lamb
You could use google earth. Also if you search for gps on sourceforge there are a number of projects there but most will be similar to your satnav. regards, Daniel On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 23:20 +0100, Alex Barrett wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm starting a career as a long distance lorry driver and am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server

2008-04-11 Thread Daniel Lamb
On top of that if you want a nice little script i have attached one here I found and have used. Simply add a bat extension at the end and it will map the printer automatically to your windows pc. If you need any help with writing it let me know. Works very well. Regards, Daniel On Fri, 2008-0

[ubuntu-uk] windows

2008-03-17 Thread Daniel Lamb
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/image.php?u=3411&type=sigpic&dateline=1181677427 Probably old news I found it funny. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 17:13 +, Dave Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Ubuntu-uk will be holding it's 16th meeting on 26th March 2008, > commencing 20:30 GMT. > > It

[ubuntu-uk] groupware

2008-03-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server replacement? Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread daniel . lamb
Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and have never found anything suitable, the best I have found is osfi

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

2008-02-17 Thread Daniel Lamb
Did anyone see the comment? "I was pleased with this development until I read "Linux" Mike, Runcorn, United Kingdom" I say we beat him until he changes his ways. No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really struggle with that. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 00

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-06 Thread daniel . lamb
I tried it, it works a treat, had to follow this to get flash installed(from ubuntu forums). "There's a bug in the flashplugin-nonfree package; this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397) has more information on it, as well as corrected packages. In short, you need to download th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Daniel Lamb
Personally i always stick to western digital, as was said before they do fail but so do others, warranties on a drive usually arent worth it from my experience, as it would cost more than half the amount of a replacement drive to send off the faulty one. As far as externals are concerned dont buy l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jpeg from vcd

2007-12-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
How many pictures are in the vcd? Could you open the pics with a picture program? Just an idea, dont know if its possible. Daniel On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 21:20 +, norman wrote: > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 20:52 +, Dave Morley wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 20:20 +, norman wrote: > > > <

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jpeg from vcd

2007-12-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
If you can sit by it as it is running vlc will allow you to get screenshots from it, or frozen frames. Regards, Daniel On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 14:33 +, norman wrote: > My son has received some photographs of his wedding on a VCD and has > asked me if it is possible to extract individual images.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
You can downgrade from vista to xp home legally, Regards, Daniel On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 11:29 +, Rob Beard wrote: > > My Dad bought a new PC last week, and me being the family geek, was -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
My Parents switched, and they are 50, wasnt all to hard, said it was better and explained why, then they moved. Had alot less problems and questions. Set it up alot like the mac(with the most used icons on the bottom bar, will be pushing it over 2008 to anyone i come in contact with who does not us

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

2007-12-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject)) On 07/12/2007, Philip Newborough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 7, 2007 12:30 AM, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Lamb wrote: > > Me? > > > > Or you could use fasthost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
Me? Or you could use fasthosts, pipex or 1&1 in my experience all are good. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Rimicans Sent: 06 December 2007 22:40 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) Greetings

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoneminder camera

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
December 2007 15:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoneminder camera Daniel Lamb wrote: > Hi there, > > Has anyone had or used zoneminder with external ip cameras? Is it easy to > setup? > > Also anyone got any suggestions for camera models to use? >

[ubuntu-uk] Zoneminder camera

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi there, Has anyone had or used zoneminder with external ip cameras? Is it easy to setup? Also anyone got any suggestions for camera models to use? Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
Try a windows repair: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341 regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 21:17 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck > You could try a windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
You could try a windows repair, as I sent you details on before. That should work. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 17:10 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck < s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
Gain access to the Windows recovery console. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 Run it from there, your 98 floppy probably does not have support for ntfs. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command

2007-12-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't know for sure. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 01 December 2007 10:51 To: ubuntu-uk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command As a result

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing more than one 'buntu- Your thoughts!!!

2007-11-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Works, my first experience of the other breeds of ubuntu was doing that. If you want to give them a shot or want to try out any kde/xfce specific software its well worth it. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Javad Ayaz Sent: 30 No

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

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
much better in > Gutsy... maybe time for an upgrade? > > Pete > > On 11/28/07, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I just had problems after an update, so ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, >> after running throught the setup again it resolved it. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
I mean the one that came with the pc that has the sata drive? If you don't you will need to download it. This may help: Just in case anyone else has this problem and doesn't want to spend an hour figuring it out... If you are loading Windows XP onto a computer with a serial ATA (SATA) hard drive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
That is due to you not having the sata driver installed. Do you have the original xp disk that came with the pc? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 29 November 2007 13:39 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
] dual boot On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 21:52 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Check your cd drive is set to master and your bios is set to detect ide > devices, That's a point, the cd drive is set to slave, I'll change it. IDE devices are detected because the CD drive is shown. > &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Check your cd drive is set to master and your bios is set to detect ide devices, Also while you are there check how many ide channels you have(perhaps 2 with 2 primary and 2 secondary). If you have 2 channels perhaps you could put the drive onto the primary. Regards, Daniel -Original Messa

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

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
I just had problems after an update, so ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, after running throught the setup again it resolved it. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Sent: 28 November 2007 20:53 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subj

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
What you need to do is check what device the drive is now connected as, grub might well see it as hd1 instead of before as hd0. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 28 November 2007 18:57 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Well you will need to reinstall windows to make it run on a different machine. I would suggest resizing the ubuntu disk and install windows on that. Then setup grub to run with that setup. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome woes

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Run dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver, will run you through the xorg setup again. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Miller Sent: 28 November 2007 14:34 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome woes I ran the x configura

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Have you connected it as a master drive into the new pc? On the same channel as the cd drive. One thing that might throw a spanner in the works is I believe you are running 2000 on the drive as well? If so then I most likely will not work on the new pc without running a windows repair. Regards, D

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes, as far as everything is concerned the computer will still see it as the main drive so grub will work fine. Are you transfering an old drive to a new pc? Sorry havent been following the topic as I have been ill. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes, you should be able to set the cd drive as slave and hard drive as master. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 28 November 2007 12:47 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot < snip >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot problem

2007-11-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Try a windows repair, http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8356.html Should work fine after that. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 25 November 2007 12:49 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible)

2007-11-15 Thread Daniel Lamb
You should make sure that libdvd is installed follow this guide: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/14/how-to-enable-dvd-playback-ubuntu-510 -6061-610/ Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pascal Khoury Sent: 15 November 2007 14:08

Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Ok, what afre your skills and abilities? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 21:37 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi matt, i'm living in stepney green,london but would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Where abouts are you? Are you wanting to help with a project or work for a company? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 16:24 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi, i'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Well just buy a desktop from tescos then and use that, nows the time for her to learn, otherwise she might be stuck like the rest of the blind windows users. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 14 November 2007 11:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Why not buy an asus laptop with linux on it and introduce her to linux games, there are a number of education ones for linux also. Or if you do want to still use linux/oss, why not look at reactos? You didn't say how much your wanting to spend, you could get the ubuntu box from tescos and stick a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
I feel like a baby. Lol Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Arnold Sent: 12 November 2007 13:43 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help SATA Hdd Problem. Sean M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try tohelp............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
How about trying it on the onboard sata controller? Can you do that? remove a device and plug it in? Also is it a cheap or obscure sata card? is it maybe not full supported by ubuntu? I had a perc controller on a dell server which was similar, but that was with 6.06, to be honest i ended up ju

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
There is an alternative install cd which allows you to install without using a live cd. Works very well on low memory machines. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Miller Sent: 12 November 2007 10:53 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subj

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
started working with command line etc..it.s just good to get used to know where to get information in the first place.do you know anybody who is into sparc linux or busy with building a linux recording studio? cheers shen Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: does that mean it is now re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Lamb
the forum and there was good information about the keyboard.the layout is generic 104/105 and not sun type 4 or 5. cheers shen Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry so you are using 6.06.1 instead of 7.04? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme

2007-11-10 Thread Daniel Lamb
For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on ubuntu just another os :-(. Daniel - original message - Subject:Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 11/11/2007 00:07 Adam Bagnall wrote: > Dianne Reuby

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of these things

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of these things being buying domains for projects etc. Regar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes usually do not volunteer information, and agree when they say something, I they say to try something then take some time and then say you tried it, usually if you keep saying it doesn't work whatever they say then they will send out an engineer. The only time you have problems is if they ask f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
Does that surprise you? Anyways what machine are you running? What are the problems? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 01 November 2007 14:56 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Linux myster

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another broadband related q? Sorry!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
It also depends who you have broadband with Tesco etc offer llu broadband which means they can add as many users as they want. The other thing is that people talk about the best broadband provider, from my experience (I am an entanet and zen reseller) if you are happy paying more you get a bett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another broadband related q? Sorry!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
You can not judge your connection on torrents for a start as it also depends on how many people are sharing and speed they are sharing at. Also I believe it is 2mb per minute rather than kbs, if you are worried about your speed try the broadband speed test that think broadband provide. Also is th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
How doesn't it find the wifi? In the top right hand corner what does it have? Also check what card was used in your machine, I just got a d830 today and installed Ubuntu on it, it works great!! Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Windows does support IPv6, When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [

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

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes it is _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 14:50 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows IS this free? _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@

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

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Pdf creator, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ Works as a printer. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 14:12 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternativ

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

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
rd, OOo is written in C++, however there are certain components and features which do rely on Java to work. Hope this helps, Matthew. On 30/10/2007, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry are you joking? > > > > Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Has this been resolved because was just reading up and there is a fair chance that the d420 is using the same wifi as the 1420n which is dells Ubuntu machine, or am I wrong? Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas Sent: 29 October 2007 1

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

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run java on your machine you will essentially be able to run any java app. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Or we could have a better one just for scots!!! Lol. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Barber Sent: 30 October 2007 01:36 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas On 29/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu TV Advert

2007-10-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
Please don’t get to excited about the whole Ubuntu Tesco thing, it is on their website, but not in the store where they make the most sales on pcs, I have checked every Tesco in Tayside and I cant even find epcs, plus it is epcs that have taken the bold step not Tesco, asda sell epcs as well, s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu TV Advert

2007-10-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Or radio shows, there must be some geeks shows on the radio, jo whiley did gadget stuff for a bit, if someone could go on and talk for a bit, the other thing is next time there is a major bug with windows use that as a springboard, if they know Ubuntu is here then if they need a comment on windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu TV Advert

2007-10-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Surely someone must have a contact in tv or a tv show? Wouldn’t it be better to do something jointly with dell or someone and promote it on a breakfast show or a gadget show, they might well be interested in it, once that is done it could be followed up a lot easier by radio and papers so greatly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory problems with Gutsy and OpenOffice

2007-10-27 Thread Daniel Lamb
I presume the version you are using was upgraded with gutsy? What specs are your machine? You can change the amount of memory assigned to openoffice via "Tools", "Options", "Memory", I would normally make sure it is sitting at 20+ mb. Also go to "Java" and untick it see if it runs any better, if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirrus Sent: 26 October 2007 15:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
buntu pose Quoting Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > They were probably 6 weeks then, they are 20 weeks old now I think, one has > died now though, was just looking through old phones and kind of saw a > little resemblance, if anyone wants to play with it please do. > > Reg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Cool, a bit less dangerous than I had in mind. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gord Sent: 25 October 2007 14:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:18 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirrus Sent: 25 October 2007 15:02 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose - "Daniel Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool, a bit less dangerous than I had in mind. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Quoting Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just realised my kittens are kind of doing the Ubuntu sign, maybe not > though, check it out http://www.openyourwindows.com/ubuntu.JPG. > > Daniel > Aww thats so cute. What we need is someone to put an Ubuntu logo (and link) on there,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 13:58 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Just realised my kittens are kind of doing the Ubuntu sign, maybe not > though, check it out http://www.openyourwindows.com/ubuntu.JPG . > 404 http://www.openyourwindows.com/ubuntu.jp

[ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Just realised my kittens are kind of doing the Ubuntu sign, maybe not though, check it out http://www.openyourwindows.com/ubuntu.JPG. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
I use evolution, think its brilliant, wish someone would do a decent port of it to windows(I know about markybobs one) so I can give it to clients as well. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 25 October 2007 13:23 To: ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Why not use qemu? Is the ipod touch not supported on gutsy? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 25 October 2007 12:25 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy Hi Kris, On Thu, 2007-10-2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mono display in cshell konsole window etc..

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
As long as you searched for it and found it using that it should automatically install all the dependencies. What I could suggest is open the terminal and type "sudo apt-get install -f" which will fix any dependency errors you are having. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL P

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