[ubuntu-uk] bug in ubiquity - yakkety

2016-06-08 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there I've reported Bug #1590652 - ubiquity crashes when installing yakkety. Please could one of you try to install, and confirm this bug? Thanks. Kind regards,Barry. -- http://barrydrake.co.nr/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

[ubuntu-uk] Bug in Seahorse .....

2015-11-02 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... I wonder if any of you might take the time to confirm a bug in Seahorse (linked to another bug I reported in Empathy) in Wily. The seahorse bug is Ubuntu Bug #1512083 The test is very simple - set up a new dummy address - say in an email client. When the password manager is cal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 16:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 16/11/14 16:42, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 16 November 2014 16:11, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >>> >>> On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > > On 16/11/14 14:32, R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 16/11/14 16:42, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 16:11, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 16:11, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >>> >>> On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: > > > On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 16/11/14 15:43, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berkeley wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 Is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 14:35, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> >> On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: >>> >>> On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berkeley >>> wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 >>> >>> >>> Is fglrx

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 16/11/14 14:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berkeley wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 Is fglrx installed? To find out: apt-cache policy fglrx Colin Yes, it is. But if you are t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 16/11/14 14:27, Colin Law wrote: On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berkeley wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 Is fglrx installed? To find out: apt-cache policy fglrx Colin Yes, it is. But if you are thinking of the bug we looked at yesterday,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 November 2014 14:21, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 Is fglrx installed? To find out: apt-cache policy fglrx Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK

[ubuntu-uk] Bug report filed re screenshot problem

2014-11-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1393188 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-18 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2013-11-15 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't > checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the > first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The > first one burns fine, and Brasero c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Pete Smout
@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you! sent from my HTC. On Nov 15, 2013 7:18 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote: > > Hi Barry, > > On 15 November 2013 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > > Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't > > checked out Saucy, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Barry, On 15 November 2013 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't > checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the > first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The > first one burns f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Barry Drake
On 15/11/13 17:31, Dave Morley wrote: This is a really old bug, the issue is once the first iso is burnt the process is never closed (bug in brasero/gvfs) the work around is simply open a terminal and type killall brasero Ah ... Thanks for that I've never wanted to burn more than one,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Pete Smout
@google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you! sent from my HTC. On Nov 15, 2013 6:34 PM, "alan c" wrote: > > On 15/11/13 17:31, Dave Morley wrote: > > On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > >> Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't > >> chec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread alan c
On 15/11/13 17:31, Dave Morley wrote: > On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: >> Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't >> checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the >> first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Dave Morley
On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't > checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the > first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The > first one burns fine, and Brasero clo

[ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

2013-11-15 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The first one burns fine, and Brasero closes with no error message. I try to load

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread Tony Pursell
On 13 November 2011 18:40, Avi Greenbury wrote: > > alan c wrote: > > > In hindsight the biggest problem I had (emotionally that is) was > > recognising that even when there was a clear motivation for Ubuntu, > > there were very strong immediate influences indeed against (ubuntu) on > > grounds o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread Gareth France
Correct, however it doesn't change the fact that the very good advice was dismissed in that way and ubuntu is made to look bad. Far from it, the fact it can write to NTFS at all is a damn miracle! On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Avi Greenbury wrote: > alan c wrote: > > > In hindsight the bigges

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread Avi Greenbury
alan c wrote: > In hindsight the biggest problem I had (emotionally that is) was > recognising that even when there was a clear motivation for Ubuntu, > there were very strong immediate influences indeed against (ubuntu) on > grounds of an 'NTFS Drivers' myth. I can guess that he had simply not >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread alan c
On 13/11/11 01:04, Alan Pope wrote: > > > On 12 Nov 2011, at 23:29, alan c wrote: > >> On 12/11/11 18:41, Barry Drake wrote: >>> On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote: Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the time that we were not looking at her Windows, and thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread Colin Law
On 13 November 2011 10:23, LeeGroups wrote: > ... > Which reminds me that I recently found an old receipt for a drive I bought > in 1997. It cost £160 (which was worth a lot more 14 yrs ago) and gave me an > enormous (at the time) 2.5G. > Yes, two and a half gigabytes... approx a third of what's c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-13 Thread LeeGroups
I have always found the Ubuntu disc utility to be reliable, and checks ot fairly well with a seagate tool I have too. Any other experiences? Well, it's as good as SMART is, which is vague at best. True, a hard drive can fail without throwing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Avi Greenbury
alan c wrote: > I have always found the Ubuntu disc utility to be reliable, and checks > ot fairly well with a seagate tool I have too. Any other experiences? Well, it's as good as SMART is, which is vague at best. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Alan Pope
On 12 Nov 2011, at 23:29, alan c wrote: > On 12/11/11 18:41, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote: >>> Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the >>> time that we were not looking at her Windows, and this was information >>> from the drive itself. An

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread alan c
On 12/11/11 18:41, Barry Drake wrote: > On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote: >> Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the >> time that we were not looking at her Windows, and this was information >> from the drive itself. And then later her son connected remotely, to >> Wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Gareth France
A brutal viewpoint however it does end in a classic 'I told you so' moment. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Barry Drake wrote: > On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote: > >> Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the time >> that we were not looking at her Windows, and this wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Barry Drake
On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote: Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the time that we were not looking at her Windows, and this was information from the drive itself. And then later her son connected remotely, to Windows presumably, looked at the file system, saw no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Gareth France
Nothing surprises me really. I just wish we could shake off the 'industry standards. It's annoying being bound to NTFS, .doc files etc. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Grant Sewell wrote: > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:37:31 + > Gareth France wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, alan c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Grant Sewell
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:37:31 + Gareth France wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, alan c > wrote: > > > Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using > > Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live > > session disc utility showed some errors, numerica

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread alan c
On 12/11/11 17:12, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 November 2011 17:03, alan c wrote: >> On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: >>> On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c wrote: Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the liv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 November 2011 17:03, alan c wrote: > On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: >> On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c wrote: >>> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using >>> Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session >>> disc utility showed some err

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Gareth France
Ah, now I understand. This same utility saved all the data on my 1TB drive only a couple of weeks back. It's unwell, very unwell! On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:03 PM, alan c wrote: > On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: > > On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c wrote: > >> Yesterday I spent time with so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread alan c
On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c wrote: >> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using >> Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session >> disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I >> di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c wrote: > Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using > Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session > disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I > discussed her considering a new drive, but a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread Gareth France
Intriguing. So why would Ubuntu spot faults on a drive that Windows can't? I mean you can understand that guy's perspective, you would expect Microsoft of all people to be the best at working with NTFS. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, alan c wrote: > Yesterday I spent time with someone who was

[ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 and onwards....

2011-11-12 Thread alan c
Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up some files. She late

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug

2011-04-15 Thread Chris Wilson
It might be worth directing the user to askubuntu.com or ubuntuforums.org to see if there's any help to be got there. Also, when you're triaging a bug report, when you assign the upstream project to the report, it's best to follow the link provided to the upstream tracker and report the bug there

[ubuntu-uk] Bug

2011-04-15 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I've been trying to help a user through the Ubuntu Questions area and think he might have encountered a bug. I've linked the question to a bug report but I'm not sure if I've assigned the bug to the correct project (as dpkg is apparently dealt with upstream) If anyone is interested in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug /545443

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Coyle
Thanks Al. I will use XP for wireless operations until the bug is killed in 10.4 and !0.4 when I have access to ethernet. You have stopped me worrying that there is a better route than the one I am going to adopt. Since this bug has been around before and is now resurgent hope that Canonical will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug /545443

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Coyle
Thanks for this Liam. Since my netbook is dual boot I have decided to keep Ubuntu 10.4 and use it when it is convenient to go online by ethernet and when I need wireless operation to boot into XP. Hopefully it will not be too long before the 10.4 kernel will be tweaked to kill off this annoying bug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug /545443

2010-05-04 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 04/05/10 16:36, Liam Proven wrote: > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Anthony Coyle > wrote: >> My Asus eee 1000H is affected by bug /545443. I have a clean install Ubuntu >> 10.4 and can only connect to the internet by ethernet. Can I download and >> then load into grub an earlier ubuntu kern

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug /545443

2010-05-04 Thread Liam Proven
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Anthony Coyle wrote: > My Asus eee 1000H is affected by bug /545443. I have a clean install Ubuntu > 10.4 and can only connect to the internet by ethernet. Can I download and > then load into grub an earlier ubuntu kernel eg the latest 9.1 kernel so > that I can us

[ubuntu-uk] Bug /545443

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Coyle
My Asus eee 1000H is affected by bug /545443. I have a clean install Ubuntu 10.4 and can only connect to the internet by ethernet. Can I download and then load into grub an earlier ubuntu kernel eg the latest 9.1 kernel so that I can use this until the bug /545443 is sorted out and I can then updat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!

2009-02-20 Thread James Thomas
At the London site there will be external lightscribe DVD burner. :) James Thomas irc: selinuxium 2009/2/20 Adam Bagnall > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Dave Walker wrote: > >> James Westby wrote: >> > The bug jam is almost upon us. >> > >> > I realised that it will be important to h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!

2009-02-20 Thread Adam Bagnall
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Dave Walker wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > The bug jam is almost upon us. > > > > I realised that it will be important to have lots of live cds, > > so bring any you have. > > > Hi James, > > I have only packed a handful of CD's - however, i have brought the ap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!

2009-02-19 Thread Dave Walker
James Westby wrote: > The bug jam is almost upon us. > > I realised that it will be important to have lots of live cds, > so bring any you have. Hi James, I have only packed a handful of CD's - however, i have brought the apt repositories for Hardy, Intrepid and Jaunty (i386/amd64/source) with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!

2009-02-19 Thread Christopher Swift
If anyone has eeebuntu 2.0 standard and/or nbr (NetBook Remix) that would be awesome. I'm currently downloading them but I may not finish the torrent in time for bugjam, if I do however, I'll have the ISOs on my thumb-drive if anyone wants a copy? If you want a copy and you are in London just lemme

[ubuntu-uk] Bug Jam!

2009-02-19 Thread James Westby
Hi everyone, The bug jam is almost upon us. I realised that it will be important to have lots of live cds, so bring any you have. Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty (especially Jaunty, latest alpha or daily), and Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-11 Thread rajinder chopra
hiya mate, my name is raj, ive just installed ubuntu, and when i reboot it keeps going to (like a dos prompt command), how come?i was hoping it wouldve gone to dekstops like windows interface, can you help, its got me stressed out. thanks raj pclabsmidltdyahoo.co.uk ___

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-09 Thread leroy whyte
Wot, nobody here? Pembury Tavern. Hackney, but theres no one here, closely resembling an Ubuntu Geek? Been here since 12:00 midday. Tomorrow (Sun) on? Hope so. Leroy. > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:33:31 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 02:38 +0100, Paul Broadhead wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > > Hands up who would like to attend? > > I guess this is not happening then. In any case, I've joined the bug > squad team and have been having a go anyway. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2008-August/01

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-08 Thread Paul Broadhead
Alan Pope wrote: > Hands up who would like to attend? I guess this is not happening then. In any case, I've joined the bug squad team and have been having a go anyway. -- Paul Broadhead -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Bit of an oops on my part. They Pembury opens at midday. So I'll be there then. I may been seen in the science museum before hand.. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Ok, since there's little movement on this I shall be there on Saturday, probably ~10-11ish depending on trains. If anyone wants to join then feel free, be nice to put faces to names. I'll dig out my ubuntu shirt so I'm obvious ish -Matt Daubney On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:21 +0100, Alan Pop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-05 Thread John Levin
Alan Pope wrote: > Ok, so is it a go / no-go for a bug day at the Pembury Arms in Highbury this > weekend? > > http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ > > Hands up who would like to attend? > The Pembury is in Hackney, rather than Highbury. Can't do saturday, but can do sunday. John -- Jo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-04 Thread Paul Broadhead
Alan Pope wrote: > Ok, so is it a go / no-go for a bug day at the Pembury Arms in > Highbury this weekend? > http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ > Hands up who would like to attend? I'm still interested. Which day were you considering? Saturday is better but either is OK with me. Paul Broa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-04 Thread Matthew Daubney
\o On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:21:52 +0100, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so is it a go / no-go for a bug day at the Pembury Arms in Highbury > this > weekend? > > http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ > > Hands up who would like to attend? > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists

[ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-04 Thread Alan Pope
Ok, so is it a go / no-go for a bug day at the Pembury Arms in Highbury this weekend? http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ Hands up who would like to attend? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-08-01 Thread John Levin
Paul Broadhead wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to this list so hello everyone. Welcome aboard. > I'm also new to bug jams so > would there be room for a novice at this event? I should think many of us would be novices at this, so there really should be room. > I'm a C/C++ developer > on Linux and h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-30 Thread Paul Broadhead
Hi, I'm new to this list so hello everyone. I'm also new to bug jams so would there be room for a novice at this event? I'm a C/C++ developer on Linux and have some Python experience too if any of that helps. Either weekend day is OK for me. I presume the suggested Pembury pub is the one in Hack

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-30 Thread matt
A quick addendum! Should this day go ahead, I'll be going in on the bedwyn -> paddington line, so if anyones heading that way as I've never been to the venue before! -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-30 Thread Ciaran Mooney
> I can appreciate that perspective. How would you suggest it's improved? Make it clear that you were organising *something*, and keeping us informed of all the progress or not that you make. Even if you were having trouble, knowing that you were dealing with it would let others know *something* i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-30 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:11 PM, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 12:11 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> August is also a tricky month. Many people are on holiday, > > I'd love to be there, but I'm one of those people, so I can't > make that weekend. > > Thanks, > > James

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-30 Thread Julian Burgess
The main idea would be to try and make the UK linux and ubuntu community more coherent and friendly for people looking to get involved. I'm a fairly experienced coder, but I find it difficult to know where to start in order to contribute to Ubuntu. I'm sure no one in the community intends to it be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-30 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 12:11 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > August is also a tricky month. Many people are on holiday, I'd love to be there, but I'm one of those people, so I can't make that weekend. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-30 Thread leroy whyte
be a "shadow" to someone who is, in order todevelop my "command line Experience". Would there be space /patience / tolerance for one such as me? Thanks in advance.Leroy > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:51:27 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 matt wrote: | | | |> The other option that is worth considering is the Pembury pub in London. |> We |> could go there on either Sat or Sun or both during the day. They have | Wifi |> and plenty of space to set out laptops and jam. |> |> Discuss... |> |

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread matt
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:11:07 +0100, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Having asked around members of the Ubuntu UK community there has been > quite > a luke warm response to the idea of a bug jam (global one scheduled for > 8th-10th August). The reception to these things does see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Hi, I'm still interested! How about you nail down the plans Popey by adding it to the wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam). I'll see you wherever it is. Ciarán -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread Tony Arnold
On Behalf Of John Levin > Sent: 29 July 2008 12:51 > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day > > Alan Pope wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Having asked around members of the Ubuntu UK community there has been >> quite a luke warm response to the idea o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread James Hooker
Hi James - Great job on trying to persuade the parents! On parents I always use the "No Viruses" approach -and highlighted how much money she (my mother) would save on buying anti-virus products. Then installed Extreme-Tux-Racer, and she's never looked back (I'll point out she's a mega novice, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread James Milligan
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen O'Neill Sent: 29 July 2008 13:11 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: > but I don't really want to be talking about code I think that it being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: > but I don't really want to be talking about code I think that it being a bug fixing day then you'd be out of luck! It sounds like you're after a social event - I'm not sure what there is to offer you in that realm, but starti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread James Milligan
ent: 29 July 2008 12:57 To: 'British Ubuntu Talk' Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day I only wish that there was something further north (near/in Manchester) and a bit more relaxed - I'm 15, interested in Linux etc, but I don't really want to be talking about code and the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread James Milligan
L PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Levin Sent: 29 July 2008 12:51 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > Having asked around members of the Ubuntu UK community there has been > quite a luke warm response to the idea of a bug jam (global one >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread John Levin
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > Having asked around members of the Ubuntu UK community there has been quite > a luke warm response to the idea of a bug jam (global one scheduled for > 8th-10th August). I thought there might be something like 30-50 people > interested in attending a physical event, b

[ubuntu-uk] Bug Day

2008-07-29 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, Having asked around members of the Ubuntu UK community there has been quite a luke warm response to the idea of a bug jam (global one scheduled for 8th-10th August). I thought there might be something like 30-50 people interested in attending a physical event, but after discussion it seems

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-24 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:04:04AM +0100, Julian Burgess wrote: > Sorry, didn't mean to offend, I was just frustrated that it often > seems the UK Ubuntu community is quite disjointed. If progress isn't > made public on the wiki or lists then it appears that nothing is > happening. I look forward t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-24 Thread Julian Burgess
Sorry, didn't mean to offend, I was just frustrated that it often seems the UK Ubuntu community is quite disjointed. If progress isn't made public on the wiki or lists then it appears that nothing is happening. I look forward to more info on the bug jam. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-23 Thread James Grabham
Just found a problem - apparently Im gong to Scotland on the 9th (oh Joy). I am available on the 8th though. BTW s there a LUG around York, I may make my way down at some point. On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Dark Otter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same here, I'm one year older :P. I've done

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-23 Thread Dark Otter
Same here, I'm one year older :P. I've done a little programming in python but that's it (on linux, I did Vbasic, Java, C# etc. on windows before I moved). I'm very much near york myself, but also have the inability to travel large distances. Anyone know of anything going on near York? signature

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-23 Thread James Grabham
I'm far from a coder - I cant program at all, but I really should learn, and so I would be very interested to help - (I can make the tea if you want) thing is, I can't really go south of say York, or north of the border (I live in Durham) the problem being that my Mum isn't likely to let me go half

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 15:50 +0100, Julian Burgess wrote: > What is happening with this? > > It's lame that the UK isn't making more effort to get Ubuntu going, > especially considering Canonical is based here. Regular real world > meetings help the community to network and grow in a way which does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-23 Thread Julian Burgess
What is happening with this? It's lame that the UK isn't making more effort to get Ubuntu going, especially considering Canonical is based here. Regular real world meetings help the community to network and grow in a way which doesn't happen online. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam 2008/6/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-06-24 Thread James Westby
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 18:12 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > You may have seen this [0] announcement from Jono about the upcoming > Global Ubuntu Bug Jam, this August 8th through 10th (Friday to Sunday). > > If you don't know what a Bug Jam is then I suggest you follow the links > contained in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-06-20 Thread John Levin
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > You may have seen this [0] announcement from Jono about the upcoming > Global Ubuntu Bug Jam, this August 8th through 10th (Friday to Sunday). > > If you don't know what a Bug Jam is then I suggest you follow the links > contained in both Jonos and Daniels [1] messages

[ubuntu-uk] [IMPORTANT] Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, You may have seen this [0] announcement from Jono about the upcoming Global Ubuntu Bug Jam, this August 8th through 10th (Friday to Sunday). If you don't know what a Bug Jam is then I suggest you follow the links contained in both Jonos and Daniels [1] messages to the LoCo contacts mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Triaging - German

2008-02-19 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
- "Ciaran Mooney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Afternoon, > > I've just dipped my toe into bug triaging for ubuntu and came across > this bug, > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/151929. > > The original comment was difficult to understand and I asked for a > clar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug Triaging - German

2008-02-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 03:24:02PM +, Ciaran Mooney wrote: > The original comment was difficult to understand and I asked for a > clarification, the reply came back from the user but in German. Could > someone translate it for me, and post it here or on Launchpad? > "I must start with each of

[ubuntu-uk] Bug Triaging - German

2008-02-19 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Afternoon, I've just dipped my toe into bug triaging for ubuntu and came across this bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/151929. The original comment was difficult to understand and I asked for a clarification, the reply came back from the user but in German. Could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 - what we're up against

2007-08-17 Thread Rob Beard
Neil Greenwood wrote: > A very good discussion about why Linux doesn't have a greater market share. > > http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free > > > Hwyl, > Neil. > Yep. very good article. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ku

[ubuntu-uk] Bug #1 - what we're up against

2007-08-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
A very good discussion about why Linux doesn't have a greater market share. http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] bug report

2007-03-05 Thread London School of Puppetry
I am so sorry I didn't realise the bug report would end up on the forum- I thought I was sending it to launchpad. I feel so embarassed. I do apologise. Caroline(lsp) -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bug report

2007-03-05 Thread Dean Sas
London School of Puppetry wrote: > The report said that they have no record of the kind of bug it is- so > to save it then forward it to someone..but I saved it, then the > info disappeared leaving me in the dark. I have another one of these > from 16th January. I thought there might be someone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bug report

2007-03-05 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 05/03/07, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > I was updating my Ubuntu- and left it running and came back to find > > that there was a bug report, and I had to forward it. Where do I send > > it? Can anyone help? > > I don't have an instance of the wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bug report

2007-03-05 Thread James Tait
London School of Puppetry wrote: > I was updating my Ubuntu- and left it running and came back to find > that there was a bug report, and I had to forward it. Where do I send > it? Can anyone help? I don't have an instance of the window open to verify this, but if I remember correctly you should

[ubuntu-uk] bug report

2007-03-05 Thread London School of Puppetry
I was updating my Ubuntu- and left it running and came back to find that there was a bug report, and I had to forward it. Where do I send it? Can anyone help? Caroline(lsp) -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

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