[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread Pete
Upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy. apt, Firefox and Evolution refuse to recognise network connection. Had the same problem with Etch and with Debian and never did solve it, depite picking everybody's brains. Have used either Kubuntu or Xbuntu in the past because of this but Ubuntu Feisty worked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread Wulfy
norman wrote: >> Ah. I use Thunderbird and Firefox on Kubuntu... it's a config thing >> there: [Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Config editor] >> > > Thank you for trying to help because you gave me a nudge in the right > direction. Problem solved by System -> Preferences -> Preferred > Applicati

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
> Ah. I use Thunderbird and Firefox on Kubuntu... it's a config thing > there: [Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Config editor] Thank you for trying to help because you gave me a nudge in the right direction. Problem solved by System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications and under the Internet tab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread Wulfy
norman wrote: >> Which e-mail client? Which browser? >> > > Evolution Mail and Firefox. This has never happened before to me in > Ubuntu. > > Norman > > > Ah. I use Thunderbird and Firefox on Kubuntu... it's a config thing there: [Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Config editor] network.protoc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
> Which e-mail client? Which browser? Evolution Mail and Firefox. This has never happened before to me in Ubuntu. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread Wulfy
norman wrote: > When I click on a URL in an email say, the entry turns from blue to red > and does not open the link in the browser. Any one else found this > please. > > Norman > > > Which e-mail client? Which browser? -- Blessings Wulfmann Wulf Credo: Respect the elders. Teach the young.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
When I click on a URL in an email say, the entry turns from blue to red and does not open the link in the browser. Any one else found this please. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 12:25 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 12:03 +0100, norman wrote: > > > Upgrade went smoothly but somewhat slowly. I suppose lots of people > > > after the same files as me. Very pleased so far and, to my delight, my > > > scanner now works. Must check my cam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread Dave Walker
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 12:03 +0100, norman wrote: > > Upgrade went smoothly but somewhat slowly. I suppose lots of people > > after the same files as me. Very pleased so far and, to my delight, my > > scanner now works. Must check my camera. > > No, unfortunately, camera is still not detected. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
> Upgrade went smoothly but somewhat slowly. I suppose lots of people > after the same files as me. Very pleased so far and, to my delight, my > scanner now works. Must check my camera. No, unfortunately, camera is still not detected. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-20 Thread norman
< big snip > > > On feisty I was using the restricted driver with Beryl (and then plain > old Compiz), so I don't know why it's such a different experience on > Gutsy. But I am very impressed so far :) Upgrade went smoothly but somewhat slowly. I suppose lots of people after the same files as me.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-19 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/19/07, David Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh, and another thing I noticed, desktop effects won't work, they did work > (sort of) in Feisty with a few bugs. Could this be to do with the ATI > drivers? But Anyway, I can live without desktop effects, though they are > nice for showing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-19 Thread David Martin
> STONE COLD wrote: > > Hi, > > > > those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? > > How has it improved from fiesty? > > > > Regards > > javad > > > > Installed it this evening from the Live CD on an oldish Athlon XP 1900 > with 256MB memory. Installation was very slow (I expe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: > Hi, > > those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? > How has it improved from fiesty? > > Regards > javad > Installed it this evening from the Live CD on an oldish Athlon XP 1900 with 256MB memory. Installation was very slow (I expected that, I am up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Pete, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 16:57 +0100, Pete Stean wrote: > Well I've been using Gutsy for a while now so I will have to reinstall > to take advantage of this - what's the performance hit (there must be > one I would have thought) and do you know what kind of encryption it > uses?? > No clue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Steve, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 16:26 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > Was only vaguely aware of this feature. Have you used it al all yet? > When you do, any chance of a report to the list on how it goes? I'm > tempted for my laptop, but am weary of a full re-install, especially if > it's not going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Pete Stean
Well I've been using Gutsy for a while now so I will have to reinstall to take advantage of this - what's the performance hit (there must be one I would have thought) and do you know what kind of encryption it uses?? Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Stephen Garton
Alan Pope wrote:> > * Better battery life. I am noticing battery life on my laptop is much > improved. Part of this is down to the excellent tool "Powertop" from > intel which you can install from the repository. It indicates which > programs are causing the CPU to "wake up" frequently, and also of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:57 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > * Tomboy sync. I use Tomboy Notes to note my to-do list, ideas, > documentation, personal notes and kids christmas lists :) I have more > than one computer, and previously Tomboy was out of sync on each > machine. The version of Tomboy w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Javad, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 14:49 +, STONE COLD wrote: > those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? > How has it improved from fiesty? I've been using Gutsy on a few laptops and a desktop for a few months now. Personally I'm finding certain specific features making

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread David Morley
On 18/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? > How has it improved from fiesty? > > Regards > javad > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Flynn
On 18/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? > How has it improved from fiesty? There have been a number of reports over the last few weeks of peoples thoughts but for me the biggest improvement has been my Wireless Netwo

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-18 Thread STONE COLD
Hi, those of you who have now installed 7.10 what are your thoughts? How has it improved from fiesty? Regards javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/