Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 08:46, scoundrel50a wrote: > Installing just the kernel is easier than the whole > thing, knowing that I might have to install 10.10 again (Sorry to see you are having backlight problems) FWIW, when I left Windows for linux based systems, I found that re installing the whole thing w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:27, Alan Pope wrote: On 24 July 2011 10:25, scoundrel50a wrote: I'll take that as a feint suggestion of a bit of playful banterit seems I have only one option, option 4, magic might just be the order of the day for this problem... I was serious. Al. Oh, I know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 10:25, scoundrel50a wrote: > I'll take that as a feint suggestion of a bit of playful banterit > seems I have only one option, option 4,  magic might just be the order of > the day for this problem... > I was serious. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:24, Avi Greenbury wrote: scoundrel50a wrote: Thank you for the explanation, but that just means nothing, it probably only means something to you geeks I'm quite happy to re-explain it if you can be a bit more specific about which bits you don't understand - in general, the b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:18, Alan Pope wrote: On 24 July 2011 10:13, scoundrel50a wrote: But you still couldnt get it work work, and your reply was, 'I dont know what else to do, I am not a developer'.and it was left. I can see what you did, with the history option in the terminal... Sure. Now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

scoundrel50a wrote: > Thank you for the explanation, but that just means nothing, it > probably only means something to you geeks I'm quite happy to re-explain it if you can be a bit more specific about which bits you don't understand - in general, the better you understand the various system

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:17, Avi Greenbury wrote: scoundrel50a wrote: Ah Well, you missed something, the url I got it from was and already posted http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0-rc1-oneiric/ The title that comes on top

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 10:13, scoundrel50a wrote: > But you still couldnt get it work work, and your reply was, 'I dont know > what else to do, I am not a developer'.and it was left. I can see what > you did, with the history option in the terminal... > Sure. Now there's a further suggestion, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

scoundrel50a wrote: > > Ah Well, you missed something, the url I got it from was and already > posted > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.0-rc1-oneiric/ > > > The title that comes on top of that page is > > Inde

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:06, Avi Greenbury wrote: In the best traditions of problem solving - what did you do, what happened, and what did you expect to happen? -- Avi And in the history of confidentiality, I am not going into that one, that is between myself and Canonical.. John. -- ubuntu-uk@l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 10:05, Alan Pope wrote: I didn't do a git bisect. I just poked about on the kernel you were on at the time. Al. But you still couldnt get it work work, and your reply was, 'I dont know what else to do, I am not a developer'.and it was left. I can see what you did, with the hist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

scoundrel50a wrote: > > Paid support is available. > > > > http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=31 > > Al. > > > Yeh, unfortunately, tried that, doesnt work... > In the best traditions of problem solving - what did you do, what happened, and what did you expect to happen? -- Avi -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 10:00, scoundrel50a wrote: > I have no chance.popey had a look, spent ages trying different things > via ssh, nothing worked, if he cant, I dont have a chance... > I didn't do a git bisect. I just poked about on the kernel you were on at the time. Al. -- ubuntu-uk@

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 09:57, Alan Pope wrote: On 24 July 2011 09:47, scoundrel50a wrote: Ok, as you know, I am not a geek, and this is where I posted about paid help not so long ago, which was thrown out as not an option. This is where Ubuntu falls down...it doesnt cater for the individual..you need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 09:15, Alan Pope wrote: On 24 July 2011 08:46, scoundrel50a wrote: On 24/07/11 08:34, Alan Pope wrote: Yes, and this was causing some confusion. There is no such thing as 'Oneiric 3.0.0...'. What you have is the Linux Kernel 3.0.0.. built for/on Oneiric. It's a subtle difference bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 09:47, scoundrel50a wrote: > Ok, as you know, I am not a geek, and this is where I posted about paid help > not so long ago, which was thrown out as not an option. This is where Ubuntu > falls down...it doesnt cater for the individual..you need to be a geek > to use it. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 09:28, Avi Greenbury wrote: scoundrel50a wrote: See, this is where it is confusing, to me that says its Oneiric, where does it say its Linux, built for/on Oneiric, it doesnt. How am I supposed to know that? That is why I am confused, which makes it confusing for everybody else.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

scoundrel50a wrote: > See, this is where it is confusing, to me that says its Oneiric, > where does it say its Linux, built for/on Oneiric, it doesnt. How am > I supposed to know that? That is why I am confused, which makes it > confusing for everybody else. I think it's just generally assum

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 08:46, scoundrel50a wrote: > On 24/07/11 08:34, Alan Pope wrote: >> Yes, and this was causing some confusion. There is no such thing as >> 'Oneiric 3.0.0...'. What you have is the Linux Kernel 3.0.0.. built >> for/on Oneiric. It's a subtle difference but important when trying to >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24/07/11 08:34, Alan Pope wrote: Another thing, people who were on there the other day, when I was trying to ask about deleting a kernel I had installed on my pc, now I said I had oneiric 3.0.0-o300rc1 oneiric, at the time I couldnt find out where I had installed it from, but I found out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Um, why am I blocked from #ubuntu-uk

On 24 July 2011 07:54, scoundrel50a wrote: > > I tried to get on this morningn to discover I blocked from being allowed on, > I get a message saying I need to be identified with services with a -r next > to my name? > It was a mistake. You should be able to join now. Sorry about that. > Anothe