Re: [ubuntu-uk] help on debugging desktop issue?

Just as a follow up on this one. I gave up trying to fix my existing user - I couldn't really find much online as to what the issue might have been, and not much on the logs either. So I just created a new user, and then moved all the data I needed across to that one. It was a PITA and took ag

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help on debugging desktop issue?

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 10:12, Alan Lord wrote: > > Hi all, Hi Alan. Long time no see. > At the weekend I upgraded my desktop PC from 18.04 to 20.04. Every > morning after power up when I log in, once the desktop loads, any icons > on the desktop do not get drawn and all of the launcher buttons do

[ubuntu-uk] help on debugging desktop issue?

Hi all, At the weekend I upgraded my desktop PC from 18.04 to 20.04. Every morning after power up when I log in, once the desktop loads, any icons on the desktop do not get drawn and all of the launcher buttons do not respond to mouse clicks (nor does the top bar) so I have to CTL+ALT+F5 and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required filing a bug against Ubuntu Touch

On 30/08/16 23:04, Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi Barry > > > I have been talking with the dev guys on IRC and they confirmed that I > was getting the time out bug, same as you. This particular bug is fixed > in the upstream channel and will be included in the stable channel in > the ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required filing a bug against Ubuntu Touch

Hi Barry > > I have been talking with the dev guys on IRC and they confirmed that I > was getting the time out bug, same as you. This particular bug is fixed > in the upstream channel and will be included in the stable channel in > the next couple of weeks. > Thanks for telling me that. It's sav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required filing a bug against Ubuntu Touch

On 29/08/16 22:56, Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi Barry > > On 28 August 2016 at 23:08, Barry Titterton > wrote: > > Hi All, > > I think that I have found a bug on Ubuntu Touch to do with accessing > wifi networks, and need advice on which package to file

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required filing a bug against Ubuntu Touch

Hi Barry On 28 August 2016 at 23:08, Barry Titterton wrote: > Hi All, > > I think that I have found a bug on Ubuntu Touch to do with accessing > wifi networks, and need advice on which package to file it against. > > Yesterday (Saturday 27th) I installed UT onto a Nexus 4 16Gb phone. I > found t

[ubuntu-uk] Help required filing a bug against Ubuntu Touch

Hi All, I think that I have found a bug on Ubuntu Touch to do with accessing wifi networks, and need advice on which package to file it against. Yesterday (Saturday 27th) I installed UT onto a Nexus 4 16Gb phone. I found that I could not connect to my home wifi if I selected the SSID off the list

[ubuntu-uk] Help! Ubuntu upgrade from 14.04- 16.04

Hi, I started to upgrade yesterday and the files were being upgraded , when it stopped. I attempted to restart the computer ,pressed F1 the following message appeared on  black screen: [ ok ] Started create volatile files and directories.         starting update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown..

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 25/06/15 00:10, Tony Pursell wrote: In order to report a bug, can you tell me what I should be seeing when my PC boots in EFI mode. Is it a GRUB menu containing Ubuntu and Windows? That should be exactly what you ought to be seeing. It possibly could have been effected by the failed firs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 22 June 2015 at 16:18, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/06/15 15:51, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> The installer (from the USB stick) was in EFI mode, and the installation >> of Ubuntu is EFI as well. This is according to tests in >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI under "Identifying if the >> com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 22/06/15 15:51, Tony Pursell wrote: The installer (from the USB stick) was in EFI mode, and the installation of Ubuntu is EFI as well. This is according to tests in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI under "Identifying if the computer boots the HDD in UEFI mode" and "Identifying if the com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

Hi Barry On 22 June 2015 at 14:25, Barry Drake wrote: > On 22/06/15 12:27, Tony Pursell wrote: > > I do, however, have a residual problem. When I start the computer up, I >> do not get a GRUB menu. I can only start Ubuntu from the computer's F12 >> boot menu. It will then show a GRUB menu, w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 22/06/15 12:27, Tony Pursell wrote: I do, however, have a residual problem. When I start the computer up, I do not get a GRUB menu. I can only start Ubuntu from the computer's F12 boot menu. It will then show a GRUB menu, which includes Windows Boot loader. Is there a way to go straight t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

I found that 'ubuntu' was listed in the computer's boot menu, so I tried that and it booted Ubuntu to the log in screen. However, I could not get past the log in, so something was missing from the install. So I did a re-install from the USB stick using the complete re-install option in the instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 20/06/15 23:42, Tony Pursell wrote: Currently, it boots to Ubuntu from a USB, if I have it plugged in, otherwise it boots into Widows 8.1. When booted using the live USB, the Ubuntu partition installed on the hard drive seems to be all there, although I wouldn't know if some files The Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

Currently, it boots to Ubuntu from a USB, if I have it plugged in, otherwise it boots into Widows 8.1. When booted using the live USB, the Ubuntu partition installed on the hard drive seems to be all there, although I wouldn't know if some files were missing. On 20 June 2015 at 22:25, Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

On 20/06/15 22:01, Tony Pursell wrote: Well, its booted into Windows showing the reduced size Windows partition. This is the first time I have installed on a PC with EFI - is there something I should have done first? Very definitely. You must boot in EFI mode. If you don't see a grub screen,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

Well, its booted into Windows showing the reduced size Windows partition. This is the first time I have installed on a PC with EFI - is there something I should have done first? On 20 June 2015 at 21:54, Tony Pursell wrote: > That's what I'm thinking. > > Rebooting now - keep your fingers cross

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

That's what I'm thinking. Rebooting now - keep your fingers crossed for me. On 20 June 2015 at 21:40, Gareth France wrote: > Sounds like the pc has crashed to me. Only a reboot will sort that but I'm > not sure how well the install would cope with that. You may need to start > the reinstall aga

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

Sounds like the pc has crashed to me. Only a reboot will sort that but I'm not sure how well the install would cope with that. You may need to start the reinstall again. On 20/06/15 21:32, Tony Pursell wrote: Hi All I'm installing Ubuntu 15.04 on a new computer - a cheap and cheerful Lenovo 5

[ubuntu-uk] Help! - problem installing Ubuntu

Hi All I'm installing Ubuntu 15.04 on a new computer - a cheap and cheerful Lenovo 50 Pentium from Ebuyer. I chose to install alongside Windows and resized the partition to give about 50GB to Windows and 329GB to Ubuntu. The install then seem to go well and got to the stage of removing unwanted

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help with perl

I used CPAN to install, however apt has sorted it. Perfect, thanks. It's likely to be a component of Text::CSV that's missing. Best practise is to install perl modules either with apt or with cpan, (seems to be libtext-csv-perl for apt) so you get all the dependencies. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help with perl

On 8 November 2014 23:28, Gareth France wrote: > I posted about choosing a new laptop recently and have settled on a > machine, set it up and I'm just getting settled in. I use a perl script for > work and have discovered it doesn't work any more. It is asking for the > Text/CSV.pm module which I

[ubuntu-uk] Help with perl

I posted about choosing a new laptop recently and have settled on a machine, set it up and I'm just getting settled in. I use a perl script for work and have discovered it doesn't work any more. It is asking for the Text/CSV.pm module which I have installed. However it still produces the follow

[ubuntu-uk] Help required to confirm a problem

Hi, Can someone on the list please help me by confirming a problem with Libreoffice? I find that documents created using Libreoffice 4 (Ubuntu 14.04) do not always display the same when opened using LO 3 (Ubuntu 12.04). I have created a test document. It is an A4 document, in landscape, with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

On 11/10/12 23:18, Barry Titterton wrote: > On 11/10/12 14:08, A wrote: >> On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: >>> On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

On 11/10/12 14:08, A wrote: On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main 'p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

On 11/10/12 09:08, A wrote: On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main '

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

On 11/10/12 13:49, Barry Titterton wrote: > On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: >> If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you >> get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc >> If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main >> 'precise' repository

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

On 11/10/12 12:57, A wrote: If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main 'precise' repository, which is enabled by default, then all's well. I like

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

If you've enabled precise-proposed (or precise-backports etc) then you get access to some newer, developmental bugfix packages etc If the fixed wpasupplicant package is then uploaded to the main 'precise' repository, which is enabled by default, then all's well. I like to keep all the precise-* rep

[ubuntu-uk] Help required with a wi-fi networking problem

Hi, There is an established bug for WPA Enterprise wi-fi networks: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/969343/+index?comments=all In the past few days a fix to the wpasupplicant package has been proposed that requires the user to enable the precise-proposed repository

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:27:31 +0100 Liam Proven wrote: > > Nice find! :¬) There are half a dozen X200/X200s at around the same now, so I think that is the 'going rate' Back on topic: this seems to run Ubuntu 12.04 really well - very fast and no glitches so far. Getting three to four hours of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

On 10 June 2012 19:07, kpb wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 > Liam Proven wrote: > [ snip ] >> >> And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) > > UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old > now. X60s laptops go for about £150, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 Liam Proven wrote: [ snip ] > > And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old now. X60s laptops go for about £150, and this one just popped up at a Buy It Now pri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

On 10 June 2012 18:48, kpb wrote: > > Hello All > > Good advice above. > > Just an idea for anyone getting their head around Web pages... > > I've been using a dropbox.com free account as a testing system for Web pages > with _relative_ links. > > Install the dropbox software (nautilus-dropbox on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:52:12 +0100 Chris Fox wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help > > for a novice web site builder ? > Hi John, > > Do you have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: > Hi, > > I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help > for a novice web site builder ? > > > I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image > folder. > > When worki

[ubuntu-uk] Help please

Hi, I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help for a novice web site builder ? I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image folder. When working in Notepad++ I have no problem opening the pages in a browser but I am unsure of how to make sure t

[ubuntu-uk] Help with design work

As some of you may know I've just started a company selling new and used machines pre-installed with Ubuntu. My problem is I'm very good at the technical stuff but absolutely terrible at anything creative. So I asked a friend who is very good at that sort of thing to design me up some leaflets, one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

On 11/21/2011 08:21 PM, Pete wrote: On 11/21/2011 02:41 AM, Liam Proven wrote: On 20 November 2011 20:05, Pete wrote: hi all, I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice of 'gnome classic, KDE (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

On 11/21/2011 02:41 AM, Liam Proven wrote: On 20 November 2011 20:05, Pete wrote: hi all, I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice of 'gnome classic, KDE (plasma workspace), Arios (my origina

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

On 20 November 2011 20:05, Pete wrote: > hi all, > > I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, > this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice of > 'gnome classic, KDE (plasma workspace), Arios (my original system based on > Ubuntu), recovery

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Gotta be worth a shot since installing Gnome 3 has probably knocked out some setting or important dependency to Gnome 2 Ivan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

On 11/20/2011 08:38 PM, Avi Greenbury wrote: Pete wrote: I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice of 'gnome classic, KDE (plasma workspace), Arios (my original system based on Ubuntu), recover

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

Pete wrote: > I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 > system, this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the > choice of 'gnome classic, KDE (plasma workspace), Arios (my original > system based on Ubuntu), recovery console, unity 2d, user defined >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

> From: Pete >To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2011, 20:05 >Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop! > >hi all, > >I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, >this was done via synaptic, since

[ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!

hi all, I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system, this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice of 'gnome classic, KDE (plasma workspace), Arios (my original system based on Ubuntu), recovery console, unity 2d, user defined session' at l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help contact a French group near Nice?

On 10/11/11 18:11, Nigel Verity wrote: > > There is a huge science and technology park called "Sophia Antipolis" just > inland from Antibes, which is near Nice. It's several years since I was last > there, but all the local universities had satellite campuses there. I'd be > amazed if there are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help contact a French group near Nice?

There is a huge science and technology park called "Sophia Antipolis" just inland from Antibes, which is near Nice. It's several years since I was last there, but all the local universities had satellite campuses there. I'd be amazed if there are not some Linux groups in the area. The following

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help contact a French group near Nice?

On 10/11/11 14:08, Daniel Case wrote: > http://ubuntu-fr.org/ would probably be the first place to check, I'm > pretty sure they have an IRC room (#ubuntu-fr) and a mailing list too. > If nothing comes from there, you can maybe try the local LUG? > Daniel Thanks, I am giving IRC a try, good idea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help contact a French group near Nice?

http://ubuntu-fr.org/ would probably be the first place to check, I'm pretty sure they have an IRC room (#ubuntu-fr) and a mailing list too. If nothing comes from there, you can maybe try the local LUG? Daniel On 9 November 2011 19:42, alan c wrote: > Anyone know or can you help with me making c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

On 07/11/11 22:07, alan c wrote: > Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through > 'testing using the upstream kernel'? > I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I > have been asked if I can test using the upstream kernel. There are > some guidance

[ubuntu-uk] help contact a French group near Nice?

Anyone know or can you help with me making contact with an Ubuntu local resource in or near Nice France? I have a relative there and may be able to set them up with a dual boot system when I visit in a few weeks time. However, although it is possible for me to do some support remotely, it would be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

On 07/11/11 22:23, Neil Perry wrote: > 7) Reboot to the new kernel (use shift at boot time to force dpkg to show a menu) and test your device. Do you mean grub Mr pope? I do. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

F On Nov 7, 2011 10:21 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote: > > On 07/11/11 22:07, alan c wrote: >> >> Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through >> 'testing using the upstream kernel'? >> I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I >> have been asked if I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

On 07/11/11 22:07, alan c wrote: Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through 'testing using the upstream kernel'? I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I have been asked if I can test using the upstream kernel. There are some guidance notes, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

Can you use the mainline build? (on mobile or I'd look up the URL) On Nov 7, 2011 10:07 PM, "alan c" wrote: > Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through > 'testing using the upstream kernel'? > I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I > have

[ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through 'testing using the upstream kernel'? I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I have been asked if I can test using the upstream kernel. There are some guidance notes, but I need help to get my head round

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed finding my bluetooth on my new laptop

On Sun, 2011-07-03 at 20:53 +0100, Jon Spriggs wrote: > (and no, it isn't down the back of the sofa) > > So, here's the thing, I bought one of these: > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/265218 > > I've received it, and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on there (yes, even with > Unity) and it's lovely. Everythi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed finding my bluetooth on my new laptop

I have an Acer laptop with bluetooth on keyboard, but no bluetooth installed. On my other laptop bluetooth only shows up in lsusb, not lspci. HTH Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Help needed finding my bluetooth on my new laptop

(and no, it isn't down the back of the sofa) So, here's the thing, I bought one of these: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/265218 I've received it, and installed Ubuntu 11.04 on there (yes, even with Unity) and it's lovely. Everything I wanted it for works a treat - Wifi's great, battery life, about

[ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23/05/11 21:05, ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Help required! (off topic) I'm not sure if lightbox is that customisable? But it may help? Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

Quite a few nice designs there :) Thanks Simon. I'll use a few as ideas. I'm a designer by trade so I'll be working on the graphics for the project. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 23 May 2011 20:08, Sean Miller w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

No, you're not understanding... I already have my gallery script... but they want a SPECIFIC presentation... As close to this one, which they like, as possible... http://visualartistsuk.com/marcel-christ Single image on screen, then when you mouse over it a long scrolling bar of all the images a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

untu Talk >Sent: Monday, 23 May 2011, 20:20 >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic) > > >On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and play >but there'd still be some back end fun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:20, Sean Miller wrote: > On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and >> play but there'd still be some back end functionality. It's not an out of >> the box solution though. > > > Don't expect "out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and > play but there'd still be some back end functionality. It's not an out of > the box solution though. Don't expect "out of the box". I've written the CMS, this is an upgrad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:08, Sean Miller wrote: > What worries me more is this one... > > http://visualartistsuk.com/js/maine.js > > It looks bespoke, and therefore (presumably) not something can use or - > indeed - find out who to ask if I can as there is nothing in the code saying > who wrote it. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

What worries me more is this one... http://visualartistsuk.com/js/maine.js It looks bespoke, and therefore (presumably) not something can use or - indeed - find out who to ask if I can as there is nothing in the code saying who wrote it. The JQuery plug-in is a relatively small piece of script,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On Mon, 23 May 2011 16:58:43 +0100 Sean Miller wrote: > This is not strictly a Ubuntu question, but I know there are quite a > few web people here so I wondered if anybody had any suggestions. > > Have a customer who wants a "gallery page" similar to this one... > > http://visualartistsuk.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

Hi Sean I'm no web developer, so others will be able to help more. But it looks like it is based on Jquery, which is an easier to use javascript api. http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

2011-05-23 Thread Sean Miller

This is not strictly a Ubuntu question, but I know there are quite a few web people here so I wondered if anybody had any suggestions. Have a customer who wants a "gallery page" similar to this one... http://visualartistsuk.com/marcel-christ I cannot find any evidence that this is a script that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-18 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella

Lubuntu is lxde ubuntu. Like xubuntu is xfce and kubuntu is kde. I use it as well. about windows compatibility: *alternative*to.net/ www.osalt.com/ www.linuxalt.com/ www.*alternative*soft.co.uk -- Andrés Muñiz-Piniella -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Jacob Mansfield

On 17/01/11 23:26, Phill Whiteside wrote: > As a lubuntu user, LooBuntu, that's a new one on me, does it specialise in toilet humour? -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Phill Whiteside

As a lubuntu user, I think you may want to mention that you do not need so high a spec of computer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu#System requirements which is pretty much any win98 computer. But it is not for me start confusing the issue, I have no problems with my web-cam on Lubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake

Help needed. We've commenced a wiki on the Ubuntu Advertising site to try to meet as many Windows users questions about compatibility as possible. Please take a look at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsCompatibility and consider adding your vast knowledgebase. Thanks. Barry. -- Barry Dra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-12-03 Thread Jacob Mansfield

still seems very complicated to me, but I'll give it a go Jacob Mansfield Programmer On 3 December 2010 11:03, Matt Sturdy wrote: > > On 2 December 2010 18:56, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > >> The situation is basicly that I want to be able to send an e-mail (or maby >> use a M$ Outlook plugin) to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-12-03 Thread Matt Sturdy

On 2 December 2010 18:56, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > The situation is basicly that I want to be able to send an e-mail (or maby > use a M$ Outlook plugin) to be able to send an sms to a number that I can > specify with the message. the modem is a siemens TC65-T. also, if a message > is recived I ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-12-02 Thread Jacob Mansfield

The situation is basicly that I want to be able to send an e-mail (or maby use a M$ Outlook plugin) to be able to send an sms to a number that I can specify with the message. the modem is a siemens TC65-T. also, if a message is recived I need to send it out in an email along with who it is from. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-11-30 Thread Matt Sturdy

On 30 November 2010 15:08, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > would somebody be able to guide me through setting up an alamin IP->SMS > gateway on a ubuntu 10.10 server? > thanks in advance > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-11-30 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough

On 30 November 2010 17:08, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > would somebody be able to guide me through setting up an alamin IP->SMS > gateway on a ubuntu 10.10 server? > thanks in advance I'd suggest starting at their website: http://www.alamin.org/en/index.html and the howto: http://www.alamin.org/downl

[ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-11-30 Thread Jacob Mansfield

would somebody be able to guide me through setting up an alamin IP->SMS gateway on a ubuntu 10.10 server? thanks in advance Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] help unsubscribe

2010-01-21 Thread Andrew Hall

> Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ub

[ubuntu-uk] HELP: Flashing a Dell 9200 bios

2010-01-18 Thread Ken Robson

I am trying to update the bios in this Dell that I have just been given. The Dell page suggests using :- sudo dellBiosUpdate -u -f ./bios.hdr this runs but I get a crash on line 185:- Performing BIOS update... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/dellBiosUpdate", line 185, in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-26 Thread John Matthews

A bit of good news, I managed to break my Gallery last night, doing something I was able to do before, but since Gallery updated, it stopped the gallery from working and broke it and it took the site offline. Took me ages to work it out, but I discovered that the file I had changed had the wron

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread John Matthews

Robert McWilliam wrote: > > I was thinking about better ways to help you through this earlier but > then forgot about it when you went quiet. The ideal would be someone who > knows what they're doing to sit next to you and take you through the > procedures you want to do and explain them. If you ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread Josh Holland

John, I'm sure that if you have any problems you can join the IRC channel #ubuntu-uk on irc.freenode.net and there's sure to be someone who'll help you in there. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat for more IRC details. -- Josh Holland (key F6067C12) http://joshh.co.uk dutch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread Robert McWilliam

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:22 +0100, "John Matthews" wrote: > I am now finding it frustrating because I cant copy and paste from my > desktop to the file plus saving what I have done, cant work that one out > yet, its probably very simple, but I am trying. But at least I have got > that far. I was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread Paul Roach

If you're just talking about copying and pasting text, then absolutely... It's ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v in gnome-terminal - or alternatively highlight text with the mouse and use the middle mouse button to paste (which also works with anything else in gnome...not sure about kde!) On 24/07/200

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread Sean Miller

Confused - you can copy and paste to shell, surely? I'm sure I've done it many times. In fact I'm absolutely sure! Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread Paul Roach

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM, John Matthews wrote: > > I am now finding it frustrating because I cant copy and paste from my > desktop to the file plus saving what I have done, cant work that one out > yet, its probably very simple, but I am trying. But at least I have got > that far. > > John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-24 Thread John Matthews

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 17/07/09 13:33, John Matthews wrote: > > >> I got down to the permissions page, and it just looked like a lot of >> stuff, that made no sense at all. >> >> I am sorry that I have had to ask, I will try from now on to not bother >> you. >> >> Thank you again, >> >> J

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread Alan Lord (News)

On 17/07/09 13:33, John Matthews wrote: > I got down to the permissions page, and it just looked like a lot of > stuff, that made no sense at all. > > I am sorry that I have had to ask, I will try from now on to not bother > you. > > Thank you again, > > John. > Hi John, There is another, quite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread Alan Lord (News)

On 17/07/09 13:33, John Matthews wrote: >> >> This page (of the link I have referred you to on several occasions) will >> explain all this far better than I can in a text-mode email. >> >> http://linuxcommand.org/lts0070.php >> > > I got down to the permissions page, and it just looked like a lot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread Neil Greenwood

2009/7/17 John Matthews : > [snip] > I got down to the permissions page, and it just looked like a lot of > stuff, that made no sense at all. > > I am sorry that I have had to ask, I will try from now on to not bother > you. I hope you won't stop asking. Especially if you've read the contents of a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread Paul Roach

Just to add to thisthe $ or # denote the type of access you have... $ means that you have standard shell access, whereas if you see # at the start of a command you have (or should have) root access. Obviously in Ubuntu if you are looking for help somewhere and see a command written as #apt-ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread Sean Miller

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, John Matthews wrote: > the $pwd commands shows the directory, then it says if you want to > change the directory, it tells you to use $cd /usr/then directory you Hmmm... typing "pwd" will show the current directory. The "$" is the command prompt, it is not part of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-17 Thread John Matthews

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 17/07/09 06:45, John Matthews wrote: > >> Ok, this is some good news, I have a question to ask, I need to change >> the permissions of a file in one of my folders, on my site, it has to be >> read only, as it is its 777. >> >> I have gotten into the folder and have t

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