Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending junk mail, have I got a virus?

2009-11-29 Thread LeeGroups
> Were the addresses from your Yahoo address book? If so, that's > definitely the attack point. You should be OK now, if you've picked a > strong password. I've had this with a couple of friends who use Yahoo. They had simple passwords, so it looks like the bad guys are brute force attacking the

[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2009-11-29 Thread JONATHAN TAYLOR
Hi, Recently I downloaded the file for my mum's Canon iP4600 printer and installed it. It worked after the install, and we restarted Ubuntu so that I could see it working after a restart and it appeared to be ok. Trouble started the following day when after an update the printer decided it didn'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2009-11-29 Thread Colin Law
2009/11/29 JONATHAN TAYLOR > Hi, > Recently I downloaded the file for my mum's Canon iP4600 printer and > installed it. > It worked after the install, and we restarted Ubuntu so that I could see it > working after a restart and it appeared to be ok. Trouble started the > following day when after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/11/27 Gordon Allott : > On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 11:53 +, Tony Travis wrote: >> >> This extra processor can only be used by proprietary applications. >> Add >> to this the announcement by IBM that it has stopped developing the >> Cell >> processor and my interest in the PS3 has quickly evapor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Tony Travis
Kris Douglas wrote: > [...] > The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they > DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to > work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics > and BR are a no-go. Format a hard drive with Fat 32, i t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Rob Beard
Tony Travis wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > >> [...] >> The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they >> DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to >> work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics >> and BR are a no-go. Forma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Kris Douglas
2009/11/29 Rob Beard : > Tony Travis wrote: >> Kris Douglas wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they >>> DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to >>> work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/29 Rob Beard : > I'm still tempted to go down the PS3 route, although I may just put > together an old PC with a newer NVidia graphics card for media playback > (other than Bluray). > I use an acer aspire revo 3600 for this. 1.6GHz Atom + nVidia ION GPU. Plays HD stuff fine. Cheers, Al.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/11/2009 17:54, Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/11/29 Rob Beard: > >> Tony Travis wrote: >> >>> Kris Douglas wrote: >>> >>> [...] The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/11/29 Rob Beard : > >> I'm still tempted to go down the PS3 route, although I may just put >> together an old PC with a newer NVidia graphics card for media playback >> (other than Bluray). >> >> > > I use an acer aspire revo 3600 for this. 1.6GHz Atom + nVidia ION G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread LeeGroups
> I use an acer aspire revo 3600 for this. 1.6GHz Atom + nVidia ION GPU. > Plays HD stuff fine. > > Cheers, > Al. Al, What sort of wattage does the Revo pull when it's idling? I'm thinking about using one as server to replace my current Viglen, which is good from an electricity point of view but

[ubuntu-uk] Canon iP4600 woes

2009-11-29 Thread JONATHAN TAYLOR
Colin, Thanks for answering, the printer is brand new and has only printed about 10 pages. I bought my mum a new pc (and put Ubuntu on it) and a new canon printer, to be honest I don't think it's the cartridges. It's a good point and something that is often missed (especially with my mum!) Than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] "tartan" window when launching Gnome-do or system monitor on Karmic upgrade

2009-11-29 Thread James Thomas
i get the same on a T22. 2009/11/28 Graham Smith > I have just upgraded from jaunty to Karmic on Thinkpad T42, but > launching Gnome-do from icon or system monitor from system menu gives > me a rectangular box with coloured lines instead of the window I > expect to get. But launching from the