Re: [ubuntu-uk] Woke up this morning in low-res mode

2011-07-19 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:48:09 +0100 Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hi all, > > It says 'desktop effects could not be enabled', so it's running in > low-res. Could this be a side effect of recent upgrades, or is it a > hardware failure? If the latter, I suppose that means a new graphics > card. > I've n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Woke up this morning in low-res mode

2011-07-19 Thread doug livesey
Woke up this morning, In low-res mode Couldn't render vi, Even good enough to code. Whoa! I got the blues! ... I'll get my coat. On 19 July 2011 09:18, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:48:09 +0100 > Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > It says 'desktop effects could not be enabled'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Simon Redmond
On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:14 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > I will pay one million pounds if someone can help me with this please! > (well, maybe just a thank you). > > > I'm trying to install Oracle 11g R2 on Ubuntu Server 11.04, I have > installed (I think) all of the pre-requisites and have downlo

[ubuntu-uk] Volunteer opportunity in Leeds

2011-07-19 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi I thought this may be of interest to some one here or maybe someone knows of someone that may be able to help http://vinspired.com/activities/135953-open-source-software-skills-needed its in Leeds, however as this list is nationwide then perhaps there is someone in and around leeds or someone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Woke up this morning in low-res mode

2011-07-19 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Tue, Jul 19 at 08:18:58, Yorvyk wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:48:09, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It says 'desktop effects could not be enabled', so it's running in >> low-res. Could this be a side effect of recent upgrades, or is it a >> hardware failure? If the latter, I suppos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Paula Graham
On 15/07/11 18:50, Rob Beard wrote: Sounds good, I'll pass this on to my local LUG list, there are a couple of girls on the list, as you say it's pretty male dominated and some guys can be a bit funny about it, personally I see the girls in my local LUG as fellow Linux geeks :-) Good luck w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Les Pounder
Paula I'll mention it in next months Linux Format. Les On Jul 19, 2011 12:41 PM, "Paula Graham" wrote: > On 15/07/11 18:50, Rob Beard wrote: >> >> Sounds good, I'll pass this on to my local LUG list, there are a >> couple of girls on the list, as you say it's pretty male dominated and >> some gu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Laura Czajkowski
>>> Rob >> God yes - do publicise, many thanks :) The women-only thing is just >> about the actual discussion spaces/meetups etc. The research on women in >> IT shows that women benefit from having spaces where they can >> collaborate in ways that are tailored to how women tend to communicate - >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Dave Hanson
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Simon Redmond wrote: > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:14 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > > I will pay one million pounds if someone can help me with this please! > > (well, maybe just a thank you). > > > > > > I'm trying to install Oracle 11g R2 on Ubuntu Server 11.04, I h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
Hi Dave, On 19 July 2011 15:00, Dave Hanson wrote: > > Steve - mine starts with #! /bin/sh, which from some 'googling' tells me it's > a bourne shell, the Ubuntu variant is bash. So does that mean it cannot be > ran on Ubuntu or is it possible to use a different shell? > Simon - It is for now a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Simon Redmond
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:00 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Simon Redmond > wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 12:14 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: > > I will pay one million pounds if someone can help me with > this please! > > (well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 19.07.11 15:00, Dave Hanson wrote: > Steve - mine starts with #! /bin/sh, which from some 'googling' tells me > it's a bourne shell, the Ubuntu variant is bash. So does that mean it > cannot be ran on Ubuntu or is it possible to use a different shell? > That might be the problem. On Ubuntu, /b

[ubuntu-uk] For Rock/Metal fans :)

2011-07-19 Thread Daniel Case
Hey all, Sorry for the off-topicness of this email, but I have a ticket that I can't seem to sell for Iron Maiden on the 24th July in Sheffield, I'm now going with a friend so have a ticket spare. If anyone would like it, let me know as soon as possible. The listing price was £42.50 but I'm open t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.04 64bit and wired network issues.

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Giles
snip Since installing 11.04, the connection to the internet is erratic at best and non-existent at worst. Downloads drop out indefinitely. Connections across the home network remain fine. snip ==