Re: [ubuntu-uk] problem with Radeon driver and screen resolution

2012-09-20 Thread A
Hi, David. I've had similar issues to you before and i'd suggest you install the proprietary drivers (fglrx) (it automatically blacklists the radeon driver to avoid conflicts) and then do the following command (sudo aticonfig --initial) before you restart, because this command will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: MY WAITROSE

2012-09-22 Thread A
uk>> > Date: 22 September 2012 17:14 > Subject: Your registration details > To: bruc...@gmail.com <mailto:bruc...@gmail.com> > > > Thank you for registering with Waitrose > Dear Mr Beardall, > Thank you for registering online with Waitrose. You'll find your log

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problem with Radeon driver and screen resolution

2012-09-25 Thread A
untu 12.10 waiting for the next fglrx legacy release compatible with X 1.13 (i could downgrade but 1.13 feels deliciously fluid.) The current fglrx in the repos can't be installed because there's a dependency error on xserver-input-api 11, 12 or 13 (IIRC). The opensource radeon driver&#

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

2012-10-11 Thread A
upplicant/+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 (see comment #109 in the above bug report/discussion). My > question is:- > > If I f

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

2012-10-11 Thread A
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 upload

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

2012-10-11 Thread A
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 n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless problem in 12.10

2012-10-19 Thread A
I assume that after you installed the new driver package, you restarted the computer or just restarted the networking service 'sudo service networking restart' for it to take effect? On 19/10/12 21:14, David Bissett wrote: > Sorry I can't help with this. Hope you find a solutio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-05 Thread A
Does this not significantly reduce the opportunities for bug catching from the community? On 05/11/12 11:10, Alan Bell wrote: > well they won't be doing alphas and betas this cycle, just daily > builds, a two week testing cadence (the QA team will try to run all > the tests e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-05 Thread A
On 05/11/12 12:04, J Fernyhough wrote: > On 5 November 2012 11:18, A wrote: >> Does this not significantly reduce the opportunities for bug catching >> from the community? >> > Only for ISO testing. I just reinstalled a minimal quantal, changed > the sources.list to rar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread A
I'd recommend a fresh install really. Customise the iso a bit. There's also a dpkg command to save a list of everything you've got installed now and then you can work backwards from this text file and install only what you had (plus or minus package changes through versions).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Merry Christmas

2012-12-21 Thread A
And to you ^_^ Merry xmas to all On 21/12/12 14:35, Alan Lord wrote: > Hope everyone has a nice break, whatever you get up to. > > See you in 2013. > > Al > > -- > Libertus Solutions > http://www.libertus.co.uk > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Blank screen after update (packages)

2013-01-21 Thread A
On 21/01/13 12:00, Anton Kanishchev wrote: > > Hi everyone > I am experiencing an issue where Ubuntu 12.04 suddenly boots into a > blank screen. Virtual console is fine so I am guessing it is an update > issue. The computer is not frozen, as inputting the right password > get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels

2013-05-04 Thread A
o Raring. I don't mind keeping the latest 3.8 kernel and > the 3.5 before that and the 3.2 before that. > > Tony > > I normally fire up synaptic (synaptic package manager) and do a search in the 'installed' section for 'linux-' and then remove what i don'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tweak not working after upgrade from precise to quantal

2013-05-18 Thread A
On 18/05/13 16:35, pete smout wrote: > On 18/05/13 16:27, pete smout wrote: >> On 12/05/13 09:31, pete smout wrote: >>> On 12/05/13 09:24, pete smout wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am having a strange issue after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tweak not working after upgrade from precise to quantal

2013-05-18 Thread A
On 18/05/13 17:10, pete smout wrote: > On 18/05/13 16:58, A wrote: >> On 18/05/13 16:35, pete smout wrote: >>> On 18/05/13 16:27, pete smout wrote: >>>> On 12/05/13 09:31, pete smout wrote: >>>>> On 12/05/13 09:24, pete smout wrote: >>>&

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 48, Issue 71

2009-05-02 Thread A Smith
I want to report a new problem which only arose after the 09.04 upgrade. There is now an annoying rumbling low level noise on the sound whenever anything changes on the display such as a mouse movement. My system has nvidia built in graphics. If there is a more appropriate place to post and

[ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-24 Thread a . hunter
Hi! I'm new to all this, but been reading the discussions coming in through the emails. Is it just me, or is there some sort of petty argument going on? Am I reading it wrong? Love to all! Alex. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 24, Issue 49

2007-04-24 Thread Green, Matthew A.
PassivePROFITS (a.k.a PP) Wrote: > Hi All, > > This is my first post to the list. I'm new to both > Lunux and Ubuntu, though I've tried on and off over > the last 10 years to get a linux installation working, > finally, with Ubuntu, I've done it (or more

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 64 bit

2010-03-01 Thread A J Binnie
Hi Folks, I joined this list a couple of weeks ago, and tonight I've had my first reason to post something. Been using Ubuntu on and off since 6.06 and with every release I'm getting closer to making it my main OS (I dual-boot with Windows Vista at the moment, which is my main reason f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub/bootloader configs (was: Ubuntu 64 bit)

2010-03-01 Thread A J Binnie
EDIT THIS FILE So, what do I do. Do I ignore the message, or carry on regardless? Gus On 2 March 2010 02:03, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, A J Binnie wrote: > > where are the grub configuration files kept these days? > > If you still have Grub1, then they are still in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub/bootloader configs (was: Ubuntu 64 bit)

2010-03-02 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, As it turned out, the partition I had my previous installation in wasn't formatted, so grub was finding stuff that I thought had gone. I formatted it, ran grub-update and it only picked up what I needed. Frustrating, really. Just as I'm getting the hang of things they go and change the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Blue tooth

2010-03-29 Thread A J Binnie
My Sony Ericsson K800i has a remote control facility and it works with Karmic for controlling audio and moving the mouse about the screen. I've had a quick squint at the user guide for the Nokia 6301 and it does seem to have a remote control facility. Try pairing it up with your computer an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4

2010-04-09 Thread A J Binnie
On 9 April 2010 17:24, Dave Smith wrote: > Anyone using a dongle from orange with an ubuntu netbook? Which model > dongle did you use? Or which service provider seems the most Linux > friendly? > I bought a Huwei dongle from 3 and Linux handles it significantly better than window

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sage Line 500 Client & Wine

2010-04-24 Thread A J Binnie
On 22 April 2010 15:16, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > I have installed the Sage Line 500 client under Wine and it installs > and starts up without a issue. > > However I have noticed that it does not refresh the current view > correctly. For instance if I am viewing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-26 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, On 26 April 2010 14:53, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > It's all good; I've been running 64-bit for over a year. Just make > sure you download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe rather than using > the version in the repos (which drags in the 32-bit version an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-26 Thread A J Binnie
en you restart it. That is, > sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > Yup. I copied it to that location and did a search to see where else it might be. It came up with: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer, and /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources To verify whether a rand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-27 Thread A J Binnie
didn't. I completely removed everything and followed the instructions on the link that you posted. It worked to a certain extent - for example, the flash on Adobe's Flashplayer website worked fine, but I still kept having problems with iPlayer and YouTube. I gave up because it was getti

[ubuntu-uk] Lost Wireless Connection after upgrade

2010-08-14 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, I've been running 10.04 for a while now, and everything was working fine until the last round of updates. Now I've completely lost my wireless connection. The network manager menu has gone from the top-right hand corner of the screen and I appear to have lost the ability to d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOLVED - Lost Wireless Connection after upgrade

2010-08-15 Thread A J Binnie
ot;. > Sadly it was installing the updates that triggered the trouble in the first place. I eventually tracked it down to the nm-applet, which was failing to start. Manually running this restored the wireless, although it remained very unstable. As far as the admin privileges go, I tried crea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does a hard shutdown actually damage anything?

2010-09-03 Thread A J Binnie
t; switcher option worked. Therefore, I had to shutdown by pressing and > holding the power button. This being the second time this has happened, > I should like to know, what are the dangers of doing a hard shutdown? I'm not an expert on the dangers of a hard shutdown, but I would imagine th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread A J Binnie
I thought I'd throw my tuppence worth in. Before I discovered Ubuntu, I had a few attempts at installing Linux. One was Mandrake (version 7, I think), and I had a couple of attempts at installing Debian and Redhat, all to no avail. I can't remember how I found out about Ubuntu (Dapp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-15 Thread A J Binnie
There is another! I'm near Elgin in Morayshire. I don't know of any other Ubuntu users in my neck of the woods. There is a LUG in the area, but their board hasn't been active for a while by the look of it. Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-16 Thread A J Binnie
please contact me? I'm fairly close to Inverness (40 miles), but I'm not much of an expert. Any time I've had display problems, I've usually just re-installed. If it's something relatively simple, I could have go - I'm fairly comfortable with the command line and e

[ubuntu-uk] Synaptic Touchpad Issues

2010-11-05 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, I've just had a hard drive failure and have had to do a completely fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10. I had it running beforehand and I had no problems with the touchpad, but because I'd upgraded from previous releases, I think I probably had some old settings. I've got

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora Handles

2011-01-02 Thread A J Binnie
Hi folks, ajbin...@joindiaspora.com If anyone's stuck for an invite, email me direct. Thanks to Steve for mine. Regards, Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS Simple Web Forms?

2011-01-05 Thread A J Binnie
On 5 January 2011 20:47, Tim Dobson wrote: Does anyone know of a FOSS, easy, simple way of creating forms to gather > user feedback? There's always Polldaddy.com, but with the free version you're limited to 10 questions, and 100 responses per month. Obviously you get a bit more i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preferred online storage solution?

2011-02-16 Thread A J Binnie
initial 2GB storage, I've managed to get an extra few MB from referrals. Going to www.dropbox.com/free and simply promoting the service via Facebook and Twitter gets you extra space too. I took part in their recent "Dropquest", which also earned me some additional space. All the extras

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Howard A N Perrin
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: > > is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. What's wrong with it? Importantly for me: does the exchange connector work? Ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Networking

2006-05-10 Thread Howard A N Perrin
Keith, Is this Breezy? I find I have the same problem on Breezy, but i find that if I click 'Cancel' when I get the password box then I can get though. Maybe this might work for you too? It does seem to always ask you for the password - maybe this is a bug? Does anyone know if thi

[ubuntu-uk] Re: New users - asking them about Ubuntu Magazine

2006-07-28 Thread Richard A Downing FBCS CITP
Matthew Revell wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of the marketing team are working on an Ubuntu magazine, intended > for new users. > > At the moment, there's no research to suggest a need for the magazine > or what new users would want from such a magazine. > > Almost