Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared

2010-02-26 Thread Andrew Bryant
Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 26/02/10 14:09, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> No, afraid not. What I don't understand is why I didn't get that "are >> you sure you really want to delete this file" message that comes up >> normally. >> > > Have you searched for the Desktop directory to see it has mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spare partition - add to /home?

2010-02-28 Thread Andrew Bryant
Bruno Girin wrote: > On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 15:30 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> I have a spare ex-XP partition which I don't need now. I'm wondering >> which would be best - to delete it and expand my /home partition, or >> keep it as a separate (Ubuntu) partition for photos and music? >> >> I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] meetings in Paignton

2010-05-29 Thread Andrew Bryant
olve a longish drive, so the absence of alcohol wouldn't make any difference. Andrew Bryant -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] WinXP to Ubuntu upgrade

2010-06-23 Thread Andrew Bryant
A friend has an XP system that no longer boots, and is quite excited at the thought of installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu running from CD-ROM can mount the XP hard drive, and so far as we can tell most of the filesystem is OK. In order to transfer Outlock Express data (both the emails and the address l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WinXP to Ubuntu upgrade

2010-06-23 Thread Andrew Bryant
pmgazz wrote: > > > On 23/06/10 15:53, Andy Partington wrote: >> >> are found in C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application >> Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express >> >> Again not sure how well it imports them, pretty sure Thunderbird can >> handle >> them but not 100% >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-03 Thread Andrew Bryant
On 03/07/10 14:50, Liam Proven wrote: > On 2 July 2010 17:30, Alan Bell wrote: > >> On 02/07/10 17:18, Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> It's fine, but the font of the "UK" bit does not match that of the >>> "ubuntu" name - and that jars /horribly/ to my >>> jaded-old-layout-editor's eyes. >>> >

[ubuntu-uk] Unpredictable

2010-07-03 Thread Andrew Bryant
I have some sympathy with DaveG's comments about things breaking when you upgrade. Up to Ubuntu 8 (not quite sure of the decimals) USB and card reading all worked fine. When I installed Karmic, the auto-mount failed, and the proffered solution was to install usbmount, which worked fine. Along

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disappearing windows

2010-07-05 Thread Andrew Bryant
Does anyone else read this subject line as "Disappearing *W*indows", then come down to earth when they remember what it's about? Andrew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost internet usage in Ubuntu 9.04

2010-07-14 Thread Andrew Bryant
Sorry, may I just recap on this? Web access has failed (i.e. your web browser cannot find anything), but the Internet connection is still there. So do email and ping work? Try something that is likely always to be there, e.g. ping bbc.co.uk, and check that it resolves an IP address (e.g. 212.

[ubuntu-uk] The JACK audio system

2010-07-16 Thread Andrew Bryant
Does anyone here know how the JACK system works? There are some pretty basic concepts that don't make any sense to me, and I can't persuade their mailing lists to give me a functional login. I won't bore you all with my questions unless there's a chance someone can answer them. Andrew -- ub

[ubuntu-uk] Net buddies

2010-07-22 Thread Andrew Bryant
I know this is veering off-topic, but reading Rob's interview has prompted it. I've been asked to consider getting engaged in NetBuddies ( http://www.netbuddies.co.uk ). Do any of you know more about it than is revealed on their website? Andrew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Bryant
On 31/07/10 13:08, Jack Leigh wrote: > Hey guys, > > I recently came across this awesome demo of using the tag in > HTML to do 8-bit color cycling > (http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) > Does anyone know of a way that I could set one of these as my desktop > background or produce an im