Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread Colin
I am patiently waiting for my invite. I know that popele in the know already have access to it :-) On 5/13/09, James Milligan (Lake54) wrote: > I hadn't heard of it - looks good though. > >>Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? >>https://ubuntuone.com/ >>(Something I've been wanting for a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-24 Thread Colin
q/R.204-8472.aspx) It's half price at the moment and available in stores not just online. I run Ubuntu 9.04 and just plugged it in and Skype recognised it. Colin 'Every little helps' -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netto Net Book

2009-06-01 Thread Colin
rookeen eBook Reader (http://www.bookeen.com) to our meeting on Saturday and it was great. The screen defies physics and it works with Linux. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netto Net Book

2009-06-01 Thread Colin
2009/6/1 Colin > 009/6/1 Steve Cook > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday. >> Anybody any experience of these. The spec seems OK. > > I don't know about that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB (PCI) expansion card?

2007-03-12 Thread Colin McCarthy
I bought a 'no name cheaper than dirt budget' USB2 PCI card from Dabs.comand it works perfectly on my system running Ubuntu. Colin On 3/12/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are there any problems to be anticipated if I try to use an expansion card (PCI) to add some US

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Radio

2007-03-15 Thread Colin McCarthy
I would listen to a 'clean' Ubuntu-UK Radio Audiocast thingy. I don't listen to LUG Radio because I hate swearing (I get to hear enough at work) so a 'Cleancast' certainly has a market. Colin On 3/15/07, James Pain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been a r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GetGNULinux.Org

2007-03-21 Thread Colin McCarthy
The site does look great, nice, simple and easy to read. Linux does need a good '/switch' type site. I hope the group involved has also registered getlinux.org before someone else does. Colin On 3/21/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I for one would think, and I&#

[ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system to allow me to do fsck and stuff. I did try the password for my Admin user but this didn't work. I was able to get things started again because, luckily, I ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt > > thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system > > The prompt only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-24 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:47 +, Leon Barker wrote: > On 24/03/07, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fallback of DSL on a USB key, but I couldn't think of a Ubuntu way of > > getting around this problem. > > You could have also used the Ubuntu LiveCD. &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-26 Thread Colin McCarthy
They are great. I can't wait to show them to the 'Mac Fan' at work tomorrow. On 3/26/07, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice and to the point! > > Tony. > are we allowed to say "point" ? seriously though great moxy on the part of Novell to make Linux a Girl it makes Stephan see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-27 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 00:06 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: > > > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGs

2007-03-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
physically' meet like minded people rather than just talk online. Sometimes our meetings are pure geekfests, but we love helping new converts and welcome new members to the group. That was my reception when I converted last year. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Books...

2007-04-13 Thread Colin McCarthy
I would be interested in the 'Linux in a Nutshell' book. I am happy to Paypal you a few quid to cover postage. Colin On 4/13/07, DAVID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ted I live in Peak dale near Buxton and I am interested in the books as I am having some problems loading Li

[ubuntu-uk] Primer on networking - any recommendations

2007-04-13 Thread Colin Murphy
Not of the TCP/IP type networking, but of the smb/nfs variety. I seem to have got myself into a bit of a pickle with 'folder sharing' over three boxes, 2 Ubuntu and 1 XP which I've set up, in a fashion, using the point and click tools. My systems have changed over time and this set up isn't now r

[ubuntu-uk] PHP & Apache2

2007-05-16 Thread Colin Humphrey
would appreciate it alot. Many thanks Colin _ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introductions and Init script bug query

2007-05-16 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hello I am newish to ubuntu myself, sounds like you've got a head start on me. There are good English speaking forums at: http://ubuntuforums.org/ You can also get to an ubuntu IRC using an IRC client(I use the hydra irc client), the node is: irc.freenode.net Hope that helps - though the 'run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PHP & Apache2

2007-05-16 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi Paul Thanks for the info I will be looking into it. _ Could you be the guest MSN Movies presenter? Click Here to Audition http://www.lightscameraaudition.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu

2007-07-14 Thread Colin McCarthy
on it, which has 160Mb Ram. I installed Outlook and ActiveSync but could not get my Orange C500 Smartphone to connect to it. Even with VMware running Ubuntu is still responsive. Next week I'll see if I can work out why the USB is not being recongnised in the VM, I ran out of time yesterdy to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DELL w/Ubuntu available in the UK

2007-08-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
t product, cleaned my grimmy shower and sink up really well. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Colin Murphy
Can anyone give any advise on getting the 'Listen Live' link on www.helpmechill.co.uk to work. Thanks in advance. -- Must go; places to be, people to do, stuff to, err, stuff. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Colin Murphy
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:45 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:41 +0100, Colin Murphy wrote: > > Can anyone give any advise on getting the 'Listen Live' link on > > www.helpmechill.co.uk to work. > > > Is that the right URL? I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Colin Murphy
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:41 +0100, Colin Murphy wrote: > Can anyone give any advise on getting the 'Listen Live' link on > www.helpmechill.co.uk to work. > > Thanks in advance. Sorry, meant to add that I'm running Feisty. On a PC, err, in colour. ;-) -- Must go;

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Colin Murphy
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 01:01 +0100, Gav Ford wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:41 +0100, Colin Murphy wrote: > > Can anyone give any advise on getting the 'Listen Live' link on > > www.helpmechill.com to work. > > > Works fine with mplayer, open a terminal and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Colin Watson
fine for now. In the future (Ubuntu 7.10 and on) we should be able to support writing to NTFS as well. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
operating system on your > > laptop over breakfast it would make good press. > > Or just install feisty and then dist-upgrade to gutsy repeatedly until > the night before or the morning of the release. Not so press-friendly though. Cheers, -- Colin Watson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
advance, otherwise you end up with the "OMG, Ubuntu is five minutes late to release!!!1!" thing, which gets annoying. :-) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
t; Gaim, etc). We all just dropped in and out whenever work or other > commitments allowed. We had (IIRC) #ubuntu-releaseparty on Freenode last time round. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
oper (see xorg/debian/rules, for instance), and the Pembury's a fine pub. I second that recommendation. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
l experts just upgrade, and that's what we (the Ubuntu development team) recommend. You should only need to reinstall if you've really screwed up your system and can't figure out how to get it back. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubunter installer

2007-09-12 Thread Colin Watson
you via a moderation message from ubuntu-devel, they mean that you're subscribed to one of the *-changes mailing lists which receives notifications of all changes developers make to the respective Ubuntu releases. If you don't want to receive them, then unsubscribe from those mailing lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do kernel builds etc determine the UUID of the root partition?

2007-09-14 Thread Colin Watson
ne) and consequently it wouldn't > reboot without a bit of fiddling. You missed a spot in menu.lst. See the "# kopt=" line (yes, it looks like a comment; don't uncomment it, just edit the root= bit). Run update-grub when you've finished to test it. -- Colin Watson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hard drive

2007-09-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:27:21AM +0100, Tom Bamford wrote: > I believe it's better to use ntfs-3g rather than ntfs as the filesystem > type, unless they mean the same thing now. They mean the same thing in Gutsy, but I'd be inclined to stick with just ntfs in Feisty.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launchpad Poll for LoCo contact

2007-09-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(paper)) with this election. :-) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] It's the simple things that baffle me...

2007-10-02 Thread Colin Watson
ed), this > equals escape sequence isn't always followed by 20, it can have other > characters or just be at the end of a line for example. This is called "quoted-printable" encoding, in case that helps you find a tool to decode it. (As somebody else pointed out, mutt does t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Home Server

2007-10-04 Thread Colin McCarthy
tu to release a server product which achieves many > of the goals for a small office / home office product, with an easy to > use admin tool. > > Cheers, > Al. Where does Obuntu fit in with this (https://launchpad.net/~obuntu)? Is UbuntuEasyBusinessServer the new name for Obuntu o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Testing a machine with a Live CD

2007-10-09 Thread Colin Murphy
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 15:55:26 Neil Greenwood wrote: > Hi all, > > What programs do people run on a new machine that's booted off the > Live CD to check that everything is working/supported? > It may be obvious, but I check for things that I know to be broken, to some extent, in the current

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RM £169 linux-ok notebook

2007-10-09 Thread Colin McCarthy
n the train and doing a bit of work. I am sure it will be sales to schools only so possible people will miss out on this device. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get distupgrade (to gutsy)

2007-10-12 Thread Colin Watson
> subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation > fault), core dumped > " I have no idea what's going on here. I can tell you that it's very unlikely to be debconf's fault; debconf is written in pure Perl and such code is not supposed to be *able*

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get distupgrade (to gutsy)

2007-10-12 Thread Colin Watson
for Ubuntu 8.04 (though it's early days and that's not a promise!). That would take care of the main root problem without creating a rod for our own backs further down the line. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RM £169 linux-ok notebook

2007-10-18 Thread Colin McCarthy
On 10/9/07, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/9/07, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What do you reckon to this: > > > > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/ > > > > > > Mac > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-19 Thread Colin Wylie
Kirrus wrote: Hi - "Colin Wylie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, to the PC - the installer froze up at about 82% on the configuring apt system freezing and locking up again. Finally (after a few google searches) I found a list of repositories, and t

[ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-19 Thread Colin Wylie
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux in general, and tried out a few distros - settling on Ubuntu - which seems to me anyway - the most user friendly and visually appealing one I have come across thus far. Any ways - I was using Feisty off and on for a couple of months, and waited with baited breath fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
envy to install them ( www.ablertomilone.com) and the problem returned. A friend has suggested it might be an Open GL conflict somewhere along the lines, but I am at a loss on how to proceed now. Any help would be awesome :) Colin. Colin Wylie wrote: Kirrus wrote: Hi - "

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Alec Wright wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:32 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel You can vote more than once - I accidentally voted 3 times when i was resfreshing the page t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Ah - I should have said  that I had tried that - to no avail :( Matthew Wild wrote: On 10/26/07, Colin Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK, so I have re-downloaded the iso - and the MD5sum checks out fine. I reinstalled it OK and everything looked fine - UNTIL i enabl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Kirrus wrote: > Hi, > > Can you submit a new bug ticket on launchpad.net, and then post a bug number > here :) > > > > Submitted - #157564 Colin. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071025-1, 25/10/2007 Tested on: 26/10/2007 22:20:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Do you use the forums...?

2007-11-04 Thread Colin McCarthy
e up cold then I would post asking for help. Other people should give that a go, might help build the forums up even more. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues with APT installing dependencies?

2007-11-14 Thread Colin Watson
; then future system upgrades will preserve this. (For a prepackaged LAMP server, you may want to try 'sudo tasksel install lamp-server', which happens to fill some of your needs right off the bat.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus Eee PC video review

2007-11-22 Thread Colin McCarthy
, > Al. > I can't wait to review my 'own' unit :-) We have ordered 3 at our school to demo them and see what use they can really be. Should be shipped to me shortly after 5th December. Lots of video's and reviews online including a demo of the GUI http://h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash

2007-11-25 Thread Colin Wylie
Albert Vilella wrote: > Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm > > Got it? No? "MS Explorer"? ... :-) > > *groans* :p -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command

2007-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
ition numbers start at 1 under Linux; there are no "xxx0" devices for disks. You're perhaps thinking of "/dev/sda", which accesses the whole disk. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

[ubuntu-uk] eeeXubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Colin McCarthy
s features I haven't really had the desire to change it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] .avi files

2007-12-31 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Dec 31, 2007 7:14 PM, twager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do I need to convert the .avi files to so they will play on the vid > machine Do you mean convert your .avi files to DVD files? If so this is an easy way to do it, http://www.linux.com/articles/53702 Colin -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba problems.

2008-01-06 Thread Colin Humphrey
'what's wrong how can I fix it' Hi there!! Just a few things, - Can you see your linux box in your XP's network neighborhood? - You may need to create an entry in the lmhosts file. - Have you tried to locate your linux box using windows' search function (either by ip or computer name). - H

[ubuntu-uk] KMail crashing

2008-01-13 Thread Colin Murphy
On my Ubuntu Gutsy my KMail has now started to crash, even though I've been using it since full release. I have all my filters and lists nicely placed! The application will start up but when I go to download mail it locks up, the kmail window stops responding and I have to kill the application.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Teleseminar software??

2008-01-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
in OSS for Linux and maybe Win? > It also occurred to me this might be a useful thing for Ubuntu education > generally. > TIA > Eddie > > This might be what you are looking for http://italc.sourceforge.net/* *I haven't used it yet but it looks very good. Colin -- ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GLLUG Linux Discovery Day

2005-11-04 Thread Colin Murphy
On Friday 04 November 2005 14:37, john levin wrote: > For the Londoners on this list, GLLUG (Greater London Linux Users Group) > are holding a 'Linux Discovery day' on Saturday 12th November. > > Get help with installs, hear talks on partitioning, grab free cds, have > a coffe, and a beer afterward

[ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-07 Thread Colin Murphy
I have a problem when trying to print to my Epson C66 in Breezy. The printer, with a USB connection, was installed and worked fine until something, possibly the printer running out of paper, brought this brief period of success to an end. I have both Gnome and KDE desktops running and I am mos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-08 Thread Colin Murphy
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 06:23, Colin Murphy wrote: > I have a problem when trying to print to my Epson C66 in Breezy. The > printer, with a USB connection, was installed and worked fine until > something, possibly the printer running out of paper, brought this brief > period of s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-08 Thread Colin Murphy
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 18:58, Nick McMahon wrote: > > Yes, C64 is the default driver. Have you been able to use the Epson > > utility tool to check ink levels and alike? > > > > I would very much like to do this but I have not figured out the correct > > command line parameter to pass. > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer

2005-11-17 Thread Colin Murphy
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 19:05, Ted wrote: > Having problems with setting up my DJ720c printer in Ubuntu > It is picked up ok in dmesg but I cannot print at all...Sending a file > to it with lpr produces nothing at all..No error messages even... > I goto setup the printer with cups ands it tel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer

2005-11-17 Thread Colin Murphy
On Thursday 17 November 2005 18:36, Sarangan Thuraisingham wrote: > Colin Murphy wrote: > > I can't help and reply only because I know how it feels to have a mailing > > list mail go unanswered. > > The 'ubuntu-uk' list is for the ubuntu users in UK and its

[ubuntu-uk] A different printing problem, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-28 Thread Colin Murphy
connected to? The Printer Manager suggests 'usb://EPSON/Stylus C66' but that doesn't work. Clues please. -- Colin Murphy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: Because it's wrong! > Q: Why shouldn't I top post? -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing problems, Breezy and Epson C66

2005-11-28 Thread Colin Murphy
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 22:08, Colin Murphy wrote: > > The utility is called escputil, see > http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/escputil > I figured out what to pass:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo escputil -i -u -r /dev/usb/lp0 yealds Escputil version 4.2.7,

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-23 Thread Colin Humphrey
at it was o.k. to ask for help here - hope this still holds true. All Thoughts - Ideas - tips and advice much needed Colin _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
. My main query is are the two problems of ethernet and DHCP related? Colin _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi Dan Thanks for the advice - I will look into those wikis etc. I have a few others here you can look at: http://us2.samba.org/samba/ http://www.oregontechsupport.com/support/samba/ http://handsonhowto.com/smb101.html Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Cheers I didn't know about those other groups in Brighton and London. Will look into them. _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Right - I'll check the BIOS settings. If after checking and changing there is still no change would that mean the problem lies with the machine rather than the installation of ubuntu? _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi I have the computer plugged into a converter [it acts like a router] between the two computers. I could not go ahead with the BIOS change as the computer did not boot up. I think the problem might lie with the hard drive or the machine itself. By the way how do you check the pmz zone - what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi Neil I have not tried another distro yet - will do. I thought that boths issues were related thanks for the confirmation. Basically I want to have an XP computer with an internet connection to display web pages that housed on an ubuntu server. What's the best configuration - way to go a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi Matt Not tried with a desktop version yet - If after trying with desktop version network card is still not detected then I will attempt an install on another computer. By the way where can I get the desktop package from? Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
Sure - Thanks for the memory jog with check cd - will do when I get another machine to test on this one has had it. _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch8

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-11-24 Thread Colin Humphrey
hine(s) are safe (or safer) from it. It only applies if you have a genuine router that connects to the internet. I get the concept - like another method of security. Thanks for the help new terms troubleshooting etc Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-02 Thread Colin Humphrey
at the moment I only have win xp as my ubuntu machine exerienced hdd failure. Do you know how to get IRC going for windows / which client to use? _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-03 Thread Colin Humphrey
Cheers I'm looking into it - viewing pros and cons between Hydra and mIRC _ It's Hotmail's 10th Birthday! Come and play Pass the Parcel http://www.msnpasstheparcel.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
>> >>If you want the Ubuntu server accessible from the internet, you need >>to get a proper router and put the Ubuntu server in the DMZ as David >>mentioned earlier. >> I agree a proper router and ubuntu 6.06 LTS in the appropriate place would be of most benefit. At present I am having a hard tim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
Apologies about delayed response >> >>have all these >>tests been with the same DHCP server? I believe so - though I am not sure what you mean by this? I thought that there was only one DHCP server procedure per installation disk? I have tried on different machines though with the same instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Colin Humphrey
[good] and dhcp configuration[good but not essential] Where can you get Xwindows from? Also To run Xwindows would you have active desktop already installed? Colin _ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Colin Humphrey
oK, I'm a bit lost about what you're trying to do. I'll outline things a bit more: It was my original intention to have an old 98se machine dual partitioned so that I can have ubuntu LTS 6.06 as a server, on this server I wanted to upload files from a winxp machine. Partitioning the old

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Colin Humphrey
What is the ethernet device? And does it work in windows? I could not ascertain if ethernet worked with windows because the network neighbourhood needed a hot fix in order function. I couldn't get the hotfix because windows was no longer suppoorted at the time I looked. by selecting the

[ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2006-12-29 Thread Colin Humphrey
Dear all At present I am not able to upload files to an ftp daemon/server. The set up is an ubuntu machine [which is the ftp daemon/server] connected to a windows xp mahcine [which is the ftp client] over LAN. I have changed/uncommented the necessary directives in /etc/vsftpd.conf: write ena

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2006-12-31 Thread Colin Humphrey
This is the 1st time I have used the ftp Daemon/server to transfer data, I am using it before I attempt other safer protocols such as sftp. Could you tell me what command I would have to issue when using the "put" command to upload files to the ftp daemon/server from the win xp client. This is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
What I meant is that you should chmod the directory you'll be uploading to beforehand. This needs to be done on the Ubuntu machine, not via anonymous FTP. You can either use chmod from the terminal or change the permissions for the directory from the file manager. Soon figured that out. is t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
>> Since the server isn't working with that it is likely to be getting upset by things it doesn't understand in the config file. >> That explains things. Are the terminal and the command line the same thing? _ Be the first to hear w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
uot;when I attempted chmod I received this" chmod: missing operand after '777/var/ftp/upload' If these are the wrong commands, anyone know the right ones and/or which shell/directory they should be executed from? Cheers Colin ___

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
No this is just a "local" job - thanks for the tip _ MSN Hotmail is evolving – check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
e "ls -l" to see what's there which shows [porc] the directory which I created and the one text document I created. After this I use "ls -l [porc]" to list the contents of porc. Then after verifying porc is empty I try to upload the file named, "upload" [w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-02 Thread Colin Humphrey
Thanks - with the suggestions given I should be able to try some more variations. _ MSN Hotmail is evolving – check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mail

[ubuntu-uk] ftp - chmod

2007-01-02 Thread Colin Humphrey
Hi all cheers for the help I have tried to resolve the upload problem by: [1] Making ftp globally/world writable - this locked me out [2] Creating a directory called uploads which is globally/world writable - this did not work [3] Changing the ownership of [uploads] to ftp - still no resolve --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Colin McCarthy
nly a small file, about 20K in size. Colin <>-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

2008-03-06 Thread Colin McCarthy
orage, etc. I have never installed or used it, it's just one of the first results after googling, but it looks simple enough to try it out. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

2008-03-06 Thread Colin McCarthy
l is looking for a Groupware application like > > www.opengroupware.org. > > This appears to have all the features an office would need like > calendars, > > task lists, document storage, etc. > > I have never installed or used it, it's just one of the first results &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

2008-03-06 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin McCarthy wrote: > > [...] > > Isn't Drupal a CMS rather than Groupware? > > > > I think Daniel is looking for a Groupware application like > > www.opengroupware.org <htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)

2008-03-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
ing to give you the site of a VPS hosting company one of our KLUG members runs. http://www.contextshift.co.uk/ We use it for our KLUG game server and Mumble server. Works fine for us and using them would be directly supporting the community. :-) Thanks Colin Kent Linux User Group -- ubuntu-uk@lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

2008-03-11 Thread Colin McCarthy
T.tv network produces a show called FLOSS WEEKLY, ironically about twice a year, but the main attraction of the show is the interviews with open source people. I hope the Ubuntu-UK podcasters can get enough great interviews recorded to continue the brilliant start they have made with episode 1. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

2008-03-11 Thread Colin McCarthy
The Conversations Networks Levelator ( http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator/) to sort out the levels from a skype recorded podcast. It worked very very well considering our levels were all over the place! Might we worth trying, as could save a lot of post production time. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

2008-03-11 Thread Colin McCarthy
#x27;proper' free (as in beer) applications. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread Colin McCarthy
things. I am learning a lot from it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

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