Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law > wrote: >> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the >> data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without >> affecting an existing sy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

2010-05-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 May 2010 13:34, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law > wrote: >> On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law >> >> > wrote: >> >> Just to clar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 May 2010 19:56, Bruno Girin wrote: > ... > The w32codecs package seems to not be in Lucid anymore. I think it is in medibuntu. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: DRUPAL site got killed...

2010-05-27 Thread Colin McCarthy
On 27 May 2010 17:00, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi all > This is off topic but I am not sure where to go. > Did you not think to look on http://drupal.org/support They even have a 'Help' Forum http://drupal.org/forum Colin More Senior IT Specialist with embedded ability to G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-27 Thread Colin Law
t is not a matter of 'unmounting' the hard disk, it will never be mounted in the first place (apart from swap as mentioned). 'Mounting' is something that the OS does as it starts up, so it is up the the OS on the live CD whether it mounts the disk or not. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@l

[ubuntu-uk] Joggler woes

2010-05-29 Thread Colin Law
bit late. :( Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!

2010-06-04 Thread Colin Law
ionally (using dd) so that if an update or whatever mucks it up I can restore my previous working version rather than going back to the start each time. I have not tried the non unr version so I cannot comment on the relative speed. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!

2010-06-04 Thread Colin Law
swap was not a good idea as it wears it out by writing to it often. Flash has a limited life in terms of write cycles. Colin > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Colin Law wrote: >> On 4 June 2010 17:24, Dave Hanson wrote: >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Critical Adobe Security Flaws

2010-06-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 June 2010 14:36, Steve wrote: > > Don’t know if you’ve seen this but might be worth checking which version > you’re using > > www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa1-01.html That link does not appear to work, for me at least. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon PIXMA iP2500 error codes

2010-06-09 Thread Colin Law
holder are not flashing? Assuming it has them of course. That has probably been no help at all, sorry. > > Does anyone have any idea what the printer is trying to tell me Why > do printer manufacturers have to make things so cryptic? It saves on the cost of the printer I sup

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon PIXMA iP2500 error codes

2010-06-10 Thread Colin Law
On 10 June 2010 08:21, Wulfy wrote: > On 09/06/10 08:35, Colin Law wrote: >> For my ip4300 this information is in the manual, which is provided on >> CD as an installable windows package, not as paper.  Luckily it >> installs and runs happily in Wine on Ubuntu.  Or at least i

[ubuntu-uk] Here endeth the era of the Joggler?

2010-06-16 Thread Colin Law
I see from the O2 website that the joggler is notable for it's absence. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downloads slow?

2010-06-22 Thread Colin McCarthy
m so dont know what server it was actually taken from. ISO is here now, that's the main thing. :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quick Perl question...

2010-07-12 Thread Colin Law
h to my annoyance... :| > > Any clues? Is there a setting for perl reg exps to tell it whether to use the shortest string that matches or the longest that matches? Possibly you have that set to the shortest so the match is satisfied without including all the trailing chars. Colin -- ubuntu-

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

2010-07-14 Thread Colin Law
have not other user add one using System, Administration, Users and Groups. A second user is often useful for testing. Colin > > I tried using my netbook and that could access web pages okay. > > So then I booted my main PC into the old installation that I kept there > of Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Rsync to a remote computer

2010-08-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 August 2010 12:23, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Is it possible to use rsync to a folder on a remote computer? Yes > If so what's the syntax? u...@server:folder/folder/.. I would have thought google would have given you this in seconds. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Vinagre to connect to a Linux machine on the same local network

2010-08-04 Thread Colin Law
preferences" go to the software > centre and search for "vino" it should find "Remote Desktop" is it > installed? > > Mark > > That solved the missing menu item - I still get the "connection closed" > while trying to access the Netbook, even aft

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Colin Law
does. > > Could probably do with a recursive acronym to give it "real > credibility", but in the absence of that I'll settle for GIMP ;-) The G is already recursive. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 August 2010 11:23, Sean Miller wrote: > On 18 August 2010 11:17, Colin Law wrote: >> The G is already recursive. > > Only in that it's GNU... GIMP is not recursive in itself... It depends on the definition of recursive I suppose. If you fully expand it: GIMP ->

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 August 2010 11:35, Sean Miller wrote: > On 18 August 2010 11:33, Colin Law wrote: >> It depends on the definition of recursive I suppose.  If you fully expand it: >> GIMP -> > > No, it doesn't... recursive acronyms don't involve expanding the > compone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Colin Law
acronym.' (Excellent, a recursive definition of a recursive acronym.) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 August 2010 13:58, Sean Miller wrote: > On 18 August 2010 13:09, Colin Law wrote: >> GIMP is recursive by the definition  'An Acronym is defined as >> recursive if it refers to itself in the expression for which it >> stands, or if any of the initials stan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-19 Thread Colin Law
On 18 August 2010 23:19, Sean Miller wrote: > On 18 August 2010 18:11, Colin Law wrote: >> I did not say that it was necessarily a generally accepted definition, >> merely that by that definition GIMP is recursive and therefore my >> original statement that 'it depends

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-19 Thread Colin Law
quot; returned smb://. could not > be found/connect It is not clear to me what software you are running on the Joggler. Are you running the internal s/w (as is suggested by point 2 above) or booting off Ubuntu on your USB stick? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-19 Thread Colin Law
bility problems with USB sticks. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

2010-08-27 Thread Colin Law
which I think is as it should be. Also if the flag one wins then I think it might be worth a second round trying various fonts and sizes for the uk again. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] scanning old photographs

2010-08-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 August 2010 13:17, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote: > [...] > The OP says he wishes to scan slides. Actually he said he did *not* need to scan slides. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-08-31 Thread Colin Law
On 30 August 2010 20:21, Daniel Case wrote: > [...] > I have decided to sell the wiki ... > > The website is: http://www.jogglerwiki.info for anyone who has forgotten ;) Does anyone know who runs the forum site http://www.joggler.info/ ? I wonder whether the sites could be comb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-08-31 Thread Colin Law
On 31 August 2010 10:17, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 31 August 2010 10:07, Colin Law wrote: >> On 30 August 2010 20:21, Daniel Case wrote: >>> [...] >>>  I have decided to sell the wiki ... >>> >>> The website is: http://www.jogglerwiki.info for anyon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-08-31 Thread Colin Law
the voting page. Is there a definitive image somewhere that looks the same however it is accessed? I am not sure what we voted for now. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-08-31 Thread Colin Law
On 31 August 2010 14:54, azmodie wrote: > > > On 31 August 2010 14:44, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 31 August 2010 12:24, Alan Bell >> wrote: >> > There were 85 voters and the results in order of the options are: >> > [...] >> &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Selling Joggler Wiki

2010-09-01 Thread Colin Law
t is doing a grand job for me. Sorry about that. Colin > > On 1 September 2010 02:25, Daniel Case wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> 2 pieces of good news for you all :) >> The first is the fact that I have worked it out and I should be able to >> keep up the hostin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......

2010-09-06 Thread Colin Law
ld know better. Sorry to > bother you all. I know you are busy. You still have not given us any information about which version you are trying to upgrade from/to, and what happened when you followed the instructions at http://vanillaforums.org/page/UpgradeInstructions or which bit of that you d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-20 Thread Colin Law
ter solution? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-07 Thread Colin Law
onnection into the onboard graphics connector? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Banks and Ubuntu support for business users

2010-10-10 Thread Colin Law
gt; resulted in an answer by email along the lines of "we don't support > Linux". Is it possible for us to see the failure or does it need access to non-public areas? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Banks and Ubuntu support for business users

2010-10-10 Thread Colin Law
ort it. > What I'd really want to know is what can we do to change that behaviour? I don't think there is anything you can do to _force_ them to support linux. They (presumably) have no contract with you to support Linux. I think the only thing you could do would be to threate

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Banks and Ubuntu support for business users

2010-10-10 Thread Colin Law
gt; resulted in an answer by email along the lines of "we don't support > Linux". Have you tried disabling all the FF add-ons in case it is one of those causing the problem? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-10 Thread Colin Law
ok till then. Now, the page loads, and goes white after a > couple of seconds. I have deleted internet cookies etc. but it still > wont work. Can somebody help please? Is that your web site? It is full of html errors, see http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.petsathome.com Colin -- ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-10 Thread Colin Law
eting the html differently. The OP should contact the site admin and point out the errors on the site. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Law
I still don't know which version of google-chrome you are using. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Law
s may be unavailable. Please specify a > different profile directory or use a newer version of Chrome. Google for google chrome profile yields many hits, alternatively you could uninstall and purge google-chrome and re-install it. That should clear the settings (in ~/.config/google-chrome I thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London release party - Thank you

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Murphy
On Monday 11 October 2010 09:45:57 John Stevenson wrote: > Thanks to everyone that came along [...] ... and thank you for taking the time to organise. -- Things to be , people to do, and stuff to, err, stuff. co...@spudulike.me.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Law
On 11 October 2010 11:31, John Matthews wrote: > On 11/10/10 11:17, Colin Law wrote: >> Google for   google chrome profile   yields many hits, alternatively >> you could uninstall and purge google-chrome and re-install it.  That >> should clear the settings (in ~/.config/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Law
to install. > looked in Synaptic, not there. Where is the official site for google > chrome for ubuntu? http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pages not loading in Ubuntu 10.10

2010-10-11 Thread Colin Law
ndividual rather than the list (as someone had copied me rather than just sending it to the list) so I pasted in the ubuntu mailing list address. Unfortunately I put the wrong one in. I have now copied this to both (as presumably some on the UK list will not have seen the rest) so probably that will upset e

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

2010-10-13 Thread Colin Law
describe the hardware and particularly the graphics card. I don't know whether he would be better off here or on the ubuntu-users list. Then we can start again to see if we can help him. @John Matthews, I am afraid I have lost track of the thread and am not sure whether you actually have a specific technical problem with Ubuntu at the moment. If you have then perhaps you could try the same thing and we can see if we can help you too. Colin Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-10-15 Thread Colin Law
too, unless I've just failed to find anything local. > > -- Wow, only an hour's drive away, you may be my nearest Ubuntu neighbour. :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-10-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 October 2010 01:29, Jim Price wrote: > On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wrote: >> On 15 October 2010 13:15, Jim Price  wrote: >>> On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: >>>> I am near Lampeter, mid Wales.  Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as >>>> far as

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

2010-10-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 October 2010 13:56, Jim Price wrote: > On 16/10/10 09:10, Colin Law wrote: >> On 16 October 2010 01:29, Jim Price  wrote: >>> On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wrote: >>>> On 15 October 2010 13:15, Jim Price    wrote: >>>>> On 15/10/10 08:33, clanla

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-19 Thread Colin Law
ard drive is causing the shut downs. > I seem to recall the pc shutting down even when no hard drive was > connected... > Is this possible...? Is what possible? Is it possible that the pc shut down even when no hard drive was connected? Yes, but in that case it was not the hard drive causing i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-19 Thread Colin Law
t a CD rom correct? I think you should be able to boot of the Ubuntu CD without a hard drive fitted. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-10-20 Thread Colin Law
ld not access www.petsathome.com Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Powerline Recommendations

2010-10-22 Thread Colin Law
onally take out modems and connected kit but it is not that common. I think power surges through the mains, induced by the lightning, are a more common problem. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What accounting software to recommend

2010-10-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 October 2010 12:45, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 22/10/10 11:42, Will Bickerstaff wrote: > [...] > For single user, very small businesses try GnuCash: http://www.gnucash.org/ +1 for GnuCash for personal use, don't know about business Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-01 Thread Colin Law
ect that something's there, but won't let me push the resolution > beyond 800x600. :( Plug in the monitor then go to System > Preferences > Monitors (or Displays I think, dependent on Ubuntu version) then click Detect Monitors and it should then recognise it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC Meeting tonight 19th October

2010-11-04 Thread Colin Law
On 3 November 2010 22:42, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I only just got it for some strange reason Same here Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-04 Thread Colin Law
On 4 November 2010 14:19, pmgazz wrote: > > Plug in the monitor then go to System > Preferences > Monitors (or > Displays I think, dependent on Ubuntu version) then click Detect > Monitors and it should then recognise it. > > Colin > > > > Unless I'm mis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd format

2010-11-08 Thread Colin Law
dvd player? > Regards... Have a look at DeVeDe, it can do just about anything in this line. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dvd format

2010-11-08 Thread Colin Law
On 8 November 2010 08:29, Ted Wager wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 08:24 +0000, Colin Law wrote: >> On 8 November 2010 08:20, Ted Wager wrote: >> > I have d/loaded a few vid files the format of these DVDRiP Xvid K >> > and .avi..Thes will play ok on the computer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Book costs (was Re: e-books without Adobe Digital Editions)

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
fit. In the case of e-books this is a particularly difficult calculation as he must make sure that in shifting buyers from paper to e there is not a reduction in profit. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
veCD often, I thought it was taking much too > long to start the live demo, and cancelled. Then I got the message > saying that the install hadn't finished! I do not think there is any suggestion that just booting off the live CD will trash the disk. It is a particular sequence after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
surprised if it chose the first. If one says "use entire partition" when it is not obvious _which_ partition then an error should be displayed. In no circumstances would one expect it to overwrite _multiple_ partitions. That would be an option labeled "use multiple partit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
Cancel, it told me the installation was still in progress. I suspect that was just a misleading message. I don't believe there is any way that it would start installing without asking first. It can take a good number of minutes to get going on the live CD, dependent on drive speed I supp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A chance to say "Hello!"

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
Ubuntu. Colin > > On 12 Nov 2010 15:01, "Matthew Wild" wrote: >> On 12 November 2010 14:10, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> >>> Not really... however I'm intending to potter around a lot in the coming >>> year to try and meet lots of linux peeps :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A chance to say "Hello!"

2010-11-12 Thread Colin Law
ng along. The more the merrier etc > I think only one of us still lives in the area. Having been infected by whatever it is in the water it has apparently caused us to desire not only to use Ubuntu but also to spread around the country to disseminate the infection far and wide. Colin -- ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Version Downgrading

2010-11-13 Thread Colin Law
myself to install 10.10 over 10.04. Back up anything important anyway of course. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Version Downgrading

2010-11-15 Thread Colin Law
ped up and down across the versions. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Version Downgrading

2010-11-16 Thread Colin Law
do it. So I created a new partition and resized the old one, giving > me the chance to copy anything across I needed. Eventually I will > delete the old partition and expand the new one. Go down the advanced route on the install, then click Change or Edit or whatever it is against your original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Party \o/

2010-11-18 Thread Colin Law
om 7PM until about 10ish > > Damn, I'll be out of the country :-( So will I, at home in Wales :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new motherboard- Installing ubuntu

2010-11-22 Thread Colin Law
ing any info from these > drives? You have not said what is on the drives. If they already have ubuntu on then they should just go with the new board. No need to re-install. Except in the unlikely event you have 64 bit version on disk and new board is 32. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gronk, gronk, gronk

2010-11-26 Thread Colin Law
onking however then I would make sure all your backups are up to date as an extreme priority. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau hates me...

2010-11-28 Thread Colin Law
04 and upgrade...any suggestions? It works fine as soon as I > install the NVIDA driver... So what is the problem? If it works fine with the nvidia driver then use that. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] i need a new motherboard

2010-11-30 Thread Colin Law
. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > it is yes...although i intend to add a graphics card eventually! im > presuming it will have on board graphics of some sort? I think it is up to you to check the specs before you buy it. Looking at the link it took me about 3 seconds to confirm that it does have onboard graphics. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] i need a new motherboard

2010-11-30 Thread Colin Law
ry can be less than price from somewhere else with free delivery. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 48

2010-11-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 November 2010 18:49, Mark Harrison wrote: > >> >> Remember that free delivery is not necessarily the best deal. >> Sometimes price + delivery from somewhere that charges delivery can be >> less than price from somewhere else with free delivery. >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-01 Thread Colin Law
at the command line prompt > type "apt-get install > nvidia-current" without the quotation marks and it should install. should that be sudo apt-get install nvidia-current Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shell script .....

2010-12-02 Thread Colin Law
like a > notification to remind me that a backup is running automatically.  Any > thoughts on this? I don't know whether it is the whole problem, probably not, but I think you should provide a full path to backup_log.txt to be sure of where it is writing it. Is it possible that it is runnin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-05 Thread Colin Law
;m using a wired connection...does text-mode do that? Only just saw what? Even looking at the previous post below your question makes no sense to me. Colin > > On 1 Dec 2010 10:42, "Ron Rhodes" wrote: > > On 01/12/10 09:29, Colin Law wrote: >> On 1 December 2010 02:33, Ro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-05 Thread Colin Law
options) and upgrade from there. By top posting and not even quoting the previous reply this message does not mean a lot. Is it in reply to a previous post or just a statement. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread Colin Law
have > actually read the document I don't see how you can force someone to read a document. You could force them to sign to say they have read it, but they could still just sign without reading it. How will that be any different from your situation 2 above when they say they have re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

2010-12-18 Thread Colin Law
at is likely true, but it does not make it any less silly that having detected that there is no keyboard it suggests using this non-existent device. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with CR2 files from a Canon 60D

2010-12-18 Thread Colin Law
eve. Search for ufraw in synaptic package manager. I have not actually tried them personally so that is about as far as I can go. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgot password

2010-12-24 Thread Colin Law
member what password i set. > > > it's probably the password you use to log in > Jacob Mansfield > Programmer I see you have decided to cover both bases by both top and bottom posting. :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgot password

2010-12-24 Thread Colin Law
On 24 December 2010 19:33, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > so you set up gnome with autologin? > please remember that this is a strict bottom posting list. That is the other way to cover the bases, don't quote anything so that again you are both top and bottom posting :) Colin --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research Required

2010-12-28 Thread Colin Law
ter (_and_ free) then they are more likely to accept the differences, or even revel in them. By all means set the workspaces to one to get rid of that complexity though. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reverting to original version of Firefox - 10.04

2010-12-31 Thread Colin Law
1.9.2 in the default Firefox in 10.04. For future reference one can use ppa-purge to disable a ppa and revert to the normal repositories. It is probably too late for the OP to use this however. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Insurance.aes256 and OpenSSL

2011-01-04 Thread Colin Law
doesn't lock a room, > it changes the entire contents of the room into other, random atoms. > There's no keyhole, no tumblers, nothing to see at all except > nearly-random noise. If there is no keyhole what do you do with the key, just wave it about and hope for the best? :) Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Editing .db files

2011-01-05 Thread Colin Law
rse i will also look at windows > tools for this job. Googling for android db suggests these may be sqlite files. There are many tools for reading these, see http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=ManagementTools Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

2011-01-18 Thread Colin Law
e a netgear routher and my broadband is virgin. > When it fails have a look at the leds on the router. Is the Internet light still lit and is the ADSL light still lit? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 January 2011 20:02, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 19:34 +, Liam Proven wrote: >> Do bear in mind that there are currently 2 flavours of Mint. It is >> *possibly* on the threshold of a big change. > > I had a play with it out of interest. Which one? Co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon-sized front pages of pdfs

2011-01-27 Thread Colin Law
a > way? In Nautilus (the file manager) select Edit > Preferences then on the the Preview tab there is a Show thumbnails option which I think is what you want. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
tect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0. One of the issues is that there appears to be no tag, though as I said that is probably nothing to do with the truncated text. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 February 2011 13:49, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 February 2011 13:10, Paul Tansom wrote: >> ** Alan Bell [2011-02-11 12:56]: >>> http://ubuntu-uk.org >>> >>> http://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/02/11/announcing-the-new-ubuntu-uk-org-website/ >> ** end quote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 February 2011 22:04, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick I hope you don't need to go quite *that* far to convince them. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DHCP3 Problems

2011-02-15 Thread Colin Law
P server is working correctly? Do you have any other devices that are correctly getting an IP address? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DHCP3 Problems

2011-02-15 Thread Colin Law
est is not getting to the server? That thought is not consistent with the unknown lease message mentioned earlier however. I believe that message is expected when a client asks to continue using its old address. At that point however the server should issue it with a new address of course. Co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

2011-02-24 Thread Colin Law
elp you control how much flash runs concurrently, especially if > you have many tabs open. +1 for the flashblock plugin. The effect is that flash is not run till you explicitly start it on the web page, unless you have told it to allow flash for that site. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-04 Thread Colin Law
OUP > > > That is my netbook...It seems I have done something that allows me to > see my netbook, but how can I view the folders, I dont see anywhere to view > them. Where do I view the shares from this computer. What do you see if you select Places > Network Colin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange file sharing problem

2011-03-05 Thread Colin Law
o that anyone finding this thread in the future may be helped? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   >