Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

2011-11-29 Thread Colin Law
then the very first thing is to try and get the data off first, before doing anything else. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-29 Thread Colin Law
On 29 November 2011 10:13, James Tait wrote: > On 28/11/11 10:07, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 28 November 2011 09:44, Jon Reynolds >>  wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, November 24, 2011 19:36, Liam Proven wrote: >>> Would you say your signature should be at th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
d to see if the memory and crash situation is any better? I am not suggesting that you should have had to use 2d just interested, as I use 2d and currently do not experience such issues, though I do not leave it on for weeks at a time, admittedly. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction? - posters

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
what has to be held down seems to have gone haywire. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction? - posters

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
On 2 December 2011 12:27, paul sutton wrote: > On 02/12/11 12:20, Colin Law wrote: >> On 2 December 2011 11:50, paul sutton wrote: >>> ... >>> Ok,  this is what i created myself >>> >>> http://www.zleap.net/portfolio.html >> A minor point, it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Problem

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
a print authentication password./ @Michael. If you go to System Settings > Printers and right click the printer and select Properties what do you see for all the Settings? Also what do you see under Access Control? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction? - posters

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
>> improvements then that would be great.  I under stand that people are >> busy. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> > > Hi,thanks for the link but in > Alt+SysRq+R+S+E+I+U+B > but what is the SysRq button? is it in all keyboards? On a conventional

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer Problem

2011-12-02 Thread Colin Law
seems to be right > but it works wrong, the wonders of science. > I use the list as a last resort, printer authentication seems to be an > unknown event. > Problem is, if it is related to a recent Ubuntu update, it might still > happen if uninstalled/reinstalled. > Can be much easier if the cause is known. Exactly what does it say when you try to print, and when does it say it in the printing sequence? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-03 Thread Colin Law
o run. I use this to allow right click on the terminal launcher which then gives me a list of all my servers which I can ssh into. Colin [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand [2] http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does anyone have experience with using a usb hard drive docking station with Ubuntu?

2011-12-05 Thread Colin Law
d boot from it. In that case if you cannot work out how to make the disc not bootable then I am sure someone here will know how. If you don't need the data on the disc then just re-format. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Triage a firefox and thunderbird bug?

2011-12-08 Thread Colin Law
m spain I get tens of options. I am not sure what you mean by test for the bug. It seems that the bug has been confirmed. What exactly do you want others to do? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Username and password for Synaptic

2011-12-09 Thread Colin Law
u are doing and what happens that you do not expect. Also tell us which version of Ubuntu 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] Problem with Username and password for Synaptic

2011-12-09 Thread Colin Law
t;> user created on initial install be used, irrespective of the current >> users presence in sudoers. >> >> I've just had a quick look for the bug but can't find it, what version >> of Ubuntu are you running? >> > Hi, its 11.10 I have just tried

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Username and password for Synaptic

2011-12-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 December 2011 20:42, scoundrel50a wrote: > On 09/12/2011 20:40, Colin Law wrote: >> >> I have just tried synaptic on 11.10 and it allows me to select any of my >> users. >> >> Colin >> > I wish I could.do you know how I might be able to correct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Colin Law
first or temporarily remove them from fstab (and reboot obviously) does it help? Colin [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/880299 [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/812104 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shutdown during log in: is it a feature?

2011-12-22 Thread Colin Law
I should not worry about doing a "hard" shutdown during login? I can > spare 5 seconds normally. I don't know about using the power button from the login screen, but if you click the indicator in top right hand corner you get a shutdown option. I would always avoid a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shutdown during log in: is it a feature?

2011-12-22 Thread Colin Law
ing going on. In practice the possibility of a problem occurring is very small, but best not to take the risk. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] shutdown during log in: is it a feature?

2011-12-22 Thread Colin Law
hing new not working properly). Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repairing a dualboot Ubuntu-XP system

2011-12-24 Thread Colin Law
nstall and rebuild GRUB as easy as that??  Or is it more > involved?  It's a big enough pain that XP is borked. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Filezilla Issue

2012-01-05 Thread Colin Law
ezilla but if the machine's name is dumbo then you should be able to reference it by dumbo.local in any app. For example you can use ssh dumbo.local to ssh to it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

2012-01-06 Thread Colin Law
it ever disappear again? If so then there may be a message in the terminal. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launching Python Application

2012-01-20 Thread Colin Law
past so what am I missing on this one? You could try the command gnome-terminal -e "python ." which will run it in a terminal which may tell you something. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr

2012-01-28 Thread Colin Law
OS it is not necessary to boot from hdd, boot from either linux or windows CD/DVD. If you make the disk completely blank as you originally asked it will not be able to boot from the hdd as it will be blank. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] re-assigning Print Screen key to open right click menu

2012-02-08 Thread Colin Law
that I can use to > reassign the key - I do know how to reassign the key in the Keyboard > settings. I don't understand, if you know how to do in keyboard settings why don't you do it there? Colin > > I have stopped it from being a Print Screen key at least, and I know th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using EEEPC as WiFi webcam

2012-02-13 Thread Colin Law
e with other machines. I use vlc to read from my camera and output an http stream which you can then access from any machine on the network, or in the world if you open the port on your router. Colin > > Tony > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Num-lock always on .....

2012-02-16 Thread Colin Law
aunchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/933059 looks like it. I am seeing it too. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 live usb will not boot

2012-02-19 Thread Colin Law
sb and booted from them? Did you check the md5sum of the image downloaded? Have you tried re-burning (preferably to a different stick). Colin > Tried on netbook aspire one and it simply sits as if loading bios. > Tried on desktop and it just jumps to hdd grub. > > > -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working.

2012-02-24 Thread Colin Law
nd live with the occasional crashes. Just make sure you have a good backup strategy :) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Colin Law
Ubuntu on, unless you want to give people a very bad >>> impression. >> >> You could install GNOME 2 instea.. oh wait.. > > Ha! Indeed. > > I think someone is working on a Lubuntu version, or at least a custom LXDE > port. I should think someone is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin Law wrote: >> Out of interest, in what way is it not open? >> > > It needs a binary blob for the GPU and to boot apparently. They also > "

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 March 2012 13:49, Liam Proven wrote: > On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin Law wrote: >>> Out of interest, in what way is it not open? >> >> It needs a binary blob for the GPU and to boot apparently. They also >&g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ancient hardware - was Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Colin Law
it. If you look on ebay you might be surprised how much it would fetch. Particularly if it still works. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-13 Thread Colin Law
On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but when I > click on the icon, nothing happens.can somebody help? What happens if run it from a terminal (just type brasero) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-16 Thread Colin Law
t; or exclude updates or restricted-extras. Did you do a check on the CD to make sure it was downloaded and burnt correctly? Last time I had crashes during install I burned a new CD and it was ok. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
files inside nautilus, shortcuts on the desktop, something to do with the launcher, or where? A full screenshot posted somewhere as suggested by Bod might be helpful Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 10:19, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: >> On 21/03/12 12:13, Barry Drake wrote: >>> >>> Hi there This morning I am faced with the desktop icons showing the >>> description and the tool-tip as well - see att

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu desktop annoyance ....

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
, > so it's my guess that the Nautilus report is a duplicate of the one I > reported and not vice versa - and I could be wrong!  At least I know that it > is not my problem alone. I /think/ that it is nautilus that displays the icons on the desktop. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 11:01, John MM wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: >> > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to burn an image using brasero but >> > when I >> > cli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant open brasero

2012-03-22 Thread Colin Law
On 22 March 2012 12:01, Colin Law wrote: > On 22 March 2012 11:01, John MM wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: >>> >>> On 13 March 2012 10:01, scoundrel50a wrote: >>> > I am running 11.10 and I'm trying to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Colin Law
me, there is an option to hide it. It then appears when the mouse is pushed against the edge of the screen (on 12.04) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Colin Law
On 23 March 2012 21:16, Daniel Case wrote: > On 23 March 2012 21:11, Colin Law wrote: >> It doesn't have to be there all the time, there is an option to hide >> it.  It then appears when the mouse is pushed against the edge of the >> screen (on 12.04) > > I noti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Colin Law
On 23 March 2012 21:25, Colin Law wrote: > On 23 March 2012 21:16, Daniel Case wrote: >> On 23 March 2012 21:11, Colin Law wrote: >>> It doesn't have to be there all the time, there is an option to hide >>> it.  It then appears when the mouse is pushed agains

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display problems with foreign characters in browsers.

2012-04-03 Thread Colin Law
really know how to check it! Can you point us to a web page showing the problem and explain exactly what you see wrong? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display problems with foreign characters in browsers.

2012-04-03 Thread Colin Law
On 3 April 2012 10:28, Matthew Sturdy wrote: > > > On 3 April 2012 10:43, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 3 April 2012 08:43, Matthew Sturdy wrote: >> >> Can you point us to a web page showing the problem and explain exactly >> what you see wrong? >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange notification message on desktop

2012-04-03 Thread Colin Law
running Ubuntu 10.10. The message appeared again, and it was actually > "Semantic Disk Storage", but the message gives me no clue as to whether it > is an error or a notification, or what it is trying to tell me. Completely > mysterious and something that Canonical maybe nee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display problems with foreign characters in browsers.

2012-04-03 Thread Colin Law
if > family of fonts (which are installed correctly). What did you have there and where did you get them from? I don't seem to have any helvetica, which may explain why I do not see the problem. :) Colin > > I will wait for the distribution update and then try to install Helvetica >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome wont load......

2012-04-05 Thread Colin Law
ody have any ideas why that should be happening? Could be this problem possibly https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/972821 linux-image-3.0.0-18-generic makes apport-gtk and chromium-browser segfault on startup. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin Release Party - London, 26th April

2012-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
and how late I want to stay, I might not say no to a real-ale splinter party ... -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

2012-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
" > > gives > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtSvg.so.4 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtSvg.so.4.7 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtSvg.so.4.7.4 > > So it seems that the directory is there but its not being seen. No, if kbide is a 32-bit application, then you need to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

2012-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
need additional multiarch metadata in the Ubuntu archive, though; there's a lot to do here. * There's always the option of using a 32-bit chroot if need be, although it's obviously not ideal. schroot can help with the mechanics of using one. -- Colin Watson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome wont load......

2012-04-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 April 2012 13:28, John wrote: > On 05/04/12 11:39, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 5 April 2012 11:10, scoundrel50a  wrote: >>> >>> I am running in a partition Ubuntu 11.10, and today I got a rather large >>> update. and after rebooting, Google chrome st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-07 Thread Colin Law
power fail during re-partitioning might be rather messy. Also Operator Error can be catastrophic when performing such actions. Colin > > Other options will allow you to "upgrade" or "overwrite". Don't choose > those if you absolutely want dual boot. > > O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
On 7 April 2012 23:34, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Colin Law wrote: >> On 7 April 2012 17:10, Alan Pope wrote: >> > Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of >> > the options is to install side-by-side with your existing >> > installat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
27;. Nowhere was the > option to install side-by side. Now what? You are right, I am seeing that too. The side by side option seems not to be there. Do Something Else takes one to the manual setup page. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
up if I could be sure not to > ruin everything else on the HD. Open a terminal (in your normal booted system) and type df Copy and paste the results here. In a terminal Ctrl+Shift+C copies to the paste buffer. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
hed you should a new entry marked as Free Space or 1MB. Select this one and click Add. Set the Mount Point to /, leave the rest at default and click OK It should now show the new partition as type ext4, mount point / and Format ticked. DOUBLE CHECK that the other partitions have nothing under

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
Mount Point to /, leave the rest at default and click OK >> >> It should now show the new partition as type ext4, mount point / and >> Format ticked. >> DOUBLE CHECK that the other partitions have nothing under Mount Point >> and are NOT ticked for form

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-08 Thread Colin Law
On 8 April 2012 16:59, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Followed instructions and everything worked like a charm. Thanks goodness for that, I am always a bit nervous giving out advice like this in case it all goes wrong. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
ing stored (on the PC not off on the internet somewhere) and /why/ (for the users convenience not for snooping purposes). You may think that these things are obvious but that is not necessarily correct. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 April 2012 16:18, Bruno Girin wrote: > On 09/04/12 15:16, Colin Law wrote: >> On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell wrote: >>> On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: >>>> >>>> The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu.  The explanations as >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 April 2012 19:20, Steve wrote: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:16:31 +0100 > Colin Law wrote: > >> On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell wrote: >> > On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> The problem is not with the journalist but,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....

2012-04-18 Thread Colin Law
;t work until I have > re-booted without the rfkill command in my ~/.profile file. > > Something has to be possible as I can turn Bluetooth off and on again by > clicking on the icon and using the menuitem there.  But I'd like to do this > as a command on startup.  Any thoughts?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....

2012-04-18 Thread Colin Law
one but tell it not to format the partition then it will leave the home directory in place so effectively doing what you are asking. Of course with a Beta version (which is the case for the OP) then nothing is guaranteed. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Install keeping home dir [was Stopping Bluetooth]

2012-04-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 April 2012 17:11, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 18 April 2012 16:51, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 18 April 2012 16:44, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> > [snip] >> > In a good 15 years of using Linux, I've never had an upgrade in place >> > wor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....

2012-04-18 Thread Colin Law
restart, and restart will also take > place from the Bluetooth icon, or the Bluetooth settings application. Does switching it off in System Settings > Bluetooth not do it? If not can someone explain why? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....

2012-04-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 April 2012 08:24, Barry Drake wrote: > On 19/04/12 07:42, Colin Law wrote: >> >> HOWEVER if the above command is put into /etc/rc.local then 'sudo rfkill >> unblock bluetooth' will do a proper restart, and restart will also take >> place from the Blue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update 2012- Re: Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2012-04-29 Thread Colin Law
lobby-triumphs-in.html > http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/An-insiders-view-on-the-government-open-standards-consultation > http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/04/26/open-standards-consultation-important-update/ >  (hey is that a wordpress favicon?) > > something tells me the rerun of that session will be a bit different to the > first round. Excellent Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
roceeding. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
o many cases of laziness and stupidity and I doubt if there are any of us here who have not fallen into that category with regards to backups at some point. It generally requires a disaster of some sort to make one see the error of ones ways :) Colin > > -- > Regards, > Andy > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
his data trying to move it to separate partition than he is doing an upgrade. Where does that passage come from? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
es . . . Made even more confusing by apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade which are entirely different meanings again. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
scope of this page" and links to a set of pages that the vast majority of non-geek users would be completely baffled by. Most of them probably don't even know what a partition is. Colin > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 30 April 2012 18:17, Colin Law wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How have I killed my system?

2012-04-30 Thread Colin Law
d from the .deb file that is causing the crash. I suggest uninstalling it. You would have been better to start your initial post with "Today my system started crashing after I installed from a .deb file" rather than "Today my system (12.04) started bringing up the crash error message

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
. I think the guy probably meant GB (GigaBytes) not mb (megabits) Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How have I killed my system?

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
On 30 April 2012 22:21, Gareth France wrote: > On 30/04/12 21:43, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 30 April 2012 21:32, Gareth France  wrote: >>> >>> On 30/04/12 21:22, Barry Drake wrote: >>>> >>>> On 30/04/12 21:12, Gareth France wrote: >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Duplicate sources list

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
see two entries that are the >> same. Remove one of those... >> >> Sorry I can't recall exactly which one but it was fairly obvious when I >> looked yesterday morning. >> >> HTH >> >> Al >> > > Sorry, but I still cant work out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 oddities

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
d to install some extra packages to control > wireless networking which is probably the case. Have you checked in System Settings > Additional Drivers? Probably not the solution but worth checking. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-01 Thread Colin Law
the app that is pea-brained for not coming with a .desktop file to launch it. Or perhaps there is one but you have not found it. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-02 Thread Colin Law
ual desktop is too wide (greater than 2048 pixels for the 945). So if the total width of the two monitors is greater than that then you are stuck with 2d. Though that is no great problem unless you are addicted to fancy effects. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where do the ubuntu reports go?

2012-05-03 Thread Colin Law
o the database in the >> first 20 days or so. >> > > ... and this is the most stable version of Ubuntu ever produced? Presumably most, if not all, of those were while 12.04 was still in Beta. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-03 Thread Colin Law
gt;   mountall: Disconnected from plymouth > > and goes back to the login screen. I'm currently logged in as a guest. Any > thoughts? Check that you have not run out of disk space. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error report not working

2012-05-04 Thread Colin Law
going to get fixed. Also when one was asked to do a bug report one had the option to say don't ask me about this again for this version of the problem package. The result is that I am seeing several of these every day and don't have any way of finding out more about what is go

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error report not working

2012-05-05 Thread Colin Law
sending 3 million crashes in the first 20 days after it was introduced? I assumed that is what was happening when I was told of a crash but it did not go on to ask me to report it as a bug. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best way to contribute to Ubuntu? - was Re: 12.04 has locked me out of my account

2012-05-06 Thread Colin Watson
aware of it. It's been available since Ubuntu 7.04, although we may not have done a great job of advertising it at various points. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade

2012-05-06 Thread Colin Watson
ose listed in http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts-development, i.e. -d => 12.04. Upgrades to 12.04 will become available to 10.04 users by default (i.e. without -d) when 12.04.1 is released. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Colin Law
fficulty getting into the boot menu. Perhaps a web site would be better. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

2012-05-08 Thread Colin Law
k if you forget the correct key to use. I don't use rhythmbox so don't know what the key is, but presumably someone does. It is a pity that the bug does not mention which key it is. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error report not working

2012-05-09 Thread Colin Law
h I see that I am getting colord crashed with SIGABRT in raise() for which there are already several reports with hundreds affected. Sometimes when reporting a bug one got a notification that it had already been reported, I wonder whether it is just that this message is getting lost. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

2012-05-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 May 2012 09:05, alan c wrote: > On 09/05/12 07:56, Colin Law wrote: >>> >>> >  2. The launcher will not 'reveal' if there is an application, such as >>> >  Firefox, set to maximum size. The launcher will 'reveal' once all >>> &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

2012-05-09 Thread Colin Law
g does >> not mention which key it is. >> >> Colin > > Hi Colin, > > Yesterday nothing worked, today F11 works to cancel the Party Mode. > Perhaps it needed a re-boot? Anyway I'm happy now. Perhaps you could add a comment to the bug to say that F11 is the ke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

2012-05-10 Thread Colin Law
to have write a script that goes through the > Shotwell database and adds the tags, but I don't want to re-invent the > wheel. I believe Shotwell can be set to write the data back to the images rather than saving in its db. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adding bookmark or dragging folder to sidebar isn't working

2012-05-19 Thread Colin Law
it not working by dragging may be this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/827049 Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] copying data from one PC to another PC

2012-05-20 Thread Colin Law
I will prefer to format it to clear unused stuff. Is the benefit of clearing unused stuff, really worth all that effort and risk? Personally I doubt it. Colin > > Thanks! > > > On 20/05/12 16:59, Ivan Wright wrote: > > Evolution has a backup option inside it which transfers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hud problem

2012-05-30 Thread Colin Law
er it is a system problem or a user settings issue. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Branded Ubuntu Disks

2012-06-03 Thread Colin McCarthy
Hi I've a selection of branded Ubuntu CD's. 8.10 Server, 9.10 Desktop etc, plus tons of Ubuntu stickers. Does a Ubuntu Fanboy/girl want them before they go in the bin? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Branded Ubuntu Disks

2012-06-03 Thread Colin McCarthy
No clue what postage would be but probably not much, so happy to cover. Email me directly your address and I will send on Wednesday. Colin On 3 June 2012 15:34, Joe wrote: > Hey, > > I wouldn't mind some of that, how much would it cost for postage or > whatever? > > Joe

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu.com down?

2012-06-05 Thread Colin McCarthy
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ubuntu.com Guess that's what happens when you upgrade to 12.04. My system has not worked since the update. Been surviving with a Linux Mint 12 Live CD :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu.com down?

2012-06-05 Thread Colin McCarthy
Was it too subtle? I was saying that Ubuntu.com was down. Was down for about 10mins before I posted. Appears to be up now. Thought would be news to a Ubuntu list. On 5 June 2012 21:27, Gareth France wrote: > On 05/06/12 21:16, Colin McCarthy wrote: > > http://www.downforeveryoneorj

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text colour change

2012-06-08 Thread Colin Law
cause? OS is Xubuntu 12.04. Is that on all bbc pages? The home page for example? If not can you provide a link to a page? Is it ok on other websites? Which browser and version are you using? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text colour change

2012-06-08 Thread Colin Law
On 8 June 2012 11:31, Norman Silverstone wrote: > On 08/06/12 10:57, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 8 June 2012 10:52, Norman Silverstone  wrote: >>> >>> I frequently watch the BBC web site and recently have noticed that, when >>> scrolling, text chan

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