Re: [ubuntu-uk] JRE in Open Office

 I had the same error message today after upgrading. To solve it, from within OpenOffice Writer (Possibly the others as well), I went to Tools -> Options -> Java After a few seconds, a screen with Sun Microsystems Inc.1.6.0_06 and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Post install additions

On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 13:24 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system > for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add > to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop? > > Here's my list:- > > Add the f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

I know the location of the shop, I work round the corner from you. I'll have to call in some time. Dave On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 11:35 +0100, James Milligan wrote: > Haha I like it :-) > > Check out www.LaptopFix.co.uk if you're really interested. Come in on > a Saturday if you can when I'm in -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run application in a terminal

Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Norman Silverstone wrote: > >> I have searched and failed to find an answer to my problem, perhaps I am >> not asking the right question. On my desktop there is a folder >> containing some software called VueScan. To run the software I open the >> folder, find a bl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run application in a terminal

Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > David Jones wrote: > >> If its a graphical application, I would suggest using gksudo instead >> of sudo as that sets the enviroment more appropriately. >> >> > > Not come across that before - what's the difference? &

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with Conduit Synchroniser

Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Running Ubuntu 9.04 I have installed Conduit Synchroniser. Only it > doesn't. Synchronise that is. > I set up the two folders, check "two-way synchronisation" and click on > "Synchronise". After Conduit reports that synchronisation on both > folders has finished and i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

Rob Beard wrote: > javadayaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like >> to avail the phones unlimited data plan. Some of you may also know >> about my exploits are linking my media to a TV in my new house. >> >> I was just wondering if a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

Colin Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday 01 July 2009 15:03:05 javadayaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to >> avail the phones unlimited data plan. >> > > Hi Javad, > I too have a G1, but am currently between phone plans, so I a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome OS Announced

One thought I had about the Google Chrome OS is Microsoft, or the european legislators will push for the web browser to removed from the OS to match what they expect from Microsoft. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

I'm not sure whether the drivers in Jaunty will work with a TNT2 card, thats slightly older than the Geforce2 cards I've got in my laptop and desktop and for both of them I can't get 3D working, hardware drivers tool doesn't detect that an nvidia card is installed so won't automatically check f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

esktop effects working. Dave Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/7/13 David Jones : >> I'm not sure whether the drivers in Jaunty will work with a TNT2 card, > > Well, I looked up which ones would work first. > >> thats slightly older than the Geforce2 cards I've got in my l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

I have an Epson 1240U which is an old scanner, that came with an attachment for film scanning. Effectively, I take the lid off the scanner change it for a film scanning unit and that highlights the are that the film negative is and directs the scanning light through it. I've never tried using

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Daily quiz suggestion

Is anybody interested in getting a rolling quiz set up using funtrivia.com? The website says this about the quiz's they offer:- "Welcome to FunTrivia.com, the world's largest and oldest trivia website, running as an online community since 1994! To say that we have a lot of trivia would be an un

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents

Stephen Garton wrote: > 2009/7/21 Rob Beard : >> javadayaz wrote: >>> its a cable connection. with virgin. >>> >>> its a linkys router. not sure of what model. i will check and revert back. >> Ahh in that case I assume the modem is the standard cable modem that >> Virgin supply? >> >> In that cas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] information manager for ubuntu / gnome

I use gmail set up as an imap account along with thunderbird. I can access via my home/work computers or via any convienient web browser. I've also got an android phone with google which is configured to automatically sync my email, contacts, calendar and todo lists. Dave On Jul 27, 2009 1:19 PM,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email, contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data allowance, but in my first month of setting up, installing applications, getting on irc, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Auto Mounting Network Shares

Ken Adams wrote: > I have a new laptop with wifi and 9.04 running. I have various wifi > connections I use, including my home network with my server and desktop > machine. > > Is it possible to automatically mount the shares on my home network when > my laptop uses the home network. > > Rgds Ken

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

Paul Webster wrote: > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version > of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also > gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name > Shiretoko come from anyway? > > Paul > Shiretoko was th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where is everyone!?

I've seen two messages today asking if the list is still active, but nothing for a couple of days previously. I would guess that because its summer, children are just ending their school holidays or starting back at school that people have been quite busy over the last week or so and not had mu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Having problems with making Firefox 3.5 default

John Matthews wrote: > That is odd, no mention of shiretoko there, yet when I open it 3.5 it > has shiretoko at the top of the window. > > John > Firefox 3.5 is referred to as Shiretoko to differentiate between Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 and to avoid confusion, see http://www.asoftsite.org/s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04

Gordon wrote: > Is there a relatively easy way to do this? I find it surprising that I > can add a repo and get OO 3.1.1, but I can't seem to get FF 3.5! > > Firefox 3.5 is in the Ubuntu repositories. Try "sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5" or search for "firefox-3.5" in synaptic. The only thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

Sean Miller wrote: > Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > > Any wireless issues I should know about? > > Sean I'd suggest downloading the livecd and testing with that before installing, it should throw up any problems before you install. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing account names in Empathy (Karmic)

Stephen Garton wrote: > Hi There, > > Tootling along nicely with the Karmic beta at the moment. I did a > completely fresh install to get the full experience, and am trying my > hardest to get used to using empathy instead of pidgin. Couple of > things that I can't seem to work out: > > 1) How do I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bootable USB drive

javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to resurrect an old pc. Its already running ubuntu but i > would like to install xubuntu on it as its very old...PIII i think. So i > am thinking of installing the lighter xubuntu on it! > > I have run out of discs but i do have a usb thumb drive lying

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

Dianne Reuby wrote: > I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen > comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the > forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, > and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

mac wrote: > Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm > looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience > / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or > cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web spac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Editing Grub menu 9.10?

Gordon wrote: > I'm very confused! I'm used to editing menu.lst in previous versions - > how the hell do I edit what appears in the Grub boot menu in 9.10? > > Have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2 if you're looking to add/remove entries from the grub menu, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1 hour Meeting reminder

Stephen Garton wrote: > > Anyone know of an Irc app for Android? Am waiting for the RAC to come > rescue me, so it's the only way I'll be able to join today! > > sheepeatingtaz > If you've got IRSSI running somewhere, you can use connectbot on android phones to access the same as you would under

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kline'd from Freenode following yesterday's clone bot attack

Jacob Williams wrote: > Hi there, > > > I frequent the #ubuntu-uk IRC channel on freenode and was foolish enough > to click the link in yesterday's clone bot attack (is that right?) and > now appear to be Kline'd from Freenode. Is anybody else affected? How do > I resolve this? > > > Thank

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Team Meeting reminder - Today 7th February at 19:30

Just a short reminder that the Ubuntu UK team meeting is being held this evening in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on Freenode IRC There are number of progress reports and updates from the previous meeting and some new topics for discussion. The meeting agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAge

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Team meeting reminder 3rd March at 8pm in #ubuntu-uk-meeting

Just a quick reminder that there is a meeting tonight at 8pm for the Ubuntu UK team in #ubuntu-uk-meeting on IRC at Freenode. The agenda for the meeting is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda If anybody with progress reports (Daviey, lucyb, MunkyJunky, gord, YaManicKill, AlanBell, da

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

On 23/04/2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote: > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was > talking about checking ports to see if they are visible to the outside. > How do you do that? Is there any so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Min/max buttons on 10.04

On 05/05/2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby wrote: > I'm confused - I've read about the min/max/close buttons being moved, > and I was quite happy, soon got used to it. But I changed to another > theme and they're back on the right. > > Is it just that 10.04 is using some legacy themes which haven't been >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

On 19/05/2010 08:55, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: snip > It's old, but I do tend to point people at > http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm > when I start talking to them > about making the changea "Use Linux, it's better!" approach without > discussing po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: Snip > > Hi Everybody, > > thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the > pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though > that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? > > John > > -- > Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 LTS doesn't appear in my update manager

On 26/05/2010 12:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 12:00 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> On 26 May 2010 10:04, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >>> I have checked this several times. According to the settings it >>> should show LTS releases. >> What version are you currently running? The lsb_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Moan -- Top Posting (was "Apps for kids")

One thing to remember is that a lot of people are replying using mobile phones, so it's not as easy to chose whether you top or bottom post. Replying on my Android phone, the quoted text is in a separate input box with replies appearing to automatically default to top posting. So, apologies if th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:16 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Personally, I think that half the reason people find computers boring > these days is that there isn't the "mystique" about them that there > was when I was growing up (the 80s)... you had a BBC Micro, your mate > had a Commodore 64... you arg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

On 18/10/2010 15:16, Alan Pope wrote: > On 18 October 2010 15:15, Isabell Long > wrote: >> On 18 October 2010 15:09, Alan Bell wrote: >>> The preview of the new website design is at http://beta.ubuntu-uk.org >> >> It just spits out FATAL ERROR, now. Just in case you hadn't realised. :-) >> > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Increasing number of displayed documents in Recent Documents?

On 17 December 2010 13:32, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I cannot believe that there seems to be NO way of increasing the number > of documents displayed in Places-Recent Documents! An extensive Google > search comes up with nothing! > Is there a way? If not where do I make a suggestion for a fu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

On 07/01/2011 12:12, azmodie wrote: I sent you an invite too. If anyone else needs one, I got two left. Liam Gallear The number of people asking for them has "convinced" me I should ask for an invite if there is still any left. Dave Jones -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

On 07/01/2011 13:13, Dave Rice wrote: I see! Anyone have a spare invite? Could be interesting! Does it have anything to do with Ubuntu though? Cheers! I'll send one Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

On 07/01/2011 13:09, Alan Pope wrote: On 7 January 2011 12:47, David Hanson wrote: What's so great about this Diaspora whatsit?? Nothing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(software) It's a free software federated facebook wannabe. Al. Maybe the advantage to all these invites being pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

Assuming you mean Ubuntu stickers, one possibility is thelinuxemporium, although they're saying out of stock of the free stickers at the moment, but say keep sending requests in and they'll send them out when they get new stocks http://shop.linuxemporium.co.uk/merchandise/ubuntu.html Another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

On 04/03/2011 08:44, alan c wrote: I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) Alan I've just tried downloading the natty-desktop-i386.iso and my estimated download time is about 11 minutes and I'm not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty alpha 3 download - slow?

On 04/03/2011 08:47, David Jones wrote: On 04/03/2011 08:44, alan c wrote: I am trying to download natty alpha 3 for testing and the download - here at least - is very slow indeed. Is it just here? (bracknell) Alan I've just tried downloading the natty-desktop-i386.iso and my esti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Irc channels.....

On 14/03/2011 14:38, John MM wrote: Has something happened to the IRC chanels, both #ubuntu and #ubuntu-uk I can get onto #ubuntu but #ubuntu-uk seems to have dissapeared. Hi John I've just tried replying to you in both #ubuntu-uk and #ubuntu and by private message, but doesn't seem as thoug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

On 17/03/11 21:16, Alan Pope wrote: On 14 February 2011 10:38, Dave Walker wrote: I would like to suggest a process for finding my successor, this is that suitable candidates self nominate to the wiki [0] with a name and short intro. Then between now and 12:00 28th February, and an election is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

On 07/04/2011 13:18, scoundrel50a wrote: Hi, for now, instead of getting a Slate, I found a computer, that will be better for what I need at the moment. The specs are:- Acer Aspire 5736Z Pentium Dual Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30 GHz RAM 3.00 GB 64 bit Windows 7 Premium I want to install Ubuntu, but i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

On 04/16/2011 06:12 PM, Graham Smith wrote: I have a weird problem with my eeepc 901 running Ubuntu netbook 10.10 (but the same problem existed with WINXP and puppy linux 5.2) and my wireless connection. Every evening between 4 and 6 I start to get server reset error messages when I am on l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

On 04/16/2011 06:37 PM, Graham Smith wrote: Dave, I've had a similar problem with my wireless connection getting slower and slower, losing connection, resetting etc. The same laptop when running Win 7 didn't have the problem, other laptops in the house didn't have the problem a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

On 23/05/2011 11:40, alan c wrote: Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which puzzles me. My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. But I do not seem to be able to do this in Firefox 4. Am I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User experience survey

On 05/25/2011 09:34 PM, Alan Bell wrote: On 25/05/11 20:31, scoundrel50a wrote: Um, is that the right url, I cant get it to open. Been trying for ages. :( works for me, just clicked and filled it out now. Alan. The site was down earlier on today. I tried the same link & it didn't work,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK - where to buy Asus 1001PXD, 1011PX and 1015PX ??

On 17/06/2011 09:28, Simon Greenwood wrote: Plenty of people are selling them, but I think it might be an hour with a USB key to get Ubuntu on it. Those machines mentioned are being sold with Ubuntu preinstalled by Asus so there'd be no need to install from a USB stick. http://christoonlin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a computer suitable for Ubuntu

On 23/08/2011 10:48, scoundrel50a wrote: On 23/08/11 10:19, jakewc2 wrote: I have made some mistakes int he last computer I bought, I spoke to Acer yesterday, and found out that its highly probably, they wont be updating the graphics card, and they have no intentions to support Linux at all, j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD

On 10/19/2011 10:20 AM, Barry Drake wrote: On 19/10/11 09:29, ** wrote: I can boot with a live cd (it happens to be Mint because it's all I have immediately available) on a USB stick and of course I am having trouble with file permissions trying to save my /home directory. Unfortunately when I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] aarg

On 03/11/2011 08:54, Grant Fleming wrote: Can anyone tell me how to unsubscribe from this? I got a new phone and linked my e-mail to it: unfortunately the phone doesn't have either a spam filter or a function to sort e-mails into folders by sender/subject etc and I'm fed up getting like 20 e-ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

On 15/03/2012 15:16, javadayaz wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my 42" and watch the video or browse some pictures! Look forward to your advice!

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Wine on Precise

-- Forwarded message -- From: "Gareth France" Date: May 5, 2012 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine on Precise To: "UK Ubuntu Talk" On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Barry Drake wrote: > > On 04/05/12 22:43, Gareth France wrote: >> >> The Pokerstars poker client has always been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Wine on Precise

Sorry about that, On May 5, 2012 1:31 PM, "Gareth France" wrote: > > On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM, David Jones wrote: >> >> >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: "Gareth France" >> Date: May 5, 2012 11:31 AM >> S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside

On 05/06/2012 06:26 PM, John Bottomley wrote: Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium. We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years. The aim of the project is to support local communities

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a Nexus 7

Have you had a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation That details how to install Ubuntu on a Nexus 7. Hope that helps. Dave On 11/20/2012 10:46 AM, javadayaz wrote: Hi all, Has anyone installed Ubuntu on their N7? How is the end user experience? Im thinking of buying one as I