I've had a good report on Orange broadband, from someone who uses it to
run his business. But the CD only list Windows, and website requirements
state Windows. I've asked about Linux, but while I wait for a reply,
does anyone else use Orange broadband with Ubuntu?
TIA
Dianne Reuby
FS rather than Fat 32.
>
I'm still dual-booting, though I hardly ever use Windows now. When I
installed Ubuntu, it put desktop links to both my FAT32 and NTFS Windows
drives automatically - I can access these from Ubuntu, to read/copy any
files or folders that I need.
Dianne Reuby
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Canon printer.
http://www.turboprint.info/
It supports many Canon, HP and Epson printers.
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sub-tasks, etc.
I've used it for about two years, with about six or eight other
volunteers in the teams, working on about five or six projects, and
we've had no problems with down time, etc.
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I installed Dapper at Christmas, thinking I'd give myself plenty of time
to play with it until my XP was no longer supported - now I'm using it
full time. :)
I have two hard drives, originally one held Windows C:/ and D:/, and the
other my Windows backup E:/ drive. I put Dapper on the end of my D:
Alan Pope wrote:
> The feisty installer now has a user migration thing. It *should* find
> the users on your dapper install and migrate them into your new
> install
> on the E: drive.
I've been trying to fidn out more about this, but I can only find
references to a Windows to Ubuntu migration tool
t making a recommendation, just passing on information.
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I'm looking for an FTP program to replace my Windows SmartFTP. I'm using
FireFTP (Firefox extension) but it's not 100% reliable.
Can anyone recommend an FTP program for Gnome/Feisty?
TIA,
Dianne
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I've been having intermittent problems with my PS2 mouse - throws the
cursor round the screen, opening windows as it passes, so I tried a USB
mouse, which worked fine ...
Until I rebooted, when I couldn't log in - the keyboard wasn't
responding, and the mouse wasn't working. I removed the mouse,
http://efficientpc.co.uk/ supply Linux pre-installed - I came across
their website, I don't know anything at all about them.
Dianne Reuby
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My site is blocked - but I do have one page with Christian links on, so
that might be why I'm blocked.
Dianne Reuby
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> >> We managed to give out a few leaflets, and sold ONE copy of The
> >> OpenCD.
> >
> > may I ask what price? (off list if you wish)
>
> Yeah, 50p each. That covered the cost of the disc, a sleve and
> printing
> of the disc.
>
Something I've been considering - how much take-up do peop
Have you thought of running an online version for those who can't make
the location(s)? A virtual assistants group that I belonged to had a
virtual office party every Christmas using our chatroom (MSN, Trillian,
Gaim, etc). We all just dropped in and out whenever work or other
commitments allowed.
Hi all,
I'm seriously thinking about changing my ISP, and a friend has
recommended Orange, which he uses for his business. We're already Orange
mobile customers, but as I'm new to Ubuntu I'm wondering if anyone
already uses the Livebox with Ubuntu, and can give me any feedback.
Or any other Ubunt
Hi all,
I'm running Feisty, and my printer isn't supported - it's a Canon
IP3000, and they have no intention of releasing a Linux driver. I've
been using the TurboPrint driver since May with no problems.
Now it won't print - I've got a bug listed on Launchpad (#138473), and
the status is incompl
They are installed - so I don't know why I needed to install the
TurboPrint driver. But I knew even less about what I was doing then than
I do now!
I have two printer/driver entries in System>Admin>Printing - tp0 which
is the turboprint, and Canon IP3000, which I assume is the gutenprint
driver. I
Here's mine:
linux-generic Complete Generic Linux kernel
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules on x86/x86_64
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.20 modules helper script
linux-restricted-mo
We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing -
we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles,
handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off
Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers.
Can anyone recommend any L
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote:
> There seems to be at least two places that thus could be:
>
> http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath,
> Swindon.
>
That's us!
Dianne
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On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 16:32 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Dianne Reuby wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote:
> >> There seems to be at least two places that thus could be:
> >>
> >> http://www.museum-of-computing.org.u
You're making me feel prehistoric! I had a C64 for my first personal
machine, but I'd worked on IBM mainframes for about 6 or 7 years before
that. Card job control input, data input mainly on card or paper tape -
our punch room still had an old hand punch in case all the electric
punches failed!
D
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 06:10 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I have got my partner so far hooked on Ubuntu, but she has brought
> some work
> home and one of the documents she has to work on is produced via
> Publisher.
> Is there anything simular?
>
> James
I've also tried Viva Designer, whic
ur sponsors Intel, so we should be able to get
some good publicity for both Ubuntu and the Museum.
Would anyone be interested in this sort of event?
Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 16:32 +, Ian Pascoe wrote:
> What about an Ubuntu UK Xmas geekathon, presuming it is the Swindon
> site
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 20:19 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Oh yes, definitely. I'm hoping to visit the museum in December, I'll
> try and make it up on the 8th. Will we be able to actually play with
> some of the machines?
>
> Rob
>
Certainly - that's the main aim of the museum, to have
ilies, e.g. Saturday Morning Cinema for children starts at
10.30, and is £1, only a 5-minute drive away.
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On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 18:11 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Travel info would be good. Are there any shops (or shopping centres)
> near by that my other half and her friend could look around if they
> won't want to go to the exhibition?
Finding us:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/swindon/getting-here/
Town
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 12:00 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Off the top of my head, the Neo Geo. Other than that, um... not
> sure.
> I take it what you have at the museum are listed on the web site?
Not all of it - I'm still working through creating a catalogue, and I'm
only about half way. I'll ch
Ian,
You can contact our curator, Simon Webb, at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone on 07834 375628.
Anyone else,
I'm looking into running an Ubuntu demo day/list social event in the
spring - are there any dates that I need to avoid (that already have
Linux-related events scheduled? I've looked in th
I've been looking at the Ubuntu leaflets
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/Leaflets - none of them seem to
include a link to ubuntuforums.com in the "getting help" sections. Is
there any reason for this?
Dianne
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On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 12:00 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> We could go for guerrilla warfare and attack PC World...
>
> "Ubuntu Ready"...
>
> Only problem is that they wouldn't see the funny side... we'd probably
> be
> done for criminal damage :-(
>
> Sean
Most of their stuff needs Win95
Isn't this a chance to get publicity for Ubuntu-UK? Leaflets telling
people where to get help and so on - Tesco may be prepared to let us
place them to increase possible sales.
Dianne
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Do I need permission to use Ubuntu and Ubuntu-UK logos at events? I know
they're trademarked etc, but I've been reading the various
marketing
sites, and not found an answer. I would assume Someone Up There
would
want to be sure the logos aren't being used for
I think many people have hit the nail on the head - if it's working,
most people don't want to change. My dad only switched to Firefox when
IE suddenly stopped working (have you fixed it yet, MS support - or have
you taken my advice and switched to Firefox as I suggested?).
I switched last year be
It sounds silly now - but in the early 70's that was the law. Aren't we
civilised now?
Dianne
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:27 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > I had to hide in the decollating room at 10 as women weren't allowed
> to
> >
Hi,
I've just added a Logitech QuickCam Chat webcam, which is working fine
in Ekiga and Skype for Linux (except that the picture is reversed!) but
I can't seem to get decent sound input through the microphone which came
with it. I've tried different settings, and turned the mike up through
the sys
The hardware wiki reports that the Canon LIDE 25 works out of the box
with Gutsy, but I've also seen a report that it doesn't work with a USB
hub. I've looked on the Canon site with no joy - has anyone got one of
these scanners and can give me more info?
TIA
Dianne
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I've been trying DeVeDe recently - the sample videos I was using were
about 160k (some of the Ubuntu screencasts), but each one reported that
it would need over 200% of the CD.
Dianne
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 00:58 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > I suggest you give DeVeDe a whirl.
> >
> > I
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 12:00 +, norman wrote:
> I am puzzled, if you mean the videos on various how-to do things my
> videos are between 20MB and 40MB not 160K. As a sort of marker you get
> about 2hours of playing time from an ordinary DVD which is about
> 4.5GB.
It's puzzling me too - doesn
a) In order to ingratiate myself with all parties, I'll do both.
b) Can any of you hardware experts recommend a modem that will download
chocolate oranges?
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 23:01 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> I frickin' love chocolate oranges!
>
> Additionally. OMG FLAME WAR!!! TOP POST
n
need will be for experienced users to talk to non-users and answer their
questions.
Dianne Reuby
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> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 13:19 +, Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 01:19:05PM +, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
> wrote:
> > > http://www.tuxisalive.com/
> > >
> >
> > Oooh, we're having a wishlist day are we? :)
> >
> > Right, I want one of these:-
> >
> > http://www.irextechn
When I've got too depressed with "real" news, I read the headlines from
Sky's "Offbeat" section. Today I've been uplifted to see that:
* an 18-year old student swallowed his door key to stop his
friends taking him home when they thought he'd drunk enough - he
had to let nature
I'm here, but I have nothing interesting to say!
Still working on next month's demo day though.
Dianne Reuby
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Museum of Computing @ Swindon
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk
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I see a lot of wikis that have been spammed to extinction - is this a
problem with certain wikis, or is it simply down to the amount of time
that the admin has to police it?
Dianne Reuby
Collections Manager
Museum of Computing @ Swindon
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk
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r partners and families, do email me direct and I'll send it out
as we can't seem to add to the site at the moment.
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http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 17:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
> What kind of problem are you having with the CMS?
We switched to CMS so that (in theory) any volunteer who was authorised
and w
re is about £5,
but I can check on that for you if you want.
Let me know if you need more details,
Dianne
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 21:59 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The
> > website has been a severe p
You forgot to include those crooks at Tiscali.
Dianne
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 20:34 +, Jai Harrison wrote:
> I use ADSL24 (an Entanet reseller) and I believe that the only ISPs
> involved are the mainstream ones which already treat their customers
> like dirt (BT, Talk Talk, Virgin Media).
-
lay, so
ask if there's anything you don't see - we may have it.
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ound this - but you'd have to supply your own
party hats. :)
Dianne Reuby
Collections Manager
Museum of Computing @ Swindon
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 01:08 +, Sean Miller wrote:
> ERM...
>
> 24th April - Hardy Release
> 26th April - Swin
That's weird - the first half of my email vanished, so the second half
didn't make much sense!
I was saying that we may not have wireless access, but hope to have
wired access for the demo machines through our router, which links to
the Uni's internet.
Dianne Reuby
Collections
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:44 +, Josh Blacker wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon -
> you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and retail copies
> won't be sold after next January [1], meaning Vista is the 'only' choice
> for
Skegness Grammar use Linux - you can find their IT department case study
of the advantages here:
http://www.schoolforge.org.uk/index.php/Skegness_Grammar
Dianne
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 17:04 +, Craig wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been an Ubuntu user for not very long (since around
bility of paid support from Canonical
when "selling" to customers such as schools and small businesses.
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I've searched launchpad and the evolution documentation, but can't find
an answer to this problem.
If I choose "reply", then type my reply (after or before the quoted
text), when I choose a sig it always goes at the start of the email.
That wouldn't be a major problem, except that when I cut and p
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:06 +, James Westby wrote:
> If you go to Edit->Preferences in Evolution, on the "Composer
> Preferences" tab there is an option that says "Keep signature
> above the original message on replying", is that option checked?
Ye
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 13:19 +, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
>
> I hear that a number of network admins are teachers that fell into the
> role part time through a coincidence of knowing how to use a computer,
> not because of their being specialists. I imagine that it's only the
> larger schools th
My daughter's college started using Moodle in an emergency, when a
tutors work permit expired and she had teach them from Paris!
Dianne
On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 07:57 +, Craig wrote:
> As far as I know, we haven't even bothered with Moodle. I'm still
> trying
> to remember the name of the VLE th
On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 20:25 +0100, Craig wrote:
> If anyone can think of any ideas of how to make a talk about an
> operating system more entertaining, I'd love to hear them. Otherwise,
> please keep the great hints coming in.
I'd recommend taking a look at the screencasts, that might give you
id
signed
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If anyone's near Manchester, MDDA may be interested in your Ubuntu
projects, publicity, etc.
http://www.manchesterdda.com/
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I have a Canon Lide 25 scanner on Gutsy - the hardware pages report that
it works out of the box, which is why I chose it.
It scans OK with Xsane, but when the scanned image window comes up it
fills the whole screen, covering the panels. There's no border,
min/max/close buttons, but the menu bar i
> Evening Diane
>
> Catching up on personal e-mails at the moment - is this still on for this
> weekend?
>
> Ian
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dianne Reuby
> Sent: 17 March 2008 21:48
> To: British Ubu
Oops, sorry all - I sent that last post to the list by mistake. :(
Dianne
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I've just had an important email bounce because when I typed in the
email address (which isn't in my contacts list), Evo capitalised the
first letter.
I know I should have looked more closely, before I clicked "Send",
but ... it still irritated me. I've looked at Preferences, and I can't
see a way
Finally had time to update today - only a couple of problems, and one is
driving me mad; I've got no Back/Forward buttons in Fx3. I've dug about
in the options with no joy, searched Ubuntu and Mozilla forums, and
Google, and they appear on other peoples screenshots. In fact I've found
whole article
Updated to Hardy yesterday. I'm getting JRE errors in Open Office,
"OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime enviornment (JRE) to perform the
task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another version"
I already have openoffice.org-java-common installed, version 1:2.4 in
usr/lib/openoffic
Sun Microsystems Inc 1.6.0 with accessibility comes up.
>
> I ticked the box for version 1.6.0_06, restarted OpenOffice
> Writer and the error message went away.
>
> Hope that helps
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:
That's cured it - thanks :)
Dianne
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 10:04 +0100, James Tyrrell wrote:
> 2008/4/29 Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I've tried that, problem is it doesn't "stick" - when I close
> the
> Options, and reloa
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 08:36 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote:
> I don't see what the problem is. Firefox 3 Beta 5 is more efficient
> and more stable than Firefox 2.
>
The main problem for us is that (as someone else has reported) we can't
access online banking - this doesn't look good when trying to p
Just done my first update since installing Hardy - I have one item left
on the update manager which is greyed out, libgtk1.2 (for GIMP) listed
under Distribution Updates. Two other updates went through OK.
Can I just ignore this item?
TIA,
Dianne
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I know what happened, the $£%! mouse bug killed my panel and I had to
add everything back on manually.
But Xchat icon hasn't come back when it's running, even though I have
"display icon" checked. My icon showing when I'm online isn't available
either from the "add to panel" dialogue box.
Is the
thanks - that's done it! I now also know that I have 56 updates waiting!
dianne
On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 20:04 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote:
> Right-click on the panel->Add to panel...
>
> Add a notification area, that sounds like what you want.
>
> Matthew
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I've been trying to download the latest podcast (6) but I just get a 0
kb file - is it me?
Dianne
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On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 23:03 +0100, Stephen Drake wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 22:40 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > I've been trying to download the latest podcast (6) but I just get a 0
> > kb file - is it me?
> >
> > Dianne
> >
> >
>
> W
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 17:22 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM, James Milligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just a note on the me using a Windows PC bit, I have all the disks for
> > Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, but my dad won't let me install dual-boot at the
> > moment beca
Can I add an event photo to the wiki gallery? (This page
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Gallery )
I've played in the sandbox, but I haven't tried the real thing, mainly
because I'm a pessimistic coward - if it can go wrong, it will, and I'll
be the one who pressed "enter"!
I've read the help pag
I upgraded to 8.04 about a week after release, and since the first
update I've had this on my Update Manager:
Distribution updates
libgtk1.2
GIMP Toolkit set of widgets for X
This one item never installs; if I click on it, it simply removes the
tick. I've ignored it, but I'm wondering what it's
Has anyone connected a Samsung C300 mobile to their Ubuntu PC? I'm
thinking I should back up my address book, but I don't want to buy a
data cable if it won't work anyway. Mean, me? - never! :)
I know this is a pretty basic handset.
TIA
Dianne
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I deleted one of the user accounts on my PC (Ubuntu 8.04). Their home
directory is still there. When I try to add them back in, it won't let
me use that home directory for the account - I assume this is a security
feature on 8.04 as I've done it before on previous versions OK.
Is there a way to ad
On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 19:30 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> After a brief discussion in the IRC channel, I'm proposing an ubuntu-uk
> newsletter. The target audience would be you lot, the Ubuntu-UK user base.
> It would also be for people who are taking there first steps into the UK
> Ubuntu worl
I've just noticed that my compiz fusion special effects have stopped
working. The cube doesn't turn when I change desktops, or when I click
and drag; the windows aren't wobbly; if I hit CTRL the cursor is
highlighted but with solid rings rather than a graduated ring.
The settings still seem OK,
It's always the really obvious that I miss - thanks! I've just realised
- I let someone use it on my login the other day, and they must have
turned it off.
Thanks
Dianne
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 15:17 +0100, Ciaran Mooney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried just turning it back on?
>
> System --> Pre
I'm middle-aged and female - someone has to keep these youngsters in
order! :)
But there is a women's group on the forum, which I don't read much - I
can't help feeling that gender-specific groups are a bit discriminatory.
Unless the object is to show that women *are* using Ubuntu and
encouraging
We're having practically this same discussion on one of my crochet
mailing lists - except that we're wondering why females dominate the
lists and there are so few men. :)
Dianne
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On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 16:47 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > We're having practically this same discussion on one of my crochet
> > mailing lists - except that we're wondering why females dominate the
> > lists and there are so few men. :)
&
My son's just started college, and one of the programs he'll be using is
Macromedia (Adobe) flash.
Neither of us want to waste disk space on putting XP back, so can anyone
recommend an alternative for him to use at home? Ideally he'd like to be
able to work on his files both at college and at home
I'm ready to remove my old XP partition - I need the space to extend my
Ubuntu backup.
I have two drives, XP and Ubuntu backup is on one, and Ubuntu root,
home, swap is on the other. These drives are quite old, only 30Gb each.
In Gparted, the XP partition is flagged as boot, lba - if I just delet
On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 21:57 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>
> > My plan once I've done a new backup is to move /swap to the backup
> > drive, and have root and /home on the other drive.
>
> Sounds like a reasonable plan.
>
Thanks for the info. If I move /swap will I need to edit anything to
tell
My local bus company gives names to all its buses - one is called
Intrepid. Does that count?
Wonder if they'd like to change the colour scheme and logo on that
vehicle
Dianne
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Last night at a performance of Return to the Forbidden Planet I saw
three "spaceship monitors" running Ubuntu. Nice to know it will be here
for our great-great-grandchildren. :)
Note:
For those on this list who are too young to remember it,
The Tempest = play by Shakespeare
Forbidden Planet = 50's
Here's the thread from the Nvidia forums discussing the card:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122305
I think Nvidia are saying that they're thinking about it!
I haven't tried any solutions myself yet, as everything works for me
except special effects and I don't do games etc. I d
Here's a thread in the Ubuntu forum on this problem, marked "solved" :)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=960727
Basically it's stay with 8.04 until the driver's released, upgrade to
8.10 and make do with the open source nv driver included, or try the
Nvidia beta which they released recentl
Launchpad has more info:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107
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When I installed Ubuntu two years ago, it picked up my ntl/Virgin cable modem
immediately. The modem was using a USB connection.
Last week the gas company dug up the pavement and managed to break my Virgin
cable and, as the Virgin engineers found today, also concrete over the break.
While they'
> From a purely non OS perspective of this, are you using the same network
> cable as your husband? just to be sure.
> You say it has ethernet connections, is it a router as well or do you have to
> switch the cable? If you have to switch the cable, are you rebooting > the
> modem when switchi
ifup gives this error message:
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate Permission Denied
ifstate only has one entry:
lo=lo
Is this relevant?
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On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 16:16 +, alan c wrote:
> Verizon has offered to dispatch a technician to assist her accessing
> the internet without the CD,
Lucky woman. Permission to forward this to Virgin Media? :)
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Just what you'll need to make the event a success. :)
http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/not-quite-duck-pins/
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I've got an Nvidia GeForce4 MMX440, which worked OK until 8.10, when
special effects stopped. I tried the new driver but had problems, so
I've managed without special effects. I was using 96.45.07 - I saw
that .09 was supposed to be OK, and it's in the "normal" repositories
(ie not beta, or develop
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