Re: [ubuntu-uk] Contents of ubuntu-uk digest...

2007-07-25 Thread Matthew Wild
On 7/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 'Repo on external drives' idea is superb, i often want to install things at work, which is a secure network and hence we cant have internet access to not secured machines, would also be better for big sites IE schools/businesses who do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Contents of ubuntu-uk digest...

2007-07-25 Thread Matthew Wild
07 19:04:18 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Contents of ubuntu-uk digest... Matthew Wild wrote: > On 7/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The 'Repo on external drives' idea is superb, i often want to install >> t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two operating systems

2007-07-26 Thread Matthew Wild
"Setting GRUB up" isn't something you generally have to do any more :) Ubuntu installation will take care of it for you. Nowadays dual-booting has become REALLY easy... I recommend it over switching BIOS settings, it's much easier. If both drives are on the same IDE cable then yes, one is master,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up????

2007-08-02 Thread Matthew Wild
On 8/2/07, John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/2/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've created a Facebook group with the following description: > > > > But but but facebook is evil. > Well said :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 28, Issue 5

2007-08-03 Thread Matthew Wild
Has anyone seen Pibb.com? It's a cross between realtime chat, forums, and to an extent mailing lists. It's very simple to create a group, and what's more, it uses OpenID... On 8/3/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pete Stean wrote: > > On the document sharing issue, you have considered usi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account.

2007-08-04 Thread Matthew Wild
...or use the GUI... System->Administration->Users and Groups Right-click on the user (or make a new one), click the privileges tab, and check or uncheck "Administer the system". HTH too, Matthew. On 8/4/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 04/08/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creating 'root' account. (sudo, audit trails)

2007-08-05 Thread Matthew Wild
How do you get around sudo -i or sudo bash? Presumably that would free them of the detailed logging? On 8/5/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the morning you do: > > > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log > > > > and find out what you did the night before. 'su' won't give y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] find a file

2007-08-06 Thread Matthew Wild
gnome-find can be installed with Synaptic, or by typing in the Terminal: sudo apt-get gnome-find On 8/6/07, Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Farran Lee wrote: > > is there a graphic front end to either of these? > > > > Yes, gnome-find > http://gnome-find.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] find a file

2007-08-06 Thread Matthew Wild
I do wish find didn't do that :) You can strip the error output by appending 2>/dev/null to the end of the command. I don't know if there is another way... I never found it. On 8/6/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use: > > find / -name *.lck > > but this will probably throw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] find a file

2007-08-06 Thread Matthew Wild
Sorry for double-posting, but I just noticed that you wrote that it missed some files. Firstly, make sure you type the pattern in quotes, and use -iname to disable case sensitivity: find / -iname "*.txt" 2>/dev/null locate -i ".txt" is probably ten times as fast, but does a search using a databa

[ubuntu-uk] VPS hosts

2007-08-16 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi all! For some time I have been intending to get a VPS somewhere. I know that throughout this time I have seen various people mentioning in IRC doing the same. I know I will get varying answers to this, but can people recommend the best host in their experience? (and Debian/Ubuntu is a must :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kroning Updates

2007-08-18 Thread Matthew Wild
On 8/18/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I set up a kron job or similar that will automatically update the > machine without the necessity of her either using Update Manager or the > terminal? > > Ideally so that it runs weekly. This should be as simple as adding a weekly cron

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-30 Thread Matthew Wild
On 8/30/07, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > STONE COLD wrote: > > unfortunately i cant provide the error message as it restarts straight > away and i cant take a screen dump! > > The machine reboots immediately after telling you it can't start X? > > The error printed in the blue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-30 Thread Matthew Wild
On 8/30/07, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > Pete Stean wrote: > > Hmm, I'll take your word for it Chris but I've been using Gutsy for > quite a > > while now and X hasn't broken for weeks, even with the frequent > > compiz-fusion updates - that's with an nvidia graphics chipset a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work+ media centre!!!!

2007-08-30 Thread Matthew Wild
On 8/30/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/30/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > that DOES look nice! > > > > Can this be installed on top of fiesty? can i use synaptic to install > it? > > and most importantly can i just exit the media centre and use the > normal >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-31 Thread Matthew Wild
Oops! The Xorg.0.log was from a (successful) safe mode boot... Do this: boot into the normal mode. When you see the blue screen, restart as you normally do. Then enter safe mode, and this time look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old The .old one will be the broken X log. Thanks! On 8/31/07, STONE COLD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-31 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, see my previous email, I told you how to get the info we need. Sorry for the short message, sending from my phone. :) Matthew. On 31/08/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i tried startx but nothing happened! > > help? > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

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

2007-09-03 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves my files and per-user settings. As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it reinstall the packages automatically. This said howeve

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

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Wild
Re. APTonCD, it actually creates a repository on the disc that can be used through Synaptic or any APT interface. It doesn't *just* copy the files over. As for using tar to pack your home folder, and extract again after the installation, having /home on a seperate partition is easy enough (there a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BitTorrent (was: Re: For all you BSG fans out there!)

2007-09-06 Thread Matthew Wild
FWIW, I am with Homecall for broadband and phone (it's *CHEAP*). Their broadband was actually provided off the back of Tiscali's services, though as a customer you never see/hear or deal with Tiscali themselves. Although I have heard a lot bad about Tiscali, I used them for dial-up before switchin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote for Ubuntu on Lenovo

2007-09-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On 9/8/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Winning by quite a long way at the moment, leading over Debian by > about 600 votes :) lol, now leading by 4000 votes :P -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mark Shuttleworth on Dell

2007-09-10 Thread Matthew Wild
On 9/10/07, Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've noticed that - finding the Inspirons with Ubuntu installed is a > tortuous journey if you start off at www.dell.co.uk... mind you, at least > it's there if you look hard enough :) > > Pete > Yep. Trying to help someone order one... embarra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread Matthew Wild
On 9/15/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I promise, I'm not trolling! It's unavoidable when you mention KDE and GNOME in the same email :) Lately, I've demonstrated Ubuntu to some real computer novices who've > commented "why is the start button at the top", and "why are there two

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox , Cant get it to work?

2007-09-23 Thread Matthew Wild
Open Terminal and type: sudo gpasswd -a yourname vboxusers (replace yourname with your username that you are logged in with), press enter and when prompted enter your password. Log out, log back in again. You should now be able to run it fine. Matthew On 23/09/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creation of a dual boot desktop from scratch

2007-09-27 Thread Matthew Wild
On 9/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A few months ago my desktop pc died and I replaced it with a cheap > laptop (windows XP) and even cheaper desktop (no OS installed). I > replaced the OS on the laptop with ubuntu 6.10 and it's been great. So > much so that I never got aro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD burning problems.

2007-10-04 Thread Matthew Wild
DeVeDe is indeed very slow. I use it quite a lot, but I have come to the point where I am writing my own simple script to do the same job. I can't say yet that it will be any faster... video transcoding involves a great amount of processing. However I do have this feeling that DeVeDe takes a lot l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD burning problems.

2007-10-04 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/4/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no of course i dont take it personally. i know your intention is to help! > > I set devede last night...it converted to the MPEG format! i thought i > converted it to iso. > It does make an ISO if you tell it to. It has 3 options... create a v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?

2007-10-15 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/15/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, > > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 17:25 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > through it (I often want to dive into the CLI and head to the same > > directory I'm viewing). > > Have you tried the nautilus-open-terminal package? Since I discovered th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to delete all .m4a files from music library

2007-10-16 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/16/07, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (It would be nice > to delete any directories that have become empty because they only had > .m4a files in them - but that would be a bonus!) Going for the bonus! find ~/music/ -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; Matthew PS. can anyone see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OEM Setup was Ubuntu via Tescos

2007-10-20 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/20/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob - how? > > E In fact the latest version of Ubuntu has a really good OEM option so > you can setup a machine, customise it how you like it (including any > extra packages etc) and then set it up so on the next boot it asks the > customer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/24/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? > > John Me... certainly! Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/26/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > awesome. I wonder if thats a result of the e-mail I sent them? > You beat me to it then :) I voted, just. Amazingly Linux is not as far behind as I would have expected. The BBC are probably tired of us Linux users by now... :P Matthew.

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

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/26/07, Colin Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, so I have re-downloaded the iso - and the MD5sum checks out fine. I > reinstalled it OK and everything looked fine - UNTIL i enabled the > proprietry NVIDIA drivers for my 7200GS. I then got the same problems - > exactly. Once I disabled

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

2007-10-30 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi Daniel, Your email came across (to me, at least) in a manner I doubt you intended. You can't expect every user to know what language the software they use is written in, it shouldn't be necessary for them to know. For the record, OOo is written in C++, however there are certain components and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] C/C++ Development

2007-11-01 Thread Matthew Wild
On 11/1/07, David Restall - System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jai, > > > Guys, > > Don't forget the gals/dolls !!. > > > Where is the best place to start with C/C++ development from a Linux > > (or GTK) perspective? Note that I haven't differentiated between C and > > C++. This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar

2007-11-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On 11/6/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i guess i dont know what frequency scaling means then!i thought it was > somthing to do with cpu loads! > The idea is that when the CPU is not being used (like when the PC is idle) the CPU will run at a lower frequency, saving power. When you o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] no start up screen

2007-12-03 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi Norman, On Dec 2, 2007 9:30 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I switch my computer on the first thing I expect to see is a screen > about Intel and from which, if I so wish, I can access the bios set up. > Since installing Edubuntu this does not happen. All I get is a blank > screen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manually configure gnome?

2007-12-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Dec 6, 2007 8:09 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to manually configure gnome, for > example to set it to autologin without having desktop access. I am currently > away from the server, and with using Vino, as you know, needs to be logged

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stop Ubuntu

2007-12-14 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi Dennis, On Dec 15, 2007 6:04 AM, Dennis Holdroyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have constant messages downloading to my e-mail I only asked a question > with regard to my new ubuntu download not one answer did I get yet a load > of rubbish with stupid abbreviations that only the senders are i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-07 Thread Matthew Wild
I have had one for months... I love it :-) Got it because I finally got tired of VHS. Being a developer I couldn't help but get hacking, and have developed a web interface for it. When it is usable you will be able to schedule recordings remotely, as well as start/stop recording/playback. Many mor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-07 Thread Matthew Wild
I looked at that too, but as far as I could make out, the xbox can't record, can it? On 07/01/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not bad I guess, pity it doesn't do HD video. I still think I'd go for > > the cheaper software modified XBOX option though. > > > > Rob > > > > I've tho

[ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi all, What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that Maplin only stock Seagate drives, and I have always avoided Seagate (even before they release

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread Matthew Wild
On Feb 8, 2008 2:36 PM, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kirrus wrote: > > - "Andrew Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the better free web-based > >> mailing list managers, and certainly VERY easy to use. Although > >> > > > > I wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] driving games

2008-02-14 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TuxCart :) > > SuperTuxKart :D > > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:05 +, Dave Morley wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 13:57 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can anyone suggest some good driving games in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Notebook Problems

2008-02-16 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, If it is not a power saving problem, it sounds like X (the graphical display manager) is crashing. On Feb 16, 2008 11:29 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I use an Acer TravelMate 4151LMi (Notebook) and I have recently been > having some issues with Gutsy - namely being a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake?

2008-02-26 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kris Douglas wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > > From: Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Wed, Feb 27, 20

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer sharing

2008-03-01 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Andy Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > We have 2 PCs in the house and l'd like to be able to print from this > one. The printer is installed on my wife's PC which runs Win2KPro. > > l have a wired router and am not sure what is required to be setup. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

2008-03-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 + > Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless anyone has compelling arguments for any others, I'll probably > > go with Moin or Doku (and it will probably be Moin). > > I ended going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application responsiveness, Windows and Ubuntu

2008-04-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > My little boy likes playing various flash based games from children's > websites. I find that in Ubuntu, many of these run pretty badly and as > this is all he uses my old laptop for, I decided to put Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone here into low-level stuff?

2008-04-17 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Grabham wrote: > > OK, so a couple of nights ago, someone from my LUG gave me a few old-ish > > books ('90s), anyway, theres a beginers guide to Assembly Language > > there. I started reading, and the first 3 c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems

2008-04-19 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Overly detailed report: > GE: > o Open it > o Splash screen appears > o Orange screen > o Flashing of different 'shades' of black > o Green with loading cursor > o Log in screen > > UT: > o Open it > o Recovery mode wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

2008-04-20 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that > the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer. > Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I > just won

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 8.04

2008-04-28 Thread Matthew Wild
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Mark Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed ISPs don't care about port numbers (and why should they?). They > inspect packets and throttle bandwidth hoggers (this is termed packet > shaping). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping > This would be why my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-29 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just an idea..and dont shoot me for this...i dont really know about the > inner working thingys of software. but what if for example Ktorrent was > actually installed on the external usb mounted hard drive instead of the >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-29 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i run a graphical torrent clientso mybe not possible there!!! > but maybe someone can think about this and progress it furtherit will be > cool seeing as how many people use torrentsthis could win major bragging >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy crashing

2008-05-07 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:48 PM, James Tyrrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey when you say crashed were you still able to move your mouse? Or was that > a no go, I've had a similar problem where the system just locks, no keyboard > commands do anything and while I can move the mouse the system ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Possible Experiment

2008-05-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/05/2008, Matt Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I brought this up on the IRC channel earlier and thought I'd put it to a > > wider audience. > [snip] > > The idea is generally that we create some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99

2008-05-09 Thread Matthew Wild
Anyone have experience with the Linutop device ( http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple that will allow me to set up a webcam with motion detection, and I am thinking of this :) Matthew On Fri, May 9

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99

2008-05-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Matthew Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone have experience with the Linutop device ( > http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html )? I am thinking of > getting one for a low-power machine. Right now I need something simple > that will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] command line converting vid files

2008-05-10 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leading on from my previous question, i want to give mencoder a go (i > recently successfully joined files via command line. > > Just wondering if someone can give me an example of this? > "man mencoder" in Terminal :) If yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-11 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I am also in favour of credit being given where it's due, and > allowing creators/inventors to profit from their work. If someone has > put in the time and effort to create or improve something that other > peopl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability - Normal desktop user?

2008-05-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mac wrote: > > I haven't seen this mentioned here, so in case anyone is affected and > > hasn't seen the advisory... > > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-May/000705.html > > > > as a norm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmm, > > I use SSH to administrate a machine locally. I figure I should spare > no steps for the machine's security. > > However I haven't the faintest how I'm meant to generate a new key now > once the update has been a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon missing from taskbar

2008-05-17 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to sync Liferea on two PCs

2008-06-01 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert McWilliam wrote: >> I just had a play with moving ~/.liferea_1.4 onto the FAT partition in >> my laptop and creating a link to it, and it seemed to work fine. > >> I don't have a network drive handy to test with but I think it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jing: GUI admin solution? Useful tool or not?

2008-06-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saw this: Jing at the end of the Firefox > 3 video. > and thought an open source version would be great for solving the GUI > admin problem whereby one has to explain all the various buttons

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jing: GUI admin solution? Useful tool or not?

2008-06-09 Thread Matthew Wild
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 10:32 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: >> Alan Pope wrote: >> > I'm currently working on something like this, but not specifically for >> > screencasts, but for any kind of video. It could of course be used

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon MP780 Series Printer (was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers)

2008-06-25 Thread Matthew Wild
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 because 'he doesn't trust Linux being reliable, and it doesn't have >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] drawing programme

2008-07-03 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Caroline, > London School of Puppetry wrote: > | Hi there can anyone advise me on a drawing programme using a stylus that > | I can use with Hardy Heron- and tel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

2008-07-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday a problem arose with the Kubuntu distribution which I couldn't > resolve myself, so I decided to install v. 8.04.01, especially as it now > included KDE 4. All seemed to be OK until I tried to boot up Ubuntu > which stall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy mines

2008-08-02 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 11:32 AM, les <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] But one of the only two games I play on the computer, Mines, seems > to have changed very much for the worse, with cells being displayed with > a transparency which makes them difficult to read. Does anyone know if > this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Norm's complaint

2008-08-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, has anyone else here hit this problem with the upgrade from Gutsy > (but 2.6.22-15 rather than 2.6.22-14) hanging at nearly the end of the > process while setting locales? > I always do a fresh reinstall. However on my Dad's lap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox

2008-09-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No change, even after removing and re-installing firefox again. How do > you tell which firefox binary is fired on the command "firefox"? > ls -l $(which firefox) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox

2008-09-19 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew Wild wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> No change, even a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems

2008-09-19 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mac wrote: >> Tim Dobson wrote: >>> ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with >>> the theming, or GUI kit or something. >> >>> Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Jabber server

2008-09-27 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to implement a jabber server for one of my clients so the > staff can chat to each other between the two sites they have without > resorting to use MSN/Yahoo etc. > > I've been having a play around but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non ubuntu related question- Can you log into gmail on your phone?

2008-10-06 Thread Matthew Wild
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > im using a motorola z8. > ive tried both vodafones default browser and the opera browser. > Did you set "Always use HTTPS" in the Gmail settings? That /may/ cause problems. Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] over-sensitive mousepad

2008-10-10 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:47 PM, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an Inspiron 1525. Had it for a few months- always as I type the > cursor sometimes flies backwards or upwards to a different part of the text- > it happens so often that I am on the verge to throwing the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] killed box through /var :P

2008-12-22 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Farran wrote: > hi everyone again > sorry this is awfully complicated, but stick at it if you can be bothered I > try to make sense of it at the end. > I read it, but I'll skip to the end to reply :) > following my previous question about compiz, I realised

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up mailserver

2008-12-25 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Josh Holland wrote: > I just bought a VPS hosting with the intention of setting up a mail > address for myself at j...@jrh.co.uk . AFAICT, this involves setting up a > nameserver, which could also be run off the same VPS. Looking at the > community docs, to run a n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up mailserver

2008-12-25 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Josh Holland wrote: > OK, a step in the right direction. I have registered joshh.co.uk and can > now ping my own server through the domain. I followed the tutorial > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix but I can't do anything useful > like send or receive mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound problem

2008-12-27 Thread Matthew Wild
Next time the soundcard is locked, run this in Terminal: sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/* It will list the applications currently using the sound. Paste the output here, and we may be able to help out. Matthew. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > Under ubuntu 8.10 runnin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?

2009-02-11 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Michael Holloway wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 22:14 +, alan c wrote: >> >> I trust it will not be long before I can feel just a little safer? >> comments welcomed. > > I think something like "distro level security" could be implemented, > where ubuntu (/rh/s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new arm notebooks

2009-02-23 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/2/23 Robert McWilliam : >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:53:19PM +, Liam Proven wrote: >>> The form-factor the ARM netbooks should be aiming for is that of the >>> Psion 5 and 5mx, or a host of broadly-similar Windows-CE powered >>> Handh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast season two

2009-04-10 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/4/9 James Milligan : >> I know that podcasts can be split into chapters - iTunes does support >> this as well. Download a tiesto podcast and you'll see ;-) >> > > Are there any linux based Podcast encoders, or decoders, even, that > suppo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] We're Linux video - winner announced

2009-04-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Sean Miller wrote: > Who are the Linux Foundation? > A foundation set up to protect "Linux", most large open-source projects have such an organisation behind them. Usually a holder of IP, receiver of donations from sponsors, etc. The Linux Foundation pays Linus to

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2009-05-25 Thread Matthew Wild
Ok, who was on the alert this evening? :) "Who's Watching You?" on BBC 2 tonight was exploring surveillance in today's society. At one point the reporter rattled through a list of ways in which we are monitored. As he mentioned "email", it displayed briefly (for about a second) someone checking th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] copying 34gig to a FAT32 external hard drive -- 3 hours?

2009-06-11 Thread Matthew Wild
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, doug livesey wrote: > Cheers for the reply, but I'm not sure what you mean, sorry -- is it that > any copy operations over 2gig would do this? > Is this only for linux, as OSX seems to handle it fine. > & thanks again, FAT32 has a limit which means that no single f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

2009-06-12 Thread Matthew Wild
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> On 12/06/09 12:20, Alan Pope wrote: >> >>> 2009/6/12 Sean Miller: >>> "European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, Mic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

2009-07-13 Thread Matthew Wild
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Paul Roach wrote: > > Then you will have a console on the remote machine. From there, you > can edit files using nano > > nano filename > > There are prompts at the bottom of the screen. > > When editing a file, it's recommended to copy the file first. > > cp file.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread Matthew Wild
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Alan Bell wrote: > > Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also > partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier: > > one of the Alans, but not the Popey > This thread simply proves to me that people should all have unique first names. Anyw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-08 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, Agree with your email, until: On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Paul Sladen wrote: > > If you *are* "one of the developers", you appear to be able to give yourself > consent under item 1.---and therefore give yourself consent to relicence it > under something even vagely open. > I'm not actua

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error on update for bluez

2009-09-19 Thread Matthew Wild
2009/9/19 John Matthews : > Sean Miller wrote: >> ...and you did the apt-get clean, yes? >> >> Sean >> >> > Did that, and it still shows in the updates box, and I still cant remove > it from the synaptic, I still get that message. > There are three similar bugs for bluez, see: 1) https://bugs.lau

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful simple trojan hit gnome-look

2009-12-09 Thread Matthew Wild
2009/12/9 Johnathon Tinsley : > See here for more: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/malware-found-in-screensaver-for-ubuntu.html > It's worth noting for those that don't know, when you install a package you are effectively giving the package creator (temporary) root access to your system. Pack

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful simple trojan hit gnome-look

2009-12-09 Thread Matthew Wild
2009/12/9 Andrew Drapper : > It may not be the same as a sandbox, but what about installing software that > you are not sure about in a virtual ubuntu inside you main ubuntu say > using virtualbox? > This particular malware did nothing (so far) to the host machine, it simply used it (and collectiv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-24 Thread Matthew Wild
2010/1/24 javadayaz : > Hi, > > Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have > formatted my hd. Even the ubuntu was installed on a separate hd, I am unable > to start my pc. It just keeps going into maintenence mode. On top of all > this I have lost 400gb of media inclu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email url

2010-01-27 Thread Matthew Wild
2010/1/28 red : > Hi > > This is nothing to do with Linux but with firefox web browser. > > On the Microsoft browser I can email the page straight to some one.  How > do I do this in firefox? > Firefox: File->Send Link... Epiphany: File->Send link by email...: Matthew. PS. I'm amazed this featur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bugs in upstream

2010-07-24 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi Neil, On 24 July 2010 21:30, Neil Greenwood wrote: > Hi all, > > Do I need to do anything else (e.g. request a merge or a sync) to get > the latest upstream version included in maverick? > 1.3.2 is already in Maverick it seems: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meld Regards, Matthew --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote

2010-08-27 Thread Matthew Wild
On 27 August 2010 14:20, Alan Bell wrote: > All the pending votes have now been approved, if you have voted already > and didn't get a mail, don't worry about it, your vote got counted. If > you really want you can email me off list and I can confirm I have your > email address in the list of vote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire

2010-10-16 Thread Matthew Wild
On 15 October 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson wrote: > Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server? > Jabber \o/ > What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the > video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't seem > to be able to fin

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