On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
Hello Eamonn,
> - Intel DG965RY motherboard
> 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device
You appear to be in the same boat (first hit on Google) as a Gentleman who
signs himself off as Linus Torvalds:
http://www.mail-archive.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, STONE COLD wrote:
Hello Stone Cold,
> > E: ... is not known on line 30 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
> ok too hard, igive up...a reinstall is in order...thanks for yur help guys!
No, *please don't* do a re-install. This isn't MS Windows here, you don't
need to do a re
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, john levin wrote:
> I'm looking for a desktop program to manage
Could you describe a few examples/use-cases of what "manage" might mean to
help to narrow things down.
> the vast number of pdfs I've accumulated; something similar to Yep
> http://www.yepthat.com/ which bills its
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, alan c wrote:
> Use of colour in modest contrast also would be economical.
A black-and-white photo-copiable design, with the option to add three quick
dashes of yellow, orange and red to the logo using felt-tip/crayon would
likely work quite well.
Gives it a "I did this" feel
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, James Tuthill wrote:
> I have just purchased a zebra label printer - 2844 (
> http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/products/printers/desktop/lp2844.html
>
Based on a quick Google of "lp 2844 linux", it appears to be a plain text
(just like an old line-printer).
Going
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system and had a prompt
> thrown at me for the 'root password' by the minimal rescue system
The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*. Out of the box,
Ubuntu is configured to use 'sudo' and
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Michael Wood wrote:
> Colin Murphy wrote:
> > What is the approved way of working in this rescue situation without a
> > root password?
> I've set my root password by doing "sudo su" then passwd
If people are going to set root passwords, then *please remember them*.
Ubuntu
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system
> > The prompt only occurs if a root password *has been set*.
> BU
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Chris Rowson wrote:
> It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could
> contribute videos to advertise Ubuntu -
Perhaps:
http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/
-Paul :)
--
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> On 3/2/07, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> > > - Intel DG965RY motherboard
> > > 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device
> > sa
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Jane Silber wrote:
> For those of you in the London area, you might want to stop by the
> upcoming mini-bar event on 20 April to help celebrate the release of
> Ubuntu 7.04.
...and or those in the Helsinki area, there will be a sauna release party
the day afterwards (Saturd
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Kris Marsh wrote:
> Most PSUs these days seem to be rated 100-240V 50-60Hz, so [..] all you
> need is a plug converter/travel adaptor.
Changing countries is even simpler; just replace the cable that goes from
the wall-socket to the "cover-leaf" IEC C7 or "figure-of-8" IEC C5
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Sean Miller wrote:
> Is there a way to upgrade from Ubuntu Feisty to Ubuntu Studio
$ apt-cache search ubuntu studio
ubuntustudio-audio - Ubuntu Studio Audio Package
ubuntustudio-audio-plugins - Ubuntu Studio audio plugins Package
ubuntustudio-graphics - Ubuntu Studio gr
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> For now though I consider playing around as 'root' while being 'under
> the influence' as bad as driving so I'll leave well alone.
Exact logging is *precisely* why 'sudo' exists. In the morning you do:
sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log
and find o
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Matthew Wild wrote:
> On 8/5/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > > sudo grep '[s]udo' /var/log/auth.log
> > Well, if you're computer still works eh ;-)
> How do you get aroun
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Adam Funk wrote:
> I can think of one situation where you really need a root password
> set: booting in rescue mode.
On a default Ubuntu with the root account locked, selecting "(recovery
mode)" will drop one straight to a root shell, without requiring a password.
The idea beh
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Adam Funk wrote:
> Isn't [..dropping straight to a root shell..] a bit of a security hole?
No... Something is not "a security issue" if there are multiple other ways
to achieve the same thing (linux init=/bin/sh, LiveCD).
You are free to:
1. Set the Grub password (to preve
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Daniel Lamb wrote:
> http://en.ubuntumediacenter.org/
> http://linuxmce.com/
Then there's the slightly more established:
http://www.mythbuntu.org/
-Paul
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htt
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mac wrote:
Hello Mac,
Interesting coincidence with the name: Apple's _Mac_ OSX also uses sudo!
> Would it be possible / wise (for reasons of security) to remove the
> admin rights of the first user on the system
Before the first time 'sudo' is used on an Ubuntu system, a
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, STONE COLD wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I was wondering how i could utilize this lcd screen in Ubuntu?
> just found out its a VFD screen...not a LCD screen!
The actual technology of the display shouldn't matter (VFD, LCD, LED,
TFT). When I last looked into these displ
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Matthew Larsen wrote:
> I think a TV Advert is a great idea, but it is an extremely expensive
> outing! I would imagine it would cost upwards of �100k
The key here is probably to produce something of sufficent quality that the
advert will spread itself.
Apple only showed thei
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Pete Stean wrote:
> the iPod Touch and the iPhone *aren't* supported under linux
I currently have an iPhone and have made a certain amount of the
functionality "sort-of" work. My notes so far are up on:
http://www.paul.sladen.org/toys/apple/iphone-1.1.1.html
This iPhone h
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> Anyone going to LinuxTag and fancy taking a box of 500 Kubuntu CDs?
> Other suggestions on how to get them there welcome.
Mark's Jet? (Worked for Oz).
-Paul
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> John Levin writes:
> > Last call for the Ubuntu stall at Lug Radio Live.
I'll be there if I'm there and if I'm not. I er, won't be.
Is Scott listening, did you fix up anything (swag/CDs...)?
> I would be quite interested in coming, but it will ta
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote:
Hi Keith
> If I wasn't desperate I wouldn't normally post such a message, showing
> what an idiot I am.
He who asks is a fool for a minute, he who doesn't is a fool for a lifetime.
(And doesn't get to use their computer).
> My problem is that I decide
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Select '(recovery mode)' during boot and type...
> Unfortunately I have several versions of Linux on my machine and log in
> using Xand
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > find the password hash in '/etc/shadow' and delete it
> My user name is shown, followed by a lot of random looking symbols, but
> h
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
Hello Mako et al,
> Hi Jane and rest of the Ubuntu-UK community!
> It sounds like our presence is desired. :)
First off, the dates are:
Tuesday 2005-10-05 - Wednesday 2005-10-06
(With setup being the afternoon before). It's amazing to think that
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Baza wrote:
> On 15 Sep 2005, at 10:27, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> > On 15/09/05, Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Baza,
> > > I don't get a, 'splash screen' when I'm sure breezy has one?
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-`uname -r`
> I get a message telling me I don't
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, baza wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:06 +0100, baza wrote:
> Bum, I spoke too soon. Still no splash screen... h.
Can you do a:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
just to make sure you still have all the required pieces of the jigsaw.
-Paul
--
The summer is
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Jane Silber wrote:
> I have about 700 Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) CDs available in our office in
> London (all x86).
Them on the basis that they can be used to install+upgrade to Breezy faster
than waiting for Breezy ship-it CDs.
-Paul
--
The autumn is bright and misty here
On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Ian Moffatt wrote:
Hello Ian,
> I currently have an iMac Rev C and a Tiny 1.2Ghz(?) Pentium thingy
> running Hoary
Excellent!
> Can I just download Breezy and update?
You can do that (it will detect when you insert the CD and ask if you would
like to upgrade); however i
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Shelley & Oren wrote:
Hi Oren,
> Have installed my Ubantu. Seem straight forward enough.
As you've noticed, Ubuntu is about making things more straight forward---and
more secure at the same time.
If you find you can't do an operation you'd like to do, use 'sudo' in front:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Shelley & Oren wrote:
Hello Oren,
> One thing I noticed was that Ubuntu showed my DVD-RAM drive (LG GSA-4160B)
> as a CD-ROM drive.
Logically, a DVD drive is just a very big CD. And the same goes for a DVD
burner---effectively a very large CD burner.
However, if this has m
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, David Andrew wrote:
> If I enable automatic login for one user and then timed login for another
> user say 2 minutes later would that work or could it cause problems?
Have you tried it!? :-)
That's nearly always the best way to find out and then you can tell us what
happend..
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, john levin wrote:
> Lug Radio Live 2006 Lug Radio Live, July 22nd and 23rd,
> http://www.lugradio.org/live/2006/index.php/Main_Page
> Is anybody interested in doing a Ubuntu stall,
I think that's an excellent idea! Though, as you say, it is /rather/ a long
way away---I wonder
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Tony Arnold wrote:
> For now, at least, my use of VoIP is likely to be quite exprimental and
> casual, so I probably don't need too many facny features.
You only need a [paid-for] VoIP supplier is you want to make calls to/from
normal PSTN phones. I use Sipgate from time to t
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, massotjoseph wrote:
> i have download this "ODIN v0.7 (3.5 ")" from www.freedos.org.
> Just after i copy this to my floppy dysk.
> "/home/massotjoseph/Desktop/odin0720.img".
You want to use a command like:
sudo dd if=/home/massotjoseph/Desktop/odin0720.img of=/dev/fd0
rat
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, William Amaral wrote:
> I can't mount my storage drive!!!
> mount: /dev/hdc1 already mounted or /media/storage busy
> if i boot back to my 2.6.12 kernel the drive mounts up just fine...
Does the drive now show up Serial-ATA (a SCSI device).
> i guess its a kernel patch thing.
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Andrew Golightly wrote:
> However, on disabling ICMP filtering, this problem goes away.
That's hardly surprising...
ICMP stands for "Internet *Control* Messaging Protocol" and funnily
enough stuff breaks when idiots^W people block it.
You seem to have found the answer on you
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Adrian Mitchell wrote:
Hello Adrian,
> I did attend a short (1 hour) session at last years Charityfair that was
> billed as an introduction to Linux for the voluntary sector - and used
> Ubuntu as it's example.
Do you have some more details on this, it sounds like the type o
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> Looks like this might be an Ubuntu slip-up - if I re-install Evolution
> and make it the default email app, and click on "mail" icon in an OO
> doc, then it opens up Evolution Composer window with the file as an
> attachment (albeit with a very st
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Alistair Crust wrote:
Hello Alistair,
> Hi I'm from a school in Lincolnshire [..] we are experimenting with
> edubuntu-dapper and trying to include Local Disk Access. This would be
> the "icing on the cake".
Oooh. Wow. Would you be willing to write a small article for:
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Hi Gordon,
> in Breezy there's no way to set another client in the "right-click
> send-to" context menu,
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-sendto/+filebug
> and even setting (say) Thunderbird as the preferred mail app in op
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, alex litvak wrote:
Hello Alex,
> thank you for your answers :)
I'm glad to hear you got it working! Ddi you have to do anything
special? And if you know what fixed it for you it would be really good to
get those changes into the Ubuntu release aswell so that the informatio
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Matthew Walster wrote:
> All I know is that mkinitramfs doesn't work, mkinitrd does, and the
> only difference between the two is one is for udev, one is for devfs.
The difference is much greater than this. 'initramfs' is about having a
very early filesystem, which is then
On Tue, 2 May 2006, Grant wrote:
Hello Grant,
Thanks for your post to 'ubuntu-uk', I think it brings up a very valid
point;
> Guys, Can we restrict the use of this mailing list to its original purpose
> that is promoting/localising ubuntu in the UK.
Localising and promoting Ubuntu is one of th
On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Tom Ranson wrote:
> I'm 99% sure that I am the *only* Linux user at my School; this taking
> into account all staff and students!
How many of them use Google on a daily basis?...
-Paul
--
High on a Spanish mountain, surrounded by howling dogs. Southampton, GB
--
u
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> mailto links in Web pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are
> selected as defaults - so WHY the option to specify other browsers and
> mail clients as default? can someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as
> a serious deficiency?
P
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, baza wrote:
> Hi, while trying to use myspace with firefox on Dapper the myspace
> videos show the message, flashplay 8 needed to view these.
Macromedia Flash is a proprietary, binary module (aka no source-code, no way
of fixing it or know what it does). Flash version 8 is no
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Grant wrote:
> I found this Does this work
> http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux&P3_Browser_Version=Netscape4
If you look at this page, you'll see:
Version: 7,0,63,0
^^^
which is the
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Steve Smith wrote:
> I'll be the proud owner of a Sony Ericsson W810i [phone]
> Anyone know if you could make it play OGG somehow?
It's Symbian OS, first hit on Google:
http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net/
-Paul
--
High on a Spanish mountain, surrounded by howli
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Steve Smith wrote:
> One of my friends has a 266MHz/64Mb mini laptop thingy. Has anyone
> tried Ubuntu (as in with Gnome) on something that low? How does it
> run? Would OpenOffice survive?
Sounds like an over-clocked Libretto, if so, where did the 64MB upgrade come
from? X
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, john levin wrote:
> Paul Sladen wrote:
Hello John,
> I'm running the ubuntu stall; have registered etc etc.
Do we CDs ordered?
-Paul
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Bill Smith wrote:
> Hamish wrote:
> > Since its Friday anyway...
> > http://www.ukuug.org/sysadminday/
> Excellent!
Yup, this went up on Ubuntu's The Fridge! /Premier source of Ubuntu news/
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/
Make sure you wish elmo, Znarl and Spads your thanks for
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, Matthew Saunders wrote:
> On 11/08/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Topokin,
Ubuntu, like other modern operating systems (such as Mac OSX), uses 'sudo'
for performing privileged ("root") tasks, when required
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Sean Miller wrote:
Hello Sean,
> Any ideas what I need to do to get my sound back. or do I just have to
> get used to the sound of silence?
What one normally does in this case is to file a bug report: ;-)
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+filebug
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Fredy Gumarus wrote:
Hello Fredy,
> I have a problem with my notebook [..] My Modem chipset using Conexant
> CX20549-12Z.
Can you please file a bug report at:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+filebug
and include the output of:
lspci
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Steve Smith wrote:
Hi Steve,
> I'm trying to boot a Dapper disc as a live CD on a dual PIII 800
> Compaq ProLiant ML350. It throws up:
> [4294669.909000] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
Can you please file a bug at:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Steve Smith wrote:
Hello Steve,
> I'm trying to get to the bottom of what GPG is and how it works.
'gpg' is a program called "GNU Privacy Guard", which can be installed using
Add/Remove programs or by and command-line:
sudo apt-get install gnupg
GPG uses encryption and fi
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Alan Helmore-Simpson wrote:
> On the theme of 'Powered by Ubuntu', I saw job advertisement today that
> specifically asked for someone with Ubuntu experience. Perhaps we should
> send the applicants a couple of stickers?
Alan: do you have a copy or scan of the article, I reck
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Alan Helmore-Simpson wrote:
> I have a couple of tablet PCs (Google for 'TC1100') they are sexy looking
> machines and I would like to bring them along to the show for demo machines
They should work out-of-the box. The wifi is ipw2100 and the pen input is a
wacom. The most
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Nik Butler wrote:
> Paul Sladen wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Alan Helmore-Simpson wrote:
> > > I have a couple of tablet PCs (Google for 'TC1100')
> > They should work out-of-the box. The wifi is ipw2100 and the pen input
> > is a
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> Specifically, where I can get my hand on the Dingbat font
$ fc-match -v Dingbats | grep file:
file: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d05l.pfb"(s)
Which is a PostScript Type 1 font file.
> so that I can copy
> it to another installation.
$ dpk
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Joseph Price wrote:
Hello Joseph,
> Check out the .fonts folder in your home directory.
This is where you install /custom/ fonts just for the use of one particular
user. As was stated in the original email to which you replied:
"the web point[s] me to .fonts in my home d
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> I'm having trouble with updating some packages,
> Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1) ...
> usage: update-rc.d ...
> dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit s
On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Stephen Garton wrote:
> On 10/2/06, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is anybody being brave and giving it a go? ;-)
> The only problems I have had with running it is Xchat crashes on the
> laptop every time I try to exit.
Please file a bug!
> I have also have issues wit
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, STONE COLD wrote:
> Ok People im still trying to get my MSI tv Anywhere plus to card to work
> with KDETV. Its connected through a Cable box. Ive tried the scanning
> options but nothing seems to ok..any ideas?
So, there's your options:
TV card[PAL TV]-> directly to ana
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, David Morley wrote:
> I have an old laptop that I am trying to get the sound to work on I
> have put snd_1688 in /etc/modules but when I do and lsmod it has not
Try doing:
sudo modprobe snd_1688
and then:
sudo dmesg | tail
Are there any error messages (such as, hardware
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, David Morley wrote:
> On 18/10/06, nik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jono Bacon wrote:
> > > We need an Ubuntu UK logo
> You have the Ubuntu sign in front of a capital U with a small k above
> the small buntu so that the U covers for UK and Ubuntu
Something like?
http://ww
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote:
> On 18/10/06, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, David Morley wrote:
> > > On 18/10/06, nik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > http://www.paul.sladen.org/ubuntu/uk/linux-for-human-brits-1
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Dave Murphy wrote:
> I've uploaded a new version with the strapline font changed
Link!
It's best to upload new versions with the different filename---making doing
comparisons and everyone knowing that they are looking at the /same/
variation, much easier.
-Paul
--
H
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Caroline Ford wrote:
> On 18/10/06, Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I thought about that for mine as well, but as Caroline pointed it's
> > outside of their guidelines.
I think everyone will be happy as long as any design is fairly 'sane'
> We want nice and neutral
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 11:10:21AM +0100, Nik Butler wrote:
> > "Your shell scheme stand measures 2m x 1.5m - and will have 2 black
> > chairs,
Wonder if we can borrow the three colourful chairs from the Ubuntu expo
kit; the harder probably is sneaking them
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 18/10/06, Joseph Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just thought a few of you might want to hear about "Feisty Fawn" ;)
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-October/000212.html
> Not the best scoop ever Joseph,
Well, I r
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Tony Arnold wrote:
> According to the contact details for Ubuntu-UK on the LinuxWorldExpo WEB
> the team's address is based in Stockport, Cheshire!
This is where Definite Software / UK Linux / Cheep Linux are based:
http://www.definitesoftware.com/
who are the people that
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Matthew Saunders wrote:
> How are things going choosing a logo etc? I am more than happy to
> print some A3 colour posters, and then ship them to someone
Amongst the various stuff accumulating at my house in London, I now have an
A3-sized encapsulator/laminator (and pouches).
nstead we found a Bdale,
Sledge, Maulkin and Matt Lee (of the FSF) for Pizza.
Now speaking of Jono, I did eventually locate him at 02:00, supporting the
bar in the Canonical hotel. Jono went off to bed and I've just back home.
> Paul Sladen for making them work
Ah, the tablet. I was pla
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Sean Miller wrote:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu
> Anybody know? [..] "either download or buy".
Ship IT is for shipping the LTS (Long Term Support) versions, because the
LTS version is where the /extra/ time, effort and polish has been spent.
Another advantage
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Nik Butler wrote:
> 3. We need to post a story to the Fridge and if we can locate one of
> those end of show piccies ( Laura ? Tony ? Alan(s) ?
Yes, yes, yes. Especially if somebody sends me the photos---and after that
if anyone has any extra time to note down the first 3 be
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Dave Murphy wrote:
> Paul Sladen wrote:
> > Yes, yes, yes. Especially if somebody sends me the photos---and after that
> > if anyone has any extra time to note down the first 3 best/worst moments of
> > the show I try to expand those to something better.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> I wonder if someone brighter than me could help this old codger. I
> installed Dapper on a new machine but the screen resolution was no
> better than 640x480 and with a 19" monitor it was like being at the
> pictures.
We try to probe the monitor to see
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Paul,
> The Nottingham Lug is having a LAN party / install fest in november
> Does anyone know a quick way of getting a hundred or so Edgy disks
> without using SHIP-IT or copying them myself?
Ship IT is basically going to concentrate on ship
On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, Ted Smith (F3 Web Site Administrator) wrote:
> the listings of the members has been moved from that page to
> https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk. [..] I am not listed?
https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk/+join
Noting that though, we also appear to have:
https://la
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Andy wrote:
> On 13/11/06, Albert Vilella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sun is announcing today that Java will be made available under version
> > 2 of the GPL in a webcast at 9:30 US/Pacific this morning.
> I am assuming 'PT' means pacific standard time?
$ date -d '09:30 P
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, alan c wrote:
> ] Alan Cox [..] filed a patent application [regarding] DRM.
> ] Upon detection of a violation of these terms, state information
> ] pertaining to the computer program is saved
> interesting times eh?
I haven't entirely worked out the stategy (just getting medi
On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Should I reboot my system after applying an upgrade to libc6?
> I imagine that every process on the system is probably using this
Ah yes, but the same can be achieved by restarting every process on the
system, but without actually rebooting. :)
Scott; say
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, alan c wrote:
> Tony Arnold wrote:
> > > added edubuntu-desktop. When edubuntu had served its purpose I removed
> > > edubuntu-desktop. [..] the (splash?) screen [..] still shows Edubuntu!
> > update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
> Hey! great - success! Thanks indeed
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> On 06/02/07, Stephen Garton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > London School of Puppetry wrote:
> > > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images
> > I've just been playing with "add/remove..." in the applications menu,
> > an
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> Can anyone help? I am in Ubuntu 6.10. The numbering function has gone
> erratic producing numbers of different sizes
Can you try to narrow down which "numbering function" is this. If the
computer is completely turned off, which steps (such as
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Benjamin Webb wrote:
> On 05/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Benjamin Webb wrote:
> > > Is there any "official" overal site for Linux in the UK?
> I have found http://linux.co.uk/ and http://www.linux.org.uk/,
Perhaps the best place to start, or to coordinat
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Martin Castle wrote:
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign
> this is a paste from the mail sent to me:
Like any sort of publicity campaign, chain letters are always better when
somebody writes from the heart, rather than copying and parroting another's
words.
> [..] beca
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, David M wrote:
Hello David,
> Re: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
(I've CC'ed Alex Sirota who is the developer of the 'ColorZilla' plugin).
> the eyedropper functionality would work once again, [with] libstdc++5
This package (the C++ standard library) provides sup
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Alex Sirota wrote:
Hello Alex,
Thanks for responding! BTW: The webpage for ColorZilla appears to have
disappeared and been replaced with your homepage (uploaded to the wrong
directory maybe?):
http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
> I'm still investigating why exactl
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Llywelyn Owen wrote:
Hello Llywelyn,
> I need to install the kernel source on my Dapper laptop, the Synaptic
> package manager shows v 2.4.27-12 is available for download.
kernel-source-* are legacy packages imported from Debian. You DON'T want
these.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote:
> > The follow up blog post adds a lot of information,
> she gave em, back, and was more worried about what else was on them,
For those who'd like to read it first (second) hand, the follow-up is:
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Chris Coulson wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Ken Robson
> > Ubuntu "an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that
> > runs off the Linux system."'
A pretty good description wouldn't you say. They just need the word
"free" in there.
> I don't know whether to laugh or cr
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
Ah ha! The famous Reeding near Sluff.
-Paul
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Sean Miller wrote:
> How supported is it with Ubuntu?
1. Insert dongle into USB port.
2. (one time only) Select United Kingdom->'3' (or Orange/T-mobile/etc)
3. Cruise the interweb.
4. Remove dongle.
Repeat Steps 1., 3. and 4. whenever bored.
The connection is as good as the
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Adam Funk wrote:
> I made the mistake of buying a Yuraku 1.5" digital photo-frame
The last one I came across only had something like 8MB of flash on it
anyway. However I couldn't find any results for searching for this name,
could you post the USB ID; output shown by:
lsus
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