Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP login authentication - WAS:Authenticating against Samba/NT 4.0 domain

2008-10-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 Oct 2008 at 15:52, Rob Beard wrote: > > Neil Greenwood wrote: > > 2008/10/15 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> As part of the change over from Windows XP to Ubuntu I'm trying to get > >> the Ubuntu machine to authenticate against a domain. > >> > >> At the moment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] more issues with 8.10

2008-11-02 Thread Tony Pursell
Am I the only one who is quick enough to remove the CD befor the tray closes? Or perhaps my DVD drive is a sjuggish mover! My classification for this bug is 'irritating'. The importance of fixing bugs like this quickly is to protect Ubuntu's reputation. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10

2008-11-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Nov 2008 at 19:53, John wrote: > > I posted earlier this afternoon about a problem, but not sure if it got > to you, so I will post it again, hopefully it will. Its the first time > I've posted on here. > > I tried to install 8.10 on my laptop but when the desktop tried to open, > it sti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Contacting Ubuntu UK through Launchpad

2008-11-30 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Ludovic On 30 Nov 2008 at 1:10, Ludovic Claude wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > Thanks for the clarification. I think that this new Launchpad > functionality needs lots of improvements, because I really was not aware > that I received stepheno2le's email because I'm a member of Ubuntu UK. > I'm raisin

[ubuntu-uk] (Fwd) Re: Contacting Ubuntu UK through Launchpad

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Pursell
dress'. Tony Pursell Tony Pursell wrote on 29/11/08 09:57: > > I think the mail from > > stepheno2le <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > came from the link in Launchpad (like this email is doing). The > problem with this is that it does not come from a mailing list, so any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless N routers

2008-12-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 Dec 2008 at 21:08, Simon Wears wrote: > Hey all! > > I've been thinking about what I'm going to do network-wise when I get home > from university, since I was the only one still using a wired connection in > the house, when I left they got a BT homehub so the house is now fully > wireless.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing desktop link

2009-02-04 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Dianne On 4 Feb 2009 at 10:45, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > I added a link on my desktop to my XP partition. Today the icon was > replaced with a link to the CD-Rom my son had left in when he shut down > XP last night. Removing the CD has got rid of that icon, but I haven't > got my XP link back.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanner recommendation?

2009-02-07 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Feb 2009 at 10:54, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 10:29 +, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/2/7 Tony Arnold : > > > Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced, readily available flat-bed > > > scanner (A4) that just works with Xsane on Intrepid? > > > > > > > I recently bought

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Linux Format have the Knoppix 6 cd this month

2009-02-28 Thread Tony Pursell
Rob I tried putting 8.04.2 on a 2gb Kingston DataTraveller (less than £3 from E-buyer - but not worth buying on their own due to the cost of delivery) and it didn't work. The boot failed. However 8.10 is fine. Tony On 28 Feb 2009 at 18:27, Rob Beard wrote: > > Ken Robson wrote: > > And Pou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Truly, a vanilla install

2009-03-14 Thread Tony Pursell
On 14 Mar 2009 at 7:23, Sean Miller wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Rowan Berkeley > wrote: > > Sounds good to me (but I can already hear Al thinking to himself, what a > > typical lazy windoze style solution, he'll never learn anything if he > > just uninstalls and re-installs en bl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server

2009-04-03 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Ian On 3 Apr 2009 at 22:12, Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Guys and Gals > > Some help please. > > Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's, > curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected > to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attac

[ubuntu-uk] Sound Input

2009-04-22 Thread Tony Pursell
my desktop as well. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get sound input working? Tony Pursell signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound Input

2009-04-24 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi mac On 23 Apr 2009 at 6:06, mac wrote: > > Tony Pursell wrote: > > I want to use the great new Netbook Remix on my EEEPC... > > ...the sound input just does not work, either > > using the built in mic or a plugged in mic. > > > Does anyone have any ideas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jaunty available

2009-04-24 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 Apr 2009 at 12:00, David King wrote: > > I am trying to download Ubuntu Netbook Remix, after having recently > bought an Asus Eee PC 901. I like Xandros (KDE mode), but its system > space is so limited that I cannot do much with it. > > The UNR looks better in its design in easy mode tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jaunty available / USB flash

2009-04-24 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi David It's a pity UNR is only available as an image. The image writer just dd's the data to the USB. The USB startup disk creator is more clever because when it copies an iso you can also have a persistent storage area on the stick. I did a lot of testing on my EEEPC with the Beta, the RC an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jaunty available

2009-04-25 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Dave To see the available wi-fi networks, I just click on the wi-fi icon, top right between the battery icon and the sound volume icon. Then select the one to connect to. Tony On 25 Apr 2009 at 11:29, David King wrote: > > In regards to wi fi, when using UNR 9.04 on my Asus Eee PC 901, h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-28 Thread Tony Pursell
On 28 Apr 2009 at 11:08, Rob Beard wrote: > > Seif Attar wrote: > > I have a laptop with an ATI 200m xpress video card, I tried upgrading to > > Jaunty, but before the upgrade I got a message the my hardware will not > > work on Jaunty (I had mixed feelings of disappointment and happiness > > that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu

2009-05-04 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all A clip of the Ubuntu download can be seen at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/enhancedmobile/programmes/click/8028913 .stm No need for iPlayer, unless you want to see the whole program. Further clips of this program are at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm Tony

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Converting 9.04 Remix from USB key to DVD?

2009-05-06 Thread Tony Pursell
Yes.  Go to https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/69754 Steven Susbauer's (aka stupendoussteve's) method works a charm. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade vs Reinstall

2009-05-12 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I have upgraded all the way from Warty to Jaunty with no problems due to the upgrade process going wrong. Cheers Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microphone on Toshiba L40 laptop Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-14 Thread Tony Pursell
Try this Right click on the volume control icon (top right) and select 'Open volume control' Click on Preferences. Is 'Capture' ticked? If not, tick it. Go to the 'Recording' tab. Make sure the volume is turned up on Capture and microphone symbol does not have an 'x' on it (click it to remove

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microphone on Toshiba L40 laptop Ubuntu 9.04

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 17:35 +0100, Gordon wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > Try this > > > > Right click on the volume control icon (top right) and select 'Open > > volume control' > > > > Click on Preferences. Is 'Capture' ticked? If n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-23 Thread Tony Pursell
I have found that webcams sometimes work and sometimes don't. You want to find something that will work with Skype, Cheese and SANE (to name just a few apps). SANE, for instance, is very fussy and only works (AFAIK) 'out of the box' with UVC (USB video class) compliant webcams. None of the 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thomson router TG585v7 set up

2009-05-23 Thread Tony Pursell
On 23 May 2009 at 18:53, norman wrote: > > My current router is about to die and I have a router supplied by my ISP > which I have been trying to set up. I have followed all the available > instructions but the end result is that I cannot make contact to the web > set up. I enter the address sup

Re: [ubuntu-uk] burning discs in virtual machines

2009-06-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 4 Jun 2009 at 0:11, Farran Lee wrote: > > so I've got it all working so far... the only problem is, the .iso I > need to burn is in a virtual machine; specifically ubuntu 9.10 i386 in > VirtualBox. How can I burn discs in it? Is there something special I > need to install? > Thanks :) > ==

Re: [ubuntu-uk] burning discs in virtual machines

2009-06-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 4 Jun 2009 at 0:38, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/6/4 Tony Pursell : > > You should be able to access the host machine's CD/DVD writer from > > within VirtualBox. On the Details tab, double click CD/DVD-ROM and > > then select Host CD/DVD Drive.  Checking 'Enable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canon lbp-1120

2009-06-07 Thread Tony Pursell
Kris Douglas wrote: > 2009/6/7 Farran Lee : > >> well I'm very sorry everyone to bring this up and I'm sure several of >> you saw the subject and groaned... >> I've hunted around and no one seems to be able to make this printer >> reliably work. Some people have said just do this this and this a

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

2009-06-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On 11 Jun 2009 at 20:33, doug livesey wrote: > Surely that can't be right? > I'm running Jaunty on a Macbook 3,1 w/ 2gig RAM -- hardly the most recent > machine, but still! > This isn't a one-off, though -- copying to this drive is always slow > (currently 3.2 MB/Sec). > Is there something I'm not

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

2009-06-12 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Jun 2009 at 14:33, Sean Miller wrote: > > Having read the news piece properly I'm now of the view that it's a > cynical move to pass the responsibility for bundling the browser to > somebody else. > > Perhaps we should campaign to try to shame OEMs into bundling two or > three browsers ont

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

2009-06-12 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Jun 2009 at 18:30, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 12 Jun 2009 at 14:33, Sean Miller wrote: > > > > > Having read the news piece properly I'm now of the view that it's a > > cynical move to pass the responsibility for bundling the browser to > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] first edition

2009-06-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 19 Jun 2009 at 11:28, Tony Travis wrote: > > Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote: > > On 18 Jun at 21:15, norman wrote: > > > >> Searching through some old CDs I came across Ubuntu 4.10. Is this a > >> record? > > > > Only if it is made of vinyl or, even, shellac. > > Hello, Tim. > > Norman beats me -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image pendrive problems

2009-06-22 Thread Tony Pursell
On 22 Jun 2009 at 12:11, Lucy wrote: > > 2009/6/22 Tim Dobson : > > The specific error message reads "The Installation CD-ROM could not be > > mounted. This probably means that the CD-ROM was not in the drive. If so > > you can insert it and try again" > > (and it then asks you whether you'd like

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tonido

2009-07-05 Thread Tony Pursell
On 5 Jul 2009 at 12:25, Rob Beard wrote: > > mac wrote: > > I guess some of you will have looked at this: > > > > http://www.tonido.com/ > > > > It says its GPL; but I can't see where they provide the source code. > > What do you reckon? > > > > mac > > > Well I had a look at their site, can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualBox

2009-07-05 Thread Tony Pursell
On 5 Jul 2009 at 19:19, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > > They have a very comprehensive manual on their website in pdf form. > > I've found it clearly describes every configuration option I've > > needed. > > I have looked at the manual but I cannot find an answer to my problem so > perhaps yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Tony Pursell
I have to disagree. Linux (I mean Ubuntu, of course) IS as friendly a Windows. Many things go wrong and are difficult under Windows. Word always crashes first time I use it - OpenOffice.org never does. I find a lot of hardware 'just works' under Ubuntu without the tiresome 'found new hardwar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

2009-07-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 Jul 2009 at 0:02, Wulfy wrote: > > My printer died so I bought a new one. It's a Canon PIXMA iP2500. My > Kubuntu Jaunty set-up recognises the printer and correctly identifies > it, but it refuses to talk to it. Requesting a test page causes the > lights to flash but no page to appear

Re: [ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome

2009-07-15 Thread Tony Pursell
On 15 Jul 2009 at 9:08, Rob Beard wrote: > > Paul Sutton wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi > > > > I just tried on 8.10 to remove evolution but synaptic told me it would > > also remove gnome and gnome desktop environment, why would this happen, > > when i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pop up window too long......

2009-07-18 Thread Tony Pursell
On 18 Jul 2009 at 1:24, John Matthews wrote: > > I have a program that needs to use a pop up window to transfer folders > to my Gallery from nautilus. The pop up window is too long, and I cannot > get to all of the files in it. Is there any way I can get it so that the > pop up window fits and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

2009-08-13 Thread Tony Pursell
On 12 Aug 2009 at 18:20, Harry Rickards wrote: > Thought this might be of interest... > > - Original Message > Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales > This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents > and how very dumb it all is. > It all dow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Movie Editor

2009-08-29 Thread Tony Pursell
On 29 Aug 2009 at 10:32, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Has anyone else tried this? I have just installed it from the repos. and > attempted to make a very simple music video for upload to YouTube. I > used a still jpg for the video and attempted to use an mp3 audio file, > then an ogg version of the s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Tony Pursell
My wife's Vodaphone dongle just works when I plug it into my EEEPC running Jaunty 9.04. We bought it about six months ago and still have £12 of the inclusive £15 left. In Windows you get a desktop app which gives you information about useage, connection speed, etc, which you don't get in Lin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Organising, searching and emailing

2009-09-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 Sep 2009 at 21:03, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > A spreadsheet would let me keep a list, as I've heard that OO Base > doesn't export well to Access, and I'm not very good with Base anyway. > > I could use Evolution contacts and categories, but would this export to > anything? > Don't forget t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cups Error 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'

2009-09-26 Thread Tony Pursell
On 26 Sep 2009 at 16:15, Liam Wilson wrote: > > Hey all; > I've just bought myself a new Kodak ESP 3 all in one printer, and > upon opening the printer configuration Dialogue to see if there are > drivers available for it, I find the 'New' button is grayed out. I then > went to Server -> Co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Tony Pursell
On 30 Sep 2009 at 11:09, Rob Beard wrote: > > Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > > > Sean Miller wrote: > > > >> Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > >> > >> Any wireless issues I should know about? > >> > >> > > > > I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptop batteries

2009-10-18 Thread Tony Pursell
On 11 Oct 2009 at 10:04, mac wrote: > > Ron Rhodes wrote: > > I used http://www.budgetbatteries.co.uk/ some time ago, no problems, > > would use again if needed. > > HTH Ron > > Thanks Ron - just the kind of recommendation I hoped for! :-) > > mac > Just to let you all know. I got a new batt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Pursell
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote: > > > That page got right up my nose > > -- > Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a > "television programme". Use of the word 'program' for computer program was in a book I used to have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-24 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 Oct 2009 at 10:50, Jon Reynolds wrote: > > Am I thinking about this wrong or is it true that using a live CD, one > can just boot into the live environment and then mount the host > computer's hard drive and browse its contents. Isn't that a really bad > security issue? > > Jon Reynolds >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Dell Mini 10

2009-11-01 Thread Tony Pursell
Or you can look at: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/processors/202845/intel-atom and http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-cpu,1947-3.html BTW, TDP is Thermal Design Power. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_Design_Power Tony On 1 Nov 2009 at 10:22, Neil Perry wrote: > Only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Nov 2009 at 8:13, Philip Stubbs wrote: > > 2009/11/3 Sean Miller : > > Maybe it is time to ask the question again -- is the 6-month cycle too > > ambitious? > > > > Sean > > There will never be a 'one size fits all' If six months is too fast > for someone, then they should use only LTS rele

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Nov 2009 at 17:47, Alan Bell wrote: > > an upgrade advisor is an excellent idea, in fact a hardware testing tool > that scans PCI and USB bus and summarises the level of support for each > item by looking it up on the web would be an excellent tool. Thinking > about it there is no reason why

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Nov 2009 at 18:21, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/11/3 Alan Bell : > > an upgrade advisor is an excellent idea, in fact a hardware testing tool > > that scans PCI and USB bus and summarises the level of support for each > > item by looking it up on the web would be an excellent tool. Thinking > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 Nov 2009 at 22:34, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/11/3 Tony Pursell : > > Once done, is this sort of ugrade useable?  To test if the upgrade > > works on the target machine? Then committed or rolled back?  Or > > can it just be rolled back if someway into the upgrad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What webcam?

2009-11-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On 11 Nov 2009 at 16:54, keith wrote: > > Hello. > > I want to wipe XP from my hard drive, but the only thing which is > preventing me is that I can't get my 6 year old Logitech Quickcam Chat > webcam to work very well in Ubuntu (9.04 or 9.10), with aMSN. The camera > works well in WindowsXP, u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2009-11-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On 16 Nov 2009 at 9:17, JONATHAN TAYLOR wrote: > > Can anyone remind me of the location of the ppd file for Canon printers (for > the pixma4600) > Someone kindly put the address up a few weeks ago, but I was ill and didn't > get round to downloading it. > I did try the Canon website but the file

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Struggling with GRUB 2 error

2009-12-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On 1 Dec 2009 at 23:19, Kris Douglas wrote: > > Hello everyone, I'm struggling with an installation of Ubuntu Karmic > on my netbook. > > After an update, I switched my machine off and left it till the > morning, when I went to boot it up, it sat on "loading grub.." for a > while, and then proce

[ubuntu-uk] Finding space on EEEPC

2009-12-14 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I'm looking for some advice on how I might get some free space on my EEEPC. Its the original model with a 4GB SSD and I also have a 4GB SD card. I put UNR (9.04) on it in May/June and haven't added to many extras. I'm sure back then I had about 1GB free. The problem is that I seem to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changed properties now can't mount NTFS Partition

2009-12-16 Thread Tony Pursell
When last in Windows, did you just Hibernate? You cannot do a normal mount, if you did (although I think you can do a forced mount) Tony Jon Spriggs wrote: > > Have you made sure you've got a directory in /Media called Data? > > You'll probably find that you don't have even have a directory cal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Open Office 3.1 into 9.04

2009-12-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On 16 Dec 2009 at 22:22, Nigel Verity wrote: > > There is indeed a deb file available on the OpenOffice.org site. I've > noticed, though, that when you install it on some hardware you have to apply > scaling down to the minimum 80% setting to get menu text that's not > ridiculously large. I d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] still having problems with Canon printer.

2010-01-07 Thread Tony Pursell
On 7 Jan 2010 at 22:21, Jon Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I installed a canon ip4600 on my mum's Ubuntu Karmic pc, it's a > fairly new machine (having been bought 2-3 months ago from Scan) and it > get's updated regularly. We still get problems with the printer though, some > days it works, an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Possible Training Events

2010-01-17 Thread Tony Pursell
On 17 Jan 2010 at 10:02, alan c wrote: > Apart from ignorance, even sheer prejudice, there is strong inertia to > continue with their existing OS whatever it is. > > There is, surprising to me, little motivation for many people I know, > to move from Windows. However, as Ubuntu gains more coverag

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new printer

2010-01-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On 20 Jan 2010 at 16:45, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > I need to buy a new laser printer and am wondering whether to get a > wireless or network one. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and there are 4 > computers which will need to access the printer. I understand that HP > equipment is Linux friendly and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread Tony Pursell
On 31 Jan 2010 at 14:58, Nigel Verity wrote: > > Hi > > It's got to be a good thing to spread the word about Ubuntu 10.4 as far and > wide as is possible, especially since it is an LTS version. I do think, > however, that the message needs to be targeted. > > I often go to meetings where I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu article on the "Official Windows Magazine" site

2010-01-31 Thread Tony Pursell
On 31 Jan 2010 at 16:08, Rob Beard wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I've been searching for details of how many applications there are in > the Ubuntu repositories for Ubuntu 9.10 and came across this... > > http://www.officialwindowsmagazine.com/05582469247815633134/must-have-software-applications-for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing on a USB drive

2010-02-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Feb 2010 at 13:28, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > On 2 February 2010 13:20, Rob Beard wrote: > > > > Does it install Grub on the USB drive bootloader? > > > > Rob > > > > It does if you tell it to. :) > > At this point: > http://www.23hq.com/23666/2589704_71fcf7da2c7eb3cf8c9b085bc69889c4

[ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?

2010-02-07 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I'm hoping that when I upgrade from Karmic to Lucid I will get full Video + Audio chat in Empathy with MSN Messenger clients. Currently, when my bother in Aberdeen (I am in S Wales) comes on-line I have to type him a message and say I'll see him soon when I get re-booted into Windows. But

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?

2010-02-08 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi Jamie On 8 Feb 2010 at 17:45, Jamie Bennett wrote: > > On 7 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I'm hoping that when I upgrade from Karmic to Lucid I will get full > > Video + Audio chat in Empathy with MSN Messenger clients. &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't find website to close it

2010-02-13 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi On 13 Feb 2010 at 10:27, red wrote: > > When I turn my Internet on I get to listen to my fav radio station what > is great! > Until I want to turn it off, as I can't find it. Nor when I minimize > any windows they disappear. > > Any idea's Geeks? > > I run unbuntu > > -- > ubuntu-uk@li

[ubuntu-uk] Digital Exclusion (was Alex (laptop, not person))

2010-02-19 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all Any product like Alex aims at those who don't use, or won't use, computers. However, the problems of bringing these peple into main stream computer use are far more complex. Have a look at http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/understandi ngdigitalexclusion (Sorry if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alex (laptop, not person)

2010-02-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On 19 Feb 2010 at 18:51, James Milligan wrote: > > On 19/02/2010 18:37, Rob Beard wrote: > > I wonder what the underlying distro is, and if they will release the > > interface under an open source license? > > > > Rob > > > Somehow I doubt it: > http://www.welcometoalex.com/page/alextermandc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB NAS adapter samba connection

2010-03-05 Thread Tony Pursell
How about http://www.addonics.com/products/nas/nasu2.asp which I found with a quick Google - that says Linux 2.6.x and above is OK. Tony On 5 Mar 2010 at 15:53, Tommy Pyatt wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been trying to use my old Eee PC 701 as a server on my home network for > data on a 1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4

2010-04-09 Thread Tony Pursell
On 9 Apr 2010 at 17:24, Dave Smith wrote: > I would like to use Orange and they say the dongle does not support > Linux. My wife's got a Vodaphone dongle which works OK on my Ubuntu powered EEEPC. I think the 'does not support Linux' comes mainly from the bundled Windows app that comes with th

[ubuntu-uk] Cannot boot after upgrade to Lucid

2010-05-03 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I have posted the following bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/573776 but got no response yet so I wonder if anyone on the list can help me? It seems that the only way I can get at my partitions is by using my USB stick. So I can pull of log files, etc and modify

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot boot after upgrade to Lucid

2010-05-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 May 2010 at 18:47, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 18:34 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have posted the following bug > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/573776 > > > > but got no re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cannot boot after upgrade to Lucid

2010-05-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On 3 May 2010 at 20:25, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 19:13 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 3 May 2010 at 18:47, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 18:34 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > Hi all > &

[ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-19 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi All I know I have asked about this before, but I am becoming desperate. Since I upgraded my desktop from Karmic to Lucid I cannot boot into Ubuntu. I have been trying all sorts of things without any success.  I have a bug [1] that has not received any attention. I now know th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On 20 May 2010 at 9:55, Tony Travis wrote: > On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > > [...] > > Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any > > suggestions. > > Hello, Tony. > > Have you tried "acpi=off" on the kernel comm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On 20 May 2010 at 18:13, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 20 May 2010 at 9:55, Tony Travis wrote: > > > On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > [...] > > > Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any > > > suggestions. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

2010-05-24 Thread Tony Pursell
On 24 May 2010 at 9:39, javadayaz wrote: > has anyone used a wireless keyboard and mouse with this? Yes. I have a wireless keyboard with built in track pad for my Revo. Works *quite* well. Far from perfect though. Loses characters if you don't type very methodically and the trackpad is very s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting minutes

2010-06-05 Thread Tony Pursell
On 5 Jun 2010 at 13:50, pmgazz wrote: > > > Details of an Ubuntu-UK/Canonical event in London on the 13th July > > focussed on Ubuntu in Business. . . . > > > Exhibiting at non-tech events, such as car boot sales and goat festivals (there is a link to that but you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia card turned off

2010-06-06 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 17:33 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > On 06/06/10 17:19, John Stevenson wrote: > > > > If you are still having a problem, then it only confirms your > > configs were updated. Have you restarted your desktop, you can do > > that by login out and loging back in again. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and Flash

2010-06-11 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 09:38 +0100, Byte Soup wrote: > Hi Mark > > On 9 June 2010 20:13, Mark Fraser > wrote: > Just tried watching Jono's stream on my wife's computer using > Firefox. For some reason although the video works fine, I get > an 'install flash' icon where the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loss of scanner .....

2010-07-22 Thread Tony Pursell
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 13:16 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 08:31 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > > > I could be wrong but it sounds to me like it needs a driver building for > > the specific kernel (maybe as a module) and it compiles it for the > > running kernel, when your kernel i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] blooper: overwrote /usr/share/bin ?

2010-07-26 Thread Tony Pursell
On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 16:25 +0100, ByteSoup wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I issued a silly command just now > > sudo cp /usr/share/bin > > Missing the trailing "/" and now instead of the directory > /usr/share/bin, i have a file called "bin". Now is this as I suspect > trashed the directory, or was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Deskjet 2600

2010-07-27 Thread Tony Pursell
On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:42 +0100, John Levin wrote: > Hey all, > > has anyone got an HP Deskjet 2600 working with Ubuntu? Mine is detected, > but isn't printing. > > According to a bug report: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/588081 > there is a fix (by choosing hplips-cups driver) but I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Deskjet 2600

2010-08-06 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 13:13 +0100, John Levin wrote: > On 27/07/2010 16:35, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:42 +0100, John Levin wrote: > >> Hey all, > >> > >> has anyone got an HP Deskjet 2600 working with Ubuntu? Mine is detected, > >&g

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

2010-08-07 Thread Tony Pursell
I'm top posting out of spite and because I'm fed up with these discussions. No sooner has the same topic on the ubuntu-users list fizzled out (after dozens of unneeded emails) but I have got it back on the ubuntu-uk list. Thank heavens I have a Delete key and index finger poised over it to get ri

[ubuntu-uk] Is this the new battle ground - energy saving?

2010-08-27 Thread Tony Pursell
Hi all I came across this: http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2268816/exclusive-microsoft-opens Is there any evidence of how Ubuntu performs in this respect? My own evidence is very anecdotal. When I'm booted into XP, I get more 'hair dryer noise' (i.e when the fan speed is ram

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disk Rescue!

2010-08-30 Thread Tony Pursell
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 16:21 +0100, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: > I'll try to be sucinct as possible, but also explain as fully as I can. > > Booting up, I get the grub menu. Choosing any of the 4ish(?) Ubuntu > choices (exept restore versions) results in hung system. Choosing XP > results in hun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-08-31 Thread Tony Pursell
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 23:26 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 31 August 2010 23:18, Yorvyk wrote: > > Is there a good reason why we are the UK and not GB team? > > > > We cover mainland England/Scotland/Wales and Ulster. If we were GB > then we wouldn't cover Ulster. > > Since the Ubuntu-UK LoCo was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-09-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 23:20 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Quite confused... I thought that the TLD for our country was UK? > Please correct me if I'm wrong... I shall search out a .co.gb domain > or a .org.gb or a .gov.gb > > Ukraine doesn't even come into it... > > Sean > UK for Ukraine is wrong

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot splash screen - Ubuntu 10.04, grub 2

2010-09-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 11:26 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. > Every time there's a kernel update I get a new entry in the grub 2 boot > screen > I am very confused on how to edit this new version of Grub - in the old > days I just edited menu.1st fil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-09-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 20:52 +0100, David D Lowe wrote: > On 01/09/10 23:52, Tony Pursell wrote: > > UK for Ukraine is wrong! > > > I think there's a misunderstanding. This is what is how I classify things: > > UK: United Kingdom (the country) > uk: Ukrainian (the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does a hard shutdown actually damage anything?

2010-09-03 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 10:03 +0100, Steve Fisher wrote: > On 3 September 2010 09:50, Rowan Berkeley > wrote: > Hi, > > Once again I lost my shutdown function; not only did shutdown > vanish > from my main menu, but when I added the Session Indicator >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 18:13 +0100, Steve Fisher wrote: > Well that answers part of it, but not why mine still works, 64bit > browser (Chromium) and iPlayer works fine. > > > Steve It seems that what you cannot do is download programs because that needs Air and Air does not install on Lucid. I.e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 18:21 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > flash doesn't work properly at all on mine, how did you get it to > work? > > On 16 September 2010 18:19, Tony Pursell > wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 18:13 +0100, Steve Fisher wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread Tony Pursell
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 13:57 +0100, Melv Bailey wrote: > Just seen Alan Bell's post and he has mentioned something no one else > has, there is meant to be a failsafe X in low res mode. I didnt know > that and have not in 4 years seen that mentioned before. Has anyone > else ever seen Ubuntu boo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire

2010-10-15 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 23:11 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Only in the same way as you. Jabber and video isn't that well > integrated as yet and there isn't a dedicated client that does that > apart from maybe Google Talk. > > Simon > > > On 15 Oct 2010 22:18, "Chris Rowson" > > wrote: > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire

2010-10-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 18:16 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Jon Spriggs wrote: > > On 16 October 2010 00:47, Tony Pursell wrote: > >> On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 23:11 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >>> Only in the same way as you. Ja

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-16 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 08:33 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 13:15 +0100, Jim Price wrote: > > On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: > > > I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as > > > far as I can tell. > > > > I'm the other side of the mou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-19 Thread Tony Pursell
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 16:54 +0100, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi > The scenario is as follow: > 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin > 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you > can NOT reset it >

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