[ubuntu-uk] more things worth signing

2007-02-22 Thread baza
This one is worth signing. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog Cock, lock and ready to rock! +++ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] petitions

2007-02-22 Thread baza
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 00:32 +, ged byrom wrote: > I have signed a few of these petitions but a mate of mine has put me off > signing any more. I forwarded the vehicle tax and tracking one to him > and he said he had read it but hadn't signed it because the page was > wrote in a code that cou

[ubuntu-uk] gkismet deb

2007-02-23 Thread baza
Hi, does anyone know where I can get a deb of gkismet (the gui for kismet)? Thanks Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog Cock, lock and ready to rock! +++ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gkismet deb

2007-02-23 Thread baza
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 23:23 +, Caroline Ford wrote: > baza wrote: > > Hi, does anyone know where I can get a deb of gkismet (the gui for > > kismet)? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Baz > > > Kismet does come with a graphical interface -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gkismet deb

2007-02-23 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 00:05 +, baza wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 23:23 +, Caroline Ford wrote: > > baza wrote: > > > Hi, does anyone know where I can get a deb of gkismet (the gui for > > > kismet)? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another petition: Open Document Format

2007-02-24 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 22:32 +, Dean Sas wrote: > Greg Dash wrote: > > I really do question how effect these petitions are. Blair did after > > all ignore the opinion of 1.7million people over Road pricing :( > > > I fully agree, "They" ignored the 2million people who walked around > London pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] repository screwup!!!

2007-03-05 Thread Baza
On 5 Mar 2007, at 18:32, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > On 3/5/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> hi, >> i need some help. I accidentaly deleted some repositories and now >> im getting this error message.. and a constant little red box on >> the top toolbar ( informing me of an error).

[ubuntu-uk] bluetooth

2007-05-11 Thread baza
I've got myself a blue tooth dongle for my laptop. It's showing up on the 'hardware list', but I can't seem to get further. What packages do I need? Baz -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth

2007-05-11 Thread baza
Dave Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:48 +0100, baza wrote: >> I've got myself a blue tooth dongle for my laptop. It's showing up on >> the 'hardware list', but I can't seem to get further. >> >> What packages do I need? >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth

2007-05-11 Thread baza
Dave Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:48 +0100, baza wrote: >> I've got myself a blue tooth dongle for my laptop. It's showing up on >> the 'hardware list', but I can't seem to get further. >> >> What packages do I need? >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth

2007-05-11 Thread baza
David Morley wrote: > On 11/05/07, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dave Walker wrote: >>> On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:48 +0100, baza wrote: >>>> I've got myself a blue tooth dongle for my laptop. It's showing up on >>>> the 'hardware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth

2007-05-11 Thread baza
David Morley wrote: > When you plug in the bluetooth dongle is the bluetooth dialogue icon > appearing in the top bar? > > If so right click on it and double check the settings in preferences. > > After that reboot try it again but leave the dongle in, on reboot. > > Yeah, the bluetooth icon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Latitude 820

2007-05-14 Thread baza
Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:56:45 +0100 > Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm about to order a Dell Latitude D820 laptop and I will, of course, >> be putting Ubuntu on it! >> >> I'm wondering about support for some of the hardware. If anycone can >> confirm or othe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Latitude 820

2007-05-14 Thread baza
> > Do you have the same wireless card? And does that work? > > Regards, > Tony. Same WiFi card, yeah. Got it working with the rather buggy gnome network tool no problems. Baz -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] regarding for solution

2007-05-16 Thread baza
Chris Rowson wrote: >> Haha. 1 point for effort for getting other people to do your >> school/college/uni assignments - minus 10 points to everyone who has >> answered so far :) >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> > > I didn't think anyone else had noticed :-P > > Chris > I had: You have to admire her init

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Card for Feisty

2007-05-21 Thread baza
Robin Hall wrote: > I have installed ubuntu Feisty Fox on a fairly ancient Toshiba laptop. > I would now like to install a wireless card on it. So, could anybody > tell me which, if any, cards yield the minimum of grief when one > attempts to configure them to work with Ubuntu. > I run a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

2007-05-30 Thread baza
London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone help me? I was told that I had a wired connection, but then when > trying > to get onto any email account or google' the problem loading page > warning came up telling me that Firefox couldn't find the server. Is > there something incompatible here

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Format of mails on this list.

2007-06-10 Thread baza
Tony Arnold wrote: > Peter, > > Peter Lewis wrote: > >> This isn't in any way intended to be a gripe, but I was wondering what it is >> with the mails that come through on this list - very often the formatting is >> completely messed up. I've never experienced this on any other mailing list >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread baza
>> >> > > There was a recent Security Now podcast that explains this topic quite > well. It think it has been linked to before on this list, but here you > go anyway. http://media.grc.com/sn/SN-089.mp3 > > Happy listening, > > Steve > > What you have to remember is not to trust any security

Re: [ubuntu-uk] new user issues

2005-06-05 Thread Baza
compatibility issue. The slow speed looks like lack of RAM, try using a lighter desktop, i.e. not Gnome or KDE and see if that sorts it. As a rough rule, Ubuntu + Gnome needs 128meg minimum to run on. Baza - http://walkertopia.com -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: LoCo web service

2005-06-14 Thread Baza
happy to download and burn ISOs for people who are on dial-up. Baza - http://walkertopia.com -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reading FAT32 and NTFS

2005-07-14 Thread Baza
il my brain recalls from years back ( it was so different then ) Cheers, Stiks. Have a look at the 'howto' at www.ubuntuguide.org This is easy to follow and do, just cut and paste the commands. Works a treat. Baza - http://walkertopia.com -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New To Linux OS

2005-07-22 Thread Baza
even re-formatted my hard-drive to no avail... Does anyone have any suggestions?? Confused and dissapointed What processor do these Apples use? Are you using the right Ubuntu to match it? Baza - http://walkertopia.com Don't think, feel. -- ubuntu-uk ma

[ubuntu-uk] synaptic touchpad

2005-07-24 Thread baza
I've got Ubuntu 5.04 running on my Dell Inspiron 2200. It all seems ok, even got the wireless working. The only problem I have is the, 'tap' function of the touch pad is a bit rubbish, you have to virtually punch it to register a click. Anyone know how to improve this? Baza

[ubuntu-uk] i810 drivers in Breezy

2005-08-18 Thread baza
Hi, do any of you know what the situation is with the i810 driver in breezy? Last time I did a test install on my Dell Inspiron 2200, about four weeks ago, I was greeted by the dread Blank Screen, only got X11 to work by defaulting to the truly cruddy vesa driver. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing

[ubuntu-uk] kstars

2005-08-24 Thread baza
Hiya, anyone managed to get kstars working in hoary? Baza -- http://walkertopia.com skype: baza41 -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] kstars

2005-08-29 Thread Baza
On 27 Aug 2005, at 08:25, Ralph Corderoy wrote:Hi Baza, anyone managed to get kstars working in hoary?  Yep.  I just used Synaptic or `apt-get install kstars', can't rememberwhich, to install it and it appeared in the Applications -> Edutainmentmenu.    $ apt-show-versions -p kst

[ubuntu-uk] kstars issues

2005-08-30 Thread baza
stars kdeinit: Aborting. bind() failed: : Permission denied Could not bind to socket '/home/baza/.kde/socket-loki/kdeinit__0' KCrash: Application 'kstars' crashing... kdeinit: Aborting. bind() failed: : Permission denied Could not bind to socket '/home/baza/.kde/socket-lok

Re: [ubuntu-uk] kstars issues

2005-08-30 Thread baza
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 14:06 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Baza, > > > OK, here's the story so far. Installed kstars, it only works if I run > > it as root. If I do that next boot the ownership of .ICEauthority has > > to be changed from the failsafe terminal via c

[ubuntu-uk] How's ya badger looking?

2005-09-07 Thread baza
It's almost time to let the Badger out on an unsuspecting world. Question; does anyone know if the i810 chip / laptop screen problem is fixed? The last time I did a test run, about two months ago, I could only get the screen on my Dell Inspirion 2200 to work with VESA as the driver.

[ubuntu-uk] breezy

2005-09-15 Thread Baza
ello, I've took the plunge and upgraded to Breezy via dist-upgrade. It all works well, stable etc. Only thing is, I don't get a, 'splash screen' when I'm sure breezy has one? Any ideas why? Baza - http://walkertopia.com -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy

2005-09-15 Thread Baza
On 15 Sep 2005, at 10:27, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: On 15/09/05, Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ello, I've took the plunge and upgraded to Breezy via dist-upgrade. It all works well, stable etc. Only thing is, I don't get a, 'splash screen' when I'm sure breezy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:06 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Baza, > > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-`uname -r` > > > > I get a message telling me I don't have the package 'linux-image' ? > > Cut and paste what you typed and all the outpu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy preview and enabling usplash

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:36 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > 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, 'splas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy preview and enabling usplash

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:06 +0100, baza wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 11:36 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > > 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: > > &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy preview and enabling usplash

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:21 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > 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 > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy preview and enabling usplash

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:21 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > 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 > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy preview and enabling usplash

2005-09-15 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 15:17 +0100, baza wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:21 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > > 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. > > >

[ubuntu-uk] breezy: todays update caution

2005-09-16 Thread baza
Just a quick, 'heads up' for people using Breezy on laptops that use Broadcom chipsets in their wireless card. On my Dell Inspiron 2200 todays update broke my wireless connection. I had to remove and reinstall ndiswrapper to get it back up. Baza -- http://walkertopia.com sky

[ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question

2005-09-21 Thread baza
When my Breezy laptop, Dell Inspiron 2200, goes into standby mode for any length on time the wifi appears to stop working. Only a reboot gets the connection to my network back up. Is there any way I can turn on the wifi without having to reboot? Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] breezy wfi question

2005-09-22 Thread baza
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 09:01 +0100, David Little wrote: > baza wrote: > > >When my Breezy laptop, Dell Inspiron 2200, goes into standby mode for > >any length on time the wifi appears to stop working. Only a reboot gets > >the connection to my network back up. Is there a

[ubuntu-uk] boot splash gone

2005-09-30 Thread baza
Hi, after that large update yesterday my boot splash has gone. Anyone else had this happen to them? I'm using Breezy. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot splash gone

2005-10-01 Thread baza
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 08:04 +0100, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > On 01/10/05, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, after that large update yesterday my boot splash has gone. Anyone > > else had this happen to them? I'm using Breezy. > > Yes, it stopped working for

[ubuntu-uk] suspend you ram broke (breezy)

2005-10-03 Thread baza
The October 3 update seems to have broke suspend to RAM on my Inspiron 2200. It was working, 'out of the box' up til that point. Is anyone else finding this? Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suspend you ram broke (breezy)

2005-10-04 Thread Baza
a bug report. Weirdly it was working without me having to edit files. I just hit the, 'standby' button and it did. When asked by upgrade if I wanted to keep or replace I opted to keep my version of acpi-support. Baza - http://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse

2005-10-04 Thread Baza
On 29 Sep 2005, at 14:55, Joseph Galea wrote: I made a donation to Ubuntu. Please, I have a question. My mouse doesn't move. I only see the cursor but it doesn't move. Can you pls give me insructions on how to tackle this problem. Sorry for any inconvience. try sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver xorgThi

[ubuntu-uk] acpi suspend on breezy

2005-10-04 Thread baza
After being broke for a few days todays updates fixed suspend again on Inspiron laptops. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] mplayer

2005-10-07 Thread Baza
Hi, before I file a bug report can I just check it's not juts me having this problem. Is anyone else failing to play some video media clips with the mplayer for firefox? On the BBC site I can't play the news clips. Baza - http://walke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mplayer

2005-10-07 Thread Baza
On 7 Oct 2005, at 15:12, Baza wrote: Hi, before I file a bug report can I just check it's not juts me having this problem. Is anyone else failing to play some video media clips with the mplayer for firefox? On the BBC site I can't play the news clips. Baza I forgot to say,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mplayer

2005-10-07 Thread baza
plugin to hand it. This allows you to click the > link and then when the dialogue comes up ask it to open the file in > you desired application, I use totem. The problem I'm having is playing the video clips on the BBC news site, can anyone else view them? Baza -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] blueyonder debian sources public key?

2005-10-15 Thread baza
rs > > -ren > It just means the gpg key is not verified, the packages will install fine without this. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openoffice

2005-10-15 Thread baza
t to do? > > Nick > I've got OpenOffice 2 and it seems to have dictionary, though maybe this is because I was running OO1 under Hoary on this PC? Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Breezy

2005-10-16 Thread baza
d a go at sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver xorg? Sometimes that's all you need. Also, have a look at your xorg.conf file and see if you can spot the problem. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up

2005-11-08 Thread Baza
On 8 Nov 2005, at 19:09, Nick McMahon wrote:http://news.com.com/New+worm+targets+Linux +systems/2100-7349_3-5938475.html?part=rss&tag=5938475&subj=news Thanks for the heads up. Word Press have posted a note about this already.Baz -http://walkertopia.com--

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer

2005-11-17 Thread baza
#x27;s sent on joining. And there endeth the lesson :) I didn't read what this list was 'for' and thought it was for, 'Ubuntu chat' from people in the UK. Baza -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-04-30 Thread Baza
on my laptop and it seems fine, what problems are you finding?Baza-- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Baza
is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? -- Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] On line upgrade to 6.06

2006-06-04 Thread Baza
On 4 Jun 2006, at 17:30, Adrian McMenamin wrote: Is this possible? apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't do it anyway. Edit etc/apt/sources (think that's right) and change the word, 'breezy' for 'dapper'. The run, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt- get dist-upgrade. That will sort you out :)

[ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com

2006-06-17 Thread baza
Hi, while trying to use myspace with firefox on Dapper the myspace videos show the message, flashplay 8 needed to view these. I've clicked the, 'upgrade' link and done everything it says, but it's still not working. Ideas? Baz -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com

2006-06-17 Thread Baza
On 17 Jun 2006, at 23:57, Adrian McMenamin wrote: On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 22:47 +0100, baza wrote: Hi, while trying to use myspace with firefox on Dapper the myspace videos show the message, flashplay 8 needed to view these. I've clicked the, 'upgrade' link and done everythi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com

2006-06-17 Thread Baza
On 18 Jun 2006, at 00:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/06/06, Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ho, and indeed, hum. Have to use my iBook spose. Or you could: 1. Stop using MySpace. 2. Write to the site and complain about their use of Flash. If they are showing a video then there rea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com

2006-06-17 Thread Baza
On 18 Jun 2006, at 02:16, Paul Sladen wrote: 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: Root password

2006-08-11 Thread Baza
On 11 Aug 2006, at 14:33, Malcolm Alce-King wrote: > The password for Root is, whatever password you entered during > installation. > Not really. As others have said Ubuntu uses SUDO for admin tasks. If you want a root password you do. sudo passwd root and create one. hope that clears

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD playing

2006-09-06 Thread Baza
On 6 Sep 2006, at 16:55, Chadwick Longstaff wrote: > > julian wrote: > > > > > It strikes me as a issue that should be addressed to start to pull > > people away from Windoze. lots of windoze user will not use linux > if it > > can't play DVD without hassle. > Try http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Online Discussion Forum - To be or not to be?

2006-10-09 Thread Baza
On 9 Oct 2006, at 17:53, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Ted, > >> Personally, I prefer discussion forum layout much more than these >> e-mail distributions which often I find difficult to read. > > Please let's stick to email. Some of us are on dozens of mailing > lists > and can keep up with th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
Can't help with the 32/64bit question. Google? Baza - Site http://walkertopia.com Blog http://walkertopia.com/blog http://www.myspace.com/m14forever Skype baza41 - -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
as a .exe program on you'll need wine, even then, it may not work. If it's just video it'll play fine. Baza - Site http://walkertopia.com Blog http://walkertopia.com/blog http://www.myspace.com/m14forever Skype baza41 - -- u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:39, STONE COLD wrote: > nope, this is my first experience of tinkering around with command > lines and > all that! > > Previously ive only ever used windowsso you could say im a > newbie at > all this > > You

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:49, STONE COLD wrote: > Is this the only way to change it? is there not a simpler way for > this? > > >> F You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write to etc/X11/ Baza - Site

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
their laptop to play google videos, they were using XP. Baza - Site http://walkertopia.com Blog http://walkertopia.com/blog http://www.myspace.com/m14forever Skype baza41 - -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
t;> >>>> F >> >> You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write >> to etc/X11/ >> >> Baza >> >> Yeah, gedit is a graphical editor, like notepad on windows. You can reconfigure the X11 file using, if I reme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 21:12, STONE COLD wrote: > stilll if they could only make the automatic easier this would be a > lot more > appealing! > Have you tried using xine to play them? It's what I use on my Ubuntu laptop which has a very low spec gra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 21:26, STONE COLD wrote: > nope ill try and download that and use that ..fingers crossed! > You might need the win32 codecs too, check out the forum, there's a great link there for easy installing them. Baza - Site http://walkertopia.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
've got south Birmingham Linux User Group, and the Wolverhampton LUG. http://www.sb.lug.org.uk/ http://www.sb.lug.org.uk/ Both run really good email lists, they've saved me from going mad a thousand times :) Baza - Site http://walkertopia.com Blo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 21:39, David Morley wrote: > On 10/10/06, Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 10 Oct 2006, at 21:17, STONE COLD wrote: >> >>> im in birminghamso yeh maybe a LUG meeting might provide an >>> answer. >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Driving Test

2006-10-10 Thread Baza
On 10 Oct 2006, at 21:42, STONE COLD wrote: > what do i need the win32codecs for ? im sure i installed other > multimedia > codecs! > > Might need them if you want to play .wmv files. baza - Site http://walkertopia.com Blog http://walkertopi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux World PLanning stand clarification.

2006-10-18 Thread Baza
On 18 Oct 2006, at 15:37, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have nothing better to do than stand there for two days > > telling people how > > great the UK Ubuntu community is ;) > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > Did you not read Jono's blog about winky smileys? You're going to > y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Command line editing

2006-10-31 Thread baza
On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 16:00 +, 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. So I edited the xorg

[ubuntu-uk] flashplayer 7

2006-11-01 Thread baza
I'm getting annoyed at the number of websites that are 'failing' on Edgy because they want flashplay 7. What is the most up to date version for linux, I can't find anything above 5?. Any poss of FP7 coming out for us soon? Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog +

Re: [ubuntu-uk] flashplayer 7

2006-11-01 Thread baza
On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 12:17 -0600, Glenn J.Mason wrote: > On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:08:59 +0000, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting annoyed at the number of websites that are 'failing' on Edgy > > because they want flashplay 7. What is the most up to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] flashplayer 7

2006-11-01 Thread baza
On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 18:17 +, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > On 11/1/06, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting annoyed at the number of websites that are 'failing' on Edgy > > because they want flashplay 7. What is the most up to date version for >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] updating to edgy ...

2006-11-01 Thread baza
On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 12:56 +, tim matthews wrote: > here's an interesting link from Slashdot ... > > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/28/239258 > > meaning that something has gone wrong with updating from dapper to edgy. > > or not true? your experiences? > > I'm hoping to do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums)

2006-11-05 Thread baza
I hate top posting ;) On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 07:02 +, Ian wrote: > But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK. > > > > > > > > > > ---Original Message--- > > > > From: Sean Miller > > Date: 05/11/2006 05:10:03 > > To: British Ubuntu Talk > > S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Java runtime Environment and firefox?

2006-11-29 Thread baza
On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 20:55 +, alan c wrote: > I have installed JRE from a sun download binary and now can run from menu > internet>sun java web start > which opens a java application cache viewer > > However, I still do not seem to have firefox working with a site such as > http://www.saga.co

[ubuntu-uk] made me smile

2006-12-01 Thread baza
A 'crashed ad' on yahoo reported, The requested URL /adi/N530.Yahoouk/B2100089.2;sz=120x600;click=http://uk.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12qjf9r23/M=200087364.201296660.202601622.200752118/D=ukmail/S=150558259:CSKY/Y=UKIE/EXP=1165086858/A=200558511/R=0/*;ord=1165000458 was not found on this server. __

[ubuntu-uk] amazon

2006-12-06 Thread baza
Hi Ubuntu people. Has anyone had any problems getting the amazon.co.uk site to work with Firefox on Edgy? It seems not to like my password, which is the correct one (works with XP). Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog Cock, lock and ready to rock!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] amazon

2006-12-06 Thread baza
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 22:33 +, Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > On 12/6/06, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ubuntu people. > > > > Has anyone had any problems getting the amazon.co.uk site to work with > > Firefox on Edgy? It seems not to like my password, wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software compatability & modems

2006-12-07 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 09:02 +, tim wrote: > your email is somewhat vague. > > do you have a amd64 system? > > for routers, avoid the really cheapo stuff (like dlink, belink or other > X Chinese brands). people buy these routers and then they don't work > very well (like only allowing one vp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade

2006-12-13 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 00:05 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > James, > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:48:58 +, James Tait wrote: > > > > $ gksudo "update-manager -c -d" > > > > It certainly worked for me. > > I've never used the above, but how can I do the same thing remotely with > just an ssh termin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade

2006-12-13 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 00:36 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > Baz, > > baza wrote: > > > I did that without problems using the apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, > > apt-get dist-upgrade (twice the latter) and it worked fine. > > Thanks. When I'm feeling brave, I&

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kernel upgrade

2006-12-14 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 19:34 +, Keith Bowerman wrote: > On booting up Edgy a couple of hours ago I was advised that there were > 10 updates available to me, mainly upgrading the kernel. I dutifully > downloaded them and following the usual instructions rebooted the > machine, except that I coul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-16 Thread baza
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 15:05 +, Richard Downing wrote: > Dave Briggs wrote: > > Hi list > > > > Just got my broadband live, and there's a bit of a problem with it. > > Basically, I have got all my settings right in the modem interface, > > and it is working fine in my windows partition. > > >

[ubuntu-uk] printer problem

2006-12-16 Thread baza
Hi, can anyone advise me on a printer issue? I've got an HP Deskjet 3745 printer. It's detected as a 3740, which is ok, but when I try to print to it the printer info always reports 'job stopped', hitting 'resume' dose not get things moving. Any help welcome Baz -- +++ ht

[ubuntu-uk] World of Warcraft

2006-12-22 Thread baza
Hi, has anyone ever managed to get World of Warcraft running under Wine? Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog Cock, lock and ready to rock! +++ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] World of Warcraft

2006-12-23 Thread baza
On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 08:28 +, Nik Butler wrote: > Andrew Price wrote: > > On 23/12/06 02:32, baza wrote: > > > >> Hi, has anyone ever managed to get World of Warcraft running under Wine? > >> > Strangely I ran across this article on a Blog di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:14 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my first > email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! > > Couple of quick newbie questions: > > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting Windows Partition

2006-12-28 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:36 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Hi, me again guys. Sorry for bombarding the list like this... > > I want to mount my Windows partition so that I can copy all my photos > and music across. I found the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yhhcsp > and have followed 'Method 1' -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-05 Thread baza
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 22:07 +, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can someone help me I am new to Ubuntu- last night some information > appeared down in the right hand corner of the screen telling me about > a bug. The information ended up on the desktop and after a few hours > I deleted it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-05 Thread baza
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 22:39 +, London School of Puppetry wrote: > I'm trying to find him to put him back- how do I do it? There was a > dialogue- but I panicked and now I would like to put it back but how? > Office keeps crashing whenever I try to paste something into an email. > Caroline >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-06 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 18:16 +, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Well I have done what you suggest and it said that it is now installed > but the bubbling icon? hasn't appeared at the bottom of the screen- is > there something else I should do. AND can you tell me how to reinstall > Open Offic

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