[ubuntu-uk] Problem compiling libunity

2012-01-02 Thread Chris Wilson
27;d be most grateful if someone could please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] No sound in 12.04 Beta

2012-03-03 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello all. I wish to report the lack of sound in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta. I installed it via Wubi last night our time. Everything seems to work except the sound. For a blind person who relies on the use of Orca, I feel this should be addressed as a matter of urgency. Previous versions of Ubuntu I cou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-24 Thread Chris Penston
. So I would say to everyone involved 'keep calm and carry on!' The times are changing. Chris On 23/03/12 22:44, Alan Pope wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/03/12 22:11, scoundrel50a wrote: oooh and who took your dummy away... Actually my patience is som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

2012-06-01 Thread Chris Fox
It'll affect any motherboard manufacturers who want their boards to be 'Win8 certified'. In practice, the current spec requires it to be disableable from the boot menu. However, Joe Bloggs isn't going to be comfortable messing in the bios to install a non MS OS, and it's (in some people 's opinion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

2012-06-01 Thread Chris Fox
Unlikely, considering that (as I understand it) the option to disable UEFI and/or load other keys is listed as a requirement in the specification (for x86 at least). For ARM, this functionality won't be included on devices shipping with win8. So yeah it'll need to be hacked in order to install ano

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2012 17:05, kpb wrote: > Leaving the 21 GB restore partition is no hassle, I have > difficulty using more than about 5Gb for data, but my understanding > is no thinkvantage because of Grub, so no restore from hard drive? > > Cheers > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Chris Fox
've used in your HTML code is correctly pointing to the files you're trying to reference. In particular, take care of the file extensions - you've mentioned "index.html" but "gallery.htm" (no 'l'). Good luck, Chris -BEGIN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Fox
who posted to this list a few days ago trying to do the same thing - I hope it's a big success. Cheers, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Fox
ndard Microsoft key be present in the Ubuntu certification process". I'd rather be able to replace the pre-loaded MS key with Ubuntu's own, and install/run an entirely MS-free system if I wished. But I can understand the desire for it to "just work". Chris -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

[ubuntu-uk] A questionnaire on the papercuts project

2012-09-17 Thread Chris Wilson
evant section<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FutureOfThePapercutsProject#Ideas> . Thanks, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A questionnaire on the papercuts project

2012-09-17 Thread Chris Wilson
stead of the questionnaire. Thanks again for your support Ronnie. Your circulation will be a great help. Thanks, Chris On 17 September 2012 18:56, wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Is there a deadline for the questionnaire? Just asking as I could put a > link to your questionnaire in the next issue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A questionnaire on the papercuts project

2012-09-20 Thread Chris Wilson
Hi Ronnie, I've added a blurb to the top of the wiki page. Chris On 17 September 2012 20:59, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I've put the questionnaire URL on the FCM Fb/G+/Twitter pages, so > hopefully that'll get you some ideas. > > I'll certainly

[ubuntu-uk] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-18 Thread Chris Wilson
These are just some ideas I've had over the course of the weekend, and would welcome suggestions from anyone else. Again, I'd like to know if there would be at least a handful of people interested in attending before I organise this. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fsuk-manchester] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-19 Thread Chris Wilson
I'm pretty sure this will go ahead. Keep an eye on the Manchester Free Software and Ubuntu UK mailing lists for more info. Chris On 19 February 2013 09:19, Steffi Tinder wrote: > Hi! > > I would be interested but I'm not sure if I can make it. It would be on > the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fsuk-manchester] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-19 Thread Chris Wilson
#x27; event that we'll be able to take out time to organise properly. Sorry if I'd gotten anyone's hopes up :P On 19 February 2013 14:35, Chris Wilson wrote: > I'm pretty sure this will go ahead. Keep an eye on the Manchester Free > Software and Ubuntu UK mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: QA/ISO testing talk, demo or workshop at UCubed in Manchest on 21st April

2013-03-25 Thread Chris Wilson
hen that would be amazing. You're the expert here so I'll leave the content up to you, but if you plan for approximately two hours of teaching, then that'll be great. Thanks, Chris On 19 March 2013 23:50, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi good people, > > Sorry if this is posting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: QA/ISO testing talk, demo or workshop at UCubed in Manchest on 21st April

2013-03-25 Thread Chris Wilson
l keep you posted on that. And yes, there will be a projector and screen for you to use. Chris On 25 March 2013 14:34, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Sorry, > > I forgot to add, that if people want to pre-read the information that I > will be covering the classroom sessions were al

[ubuntu-uk] Anyone want to bring their expert knowledge of Ubuntu/Debian packaging to Manchester, UK on 21st April?

2013-03-25 Thread Chris Wilson
you a drink afterwards for your trouble :) Please let me know if anyone's interested in this. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone want to bring their expert knowledge of Ubuntu/Debian packaging to Manchester, UK on 21st April?

2013-03-28 Thread Chris Wilson
t; -- >> Tony Scott >> http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://wpuk.org >> >> >> On 25 March 2013 16:03, Tony Arnold wrote: >> > Chris, >> > >> > ucubed.info is still showing the 2012 dates! Will there be a programme >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

2013-08-23 Thread Chris Penston
ty it might generate. It would be difficult for a council cabinet to justify a pro MS stance when facts and figures have been produced that show the opposite. I have often thought that talking to trade unions might also be a route, though they are much less idealistic than they used to be. Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Data Center Infrastructure Migration Project

2014-02-03 Thread Chris Penston
You might also get some useful information here: http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Data_migration_strategies You need to register but it is free and based on the open source idea of sharing knowledge. Chris On 3 February 2014 18:27, Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 3 February 2014 18:13, Ramu I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04 and laptop battery life

2014-02-03 Thread Chris Penston
Out of interest, how long does it actually last in each case as opposed to what it says it does. Chris On 3 February 2014 14:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know whether 14.04 will fix the very short battery life > problem on laptops? > > Example -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

2014-04-22 Thread Chris Coulson
think. > > Cheers, > Al. > I hope it involves unicorns. How about, "Ubiquitous Unicorn"? :-) - Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing File/Folder permissions

2009-04-27 Thread Chris Bannister (Ubuntu)
ns when you mount the drive. sudo mount -t vfat /dev/ / -ouid=1000,gid=1000 or something similar, check "man mount" for more info/exact command. You can do something similar in /etc/fstab too, so you can have it happen automagically on boot. -- Chris Bannister email/msn/jabber: ch...@sud

Re: [ubuntu-uk] comprehensively messed up by updates

2009-03-09 Thread Chris Bannister (ubuntu mialing lists)
On 09/03/09 07:22, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I gotta tell you, this is worse than I thought. I set the update manager > to exclude "proprietary device drivers (restricted)" and allowed it to > download and install everything else, and it again totally screwed up > the machine, knocking out among othe

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