Re: [ubuntu-uk] graphics problem on Ubuntu 8.04 Dell laptop
Christopher Swift wrote: Alan C, it was preinstalled by Dell, probably OEM so I doubt that they used the safe graphics mode. My sister has the same issue regarding Penguin Racer. I too have disabled Compiz on her laptop which is an Acer (do not the model) btw. An old one at least 2yrs+. The only way for me too was a hard reboot, not even Ctrl Alt Backspace would get a response. I hope that you get your answer soon though David so I can pass it on ;) The safe graphics comment was specific to using one of the live CDs, not an install. I have several machines which work ok with 8.10, for example with the live CD, however, the display on them does not start at all in normal live CD mode. The initial boot menu from the Live CD includes (F4 I think) a choice of using what it calls safe graphics. My suggestion of live CD was to help to show if the obvious fault the OP had was hardware or software related. A working live CD would enable a conclusion that the hardware was ok. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Anyway, I'm not taken with Xandros, and I'm going to be supporting this little beast. What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use Ubuntu-Eeee on my 701 http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ Based on the 8.04 LTS, it's go the netbook interface - nice big icons etc - which suit my v. small 7 display. Hardware all works fine. Other eee remixes: eeexubuntu: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home based on xubuntu (xfce desktop) and 7.10 eeebuntu: http://www.eeebuntu.org/ based on 8.10 If anyone knows of any other ubuntu-based eee-specific distros, please add to this thread, and I'll post them on the wiki derivatives page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] graphics problem on Ubuntu 8.04 Dell laptop
I have an Inspiron 1525 and have had no problems with it in terms of graphics. Just some problems using the second earphone slot in Intrepid due to a bug with something in Ubuntu (don't know if it's been reported or how to do so as I'm not sure which program has a problem). Anyhow, I could test Penguin Planet Racer on it and report back (bearing in mind I'm using Intrepid and not Hardy) if you'd like. 2009/1/3 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com: Christopher Swift wrote: Alan C, it was preinstalled by Dell, probably OEM so I doubt that they used the safe graphics mode. My sister has the same issue regarding Penguin Racer. I too have disabled Compiz on her laptop which is an Acer (do not the model) btw. An old one at least 2yrs+. The only way for me too was a hard reboot, not even Ctrl Alt Backspace would get a response. I hope that you get your answer soon though David so I can pass it on ;) The safe graphics comment was specific to using one of the live CDs, not an install. I have several machines which work ok with 8.10, for example with the live CD, however, the display on them does not start at all in normal live CD mode. The initial boot menu from the Live CD includes (F4 I think) a choice of using what it calls safe graphics. My suggestion of live CD was to help to show if the obvious fault the OP had was hardware or software related. A working live CD would enable a conclusion that the hardware was ok. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
2009/1/3 John Levin j...@technolalia.org Liam Proven wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use Ubuntu-Eeee on my 701 http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ Based on the 8.04 LTS, it's go the netbook interface - nice big icons etc - which suit my v. small 7 display. Hardware all works fine. I second that! Here's my little devil doing emergency file transfers from Pl. St. Pietro, Rome: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yish/3036511755/ ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
2009/1/3 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I use stock Ubuntu with my Eee. I added a different kernel, but thats about it, its pretty much stock Ubuntu. However for a long time I used Xandros and had no problem with it as it just worked Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I'll second (third?) Ubuntu-Eee ( www.ubuntu-eee.com ) which I'm using from my Eee 901 right now. It is based on Ubuntu 8.04 so is supported for at le ast the next two years. It is imminently to be rebranded Easy Peasy and the next release will be based on 8.10. I'll stick with Ubuntu-Eee 8.04 as I prefer the longer LTS release cycle. Ubuntu-Eee/Easy Peasy has a number of advantages over the stock Ubuntu 8.04, notably boot-up time and built-in SD/Flash boot formatter for install. There are a few points where I've chosen to differ, though: * I prefer eee-control to eeepc-config . eee-control supports eee-control-tray which allows easy access to turn wifi, bluetooth, card reader on/off to save battery, and also to change the CPU profile again to save battery. eee-control and eee-control-tray are both available from the repositories which are configured by default in Ubuntu-Eee. * I prefer blueman and gnome-ppp to control bluetooth and GPRS/3G over bluetooth phones. Gnome-PPP is in the standard Ubuntu repo. Blueman is at http://blueman.tuxfamily.org/ and they provide a repo for Ubuntu 8.04 . * I prefer to mount everything on the SDA SSD, and then have /home2 on SDB with symlinks from /home/user directories as required. SDA is a much f aster flash card and things work faster if you have all your .preferences folders on SDA. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to standby/hibernate at GDM login?
I've got suspend-to-ram (sleep) and suspend-to-disk (hibernate) working well on my Asus Eee 901 using Ubuntu (actually Ubuntu-Eee, based on Hardy). What works: * Hibernate and sleep keys on laptop * Hibernate and sleep (suspend-to-ram) from Quit window * Lid close calls sleep (suspend-to-ram) if logged in to a Gnome session * Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend from GDM login screen (even if nobody logged in) * Resume from all the above What doesn't work, that I want to: * Lid close to call sleep (suspend-to-ram) from GDM login screen, when no users are yet logged in, or all users have logged out. I want this because I allow visitors to use the guest account on my netbook and I want to encourage them to log out when they have finished, then shut the lid. Can anyone shed any light on this? Hibernate/suspend obviously works from GDM Login window, since the Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend items work. What doesn't work is the lid closure to trigger these calls. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Anyway, I'm not taken with Xandros, and I'm going to be supporting this little beast. What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I recommend CrunchEEE (a derivative of CrunchBang Linux, which uses Ubuntu) it comes with the Array.org kernel by default so everything works at the end of the install. It also uses OpenBox, rather than Gnome, to get extra speed. And it even has conky running in the corner of the screen, for extra geekness... :D I use it on my 701 EEE and it works great. I did a quick review of it on my blog: http://ronnietucker.co.uk/blog/cruncheee-crunchbanglinux-on-the-asus-eee-701-pc/ -- Ronnie Tucker ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk www.RonnieTucker.co.uk MSN: ronnietuc...@hotmail.com Registered Linux User # 456627 Registered Ubuntu User # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
2009/1/3 Ronnie Tucker ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk: I recommend CrunchEEE (a derivative of CrunchBang Linux, which uses Ubuntu) it comes with the Array.org kernel by default so everything works at the end of the install. It also uses OpenBox, rather than Gnome, to get extra speed. And it even has conky running in the corner of the screen, for extra geekness... :D I use it on my 701 EEE and it works great. I did a quick review of it on my blog: http://ronnietucker.co.uk/blog/cruncheee-crunchbanglinux-on-the-asus-eee-701-pc/ Thanks for that! It sounds good and if I get one of these weee beasties for myself it sounds ideal. But for my friend, who is extremely non-technical, I think it would be too hard to operate. He doesn't know what a CPU or a file manager is, let alone how to mount devices and so on... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: liampro...@aol.com • MSN/Messenger: lpro...@hotmail.com Yahoo: liampro...@yahoo.co.uk • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
2009/1/3 Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com: On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: What's the best Ubuntu remix for the Eee? Eeebuntu, Ubuntu-Eee, something else? I'll second (third?) Ubuntu-Eee ( www.ubuntu-eee.com ) which I'm using from my Eee 901 right now. It is based on Ubuntu 8.04 so is supported for at le ast the next two years. It is imminently to be rebranded Easy Peasy and the next release will be based on 8.10. I'll stick with Ubuntu-Eee 8.04 as I prefer the longer LTS release cycle. Just so - I don't want to be on the 6-monthly upgrades. Maybe on my own machine, not on a non-technical friend's. *Especially* not with a nonstandard kernel. Ubuntu-Eee/Easy Peasy has a number of advantages over the stock Ubuntu 8.04, notably boot-up time and built-in SD/Flash boot formatter for install. There are a few points where I've chosen to differ, though: * I prefer eee-control to eeepc-config . eee-control supports eee-control-tray which allows easy access to turn wifi, bluetooth, card reader on/off to save battery, and also to change the CPU profile again to save battery. eee-control and eee-control-tray are both available from the repositories which are configured by default in Ubuntu-Eee. What is eeepc-config? * I prefer blueman and gnome-ppp to control bluetooth and GPRS/3G over bluetooth phones. Gnome-PPP is in the standard Ubuntu repo. Blueman is at http://blueman.tuxfamily.org/ and they provide a repo for Ubuntu 8.04 . OK - but why? * I prefer to mount everything on the SDA SSD, and then have /home2 on SDB with symlinks from /home/user directories as required. SDA is a much f aster flash card and things work faster if you have all your .preferences folders on SDA. What's the difference? What are SDA and SDB? Is this the internal SSD versus the SD slot? His is a 20G model, with a 4G main SSD and a 16G secondary one in the expansion slot, which Xandros makes look like one big disk. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: liampro...@aol.com • MSN/Messenger: lpro...@hotmail.com Yahoo: liampro...@yahoo.co.uk • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Nice one Liam. I can't see anything anywhere near that price on eBay at the mo - I never manage to get deals like that lol! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents
I have recently changed from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 and I have noticed something strange. I have used XSane for several years for scanning and sending images to the printer and, until recently, there was very little delay between the completion of the scan and the start up of the printer. However, with 8.10, there is a very noticeable lag between end of scan and start up of printer. Furthermore, this delay seems to increase with increase in the number of copies required and also there is a noticeable delay between copies when several are required. I have tried to find out what could be the cause but, so far, I have not been successful. I would be grateful for any useful suggestions, please. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents
norman wrote: However, with 8.10, there is a very noticeable lag between end of scan and start up of printer. There was an update in the 8.10 version of the ghostscript packages today that fixed several problems related to slow printing, printing using lots of disk space and/or memory. Have you updated yet? May be you could again after updating. -- Paul Broadhead -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] printing scanned documents
However, with 8.10, there is a very noticeable lag between end of scan and start up of printer. There was an update in the 8.10 version of the ghostscript packages today that fixed several problems related to slow printing, printing using lots of disk space and/or memory. Have you updated yet? May be you could again after updating. Thank you, I will follow this up and report back in due course. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with Google Earth
Hey guys, I've been having the exact same problem in Intrepid, with the same card, using the open source drivers. I installed Google Earth a while ago, but haven't been able to use it due to it crashing. Could be a bug, but I'm not sure. Ellis -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee
On 03/01/2009, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/3 Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com: * I prefer eee-control to eeepc-config . eee-control supports What is eeepc-config? Eeepc-config is a bunch of scripts that configure Ubuntu for the Eee, such as the hotkeys, wifi, camera etc. It assumes a bunch of defaults that you might not necessarily agree with. Eee-control, by contrast, provides a tray applet through which you can manually configure your own preferences, and turn stuff on/off at a whim. * I prefer blueman and gnome-ppp to control bluetooth and GPRS/3G over bluetooth phones. Gnome-PPP is in the standard Ubuntu repo. Blueman is at http://blueman.tuxfamily.org/ and they provide a repo for Ubuntu 8.04 . OK - but why? Blueman provides a really good GUI for Bluez-utils. You can browse phones direct from the tray applet, similar to the Nokia systray applet on MS-Windows. Gnome-PPP provides a good GUI for wvdial. You can manage without both and still configure GPRS/4G over bluetooth without them, but it's a lot more commandline than I'd like. If you have a 900 then you won't have bluetooth built in, but can use a USB bluetooth adaptor (I recommend one of those really slim ones!). I have a 901 which comes with bluetooth built-in. * I prefer to mount everything on the SDA SSD, and then have /home2 on SDB with symlinks from /home/user directories as required. SDA is a much f aster flash card and things work faster if you have all your .preferences folders on SDA. What's the difference? What are SDA and SDB? Is this the internal SSD versus the SD slot? His is a 20G model, with a 4G main SSD and a 16G secondary one in the expansion slot, which Xandros makes look like one big disk SDA is the 4GB drive. It is a physically separate drive (not merely a partition) which uses high quality, fast, expensive flash memory. Things on this drive load and save faster. Ideal for the main OS files. SDB is the 16GB drive - a physically separate drive. It uses inexpensive slower flash memory, similar to that found on USB keys or memory cards. Fine for movies, documents, MP3s etc. but you don't want anything frequently accessed by the OS here. Xandros may make SDA and SDB look like one drive, but they aren't. SDC is the Secure Digital card slot. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to lock screen
Hi all, I saw Andrew's post about events when closing the laptop lid and I wonder is there a way to just lock screen when the laptop lid is closed? I have not seen this available in the Ubuntu settings. I do not wish to shut the system off or suspend its activities, I would just like it to continue working and give security that no one else on the network can try to get in and that only I can get the screen back with a password. Is this possible? A -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 45, Issue 3 Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:59:18 + Message: 3 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:08:55 + From: Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop lid event to standby/hibernate at GDM login? To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 6fe27770901030608x48520a45j83c08755edff2...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've got suspend-to-ram (sleep) and suspend-to-disk (hibernate) working well on my Asus Eee 901 using Ubuntu (actually Ubuntu-Eee, based on Hardy). What works: * Hibernate and sleep keys on laptop * Hibernate and sleep (suspend-to-ram) from Quit window * Lid close calls sleep (suspend-to-ram) if logged in to a Gnome session * Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend from GDM login screen (even if nobody logged in) * Resume from all the above What doesn't work, that I want to: * Lid close to call sleep (suspend-to-ram) from GDM login screen, when no users are yet logged in, or all users have logged out. I want this because I allow visitors to use the guest account on my netbook and I want to encourage them to log out when they have finished, then shut the lid. Can anyone shed any light on this? Hibernate/suspend obviously works from GDM Login window, since the Options - Hibernate and Options - Suspend items work. What doesn't work is the lid closure to trigger these calls. -- Andrew Oakley and...@aoakley.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
