[MCN-L] Exhibition Schedule Timelines

2014-03-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
though. The paid version allows you to download the software, or host on their private server. Licensing is according to number of users. Free online version : http://www.iteamwork.com/ Pricing info : http://www.iteamwork.com/cgi-bin/cgii/tw.page/solutions.html -- *Dianne Reuby* Collections

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1072406] Re: /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory consume 99% cpu

2013-02-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm finding this on my 12.04 LTS - it started about two weeks ago. It also seems to be sending and receiving data on the internet whether Evo is running or not. NetHogs listed it as the culprit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Evolution] Current message pane doesn't update

2013-02-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
-click the message line and open the message in a new window, but this isn't as convenient. Anyone else had this? TIA, Dianne Reuby ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https

Re: [Evolution] Current message pane doesn't update

2013-02-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2013-02-07 at 15:10 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: I think there was a bug around that time which got fixed later. Does pressing Ctrl+M twice work as a workaround? andre I'll try that next time it happens - thanks! Dianne ___ evolution-list

[Bug 1072406] Re: /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory consume 99% cpu

2013-02-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm finding this on my 12.04 LTS - it started about two weeks ago. It also seems to be sending and receiving data on the internet whether Evo is running or not. NetHogs listed it as the culprit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug

[Bug 1072406] Re: /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory consume 99% cpu

2013-02-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm finding this on my 12.04 LTS - it started about two weeks ago. It also seems to be sending and receiving data on the internet whether Evo is running or not. NetHogs listed it as the culprit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
That's fixed it - thanks! I had seen it on askubuntu, but was a bit wary of trying it as I didn't know exactly what it did. Dianne On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 21:42 +, Colin Law wrote: On 11 November 2012 21:28, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Still have this problem, so I'm getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-11-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. Anything else I can try? Thanks! Dianne On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 18:53 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: I get the same error msg in terminal with those commands :( I

[ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-10-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

2012-10-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
. (At least, the person using it hasn't complained!) Dianne On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 17:01 +, Dave Morley wrote: On 30/10/12 16:55, Dianne Reuby wrote: I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error

[Bug 1073093] [NEW] Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4

2012-10-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
Public bug reported: Message from update-manager: Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred while processing libtemplateparser4 (NewVersion2), E:Problem with MergeList

Re: [Evolution] Evo vanishes when switching workspaces

2012-09-21 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 10:53 -0300, Lailah wrote: El dom, 16-09-2012 a las 14:12 +0100, Dianne Reuby escribió: For two days I've found that if I try to switch back to Evo by clicking the icon in launcher or using ctrl + alt + arrow, the global menu changes to the Evo menu items

[Evolution] Evo vanishes when switching workspaces

2012-09-16 Thread Dianne Reuby
Running Ubuntu 12.04, did a clean install about three weeks ago and installed Evolution 3.2.3 for my email. I have four workspaces, and usually run Evolution on one, browser on another, and other stuff on the others if necessary. For two days I've found that if I try to switch back to Evo by

[Evolution] Mail notification in Ubunut 12.04

2012-08-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
Finally done a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04, with Unity. Installed Evo 3.2.3, and have a question. The mail icon at the top right of the panel only shows Thunderbird - I know I changed it before so it would look for Evo and notify me of incoming mail, but can't info on doing this in 12.04. Do

[ubuntu-uk] Swindon Hackspace at Museum of Computing

2012-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Latest update on the proposed hackspace: = I'm Jamie, I've been working with Simon on the proposed hackspace at the Museum of Computing in Swindon. We are having a meeting at the museum on Wednesday 30th May at 7pm, to discuss the hackspace with anybody who is interested in coming along.

[ubuntu-uk] Hackspace at the Museum of Computing

2012-04-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
://hackspace.org.uk/view/Main_Page -- Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing 6-7 Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[Evolution] Resetting mailto: to Evo

2012-02-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
I use Gmail online purely for my genealogy, everything else I use Evo. I recently misunderstood the instructions for Gmail settings, and told it to use Gmail for mailto: (I thought this was for Gmail only, as that was the settings I was altering). I've reset the prefs in Chrome to mailto: =

Re: [Evolution] Resetting mailto: to Evo

2012-02-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 12:51 -0500, Matthew Barnes wrote: This has since changed in later GNOME releases, but I think on your system the mailto: handler is still stored in GConf as: /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command Try changing the command value to evolution %s. Brilliant -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 14:26 +, Alan Pope wrote: If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the

[ubuntu-uk] OO error in 10.10

2011-12-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
I have OO 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10. Today I get the fatal error message The application cannot be started. Loading component library failed: file:///usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libfwkli.so I've dug about on the OO and Ubuntu forums, only info I could find was that creating a new

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Team Google+ page?

2011-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
This is a handy diagram of how Google+ works. https://plus.google.com/u/0/106393478695568433143/posts/bXh4UpWh3Kc But as I still have trouble with Facebook, I don't expect to be an expert on Google+ any time soon. :( Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Keyring password error

2011-10-13 Thread dianne reuby
I have 10.10 Ubuntu. Used my machine with no problems this morning. Just switched back on and logged on to my account OK. But I get a message that my login password and my keyring password don't match, and to enter the password. Are the admin password and keyring password usually the same? And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2011-07-29 at 09:12 +0100, alan c wrote: My immediate reaction is to think of prompting phone contact, or having it as an option somehow. In this case the user reverted to direct personal contact with a person already known to them, to confide in. It can be taken that the user did not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread dianne reuby
On 29/07/11 09:51, Barry Drake wrote: And Virgin NEVER said 'we don't support Linux' You were lucky then - if I ever make the mistake of mentioning Linux, they tell me to phone back when I've installed windows.  Dianne-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

2011-04-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:28 +0100, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, for now, instead of getting a Slate, I found a computer, that will be better for what I need at the moment. I'm holding out for the new Commodore 64 :) Dianne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
Thanks to Dave for his work, and thank you Alan for taking on the job. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum of Computing events

2011-03-02 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 07:58 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: That one actually sounds quite cool! What machines will the games be targeted for? Speccys and Commodores? That's the plan - I'll have to remind them to get some working tapes in case people want to take their efforts home. I can't

[ubuntu-uk] Museum of Computing events

2011-03-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
For those of you within range of Swindon, here are some up-and-coming events: Mar 12 and 19 National Science and Engineering Week The theme is Communications, and we'll be having activities on both Saturdays for all ages. Standard admission charges. March 13 Tron gaming event / Metroplis / Tron

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 17:04 +, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there My sister asked me to pop over there this morning because she really wanted to use Google Earth. It is not difficult to make it work, but I had to get and install stuff by the commandline. Not something I could have talked

Re: [Evolution] (no subject)

2011-02-15 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 10:24 -0500, Mike Terryberry wrote: Why doesn't Evolution have a Deleted Items folder? If I accidentally nuke an email I want to get back I can't! Who makes an email client without the ability to undelete messages? WTF?! Mine has a deleted folder - I'm running on

[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when they're plugged in, and it downloads updates but doesn't install them. He

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
Here's the response from my MP (Rob Buckland, Swindon South, Conservative): Thank you for your e-mail and for all your suggestions about saving the Government money, which are gratefully received. If you think of any more, or know of any more examples of waste that should be looked at,

Re: [Evolution] Feedback

2011-01-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 14:02 -0600, Albert Wagner wrote: When I click to mark all unread as read, I get a dialog asking if I want subdirectories as well as current directory This has started for me after the recent upgrade in Ubuntu to Evo 2.30.3 - it's especially irritating when the folder

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Government spending cuts should affect us!

2011-01-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 17:44 +, Barry Drake wrote: I've just posted the below to my MP. How's about if we all do something like that? Done. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Desktop backgrounds

2010-12-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
When I upgraded/installed 10.10, I chose one of the pre-installed desktop backgrounds (a sort of shades-of-blue photo of a pier). A few weeks ago I downloaded a Christmas background. Yesterday I went to change it back, but the pre-installed background I'd used before wasn't there. No probs - I

Re: [Evolution] Threading only only some folders

2010-12-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 08:34 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 00:40 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote: Doesn't Evolution store the Threading state on a per folder base, so you change it once for your favorite folders and afterwards don't have to care about it anymore?

[Evolution] Threading only only some folders

2010-12-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
Evo 2.30.3 on Ubuntu 10.10 Variation on a question I asked recently, but didn't express very well! I like the threading turned on for most of my mail folders, but I have a couple which I'd prefer to have sorted only by date (without threading). Is this possible? TIA Dianne

[MCN-L] Online registration

2010-12-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
Does anyone use a software for online class registration that they'd recommend? It would need to be a secure system that takes online payment. For those using Joomla CMS to create and run a website, the Seminar extension works well, and is flexible. Dianne Reuby Museum of Computing Swindon

[ubuntu-uk] Open Office templates

2010-11-23 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've got a couple of OO templates which I created, and on 3rd November I updated them. (I know when I did it, the file has the date on it!) I saved them with the same name. If I use File New From template, or use the template button on the toolbar, I get the old version. The only way I can get

[Evolution] Error when clicking on email address

2010-11-23 Thread Dianne Reuby
If I click on an email address shown in an incoming email, I'm getting the following error: Failed to execute child process /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0.6/thunderbird No such file or directory I did install tbird some months ago to try when Evo was giving some problems, but uninstalled it quite soon

[Evolution] threading messages

2010-11-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10, and now have Evo 2.30.3, which has threaded messages on by default. I like this - haven't bothered to try it much before! But I do have a couple of messages which have the same subject, although they're are not related, so they've threaded. Is there a way to

Re: [Evolution] Yahoo config issue

2010-11-14 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 14:52 -0500, Jonathan Jacobs wrote: I do not believe that pop would work with a basic account. I have a free Yahoo mail account (but with co.uk) and can use Evo to access it. I'm using Evo 2.28.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 I did find that Thunderbird insisted my pop was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 15:51 +, alan c wrote: I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition* (not the whole drive!). Seen from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Special bugs, and Live CDs. Help with this Bug please?

2010-11-12 Thread Dianne Reuby
I wasn't trying to install - I was just trying to run from LiveCD to check for hardware issues. Although I chose that option, it chuntered away for several minutes before I decided that it wasn't loading. When I chose Cancel, it told me the installation was still in progress. It left me thinking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 14:19 +, pmgazz wrote: Agree, try it out half an hour before the audience arrives Good advice - I played for a bit, and got various configurations - my laptop on the overhead and overhead on my laptop, top half on the overhead and bottom half on my laptop, and (with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-10-31 Thread Dianne Reuby
Thanks for all the advice. I have my file in my Dropbox, but I'd like to run from my own laptop if I can so I can learn how. I've installed the presenter package, and checked my hardware - I have an ATI Radeon 5000 which has menu items to set up dual monitors (hadn't looked at that before, I

[ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-10-30 Thread dianne reuby
I've got an Open Office slide show on my laptop (running Ubuntu 10.10) and I want to use it with a digital projector. I've looked at grandr, but I can't find a lot of info - is this the best option? Or does it depend on my laptop specs and video card etc.? I could convert it to Windows format

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party Photos

2010-10-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
Hardly a party, but we had fun! Met a few Linux users and told them about our LUG meetings, met a few people who were thinking about taking the plunge with Ubuntu so were happy to try it out. Met a fellow Ubuntu-UK member who let me play with his OLPC (thanks Alan!). And thanks to Popey who

[Bug 631426] Re: Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore (in.archive.ubuntu.com releated?)

2010-10-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm in the UK, and have this problem - should I try another mirror? -- Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore (in.archive.ubuntu.com releated?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631426 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 631426] Re: Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore ((in|gb).archive.ubuntu.com releated?)

2010-10-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
Synaptic shows server from United Kingdom -- Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore ((in|gb).archive.ubuntu.com releated?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631426 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 631426] Re: Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore ((in|gb).archive.ubuntu.com releated?)

2010-10-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
Changing to another server has fixed it for me - thanks! I need my laptop updated to run a demo on Saturday. :) -- Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore ((in|gb).archive.ubuntu.com releated?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631426

[Bug 631426] Re: Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore

2010-10-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
Same problem for me - I've attached my output from $ head /var/lib/apt/lists/*main*Package* -- Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631426 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 631426] Re: Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore

2010-10-10 Thread Dianne Reuby
** Attachment added: bug631426.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/631426/+attachment/1681632/+files/bug631426.txt -- Upgrade 10.04 - 10.10 failed due to the essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631426 You

[ubuntu-uk] 10.10 demo in Swindon

2010-09-27 Thread Dianne Reuby
I plan to demo 10.10 on Saturday 16 October at the Museum of Computing in Swindon. I won't be offering CDs, but I'll have A4 flyers about Ubuntu (edited from one on Spread Ubuntu) and on how to get help worldwide, nationally, and locally, plus cards with info on how to get it. I hope to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-08 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 15:27 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: Just got my laptop - that hasn't had the recent updates installed as I haven't been using it, and Flash is still working perfectly. Now I can't decide whether to install the upgrades or not! I've tried two older kernels, and the problem

[ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've suddenly got problems with Flash - it was working fine until a few days ago. I have Flash 10.1.82.76ubuntu0.10.04.2 on Ubuntu 10.04, but YouTube and other flash sites tell me I need to upgrade to the latest Flash version 10. I've tried Flash-Aid, which seems to run OK but I still have the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 11:50 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: Do you have a proxy server between you and the internet. If so there's a bug that prevents the download of the new Flash version (although the package says it has installed successfully). I have a router but that's all Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash problems in 10.04

2010-09-07 Thread Dianne Reuby
Just got my laptop - that hasn't had the recent updates installed as I haven't been using it, and Flash is still working perfectly. Now I can't decide whether to install the upgrades or not! As an aside to this - both my machines now only have Ubuntu on them, so I don't have the GRUB screen when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-27 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 09:32 +0100, alan c wrote: PLEASE make your own contact with the RS in this matter, after all they *are* asking! Done that! But considering some of the information I've gained from other replies (eg RM) I can't help wondering what a survey will accomplish. Do the RS have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
Perhaps they haven't looked at the GCSE curriculum - I've been a computer-holic for almost 40 years, and it sent me into a coma of boredom! Also, most experts or enthusiasts I think still prefer to do IT rather than teach it. My daughter had 5 IT teachers in one year - one took their coursework

[Evolution] Evo freezes when loading

2010-08-26 Thread dianne reuby
Had this problem a few weeks ago, installed Tbird, and Evo started working again. :) But it's back. The GUI loads, but all panes are empty. Mailbox panel only shows search rather than my mailboxes. All buttons and icons are unresponsive. I can close using x which gives me the not responding -

[Bug 600741] Re: Search box always returns a blank page

2010-08-14 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm using Firefox 3.6.8 (Firefox for Ubuntu 1.0) - I did a clean install of 10.04 so it's the release that is included, with all updates since the install in April. Screenshots - I've chosen to search for install software as I know that's included! ** Attachment added: Ubuntu help docs page

[Bug 600741] Re: Search box always returns a blank page

2010-08-14 Thread Dianne Reuby
This shot shows results from the search in the shot above. ** Attachment added: Search results https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/600741/+attachment/1489978/+files/Screenshot-Ubuntu%20Documentation%20-%20Search%20Results%20-%20Mozilla%20Firefox.png -- Search box

[Bug 600741] Re: Search box always returns a blank page

2010-08-14 Thread Dianne Reuby
OK, take me away and lock me up - I just tried safe mode and it's OK, so it's obviously one of my extensions. -- Search box always returns a blank page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600741 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Evolution] Evo not responding following Ubuntu 10.04 update

2010-08-06 Thread dianne reuby
I used Evo this morning with no problems, ran the latest Ubuntu 10.04 updates (which I'm ashamed to say I didn't make a note of! - but they included the linux headers) and switched off. Now Evo loads, but doesn't show any mailboxes, just the search in the mailbox pane. All I can click on is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003 licenses he wants to give away or he's

[Bug 600741] [NEW] Search box always returns a blank page

2010-07-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs Using the search box on the official documentation page https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/index.html always returns a blank page Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox 3.6.6 ** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New --

[Bug 600741] Re: Search box always returns a blank page

2010-07-01 Thread Dianne Reuby
In fact, this also happens in the community documentation -- Search box always returns a blank page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600741 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Evolution] Evolution suddenly loses/forgets passwords

2010-06-23 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 10:56 -0400, Carpet Nailz wrote: What would cause Evolution, in the middle of the morning after running nicely all morning, to suddenly decide that it doesn't know the passwords to get into my mail server? I did nothing to Evolution or the settings that could cause this.

[Bug 593367] Re: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in get_glyph_items_in_range()

2010-06-15 Thread Dianne Reuby
Evo is crashing several times a week, each time with a different message. Often I'm on another desk, so all I see is the evolution has closed box and the apport reporting box. When I am actually using evo during a crash, I can usually tell it's about to happen as it responds extremely slowly - as

[Bug 593367] Re: evolution crashed with SIGSEGV in get_glyph_items_in_range()

2010-06-15 Thread Dianne Reuby
Evo is crashing several times a week, each time with a different message. Often I'm on another desk, so all I see is the evolution has closed box and the apport reporting box. When I am actually using evo during a crash, I can usually tell it's about to happen as it responds extremely slowly - as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 11:13 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi there ... The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-06-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: I wonder if an official communication from Ubuntu UK asking to partner with Dell UK would help? We'll support the OS - you supply the hardware to our folk kind of approach might work I'm willing to write something, what do the folk

[ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries

2010-06-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm getting this error on update: W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-i386_Packages) I've looked at my sources.list file and can only see one entry for te partner

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:18 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: On 28 May 2010 14:21, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: There you go: http://www.connectotel.com/marcus/ceoemail.html Wonderful! Thanks for that. I've e-mailed Michael Dell with a very polite e-mail,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:10 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: As far as I can see, they do, and your actions are very unhelpful. Here are the results of going to www.dell.co.uk and searching for the single word ubuntu: http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=genc=ukl=encs=k=ubuntucat=allx=0y=0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 21:08 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote: Yes, same problem with Firefox. Works seamlessly with Chrome though. Regards Jon I've given Chrome a try, but with same results. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 16:23 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Open nautilus file manager and navigate to your home directory. Press CTRL+H to show hidden files. You'll notice they all start with a full stop. I'd recommend not monkeying with any of them :) Reminds me of a relative who phoned me a few

[ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-25 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? No, but thanks for the link - haven't seen that one before. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Out of curiosity I went into Currys Digital on Saturday - they too are only selling Windows 7 machines and say installing another OS would invalidate the hardware guarantee. I'm sure that my paranoia about MS sales methods is getting out of hand, but I can't help wondering. Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux On Dell

2010-05-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Company policy or the opinion of clueless Saturday staff? Probably policy - the sales person I spoke to went away to ask a colleague (without being asked to do so). He actually recommended trying PC World! Dianne --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-21 Thread Dianne Reuby
Not only are they not supplying non-Windows machines, they say that replacing with another OS will invalidate the hardware guarantee. Dell bought by PC World - must have missed that press item! :) My LiveCD works perfectly on my sons new Dell though. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
I thought that Dell sold machines with Ubuntu? Their website says so, and so does the Ubuntu site. But apparently they don't: I am sorry we don't have any systems with ubuntu Am I confused again? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
I always use the LiveCD - is it OK to use it while Ubuntu is running? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu?

2010-05-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:07 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: In any case, what they have on the (regional) web site doesn't match what they actually sell. I looked at the site a couple of weeks ago, and Ubuntu was available as an option on some machines, although it was 8.10 - but now it's vanished

Re: [Bug 578968] Re: Evolution crashes randomly

2010-05-13 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 07:33 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a '.crash' file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report

Re: [Bug 578968] Re: Evolution crashes randomly

2010-05-13 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 07:33 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a '.crash' file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report

Re: [Evolution] Evo closes when clicking on folders or emails

2010-05-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm running Evo 2.28.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 Evo keeps closing, apparently at random, when I click on a folder or email message. I haven't been able to pin this down to a certain email or folder - it seems to happen sometimes and not at others. Is there a log file that I could view to try and

Re: [Evolution] Evo closes when clicking on folders or emails

2010-05-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 21:57 +0200, Thomas Mittelstaedt wrote: As far as I know, the latest version of evolution on ubuntu 10.04 ist 2.30.xx, not 2.28.3. How did you install evolution, or how did you install/upgrade ubuntu? Downloaded the iso and did a clean install with format (I had to

[Bug 578968] [NEW] Evolution crashes randomly

2010-05-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Ubuntu 10.04, Evo 2.28.3 Evolution is closing with no error message, usually when I'm using another program on a different desktop. System logs show these errors for the last three crashes: [16893.013910] evolution[1434]: segfault at

[Bug 578968] [NEW] Evolution crashes randomly

2010-05-11 Thread Dianne Reuby
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Ubuntu 10.04, Evo 2.28.3 Evolution is closing with no error message, usually when I'm using another program on a different desktop. System logs show these errors for the last three crashes: [16893.013910] evolution[1434]: segfault at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web hosting recommendation

2010-05-09 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've used www.byethost.com (that's not a typo!) for four years - five sites on free hosting, and one on paid. I've found their uptime reliable, and speed good. Support is good even for free hosting as they have a very active forum at http://byet.net/index.php where you can often find the answer

[Evolution] Evo closes when clicking on folders or emails

2010-05-06 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm running Evo 2.28.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 Evo keeps closing, apparently at random, when I click on a folder or email message. I haven't been able to pin this down to a certain email or folder - it seems to happen sometimes and not at others. Is there a log file that I could view to try and track

[ubuntu-uk] Min/max buttons on 10.04

2010-05-05 Thread Dianne Reuby
I'm confused - I've read about the min/max/close buttons being moved, and I was quite happy, soon got used to it. But I changed to another theme and they're back on the right. Is it just that 10.04 is using some legacy themes which haven't been updated? (These are in the pre-installed set, I

[ubuntu-uk] Restoring with grsync

2010-05-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
I used grsync to restore my /home after a clean install of 10.04, but although it restored the folders, it didn't restore the contents. They were backed up OK though, so I copied them over manually. I've looked at my settings, and they seem OK. I had ignore existing and skip newer checked, but my

[Evolution] Mail notification in Ubuntu 10.04

2010-05-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04, which runs Evo 2.28.3 I have the email notification plugin enabled, but I only get a beep, not a visual notification - this disappeared during the life of Ubuntu 9.10, and I hoped it would be fixed in 10.04 Is there any way to set the notification icon to

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox loading at log-on

2010-04-18 Thread Dianne Reuby
Since the last round of updates towards the middle/end of last week, whenever I log on, Firefox loads itself and opens the UbuntuOne login page. OK, I usually *do* want to run Firefox fairly soon after switching on, but it's still an irritation! Anyone else had this? I have Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U;

[ubuntu-uk] Info on CompTIA?

2010-04-13 Thread Dianne Reuby
OT really, but where else would I find so many IT people in one place? Can anyone tell me anything about CompTIA? Someone on a (non-IT) forum was asking before they pay for the course. This is from one of the sites offering it: CompTIA A+ is a universally accepted certification all around the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 15:04 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: Hello! Does anyone have a ZX Spectrum 48k+ kicking around they don't want anymore? I don't mind if it doesn't run up, largley I'm after the case and keyboard. I think all ours at the museum are working, but I'll ask around tomorrow

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