[Dorset] Ubuntu startup problem

2010-12-07 Thread Peter Jill Harris
Hi all, Can anyone shed light on the following Ubuntu 10.10 problem:- During startup the screen 'GNU GRUB version 1.98+20100804-ubuntu3' seams to have cloned itself. It shows Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-23-generic Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-23-recovery mode Ubuntu,

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu startup problem

2010-12-07 Thread Peter Jill Harris
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 12:13 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, Can anyone shed light on the following Ubuntu 10.10 problem:- No, but you could try sudo update-grub in a terminal to make it re-build the menu and see if it's fixed on the next boot. Cheers, Ralph. --

[Dorset] Files lost

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Jill Harris
Hi All, I seem to have really screwed things up! I was trying to get rid of some unwanted data from a Shotwell database and now all my folders are empty and all icons have gone from the desktop. The command I put in was rm -rf ~/ .shotwell/Examples I got a message telling me it was busy and

[Dorset] Just testing

2010-11-10 Thread Peter Jill Harris
Just checking I am still connected -- Next meeting: Somewhere quiet, Bournemouth, ???day 2010-12-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue

Re: [Dorset] Evolution Alarm

2010-09-15 Thread Peter Jill Harris
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 08:18 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 19:56 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 11:08 +0100, Peter Jill Harris wrote: Hi all, My Evolution alarm notification has stopped working if the computer is not switched on at the time

Re: [Dorset] Evolution Alarm

2010-09-13 Thread Peter Jill Harris
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 10:42 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: I only start Evolution when I want to use it but this is often straight after boot up. I'll try waiting after boot up and see what happens. Thanks for advice. Cheers, Peter. Hi Peter, I was just wondering if the problem was

Re: [Dorset] Evolution Alarm

2010-09-01 Thread Peter Jill Harris
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 08:18 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 19:56 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 11:08 +0100, Peter Jill Harris wrote: Hi all, My Evolution alarm notification has stopped working if the computer is not switched on at the time

Re: [Dorset] Evolution Alarm

2010-08-31 Thread Peter Jill Harris
On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 19:56 +0100, Peter Merchant wrote: On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 11:08 +0100, Peter Jill Harris wrote: Hi all, My Evolution alarm notification has stopped working if the computer is not switched on at the time set for the alarm to go off. It used to go off when I booted

[Dorset] Evolution Alarm

2010-08-30 Thread Peter Jill Harris
Hi all, My Evolution alarm notification has stopped working if the computer is not switched on at the time set for the alarm to go off. It used to go off when I booted up. I think the problem started at about the time I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04. Can anyone help please? Cheers, Peter. --