Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-16 Thread Colin Wylie
Andrew Oakley wrote: I'm looking for DVD Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top bottom (letterbox). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Earphones

2008-09-11 Thread Colin Wylie
Jai Harrison wrote: Hey DarkOtter, I had a look at Amazon for the pmx but they're not in-ear type of earphones that I'm after. (Did you mean to say that they have a neckband?) I had a look at their earphones range and they seem to have reviews that suggest the sound quality is awful (one

[ubuntu-uk] AAC Encoder

2008-08-12 Thread Colin Wylie
Hi guys, This is not strictly Ubuntu related, but I thought some of you might be able to help. A colleague at work has managed to set up Clipshare (Kinda like a youtube clone - http://www.clip-share.com/) on our Flash Media server at work, but is needing a scriptable AAC encoder that will run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Need a new job - Glasgow area

2008-06-12 Thread Colin Wylie
Ronnie Tucker wrote: Hi all, Place I work for are making people redundant and are 'financially unstable' (to be politically correct about it), so I'm on the hunt for a new job, somewhere in Glasgow. Anything computer related would be nice, Linux (preferably) but even Microsoft (no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux to appear on every Asus motherboard

2008-05-19 Thread Colin Wylie
Jai Harrison wrote: What if I did not have an e-mail address available to me? It seems in that case my right to access the source would have been withdrawn from me. Surely thats just splitting hairs? I'm pretty sure anyone can get access to AN email account whether it be yours or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules

2008-05-18 Thread Colin Wylie
James Dalley wrote: Hiya, I know there was talk about a monthly info email of how to post, so here is my bug bear: Top Posting, I know it's sad about arguing how to argue or the like, but when people top post it's like saying hear me first then see whats gone on before. May

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OFF TOPIC] MS Explorer crash

2007-11-25 Thread Colin Wylie
Albert Vilella wrote: Evacuee describes Antarctic rescue http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7111080.stm Got it? No? MS Explorer? ... :-) *groans* :p -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
envy to install them ( www.ablertomilone.com) and the problem returned. A friend has suggested it might be an Open GL conflict somewhere along the lines, but I am at a loss on how to proceed now. Any help would be awesome :) Colin. Colin Wylie wrote: Kirrus wrote: Hi - "

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Alec Wright wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:32 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel You can vote more than once - I accidentally voted 3 times when i was resfreshing the page

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Ah - I should have said that I had tried that - to no avail :( Matthew Wild wrote: On 10/26/07, Colin Wylie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so I have re-downloaded the iso - and the MD5sum checks out fine. I reinstalled it OK and everything looked fine - UNTIL i enabled the proprietry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Kirrus wrote: Hi, Can you submit a new bug ticket on launchpad.net, and then post a bug number here :) Submitted - #157564 Colin. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 071025-1, 25/10/2007 Tested on: 26/10/2007 22:20:04 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007

[Bug 157564] in Gutsy, System freezes when attempting to update via synaptic manager or with add remove applications - but only when the NVIDIA proprietary driver is activated.

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
Public bug reported: On a fresh install of Gutsy once I installed the Nvidia driver from the restricted list, and rebooted my system came up at 1280x1024 resolution - something Feisty always refused to do for me. I went ahead and popped into the Add /Remove applications area to see what

[Bug 157564] Re: in Gutsy, System freezes when attempting to update via synaptic manager or with add remove applications - but only when the NVIDIA proprietary driver is activated.

2007-10-26 Thread Colin Wylie
I can't run the commands during add / rmove as the pc totally hangs as soon as I open the application. Attached the files with the NVidia driver enabled. And by the way - I'm pretty much a Linux noob - but willing to learn ;) ** Attachment added: badger.tar.gz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PC Freezing on updates with Gutsy

2007-10-19 Thread Colin Wylie
Kirrus wrote: Hi - "Colin Wylie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, snip to the PC - the installer froze up at about 82% on the configuring apt snip system freezing and locking up again. Finally (after a few google searches) I found a list of repositories, and tried v