Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Jim Kissel
Alex Latchford wrote: Robert McWilliam wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:43:31 +0100 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which appears to be the url of the wmv file(s) but rtsp://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/news/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.wmv by itself does not launch in firefox, what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu: Mark II

2007-06-12 Thread Jim Kissel
Alex Latchford wrote: Robert McWilliam wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:43:31 +0100 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which appears to be the url of the wmv file(s) but rtsp://wm-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/news/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc1/bb/wm/video/click_bb.wmv by itself does not launch in firefox, what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:53:32 +0100 Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone up the ante with a better URL or an alternate method to view/download Click? (ubuntu 7.04 FF) The method using mplayer elsewhere in this thread (See Alan Pope's email for complete instructions) worked for me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FLOSS links for my MP

2007-06-12 Thread Skeg Fast
Thanks for the links guys. There's some interesting reading to get me started. My MP is/was(?) one of the education big-wigs in his party so the school stuff is particularly useful. I'll have to have a dig about to see if he's already involved :) Kris Marsh wrote: On 6/11/07, Skeg Fast [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu: Mark II

2007-06-12 Thread Adam Funk
On 2007-06-12, Jim Kissel wrote: In my case firefox has a player installed for wmv files and starts to play this stream in the browser. All I see is the tail end of a bbc weather forcast. Just the bbc weather logo and about 5 seconds of sound. Then nothing. wget doesn't get much. Can

[ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live BOF schedule

2007-06-12 Thread John Levin
Hi All, The BOF (Birds Of a Feather) schedule at Lug Radio Live 2007 has been announced, with Ubuntu UK meeting at midday on Saturday: Saturday 7th July 2007: * 11.00 - 12.00 lug.org.uk * 12.00 - 13.00 Ubuntu UK * 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch: Keysigning * 14.00 - 15.00 Cheaper

[ubuntu-uk] LRL Ubuntu stand: call for volunteers

2007-06-12 Thread John Levin
I've put a table up on the Ubuntu-UK Lug Radio Live wiki, for volunteers to run the stand. Put your name in any suitable timeslots (10 to 7 Saturday; 10.45 to 5 Sunday) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LugRadioLive2007 We'll need 2 or 3 people on the table at any one time, though judging from

[ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-12 Thread James Tait
Hi all, I've been a bit quiet of late, but I have been lurking. One of the topics that caught my eye on the UK list was Popey's suggestion about leaflets [0]. There was a lot of discussion on the topic, then it just seemed to fizzle out. I'd like to resurrect the topic. I'm batting about some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-12 Thread Andy
On 12/06/07, James Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having asked a few people to ask me about Ubuntu, I got the following questions to add to the (already pretty long) list already raised in the thread: I shall attempt to answer some of them ;) What does the word Ubuntu mean? From the FAQ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-12 Thread James Tait
Andy wrote: On 12/06/07, James Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having asked a few people to ask me about Ubuntu, I got the following questions to add to the (already pretty long) list already raised in the thread: I shall attempt to answer some of them ;) Perhaps I should have included the

[ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread michaelweaver
How do I get my wireless connection in Ubuntu? Dad has been trying to set up my BT Home Hub wireless router in order to get a wireless connection on my laptop but he reckons you need the disk to install a wireless connection and the disk needs to be run on every computer and he is getting annoyed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Nik Butler
Ive a client who has this working fine in Ubuntu , just look on the back of the BT Home hub and look for the WEP key which is listed you need to put this into your network connection for Wireless under ubuntu Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:44:37 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get my wireless connection in Ubuntu? Dad has been trying to set up my BT Home Hub wireless router in order to get a wireless connection on my laptop but he reckons you need the disk to install a wireless

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Bah, beaten to it... :o( M. On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:50:33 +0100, Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive a client who has this working fine in Ubuntu , just look on the back of the BT Home hub and look for the WEP key which is listed you need to put this into your network connection for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread michaelweaver
I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive. The Desktop does not have a network card in it. I have a wireless card for my laptop which I used for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:16:03 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive. The Desktop does not have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Tony Travis
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:16:03 +0100, michaelweaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Think it will be the disk that comes with the Router. i have both a desktop PC and a laptop, the desktop runs Windows on the Internal hard drive but has Ubuntu on an external USB hard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread ged
Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? It is my understanding that wep is well and truly broken-about 53 seconds to be precise, may be even quicker now. I obtained the Bt 2091 off ebay for a friend and that had a little

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WAP. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread LeeUKHA
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WPA. As Alan said the default is WEP,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread ged byrom
LeeUKHA wrote: On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WPA.