Hi all,
Preamble: so I'm sitting in uni trying to sort this instead of reading
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis for a seminar at 2. Not helpful! I've
emailed the support desk about it, but was wondering if anyone else
has any insights.
College provide 3 different versions of the vpn client for linux:
Sean Miller wrote:
Without being a pain in the bottom.. I understand the whole Linux
situation very clearly.. but at the end of the day if it doesn't
work on
Linux then consumers are going to blame Linux - not the manufacturers.
No, that's a misconception... nobody would
Hi Guys
We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
and what they would think of this, but:
We gets tons of CD's in boxes, we get an Ubuntu jacket with big
I would like to thank John Levin for his response to my post. The information
given, was very helpful and I would like to post further, enclosing details of
the pc,card and distro,(Gutsy Gibbon)
My residence is France, I am from the UK. The French LUG's are very helpful,
Ubuntu is mega here,
John DAVIS wrote:
I would like to thank John Levin for his response to my post. The
information given, was very helpful and I would like to post further,
enclosing details of the pc,card and distro,(Gutsy Gibbon)
My residence is France, I am from the UK. The French LUG's are very
Tony Arnold wrote:
Ted,
Ted wrote:
Tony Arnold wrote:
Ted,
Ted wrote:
I have two drives with Sidux on hda and Gutsy on hdb...I have compiz
running on Sidux but cannot get it running on Gutsy..I get the error
message...
Enabling Xgl with nVidia drivers...
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
Preamble: so I'm sitting in uni trying to sort this instead of reading
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis for a seminar at 2. Not helpful! I've
emailed the support desk about it, but was wondering if anyone else
has any insights.
College provide 3 different versions of
I believe the argument is not whether windows is easier than linux or vice
versa. That is common man's opinion about linux since he/she expects
everything to behave like windows. Everything which behaves differently
from Windows is considered to be 'difficult' because they are only used to
using
Quoting Michael Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi Guys
We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
and what they would think of this, but:
We gets tons of
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network guys
for the latest copy and check it out.
Version 4.8.01 does not
Agreed, this approach works very well.
On 29/10/2007, Michael Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys
We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote
Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics??
Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many,
and what
Hey Sean,
I'm happy I managed to solve your problem. I've finally started to
learn enough through my own Ubuntu experience to be able to help
others.
Do you live anywhere around Essex? If so I'll take you up on the offer ;)
Jai
On 10/29/07, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Forget that
Hi,
Renjith Nair has described exactly my feelings on installing hardware in Linux.
I know my problems are caused by lack of experience, something shared by many
others.
Once installation issues are eased, Ubuntu will sell itself.
Regards
John--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
It might be good to have a feature in ubuntu, where if something isnt
supported you get a little popup (like the update manager) saying that
your piece of hardware isnt supported / no drivers etc, and to maybe
link to some help or something like that. Maybe refer you to launchpad
bugs?
I can see
Dougie Richardson wrote:
[...]
This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an
interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering
I have a Dell Latitude D420 laptop along with some Dell Optiplex GX620,
which I use for the charity that I work for, I would love to be able to have
these properly set up for Ubuntu, but I am NOT compentent enough to be able
to do it. I am in Croydon, and wonder if there was anyone who could help
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:41:36 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is
why I was asking for help really.
Doesn't work how? Now that you mention it I remembered that mine
doesn't work well with Network Manager - I'd forgotten that
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:25 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Dell Latitude D420 ...
Not really the answer you were after, but I've got a D420 and as long
as you go for 7.10* the installation should go off without a hitch and
all the hardware should work without any specialist poking
On 10/29/07, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network guys
for the latest
On 29/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert,
Thanks for your reply.
Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is why
I
was asking for help really.
Want to move away from that other operating system!!
James.
- Original Message -
andylockran wrote:
alan c wrote:
Tony Scott wrote:
Although I love everything about ubuntu - the majority of British
Consumers won't go out and burn an iso - and the main reason I put this
isn't because the task itself is difficult - but it's the data
management. Where does the users
Robert,
It just wont find the wifi full stop.
James
- Original Message -
From: Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:41:36 -
[EMAIL
On 29/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kris,
Well any help at any time would be appreciated!
Do you know when they might be down this way?
James.
- Original Message -
*From:* Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; British Ubuntu Talk
Robert,
Thanks for your reply.
Um, I did a fresh install of 7.10 but the wifi wont work etc. That is why I
was asking for help really.
Want to move away from that other operating system!!
James.
- Original Message -
From: Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from
Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly
available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting
Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forward. If
the number of
John Levin wrote:
LeeGroups wrote:
I seriously don't get why people 'think everything just works' in Windows...
Most people aren't interested in arguments about whether Windows has
similar problems.
Most people aren't interested in upgrading Operating Systems.
Most people encounter
Dougie Richardson wrote:
[...]
This may happen sooner than expected, with respect to HP: here's an
interview with HP's Randy Hergett, Director of Engineering
Josh Blacker wrote:
On 10/29/07, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640.
My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network
LeeGroups wrote:
We need solutions for this problem. All persons won't buy boxes from
Tesco and so it is necessary that we have to support the commonly
available wireless cards, even if the manufacturer is not supporting
Linux. Difficult task to achieve .. but that is the way forward. If
Hi all,
Situation:
One room with ten computers (running Win2k) and network hardware
installed.
Internet connection running through a old Netpilot proxy box.
Users would log into a local desktop and would only be asked for a
username and pwd for web connection when firefox started.
Michael Rimicans wrote:
Hi all,
Situation:
One room with ten computers (running Win2k) and network hardware
installed.
Internet connection running through a old Netpilot proxy box.
Users would log into a local desktop and would only be asked for a
username and pwd for web
/Or you can mount /home on every machine on an NFS / SMB share. Much
easier than it may sound. Then you get centralized management of each
user, central store of users data transparently and one place to back
stuff up. That would be my choice./
So everyone would login as normal?
Would it
After upgrading my old laptop from Feisty to Gutsy, the cifs shares for
my network drive are mounting fine, but an nfs share to a folder on
another computer on the network isn't.
When I 'sudo mount -a', I get
mount.nfs: serverIP:/sharefolder failed, reason given by server:
Permission denied
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should put
it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
(Is it that subtle that im a northerner lol XD)
On 10/29/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
As we've hit 12 people expressing
John,
John Levin wrote:
Tony Arnold wrote:
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this
James,
James Grabham wrote:
If its Ubuntu UK, we shouldnt have it in the south of England, we should
put it in the north, Newcastle, or Edinburgh, Maybe Manchester at a push.
Us folks in Manchester think we are in the north too! Seriously it needs
to be somewhere in the middle really.
(Is it
Josh Blacker wrote:
College provide 3 different versions of the vpn client for linux: two
4.6. and 4.8.. I've tried the two highest versions, but when
running the install script for each it gets past a copyright warning
and then hits a problem: vpnclient: 47: ( unexpected or something
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good. Birmingham seems
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With the
ideas below we will
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere
Tony Arnold wrote:
John,
John Levin wrote:
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
And also how much? How do you see this working financially? With
Cambridge is easy to get to from anywhere and has some great college
venues, you might even get one of them to donate a venue.
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** Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-29 23:32]:
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Agreed,
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be good.
Chris,
Chris Rowson wrote:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central would be
Chris Rowson said the following on 29/10/07 23:13:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Regards,
Tony.
--
Agreed,
** Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-29 23:18]:
On the location, my feeling is that if you run it in London people in
the far north of the country may miss out because of the travelling
time, so somewhere in the middle, I think would be better.
Agreed, Somewhere nice and central
On 10/29/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
On 10/29/07, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Josh,
Josh Blacker wrote:
which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version
4.8.01.0640.
My
On 29/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
As we've hit 12 people expressing interest in making an UbuCon UK
happen, I want to take the discussion of an UbuCon in the UK onward.
The fundamentals: When? Where? Who? What?
When? Sometime in Spring 2008, meaning March to May.
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