Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 Release Party - The Warwick, London - Thu 23rd April

2009-04-08 Thread Kat Kinnie
Hi all, As previously announced our 9.04 UK launch party will take place at The Warwick, which like many large London venues has a general over-21s only admission policy. Following feedback from some of our younger community members, we have negotiated an agreement with the Warwick to allow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: Also, seeing colins email on London party, Twitter? Do we have a hashtag for it? I'm on identi.ca rather than Twitter but a hashtag would be great. I'm terrible at thinking up such things. Anyone have any suggestions? Was there a hashtag for the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Colin McCarthy
2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: Also, seeing colins email on London party, Twitter? Do we have a hashtag for it? I'm on identi.ca rather than Twitter but a hashtag would be great. I'm terrible at thinking up such things. Anyone have any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/8 Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com: 2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: Also, seeing colins email on London party, Twitter? Do we have a hashtag for it? I'm on identi.ca rather than Twitter but a hashtag would be great. I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Harry Rickards
On 8 Apr 2009, at 10:44, Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/8 Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com: 2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: Also, seeing colins email on London party, Twitter? Do we have a hashtag for it? I'm on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
Thanks :) 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: It's up on the Forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1118879 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com The release party is the weekend before term begins, so people should be back in their flats. I just hope they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Harry Rickards
On 8 Apr 2009, at 10:57, Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think we really need the actual release information, it's not like peole are going to get confussed and twitter about the wrong release party :-) Colin 2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com Thanks :) 2009/4/7

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: merlyn: confirming @jonobacon - Ubuntu Community Manager on FLOSS Weekly (twit.tv/floss) live taping at 2pm (2100Z) Wednesday (http://live.twit.tv)

2009-04-08 Thread Pete Stean
That's 10pm in England right? If so, the stream will be available at http://twitlive.tv Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Colin McCarthy
I don't think we really need the actual release information, it's not like peole are going to get confussed and twitter about the wrong release party :-) Colin 2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com Thanks :) 2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com: It's up on the Forums -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
Can someone forward this to ubuntu-event-plann...@lists.ubuntu.com and ubuntu-l...@lists.ubuntu.com (if appropriate), please? 2009/3/25 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com: I'm pleased to announce that Ian Forrester (from BBC Backstage) has booked us the BBC Manchester Bar on Friday 24th April for the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread Harry Rickards
Quoting doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: Hi -- I'm trying to install Shoes (http://shoooes.net/) on Ubuntu Ibex, and am running into a few problems. The way to install Shoes on a Linux system is with a .run file, and the instructions there say little more than double-click it. When I try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/4/8 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: When I try ./shoes2.run, I get the following output: bash: ./shoes2.run: Permission denied. So, for completeness' sake, I try sudo ./shoes.run, and then get: sudo: ./shoes2.run: command not found. Can anyone advise me on what to try next? Thanks very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread doug livesey
Try:- $chmod +x shoes2.run then see if it will run. Like a charm! Thanks very much! Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Gordon Allott
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:00 +0100, Lucy wrote: Can someone forward this to ubuntu-event-plann...@lists.ubuntu.com and ubuntu-l...@lists.ubuntu.com (if appropriate), please? Forwarded to ubuntu-event-planners - I'm not quite sure who you are after with 'ubuntu-loco' is that an actual list? (I'm

[ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread m.pal...@tiscali.it
Dear Folks, I am an Italian ubuntian who came to Exeter for a course. I brought my notebook with me, I was hoping to use it wireless, but I cannot. Maybe If you have a ubuntu community center, or a pub we can meet there and you can teacdh me how to connect wifi with my notebook here. My version

[ubuntu-uk] Boot hangs loading tg3 module

2009-04-08 Thread Tony Travis
Hello, I'm struggling to boot Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10 on an IWill Zmaxd2: The kernel hangs after loading the tg3 (Broadcom) driver module. There are lots of reports about problems with the tg3 module on the web but, so far, none of the suggested fixes works for me. My Zmaxd2 boots fine under

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
Hi I know I am keeping on asking this, but I really want to get this to work. I sent an e-mail some time, about this, but I'm not sure if it has reached you, so I am going to post it again. If install WICD, am I going to end up with worse problems. Been still trying a few things out, to get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com: 2009/4/8 Gordon Allott gordall...@gmail.com: On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:00 +0100, Lucy wrote: Can someone forward this to ubuntu-event-plann...@lists.ubuntu.com and ubuntu-l...@lists.ubuntu.com (if appropriate), please? Forwarded to ubuntu-event-planners -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread Chris Penston
right click on the .run file. change permissions to allow to open as an executable file (can't remember the exact terminology) but there is a check box to tick. Close then double click and choose to run in a terminal. It should then work. Chris From: biot...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 8 Apr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/8 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com: 2009/4/8 Gordon Allott gordall...@gmail.com: On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:00 +0100, Lucy wrote: Can someone forward this to ubuntu-event-plann...@lists.ubuntu.com and ubuntu-l...@lists.ubuntu.com (if appropriate), please?

[ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- I'm trying to install Shoes (http://shoooes.net/) on Ubuntu Ibex, and am running into a few problems. The way to install Shoes on a Linux system is with a .run file, and the instructions there say little more than double-click it. When I try that, I get gedit complaining that it can't read

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

2009-04-08 Thread alan c
Alan Bell wrote: Stephen Garton wrote: I have used gitso (http://code.google.com/p/gitso/) with a reasonable amount of success, for connecting linux and windows machines in all configurations (i.e. L-L, L-W, W-L and W-W). I say reasonable amount of success purely because I don't use it

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: merlyn: confirming @jonobacon - Ubuntu Community Manager on FLOSS Weekly (twit.tv/floss) live taping at 2pm (2100Z) Wednesday (http://live.twit.tv)

2009-04-08 Thread Harry Rickards
Thought some people might be interested in watching this: - Forwarded message from b...@dev.null.invalid - Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:25:02 - From: Twitter / l33tmyst with friends b...@dev.null.invalid Subject: merlyn: confirming @jonobacon - Ubuntu Community Manager on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: merlyn: confirming @jonobacon - Ubuntu Community Manager on FLOSS Weekly (twit.tv/floss) live taping at 2pm (2100Z) Wednesday (http://live.twit.tv)

2009-04-08 Thread Harry Rickards
Quoting Pete Stean pete...@googlemail.com: That's 10pm in England right? If so, the stream will be available at http://twitlive.tv Pete Yeah. The stream at twitlive.tv is the Stickam stream, which is also available at http://stickam.com/leolaporte. There's also a UStream stream

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/8 Gordon Allott gordall...@gmail.com: On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:00 +0100, Lucy wrote: Can someone forward this to ubuntu-event-plann...@lists.ubuntu.com and ubuntu-l...@lists.ubuntu.com (if appropriate), please? Forwarded to ubuntu-event-planners - I'm not quite sure who you are after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-08 Thread GIVEN BONGANI MAHLANGU
no more require some email good luck -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/7 John jake...@sky.com: Been still trying a few things out, to get this to work. I have discovered that I tried to connect to Joiku via a windows xp machine, and found I could connect really easily using both 68 and 128 bits encryption. So it makes me think that there might be something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
Harry Rickards wrote: Quoting jakewc2 jake...@sky.com: Sorrym to keep on about this, but I am still having problems. i just wondered, could there be something wrong with the networkmanager applet? Could somebody help please? Thank you. John If there is a problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread Lucy
2009/4/8 John jake...@sky.com: Well, I'm totally fd. I tried to uninstall Network manager, and installed WICD, it wouldnt connect, had problems with authentication. Now I cannot connect to the internet at all. It just wont connect. How can I get my internet connection back, to my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
Lucy wrote: 2009/4/7 John jake...@sky.com: Been still trying a few things out, to get this to work. I have discovered that I tried to connect to Joiku via a windows xp machine, and found I could connect really easily using both 68 and 128 bits encryption. So it makes me think that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread Michael G Fletcher
Hi Lucy, thank you for getting back to me. I posted after you messaged, so I'm a bit of a mess. I have no connection now. The WICD wouldnt connect, had an authentication problem, just like in Network manager, wouldnt connect at all to the internet using any of my wireless connections. How

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread Rob Beard
m.pal...@tiscali.it wrote: Dear Folks, I am an Italian ubuntian who came to Exeter for a course. I brought my notebook with me, I was hoping to use it wireless, but I cannot. Maybe If you have a ubuntu community center, or a pub we can meet there and you can teacdh me how to connect wifi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread Alec Wright
I think there could be a problem with WiFi standards... isnt european wifi incompatible with UK WiFi 2009/4/8 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: m.pal...@tiscali.it wrote: Dear Folks, I am an Italian ubuntian who came to Exeter for a course. I brought my notebook with me, I was hoping to use it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Lucy, thank you for getting back to me. I posted after you messaged, so I'm a bit of a mess. I have no connection now. The WICD wouldnt connect, had an authentication problem, just like in Network manager, wouldnt connect at all to the internet using any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
2009/4/8 John jake...@sky.com: How can I get any network manager, to be able to connect now. Ok, from the top, on my phone Joikuspot is configured like this:- Network name: Haha! Access point: Orange Internet 802.11 Channel: Automatic Encryption: WEP Open Encryption key type: ASCII Encryption

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread Matt Jones
No?? The US uses a narrower range of channel IIRC, but that's about it. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: I think there could be a problem with WiFi standards... isnt european wifi incompatible with UK WiFi 2009/4/8 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread Farran Lee
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:12 +0100, Matt Jones wrote: No?? The US uses a narrower range of channel IIRC, but that's about it. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: I think there could be a problem with WiFi standards... isnt european wifi incompatible with UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Italian ubuntian in Exeter

2009-04-08 Thread Simon Wears
Marco, can you view the wifi networks, or are you not getting anything for wifi? From my experience putting Intrepid on my sisters laptop (a Fujitsu V5355), Atheros cards need a wifi driver installing, because they don't have the right ones by default. My fix for this was to *do sudo apt-get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/8 John jake...@sky.com: How can I get any network manager, to be able to connect now. Ok, from the top, on my phone Joikuspot is configured like this:- Network name: Haha! Access point: Orange Internet 802.11 Channel: Automatic Encryption: WEP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

2009-04-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/4/8 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com: Gitso: Thanks for the heads up! I have used it  - and it works!   :-) I will be using it a lot more in future to support friends and family with ubuntu. I am also using vnc with ssh tunnel to support a particular person, and I have been trying to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

2009-04-08 Thread Michael G Fletcher
Gitso: Thanks for the heads up! I have used it  - and it works!   :-) I will be using it a lot more in future to support friends and family with ubuntu. Gitso, I'm in love :-) so simple and easy to use! Just helped John solve his wireless issues using gitso, very nice indeed :-) Thanks for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-04-08 Thread John
round. YIPPP...Amazing. Thank you so much Mike, I really appreciate all the time you spent helping. John. __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3995 (20090408) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

[ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents energy consumption

2009-04-08 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- I (sort of) noticed a while back some marketing gumph that suggested that Ubuntu servers can be configured to reduce power consumption when they are not under heavy load, and was wondering if something similar was available (generally, I mean, not *just* for Ubuntu) for domestic use. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents energy consumption

2009-04-08 Thread Simon Wears
I use a program called gshutdown, available in the repos. Basically, it's just a GUI for the command line shutdown, but I like to watch a film when I go to bed, but often fall asleep. What I do is load up gshutdown and my film, and tell gshutdown to turn off my PC after a delay (the length of the