Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Printer problems.

2010-04-27 Thread Keith Powell
Steve wrote: On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk wrote: Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have managed to get fully working in Ubuntu? If so, please would you give me some help? Very briefly, I bought it some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)

2010-04-27 Thread A J Binnie
On 26 April 2010 17:30, Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com wrote: The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package with sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree. Some more tips at http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 Hope this helps, Well it did and it didn't. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 26 April 2010 15:08, Markie mark.curtis.1...@googlemail.com wrote: [snip] You can backup and re-instate your previous apps via command line; To backup Code: sudo dpkg –get-selections myPackages To re-instate Code: sudo dpkg –set-selections myPackages sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines and this will mean that if everything works as hoped I will be able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 27/04/10 12:34, Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: [...] I'm running 64-bit Lucid with 4GB of RAM, however Lucid is only seeing 3.1GB. It may be I have to set something in BIOS I haven't had time to look into it fully yet, but be aware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Rob Beard
On 27/04/10 12:32, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettittian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk wrote: Hi All With the upcoming release of 10.04, I have decided to reinstall my work machine and move from 32 to 64 bit. I need to run multiple virtual machines and this will mean that if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Liam Proven
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Strange, I'm running Lucid 32-Bit on my machine (with 4GB Ram) and it sees the full 4GB fine.  I gather the kernel has got PAE extensions or whatever it is to support over 3.25GB (although I gather the memory limit per

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Liam Proven
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Would some of the missing memory be video memory perhaps which is shared, from the main memory. Nope. That is why some RAM in a 4GB machine is inaccessible to a 32-bit OS: because the memory taken by the graphics card other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Rob Beard
On 27/04/10 13:39, Liam Proven wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Strange, I'm running Lucid 32-Bit on my machine (with 4GB Ram) and it sees the full 4GB fine. I gather the kernel has got PAE extensions or whatever it is to support over 3.25GB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Darren.Mansell
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk- boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Ibbotson Sent: 27 April 2010 12:32 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install On 26 April 2010 14:45, ian pettitt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Printer problems.

2010-04-27 Thread Steve
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:11:14 +0100, Keith Powell ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk wrote: Steve wrote: On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:16 +0100, Keith Powell ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk wrote: Has anyone got an HP B109a Photosmart printer/scanner which they have managed to get fully working in