[ubuntu-uk] Linux (Ubuntu) Sysadmin Job in London

2010-04-30 Thread Alan Lord (News)
Hi all, I got this in my inbox this morning. It's not for me but seemed like something worth passing round the group! -- Hi, Position: Linux System Administrator Type: Permanent Location: London Our client is looking to hire a Linux System Administrator to take charge of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Douglas
Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card works on 9.10. Kris Douglas, Sent from my HTC Hero On Apr 30, 2010 6:45 AM, Markie mark.curtis.1...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Then the machine froze on

[ubuntu-uk] Banbury Ubuntu lucid Release Party

2010-04-30 Thread philip taylor
Hello All I am looking forward to our Lucid Launch Party tomorrow evening, at the The Olde Reindeer Inn in banbury, at and or onwards from 19:30pm until late. It will be good. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/120/detail/ All the details are on that page. I hope to get some worth while

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu lucid Release Party

2010-04-30 Thread John Stevenson
Hello all, I hope last nights release party at Davy's was a successful and fun event for all. I am running a release / install party on Saturday 1st May in central London if anyone is in the area and cant make OggCamp. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/140/detail/ I will be helping developers,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card works on 9.10. Kris Douglas, Kris, When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Douglas
On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card works on 9.10. Kris Douglas, Kris,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Douglas
On 30 April 2010 11:43, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only holding the power button can turn it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system, only holding the power button can turn it off. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Douglas
On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything

[ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

2010-04-30 Thread John Matthews
I did my final upgrade, via SystemAdministrationUpdate Manager...but unfortunately, towards the end of the update, Wine couldnt be installed, and it halted the installation. Now in the grub, I have old versions of Ubuntu showing, and about 10 of them, and I know it should show the updated

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

2010-04-30 Thread Paul Sladen
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, John Matthews wrote: Does anybody know ho I can update it, so that it only shows Lucid int he grub? The label in Grub is cosmetic, the (partly upgraded) system will be booted anyway. You should be able to: sudo update-grub to push that change. Please could you file a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:51 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Ferrari One - First Hurdle Failure

2010-04-30 Thread Kris Douglas
On 30 April 2010 12:31, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:51 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin

[ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

2010-04-30 Thread Markie
Hi Folks, I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into the desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way pidgin has been integrated it would be nice to see TB. Especially seeing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

2010-04-30 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 30/04/10 16:46, Markie wrote: Hi Folks, I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into the desktop notification but alas it hasnt. Its no big deal but the way pidgin has been integrated it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Including thundebird into the gnome desktop notification

2010-04-30 Thread Markie
Perfect! Thanks Alan! Markie On 30 April 2010 16:52, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/04/10 16:46, Markie wrote: Hi Folks, I installed Lucid onto a spare old external HDD last night and its doing great so far. I wondered if Thunderbird might have been included into

[ubuntu-uk] Evolution crashes when accessing Exchange 2003 server

2010-04-30 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I've just started a new job and at the moment I've been using my own personal laptop which is running Ubuntu 10.04 (actually I'm the only IT guy where I work so when I get another machine it may end up running Ubuntu rather than Windows). Anyway, I've been trying to get Evolution

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

2010-04-30 Thread Rob Beard
On 30/04/10 19:24, NTLWorld wrote: Hi there Just had a pleasant surprise! I collected my mobile broadband dongle back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook. It worked straight away. I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to present to the USB as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

2010-04-30 Thread Paul Tansom
** NTLWorld b.dr...@ntlworld.com [2010-04-30 19:32]: Just had a pleasant surprise! I collected my mobile broadband dongle back from a friend who had borrowed it, and plugged it into my netbook. It worked straight away. I hadn't expected that, as it is supposed to present to the USB as a