[ubuntu-uk] Thanks four your advice ....

2010-11-17 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there . A month or two back, some of you gave me lots of advice about upgrading. I was going to put a system together myself. One of the things that was holding me back was the thought of what might happen if the motherboard or processor failed early on. I've heard some real horror

[ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there I mentioned failure of the built-in webcam on my Dell mini 10v netbook a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the netbook has come back from Dell with a new camera fitted. I sent it back with the original system restored 'as received' when new. I tested the webcam on receipt and it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread bodsda
Its more likely a software issue then hardware. If you have an image of a system that didn't work with the webcam, then you get a new webcam and put the old image on and it stops again, that points to an issue with the image. Try a clean build. Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 21:13 +, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: If you have an image of a system that didn't work with the webcam, then you get a new webcam and put the old image on and it stops again, that points to an issue with the image. That's what I'd have said, but running from the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread Matt
for what it's worth: I had real webcam problems with my Dell M1330. From 8.04 until 9.04. It started intermittently, but then became permanent. lsusb didn't show it, and dmesg gave me nothing. I tried every patch and software solution I could find, and then resorted to taking it apart to check

[ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi guys, I have just launched a new Linux-based website like Yahoo answers (I got a free script) and could do with a little bit of feedback with modifications to make and maybe some Ubuntu/Linux based images for the header (the current one is the default for the script...) I could also do with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
And I forgot to provide the link! http://www.linuxproblems.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 19:38 -0200, Matt wrote: In the end I gave up and bought a £10 USB webcam and plugged it in. I think that confirms my decision. It's quite a hassle sending the thing back, and I already have a USB webcam that's not very good, but good enough. Maybe it's the camera that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 November 2010 21:53, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I have just launched a new Linux-based website like Yahoo answers (I got a free script) and could do with a little bit of feedback with modifications to make and maybe some Ubuntu/Linux based images for the header (the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Al, I was looking at the Google keyword tool for gaps where people just get caught in a dead end. 10,000 people search for Linux Problems every month, but if you search it yourself, you can see that there is nothing that is really of use (Like a QA site or a forum). Daniel --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell netbook webcam ....

2010-11-17 Thread Matt
On 17 November 2010 20:02, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 19:38 -0200, Matt wrote: In the end I gave up and bought a £10 USB webcam and plugged it in. I think that confirms my decision.  It's quite a hassle sending the thing back, and I already have a USB webcam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 November 2010 22:10, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I was looking at the Google keyword tool for gaps where people just get caught in a dead end. 10,000 people search for Linux Problems every month, but if you search it yourself, you can see that there is nothing that is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
That's true, but out of the 10,000 people who Google for it. There have to be some people having problems with Linux? And as it grows it will rank for other certain problems and keywords. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
I would add meego as one of the options (though it might be fedora, ill add it as a question). Maybe android? Hi guys, I have just launched a new Linux-based website like Yahoo answers (I got a free script) and could do with a little bit of feedback with modifications to make and maybe some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread alan c
On 17/11/10 22:20, Daniel Case wrote: That's true, but out of the 10,000 people who Google for it. There have to be some people having problems with Linux? And as it grows it will rank for other certain problems and keywords. I would suggest that the stats are the result of hypothetical

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Grant Sewell
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:42:55 + alan c wrote: On 17/11/10 22:20, Daniel Case wrote: That's true, but out of the 10,000 people who Google for it. There have to be some people having problems with Linux? And as it grows it will rank for other certain problems and keywords. I would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Tony Scott
Hi Daniel Putting aside whether (yet) another such site is needed (as Alan has already commented), could I just point out the PHP script is not free - it appears to be propriety code that requires payment http://www.answerscript.com/order.html There are plenty of open source systems that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hi Tony, I am glad you brought that up as I am currently making a script to suit the needs of the site (I am a PHP developer by profession) . I would like to make it as unique as possible and add my own spin to the typical Q+A scripts out there. I just wasn't really sure what sort of features