Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with installing packages

2011-10-13 Thread Barry Drake
On 12/10/11 22:58, paul sutton wrote: I tried to install a driver for a brother printer and now get told that packages are in an inconsistent state Can't answer this - sorry - but I had exactly the same problem. Fortunately, it occurred on Oneiric testing, so I just re-installed. If I don't

[ubuntu-uk] Wipe and load 10.10 to 10.11

2011-10-13 Thread David Smith
On my netbook, I use 10.10, the last version to run before Unity was introduced. Call me a stick-in-the-mud, but I liked Gnome desktop. If I was to go for a wipe and reload in the next coupla days, how easy is it to ditch Unity and switch back to Gnome desktop blinged up with CCSM?? Acer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wipe and load 10.10 to 10.11

2011-10-13 Thread Avi Greenbury
David Smith wrote: If I was to go for a wipe and reload in the next coupla days, how easy is it to ditch Unity and switch back to Gnome desktop blinged up with CCSM?? What are you looking at replacing 10.10 with? There is no Gnome 2 in 11.10 because it's all Gnome 3 based. Gnome 3 has a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wipe and load 10.10 to 10.11

2011-10-13 Thread David Smith
David Smith wrote: If I was to go for a wipe and reload in the next coupla days, how easy is it to ditch Unity and switch back to Gnome desktop blinged up with CCSM?? What are you looking at replacing 10.10 with? There is no Gnome 2 in 11.10 because it's all Gnome 3 based. Gnome 3 has a

[ubuntu-uk] Leeds Release Party

2011-10-13 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Guys, With regret I'm not going to be able to make the release party, I caught the flu at the weekend and was hoping it would be gone by now. Sadly it's not so I don't really want to be infecting anyone or straying too far from home. Please have a great time without me though, and hopefully

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?

2011-10-13 Thread Gordon
Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC. How do I find out what the dongles actually are? On 12 October

[ubuntu-uk] Keyring password error

2011-10-13 Thread dianne reuby
I have 10.10 Ubuntu. Used my machine with no problems this morning. Just switched back on and logged on to my account OK. But I get a message that my login password and my keyring password don't match, and to enter the password. Are the admin password and keyring password usually the same? And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?

2011-10-13 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 13 October 2011 16:28, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who responded - my problem is, when looking at mobile broadband deals, there's no technical detail on the dongles (or other kit) at all. All they say is compatible with PC (by which I take it they mean Windows) or MAC.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongles?

2011-10-13 Thread Michael Daniels
Ask your TSP what the brand and model number of their broadband dongle is.Hutchison 3mobile, did not guarantee that their dongle would work with Linux ,I contacted their techy department to tell them it does. To achieve a reasonable speed, you must be on a G3 connection, G2 is unreliable and

[ubuntu-uk] Well, that's a good start...

2011-10-13 Thread Simon Greenwood
I thought I would try an upgrade in place when the new distribution prompt came up and it gets through to setting up the software channels then fails because ubuntu-minimal has ceased to exist... s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood post-apocalyptic allen keys -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com