Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 17/10/11 22:21, Daniel Case wrote: I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype... Gradwell have a very good reputation; we have several customers using them and being delighted with costs and services. Although they are really for business services they may have consumer pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] error: invalid arch independent ELF magic

2011-10-17 Thread James Morrissey
Hi Tim, Thanks for this. I won't be able to have a look for the next while as i am away doing fieldwork with a pretty poor internet connection. I'll have a look when i get a chance. Best, j On 18 October 2011 01:20, Timothy Rittman wrote: > Hi James, > > Sorry to be a bit slow in replying. I d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 28

2011-10-17 Thread David Goldsbrough
Thanks Colin - I'll see if I can give the time to try your suggestion - but all those screws and stuff tends to put me off :) Always been a software man rather than hardware. One theory I had from some of the research was it that it was something to do with ACPI. Other oldish Toshibas have had s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi Dan. I work for a fairly big Staffordshire based VOIP provider, SIP is definitely the way to go, if you contact me off list I can show you some quotes. However, the reason I am actually replying is about mobile rates. Our sip trunk provider give us near cost price mobile rates, and the rates w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] error: invalid arch independent ELF magic

2011-10-17 Thread Timothy Rittman
Hi James, Sorry to be a bit slow in replying. I don't have UEFI but on my last two upgrades have ended up in grub rescue mode. The instructions on the grub2 page (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - section 12 "resinstalling Grub2") were very helpful in reinstalling and reconfiguring gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 17 October 2011 22:21, Daniel Case wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Sorry for the off-topicness, but I figured you guys would be the most > knowledgeable people I know for this kind of thing. > > I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype, I know SIP > is one of the protocols used, and I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Daniel Case
Just to clarify, the unlimited subscription is needed to call a home phone, the mobile issue is a separate one I've just wondered about for some time. Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-17 Thread Daniel Case
Hey Guys, Sorry for the off-topicness, but I figured you guys would be the most knowledgeable people I know for this kind of thing. I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype, I know SIP is one of the protocols used, and I tried SipGate today. On initial testing (a 2 hour call to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AcidRip and Ubuntu forums

2011-10-17 Thread Bruce Beardall
Have you tried installing LAME? Maybe one or other update removed it. Regards Bruce On 14 October 2011 21:40, ** wrote: > I am trying to use AcidRip but according to the debug log it has apparently > "couldn't find encoder for codec mp3" Since it used to work OK I can only > assume an update

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba Portege P4010 - BIOS Bad Block 3

2011-10-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 October 2011 17:44, David Goldsbrough wrote: > Hi, > > Up until Friday I was happily runnng Ubuntu on subject machine.  It > has never managed to do a restore before, and I have always shutdown > and re-booted whenever softaware updates requested it. > > I have never tried ever to suspend it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba Portege P4010 - BIOS Bad Block 3

2011-10-17 Thread Barry Titterton
On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 17:44 +0100, David Goldsbrough wrote: > Hi, > > Up until Friday I was happily runnng Ubuntu on subject machine. It > has never managed to do a restore before, and I have always shutdown > and re-booted whenever softaware updates requested it. > > I have never tried ever to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xubuntu 11.10 Problems

2011-10-17 Thread Andres
I was thinking of upgrading myself. I'll let you know if i have any problems. -- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. - Mensaje original - > Hi, > > I'm not really au fait with Xubuntu, but I do know they tied them selves > to Ligh

[ubuntu-uk] Toshiba Portege P4010 - BIOS Bad Block 3

2011-10-17 Thread David Goldsbrough
Hi, Up until Friday I was happily runnng Ubuntu on subject machine. It has never managed to do a restore before, and I have always shutdown and re-booted whenever softaware updates requested it. I have never tried ever to suspend it or hibernate it, due to bad attitude on my part as I regard thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

2011-10-17 Thread alan c
On 17/10/11 14:12, Avi Greenbury wrote: > alan c wrote: > >> I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance >> who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has >> until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early >> 2008. Over three ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

2011-10-17 Thread Avi Greenbury
alan c wrote: > I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance > who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has > until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early > 2008. Over three years. This is the sort of time scale I have found

[ubuntu-uk] Dual boot user does self conversion

2011-10-17 Thread alan c
I just received this (now slightly edited) email from an acquaintance who is keen to use FLOSS, and has helped with advocacy, but who has until now been using dual boot or just live CD methods - since early 2008. Over three years. This is the sort of time scale I have found to be relevant if a pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer 5742 laptop compatibility with Ubuntu

2011-10-17 Thread Bob Giles
On 17/10/11 10:24, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: On 17 October 2011 07:32, Bob Giles wrote: Having successfully converted my wife to Ubuntu Linux the time has come to replace her ageing laptop. I have seen an advert from Dabs offering an Acer 5742 I5 laptop for £399 inc VAT. (http://goo.gl/zcPyN) This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer 5742 laptop compatibility with Ubuntu

2011-10-17 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 17 October 2011 07:32, Bob Giles wrote: > Having successfully converted my wife to Ubuntu Linux the time has come to > replace her ageing laptop. I have seen an advert from Dabs offering an Acer > 5742 I5 laptop for £399 inc VAT. (http://goo.gl/zcPyN) This appears to fit > the bill but I have a