[ubuntu-uk] Running Myst on WINE?

2012-08-06 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Ubuntu 12.04 on a 4 year old Toshiba Satellite. I have a Windows 95 copy of Myst which has installed OK in WINE but when I run it I get the message Myst requires a 256 colour palletized display driver. Is there anything I can do to get round this? (Can't see anything about this in

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 10.10 on apple g3

2012-08-06 Thread paul sutton
Hi I am trying to help a friend who has a mac book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook#iBook_G3_Dual_USB_.28.22Snow.22.29 trying to boot a LIVE cd of 10.10 and getting a blank screen, i know there are options that can be typed in at the boot: prompt and just wondered if anyone had some ideas

[ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-06 Thread Wayne Roberts
Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error Aborted (core dumped) Anybody got any clues? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-06 Thread Kris Douglas
Skype has this funny habit of using port 80. Try killing Dropbox, starting Skype, and disabling the use port 80 option in the preferences menu. On 6 August 2012 18:53, Wayne Roberts wa...@therobertsfamily.eu wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 10.10 on apple g3

2012-08-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I've forwarded this to the testers on lubuntu-qa[1] It seems pretty agreed by all teams that lubuntu will now be the flavour to fully support the older Macs going forward. Do feel free to join that list and ask questions from the Mac testers on there. Regards, Phill. 1.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 10.10 on apple g3

2012-08-06 Thread Liam Proven
On 6 August 2012 18:37, paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: Hi I am trying to help a friend who has a mac book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook#iBook_G3_Dual_USB_.28.22Snow.22.29 trying to boot a LIVE cd of 10.10 and getting a blank screen, i know there are options that can be typed in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 10.10 on apple g3

2012-08-06 Thread paul sutton
On 06/08/12 18:59, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi, I've forwarded this to the testers on lubuntu-qa[1] It seems pretty agreed by all teams that lubuntu will now be the flavour to fully support the older Macs going forward. Do feel free to join that list and ask questions from the Mac testers on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-06 Thread Wayne Roberts
On 06/08/12 18:59, Kris Douglas wrote: Skype has this funny habit of using port 80. Try killing Dropbox, starting Skype, and disabling the use port 80 option in the preferences menu. On 6 August 2012 18:53, Wayne Roberts wa...@therobertsfamily.eu wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-06 Thread J Fernyhough
On 6 August 2012 19:02, Wayne Roberts wa...@therobertsfamily.eu wrote: I've 'purged' dropbox but skype still refuses to start any more ideas? Which version of Skype are you running? And from where? What other changes have you made to the system, e.g. other updates? (you can check your update

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-06 Thread Wayne Roberts
On 06/08/12 19:07, J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 August 2012 19:02, Wayne Roberts wa...@therobertsfamily.eu wrote: I've 'purged' dropbox but skype still refuses to start any more ideas? Which version of Skype are you running? And from where? What other changes have you made to the system, e.g.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Myst on WINE?

2012-08-06 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 06/08/12 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote: Codeweavers give it a bronze in Crossover, but here are instructions on WineHQ: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=versioniId=143 I saw that before posting - unfortunately it doesn't tell me anything about the 256 colour palette...

[ubuntu-uk] lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-06 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Ubuntu 12.04. I've suddenly lost the clock/calendar on the desktop toolbar - how do I get that back? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-06 Thread Colin Law
On 6 August 2012 20:41, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu 12.04. I've suddenly lost the clock/calendar on the desktop toolbar - how do I get that back? Have you tried logging out and in again? Or even re-boot. You probably have but since you do not say then the question

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Myst on WINE?

2012-08-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 6 August 2012 20:30, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/08/12 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote: Codeweavers give it a bronze in Crossover, but here are instructions on WineHQ: http://appdb.winehq.org/**objectManager.php?sClass=**

[ubuntu-uk] USB 3 drive no longer automatically mounting

2012-08-06 Thread David King
I recently moved my Ubuntu installation (10.10) from one hard disk to another. I also installed Linux Mint on the new drive, which controls the boot menu (on the old hard disk the boot menu was installed by Ubuntu 11.10). Previously when booting into Ubuntu an external hard drive on a USB 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Myst on WINE?

2012-08-06 Thread Tony Pursell
On 6 August 2012 21:37, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 August 2012 20:30, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/08/12 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote: Codeweavers give it a bronze in Crossover, but here are instructions on WineHQ: