Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?

2008-05-22 Thread Gavin Ford
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 05:06:21PM +0100, Gavin Ford wrote: On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 02:52:03PM +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: The Intel X driver was substantially improved/re-written for Hardy so you might want to at least try a LiveCD. I've been updating all the way, the problem is still

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bluetooth problem- pc to phone

2008-05-22 Thread Gavin Ford
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:13:46PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: After spending countless hours looking on the net im on the verge of giving up. posting here now as a last resort... My xubuntu hardy is bluetooth enabled. I can see it when i switch on BT on my phone, moto z8. But thats it. I cant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?

2008-05-21 Thread Gavin Ford
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:21:34AM +0100, John Levin wrote: Just out of curiosity (and because I'm very impressed with it), are any of the British Ubuntu community running the XFCE variant Xubuntu? I use parts of Xubuntu and Ubuntu. I installed from an Ubuntu 7.04 disc and later removed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any Xubuntu users?

2008-05-21 Thread Gavin Ford
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 02:52:03PM +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: The Intel X driver was substantially improved/re-written for Hardy so you might want to at least try a LiveCD. I've been updating all the way, the problem is still here in Hardy. The LiveCD is a good idea, I'll give it a go and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via bluetooth phone!

2008-05-18 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:33:22PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: Thoughts? I think what's being asked there, is as you can use a mobile phone as a data connection for a computer, via bluetooth, can you reverse the process and use a computer as a data connection for a phone. Perhaps with some special

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu via bluetooth phone!

2008-05-18 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:48:16PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: ... You wouldn't gain anything from using such a system, if there was one. There is specialised hardware etc that already does things like that (see a cheap tesco's cordless phone, or a PDA from any fairly large shop like PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small low powered Linux box running Xu buntu for £99

2008-05-08 Thread Gavin Ford
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:27:35PM +0100, Adam Bagnall wrote: Just poking about on their site you can order one here. http://www.viglen.co.uk/devportal/std/storefront/qna.asp?part_no=MPCWEBecode=XUBUMPCLsector=firstpass=1guid=22084573063 Click the information link and it says 256mb RAM but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Hardy problems and their fixes

2008-05-03 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:40:17PM +0100, Seif Attar wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 22:21 +0100, Gavin Ford wrote: Broadcom WiFi was slow and unreliable This was down to defaulting to the Open Source Broadcom driver, which is cripplingly slow and seemed to just plain stop in the middle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 4OD- need help!

2008-05-02 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 01:58:24AM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: Ok dumb question indeed. Is there anyway of connecting buntu to 4od. I was thinking maybe through some way through vlc (streaming connection to the website) or someother play...elisa media centre...myth...anything? Just a thought?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ripping and converting a dvd!

2008-05-01 Thread Gavin Ford
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 02:52:57PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: A bit of a weird one this. I want to rip a DVD and then convert it to avi. Only thing is i have media centre pc and in that pc i have a dual core 6600. Coz of lack of space it gets extremely hot..and is automatically set to shut down

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to torrent on a remote machine

2008-05-01 Thread Gavin Ford
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 03:51:34PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: so i can install this debian via a ubuntu pc? Before I go any further I should try and explain what Debian is. Debian is the OS Ubuntu is built from. Without Debian there would be no Ubuntu as we know it. Debian is a hugely important

[ubuntu-uk] My Hardy problems and their fixes

2008-04-30 Thread Gavin Ford
I've had a few problems since upgrading to Hardy, now I've got most of them sorted I thought it would be helpful to share the solutions I've found. Broadcom WiFi was slow and unreliable This was down to defaulting to the Open Source Broadcom driver, which is cripplingly slow and seemed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron and Firefox

2008-04-28 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 07:00:24PM +0100, Philip Newborough wrote: I have been experiencing similar symptoms for the last week or so, Firefox freezes for a few seconds before responding, seems to happen more when a new page is rendered. Again, noticed on several systems, all running various

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:40:13AM +0100, Christopher Chatfield wrote: I have only run various flavours of linux for the past 3 years. I am not a games player but my son is. There is an extra special game about to be released, that will only play on windows. I want to run windows in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-29 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:12:51PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: If you do, you might want to consider using a VM technology such as VirtualBox or VMware to get an instance of Windows rather than dual boot. Another alternative is WINE, that way you may not need a copy of Windows at all. -- Gav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

2008-03-04 Thread Gavin Ford
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 02:35:39PM +, alan c wrote: Is it me, or something at my end here, but things seem uncommonly quiet on this list for the last several days? Quiet. Too quiet. I think something sinister is going on and they aren't telling us about it. We should run. -Gav --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

2008-02-23 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 07:17:20PM +, Rob Beard wrote: What this the security type (WPA, WEP etc) and how many characters is the passphrase? I've had a similar problem with my dad's wireless once, turns out the passphrase was too short (was about 6 characters rather than the required

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Funds Work for Photoshop on Linux

2008-02-22 Thread Gavin Ford
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +, Jai Harrison wrote: I can understand why people who have never used Photoshop might not find the GIMP complicated to use - especially if they've spent time learning to use it but it presents a problem to people who are used to image tool standards

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

2008-02-18 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:31:37AM +, Daniel Lamb wrote: No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really struggle with that. The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games. Almost everything else can be replaced. MS Office to Open Office or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?

2008-02-18 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:10:45PM +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: Downloading, for example, Command and Conquer for the PC via torrent is illegal. That won't stop people doing it. Oh no it isn't. http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61#NewsMain -Gav -- [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Notebook Problems

2008-02-17 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 01:14:50PM +, Sean Miller wrote: Ubuntu Satanic Edition? Sean http://ubuntusatanic.org/news/about It's a set of themes to make Ubuntu look more like Windows Vista. -Gav -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC video clip capture - again

2008-01-14 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 05:10:08AM +, C L Chatfield wrote: If you use Xvidcap with a good graphics card, would it work? I cant capture totem images with it but can record screenshots. You don't need to with mplayer, you can add the -dumpstream option and it will dump the content to a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC video clip capture - again

2008-01-13 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:53:43PM +, alan c wrote: One of the rare occasions just happened - I wanted to capture a video clip from the bbc site. The previous technique I used does not now seem to work on this site, maybe they have changed their approach or something? The particular

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC video clip capture - again

2008-01-13 Thread Gavin Ford
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 11:27:41PM +, alan c wrote: The spaces and unescaped weird characters in the URL are confusing it, try it in single quotes like this: mplayer

[ubuntu-uk] aptitude/dpkg and a post-install script failing

2008-01-02 Thread Gavin Ford
Hello, I'm getting a strange error message from aptitude when I install anything or run safe-upgrade. It's caused by what it tells me is a the failing post- installation script for ssmtp. Now I have ssmtp installed and working fine on two machines, but both throw this error out: The