Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade 9.04

2009-04-27 Thread John Taylor
Harry Rickards wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Taylor wrote: Harry Rickards wrote: John Taylor wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/26 John Taylor john.68tay...@btinternet.com: Seems to fail during calculating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade 9.04

2009-04-27 Thread John Taylor
Harry Rickards wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Taylor wrote: Harry Rickards wrote: John Taylor wrote: Harry Rickards wrote: John Taylor wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/26 John Taylor john

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade 9.04

2009-04-26 Thread John Taylor
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/26 John Taylor john.68tay...@btinternet.com: Seems to fail during calculating changes - could not calculate upgrade any ideas? never happened before! How did you try to upgrade? Can you attach your /etc/apt/sources.list and the contents of any files

[ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey1.1.12

2008-10-10 Thread John Taylor
it refused to connect to smtp.btinternet.com and still does however Gmail, Evolution and Hotmail all connect OK. Any help would be appreciated John Taylor -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-20 Thread John Taylor
Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Can get the screen to pivot centrally, screen to wobble etc, but no **??!! cube In General Settings do you have number

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-20 Thread John Taylor
Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Can get the screen to pivot

[ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-20 Thread John Taylor
Help The top of SeaMonkey now disappears under the top icon bar of screen and I can't shift it in any direction; nothing else is affected.any ideas? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-20 Thread John Taylor
Sean Miller wrote: Hide the top bar is my only suggestion can do that by right clicking on the bar, Properties and Show Hide Buttons... you'll then get nice things at each side that allows you to hide the bar. Sean Many thanks, sanity returns John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-19 Thread John Taylor
and capable It must be a simple answer but I'm dammed if I can see it Any constructive ideas please? John Taylor -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-19 Thread John Taylor
Philip Wyett wrote: 2008/6/19 John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Have installed Compiz through the correct channel but it has not offered me an initial cube even though all the correct box's in ccsm are ticked Can get the screen to pivot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-19 Thread John Taylor
Andrew Oakley wrote: Ted wrote: John Taylor wrote: Can get the screen to pivot centrally, screen to wobble etc, but no **??!! cube In General Settings do you have number of desktops set to 2...I have Horizontal size 4, vert size 1 and number of desktops 2 Correct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Online banking

2008-06-05 Thread John Taylor
keith wrote: I've just upgraded to Hardy Heron and tried to access my online Natwest Bank page, only to be confronted with a message telling me that my browser (Firefox 3) is not acceptable. I have spoken to the bank's online banking department and I might just as well have been speaking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bottom Screen Bar

2008-02-17 Thread John Taylor
Wulfy wrote: John Taylor wrote: Thanks for info...have tried your suggestion but it doesn't do what I want (at least on my machine).. a simple example is the MPPLAYER (Gnome) I activate it, produce music, minimize at which moment it disappears like a ferret down a drainpipe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bottom Screen Bar

2008-02-13 Thread John Taylor
, trash. On 12/02/2008, John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After updating to 7.10 some time ago I lost the bottom bar on the screen where the trash can (how I hate that American word) used to sit along with other minimised programs, how the hell can I get it back! John Taylor

[ubuntu-uk] Botton Screen Bar

2008-02-12 Thread John Taylor
After updating to 7.10 some time ago I lost the bottom bar on the screen where the trash can (how I hate that American word) used to sit along with other minimised programs, how the hell can I get it back! John Taylor -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-10 Thread John Taylor
Robert McWilliam wrote: On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:12:17 +, Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: /etc/xorg.conf Actually i think i've missed a level in that path. It should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf or something similar, sorry i'm not at an actual computer ATM to check.

[ubuntu-uk] Bookmarks

2008-01-10 Thread John Taylor
I have 7.10 with Gnome, when I first updated I could swear that in the drop down menu within Places there was a sub-menu of Bookmarks, if so how do I get it back or am I just demented? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-09 Thread John Taylor
Robert McWilliam wrote: On 08/01/08 19:55:26, John Taylor wrote: We have a miniaturised screen, don't ask me how or why. I went through your suggestions three or four times before swearing at the machine and then it happened and it can up with half an answer, a 15 inch screen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-09 Thread John Taylor
Robert McWilliam wrote: On 09/01/08 12:01:18, John Taylor wrote: Thanks reply but that's not the answer I set the resolution as max of 1360*768 or sometimes a little less just to try something different but the screen stays the same i.e. equivalent of about 15 inches - if I tick

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-08 Thread John Taylor
Rob Beard wrote: John Taylor wrote: Rob Beard wrote: John Taylor wrote: Tried suggestion twice but it tries to load but to no avail(I say OK to all suggestion) Cant boot with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart - have to switch off Any other ideas?.When it tries

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-06 Thread John Taylor
Rob Beard wrote: John Taylor wrote: Tried suggestion twice but it tries to load but to no avail(I say OK to all suggestion) Cant boot with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart - have to switch off Any other ideas?.When it tries to load desktop I hear a sound of drums in the distance

[ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-04 Thread John Taylor
This being sent from SM within Vista - have lost contact with Ubuntu Was trying to adjust screen size on monitor through Screen and Video card when I got a warning message that something had broken (not completed) when I rebooted a little later blank screen with signal out of range which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-04 Thread John Taylor
Tony Arnold wrote: John, John Taylor wrote: This being sent from SM within Vista - have lost contact with Ubuntu Was trying to adjust screen size on monitor through Screen and Video card when I got a warning message that something had broken (not completed) when I rebooted a little

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-04 Thread John Taylor
Tony Arnold wrote: John, John Taylor wrote: This being sent from SM within Vista - have lost contact with Ubuntu Was trying to adjust screen size on monitor through Screen and Video card when I got a warning message that something had broken (not completed) when I rebooted a little

[ubuntu-uk] Gnome!

2007-10-11 Thread John Taylor
For reason totally beyond me I can not install latest SeaMonkey on Gnome Desktop - I have followed the instructions but a big no! It was (is) there under KDE and has(is) letting me access the old desktop file but cant update or see Icon on Gnome Any bright ideas its driving me balmy John --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Do we have a forum?

2007-08-10 Thread John Taylor
Darren Mansell wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 10:35 +0100, John Taylor wrote: VM would be nice and being able to instantly flick (click) from windows to Ubuntu - perhaps some of the youngsters might help one day!! John Taylor Anyone around Birmingham/Worcs area is free to ask my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Do we have a forum?

2007-08-09 Thread John Taylor
rhaps some of the youngsters might help one day!! John Taylor -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 06:18, John Taylor wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksudo ./seamonkey-installer X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 Major opcode: 145 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device What more can I tell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 10:47, John Taylor wrote: Mark I have GTK2 version from yesterdays download. If I run [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ./seamonkey-installer bash: ./seamonkey-installer: is a directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ what do I do now? John try [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 11:14, John Taylor wrote: Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 10:47, John Taylor wrote: Mark I have GTK2 version from yesterdays download. If I run [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ./seamonkey-installer bash: ./seamonkey-installer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 12:02, John Taylor wrote: Not sure this helps. but ./seamonkey-installer-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Yes it does. Looks like you are missing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:12, John Taylor wrote: We have lift off but where should it be (Seamonkey) file:///home/john/seamonkey If its this one how do I activate it? Sorry to be a pest John Good news :) To run it, you can cd into the seamonkey directory

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
John Taylor wrote: Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:12, John Taylor wrote: We have lift off but where should it be (Seamonkey) file:///home/john/seamonkey If its this one how do I activate it? Sorry to be a pest John Good news :) To run it, you can cd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
John Taylor wrote: Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:12, John Taylor wrote: We have lift off but where should it be (Seamonkey) file:///home/john/seamonkey If its this one how do I activate it? Sorry to be a pest John Good news :) To run it, you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-26 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:49, John Taylor wrote: Sorry but its KDE Extra cheers John No problem! Right click the menu button in the bottom left of your screen, and select Menu Editor. As this is a browser, right click the Internet option in the Menu Editor option

[ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread John Taylor
I have installed Seamonkey within VISTA with no problems just downloaded and it installed, no agro or other problems - but I cant seem to do it within ubuntu any ideas? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread John Taylor
Lee Tambiah wrote: How did you try to install it in Ubuntu On 6/25/07, *John Taylor* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed Seamonkey within VISTA with no problems just downloaded and it installed, no agro or other problems - but I cant seem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread John Taylor
Lee Tambiah wrote: I get down to the Manual Install bit and then it says it cant find cd seamonkey-installer John I see, I only found the information in hope that it may help, I am not a user of the Seamonkey project, so I'm not sure how the installer I told you about works

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 18:26, John Taylor wrote: I get down to the Manual Install bit and then it says it cant find cd seamonkey-installer John Hi John, I can see what is wrong I think! When you untar the package, it probably created a folder called something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread John Taylor
Mark Jose wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 23:29, John Taylor wrote: I get this far and then..gksudo ./seamonkey-installer ..bad, bad doesn't like that lots of error message. Have at least made some progress tonight Hopefully talk with you tomorrow John I think we need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diabetes

2007-06-04 Thread John Taylor
Alan Pope wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 19:39 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: 2) Get VMWare - You can then run a copy of Windows inside your Linux operating system. That way you can get access to your blood sugar problem. Or VirtualBox or QEMU (both of which are considerably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare Virtual machines (Was 'diabetes')

2007-06-04 Thread John Taylor
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Eddie, On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:50:44AM +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: For Alan et al: Can anyone clarify how the new KVM kernels with 'virtualisation' built in fit into this scenario? KVM is a kernel based accelerator for virtual machine technologies. It can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare Virtual machines (Was 'diabetes')

2007-06-04 Thread John Taylor
Eddie Armstrong wrote: John Taylor wrote: More long words of the young... yes I have a kosher copy of XP but how do I activate the Qemu beast so I can stuff the bloated MS software into the virtual abbess John - Thanks for your kind words but I wont see fifty again

[ubuntu-uk] Diabetes

2007-06-03 Thread John Taylor
Hi guy's Do you know of anyone who provides Glucose Blood level meters that use open source software to transfer readings too a PC? John Taylor -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/