Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018, 15:33 Liam Proven, wrote: > On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 16:08, Mark Fraser wrote: > > > > On 08/10/18 10:24, Liam Proven wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 12:35, Mark Fraser > wrote: > > >> > > >> I've tried asking this questi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On 08/10/18 10:24, Liam Proven wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 12:35, Mark Fraser wrote: I've tried asking this questions in numerous other places and so far I've had no response, so I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. I rebooted my server last week and when I tried to remove old

[ubuntu-uk] Can't update grub

2018-10-04 Thread Mark Fraser
I've tried asking this questions in numerous other places and so far I've had no response, so I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. I rebooted my server last week and when I tried to remove old kernels it was stopping when trying to update grub. I ran update-grub2 on its own and I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New hard drive errors

2016-06-18 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday, 18 June 2016 16:44:07 BST Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 18 June 2016 at 16:21, Mark Fraser <mfraz74+ubu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bought a new 3TB hard drive this week onto which I created a new GPT > > partition > > table and a 3TB ext4 partition. Thi

[ubuntu-uk] New hard drive errors

2016-06-18 Thread Mark Fraser
Bought a new 3TB hard drive this week onto which I created a new GPT partition table and a 3TB ext4 partition. This completed successfully and I used rsync to copy some files onto it. The next day, I was unable to mount the drive and so I ran fsck on it. This failed pass 5: Checking group

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 13 Sep 2015 17:37:59 Paul Waring wrote: > On 12/09/15 14:00, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, > > but I've come up against this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/1453463 whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 13 Sep 2015 17:37:59 Paul Waring wrote: > On 12/09/15 14:00, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, > > but I've come up against this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/1453463 whe

[ubuntu-uk] Installing lighttpd on 15.04

2015-09-12 Thread Mark Fraser
Thought I'd try using lighttpd as a server rather than Apache on 15.04, but I've come up against this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lighttpd/+bug/14534 63 when trying to start it. Has anyone here been able to get lighttpd running on 15.04 or can offer some advice in how to find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

2014-10-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 04 Oct 2014 15:25:26 Barry Drake wrote: Hi there . I just got back after some time away using my netbook. It is a Samsung N150 currently running Lubuntu 14.04 as it had become far too slow on recent Ubuntu releases. I want to upgrade to something faster that can run Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 05 May 2014 11:45:10 Tony Pursell wrote: Here is another idea. Run apt list --installed |cut -d/ -f1 -s installed for all machines. Then use the join command (see the man page for options) to make the table. Perhaps open the table in LibreOffice use text to table. Tony

[ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
I've got 4 computers here that I would like to compare the installed packages on each one together. I've done dpkg --get-selection installed.txt on each computer, but now I'm trying to merge each one into a single file and leave a space where a package isn't installed. Instead of:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 02 Apr 2014 14:07:51 Alan Pope wrote: I'd recommend any users who use Ubuntu One file services read this blog post from our CEO, Jane Silber:- http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/01/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/ Cheers, Al. Gave up with it after they didn't really

[ubuntu-uk] Server upgrade

2013-12-29 Thread Mark Fraser
Upgraded my server yesterday from 13.04 to 13.10 and when I went to remove all redundant packages after rebooting, I got a big list of packages it wanted to remove (http://paste.ubuntu.com/6656758/). The i386 instances could be due to it removing ia32-libs: Removing consolekit ... Removing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] vhs capture devices

2013-10-20 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 19 Oct 2013 20:29:02 malcolm elliott wrote: Hello i have a usb capture device which gives an id of ebia:2861 when i type in lsusb i understand that an em2861 driver is required where would i find this driver and how would i install it for ubuntu 12.10 64biti assume that

[ubuntu-uk] Mini PCI-e 3G card

2013-10-08 Thread Mark Fraser
My laptop has a mini PCI-e slot, SIM card slot and antenna cable for 3g services. Have tried to find if there are any cards that are compatible with Ubuntu without much luck. Has anyone had any experience of 3g cards? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels

2013-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On 4 May 2013 15:54, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Hi All Has anyone got any advice or tips on how to safely rid oneself of unwanted kernel. I thought this was an issue that had been solved but I'm still left with 5 ver 2.6 and 8 ver 3.0 kernels despite having upgraded to

[ubuntu-uk] Dynamic DNS service

2013-03-19 Thread Mark Fraser
I've been using dyndns on my home server with ddclient successfully for a few years now and I've recently given my dad a laptop with Ubuntu installed on it that I would like to access remotely. Looking at dyndns's website it looks like the free option that I'm on is no longer available, what

[ubuntu-uk] Linux Flash plugin too old

2013-03-03 Thread Mark Fraser
Over the last few days my wife has noticed that a few games on Facebook that use Flash have stopped working under Ubuntu saying that the installed version is too old. Other than getting her to use Google Chrome instead of Firefox, is there another option? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 25 Feb 2013 12:51:56 Robert Flatters wrote: On Monday, 25 February 2013, Nigel Verity wrote: I would echo the advice to go for 12.04 using one of the lighter variants e.g Lubuntu or Xubuntu. As a tip based on my own experience, when you advertise the netbooks don't specify

[ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Fraser
I have 2 Toshiba NB100-11R netbooks that I no longer require and was thinking about selling on. They originally came with Ubuntu 8.04 netbook remix installed, but I've since upgraded them to Kubuntu 12.10. My question is what version of Ubuntu do I install on them prior to trying to sell them?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-02-16 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 12:30:48 Simon Greenwood wrote: On 14 February 2013 12:02, Mark Fraser mfraz74+ubu...@gmail.com wrote: I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my syslogs: [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=50:46:5d:b8:7a:58:1c:c6:3c:9b:dd:0e

[ubuntu-uk] UFW logs

2013-02-14 Thread Mark Fraser
I've recently noticed that I've been getting lots of [UFW BLOCK] in my syslogs: [ 6378.481677] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=50:46:5d:b8:7a:58:1c:c6:3c:9b:dd:0e:08:00 SRC=173.194.41.99 DST=192.168.2.102 LEN=40 TOS=0x08 PREC=0x40 TTL=55 ID=17891 PROTO=TCP SPT=443 DPT=50069 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On 18 January 2013 09:32, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, Mark Fraser mfraz74+ubu...@gmail.com wrote: Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 18 Jan 2013 09:32:35 Simon Greenwood wrote: On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, Mark Fraser mfraz74+ubu...@gmail.com wrote: Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for installing Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 18 Jan 2013 12:25:16 Alan Pope wrote: On 18/01/13 02:36, Rob Beard wrote: I was under the impression that you can configure things like drivers to re-compile when a kernel changes, not that I know exactly how to configure it to do so (is it something to do with DKMS?). Yes,

[ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-17 Thread Mark Fraser
Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for installing Ubuntu on. Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there are instructions on how to compile drivers although

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stating Works with Linux gains extra sales (and respect)

2012-12-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 03 Dec 2012 18:37:39 Bill Baker wrote: On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:31 +, Mark Fraser wrote: On Sunday 02 Dec 2012 12:55:28 SuperEngineer wrote: A short while ago I was in the market for a webcam. My webcam needs are modest so I do not need high end models. High, low or mid

[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice 3.6 calc landscape

2012-10-14 Thread Mark Fraser
Tried creating a spreadsheet in calc last night and wanted it printed in landscape, but when I went to Format Page, the only tabs were: Organiser, Header (right), Header (left), Footer (right), Footer (left) Clicking on any of these caused Libreoffice to crash. Tried searching on Google, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice 3.6 calc landscape

2012-10-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 14 Oct 2012 09:57:41 Colin Law wrote: On 14 October 2012 09:49, Mark Fraser mfraz74+ubu...@gmail.com wrote: Tried creating a spreadsheet in calc last night and wanted it printed in landscape, but when I went to Format Page, the only tabs were: Organiser, Header (right), Header

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 16 on 12.04

2012-10-12 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 11 Oct 2012 15:06:25 Jim Price wrote: I got the updated to Firefox 16.0 yesterday. Today it's all over the news that Firefox 16 has been pulled pending a security fix. I can't seem to find any word on what the status is for Ubuntu, and 16 is still the current version in the updates

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgraing to Libreoffice 3.6.2 via repository?

2012-10-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Oct 5, 2012 9:04 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/10/12 09:02, Avi Greenbury wrote: Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: According to this page http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/10/ libreoffice-3-6-2-maintenance-update-released/ LO 3.6.2 is in the libreoffice ppa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgraing to Libreoffice 3.6.2 via repository?

2012-10-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 05 Oct 2012 10:14:17 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 05/10/12 09:51, Avi Greenbury wrote: Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: 1:3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/ ppa.launchpad.net_libreoffice_ppa_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_P ackages)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury (was High Wycombe LUG)

2012-07-29 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 29 Jul 2012 10:57:13 Sean Miller wrote: We need to get LUGOG (Linux User Group of Glastonbury) going again, haven't had a meeting for a couple of years, but the challenge is exactly this... On 29 July 2012 10:18, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't really

[ubuntu-uk] File sharing website

2012-06-10 Thread Mark Fraser
Watched this week's Click and a website called http://minus.com/ was mentioned as a website for sharing files such as photos and videos. What made it stand out was that a desktop app for Ubuntu was mentioned. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acroread 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04

2012-05-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 10 May 2012 10:46:43 Tom Ellis wrote: On 09/05/12 11:45, Mark Fraser wrote: I upgraded my laptop to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 at the weekend and noticed that the package for acroread is still at version 9.4.7-1oneiric1, but the 32 bit is at 9.5.1-1precise1. Looks

[ubuntu-uk] Acroread 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04

2012-05-09 Thread Mark Fraser
I upgraded my laptop to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 12.04 at the weekend and noticed that the package for acroread is still at version 9.4.7-1oneiric1, but the 32 bit is at 9.5.1-1precise1. Package: acroread Priority: extra Section: text Installed-Size: 139680 Maintainer: Brian Thomason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] playonlinux

2012-04-03 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 03 Apr 2012 15:16:03 paul sutton wrote: Hi Just tried to install the playonlinux package (ubuntu software centre on 11.10) and it says it needs to remove bsd lpr/lpd line printing spooling system I just wondered why, I cancelled as i have only just got my printer working, and don't

[ubuntu-uk] Brother P-touch 1230 labelling machine

2012-01-30 Thread Mark Fraser
Lidl have the Brother P-touch 1230 labelling machine for £24.99 and it is possible to get it to work with Ubuntu by installing B-Label from here http://apz.fi/blabel/ .You will have to use alien to convert the rpm package to deb, but it seems to work fine. -- Registered Linux User #466407

Re: [ubuntu-uk] qlcodes on ubuntu cd wallets

2011-12-22 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 21 Dec 2011 21:59:56 Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: I kinda like the idea but all too often the QR codes used are dull and unimaginative. I'm sure you can find a way to make them more interesting. Grant. How about doing something like the BBC do with their QR codes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam problem

2011-12-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2011 17:06:06 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I purchased a Logitech C270 HD Webcam which according to this site http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#devices is compatible with Linux. I ran up a Live CD of Ubuntu 11.10 and connected the camera. the camera works but the microphone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [enjoy] Monkeys not only type Shakespeare but also use Ubuntu!

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 28 Sep 2011 08:59:05 alan c wrote: Yay! Monkeys Recreate Shakespeare Using Ubuntu http://www.muktware.com/news/2517 I see the BBC reported it too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15060310 , but without mentioning Linux or Ubuntu once. If they had used Apple, it would have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release party

2011-09-14 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 14 Sep 2011 06:42:40 Ted Wager wrote: Anything going on in the High Peak/Stockport area ? Regards Ted Wager Anything happening in Somerset/South West area? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 12 Aug 2011 22:06:37 Kris Douglas wrote: On 12 August 2011 20:30, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: It is indeed...do you know where I can get a decent fan as well? :) On 12 August 2011 19:43, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 12/08/11 19:05, Daniel Case

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-31 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 31 Jul 2011 14:53:24 Liam Proven wrote: On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are providing an AIO computer based

[ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are providing an AIO computer based on Mint with their own user interface. The FAQ page is worth a read. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 28 Jul 2011 11:03:36 Simon Greenwood wrote: On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are providing an AIO

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 01 Jul 2011 14:35:02 Dino T. wrote: I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated. Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu South west loco team page

2011-06-28 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 27 Jun 2011 20:59:36 Rob Beard wrote: On 27/06/11 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 23:08:10 Paul Sutton wrote: As the following site relating to the UK south west loco team page is only being edited by myself https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SouthWest I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu South west loco team page

2011-06-27 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 23:08:10 Paul Sutton wrote: As the following site relating to the UK south west loco team page is only being edited by myself https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SouthWest I am located in the south west - Somerset - and was a member of the LUGOG. When that went quiet I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?

2011-06-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 13 Jun 2011 18:11:58 Rob Beard wrote: On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: Hello Peeps I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 08 Jun 2011 09:46:40 Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: I've been following up 7 days of this guy fighting a change to Ubuntu from Windows7. Sadly he is finding loads of contradictory messages, rants about linux, rants about mint, rants about nvidia drivers... But a very

[ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
Just been to look at the website of my daughter's school - https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/hps/Default.aspx. Is this similar to other school websites in the UK where everything is in either Word, Excel or PPT format both old and new with the help section giving links to viewers? I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 11 Jun 2011 09:32:31 Mark Fraser wrote: Just been to look at the website of my daughter's school - https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/hps/Default.aspx. Is this similar to other school websites in the UK where everything is in either Word, Excel or PPT format both old and new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 10 Jun 2011 09:46:12 Alan Pope wrote: On 10 June 2011 09:30, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: I'm toying with the idea of buying a barebones pc from maplins to run web server on. (potentially more) I would quite like a dual core processor and a gig or so of ram £120,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 02 Jun 2011 17:31:19 Alan Pope wrote: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367768/asus-to-ship-ubuntu-netbooks In Europe. Neat huh? Where exactly will sell them though? Can't really see Comet, PC World/Currys stocking them. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

2011-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 04 May 2011 13:08:35 Jon Reynolds wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:51:49 +0300, Dave Rice wrote: OK, here are some links that I found useful! The method I used, admittedly it was on a Maverick based distro, was to update the kernel from here:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler

2011-05-02 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 01 May 2011 13:49:16 Mark Fraser wrote: I've decided to pack away my little used - it was basically being used as a clock - O2 Joggler. I'm sure reading a while ago that someone on here was looking for one. If this is still the case, would you like to buy this one? It comes

[ubuntu-uk] Joggler

2011-05-01 Thread Mark Fraser
I've decided to pack away my little used - it was basically being used as a clock - O2 Joggler. I'm sure reading a while ago that someone on here was looking for one. If this is still the case, would you like to buy this one? It comes with box and instructions. -- Registered Linux User

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android Slates/Tablets......

2011-03-24 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 24 Mar 2011 14:14:38 Matt Sturdy wrote: On 24 March 2011 11:10, James Thomas selin...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi John, According to the review in Linux User and Developer, the best one to go for it the Samsung Galaxy Tab at £390. A close runner up was the Dell Streak, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 Feb 2011 07:21:39 Dan Attwood wrote: Google earth used to be part of the medibuntu report. Is that not still the case? No, it is no longer in the Medibuntu repository. http://packages.medibuntu.org/maverick/index.html -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 20 Feb 2011 11:08:18 Alan Bell wrote: On 20/02/11 10:21, alan c wrote: I obviously missed out on something what does\o/mean please? little person waving two hands in the air in celebration you can also wave with one hand like o/ or \oor if things go wrong you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 08 Feb 2011 16:04:35 gazz wrote: Yes, I removed OOo first and installed from the LO ppa. This is what I did to remove openoffice and install LibreOffice: sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*.* sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

2010-12-17 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:35:00 Alan Pope wrote: On 17 December 2010 16:32, Matthew Wild mwi...@gmail.com wrote: XMPP server:- Prosody :) Why: Local secure IM and chatrooms, with various fun features. That sounds fun! Kids would like that too. Caching APT proxy:- ??? I haven't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

2010-12-17 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: just a short hop from Birstol t Don't you mean brissol? ;-) Your probably correct but having migrated to the area I'm still learning the native

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

2010-12-17 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 17 Dec 2010 17:06:15 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/12/10 17:02, Mark Fraser wrote: On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: just a short hop from Birstol t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

2010-12-13 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 13 Dec 2010 18:17:58 Laura Czajkowski wrote: Aloha I'm in Bath this week and wondered if anyone else was in the area that would like to meet up and have a random Ubuntu hour? Go for a drink/bite to eat some evening I'm in Somerset, but Bath is a bit too far for me to travel. There

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 18 Oct 2010 15:09:37 Alan Bell wrote: This would of course be an ideal vehicle for doing something fancy with a map and all the where are we type information that has been discussed recently. There was a frappr map, but their dotcom bubble has burst and frappr is no more, also

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-15 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 14 Oct 2010 22:11:29 John Stevenson wrote: I am based in South London SW16 and am often in the City. I am happy to cycle around the area if there is somewhere safe to leave my bicycle. Happy to help out with basic support issues when I can. Thank you I'm in Yeovil,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free space is less than 200MB

2010-09-27 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 26 Sep 2010 20:10:34 Simon Greenwood wrote: On 26 September 2010 18:23, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.ukwrote: Today when ripping some CDs with Audex, I started to get the error: Free space on /home/mfraser/Music/ogg... is less than 200MB. Problems with low space

[ubuntu-uk] Free space is less than 200MB

2010-09-26 Thread Mark Fraser
Today when ripping some CDs with Audex, I started to get the error: Free space on /home/mfraser/Music/ogg... is less than 200MB. Problems with low space possible. df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 19G 7.0G 11G 40% / none 1001M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apt-get update / apt-get upgrade question

2010-09-03 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 03 Sep 2010 10:12:23 Alan Pope wrote: On 3 September 2010 10:09, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote: I am a Mandriva refugee! I know rpm inside out, but not apt. When I issue the above, sometimes I see e.g.: 26 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus

2010-07-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 25 Jul 2010 10:07:37 mac wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: snip I haven't been able to get Firefox to gain focus like that since doing a clean install of Kubuntu 10.04. I don't think the issue is caused by the OS, as I see it on machines running Hardy, Karmic and Lucid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus

2010-07-24 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 24 Jul 2010 11:06:51 mac wrote: I notice that recently that when I click a URL in an e-mail, or select an item in Liferea (ver 1.6.0 in Karmic; 1.6.2 in Hardy), a new tab opens in Firefox (with Firefox already running), but Firefox does not get focus as it once did. Instead, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco Home ........

2010-07-06 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 05 Jul 2010 21:01:06 Barry Drake wrote: Hi there .. Just spent an idle moment flicking through my wife's Tesco Home catalogue. I'm overjoyed to see four Linux Netbooks - two Dell, and two Acer. All 8.9. Good for Tesco!!! Well, they don't appear to be on the Tesco website,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apache add-on domains?

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 12 Jun 2010 05:41:12 Andy Smith wrote: Hi Daniel, On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 01:11:57AM +0100, Daniel Case wrote: I was just curious as to how i would go about adding add-on domains with the apache configuration files? I'm assuming by add-on domain you mean vhost and that we're

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and Flash

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 11 Jun 2010 09:38:54 Byte Soup wrote: Hi Mark On 9 June 2010 20:13, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: Just tried watching Jono's stream on my wife's computer using Firefox. For some reason although the video works fine, I get an 'install flash' icon where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wrote: I tend to use aptitude on the command line when apt-get says that it can't perform an upgrade for some reason. This is usually because it needs to install something else at the same time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 09 Jun 2010 16:47:25 Mark Fraser wrote: On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wrote: I tend to use aptitude on the command line when apt-get says that it can't perform an upgrade for some reason. This is usually

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox and Flash

2010-06-09 Thread Mark Fraser
Just tried watching Jono's stream on my wife's computer using Firefox. For some reason although the video works fine, I get an 'install flash' icon where the chat box is supposed to be. On my computer both are working fine. Any ideas on what could be causing this? -- Registered Linux User

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 07 Jun 2010 09:31:42 Stephen Garton wrote: On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Guys, I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude being install by default. I don't want to start another button debate. But how many of you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 29 May 2010 15:10:40 Liam Proven wrote: On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 15:18 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: On 28 May 2010 14:21, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: There you go:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

2010-05-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:54:36 David Jones wrote: On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: Snip Hi Everybody, thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you have to use windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67

2010-05-25 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 25 May 2010 08:13:19 Alan Pope wrote: On 25 May 2010 06:48, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself without any swap partition

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange problem on Lucid ....

2010-04-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 19 Apr 2010 16:31:10 Barry Drake wrote: Hi there Wondered if anyone has any thoughts on this. I'm running Lucid on a Dell Inspiron Mini v10. Every 10th or so re-boot, it seems to carry out a forced disk check. I don't know if it's relevant, but it has an SSD drive which I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM Wired ethernet Broadcom b/g/n WiFi Audio +

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 07 Apr 2010 15:11:27 Jamie Bennett wrote: On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-06 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM Wired ethernet Broadcom b/g/n WiFi Audio +

[ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Mark Fraser
I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my PPA starting with KRepton http://www.keelhaul.me.uk/krepton. Has anyone got any advice other than following www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I have compiled software before and also produced a few

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched]

2009-11-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:30:33 Alan Pope wrote: Interesting. -- Forwarded message -- From: Julian Hall li...@kaotic.co.uk Date: Nov 11, 2009 8:20 AM Subject: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched] To: DC LUG l...@dcglug.org.uk 'A new computer aimed at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched]

2009-11-11 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 08:46:03 Sean Miller wrote: Anyone else think £390 for a base unit is somewhat expensive??? Yeah, I thought that too. Sure, they build them to order or whatever but they must be raking it in!! And the site doesn't say how much memory the things have - let's hope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy to Jaunty failed

2009-10-17 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 16 Oct 2009 21:00:56 Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/16 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Oh dear. I'm sure it was discussed a week or so ago about upgrading between versions. I gather it's not a good idea to upgrade from more than one version to another at a time, so I guess from Hardy,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor

2009-09-24 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:23:49 Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/09/09 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: snip / That doesn't seem to support the Huawei E160 modem and will it conflict with network-manager? Just install it and try it: https://launchpad.net/wader/ (It won't conflict with NM

[ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Fraser
I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit in the bar at the top - and notify her of her usage

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:03:45 Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 23/09/09 15:53, Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application - preferably one which will sit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile broadband usage monitor

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 16:19:44 Rob Beard wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: On Wednesday 23 September 2009 15:53:52 Gordon wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I'm intending on setting my sister up with a netbook running UNR 9.04 for use with Orange mobile broadband. Is there an application

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Geotagging photos

2009-09-22 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 September 2009 22:09:46 John Levin wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a way to geotag photos by pointing to a position on a map. The mac app iPhoto has this facility (though I'm not entirely happy with it's implementation) but so far haven't found anything similar that runs on

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Karmic and mobile broadband

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Fraser
I've got an O2 pre-pay mobile broadband USB stick that used to work with Ubuntu 9.04, but now that I'm testing Karmic it no longer works. Does anyone have a solution to making it work? -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Karmic and mobile broadband

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 September 2009 14:26:06 Mark Fraser wrote: I've got an O2 pre-pay mobile broadband USB stick that used to work with Ubuntu 9.04, but now that I'm testing Karmic it no longer works. Does anyone have a solution to making it work? Always the way, I haven't been able to connect all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error on update for bluez

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 19 September 2009 09:57:22 John Matthews wrote: Sean Miller wrote: try... sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update ...see if that helps... Sean Hi Sean, Thank you for your message. unfortunately, no that didnt work. Got the same error. John Have you tried

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