Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-06 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 06/04/2011, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote: On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can aggregate the bandwidth? If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Programming in Python User Interface

2011-03-25 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 25 March 2011 10:02, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Pythonchallange is probably not the best place for a beginner to start, unless they enjoy headaches, mysteries and extremely fast paced learning That totally depends on the person and how they learn... for me, pythonchallenge with hints and

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

2011-03-24 Thread Matt Sturdy
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 that is also priced at £390... +1 for the galaxy, my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stuff appearing in Terminal, I dont know what it is......

2011-03-06 Thread Matt Sturdy
Hi john, You should also have a backup here: /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 so the command to move it would be: *sudo cp /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 /var/lib/dpkg/status* on my system this is only 3 days old (ie before I updated today) Matt On 6 March 2011 12:06, John MM scoundrel...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

2011-02-24 Thread Matt Sturdy
HI Rossen, I have seen the same problem from time to time. Once the load average gets above 4/5 I typically reboot, or kill the process responsible and go make a cup of tea while everything settles down again. What browser are you running? Until recently I was having a real headache with the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange high CPU usage problem

2011-02-24 Thread Matt Sturdy
Hi Simon - out of interest, can I ask what BIOS version you have on the M1330 at the moment? I'm using my 32bit M1330, and have frequent issues with overheating. I'm wondering if a BIOS update might go some way to resolving it. Cheers, Matt On 24 February 2011 06:46, Simon Greenwood

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-16 Thread Matt Sturdy
I've had very few problems with the entire Dell laptop line. My company has bought ~30ish laptops from them in the last 5 years. Lessons learned: My Dell M1330 came with ubuntu preinstalled, and worked fine for a while. Although after 6 months it suffered from real problems due to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Windows live

2011-01-13 Thread Matt Sturdy
Hi Graham, you won't have problems accessing the windows site, I do it regularly using chromium (with no modifications) on ubuntu. Personally, I have a @live.co.uk account because they won't allow me to sign up with a @gmail.com one... but it's not that bad. I use the @live.co.uk account in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-12-03 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 2 December 2010 18:56, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: The situation is basicly that I want to be able to send an e-mail (or maby use a M$ Outlook plugin) to be able to send an sms to a number that I can specify with the message. the modem is a siemens TC65-T. also, if a message

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help seting up alamin

2010-11-30 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 30 November 2010 15:08, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: would somebody be able to guide me through setting up an alamin IP-SMS gateway on a ubuntu 10.10 server? thanks in advance Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a two hard drive dock

2010-11-24 Thread Matt Sturdy
something like this? http://snurl.com/1ikix7 Matt On 24 November 2010 09:06, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: both are good products...but is there anything that would hide the actual hds once they have been pushed into the dock? some sort of enclosure perhaps... On Wed, Nov 24, 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cron Help

2010-09-23 Thread Matt Sturdy
Morning Jon, Cron is a tool for scheduling repetitive tasks. Do you think this is coming from your box? Where does the email come from? Cheers Matt On 23 September 2010 09:22, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.comwrote: Hi, Can anyone help me with this please. I get an email every

[ubuntu-uk] Conky doesn't display on XFCE desktop

2010-09-17 Thread Matt Sturdy
Hi guys, I recently made the switch to XFCE, and mostly it's working well. Quick, clean interface etc. The one thing I can't fix is Conky. It used to display on the nautilus desktop... and it still starts up with no errors... but I can't see where it goes! starting from the command line gives

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Conky doesn't display on XFCE desktop

2010-09-17 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 17 September 2010 10:57, Philip Newborough corenomi...@corenominal.orgwrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Matt Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I recently made the switch to XFCE, and mostly it's working well. Quick, clean interface etc. The one thing I can't fix

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-26 Thread Matt Sturdy
On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote: or nearly that, anyway. Article: Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Irritating balloon notifiers

2010-08-20 Thread Matt Sturdy
Hi, These instructions should work for you: http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/26/disable-notifications-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/ http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/04/26/disable-notifications-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/ Cheers, Matt On 20 August 2010 18:44, Rowan Berkeley