Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-27 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 12:45 +, Gordon wrote: Actually not so in my experience. MS seems to have tsken a leaf out of Ubuntu's book. The only driver that did NOT come with Windows 7 for my 2 y/o Toshiba Satellite was my printereverything else justworked! I will second that.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] KDE Konqueror problem

2009-05-26 Thread Michael Holloway
Most online banking sites don't allow unknown browsers for security reasons. I have just tried Natwest in Konqueror and it says you browser is not supported. On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 15:23 +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26/05/09 15:17, Kevin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Michael Holloway
Recently, I spent a lot of time trying to find a decent (easy) way to do it, and VMWare's P2V (free) is by far the easiest. Other ways are painfully slow(er) and complicated. It worked fine fir Vista64, but for use in VMWare server/workstation. You can probably use qemu to convert the disk to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....

2009-05-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 23:11 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: Really, John, what is the issue with just letting Ubuntu install itself in the normal way? I find Wubi really annoying [if people haven't noticed already]. Don't see the need for it, apart from people who want to install it as an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 14:41 +0100, danattwood wrote: Still probably the best solution. My boss's laptop is blue screening on average twice a day, which obviously, isn't good. Be aware virtualising the machine might not solve the blue screen issue. You might just end up converting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard not being enabled in Jaunty

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Sean I'd suggest booting into recovery mode (or whatever its called, the second grub menu option) and run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg There are some options related to keyboard in their which may help (?) Of course if you have no keyboard at this point (before x starts) then we can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard not being enabled in Jaunty

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Holloway
6 09:36:14 michael-desktop kernel: [5.793283] ezkey 0003:0518:0002.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [USB-compliant keyboard] on usb-:00:1a.0-1/input0 On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 11:05 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Michael Holloway mich

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using rsync (or something) to remotely backup a windows drive

2009-04-24 Thread Michael Holloway
There is a command line tool for windows i think called robocopy (im not in the office to check). On my network I use a scheduled task of robocopy to backup windows machines to a local samba share, and then rsync that to replicate remotely. I do an incremental backup which is normally pretty

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.10 and WG111v3

2009-03-20 Thread Michael Holloway
You say that the DNS stopped working? It doesn't seem likely. Can you ping your router via the IP address? `ping 192.168.0.1` (or whatever) should work regardless of DNS, while `ping my.router.com` (whatever your routers dns name is) relies on DNS. `ping www.google.com ` will resolve the IP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.10 and WG111v3

2009-03-20 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Toby wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:2f:be:80:69 inet addr:192.168.0.42 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 Looks fine Kernel IP routing table Looks fine From Jonah.local (192.168.0.42) icmp_seq=46 Destination Host Unreachable what happens if you ping

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suddenly stopped recognising network..,..,

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Holloway
John Try booting with the 3rd and/or 5th option. It is likely that the 3rd option was the last good kernel. Cheers, Michael Hi, well, it does seem that attachments arent allowed, but the owner has kindly attached it to this url, and I'll post that now, for you to look at.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suddenly stopped recognising network..,..,

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Holloway
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with eeepc. Nor what the Kernel differences are. Which is the default option (the one its on when the menu first comes up). If is the 3rd option, then try booting the first (probably the latest) kernel. Also, when you say it shows you are running. Where are you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Query about connecting a Ubuntu pc and an xbox

2009-03-12 Thread Michael Holloway
On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:02 +, javadayaz wrote: cables are a strict no as my evil has striclty instructed that she is sick of the cables. I had that problem, the solution was 2 part. 1. Get trunking and do the cable properly so that they are hidden. 2. Make sure there is lots of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Query about connecting a Ubuntu pc and an xbox

2009-03-12 Thread Michael Holloway
What sort of HD content is it? I stream HD content from my server over a 100Mbit connection via Samba and it tends to work fine (although it's only 720p as that is all my TV supports). http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ The 720p works fine The 1080p keeps having to buffer. My TV also only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] booting the ubuntu restore DVD

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Rowan For the record, I have just bought a new computer [I7 based ;)] and have installed Jaunty (which is still in Alpha so I would not recommend it yet). I have the same network device as you (RTL8111) and it it works out of the box. If you feel up to it, when Jaunty comes out next month you can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading, was: booting the ubuntu restore DVD

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Alan, well corrected. I'm an Alpha 4ish kinda guy ( I like change!), I forgot that you cant upgrade direct through two releases. Though I must say, in theory there shouldn't be a problem with it (if the option is even there). I'm almost tempted to install hardy just to try :) But then again, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Router reccomendations

2009-02-27 Thread Michael Holloway
I'm assuming you are talking about a home DSL router? I always recommend Netgear DG834G http://www.netgear.co.uk/wireless_adslrouter_dg834g.php The wireless is 54Mbs, (they do have a 108mbs model too) and its ADSL (not cable). If that's what you are looking for, then 40 quid or so will buy you a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HELP-How to formatting my notebook and install Ubuntu

2009-02-19 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Ruzzuwan * Before you start, make sure you have backed up any data you wish to keep. If you are removing your old OS, then EVERYTHING on the hard drive will be erased! If you are keeping it, then your data should be safe, however its always a good idea to be sure :) The easiest way to install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Holloway
Rowan, I think we are all confused that it didn't just work as this concept is a bit alien to us :-) Lets start from the beginning. 1. Are the lights on the ethernet ports on both the computer and the BT box green/orange flashing etc ? 2. You say you have a multitude of ports. How many Ethernet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to my ethernet Connection......

2009-02-13 Thread Michael Holloway
On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 19:08 +, John wrote: Oh that's odd, I thought it had connected once since being installed. Oh well. Does anybody have any idea on how get this fixed? Thank you. John. Do you have another computer/laptop you can plug in and see if that works? (Same cable etc).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?

2009-02-11 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2009-02-10 at 22:14 +, alan c wrote: I trust it will not be long before I can feel just a little safer? comments welcomed. Personally, I would say that this is a very long article stating that social engineering is platform independent. Anybody can stick a bash

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to write a Linux virus in 5 easy steps?

2009-02-11 Thread Michael Holloway
I hope it is /not/ MD5, which has been 'cracked' for a while now ;) http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~selinger/md5collision/ In principle however, your idea would work well in practice. It's even quite possible to do today. I would like to see SELinux/AppArmour taken that little bit further too.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot on Macbook problems

2009-02-10 Thread Michael Holloway
Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause problems with the MBR/active/boot partition being in the wrong location when the drive is removed etc. I would suggest partitioning the internal hard drive and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preinstalled Ubuntu was [Fwd: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference -- now available]

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 16:10 +, Rob Beard wrote: Heck, I even found a cheapo (circa £230) desktop PC listed on PC World's web site which comes with Linux (although I'm not sure if it's either available in store or which version of Linux it is - it's a start though) -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chkdsk for NTFS partition

2009-01-14 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi To be honest, if you don't have windows, you might as well format the disc as EXT3, or even FAT32 if you are think you might be plugging into a windows machine at some time. I don't 100% trust using NTFS under Linux, and the problem you have come across here supports that. Also, am I missing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless N routers

2008-12-18 Thread Michael Holloway
I'll second the powerline option. Haven't tried it myself but a friend has and works brilliant. I (living in Germany now) have a 32M cable internet connection. I was connected over wireless due to inconveniently located cable modem, but recently got off my read-end and wired a cable through the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thoughts on Songbird?

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
Perhaps its my imagination... but this app looks exactly like iTunes (the one piece of software i chose MS over Mac). That said, giving it a go as we speak... but its going to have to have to really make a good impression to win me over from the Amarok camp... On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 20:29

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 01:08 +, David King wrote: I have changed to a different screensaver (SlideScreen) to stop the problem in case it is Helios. Also I changed the setting for Power Management to not switch off the screen (it was previously set to switch off after 40 minutes). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Holloway
Send it to MS, tell them it doesn't work and you want your money back :) On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 15:30 +, Jai Harrison wrote: Hey guys, So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure that it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Holloway
On a more serious note: 1. To make money, eBay is probably the only real option (without effort). 2. You could always have a look if a project such as Wine takes donated copies of Windows On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 16:42 +0100, Michael Holloway wrote: Send it to MS, tell them it doesn't work

[ubuntu-uk] Outlook pst to evolution

2008-11-11 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi I am in charge of IT in a small company; and have always allowed users free choice of OS - which of course has resulted in 95% XP/VISTA and a couple of Macs, and 0 Linux (outside IT). Recently (after much moaning about how much their outlook crashes etc) a couple of people have shown interest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SERIOUS HELP NEEDED!

2008-10-22 Thread Michael Holloway
Louis What are you using postresql for? Do you have any particular sensitive databases on it? If so, seek help on how to backup databases before continuing. It looks to me like this error is somewhat historical, i.e. it was an upgrade that failed a while ago (due the the old version number). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update failure

2008-10-22 Thread Michael Holloway
When I did my daily updates on Intrepid today - all went well, did the reboot thing... and then I realised my Skype (medibuntu) had disappeared... like, completely. apt-get install skype, and it came back. Got no idea why, but it would seem something broke the package and apt therefore removed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7

2008-10-22 Thread Michael Holloway
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/microsoft-announces-1.html Haha!! Love a good chuckle. Theyre missing one: Windows 7 Crash Free Edition: :~$ uname -a Windows 7 michael-desktop 2.6.39-8-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 22 01:30:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mythbuntu crashes with Nvidia driver

2008-10-01 Thread Michael Holloway
Ken Not that i've ever tried it, but you may try having a look at Envy. Its supposed to help install/configure NVidia and (i think) ATI cards. sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html Cheers, Michael On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 15:14 +0100, Ken Robson wrote: I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardware failure?

2008-09-30 Thread Michael Holloway
Thanks for all who replied, I have 3 hard drives connected to the machine, 2 sata and one usb2 external storage. I am replacing the GPU today, a colleague of mine will give him a psu that he has, will try that tomorrow. Hopefully those changes will resolve it, if not, I'll try from a live cd.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12 Ubuntu Inspiron

2008-09-12 Thread Michael Holloway
Actually it seems its power by Linux Ubunto. Wonder if that's any good :) On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 12:46 +0100, Bruce Beardall wrote: Hi all, in case you're interested, found this through Engadget: http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8424.aspx A 12 Ubuntu powered Inspiron for just £299.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12 Ubuntu Inspiron

2008-09-12 Thread Michael Holloway
Is anyone else very confused??? On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 13:18 +0100, Ben Arblaster wrote: HELLO PINEAPPLES! Stephen O'Neill wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Travis wrote: Ciao, Michael. È la versione Italiana ;-) DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RAID failure after a couple of weeks

2008-09-08 Thread Michael Holloway
The hardware controller you mention. Does that support Ubuntu? I wouldn't mind buying a hardware RAID card as long as it came with some kind of monitoring application (so I could tell remotely if the RAID fell over) and it managed to come in at the sub 100 quid price... In my experience,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Age and gender

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Holloway
Unfortunately... i think that conversation was partly accurate, though the word ONLY is a bit strong. Ubuntu was pretty much created to break that tradition, and to some extent it is slowly working (spreading to the not so young, not so male population). I don't know of many aimed at/for/by women

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Age and gender

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Holloway
I've missed loads, I didn't realise there were so many. I know, i was just looking too - there really are loads! communities are often boys-clubs, they are not limited to boys only. Unfortunately, the statistics disagree with you. For what ever reason the FOSS community is almost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Norm's complaint

2008-08-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Norman, while I agree with you to some extent. 1: Have you tried running the XP - Vista upgrade? VERRY Messy - resulted in a re-format for me. 2: 4 Years! Something must be keeping you with us :) There are a lot of issues with Windows Mac Ubuntu and various other distros. Some of them really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] El Reg on IBM Ubuntu

2008-08-06 Thread Michael Holloway
So was anybody else tempted to try this Lotus Symphony??? Well I downloaded it. I must say, while i'm not a fan of JRE - seems to be a decent package, and hey; i welcome the competition! There are some, err, minor areas that need work... for instance, you have to install it with sudo (or as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] React OS- Virtual Box

2008-06-20 Thread Michael Holloway
Does anyone know how well this works? I think i tried it ages ago (might have been a different [clone]) but it was very very alpha at the time. I see that further down the page they say they will go into beta for 0.5 (and they are current only 0.3.4), so i doubt that its very stable at all.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I know when to reboot after upgrading Ubuntu Server?

2008-06-20 Thread Michael Holloway
If you are doing a kernel upgrade you need to reboot. Any other updates don't need a reboot, however you may need to restart the relevant program that has been updated. On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 10:57 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: On the Hardy desktop, the update notification icon handily tells me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] React OS- Virtual Box

2008-06-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 13:12 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: Any app that is stable in wine... _should_... be stable in rOS. I am trying the VMware image as we speak... so far i have had to restart the machine about 5 times. It freezes at the most random times. I have managed to get firefox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] React OS- Virtual Box

2008-06-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 13:20 +0100, Michael Holloway wrote: I am trying the VMware image as we speak... so far i have had to restart the machine about 5 times. It freezes at the most random times. I have managed to get firefox installed, but nothing else yet... I don't really think its ready

[ubuntu-uk] Top 500 Supercomputers

2008-06-19 Thread Michael Holloway
Check this out, its quite interesting: www.top500.org Of the top 500: 452 run on *nix based OS's, And a whopping 5 run the other one! I just like reading the about the power these things have, and wish i could get that on my desktop PC! And you have to laugh... the most powerful computer in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi!

2008-06-11 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 07:31 +, Bod Soutar wrote: Hey guys, Just found out about the uk loco team. I'm Bodsda, nice to meet you, im a 16 year old male who is currently finishing GCSE's. This is just to introduce myself but i also wanted to mention a project im working on. termTutor

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox Download Day (Slightly OT)

2008-06-04 Thread Michael Holloway
Hey Everyone A bit of fun... let's all help our favourite browser (that's Firefox of course) get the Guinness World Record for the most downloads in 24 hours... a great accomplishment for the (F)OSS world! BTW, the States are killing us here... we can do better!

[ubuntu-uk] CTRL+ALT+F(n)

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Guys/Girls I'm running KUbuntu (and have been for about 4 versions). Since I got 8.04 (from alpha 5) and shiny new Sony Viao, I can on longer CTRL+ALT+F1 to drop the a terminal. While this isn't a huge issue; it is something I like to use (log tracing for development without mousing to find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CTRL+ALT+F(n)

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Holloway
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop sudo X -configure sudo mv location given for your new xorg /etc/X11/xorg.conf Haven't tried it yet, but will when I get home to my laptop. Would appreciate it if you could let me know if this fixes it! -- Andrew Oakley Andrew: Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CTRL+ALT+F(n)

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 10:59 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: Michael Holloway wrote: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop sudo X -configure sudo mv location given for your new xorg /etc/X11/xorg.conf Haven't tried it yet, but will when I get home to my laptop. Would appreciate it if you could let me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-14 Thread Michael Holloway
Well I tell you one thing, I (as a sys admin) am having an entertaining morning! Got about 20 servers to do... now which ones use ssh shared keys again :) + Question: So one of those servers uses HTTPS (Versign SSL Cert). Will that need to be updated? Seeing as i only use a key because people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSL vulnerability

2008-05-14 Thread Michael Holloway
that! On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 09:58 +0100, Michael Holloway wrote: Well I tell you one thing, I (as a sys admin) am having an entertaining morning! Got about 20 servers to do... now which ones use ssh shared keys again :) + Question: So one of those servers uses HTTPS (Versign SSL Cert). Will that need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IMAP Server

2008-05-09 Thread Michael Holloway
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 13:29 +0100, Andrew Barber wrote: Hey guys, I am just looking for a couple of suggestions on good IMAP Server software. We was looking over DOVECOT recently, but just wondered what you guys thought of that and others that are out there. I guess it depends on how big an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron Release Party

2008-04-04 Thread Michael Holloway
Well, as the time fast approacheth, I'm going to throw my hat in the ring and say, come the 24th, I shall be sat in the Pembury with a pint. Any other Londoners willing to join? -- All the best, Josh Blacker I'll probably come along... unless the boss (other half) doesn't let me :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] KlamAV and AV in general

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Holloway
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're sharing a C:\ drive, you've got to be stark starting mad... That's s bad XP even warns you NOT to do it... I totally agree... But when you can control the way people can access it, its not too bad, eg,

[ubuntu-uk] KlamAV and AV in general

2008-03-10 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi I've just installed KlamAV on my KUbuntu Laptop, just to have a look at it. It's virus definition database is huge - ie, windows targeted viruses. It it worthwhile having KlamAV/ClamAV, or any anti-virus on an Ubuntu (or any *nix) desktop? later Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

2008-03-04 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 14:53 +, Sean Miller wrote: They haven't organised the LinuxWorld Conference this week and not told us have they!?!? Seriously, any news on when it's going to be? I know!! I keep checking back on their site; with no luck. Maybe the problem is that not enough people

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on HP

2008-02-28 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Guys Have any of you got any experience with HP servers and Ubuntu? I always use IBM but due to (blah blah) it looks like I'm getting HP. I will be installing 7.10 server on it. Does anyone have any plus/minus sides to it? Any incompatibilities or problems you have come up against? Thanks

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

2008-02-18 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 13:33 +, Alan Pope wrote: I know a few people who dual boot Windows and Linux. Only using Windows for gaming. Seems ideal. I for one am on of these people - a victim of WoW. I have a perfectly legal and legit copy of Vista, just because i play games in what little

Re: [ubuntu-uk] driving games

2008-02-14 Thread Michael Holloway
TuxCart :) On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 15:05 +, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 13:57 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, Can anyone suggest some good driving games in buntu gutsy? Vdrive seems good! Regards javad Torcs and trigger -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Crashing

2008-02-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Ok, morning came and that machine hadn't crashed, so I started the unison sync again to force the machine to crash, and something happened while I had an ssh session open, the server didn't crash as it usually does (without any errors), this time it returned an I/O error to unison and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Crashing

2008-02-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Ahhh thats where i saw the Seagate USB thing... on this list!!! Forwarded Message From: Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Smb problems

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Holloway
Hehe, maybe tjhat's cos it didn't make sense!!! Okay i have never used the shared folders in gutsy, but i have used samba shares (configured in text mode) so i might have some insight. First of all, i am somewhat surprised that nothing happened... no error messages? Maybe if you pop into the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unresponsive 'windows' and icons

2008-01-30 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Michael Thanks for your response, and I think you got it. I turned off compiz and lo and behold the light shone down on me! The notification area started working, todiscgui worked and so did amsn. So then I turned compiz back on with all the plugins disabled, and then gradually turned

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unresponsive 'windows' and icons

2008-01-29 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 14:39 +, reyasuk wrote: Hello, I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now and I love it. I started with Feisty and upgraded to Gutsy when it became available. When I've had problems I'm usually able to solve them myself by searching the internet and putting all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM backs Ubuntu

2008-01-28 Thread Michael Holloway
That is cool... but what's Ubuntu Linux 7.0? On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 01:54 +, Tom Bamford wrote: Mac wrote: You may already have seen this interesting development... http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=7193print Mac That's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Need to convert dv files into vob files in kino

2008-01-28 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 14:34 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: ok i will look into itif its the better way (but not easier) of doing it! :) The word easier is open to interpretation. Does easier mean spend a few minutes clicking around very helpful screens with big buttons saying, opening this,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?

2008-01-14 Thread Michael Holloway
On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 14:27 +, Tom Bamford wrote: I've just installed JeOS 7.10 on VMware Workstation 6.0.2 on an Ubuntu 7.10 i386 host. It installed perfectly using an IDE emulated hard disk and now it's updated. One cool thing I noticed is that the VMware guest kernel modules are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?

2008-01-14 Thread Michael Holloway
Thanks for all your input. As far i understand it: jeOS is a lightweight distro that does not include any unnecessary software, drivers and kernel modules that are normally included for compatibility. I.E. They do not need to include compatibility for 1000s of NIC cards, because all it needs

[ubuntu-uk] jeOS!! umm does it work?

2008-01-11 Thread Michael Holloway
Has anybody else tried jeOS yet? I have tried it on 3 different VMWare servers, 2 AMD based, and one Intel. No matter how hard i try, i cant get it to work. It installs fine, and then freezes on boot, failing to load the Kernel. It would appear that it cant mount the drive. Even when i edit the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD

2008-01-09 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi I'm trying to remember exactly how i've done this before... but first point is that i did it in windows using (mostly) opensource software that may or may not be available for linux. The first thing i used was virtualdub, which is not to dissimilar to avidemux. Using that i extracted the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display blanking despite settings in gnome-power-manager and gnome-screensaver

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi There is a bug i think when using ATI cards (we always blame the graphics cards!)... after much googling, on a friends machine with the machine problem i came across this to add to the end of /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section ServerFlags Option BlankTime 0 Option StandbyTime 0 Option

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Holloway
Norman. is suspect something the following would work, but i dont have a dual boot machine around to have a look at the settings... title Windows map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 If not, can you type sudo fdisk -l in your terminal and paste it in a reply.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-22 Thread Michael Holloway
Well i can say that i am a bit surprised (if not a little innocently prejudice) at the results so far with regards to the age group! As a 24M i didn't expect to see as many in the (insert Politically Correct term, perhaps) higher categories. I am not surprised, though a bit disappointed (got

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Holloway
On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 12:01 +, Mac wrote: Yeah, Eddie! Let's hear it for us seriously ancient, technologically decrepit listees! (BTW, I wonder what the average age of the list actually is???) ;-) Mac We should set up a poll on launchpad or whatever to find out :) --

[ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi All You know when you come across a problem so silly that you just cant get right!!?!!?! Anyway, i am trying to create a GPG key on a remote (ubuntu) server over ssh. In order for GPG to create keys it needs random events to happen on the machine etc. I can do it on my desktop no probs, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG grrrs!

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 15:32 +, Dave Morley wrote: Should gpg work over ssh? it maybe an untrusted device. Have you tried doing it directly instead? Well i wouldn't have thought that was an issue, but maybe. The server in question is in a hosting facility... hardly worth a visit to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No title bar on windows.

2007-12-12 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 22:25 +, Ian Pascoe wrote: Andy, which desktop you using? There appears to be a couple of known problems with Compis and title bar locking off screen, eithre from launch or after being accidentally moved there and not being able to drag it back. E I think more

[ubuntu-uk] mySQL over ssh tunnel?

2007-12-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Guys I want to ask you opinion on this... I want to have a mysql asynchronous replication slave connected over the internet (through IP validating firewalls, not VPN). Is it secure to just use a normal mysql connection? Or is the data un-encrypted, and if so, how easy to sniff/intercept?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mySQL over ssh tunnel?

2007-12-06 Thread Michael Holloway
On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:40 +, Lucy wrote: On 06/12/2007, Michael Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys I want to ask you opinion on this... I want to have a mysql asynchronous replication slave connected over the internet (through IP validating firewalls, not VPN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE - SATA

2007-12-06 Thread Michael Holloway
Ah, right. Like Norman, I'm a bit of an old-timer (/pace/, Norman!), and was used to setting jumpers on IDE drives for masters and slaves; so I guess I just transferred this habit to SATA, and assumed it was a hardware thing there, too. Never thought of checking for BIOS settings when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cant run RealPLayer 10

2007-12-05 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Can you open your terminal in Applications - Accessories - Terminal and type realplay Then copy and past the output into a reply to this email (the error may help us to figure it out) You can also try running sudo realplay and see if that works. Cheers, Michael On Wed, 2007-12-05 at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NFS and NetworkManager

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
Well, a combination of both seems to have fixed it. In summary, I switched the network to manual configuration, meaning that it got brought up during boot rather than at the behest of the tray icon once I'd logged in. I was also suffering I think since I was trying to mount three

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Michael Holloway
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:39 +, norman wrote: What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot. I am sorry Daniel but I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-20 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 15:47 +, Chris Rowson wrote: On 11/20/07, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WRT Wine/Crossover, I wouldnt' be on it... the latest version of Publisher (when I installed a trial on XP) *bet* on it, even ;-) Sean Scary! To be honest, I'm using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

2007-11-16 Thread Michael Holloway
That sounds good... ill ask them about it. Thanks Alan On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:48 +, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Michael, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:33 +, Michael Holloway wrote: If by that you mean using a console cable plugged directly into the server (from a laptop or something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi I would tend to stick to the Ubuntu laptops with Dell, but in most cases you are pretty good with any of the brands. I personally use (K)Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude and a Toshiba (cant remember which one, about 1 year old). The very first thing you need to look at is the Wireless card - check

[ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Holloway
Anyone have any idea what to do when sshd has died on your server? I mean without rebooting... I have a server in a remote location, i can't connect with ssh, but other services (VMware server, apache2) are still running and i can connect to them. I also can connect through ssh to its VM guests.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Holloway
(firewalled to my ip address, i know vnc has some security issues) as a backup, because you can get a shell through that. Pitty i didn't think of it earlier! Michael On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:48 +, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Michael, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 13:45 +, Michael Holloway wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Holloway
I thought about that... thing is, i have no idea why it has stopped. Its has never happened to me before in 3-4 years of having remote servers, so i wouldn't expect to need a cron job. I think having a cron job is paranoia but then sometimes things do go wrong!!! And of course it still doesn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screen resolution, configuration details, graphics card

2007-11-06 Thread Michael Holloway
On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 14:33 +, Pascal Khoury wrote: Hi All, My graphics card is an Intel 945 i810. Does that help? I reckon there must a way to adjust my screen resolution from the Terminal. I need to get a resolution better than 1024x768. Please advise Thanks Pascal I tend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Michael Holloway
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 14:55 +, Alec Wright wrote: Or so Evesham tech support say... Here's what happened: Whenever I switched my computer on, it would switch off within five seconds or so. If I switch it on again, it will switch off again even more quickly. It doesn't even get to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-31 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 00:14 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: Windows does support IPv6, When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses

[ubuntu-uk] Promoting Ubuntu

2007-10-29 Thread Michael Holloway
Hi Guys We're always trying to think of ideas and ways to promote Ubuntu/Linux... why not stick to the basics?? Canonical sends out CD's for free upon request... i don't know how many, and what they would think of this, but: We gets tons of CD's in boxes, we get an Ubuntu jacket with big

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.

2007-10-26 Thread Michael Holloway
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 15:07 +0100, Kirrus wrote: - Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Morley wrote: I used to hate using Evolution but since I last used it to the release in Gutsy things have improved greatly. The whole experience is a pleasure. So I just wondered

[ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Holloway
Hey guys Has anyone managed to install vmware on a gutsy server yet? I've been going around in circles for ages now, i think every package from the repo is now installed :) From what i have been able to google, apparently libx11 causes this probably when its not install but i have done that and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy,evolution problems

2007-10-21 Thread Michael Holloway
? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Holloway Sent: 21 October 2007 12:24 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy,evolution problems On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 11:38 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Ok

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