Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

2010-06-04 Thread Stuart Bird
Rob In all honesty, you will stand a better chance of saving your friends 38 GiB of music by using an Ubuntu Live CD (or similar) than you will with a Win XP disc. Personally I would boot the machine from the live CD and then copy the data off to a safe media. Then you can re-install Windows once

Re: [ubuntu-uk] transfer data from HDD to HDD

2010-05-29 Thread Stuart Bird
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/10 14:29, Norman Silverstone wrote: snip Firefox bookmarks are a simple HTML file located in ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile/bookmarks.html I'm not sure if you can import it but at worst, you can always open it in Firefox as a normal HTML

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

2010-05-26 Thread Stuart Bird
On 25 May 2010 22:05, Harry Rickards ha...@linux.com wrote: On 25 May 2010, at 21:08, Jon Farmer j...@bctech.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:38 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

2010-05-04 Thread Stuart Bird
On 3 May 2010 16:37, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 03/05/10 14:47, Stuart Bird wrote: I suffered this problem some time ago when I had 9.10 installed as a dual boot laptop (also on a Sky router although I do not think that is connected to the issue). In the end I found

[ubuntu-uk] CFLAGS Manipulation in Ubuntu

2010-05-04 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All Does anyone know how I can check the CFLAGS settings in Ubuntu (10.4 x64). I have a need to run an application that depends on these settings to optimise speed but have found that Ubuntu has no make.conf file which is where I would normally expect to find/tweak these settings. Basically I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CFLAGS Manipulation in Ubuntu

2010-05-04 Thread Stuart Bird
On 4 May 2010 14:29, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk wrote: Quoting Stuart Bird stuart.bi...@googlemail.com: Hi All Does anyone know how I can check the CFLAGS settings in Ubuntu (10.4 x64). I have a need to run an application that depends on these settings

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

2010-05-03 Thread Stuart Bird
On 3 May 2010 12:06, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: On 03/05/10 11:58, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WorcsLUG

2009-01-19 Thread Stuart Bird
Josh I attempted to sign up to Worc's LUG about three or four months ago, when their web site was up and running. I never received a reply, other than the server generated stuff, and have never seen any list activity from it. There are active LUG's within Worcestershire (Malvern) and close by

[ubuntu-uk] 'apt' Proxy Woes

2009-01-17 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi I am running a recent install of Ubuntu 8.10 x64 on a Dell XPS M1330 which I use both at work and at home. The issue I am having is that the works network is behind a proxy but the home one is not. I use a wired connection (eth0) when at work and the wi-fi (wlan0) when at home. I can get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compiz-Fusion

2008-06-20 Thread Stuart Bird
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? Hold down the 'alt' key and drag the window down with your left mouse button. Then resize the window to fit just less than the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise

2008-03-26 Thread Stuart Bird
if only Canonical could work to getting a supplier (e.g. Dell) into PC World and the like, it would be easier. I suppose we need to `create' demand. I think they already have! I was in, I think it was the Worcester PC World (I travel a lot so please excuse the vagueness) a week or two ago and I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New computer nightmare!

2008-03-14 Thread Stuart Bird
I've never had any dealings with them so can't comment on service quality but these: http://efficientpc.co.uk/ appear to supply decent spec machines at sensible prices, all with ubuntu pre-installed. Stu ___ Rise to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-09 Thread Stuart Bird
: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions Stuart Bird wrote: The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then allows me full control from my normal users account

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-08 Thread Stuart Bird
from my normal users account. Can anyone advise if these are viable (ie safe) long term solutions or should I keep searching for a better way. Stu - Original Message From: Stuart Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ubuntu-UK ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, 7 February, 2008 4:08:10 PM

[ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-07 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All I've just taken delivery of a new LaCie 80 Gb usb external hard drive.On plugging it in to my laptop (running dual win xp/gutsy) it automounted without error. I have copied some files and folders to it (both from a windows xp partition and the ubuntu partition) without issue but then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10) (RESOLVED)

2008-02-02 Thread Stuart Bird
@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 1 February, 2008 10:02:28 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10) On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:56:37AM +, Stuart Bird wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/stu# affuse /home/stu/case_work/testing/aimage/aimage_test-1.aff /mnt/aff Tsk

[ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10)

2008-02-01 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All I have been taking a look at afflib using Ubuntu 7.10 as part of a digital forensics research project. Part of the package (aimage) allows you to make a copy of a hard drive or volume, including certain metadata from the target device, and later mount the image obtained using another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] affuse: FUSE support is disabled (Ubuntu 7.10)

2008-02-01 Thread Stuart Bird
Al to enable FUSE support in Ubuntu. (I have fuse-utils installed) Yes, I have :) Tsk tsk root :) Unfortunately trying to conduct forensic examination tasks as a normal user is like pulling teeth, so it's a necessary evil I'm afraid. I mainly use sudo su for tasks that require

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ATI X700 status not in use.

2008-01-24 Thread Stuart Bird
Eric Just a couple of thoughts that may help you out. I would seriously consider trying the 32 bit installation. It will work well with the 64 bit chip but you won't (or shouldn't ) experience as many driver issues. Bear in mind that 64 bit support, even in the MS world is still on the ropey

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Stuart Bird
Chris Have a poke around for hidden .trash folders, particularly on mounted media such as USB/Firewire hard drives. I have found that Ubuntu has a habit of creating these on such volumes and they do not appear to get emptied by the usual processes. I have often thought I had deleted files then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Stuart Bird
Chris The volume at media is a Windows based NTFS So is mine (attached via USB). The hidden trash file is still created on it though. I have only recently discovered this feature so I am not sure why it happens but it can be annoying. Of course it may not be related to your issue but it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Stuart Bird
Chris I have just done some testing as promised with the hidden trash folder on my ntfs drive and found that both df -h and du -hs /* did not report the changes in file sizes on the /media volume until I manually deleted the files from it (therefore it would appear that both commands respond

Re: [ubuntu-uk] df and du give different results

2008-01-03 Thread Stuart Bird
Chris I just got this response from another list: The df command will report all the available space on the disk , in other words it will report the number of blocks in the free list. The du command gives you and total number of blocks used by the directory that is passed to it as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD: [[Hampshire] Report on Tesco Ubuntu machine]

2007-12-20 Thread Stuart Bird
Another fantastic opportunity trashed, by a single idiot who didn't think about the target audience... Agreed wholeheartedly, but... Having recognised that such an opportunity has been created, is it not our (Ubuntu-Uk) and/or Canonical's responsibility to try and engage with the companies

[ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Stuart Bird
Hi All I have a large music collection which is probably 95% mp3 format. I would like to move it all to an open format such as Ogg Vorbis (or any other alternatives that I am unaware of). So I have a couple of questions: Are there any tools that will help me achieve this? Will there be any

[ubuntu-uk] Fw: Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Stuart Bird
- Forwarded Message From: Stuart Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 December, 2007 3:13:14 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mp3 to Ogg Conversion Thanks everyone for the info: Yes. Going from one lossy format to a different lossy format where each

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Mp3 to Ogg Conversion

2007-12-18 Thread Stuart Bird
start ripping new stuff to decent bit-rate ogg as you get new material I think that may be the route to take. Any suggestions on what would be a good choice of ripper to give the necessary bit-rate control? The sound juicer app that came with gutsy doesn't appear to provide that level of

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

2007-12-06 Thread Stuart Bird
Or is the data un-encrypted I believe it is un-encrypted, however someone with more experience may be able to confirm that for you. I'm guessing that using an SSH tunnel (something i've never done before) I have used this how-to at work (where I had to use Windows) to connect to a MySql

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Stuart Bird
Norman Forgive me if I am way off on this as I have joined the thread half way through. From what I understand you have an SATA drive with XP on it and a CD drive attached via IDE. And you want to connect a PATA (ide) hard drive to the machine to put Ubuntu on as dual boot? If that is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Stuart Bird
So, just to clarify things: Your computer currently has XP installed as its only operating system and that is on an ide connected hard drive. You also have a CD drive, also connected via an ide connection? You have an SATA drive that you want to introduce to the machine to run Ubuntu from?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Stuart Bird
Ah, I see. In that case I have to defer to those who have experience of installing Windows post Linux. I have never done it that way round. It has always been suggested to me that where a dual boot is required then it is far safer to install Windows, then introduce your Linux distribution. As