Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

2009-07-12 Thread Norman Silverstone
Is it a Flash-based streaming media? I am sorry, but I do not know. There are no messages to indicate a fault or a need for other software it all happens so quickly. You might even say, in a flash. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a network

2009-07-12 Thread Paul Roach
To be honest, the quickest way to access networked data between linux boxes is to ensure ssh is enabled, and to open nautilus - in the address bar type ssh://usern...@ipaddress You'll then be asked to log on with credentials on the remote machine (assuming you don't use key-based

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a network

2009-07-12 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 11/07/09 22:55, David King wrote: snip / And when I try to access the Ubuntu network share via Network in Nautilus, which I should be able to do as it is the PC I am accessing it from, I get an error saying Unable to mount location. Failed to retrieve share list from server. So how do I

[ubuntu-uk] Email: default keyring, tray icon

2009-07-12 Thread Rowan Berkeley
(1) Logging in manually instead of automatically does not remove the Evolution prompts to unlock the default keyring. This latter is located at usr/bin/seahorse, and is really only for OpenPGP and SSH keyring controls. I do not want to create keyrings, and I would like to know how to disable

[ubuntu-uk] problem with nForce 430 sata burner

2009-07-12 Thread Ken Robson
Running Ubuntu 9.04 32bit. I just changed motherboards due to problems with the old one. New board has nForce 430 sata ports on it. The hdd's are detected and work fine, BUT when I try to burn a DVD I get errors:- From dmesg [ 3351.724162] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x195

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-12 Thread John Levin
Tim Dobson wrote: From http://dalek.microsoft.com/en-us/ultimate/FX101674081033.aspx : Getting a 404 Server not found. Does this mean the Doctor has finally and definitively defeated them? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

2009-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
I'm just setting up an old PC for a friend of a friend, and naturally, I have put Ubuntu on it. It's an Athlon XP 700+ with 768MB of RAM and an nVidia Riva TNT2 AGP card. Interestingly, Hardy failed to boot. It installed cleanly from a live CD, but the resultant system never got past GRUB. Jaunty

[ubuntu-uk] Clearlooks

2009-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
And finally a more general question. What is the difference between the display themes Human and Human-Clearlooks? I've tried Google with no resulting enlightenment at all... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearlooks

2009-07-12 Thread Daniel Drummond
Liam Proven wrote: And finally a more general question. What is the difference between the display themes Human and Human-Clearlooks? I've tried Google with no resulting enlightenment at all... Look closely at the widgets (controls), especially the checkboxes. Dan --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a network

2009-07-12 Thread William Anderson
Paul Roach wrote: To be honest, the quickest way to access networked data between linux boxes is to ensure ssh is enabled, and to open nautilus - in the [snip] but at least with smb/cifs, you're not encrypting/decrypting your traffic as you would with ssh/sftp, so if you're confident your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

2009-07-12 Thread Daniel Drummond
Liam Proven wrote: I'm just setting up an old PC for a friend of a friend, and naturally, I have put Ubuntu on it. It's an Athlon XP 700+ with 768MB of RAM and an nVidia Riva TNT2 AGP card. Interestingly, Hardy failed to boot. It installed cleanly from a live CD, but the resultant system