Re: [ubuntu-uk] lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 06/08/12 21:20, Colin Law wrote: Or even re-boot. Did that. Still no sign.. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-07 Thread Colin Law
On 7 August 2012 07:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/08/12 21:20, Colin Law wrote: Or even re-boot. Did that. Still no sign.. How about System Settings Time Date Clock Show a clock in the menu bar. That is on Quantal so the words may not be identical, I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 07/08/12 08:39, Colin Law wrote: On 7 August 2012 07:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/08/12 21:20, Colin Law wrote: Or even re-boot. Did that. Still no sign.. How about System Settings Time Date Clock Show a clock in the menu bar. No Time and Date

[ubuntu-uk] SOLVED Re: lost clock/calendar on desktop toolbar!

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 07/08/12 08:39, Colin Law wrote: On 7 August 2012 07:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/08/12 21:20, Colin Law wrote: Or even re-boot. Did that. Still no sign.. How about System Settings Time Date Clock Show a clock in the menu bar. That is on Quantal so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Adam Funk
On 2012-08-04, Stuart Ward wrote: Disclaimer I have worked for 3 in the past. I tried very had when I was there to convince the broadband team that it was important to do some level of support for Linux, but all my protestations fell on deaf ears. No customer demand.. too many distributions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Barry Drake
On 07/08/12 15:08, Adam Funk wrote: Thanks very much to everyone who replied. Unfortunately, having looked at the up-front prices for PAYG, and the total costs of the contracts, I've decided to just use the public library's wi-fi for a holiday (self-catering in the UK but without an internet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Gareth France
On 07/08/12 16:51, Barry Drake wrote: On 07/08/12 15:08, Adam Funk wrote: Thanks very much to everyone who replied. Unfortunately, having looked at the up-front prices for PAYG, and the total costs of the contracts, I've decided to just use the public library's wi-fi for a holiday

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Adam Funk wrote: On 2012-08-04, Stuart Ward wrote: Please go into a shop and ask about Linux support. Or if what you are really after is Ubuntu support, then ask for Ubuntu support *by name*. (Rather than asking for Linux). support for Linux, but all my protestations

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommendations for dongle internet?

2012-08-07 Thread Kris Douglas
On 7 August 2012 17:26, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, Adam Funk wrote: On 2012-08-04, Stuart Ward wrote: Please go into a shop and ask about Linux support. Or if what you are really after is Ubuntu support, then ask for Ubuntu support *by name*. (Rather than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB 3 drive no longer automatically mounting

2012-08-07 Thread David King
This now seems to have fixed itself. On 06/08/12 22:09, David King wrote: I recently moved my Ubuntu installation (10.10) from one hard disk to another. I also installed Linux Mint on the new drive, which controls the boot menu (on the old hard disk the boot menu was installed by Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread David King
I was using Ubuntu Studio 10.10, and as I have the week off, finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 12.04. I therefore used the Update Manager, went to 11.04, then to 11.10. But I cannot get any further. When I try to run the Update Manager, nothing happens. I tried from a terminal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread Barry Drake
On 07/08/12 18:15, David King wrote: I answered so many people with similar problems on one of the forums. You will very probably spend a lot of time failing to fix it until finally you break it altogether. Your quickest answer is possibly to back up your data and do a completely clean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread Liam Proven
On 7 August 2012 18:15, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I was using Ubuntu Studio 10.10, and as I have the week off, finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 12.04. I therefore used the Update Manager, went to 11.04, then to 11.10. But I cannot get any further. When I try to

[ubuntu-uk] Open office python as an Ms office alternative.

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Hanson
Hi everyone, Lots of people are forced to use vba and Ms office at work for various reasons. (I am at least) Can we use python and open office? Does anyone use any other ’all in one’ package that can achieve the same results as the boss expects in excel or access? Thanks Dave --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/08/12 18:53, Wayne Roberts wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error Aborted (core dumped) Anybody got any clues? I've seen this due to lack of disk space, confused me for ages. Maybe try renaming the .Skype directory too. Rob --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-07 Thread Wayne Roberts
On 07/08/12 19:46, Rob Beard wrote: On 06/08/12 18:53, Wayne Roberts wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error Aborted (core dumped) Anybody got any clues? I've seen this due to lack of disk space, confused me for ages. Maybe try renaming the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread David King
On 07/08/12 19:19, Liam Proven wrote: On 7 August 2012 18:15, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I was using Ubuntu Studio 10.10, and as I have the week off, finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 12.04. I therefore used the Update Manager, went to 11.04, then to 11.10. But I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-07 Thread Wayne Roberts
On 07/08/12 19:46, Wayne Roberts wrote: On 07/08/12 19:46, Rob Beard wrote: On 06/08/12 18:53, Wayne Roberts wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error Aborted (core dumped) Anybody got any clues? I've seen this due to lack of disk space,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, It appears to be something wrong with python, and after searching online, lots of other users have had similar problems with python, running various programs that depend on it. Do any of them actually mention a bug number? [1] That is from the lubuntu-qa area, but it does apply to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread bumaw
Dnia 7-08-2012 o godz. 19:33 David King napisał(a): On 07/08/12 18:15, David King wrote: I was using Ubuntu Studio 10.10, and as I have the week off, finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to 12.04. I therefore used the Update Manager, went to 11.04, then to 11.10. But I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open office python as an Ms office alternative.

2012-08-07 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 7 August 2012 19:44, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Hi everyone, Lots of people are forced to use vba and Ms office at work for various reasons. (I am at least) Can we use python and open office? Does anyone use any other ’all in one’ package that can achieve the same

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open office python as an Ms office alternative.

2012-08-07 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi I used to be a fairly serious Access developer and faced much the same issue when I made the move to Linux. In my view OpenOffice/LibreOffice Base is by far the weakest part of the otherwise excellent office suite. Its native HSQL database is slow and the form designer is very limited in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open office python as an Ms office alternative.

2012-08-07 Thread Dave Hanson
Thanks guys, Lots of things to take in there. I'll check all of that out and post back if I find anything else. Thanks Dave On Aug 7, 2012 9:14 PM, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi I used to be a fairly serious Access developer and faced much the same issue when I made the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread David King
On 07/08/12 20:11, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi, It appears to be something wrong with python, and after searching online, lots of other users have had similar problems with python, running various programs that depend on it. Do any of them actually mention a bug number? [1] That is from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread David King
On 07/08/12 22:33, David King wrote: On 07/08/12 20:11, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi, It appears to be something wrong with python, and after searching online, lots of other users have had similar problems with python, running various programs that depend on it. Do any of them actually