On 22/02/07, SteVe Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Caroline Ford wrote:
> > This has come up on another list I'm on and seems pretty dodgy to me.
> > It's basically asking the Prime Minister to order the BBC to do
> > something. The BBC is independent and should stay that way in my
> > opinion.
On 26/02/07, ged byrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> gord wrote:
> > are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the
> > bios?
> > you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to
> > stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but
On 26/02/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> > Are the versions of packages in a recent releases of say, Edgy,
> > different to those included on the original release date? In other
> > words is there an advantage to downloading a 'current' Edgy install CD
> > rather
On 28/02/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed Kubuntu 6.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop recently, and
> the boot up screens - kubuntu splash logo and the running text(?)
> (progress bar?) - cannot be seen.
>
> The live CD for 6.10 has problems with screen resolution and does not
>
On 28/02/07, David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2007 at 11:24, Andrew Black (delete obvious bit) praised the
> llamas by saying:
> I've naver had a machine that had grub on it to be unbootable. Grub
> nicely has a command line that allows you to fix everything if you get
> the c
On 26/02/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I make the point that a gui grub editor
> would have a strong value for that precious breed - newbies. Maybe
> there is a gui grub editor easily available for (k)ubuntu, but it did
> not appear in my searches.
Maybe it
On 01/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo and
> graphic progress bar) although after the session has started it is
> apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an indication of
> small graphic depth?)
> I searched furthe
On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think your problems stem from the non-standard hardware that is
> > used in most laptops, which is not fully supported in Ubuntu (and
> > probably not in most Linux distros).
>
> So what is different with ubuntu 6.06, suse 10, knoppix - (and mayb
On 03/03/07, Adam McMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 2 Mar 2007, at 22:54, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> > Well of course the blindingly obvious answer is to have separate /home
> > directories.
> >
> > You could do that one one of the installs (the newer one?) by
> > temporarily by editing the /etc
On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my
> desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port)
> I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I
> was interested in t
On 16/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But then I installed suse into an empty partition, and suse worked
> fine, but boy, did it screw up the other choices!
> I have spend some hours sorting it out (limited knowledge, improving
> fast). The yast boot editor was not acting consistently no
On 19/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't - to be honest - see why we have to choose one or the other.
> Surely both forums and mailing lists can be used, with people choosing
> their favorite.
>
> Anything important and urgent enough to demand the immediate attention
> of all
On 28/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am mystified though about the service names (and associated ports)
> at the time. For example one was Gatecrasher (service name) and this
> was trying to go out on port 6969 and google indicates this is a
> (windows) trojan.
Hi Alan,
I can't answ
On 12/04/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> The only downer is that there's some ice-cream van belting out easily
> the worst rendition of 'You are my Sunshine' I've ever heard.
>
:-)
You should try listening to my daughter's singing bath sponge... It's
a towelling-covered yellow d
I use Gaim under Dapper and Edgy (Dapper at home - soon to be Feisty,
Edgy in work) and I can't get it to connect to Google Talk. I can get
Psi to connect on the same machine, so it's not a problem with
firewall or other settings...
I saw in the forums that someone had fixed the problem by compilin
On 23/04/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> 2: "sudo cp -r * ~mark/backup"
>
> - this copies (including subdirectories because of the "-r" option) all the
> files into the "backup" subdirectory of my home directory "~mark" - you'll
> need to replace mark with your own username
On 29/04/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've decided to give Vym another chance because I rely on mindpammping
> quite a lot and because there was only one dependency (libqt3-mt) with
> it. You never know, I might get attached to it. If not, there's bound
> to be another solution aro
On 08/05/07, Gregory Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Tried to install Ubunutu to a spare 80gb Seagate drive.
>
> Gave up. First off couldn't see anything. Then sussed to select a basic
> screen def and then we got going. However the drive wasn't spotted so I
> couldn't get past the d
On 10/05/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 22:59 +0100, John Watson wrote:
> > Is this the right place to ask general Ubuntu help questions, or is it
> > for general chat and discussion only?
> It's supposed to be used for UK-based discussion, but is mainly used for
On 12/05/07, I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alec Wright wrote:
> > I recommend 15-20GB for / (my / is 15GB on a 250GB), 1-3GB for swap
> > (just to be safe... i have 3GB on my 250GB) and make the rest /home
> >
> > But 20GB and 3GB are a bit excessive; you could easily get away with
> > 10G
On 14/05/07, I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > One thing you could look at is using LVM, which can resize the
> > partitions later. It's probably not the best thing to try if you're
> > new to Linux, especially to use for the / p
On 18/05/07, Terence Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> > Quoting Leon Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> On 18/05/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> It then just sits there. Is there any way of doing a "chroot
>
On 23/05/07, Anders Jacobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use a HP Photosmart multi-function printer with great success. Check out a
> list of supported ones on
>
> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html
>
> Both scanning an printing (colour and
On 24/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Nope HP PSE 1215 printer, scanner, copier here works with no problems here
> > whatsoever on 7.04.
> > Yes this is a usb device. ;-)
>
> It is odd isn't it? Combination hardware eg printer, scanner, copier all
> seem to work it's only scanners o
On 24/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 08:59 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > That is odd, since mine is just a scanner, just USB and worked fine
> > out of the box.
> > I've just realised I never tried it on 6.10. I was on Dappe
On 24/05/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Following on from Norm's fun and games with reverting back to an earlier
> kernal.
>
> When a bug like this is detected, and the individual believes that it is a
> kernal one, I'm talking generally here not specifically Norm's problem -
> where s
On 23/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > The feisty installer now has a user migration thing. It *should* find
> > the users on your dapper install and migrate them into your new
> > install
> > on the E: drive.
>
> I've been trying to fidn out more about this, bu
On 16/05/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> [1] I suspect that sugardaddy isn't quite the right word - maybe we
> should have another naming competition to find a better one :-)
>
No need for a competition. It's SABDFL, self-appointed benevolent
dictator for life!
Hwyl,
Neil
On 26/05/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for advices. On the mains side we have the necessary earth and
> voltage trips, and the earth trip works well in thunder storms, plunging us
> into darkness safely. But is this device quick enough to protect my
> computers ? We're at
On 26/05/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why bother?
>
> I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is
>
> It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install
> Fiesty on it yourself...
>
> Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one
On 28/05/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ta. You don't happen to know if the extension lead sockets are one-shot or
> resetting , (phone-wise and/or power) ? Robin
I don't sorry. And I don't know where the box/instructions are anymore either.
If you've got a hardware shop near
On 28/05/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "User Account Control". Quoting MS - "The main goal of User Account
> Control is to reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating
> system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode. This
> limitation minimizes the ability for u
On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP
> has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a
> way of securing a wireless network, but it's better than nothing and
> it's still used quite wid
On 30/05/07, Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After years of having a mute computer, I finally wired up the speakers
> to the sound card and decided to have a look at some the on line media.
> Googled up some old videos of T-REX, the Doors.which entertained
> for a few minutes but
On 30/05/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you think?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
I think that website is unusable on a 1Mb Broadband connection!
The reaction time can be measured with my watch! I'm afraid I didn't
get very far with watching it.
Hwyl,
Neil.
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On 31/05/07, Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > On 30/05/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> What do you think?
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
> >
> > I think that website is
On 01/06/07, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> adrian wrote:
> > Simon, I use Liferea and I load in all the duplicate posts, but once I
> > have read one in ine feed, it marks all others duplicate posts as read.
> > So no problem. I don't delete posts as they will come back unread next
On 06/06/07, luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd be grateful for a bit of advice about something that's probably
> utterly obvious to anyone but a complete noob like me.
It sounds like, from your comments below, that you're not a *complete* noob :-)
> [snip]
> ##
> rsync: chgrp "/media/U
On 07/06/07, luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems that after running
>
> find ~/music -group diana -exec chgrp root {} \; -exec chmod 664 {} \;
This is where the problem with the 'vanishing' directories started...
(of course, hindsight is wonderful, isn't it!)
The command should have been
On 07/06/07, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One thing I'd suggest for the future is not to use numerical
> permissions when manipulating them. chmod lets you specify the
> permissions using r,w and x and a,u,g, and o for who the permissions
> apply to (the syntax is in the chmod man
On 08/06/07, luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see now why the Ubuntu default is 755 (all the digits odd) -
> everyone can, for starters, see the directories and their contents.
I think the default for directories is 755, the default for files
should be 644. The default is set using the u
On 08/06/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil,
>
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
>
> > I guess that the reason for the alternative is that some people can't
> > cope with the octal notation (or maybe the octal notation was added as
> > a shortcut lat
On 09/06/07, Michael Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion about looking on the Router itself.
Hi Michael,
If it is printed on the Router, I'd complain to BT that it's not
accessible to you. I'm sure that the recent disability legislation
should apply, if they haven't mad
On 11/06/07, John Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I ensure my .bash_profile file is "sourced" on every login? When
> I was using KDE before, I changed /usr/bin/startkde so it started a
> login shell.
Hi John,
Andy answered your other question, maybe I can help with this.
You could tr
On 13/06/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 19:40 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a command-line based Feed Scraper I could hack to
> > download podcasts from the RSS feeds? I'm working on a script that
On 14/06/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's worth remembering in all this that Canonical has some huge
> advantages in NOT being based in the US.
>
> There are three massive differences between Patent law in the US and
> Patent law in Europe. One of them is that there are a whole b
On 15/06/07, luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liferea actually works fine, and marks duplicates as read. Sorry for
> mistake - forget I asked the question!
Hi Diana,
Got me confused the first time I used the new version in Feisty too!
Hwyl,
Neil.
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On 17/06/07, luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil >>> I'd never used Liferea before (thanks, Popey, for mentioning it
> in another thread some while ago - it's brill!). I didn't realise that
> the duplicates are only marked as read when you're reading items in the
> separate feeds, not when y
On 20/06/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> As this has split into two threads, I'm gonna confuse everyone and reply to
> both in one.
>
> Firefox - hasn't there just been a security breach with FF's extensions
> whereby some of them don't conform to using SSL to update so can
On 20/06/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 20:18 +0100, michaelweaver wrote:
> > I do not seem to be having much luck with text web browsers for one
> > reason or another because of how speech works.
> > Somone has apparently used Epiphany with Orca and I tried to d
On 28/06/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I wondered about that. I'm sure I know people who've worked in USA and
> > bought laptops there; returning home, they've changed the plug or used
> > a travel adapter, and the kit has worked fine. Or am I imagining this?
> >
> Most PSUs
On 01/07/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm thinking of setting up a Intel P4 based desktop PC at home, which
> will run Ubuntu and may spend long periods of time doing nothing or
> very little.
>
> I'm aware that CPU frequency scaling can be implemented on certain
> la
On 01/07/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think powertop needs some newer software than ships with Feisty. I
> tried installing but got a failed dependency for libc6 2.5-5.
>
> Any ideas ?
Never tried it. I have an old AMD processor.
Hwyl,
Neil.
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ht
On 06/07/07, Philip Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I might be fast approaching the end of my Ubuntu experiment.
> It looks like I'm heading for a second re-install, both events caused by
> the same problemIt appears that the automatic updates system can be
> easily compromised by a fool.
I went to Bristol Zoo a while ago, and they have gibbons and penguins.
They also have a page about adopting, although they say that you're
not picking an individual but contributing towards the species.
See the page here:
http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/unique_gifts/adoption
Hwyl,
Neil.
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On 13/07/07, Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about avoiding the whole pros/cons of zoos issue and adopting a wild
> penguin? Somthing like this:
>
> http://www.seabirds.org/
>
> To me that is far more in keeping with the Ubuntu ideals than a captive
> penguin, whatever anyone personal
Nice idea Chris. Please post a link when it's on the Wiki.
Hwyl,
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On 26/07/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You would just need to set the Ubuntu one as master and the XP one as
> slave (not the other way round like you suggested) and when you
> reinstall Ubuntu, it should automatically add an entry in GRUB for XP.
> If not, post back on this list and
On 04/08/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (On a technical front, the user name has to be a member of the admin
> group to be able to use sudo. Also, by editing /etc/sudoers you can
> control exactly which commands users can execute. For example, if you
> wanted to let your kids shut the
On 06/08/07, Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> find /your/path/to/a/directory -name '*.lck' -print
>
> Find trawls the files system but appears to cache when re-run with a
> short (hours) time. I've ever used locate. It has a db where it
> 'locates' files. BTY, if you are using find on d
On 06/08/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to all who have had a go at answering my question. However, am I
> to understand that I need to know where I might find the file I am
> seeking before I go looking? If that is the case then it defeats what I
> thought was the idea. What I was
On 07/08/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I *was* going to build myself a desktop soon, but now I'm tempted to
> support this. Thanks for the heads up!
>
> On 8/7/07, Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Canonical announced today that DELL machines are available in the UK,
> > Fr
On 07/08/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shame the laptops aren't included yet...
>
Oops! I got that backwards - the Inspirons *are* the laptops, not the desktops!
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On 10/08/07, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I now have /etc/fstab thus:
>
> //serverIP/public /media/nas cifs
> credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
> 0 0
>
> (all on one line, of course; and the correct credentials file exists in
> /root/ and is chmoded 7
On 10/08/07, michaelweaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> I haven't found a way of opening local pages in Lynx so I can view my HTML
> pages in Linux.
I haven't tried this, and I haven't used lynx much.
Maybe you could try 'lynx /path/to/file' from the terminal?
> What would anyone suggest
On 10/08/07, Darren Mansell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 09:08 +0100, alan c wrote:
> > How can I check that a keylogger or similar is not installed in my
> > machine?
> > --
> > alan cocks
> > Kubuntu user#10391
> >
>
> Check the PS2 port at the back of your computer
> run "s
On 10/08/07, Dan Attwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Have you tried nvu/kompozer? It's a pretty good wysiwyg web editor.
>
I don't think either of those are suitable for blind/sight-impaired users.
Hwyl,
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On 14/08/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure how much is actually going to be made Open, but certainly some of
> the first modules have been made free by Sun.
They are making the whole thing open under the GPL. Not sure if
they're sticking with v2, I think they are going with v3.
On 16/08/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd check out partimage. (www.partimage.org). I've not used it the way
> > you want but the WEB page implies it will do the job.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony.
>
> Hey Tony - thanks.
>
> I took a quick look at partimage before, but couldn't seem
On 17/08/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Key Based Authentication:
>
> # On local machine upload the key (If you already have one)
> $ scp ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/
>
> # ssh back to dreamhost
> $ mkdir .ssh
> $ cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys # append your key
>
I
A very good discussion about why Linux doesn't have a greater market share.
http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free
Hwyl,
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On 17/08/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What I need advice on are:
>
> - Advice on what audio editing software I need (I'm coming from an Adobe
> Audition / CoolEdit) background, and the key features I need are
> FFT-based noise reduction, track volume normalisation, and in-line edi
On 17/08/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 3: Can I, in fact, drag and drop application windows between desktops (x
> would allow me to do this, I'm sure, though I'm not sure about windows
> that overlap multiple x desktops)
I've seen a screenshot with a window split between two m
On 18/08/07, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure what CBT is, but there are some tutorials on the Ubuntu
CBT - Computer Based Training
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On 02/09/07, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
I used a cable that came with my iRiver MP3/WMA/OGG audio player. I
also didn't want to shell out a fortune for a simple piece of generic
kit. I've never used the Windows so
On 02/09/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 02/09/07, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
>
> I used a cable that came with my iRiver MP3/WMA/OGG audio player. I
>
On 10/09/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 11:00 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> > Hardware load balancer tend to give the twin
> > benefits of resilience and performance.
> >
>
> ..and another single point of failure. :)
Maybe that's why he said (pair) of load bala
On 12/09/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It came with my case which is a Thermaltake Mozart sx.
>
> Whats LIRC?
>
It's an application that supports a lot of Infrared remote controllers in Linux.
Which, if your remote uses IR, is exactly what you want.
Hwyl,
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On 24 Sep 2007 21:44:49 +, Daniel Lamb
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe this is a problem with 6.06, can remember how i fixed it, maybe try
> some updates? There are definately details in the forums about it. What you
> could try is this command: dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver(or maybe i
On 30/09/2007, ged <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The reason I didn't vote was the fact that you had to be registered on
> Launchpad. I followed the link to join and then thought that I had no
> right being there. It appeared to be for developers.
I think Launchpad was originally made as a developer
On 01/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i tried gnomebaker and this is what i got!
>
> Executing 'genisoimage -gui -V GnomeBaker data disk -A GnomeBaker -p jav
> -iso-level 3 -l -r -hide-rr-moved -J -joliet-long -graft-points --path-list
> /tmp/GnomeBaker-jav/gnomebaker-52PSZT | bu
On 02/10/2007, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry - forgot to mention, ideally CHEAP.
>
> I'm aware of the £200ish "touchscreens"... I was hoping for something
> more at the "digital photo frame" price point.
>
Could you hack a digital photo frame? :-)
Hwyl,
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Hi all,
What programs do people run on a new machine that's booted off the
Live CD to check that everything is working/supported?
Hwyl,
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On 03/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> So just edit your sources.list and make sure the entry for
> feisty-backports is enabled then you can just do a dist-upgrade and
> you'll get it.
You can also do this through the Software Sources application on the
System > Administrat
On 04/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yes i have seen this one.will the stable release be at the same time as
> gutsy comes out, oct 10?
>
Gutsy's coming out on the 18th, not the 10th.
Try looking around the Mythbuntu site to see their release schedule.
I'm sure that mythbuntu'
On 03/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> thats right...i want to watch them on a dvd player which doesnt play the avi
> format!
>
> ill try devede!
>
I think that's a second problem.
The main one, as Popey said is that your drive doesn't support the
media format on the disk you in
On 03/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 16:00 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > On 03/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > So just edit your sources.list and make sure the entry for
> >
On 03/10/2007, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03/10/2007, Stephen Drake wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 15:55 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > What programs do people run on a new machine that's booted off the
&g
On 08/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Excellent, thanks for testing. In order to reduce the chance that the
> meeting announcement wont be made, I have put a template page up, so
> that whoever runs a meeting can copy/paste it and send the mail out.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTea
On 05/10/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My server has 3 non-free packages, linux-server, rar and unrar.
>
> My desktop has 14 non-free packages, linux-generic, 6 x
> linux-restricted-modules, 6 x java packages, tango icon theme, rar and
> unrar.
>
> I thought Java was supposed to be r
Hi Norman,
On 09/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had 2 versions of Gimp on my machine and I only wanted one, so I
> removed the old, unwanted package using synaptic. I then tried to
> install a plugin in the remaining package. Imagine my amazement when not
> only was the plugin not
On 09/10/2007, Colin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 October 2007 15:55:26 Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > What programs do people run on a new machine that's booted off the
> > Live CD to check that everything is working/sup
Hi Mac,
On 11/10/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > I can report that the laptop (Acer TravelMate) worked perfectly out of
> > the box with Feisty
>
> Neil >>> Which TravelMate model?
It's a TM2701LC, if that makes sense. I h
Hi Norman,
On 11/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 18:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> > > I was thinking, (I know a dangerous thing to do), if I removed the Gimp
> > > 2.2.X folder from /var/cache/apt/archives/ would that cause any
> > > problems?
> > >
> >
> > Nope, n
Hi Mac,
On 11/10/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > On 11/10/2007, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Neil >>> Which TravelMate model?
> >
> > It's a TM2701LC, if that makes sense.
>
> Google only turn
On 12/10/2007, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 17:30 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
> >
> >> 1: Moet was actually a Belgium (and there should be an umlaut over the
> >> e, but I can't work out how)
> >> 2: Freddie Mercury had an evil sense of humou
Hi all,
I've burned the gutsy beta CD. It will boot and show the menu (Start
Live CD/Check CD Contents/Memory Test/etc.) but the only option that
doesn't hang the PC is the 'Boot From First Hard Disk' option.
I've checked the ISO before burning with the MD5SUM, and if I boot a
virtual machine (e.
On 15/10/2007, Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 21:44 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've burned the gutsy beta CD. It will boot and show the menu (Start
> > > Live CD/Check CD Contents/Memory Test/etc.) but the only option that
> > > doesn't
On 15/10/2007, Steve Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 15/10/2007, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > > When I select an option from the menu, the option stays highlighted
> > > and nothing else changes on the screen (I've left it for a minute or
> > > so before hitting CTRL+ALT+DE
On 16/10/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Haven't IBM just got involved with the OpenOffice crowd? In which case
> ODT should be supported by Lotus 'real soon now'.
The latest release of Lotus does use ODT (and the other ODF file
formats). IIRC it's available for free, but not free (
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