Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

2007-02-26 Thread Robert McWilliam
rather > abandon Ubuntu than foul up my machine. Thanks, Robin > That warning is about messing up your ubuntu install, it is very unlikely that anything you do in software could cause actual do damage to the hardware. Robert McWil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

2007-03-03 Thread Robert McWilliam
). [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ [2] e.g. http://scipy.org/ for python ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Instructions should be read first, or not at all. Anything else is admitting defeat... -- ubuntu-uk@

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my laptop

2007-03-03 Thread Robert McWilliam
an probably add a PCMCIA wireless card. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Officce

2007-03-31 Thread Robert McWilliam
shown again by selecting View->Toolbars->Edit Points from the menus. > I'm using a compaq 386 laptop and > there is 2.6mb free, Help please That must be an exercise in patience. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OOo Draw - expanding points menu

2007-04-15 Thread Robert McWilliam
>Edit Points Hope that helps, Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud, after a while you realise the pig is enjoying it. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Latitude 820

2007-05-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
ed (or if you decide you don't like the colour...). Robert ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Q: What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A: A carrot. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libpath-class-perl 0.15-1 - again. And again. And...

2007-05-19 Thread Robert McWilliam
ould be a good idea to remove the lock every so often and try updating (you might even get a fix for the problem...). ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Plans are useless, but planning is indespensible.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Search for files

2007-05-19 Thread Robert McWilliam
t available in the drop down menu by dragging them into the left panel in the file picker dialogue. Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com All I want is less to do, more time to do it, and higher pay

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libpath-class-perl 0.15-1 - again. And again. And...

2007-05-19 Thread Robert McWilliam
;man apt_preferences' Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libpath-class-perl 0.15-1 - again. And again. And...

2007-05-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sun, 20 May 2007 08:24:51 +0100 I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert McWilliam wrote: > > Does it get to successfully applied? > > Robert >>> Hard to say what's really happening. There's no further > output in the 'Details'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Robert McWilliam
leges. Remember to exit when you're done :) Robert ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Who is General Failure? And why is he reading my hard disk? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
e {} with the file name. xargs could also be used here to substitute the results of the find into arbitrary positions in other commands (useful when the results come from something other than find which doesn't have a -exec or equivalent). _______

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
Rats! There is a way to get the text inserted for the $i to be quoted, but I can never remember what it is. Using the -exec option to find works with spaces in the file names. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com A sli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:27:32 +0100 luxxius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert McWilliam wrote: > > find can be used to run commands: > > > > find ~/music -group diana -exec chgrp root {} \; -exec chmod > > 664 {} \; > > > Robert >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
d {}. It might work with a \&\& (I haven't tried it though). > I'm pretty sure the first \; terminates the whole find command. > It doesn't I tried it before posting as using && in the one exec was my first thought. ___

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
king the permissions 764 for u+x). I'm not sure why you need executable permissions on a directory to see it's contents though... ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com The downside of being better th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
symbols into the required number faster and more accurately than you (or at least I) can. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Give a man a match and he'll be warm for an hour... Set him on fire and he'll be war

Re: [ubuntu-uk] rsync chgrp problem - advice, please?

2007-06-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
at you can substitute in with different symbols). ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Everything should be made as simple as possible - but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Robert McWilliam
nks I don't think firefox speaks RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol), so you need to use an app that does. As per previous responses in this thread mplayer is a good choice for this. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Robert McWilliam
l as rtsp? ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com If something goes without saying, let it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread Robert McWilliam
ns) worked for me (and others). ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Hungarian proverb: If three people tell you that you are drunk, lie down. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets - something slightly different -

2007-06-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
itable I'd be happy to stick the files up on my site. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets - something slightly different -

2007-06-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
would be appropriate: http://ormiret.com/ubuntu/leaflet.odt ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Who is General Failure? And why is he reading my hard disk? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
y with what the new user is allowed to do to limit the damage that taking over firefox can do. The same procedure can be used to run any app with reduced or escalated privileges. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:24:55 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > xhost +local: > > In theory, you shouldn't need to do even this, the gksudo command > should work without needin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
local: I did earlier. To check and see if the default settings were enough to run it without the "xhost +local:" I just created a whole new user and tried "gksudo -u st firefox" and it failed with the same error as I quoted above. ________

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
re is a checkbox there with "Warn me when sites try to install add-ons" and an "Exceptions" button. Clicking the "Exceptions" button brings up the list of trusted sites. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound and software speech

2007-06-27 Thread Robert McWilliam
C multimedia ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com No sense being pessimistic: it wouldn't work anyway. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] editing DVD

2007-07-30 Thread Robert McWilliam
ki/index.php?title=DVD_to_AVI ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com vi vi vi - Editor of the beast. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] editing DVD

2007-07-30 Thread Robert McWilliam
what exactly are you doing to rip them (maybe someone can spot an error)? ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com The Romans didn't find algebra very challenging, because X was always 10. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why not fix this?

2007-07-31 Thread Robert McWilliam
n't get good info on whether or not hardware will work I tend to go for the approach of buying something and if it doesn't work sending it back (putting down its lack of compatibility with linux as the reason - if enough people do this we might start getting better info). __

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help...

2007-08-02 Thread Robert McWilliam
e you need to set up a cron job to trigger the script. A short intro to cron: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com What did you do to the cat? It looks half-dead.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gLabels

2007-08-04 Thread Robert McWilliam
ick which of them it is when printing), or use a template for the whole area and do the placing within that yourself (which would be a pain since I can't find a way to put in guide lines). If you've tried the template designer already, is there a specific part that you don't get?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gLabels

2007-08-04 Thread Robert McWilliam
couple of guide lines (click in one of the rulers and drag into the document, releasing where you want the line - you can fine tune the position by right clicking the line and selecting 'Edit Snap Line') to mark the spine. Robert Mc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gLabels

2007-08-04 Thread Robert McWilliam
itely more straight forward for this example though. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Do unto others before they do unto you. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop problems

2007-09-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
sn't help try moving some of the other ~/.* things elsewhere. A quick look gives .nautilus .metacity .gnome .gnome2_private .cups .gtkrc* .gconf and possibly more. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com If I were to ask y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] For all you BSG fans out there!

2007-09-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:33:56 + STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok i downloaded this. followed your instructions...tried to run the > file. > > this is what it tells me "Could not open location > 'file:///./BtRLDemoInstaller.run "The location or file could not be > found' That looks a l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do kernel builds etc determine the UUID of the root partition?

2007-09-12 Thread Robert McWilliam
> for future upgrades etc. I greped in /etc for the start of the UUID of my root partition and found it in /etc/fstab and /etc/blkid.tab Hopefully someone else will chime in if it's listed anywhere else. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Robert McWilliam
erience will have errors, so the image is useful once you've got to the right document. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary people. No machine can do the work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

2007-09-18 Thread Robert McWilliam
y, or have some other reason beyond backups. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Long periods of drought are always followed by rain. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

2007-09-18 Thread Robert McWilliam
them. You can get the errors to go away by telling rsync not to try and set the permissions and group with the --no-p and --no-g options. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Everything should be made as sim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

2007-09-22 Thread Robert McWilliam
rest (and the actual drive) back up. It's also got a nice solid metal case. Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting: a request.

2007-09-26 Thread Robert McWilliam
[1] There might be line breaks going missing here too but I'm not noticing as there aren't >s all over the place to highlight the fact. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com It may be true that the law cannot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing List Etiquette was (Re: Top Posting: a request.)

2007-09-26 Thread Robert McWilliam
less important than the fact that they are, it just makes conversations a bit easier to follow. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com I owe, I owe, so it's off to work I go. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] package removal.

2007-10-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
n of Gimp that you removed, dpkg > > would reinstall it as a (reverse) dependency... > > I am not very computerate, obviously, but from where did dpkg get the > package? apt will download packages from the repositories to satisfy dependencies. __

Re: [ubuntu-uk] package removal.

2007-10-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
o it might have still been there, but if it wasn't and was a dependency of the plugin you installed apt would have downloaded the package from the repository server on the internet. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
ther the advantages of going to university out weigh the disadvantages depends on exactly what part of IT you want to get into, whether or not you've got any contacts that could get your foot in the door without a degree etc. ________ Robert McW

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mono display in cshell konsole window etc..

2007-10-26 Thread Robert McWilliam
-color=always'? I'm not sure what would be wrong with the history navigation using the up/down keys. The man page for csh says these should be set up automatically. The output from 'bindkey' might shed some light: is up bound to up-history?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-29 Thread Robert McWilliam
r - I'd forgotten that because I tend to use the command line tools to control the networking (I have scripts that do that and other things I want changed when I change locations). ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-29 Thread Robert McWilliam
noyed me. I've seen mentioned in a few of the sites talking about putting linux on this machine, so it might be something you'd want to do. I don't know how the default behaviour under linux compares to that on windows as I never had windows installed. _____

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another broadband related q? Sorry!

2007-11-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
7;m sticking to it :) [2] Usually a B means byte and a b means bit but that convention is broken often enough that you can't really rely on it. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Cynicism is an unpleasant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
ming more at video so is bigger, has worse battery life and costs more than an ipod. If it plays FLAC and/or ogg it gets bonus points. Robert ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Geeks are for life, not just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Elisa MC- config question

2007-11-13 Thread Robert McWilliam
re you are changing the right one. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Colour... it's just a pigment of your imagination. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
sfer: moto4lin speaks this protocol. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Geeks are for life, not just computer breakdowns. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
e of your laptop is that is stopping aptitude working this might not work either. Post what the problem is with aptitude and someone might be able to offer advice on fixing it. Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]ww

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
t to encourage my laziness in not going looking for previous threads: what is the output from aptitude when you ask it to install stuff (or remove mythTV)? Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com vi vi vi - Editor of the beast.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
ooks to be partially processed so is being looked at every time dpkg is asked to do anything. 'dpkg -s kdelibs-data' ought to give more info on what dpkg is trying to do with it. 'dpkg -C' might also give some useful info. ______

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
pack at the error messages I have a new theory. The problem might be with reading /var/libs/dpkg/info/kdelibs-data.list Can you check if other apps can read that file (e.g. run 'wc /var/libs/dpkg/info/kdelibs-data.list')? ________ R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] motorola v3 phone

2007-11-21 Thread Robert McWilliam
> On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 18:30 +0000, Robert McWilliam wrote: > > > > Doesn't look like dpkg is trying to do anything with kdelibs-data > > then. Looking pack at the error messages I have a new theory. The > > problem might be with reading /var/libs/dpkg/info/kd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Macro-style functionality

2007-12-15 Thread Robert McWilliam
rised if you can't set away status from the dbus interface). If you prefer bash to python the dbus-send program can be used. I use "gnome-screensaver-command -l" bound to a key combo to lock the screen, that can be added to your script. ___

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

2007-12-18 Thread Robert McWilliam
a quality option rather than a bit rate, for mp3 you can use either a quality number similar to the one for vorbis and get variable bit rate output with the bit rate adjusted to meet that quality level or give a constant bit rate. ______

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

2007-12-18 Thread Robert McWilliam
On 19/12/07 03:08:51, Robert McWilliam wrote: > - You can then change the options in the gstreamer pipeline to whatever you > want. Just realised that I didn't actually say what to change in the gstreamer pipeline :) For vorbis there will be a section of the pipeline something like:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting a PSU

2007-12-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
: http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com If all good things must come to an end - then numbers are not our friend! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-Core = less not more?

2007-12-27 Thread Robert McWilliam
up over however many processors you've got. It might be useful if you had hetrogenious processors and some processes ran faster on some of the processors? Or is it an attempt to get round the task switching delay when processes start by keeping cores clear for them? _

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jpeg from vcd

2007-12-31 Thread Robert McWilliam
s probably easier to make sure that does point at your CD drive rather than trying to find the right option to tell mplayer to look somewhere else (the mplayer man page can be interesting reading though). ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-08 Thread Robert McWilliam
n for your screen handy to look up what it's native resolution is? If not it can usually be found by googling the model number. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Hardware: The parts of a computer system that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-09 Thread Robert McWilliam
the monitor to see what it supports stuff that doesn't always work. If you run "xrandr" in a terminal what resolution does it report is being used, and does it list any other options? ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-09 Thread Robert McWilliam
What is the native resolution of your display? ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Everything should be made as simple as possible - but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-09 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:12:17 +, "Robert McWilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > /etc/xorg.conf Actually i think i've missed a level in that path. It should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf or something similar, sorry i'm not at an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied Sorry, I should have explained better. xorg.conf isn't an application that you run, it is a text file that stores the configuration X uses. Doesn't really matter if everything is working though :) ________

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video editing

2008-01-21 Thread Robert McWilliam
the | If that made no sense don't worry about it too much. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com What if the Hokey Kokey IS what it's all about? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Making a DVD

2008-01-29 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:44:36AM +, Javad Ayaz wrote: > Can someone advise as to how i can put this back on a dvd. i.e so that the > menus become clickable.? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DVDAuthoring Robert ____

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pyweek Ubuntu-UK entry?

2008-02-04 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 07:54:02PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > Anyone else interested? Not sure how much free time I'll have that week but I'm certainly interested. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret

Re: [ubuntu-uk] On line upgrade to 6.06

2006-06-04 Thread Robert McWilliam
u out :) > /etc/apt/sources.list (though I'm sure you could have guessed that) You can also use the graphical update manager: gksu "update-manager -d" More detailed instructions here: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=14 Robert -- Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: Root password

2006-08-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
s more information here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Growing old is inevitable, growing up optional. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread Robert McWilliam
ion here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Dawn is nature's way of telling you to go to bed. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
equirements. [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto [2] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ [3] http://www.cygwin.com/ [4] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Half the p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomorrows Meeting

2006-12-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
google calendar) feed from it. I don't know what the procedure is for getting events added to this calendar, emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] might find that out though. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com The best way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
P you just have to pick IP addresses for the machines yourself and tell them where the internet gateway and DNS servers are. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
you avoid editing the files directly -there are probably such tools that work without X as well but I don't know what they are... Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com If it ain't broke: fix it 'till it is. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
not sure if it gets all the network configuration tools etc. If you have gnome installed (or after you install it) the network configuration is System->Administration->Networking Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu server edition

2006-12-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
someone there willing to help. I'm ormiret and am lurking quite a lot but usually notice if I'm addressed. Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Always drink upstream of the herd. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
tpd log file (probably in /var/log/) You want to run the mkdir and chmod commands in a terminal (or do the equivalent with a GUI file manager). ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com I can only please one person

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:32:24 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are the terminal and the command line the same > thing? > Yes. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Rock d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
p/upload' > This looks like a missing space between the 777 and the /var so chmod is treating the whole thing as one operand and not finding enough operands to do anything (not that it would be able to set permissions to '777/var/ftp/upload' anyway...) __

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
means enable writing. a+rw-x would enable reading and writing and disable execution for all. u,g and o are for just the owning user, group and others respectively. ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Lottery: A tax

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-05 Thread Robert McWilliam
e brought up when the crash happened asking you if you wanted to restart bubblemon and what you wanted to do with the report. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Most Annoying thing to McDonald's employees: I would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] installing real player support in Firefox 2.0/edgy

2007-01-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
p;subword=1&version=dapper&release=all gives the package totem-xine-firefox-plugin ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. -- ubuntu-uk@lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] firefox

2007-02-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
data for the profiles. Robert [1] Please don't put a > at the start of lines that aren't quotes. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Dawn is nature's way of telling you to go to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
he possible downsides to this: the application will look different to the gnome ones and using it will use a larger amount of memory than the same functionality in a gnome app. The memory usage isn't likely to be a problem unless you're normally short of memory. ___

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop

2007-02-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
ower-manager will be installed by default on ubuntu. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com You're just jealous that the voices are speaking to me. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Posting to the Fridge? Interview with Mark Shuttleworth

2007-02-08 Thread Robert McWilliam
tors. Robert ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com I have the body of a god... Buddha. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-13 Thread Robert McWilliam
installed is 2.6: http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/base/kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 kernel-* is 2.4 linux-* is 2.6 Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. -- ubuntu-uk@

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
ges.debian.org/unstable/admin/linux-image-2.6-686 Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Everything should be made as simple as possible - but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

2007-02-14 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:21:25 + Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:12:27 + > Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > kernel-* is 2.4 > > > > > > > Not quite. Those are Debian kernels, Ubuntu ones are c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] news services was: BBC news site

2008-02-06 Thread Robert McWilliam
l so that it could be US-based and US-biased. ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing either your temper or your self confidence. -- Robert Frost -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-29 Thread Robert McWilliam
g off peripherals). Robert ____ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com I tried being normal once - I didn't like it. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-29 Thread Robert McWilliam
for the machine. Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Some people wonder whether there is intelligent life in other parts of the universe; I'm not ready to give up on Earth yet. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] file conv question: pdf to prc?

2008-05-07 Thread Robert McWilliam
t probably depends on the files you're working with. Hopefully some of that will help, Robert ________ Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com People who think they know what they are doing are especially anno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RSS reader that can send files via bluetooth

2008-05-28 Thread Robert McWilliam
to help you through writing and hooking up such a script off list (save annoying anyone with a long thread) if you want. Once it's working it could go in your howto for anyone else wanting to the same thing. Robert ____ Robert

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