i will try and register and come along! are there any books that are good regarding Ubuntu and linux like "windows for dummies" ?
>From: "Matthew Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> >To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:30:06 +0100 > >The people who run these Lugs are people who share a passion for Linux >and give up their free time to help people who are using Linux, help >spread the word, and generally socialise with like minded people. >There will be people with skills in different areas of Linux and other >OSes. There are many distributions of Linux, but generally they all >follow the general theme. > >Are you able to come to the Linux World Expo in London on the 25/26th? > It is held at Olympia, and will be a very good opportunity to meet >like minded people, and hear some of the discussions. The website is: > http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk. It's free to get is as long as you >register before hand. > >Matthew > >On 10/10/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So now basically : > > > > "Section "Device" > > Identifier "Generic Video Card" > > Driver "vesa" > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"" > > > > i just replace the vesa with VIA and save and close? and reboot? > > > > > > >From: "Matthew Saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > > >To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) > > >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:13:31 +0100 > > > > > >To run gedit as a 'super user', traditionally called 'root' on a Linux > > >system, just start a terminal and type: > > > > > >sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > > >Then enter your password you log on with. > > > > > >It is sudo that elevates your rights. 'root' is like the Windows > > >Administrator account. Ubuntu doesn't have a root account, instead > > >allows you to use sudo and will accept your password. Beware though, > > >you can harm your Ubuntu installation by using programs under sudo! > > > > > >Matthew > > > > > > > > >On 10/10/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i presume that means changing the system file? > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > > > > >To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > > > > >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) > > > > >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:55:33 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:49, STONE COLD wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Is this the only way to change it? is there not a simpler way >for > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> F > > > > > > > > > >You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write > > > > >to etc/X11/ > > > > > > > > > >Baza > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------- > > > > >Site http://walkertopia.com > > > > >Blog http://walkertopia.com/blog > > > > >http://www.myspace.com/m14forever > > > > >Skype baza41 > > > > >------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >[email protected] > > > > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > > >https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >[email protected] > > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > >https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > >-- >[email protected] >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
