On Saturday, August 13, 2011, <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > Send ubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Need Help (Ric Moore) > 2. Re: DVD Drive Clicking (Nils Kassube) > 3. Re: setting time to GMT not working. (Patton Echols) > 4. Re: Installation Reports (Jonas Pedersen) > 5. text blurry (slurred) on ubuntu maverick 10.10 (user1) > 6. Resize OnBoard window (H.S.Rai) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:12:31 -0400 > From: Ric Moore <<a href="mailto:wayward4now@gmail.com">wayward4now@gmail.com</a>> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Re: Need Help > Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:1313194351.3720.10.camel@iam.wayward4now.net">1313194351.3720.10.camel@iam.wayward4now.net</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 14:55 +0300, Emmanuel Natalis wrote: >> No sweat then, Liam. >> I was also wondering that Emmanuel, being in a computer centre >> could have just taken one of several disks lying around >> without first "setting" the disk to msdos especially if they >> had been used before as raid, lvm etc... hence suggesting he >> use a different disk to try. >> >> Regards, take care - Goh Lip >> >> >> The machine itself is having 3 hard disks, I just tried using only >> one of them, it worked fine. But on putting back the other two, the >> same problem appears again. It should be a hardware issue as you are >> saying > > Driver jumper settings? IDE or SATA? Ric > -- > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > Linux user# 44256 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:13:26 +0200 > From: Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> > To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Subject: Re: DVD Drive Clicking > Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:201108130713.26151.kassube@gmx.net">201108130713.26151.kassube@gmx.net</a>> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > ANDY wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote: >> > Try the command >> > >> > sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd >> >> andy@TOBY:~$ sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd >> [sudo] password for andy: >> Following symlink from /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0. >> Polling for drive /dev/dvd have been disabled. The fdi file written >> was >> >> /etc/hal/fdi/information/media-check-disable-storage_model_CDRW_DVD_S >> N_324F.fdi andy@TOBY:~$ >> >> Is that a permanent or per session command? > > Like the message said, it has written the *.fdi file which is a > permanent configuration file. > > > Nils > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:02:13 -0700 > From: Patton Echols <<a href="mailto:p.echols@comcast.net">p.echols@comcast.net</a>> > To: Rajeev Prasad <<a href="mailto:rp.neuli@yahoo.com">rp.neuli@yahoo.com</a>>, "Ubuntu user technical > support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Re: setting time to GMT not working. > Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4E461365.4070801@comcast.net">4E461365.4070801@comcast.net</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 08/12/2011 11:31 AM, Rajeev Prasad wrote: >> Hello, >> I want my ubuntu server to run GMT time, it is running inside a VM >> which is running on a windowx XP box - > > Rajeev, if you want a good answer, start a new thread. Don't just reply > to some other email and change the subject line. Your message still > gets put in the stream of the former thread. It can get lost there and > not seen. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:58:22 +0200 > From: Jonas Pedersen <<a href="mailto:jonas@chown.dk">jonas@chown.dk</a>> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Re: Installation Reports > Message-ID: <1313218702.11043.1.camel@miraculix> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 23:03 -0600, Christopher wrote: >> Boot method: DVD >> Image >> Version: <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/</a> Mac >> (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) Desktop CD >> Date: Failed To Boot >> >> >> Macine: iMac G4 >> Processor: PPC G4 (800 MHZ) >> Memory: 512 MB >> Partitions: 1 >> >> >> Could Not Boot at All > > I would actually suggest you create a bug report on <a href="http://launchpad.net">launchpad.net</a>. > > > -- > Mvh Jonas Pedersen / Brgds Jonas Pedersen > Web: <a href="http://jope.eu">http://jope.eu</a> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:12:25 +0000 (UTC) > From: user1 <<a href="mailto:bqz69@telia.com">bqz69@telia.com</a>> > To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Subject: text blurry (slurred) on ubuntu maverick 10.10 > Message-ID: <j25f5p$12s$<a href="mailto:1@dough.gmane.org">1@dough.gmane.org</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I am using ubuntu maverick 10.10. > > The text on the screen becomes slurred and blurry and almost unreadable > from time to time? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:23:47 +0530 > From: "H.S.Rai" <<a href="mailto:hardeep.rai@gmail.com">hardeep.rai@gmail.com</a>> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Subject: Resize OnBoard window > Message-ID: > <<a href="mailto:CAGEhASxK9gYgRjKOQ7aYLVyc14fzpK8kMbyMVU7hT0HLr-fKnQ@mail.gmail.com">CAGEhASxK9gYgRjKOQ7aYLVyc14fzpK8kMbyMVU7hT0HLr-fKnQ@mail.gmail.com</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Seems silly question, but I could not find any wayout. > > How to resize window size of "OnBoard" a on screen keyboard. I tried > it on my Tablet PC Compaq tc440, powered with latest Ubuntu 11.04 > > It so happened that it occupied full area on my screen. I tried > graphically, nothing happened; tried with ctrl + 0, ctrl + -; escape. > > Tried to remove completely, reinstalled. But same result. It should > cover small area, so that I can use it, while seeing its output in OO > Writer (say). > > Please help. > > -- > H.S.Rai > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > End of ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 84, Issue 79 > ******************************************** >