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ibjsb4 replied to a thread How can I install the touchpad (Synaptics) driver from 11.04 (Natty) while on 13.04? in General Help

I live a charmed life :) I have never had a touchpad problem so I really can't say for sure this is the way to go. Given your situation, it looks...

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Is there a system clean feature of ubuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

I guess anything is possible, but I have been using BleachBit since version 8.04 without any major issues. What I have used as a general rule is...

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread How can I install the touchpad (Synaptics) driver from 11.04 (Natty) while on 13.04? in General Help

Are you talking about xserver-xorg-input-synaptics? I did not dig for the 11o4 package, but took a look at 10o4. All dependencies seem to be in...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Dash disappeared in Desktop Environments

I can't answer how it failed, but you can try the following. Open Terminal : Ctrl + Alt + T Unity Reset: unity --reset

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Fresh Install of Ubuntu - I tried in Absolute Beginners Section

For starters you need to use old-release sources. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades#Upgrade Could you not just create another...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Customizing ubuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

The user themes extension in the gnome tweak tool needs to be to be installed and activated for the shell themes to be applicable. Make sure the...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

E17 is a desktop environment and now that it is installed it can be selected from the icon on the login screen and used. If you don't want it causing...

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread how to do a clean uninstall of mysql and phpmyadmin on ubuntu 12 in General Help

I think he was trying to say apt-get remove --purge phpmyadmin You can still have leftover files though. ...

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Whole system backup like windows image? in General Help

Works great http://clonezilla.org/

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread opening file from panel in Absolute Beginners Section

It would be nice to know what desktop your running. You can't just drag the file to the panel?

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread LibreOffice document size default in General Help

You got me curious so I had a look. I couldn't find it either. If Schragge's suggestion doesn't work you could set up the size you want as...

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BlinkinCat replied to a thread Discussion - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NewDocs in Community Wiki Discussions

Sounds real good - thanks Buntu Bunny - will do! - :P

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread Discussion - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NewDocs in Community Wiki Discussions

BlinkinCat, you continue to make good progress on this project. You are probably already planning to do this, but in this sentence, perhaps a...

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MG&TL replied to a thread Find mac on LAN from Lubuntu in Absolute Beginners Section

I don't know exactly how the apple communication protocol works, but I'm not sure whether it's supported in Ubuntu. It depends on what you want to...

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BlinkinCat replied to a thread Discussion - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NewDocs in Community Wiki Discussions

Hi all, Revamping of AlterationsToNewDocs Page: I having been thinking about the changes to the AlterationsToNewDocs Page. This is what I...

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CompyTheInsane replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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CompyTheInsane replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread Gnome Fallback - Virtual Desktop Switching option? in Ubuntu +1

In Precise I have what's labelled, Gnome Classic (no effects). If I right click the workspace changer on the panel, it gives me preferences which...

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread LibreOffice document size default in General Help

I don't know if this would make a difference, but out of curiosity, what are your language settings? Tools > Options > Language Settings >...

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Buntu Bunny replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

Eleventy-one

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CompyTheInsane replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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BlinkinCat replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

How did you attempt to install E17 ?

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BlinkinCat replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Opera Browser always starts with upgrade page in Absolute Beginners Section

You're Welcome !

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Error - Failed to determine the codename of the release. in Server Platforms

I have never dealt with this error, but did get some hits that may help you out. ...

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Long Term Support in The Cafe

This may help https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Former feature not evident in ubuntu 13.04 in Desktop Environments

Good luck :)

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

See my test from the previous post. http://www.use.com/

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

XFCE

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread broken dependencies in General Help

Start with the link if using a PPA. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/install-ppa-purge-with-multi-arch.html If these are E17 packages from the...

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BlinkinCat replied to a thread Tug of war - Community vs Mods - to 200 (or -200) in Cafe Games

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Marvellous May Screenshot Thread in The Cafe

Omploader will deny access and delete content when it is discovered the pictures are posted on a forum or are accessed too many times . When it is...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

From what I see on the net dockx is being used in Lubuntu ,but I can't help with specific settings to get it running.

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Different Desktop Sessions in Desktop Environments

This reads like you want to bypass the login screen to change sessions and as far as I know it is not possible. When I experimented with XBMC it had...

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MG&TL replied to a thread about programming ? in Education & Science

I wouldn't really have said prolog was particularly friendly as a beginner's language. I'd suggest python, then maybe you can try out other languages...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

See the link , the version noted is older but you will get the current version with this PPA . Remember the start command on the bottom of the page....

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Different Desktop Sessions in Desktop Environments

I have seen this question asked before and as far as I know log-in can't be bypassed. In my case I have Xfce, the Gnome Shell, and Unity . The...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Is it possible to install dockbarx in Lubuntu? in Absolute Beginners Section

I use the dock in XFCE which starts from the menu, but have not tried in LXDE . I do know that for best results composting needs to be enabled. ...

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread Installing/Unistalling Programs in Installation & Upgrades

Hello and Welcome, You can start in the terminal with the following and see my signature for Ubuntu documentation man dpkg

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Frogs Hair replied to a thread 13.04 upgrade boot failure in Absolute Beginners Section

Jonor is correct , did you preform two upgrades . There are vast differences in packages between 12.04 and 13.04.

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread packages kept back with apt-get update but not with update manager? in General Help

This may help https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#Maintenance_commands

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ibjsb4 replied to a thread Former feature not evident in ubuntu 13.04 in Desktop Environments

Must be tough on you old people. You folks always seem to be in the way too. Just makes me glad Im 70 years young :) ...

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