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4 Days Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread unable to use sudo in General Help

hi what is the output of: ls -al /usr/bin/sudo also unlless you have enabled the root account with sudo passwd then I wouldn't expect...

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5 Days Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Unigine heaven on Ubuntu 13.04 in Absolute Beginners Section

what happens if you just run heaven from a terminal? Barry

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5 Days Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Terminal window opens with code already on it in General Help

Hi The problem is due to the way this specific command works. It's because you are setting a variable in the alias command which would be executed...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread /usr/bin/env: bash: Permission denied in Server Platforms

Hi there I think I see your problem.. at the end of the .bashrc file you set the $PATH 4 separate times causing it to be a mess. to see what I...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Terminal window opens with code already on it in General Help

ok you can check in ~/.profile too otherwise try searching for "uname -r" (part of the error message) in all files like this: sudo grep -r "uname...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread No wired, wireless or ANSWERS with 13.04 in Networking & Wireless

Hi again route add should have a sudo before but it looks like you already have a default gateway of 10.9.0.1 so assuming this is the correct...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Terminal window opens with code already on it in General Help

Hi Try checking in ~/.bashrc (hidden in your home dir press ctrl+h to view) and /etc/bash.bashrc for that command if you find it delete it and...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread FTP FileZilla server alternative for Linux in Server Platforms

Hi I know this doesn't fully answer you're question but have you considered sftp. there is a windows client called winscp and linux can connect to...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread In-Depth Learning in General Help

Hi you can have a look at: http://nixsrv.com/llthw for linux/unix for security cryptome.org has some good reads http://cryptome.org/ Hope...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread 13.04 wont shut down in Installation & Upgrades

Hi there. Does running sudo init 0 or sudo shutdown -h now

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Why can ubuntu accept most drivers? in Hardware

Hi My understanding is that Windows steramlines it's kernel during installation and setup so that it can only run on your machine whereas linux...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Really need a nice alternative to winamp. in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Hi You might like to check out VLC. It's very featureful although I wouldn't know if it does everythong you need. To install just run: sudo...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread No wired, wireless or ANSWERS with 13.04 in Networking & Wireless

Hi This sounds to me like yuou don't have a default gateway. Could you post up the output of: route and ping -c3 8.8.8.8

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Teamviewer alternatives in Networking & Wireless

logmein hamachi for linux is in beta, there is no graphical user interface although a third party one has been developed called haguichi which works...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread nautilus don't show some directories in General Help

Hi Permissions on the file look normal. My guess would be that your problem is nautilus. An update may fix it, otherwise you could try making a...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Teamviewer alternatives in Networking & Wireless

Hi Hamachi (https://secure.logmein.com/labs/#HamachiforLinux) VPN should still work with rdesktop or VNC. Hope this helps! Barry

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Unigine heaven on Ubuntu 13.04 in Absolute Beginners Section

Hi You just need to run the .run file. Open a terminal and type: (I'm assuming here that you've downloaded the file to your Downloads directory) ...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread using terminal to open .jpg with spaces in name in Absolute Beginners Section

in this situation I think the easiest way would be to type gpicview ~/T then hit TAB Hope this helps! Barry

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Upgraded to 12.04 then problem with firefox in General Help

Hi Try running: sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.mozilla Hope this helps! Barry

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Upgrade to 12.10 in Installation & Upgrades

Hi again sorry an OK button isn't needed I meant to say close. Just ticking the box and pressing close is sufficient to enable the repo. You also...

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1 Week Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread nautilus don't show some directories in General Help

Hi Sounds like it could be a bug, I take it you're running up to date nautilus. You could also try a different file manager such as dolphin and...

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2 Weeks Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Installation on USB to Avoid Dead Hard Drive in Installation & Upgrades

Hi. I'm pretty sure this is a bug with the image you have. here's an enormous thread on the problem:...

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2 Weeks Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread using terminal to open .jpg with spaces in name in Absolute Beginners Section

Hi there Remember linux is Case sensetivve with a capital "C" ;) try using a lower case t with tab completion. You can get around spaces in a...

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2 Weeks Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Cannot change password in Ubuntu 13.04 in Absolute Beginners Section

Hi there either passwd or sudo passwd username will work. passwd is you choosing to change your password and will require you to enter your...

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4 Weeks Ago

PowerBarry43 replied to a thread Upgrade to 12.10 in Installation & Upgrades

Hi When you perform a release upgrade any extra repos that you've added yourself get disabled. I'm guessing this is to prevent any confilcts for...

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