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6 Days Ago

Roasted started a thread Touchpad Settings - Disable move when tapping? in Hardware

I noticed in Ubuntu 13.04 whenever I change the touchpad settings within system settings, they don't stick. A buddy confirmed this on a different...

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6 Days Ago

Roasted replied to a thread alternative to dropbox in The Cafe

I have a home server running Ubuntu Server 12.04.2. I have ownCloud (among several other services) running on it. To say I prefer ownCloud over...

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6 Days Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Installed 3.10 Kernel for troubleshooting, lost wireless driver. Expected behavior? in General Help

Thanks. This still doesn't make any sense to me though. It seems as if the version available in the repos is newer than what Broadcom has on their...

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6 Days Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Installed 3.10 Kernel for troubleshooting, lost wireless driver. Expected behavior? in General Help

Are you running the Broadcom STA driver? Did you regain it on 3.9 at all?

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6 Days Ago

Roasted started a thread Installed 3.10 Kernel for troubleshooting, lost wireless driver. Expected behavior? in General Help

I'm running 13.04 64 bit. In an effort to do some troubleshooting for an unrelated issue (brightness related with function keys) the dev on Launchpad...

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6 Days Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Function keys don't work, but brightness slider does. Eh? in General Help

Wow. That worked. It's flawless now. Thank you so much! For the sake of me understanding, as well as the fact I want to update the bug report I...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted started a thread Function keys don't work, but brightness slider does. Eh? in General Help

I'm on a Lenovo E430 laptop with 13.04 installed. When I adjust the function brightness keys, it will decrease my brightness with one tap to 1%...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Gnome: The ethics of saying just "no" in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I do find it interesting how at one point in time Ubuntu was criticized for branching off from Gnome and creating their own interface. Now that some...

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1 Week Ago

Roasted started a thread Installing 13.04 on Chromebook in Hardware

A few days ago I got curious enough to give 13.04 a shot on the Samsung Chromebook. I ran into an array of problems, mostly with installing it....

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Add 3GPP support for Totem? in Multimedia & Video

Bug reported: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699791 Thanks everyone for your help with this! I'll post back here if anything...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Add 3GPP support for Totem? in Multimedia & Video

Yes indeed I'm using Vivotek cameras. In short, are you basically saying that this will be problematic with Totem due to the way Vivotek packages...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

A user in the Ubuntu IRC channel was able to duplicate my findings. They said since GCC (gnome control center, aka system settings) does not hold the...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

Well, I went into (right click on the MP4 file) properties - open with - and selected VLC as default. It wouldn't let the setting stick. It flashed...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

While I haven't tried any of your above suggestions, I just noticed something that I wanted to post here. I set up a fresh 13.04 VM. I installed...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

Here's the mimeapps.list. I even renamed the original file and let the system re-generate a new one: video/x-ogm+ogg=ghb.desktop...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Add 3GPP support for Totem? in Multimedia & Video

Both of those work. :( This video here is one I was unable to get working. It's a 60 second clip from my video surveillance system: ...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

I did. That doesn't work either. The setting just simply never takes, and if I hit apply/okay/whatever, close out, go back in, it's back to how it...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Add 3GPP support for Totem? in Multimedia & Video

$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav password for jason: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted started a thread Add 3GPP support for Totem? in Multimedia & Video

In prior versions of Ubuntu I had Totem working without issue with certain MP4 files of mine. Some of them I can see have the 3GPP codec, which is...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted started a thread Unable to change the default video player... in General Help

I have Totem, VLC, and SMPlayer installed. I'm trying to set the default video player, which of course is done globally in system settings - details...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread AutoFS - UID/GID dependent? in Server Platforms

I revisited this issue after my buddy recommended that I put the GID and UID entries in the mount line. So now my /etc/auto.user.server file reads as...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Here I am with Lightworks and Steam running on my Ubuntu box in The Cafe

I remember around this time in 2006 when I started with Ubuntu. Linux as a whole has come such a long way. We've seen so many things change. I...

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2 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread which is a good choice video edit in Multimedia & Video

For basic videos, openshot. For more advanced videos, kdenlive.

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3 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Installation Results: Kubuntu 0, Ubuntu 1. What could the difference be? in General Help

Yep. Even tried installing via DVD as well (burned at slowest speed of course), but LiveDVD and LiveUSB flash drive both failed, yet passed integrity...

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3 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread Installation Results: Kubuntu 0, Ubuntu 1. What could the difference be? in General Help

That's actually what I did at first, but I noticed my brightness controls were terribly messed up. In an effort to troubleshoot it I wanted to try a...

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3 Weeks Ago

Roasted started a thread Installation Results: Kubuntu 0, Ubuntu 1. What could the difference be? in General Help

I have a laptop that came with Windows 8. I disabled UEFI and installed Ubuntu. At first I had trouble installing 13.04. Well, let me rephrase that....

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3 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread New program installed, krunner/homerun launcher cannot locate. in General Help

For what it's worth, this issue is fixed in Homerun 0.2.2. http://agateau.com/2013/04/23/homerun-0.2.2-is-out/

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3 Weeks Ago

Roasted replied to a thread XBMC vs MythTV in The Cafe

I use OpenElec on my Raspberry Pi, which is basically a super stripped down "XBMC as an OS" type of setup for simpler/low powered devices. It auto...

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