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13 Hours Ago

squakie replied to a thread No WIfi Anything Detected after Installation in Networking & Wireless

if you are running off a USB stick and try to install drivers, it won't do you any good unless you created your USB was created withb persistence. ...

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2 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Run Project KDevelop4 C in Absolute Beginners Section

You may want to go to: http://kdevelop.org/tutorials . There are links on the left side of the page for such things as the user manual. BTW -...

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2 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread How to run,install or mount Programs? in Absolute Beginners Section

Hey - are we even allowed to get involved with a password cracking program??

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3 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Accessing/viewing video from a security system in Absolute Beginners Section

yeah - I've pushed and pushed for that and all he says is "they're video files". I keep asking what type - dvix, mpeg4, etc., etc.. He doesn't...

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4 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Accessing/viewing video from a security system in Absolute Beginners Section

Thanks mastablasta - I'll pass it all along to him tomorrow - and try to get him to understand a USB crossover cable versus a USB to USB cable - that...

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4 Days Ago

squakie started a thread Accessing/viewing video from a security system in Absolute Beginners Section

A friend has a local gas station/convenience store. He has a security system in place that records video. He has tried moving the video files to...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Running Windows 7 in Ubuntu for CS6 in Absolute Beginners Section

The beauty is that you can dual-boot and try the virtual machine in the Linux "half", install your software there and try it out. If it ends up...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread how to write a c program in ubuntu 10.04 LTS in Absolute Beginners Section

Don't you have gedit or one of the other GUI editors? I'd just use them. Years ago we "had" to use vi - and I'm not the only one who is glad we...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Installing new Ubuntu Server in Absolute Beginners Section

The computer wouldn't be old enough that the drive is actually mfm or rll would it? I don't think those will work anymore.

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread How to automatically connect to WIFi in Absolute Beginners Section

Here's the thing I've noticed several times myself: if you initially do something incorrect like a network key, network manager seems to use the...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Installed Ubuntu Server on virgin box but cant get network connection in Absolute Beginners Section

No, you can't install the Windows drivers like that - they are 2 entirely different animals. If worse comes to worse, ndiswrapper and ndisgtk are...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Lots of questions. in Absolute Beginners Section

Try the "mount" again and then immediately follow it with the cat - that way we can see if it generated any errors in the log. You may also want to...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread Dependency - how do I fix it manually in Absolute Beginners Section

Please remember to use the Ubuntu tools - like software center or one of the package managers to install software like this. Hp has always had great...

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6 Days Ago

squakie replied to a thread The best Remote Desktop software for SLAX... in Other OS/Distro Support

Nothing paranoid about you DuckHook! I can't agree more. There is a false conception among some casual users that since Linux is far less vunerable...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread ubuntu help !!! installing wireless usb drivers in Absolute Beginners Section

I may know a way, but need you to: - plug the adapter into a usb port - open terminal window - type: lsusb <press enter> Post the result...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread How to edit etc/group and have root privileges? RE: in Absolute Beginners Section

If it works for you, that's great. One of the things people have been trying to keep clear to people is to not enable the root account. In fact, as...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Dependency - how do I fix it manually in Absolute Beginners Section

So, are you installing a package from hplip's site that you have downloaded, or have you been using the hplip from the repositories? To met, it...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread 13.04 upgrade give me two UbuntuOne icons in top panel in Absolute Beginners Section

Can you just right-click on one of them and then click "remove from panel"?

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Lots of questions. in Absolute Beginners Section

I guess maybe we should tell the OP: do the same "cat" statement over except using only syslog as the file name. Sorry about that!

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Lots of questions. in Absolute Beginners Section

Thanks Bashing-om - I was trying without being on my Ubuntu box, and indeed I think I messed up. I *think* it is as you have have shown: I think...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Dependency - how do I fix it manually in Absolute Beginners Section

From the outside looking in, it looks like you are trying to install something that relies on older library versions than your current version of...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Lots of questions. in Absolute Beginners Section

As I said in my first post - I don't know anything about encrypted disks - I'm just hoping the log file might show something we can track down, or at...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread Installing Drivers in Absolute Beginners Section

A big +1. As you have found also, sometimes people think they should install Windows drivers to Wine - this is not the case. Things like chipset...

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1 Week Ago

squakie replied to a thread GRAMPS: why is everyone listed twice? in Absolute Beginners Section

I would try getting help from the GRAMPS site as well. A couple of years ago I tried moving my Family Tree Maker files and importing them into...

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