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I have ubuntu 14.04. I am starting to use ipython now and i am facing an odd issue. When i start ipython normally it works. If i do the same with sudo it doesn't work.
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I tried that.. but if I let file manager handle my desktop the desktop doesn't work properly.. it gets struck or the screen does clear our.. example if I had opened any file or folder from desktop...

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I installed gnome 3.8 in ubuntu 13.04 yesterday. I also had installed gnome-fallback. I replaced lightdm with gdm. At that time the network icon was visible only in gnome and right click on...

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I have dell laptop with triple boot. I have Win 7, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 10.04. But i face this problem with my Ubuntu 12.10. Sometime it just boots normally but most of the time it does boot...

Wireless is working fine!! I was just wondering how it started working automatically.. How does Ubuntu pack all the wireless drivers for all the vendor's WiFi card in that 700MB CD??

Regarding...

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I installed Ubuntu 12.10 fresh. I saw that the wireless came with the CD itself. Also I have radeon graphics card. I dint install any of the drivers which i usually do with earlier versions of...

I couldnt open the update manager, synaptic package manager or the software center. When i try to open them i get the error message.


Could not initialize the package information

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When you boot from live cd delete (format) sda 6 first i guess it ll be unallocated or free(something like that )after that. Set that as swap. Then format the sda5(your current ubuntu installation)...

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I get this error when i try to update my Ubuntu. I have searched the forum and tried the solution give but its of no use..

This is the error i am getting.



E: Encountered a section with...

sorry, guys this fixed it

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A8AA1FAA3F055C03

Actually first i tried it but nothing processed...
Only today processed something like...

the same problem occurs i tried main server and then two three different servers


W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the...

When i update my ubuntu 10.04 i get this error message.
Someone tell me whats happening and how to solve!!


W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures...

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I have both blueman and default bluetooth application installed... Recently i am facing this problem.. I cant turn on the bluetooth... If i turn on the bluetooth in default application it ...

Hi all,
This might be a stupid question, but i just want to know.
When i use my pen drive or mouse in windows on its first use it installs the driver..
But how does the same work on...

Thanks fdrake..

Ya i can do that too...
I am more concerned about learning how these things work rather than being like "My system should always work fine"
So if there s any link from where i can learn these...

Really thanks fdrake.. Those explanations helped me a lot
Actually i had disabled permission to write on those disks(unknowingly) in ntfs-config
All i did was started ntfs-config and tick the check...

All i want is to have all the default values.... As i said i must have done something stupid with pysdm and ntfs-config(Trying to auto mount)....

I did what you said and still i could not write anything onto those disks and now the partitions are displayed twice!!!!
i have pysdm installed now... Is that a problem!!

Ya even after reboot i couldnt write any thing in it.... Thats why i posted my fstab file...
I am the only possible user in this system so there is no restriction in accessing those partitions.......

ya sure you can definitely do...
and booting from usb is very easy....
if you have another Ubuntu running go to system>Administrator>Start up disk creator
Select the iso and usb....
If you dont...

should be 10.04!!!!

worst case: If you need your windows partition and if you dont worry about your ubuntu just reinstall ubuntu in the same partition....
But there are lot of better ways just google "grub rescue" you...

That works but why do i need root permission to do that...
Is there any way i can change it....
and any idea about "WRITE PERMISSION" problem???

I also have another problem..
I cannot unmount these partitions..
It says only root can unmount it!!
What i actually did was i tried to auto mount the partitions... So i installed configured them...