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  1. [ubuntu] Re: Audio device completely missing in 11.10

    Thanks for the help folks.

    BicyclerBoy, I'll look up what that grub boot option does and try it. Thank you!
    pci=nomsi



    MoreOrLess, neither LSPCI nor LSHW find the audio hardware in 11.10. ...
  2. [ubuntu] Audio device completely missing in 11.10

    I am being asked to help a new GNU/Linux user trying to install Ubuntu who is having a hell of a time with his laptop and it's sound. I've never seen something like this before, and I've been using...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Password impasse in 11.10

    Ok, I don't know if this is what is happening for everyone but for me it worked and it makes sense.

    My own installation that I had password retrieval issues with uses a fairly custom partitioning...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Password impasse in 11.10

    There is no need to use sudo when you are already ROOT. Using the "drop to root" from the recovery menu places you as the admin...there should be no need for admin to request admin status.
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    Re: HOWTO: Proper Screencasting on Linux

    Whoa there bucky; I'm making a suggestion, not sniping. F/LOSS moves very fast sometimes and often leaves less well-informed users wondering where to get up-to-date info on their software. I've...
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    Re: HOWTO: Proper Screencasting on Linux

    All posts in this thread should really make use of the new presets in the current (compiled) version of FFMPEG. It's a shame that the version of FFMPEG currently maintained with the LTS version of...
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    Re: HOWTO: Proper Screencasting on Linux

    Thanks Bonster, well done=D>. I'll add a bit of what I've been able to accomplish on this subject next week after I'm done moving.
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    Re: HOWTO: Proper Screencasting on Linux

    Wow. The thread started a year ago, was updated from time to time by Verb3k, and it has had continuing activity weekly ever since. I don't even know that it was a candidate for retiring yet.
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    Re: HOWTO: Proper Screencasting on Linux

    :KSGreat tutorial:KS

    I get magnificent grabs of World of Warcraft with this, and can run them through re-encoding for upload to youtube for my guild. No problemo, but...I cannot find a video...
  10. Re: Pimping StarCraft on a Widescreen Display

    WOW! Calcfreak83, that was a fantastic idea! I got a wild hair to play SC a week ago and found my disks were damaged. I had logged my code with Battle.net though so I was able to download the...
  11. Re: HOWTO: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 - enabling special keys

    I just purchased the Microsoft "Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000"

    I'm using 10.04 and pretty much everything works right out of the box. Gotta love not needing drivers!

    The only things that...
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    [ubuntu] Re: No way to specify a user number?

    I know about those files, and if that's what is needed then I'll have to do it until I get schooled up on how to do LDAP authentication. I am seriously surprised that the community took out the...
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    [ubuntu] No way to specify a user number?

    ** How does someone set up a new user with a specific user number?

    I have a fairly large family, and all of us use Ubuntu GNU/Linux. When I needed to set up a NAS for the family to backup to and...
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    [all variants] Re: "backend" taking up 100% CPU ???

    I have the same thing. One of my procs is running with 'backend' at 100%. The machine is still responsive and such, but I'm not really used to something like this. A 'windows' environment,...
  15. Re: Universal Linux Launcher for NCSoft Games

    I know someone that has a US account, I can get those XML files for you for that version...can't say the same for the EU one though.

    btw, great choice on your avatar pic. That series was way...
  16. Re: Universal Linux Launcher for NCSoft Games

    That's a loss for the community then. Can I ask you why you chose to stop work on the NCSoft ULL? Your LoTRO launcher seems to be a success, so you obviously know what you're doing.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Works by default!

    Pulse audio is an ambitious project to allow incorporation of sound sources, sinks, and applications to share in the audio stream. It makes perfect sense and is something that proprietary systems...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Works by default!

    Many of them are, yes. But some hardware just works better with Pulse than others. Some cards, such as the ones using the ca0106 chip(the 24bit soundblaster economy cards) from Creative are not...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Works by default!

    Thank you Hansdown.:D

    Aye, for graphics adapters NVidia is mostly what I use...unless the MoBo has built-in Intel stuff. Then I may let it ride and not put in a standalone if streaming video is...
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    [ubuntu] Works by default!

    Ok, I am thinking with all the people asking for advice on handling problems with various sound cards that stutter, will not record, just don't work, or don't work with all applications; it would be...
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    [ubuntu] Re: FireFox Slow in 9.10 Koala

    This is only happening in a subset of machines whose internet connections at some point go through legacy equipment that is not IPv6 aware at all. I get donations of computers, refurb them with...
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    [all variants] Re: LVM Partitioning

    Unless you have a media center that you have movie/music files on. You may want to be able to add to it's storage and LVM offers a excellent method to do so.
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    [ubuntu] Re: MSI Wind U100 Running 8.10

    I bought a U100 and everything with the single exception of wireless work perfectly. The wired lan worked after a fresh install, but then after the 284 package initial update was done and the unit...
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    Re: Lord Of The Rings Online (LOTRO)?

    I have read the posts from the other versions of LoTR here on Wine HQ and on the long thread from Ubuntu, but have not found anyone having my particual issue. I cannot seem to be authenticated from...
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