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There is an option for this in Ubuntu Settings:

System Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad -> Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed

I have this same problem :(

I love some features of Unity ( actually Compiz features ) like Spread where your windows are spread out for easy switching with a hotkey, but I hate how some things...

DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT UPGRADE!

I had a good working ubuntu setup and never had any problems when upgrading before Natty. After upgrading to Natty, Unity would give an error message saying my...

I'm getting millions of these messages in dmesg log:

[60253.081098] type=1400 audit(1297875316.964:1952): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/sbin/mysqld" pid=28453...

Likewise Open is the easiest complete solution for Linux workstations to authenticate to an Active Directory domain. I wish I had found it sooner.
The likewise-open package in the Ubuntu repo works...

Thank you for removing my infraction.

I apologize for posting the topic.

A little background:

I saw this HOWTO and noticed there was no version for WPA:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=514723

I did a presentation on the weaknesses of WPA-PSK a while back...

After gnome-settings-daemon crashes, I launch it from a terminal and it goes to the background without any output.

Anyone know where gnome-settings-daemon writes its logs?

I just did a fresh install of Intrepid and then updated everything.

I've been noticing the gnome-settings-daemon crashing anywhere from every minute to every hour and it seems to be random.
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One strange thing I've noticed after adding the RenderAccel option is the Theme turns blue and blocky about every 20 minutes. Starting the Appearance Preferences tool changes the Theme back to...

Works for me too! Thanks :)

Same problem here with Amarok menus and text blank.

When I click on a menu, the text is visible for about a fourth a second then it disappears.

I am running the Nvidia GeForce4 420 Go 32M video...

I used Deluge for a year but every once in a while, the database it used to keep track of torrents would get corrupted and it bothered me enough to switch to Transmission.
Transmission has been very...

The Transmission Bittorrent client seems to be writing unnecessaryly to the hard drive causing everything to slow way down.
In the System Monitor, Transmission is listed as using around 22% CPU and...

I just got WiFi working on my Acer Aspire One with 8gb ssd and 1.5gb ram (upgraded) and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 after the default Atheros 802.11 Hardware Drivers didn't work and the installed madwifi...

I just followed the steps on the first page of this thread and now my monitor is always in low-graphics mode :(

I restored the backup of /etc/X11/xorg.conf from /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restarted...