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Thanks for this post, sub_acoustic - you've just got me out of a LOT of trouble!!!

(I upgraded someone else's computer, then found that they couldn't get into their desktop. Now I'm a hero...

I agree - that's an utterly stupid idea. It's almost as bad as expecting people to use a tablet OS on their desktop...

+1

A few changes to the system? Seriously?

If you think what's happening to Ubuntu is just 'a few changes to the system', then you either haven't been using Ubuntu for long, or you just aren't...

BoxRec, just for what it's worth, you're not alone. I first discovered Ubuntu in the days of Dapper Drake, and I've been updating to every new version since then. Apart from a brief flirtation with...

No hats or teeshirts, but I love my Ubuntu coffee mug, and I have a couple of the little badges.

I loved the grungy Ibex wallpaper so much that I still regularly use it. But I bet it won't be the outstanding favourite.

I remember at the time there was some criticism about how it kinda looked...

Um, not actually true. I ran Arch for a year or so and loved most things about it, but I got tired of how often a routine update rendered the system unusable until I'd done a lot of work to get...

But wait! There's more!!!

Fresh install, same card, exact same problems (Lenovo 3000 n100)

I reckon I'm never going to see Unity on this machine, but I'd at least like to get Compiz running again!

I know. i hate it. I installed it on a computer that was running Compiz with no problems, now I can't even get compiz again, never mind Unity. And on my other PC, not even the live CD would run.
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Same problem here - 'activated but not currently in use'.

This on a computer that was very happily running Compiz with all the bells and whistles before I made the mistake of switching to 11.04. ...

I get this problem once every couple of days.

I eventually got fed up and added another shutdown button to the other panel. Not the most elegant solution, but it means I always have at least ONE...

Emphatically not. Speaking as one of the stupid sods who trusted Sony with my Visa details (and may now suffer the consequences), I believe Anon when they say 'This time it wasn't us.'

Stealing...

I deleted this post before I started any wars... but some of those proposed 'solutions' are criminal and made me angry!

I'm all calmed down now. Sorta.

While it's indisputably true that Mark Shuttleworth travelled into space, is there any way that any of us can be sure who (or WHAT) came back?

I'm also curious about why this thread was marked as solved. I'm using Lucid Lynx, and getting the same problem.

"Ubuntu/Linux is their god"

Burn the heretic!!!!

GNU/Linux is the true god!!

This same error has suddenly appeared on my system. It's a dedicated Ubuntu setup (no windows partition)

I turned the machine on and now can't get past the login screen.

Could this be related...

MANY thanks for all the hard work on this. It's a really wonderful gift to the community.

I have a question (sorry if it's been answered in the thread already - if so I couldn't find it (But there...

Ok... I'll probably REALLY regret this further down the line, but I just went into /var/lib/dpkg/info and deleting everything that included the name of the package that was causing the problem. ...

Thanks - I already tried sudo apt-get install -f, and my computer has no idea what sudo amptitute update is (neither do I!)

I'm wondering if it will do terrible damage if I go rooting around in...

Hi. I'm unable to use synaptic or update manager. There appears to be a package that's gone wrong, but I can't find any way to uninstall it.

Does the following make sense to anyone?

The...

SPr - thank you so much! I haven't checked yet, but I think you've solved the puzzle.

Just today I installed the Firefox add-on that's supposed to sync my bookmarks with UbuntuOne (Bindwood) It...

Hi,

When using Firefox, I've started getting a popup window with the following message:

'A user name and password are being requested by http://localhost:53886. The site says: "administrator"'...