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    [ubuntu] Re: Installing Seagate Free Agent on Ubuntu

    I can't access the FreeAgent on Ubuntu.

    In fact, when the drive is plugged in, I can't access any other USB drive.

    If I try to access it (the drive does show up in the file structure, but...
  2. [kubuntu] Updated packages, now computer "gives up waiting for root device"

    I've been trying to update the packages on my subnotebook for some time, and they would consistently fail over the past month because of a "break," in the dependencies, I presume. Upgrades to 9.04...
  3. [kubuntu] Re: Various linux kernel related blocked packages

    This did not work for me.

    I'm completely unable to upgrade anything at this point. It shows me everything that needs to update in adept, I go to update (887 packages), and it gives me a...
  4. [all variants] Re: HowTo: Broadcom BCM43xx in 5 minutes with ndiswrapper/WPA for fresh installs

    I did check BIOS and other hardware switches, they are on. Installing the b43 driver turned the wifi on, or at least the LED showing that it's on is on. Removing the b43 driver keeps the light off.
  5. [ubuntu] Re: nd of my rope/sanity with wireless broadcom w/8.10

    [ 27.869191] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
    [ 27.965044] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
    [ 217.826866] usbcore: deregistering interface driver...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: nd of my rope/sanity with wireless broadcom w/8.10

    I ended up using this thread to try to work with ndiswrapper and after going through all of the steps, including building ndiswrapper, it did not work.

    It seems I have absolutely no recourse here....
  7. [all variants] Re: HowTo: Broadcom BCM43xx in 5 minutes with ndiswrapper/WPA for fresh installs

    This did not work for me.
    I went through ALL required steps, eventually building ndiswrapper, and still there is ZERO response to wireless networks.

    I've been wading through tons of entries on...
  8. [ubuntu] Re: nd of my rope/sanity with wireless broadcom w/8.10

    Thanks.
    Link 2 is just instructions on how to install the b43 stuff, which I already have installed.
    Looking towards the end of the first link, a number of people using computers similar to this...
  9. [ubuntu] nd of my rope/sanity with wireless broadcom w/8.10

    I have scoured he solutions here on the boards to get wireless working on this HP Pavilion zv6000.

    I did a full, complete installation, so I do not have the broadcomm drivers to use from Windows...
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    [ubuntu] a non-solution for you, but it might help someone else...

    I had similar problems. No screen resolutions over 1280x960 would size right on my monitor. They would either hang left, exactly like yours, or more confounding, would "creep" as many as 60 pixels...
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    Re: Funny Last Names

    There was that guy trying out for American Idol a couple weeks ago - the one whose wife gave birth before he tried out - named Oliver Hyman.

    My grandmother went to school on the reservation with a...
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    Re: what is your ssid

    StingLikeABee.

    Every wifi network available to me is locked down - and 90% of my neighbors are retirees - which is another mark towards security.
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