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I had the same error mounting a share on my NAS from command line using cifs - I installed winbind and edited /etc/nsswitch.conf like so... hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins...

None of the standard ways of configuring the screen idle time worked. Period. Nada, nyet, zip - only DGINSD's script worked. Caffeine didn't work, either... nothing did... it was POSSESSED......

Half the fun of any Linux distro is getting there - and I love finding fixes, but the screen things drove me nuts. However, finally getting it resolved brought much joy... :) I have a brand new...

Thank you for that solution the script worked...!!! Am using Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10.1 on a laptop and nothing, and I mean NOTHING, had stopped the screen from going dark. Not tinkering with any...

I've had a few bouts of the same - 11.10 x64 using gnome shell. I think it has something to do with the display driver, or rather the hand off. Usually, just before the boot process gets handed off...

Superb...!!! Thanks so much...!!! Did the trick, just what I needed...!!! :o

That's sad to hear... but that's what OS's should be all about - freedom of choice. May you be happy with yours...!!! :)

Windows does get cranky, but *usually* you can reactivate it. I just moved a Server 2008 VM from one Ubuntu machine to another - different hardware on both, and was prompted to reactivate Windows,...

Choice is important - and even though I am a heavy desktop user, I like gnome shell - it is clean, uncluttered. I am a keyboard person, and gnome shell works well for me, even unity did (until I...

clonezilla works great but takes forever to clone a large HD - so, plan your time accordingly...!!!

I just wanted to say I "feel your pain" - I have had the same problems on and off with ATI and dual monitors and Ubuntu. It was really unhappy in 11.04 when I last tried it. I have a clean install...

There's a nice little addon for Firefox I use called QuickJava - it has ability to add little buttons to your Firefox launcher to quickly enable/disable flash, java scipt, images, etc.

Try a clean install...

If that is a laptop, try looking in your BIOS - could well have separate settings for brightness defaults for AC and battery.

Have you tried reinstalling mediatomb...???

Non-proprietary ATI drivers work just fine with unity or gnome shell. Proprietary fglrx driver causes screen aberrations if you use gnome shell. I had same issue - I wiped machine since I hadn't...

That's my understanding - I use gnome-tweak-tool for gnome-shell...

You might want to try gnome-shell. It seems faster than unity and a lot less quirky...

I used unity from 11.04 until...

Is it still a black screen but with a prompt? Like it is not launching a desktop...??? But rather into a terminal screen...???

What interface do you use? Unity, gnome shell, etc?

Interesting - guess I should tell Canonical that I was able to log in as root, huh...???

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Sudo doesn't work for you? gksudo nautilus ? If you do that from command line you can move files around all you like.

Auto login is an evil thing. Have you done sudo passwd root and set a root...

I think you are looking for IDLE...???

Search the software center for it. You can also install python3 and IDLE for that as well... :)

BTW - system-config-samba doesn't work as gui in gnome shell (at least it didn't for me) needs some other packages installed. If you try to run system-config-samba from command line, it will give...

I had same issues with ATI fglrx drivers and gnome shell - and since I was so early on in the setup of the machine, I bailed and started again - was quicker and cleaner. The non-proprietary drivers...

Can you do a clean install...???