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I want to install SVN version of Quantum GIS and already I have a SVN version of GRASS GIS. As instructed in QGIS Wiki here, I added the qgis repository to my sources.list file. Now I am able to ...

When I run GNU Octave and try to use the command 'imshow' to display an image, I get the following warning:


warning: your version of GraphicsMagick limits images to 8 bits per pixel

The image...

Compiz config's ring switcher works for me but only with keyboard shortcuts. I am able to use Alt+Tab combination but right edge + mouse clicks(I configured it that way) does not work.



How...

I made a fresh installation of Natty and went ahead with firestarter installation as I had it since earlier versions of Ubuntu. To automatically start firestarter and to avoid entering password...

I was trying to install GNU Octave 3.4.0 from source. I ran
./configure (without any options) without any errors. In the process when I ran
make I encountered following errors:

make[3]:...

I firmly believe if there is a growth in Linux User Community a large share of them have come from Ubuntu. So I am interested to know how Ubuntu is put to use by users of Ubuntu Forums. For example...

I did not receive any errors anytime. In fact I had completed all the queued tasks regarding deleting the primary partition which turns to unallocated and then extending the extended partition to...

I used GParted to convert a primary partition to extended one after copying the data to another partition. After having the extended partition I moved the data back. To my utter shock after a...

I have a PDF document with over 300 pages. I need to add 15 pages in between - after page 180. How can I do it?

Thank you! This will solve my problem.

I have the following disk partitions from the left side of partition table as of now:


NTFS - Primary windows vista
Extended - 3 Nos. all NTFS - middle one contains data
Unallocated space...

I have installed Ubuntu Lucid 64-bit. I configured my wired internet connection through pppoeconf as the default network manager appeared to be buggy as it did not allow me to browse some sites like...

Today I thought of trying the new unity interface and did so by following instructions from the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity. However when I logged in I was greeted with a white screen. I promptly...

For me it was network manager which was causing a whole lot of problems. I couldn't browse many sites like http://linuxtoday.com, http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov. The problems continued despite of...

Thank you for guiding me in the right direction. It is my lack of knowledge to be blamed. I just thought, since it works for me it would work for everyone.

Anyway I will be more careful now...

I agree with what you say but I would like to inform you that the command also works the same way when provided in terminal. Give a try.

Mounting of drives can be taken care of in /etc/fstab file. You can check it using the command
Then edit the file as you require. You can even delete the entries or make entries such that the...

Just yesterday I posted a thread about not being able to browse some sites - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9942903#post9942903

The problem I believe is due to the MTU value and...

I got the problem solved this way:


I tried changing the MTU value to 1492 as suggested in many web forums but it yielded me no results.
I even disabled Network Manager and used WiCD as some...

I have done that. I run the latest version of google-chrome-stable and flock-browser. Its the same case everywhere. The only way I have found out is using freeproxyserver.net which allows me to...

Unfortunately nothing is happening. Its the same. Progress bar loading 50% and making me wait forever.

I have tried after installing googleearth-package, still the problem persists.



When I type in the URL the progress bar at the bottom either loads 50% and thereafter nothing happens for a long...

I use lucid with Firefox 4.0 beta 6 for all my browsing requirements. I have windows xp running in the same system. My problem is i am not able to browse some sites like http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov...

Today I came across this site: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/ which lists hardware certified for use with ubuntu by Canonical Engineers. I have been using lucid lynx in IBM ThinkCentre at...

I guess now the dependency issues are solved. I could install gnome-shell without any issues today.