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Open a terminal and type: free.

OK!

Here is another thought: type in about:config in the address bar. Find the browser.fullscreen.autohide Preference. If the value is false, change it to true.

Just a thought.

Had the same problem recently.

Fixed it in Firefox by going to View - Toolbars - Customize and then Restore Defaults.

OK! Glad it worked. I'm sure its not a perfect solution but at least now you should be able to print.

Ok! I don't know what method you used to configure the printer. Did you open up Firefox and, in the address box, type localhost:631. This interface might offer more info and choices that could...

Phil:

CUPS stands for Common UNIX Printing Systems. It is a cross-platform print server built around the Internet Printing Protocol.


With regard to the printer driver, here is what I used...

Ok, here are some additional thoughts.

Apparently At&T (which I assume you are using) requires that you configure your router with static IP information. So, normally, this means that the router...

Just curious, why do you need to enter the IP addresses manually? The properties option of the connection in Network settings you can put a check in Enable Roaming and Ubunutu should configure the...

OK! Its just as you thought, the USB is not full.

I did a quick check on the Internet. It appears that it may not be uncommon for Ubuntu to misreport disk usage on USB sticks.

You might have...

Here is a command that I found helpful with regard to disk utilization:

Open a terminal and cd to the USB Drive, at the command line type:
sudo du -xhc --max-depth=1

The format of the output...

Here is a possibility: There is an invisible folder .Trash that Nautilus creates on a USB stick whenever you delete anything on it. The folder fills up with files.

Possible solution: Right-click...

Here's another thought: tzdata is the package responsible for updating the time. What if you were to got to Synaptic Package Manager and reload the package to make sure you have the latest one.

I...

I have no idea if this will help at all. Here is what I found in re setting the date and time.

Linux provides a system date and time; the computer hardware provides a hardware clock-based time. ...

I'm not sure if by themes you mean the background Wallpaper. If it is, here is how to change it:

Right-click on the desktop and click Change Desktop Background. Click the Add Wallpaper button...

Based on what you have said, you might consider the possibility that the hard drive in your laptop is failing. Installing Ubuntu on a failing hard drive will not fix or help anything in the long...

Perhaps you should check with the school's IT/student help department. Its possible that you can download a free version of Office 2003 through the school.

If the school doesn't make Office...

Glad it worked!

Here is a link that might help you get going: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934

Since you already had vmware installed, you should be able to pick up by changing to the...

Here is a link to an old thread that might help: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-228802.html

Here is a link to the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager that I found on Slashdot: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html

Go to the tab for...

I cant be sure from your post whether or not you have actually installed clamav on your system. If not, this can be done via synaptic package manager.

Once clamav is installed you can type...

fsck -a is used to automatically repair the file system without any questions.

I did not see a -p option. There is a -P option. The man page says this about the -P option:

When the -A...

man is the system’s manual pager. Each page argument given to man is
normally the name of a program, utility or function.


I don't believe system, access, or exec are programs,...

sorry, the first command should be: /etc/init.d/cupsys status

the second command is: sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start

cups stands for Common Unix Printing Systems. Cups is used to handle printers.

init.d is a directory that holds scripts to start and start services

The commands I suggested would a) tell you...