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Do you use TOP to get the PID?

I thought that all the repos were supposed to be replicas of each other? Is that not the case? How the heck can one tell if the repo in use is valid and/or up-to-date? I'm currently downloading a...

Does anyone have any ideas?

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src...

I upgraded my PC to 12.04 and all went well, but it disabled a bunch or repos and now nothing seems to be upgrading. Is there a way to get a default list of repos for apt-get? What made me curious...

Is there anyway to correct this without using that port? I am behind a firewall, but I can't change that.

I'm having the same problem. I tried using the code that you suggested and it didn't find anything. My error is:

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures...

I was able to install Sopcast finally because VLC released a deb for VLC 1.0.0 today. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 x64. VLC updated with no errors. I installed sp-auth and the gui from the debs on the...

I found that if I changed the resolution in he nvidia settings screen it would fix the problem temporarily. Even if I set it to the current resolution. Try that.

When I open Amarok, all of the text is missing. There is often a single dash (-) in place of the text. If I expand a section it will sometimes show some text for a bit, then it goes away again. ...

The iPod must be formatted as a FAT device. On a Mac they are formatted as HFS+ I believe. You'll be able to read an HFS+ iPod, but not write to it. If you connect it to a Windows machine and...

I found that I was able to compile using the different version of GCC without any problems. I had forgotten to finish the installation process per the sticky in the 'Virtualization' section. That...

stupid me...I forgot to link the files per the instructions on the sticky...duh...case closed...it is working now.

I am not having the same luck...

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 64. I tried to install the latest version of VMWare (1.07) but it says that there is a mismatch in GCC. The Kernel is compiled using 4.2.3 version but 4.2.4 version is the...

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 64. I tried to install the latest version of VMWare (1.07) but it says that there is a mismatch in GCC. The Kernel is compiled using 4.2.3 version but 4.2.4 version is the...

Often wireless routers have DHCP enabled. This means that the IP Address of your computers may change occasionally, so perhaps your IP address that you're using is not correct any more. When you...

are you adding the Contents of the ISO file, or the actual ISO file to the CD? I am having the same problem, but I don't see how you can burn the ISO to CD AND fit the ISO file on the CD. CDs only...

I've reported a bug on this issue here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247067

They seem to have confirmed the bug, but I still can not launch evolution, unless I disable all plugins (primarily...

I've found that Evolution suddenly will not start. When I try to launch it from the icon it shows that it is trying then just quits. If I try to launch it from the command line I get the stuff...

Did you ever figure this out? I'm about to start experimenting with almost the exact same setup. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 64. VMWare client is XP. I'm using a Gemalto Smart Card reader. I haven't...

Bad RAM was the culprit. It was working sporadically and corrupting things.

OK, I found that the Volume setting for 'PCM' was the culprit. I don't know what PCM is but it was set to mute for some reason.

One of the updates in the last few days killed all sound output from my laptop. There is NOTHING. I've played with all of the options in the Sound control prefrence, but nary a peep was heard. ...

I believe that Blender is in the repositories. Why not just use the Synaptic application to install it.
1) Select 'System' from the menu bar at the top of the screen
2) Select 'Administration'...