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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 Compiz High CPU & VM Usage

    Ok, I managed to solve this myself. In case anyone comes upon this post with the same problem, here's how I solved it:

    I changed all the colordepths in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to 24 bit. Both 32 and...
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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 Compiz High CPU & VM Usage

    Anyone have any ideas? It's really annoying running compiz --replace all the time. It places all my windows in the top left off the screen and I have to alt-drag them back into position every time.
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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 Compiz High CPU & VM Usage

    Just ran compiz --replace and everything is good again. Compiz back down to 8-10% cpu. So I guess that is a workaround, though annoying. I'd rather solve the problem.
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    [SOLVED] 11.10 Compiz High CPU & VM Usage

    After running my machine for a couple days without restarting, compiz and xorg seem to go crazy.

    Currently compiz is at a constant 40-55% cpu usage without anything happening. xorg is staying...
  5. [SOLVED] Re: Remove items from nautilus right-click context menu?

    Wow that was really simple, thanks so much!
  6. [SOLVED] Remove items from nautilus right-click context menu?

    I uninstalled xmms player quite a long time ago. I think when I had hardy heron. Currently I'm on 10.04. When I right click a .mp3 file I still have the option to play with xmms player showing up....
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    [ubuntu] Re: Missing Thunderbird Titlebar

    Okay, I figured it out. You need to disable "Legacy Fullscreen Support" in the workarounds section of the compiz settings. I'm not sure what disabling this workaround will break but my thunderbird...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Missing Thunderbird Titlebar

    This same problem just started for me. Has anyone found a solution?
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    [all variants] Re: wireless ethernet bridge?

    Thanks. I'm going to go with the WRT310N and flash it with dd-wrt.
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    [all variants] Re: wireless ethernet bridge?

    Hmm, I'm not sure what you're saying. None of the computers in my office have wireless cards. What I want to do is have some device (wireless router?) pick up the wireless signal from the kitchen...
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    [all variants] [SOLVED] wireless ethernet bridge?

    Here is my problem:

    I have dsl internet. The phone jack is in the kitchen, far away from the office where all the computers are. I don't want to run any wires from the kitchen to the office.
    ...
  12. [ubuntu] CD won't eject from pressing drive's physical eject button

    I have 2 disc drives and up until a month or two ago they both worked fine. Right now my 2nd disc drive won't eject when I press its eject button. I have to type eject /dev/cdrom3 into terminal in...
  13. Thread: Lost audio

    by tribble222
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lost audio

    Looks like Ubuntu is recognizing your sound card ok, that is good. Let's check if you are a member of the audio group. Run...

    $ groups

    and see if "audio" is one of the groups you belong to.
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons instead of text in grub?

    I don't know if it's possible to have icons instead of text in your grub menu but I know it is possible to have a custom background instead of the default black. Perhaps you could create a...
  15. Thread: Lost audio

    by tribble222
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lost audio

    Please post the output of the following commands:

    $ lspci

    $ dmesg
  16. Thread: Default OS

    by tribble222
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    [ubuntu] Re: Default OS

    Backup your menu.lst:

    $ sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.backup

    Then open your /boot/grub/menu.lst file

    $ gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

    and find where it says "## default...
  17. [ubuntu] Re: which variant supports 915 mercury motherbrd...help...TRIED UBUNTU 6.10, FAILED

    Why not try Ubuntu 8.04? Try the live cd in "safe graphics mode"
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    [ubuntu] Re: Audio Problem

    If you don't ever want to use your onboard sound, try disabling it in the bios. Otherwise, set the Audigy as your default sound device by running

    $ sudo asoundconf set-default-card Audigy
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    [ubuntu] Re: Hardy Heron Failure Partial Upgrade

    You don't get something like this?


    $ sudo apt-get upgrade
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Hardy Heron Failure Partial Upgrade

    I see. Does running either of those commands give you any interesting output?
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    Re: How to edit thread title ?!?

    Click "edit" then click "go advanced"
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    [ubuntu] Re: Hardy Heron Failure Partial Upgrade

    I'm not sure if I understand your latest question but if you're trying to upgrade your packages from the terminal then you would run:

    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get upgrade
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    [ubuntu] Re: Audio Problem

    First I'd try running

    $ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart

    To restart alsa. If that doesn't do anything then post here the output of the following command:

    $ asoundconf list

    and the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Fujitsi Scansnap S300 portable scanner

    How is the scanner working for you?
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    Re: KVM/QEMU, VMware, and VBox benchmarks

    Thanks for the benchmarks! I've noticed that VMWare player is much faster than VMWare server. I haven't tried VMWare workstation, but if it's like server, I'm not surprised it's much slower than...
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