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Trying to install Skype on Lubuntu (Ubuntu 12.10, LXPanel 0.5.11, on a Toshiba laptop)

Hi all, would appreciate some advice on this


1] Tried via Synaptic:
Menu > System Tools > Synaptic...

One laptop running Ubuntu 10.something, and another laptop and a netbook running Lubuntu (which I like a lot!).

I've partitioned two of 'em to keep Windows available. Sometimes need Windows to...

!!! SUCCESS !!!

I'll stop winging now: the problem was - I believe - to do with the kernel.

Followed the instructions at:...

Right then, had a bit of time over Christmas to try again and it's like this:

- tried installing cedarview drivers, and couldn't get gui, just the terminal (frustratingly, it was clearly a...

Thanks, I'll give it a go. Yes, it is just the resolution I need sorting out.

Well that may be true.
But the same model can be bought off the shelf in Italy with Ubuntu installed.
And if I run Lubuntu from a USB stick, the machine will deliver 1024x600.
So it ought to run...

Here's the output:


lsb_release -rcd ; uname -r
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
3.2.0-33-generic-pae

lspci -nnkv | grep -iA10 vga:

I've installed Lubuntu on an Asus EeePC 1015CX.
I tried it first running on a 16gb peg, runs like a dream with 1024x600 resoluton.

Installed on the netbook itself, it only does 800x600.

-- I...

I want to say a big thankyou to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community for making Linux work for me.
Me and Mrs Althusian have three computers running Ubuntu with ******* (rarely used) on one of them for...