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Hi,
After the recent update, I now notice that googleearth does not display the panaramio pictures. The white frame is there, but no picture is displayed.
I think it may have something to do with a...

hi,
I am trying to learn networking, vpn's, etc, and I just recently installed a VPN using openVPN.
I got an account with vpnbook and every thing worked fine for a day or two, but now
when I try...

I completely upgraded to 16.04, and everything works, but when i do a sudo apt-get update, i get this:



Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2...

thk oldfred.
I tried downloading xserver-xorg-video-intel and that didn't work.
I have been wanting to install 16.04 on this usb anyway, so I think I will
get the .iso and do that. There is...

thks for reply oldfred
This is ( I believe ) a full install off of a CD
Xubuntu 14.04 LTS

This is a Lenovo laptop Thinkpad, Intel chip 4 core, 4 G ram.
The video card is :


00:02.0 VGA...

hi, I am trying to update a USB with xubuntu 14.04 on it and it has not been updated in about 6 months. When I try to boot it up, the xubuntu splash screen comes up briefly, then the screen goes...

I also have a Lenovo laptop Thinkpad running 14.04
When I was using 12.04 I did not have any problems, but when I went to 14.04, I started getting intermittent
disconnects.
I finally put an...

ok, thks him610, I am in the U.S. so I think I will use Ver.4.30.18 (build 6)

hi,
I need to update my firmware on my Linksys ( WRT54GL ) home router, but when I go to the Linksys
web site to download the firmware, there is two different ones shown:


Firmware...

ok, thanks

hello, I want to be able to kill a program at a specified time. I don't want to set up the cron tab, I just want a simple command to type into the terminal. Example: I want to kill Firefox, say, in...

Randy M, I have xubuntu 1404 LTS, and after updating today, had the same problem.
Had to re-install the network-manager that the update changed.
See my recent post:...

hi,
Just updated my desktop xubuntu 14.04 LTS, amd64 machine , and noticed the network was not working.
Luckily I had another machine and went online and used this solution, in case anyone else has...

Don't know if this helps but I use this to show which java's I have installed with path, plus, lets you change to what you want:



sudo update-alternatives --config java
exit 0

question:
Can the windows that Ubuntu uses have the "always on top", "same as other windows"
be put on the window frame, next to the little "^ - + x" icons, maybe
with it's own little identifying...

@ajgreeny
Thks ajgreeny. I will see how this goes for the next week or so.

thks Bashing-om

That seemed to do it. I can now run synaptic and sotware center. Also, VB will run.
I did a software update after I did the


sudo dpkg -i...

sudo dpkg i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.28-100309~Ubuntu~raring_amd64.deb

dpkg: error: need an action option
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages
;
Use 'apt' or...

@ajgreeny:

I still get this:



sudo apt-get install gdebi

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree

@ Bashing-om



dpkg -P virtualbox

dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove virtualbox which isn't installed

apt-cache policy virtualbox

virtualbox:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu5
Version table:
4.3.10-dfsg-1ubuntu5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...

cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

1 # deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 14.04.2 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release amd64 (20150218.1)]/ trusty main multiverse restricted universe
2
3 # See...

sudo apt-get upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package virtualbox-4.3 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an...

sorry I didn't see your response that it will not upgrade....will do now.

If I run



sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


in the terminal, will it ~not~ upgrade the laptop to a latter version than 14,04?
I want to keep 14.04