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I know this is an old post, but I came across it looking for the same thing, so I'll post my answer for anyone else.

The first step is to find the number that identifies your usb device. I'm not...

Thanks, not exactly what I was looking for but this does the trick plenty good enough. Thanks for the help.

I'm trying to find a way to run a custom script when I hit the cd tray eject button on my computer. I have it running without keyboard/mouse/etc but still wanted an easy way to activate a script if...

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I kind of neglected to do any sort of backing up contacts before installing Ubuntu. I have all the files from the Users directories, which is what I used to get everyone's firefox...

I've finally convinced my family to ditch Vista and move to Ubuntu. Pretty smooth transition so far, but I've hit a snag. All the email contacts on Vista are stored individually in a .contact file...

Playing around with my laptop, I tried to attach it to a spare screen I had. I didn't like the resolution and general setup of dual screen, and since I didn't really care I just went back to using...

I have a laptop, and I've set the built-in keyboard to type dvorak, even though the hardware is qwerty. I did this during instalation, so even the gdm and virtual terminals use the dvorak layout. ...

I think ~/.recently_used may be left over from an older version of Ubuntu. Either way, there is something else keeping track, because even after deleting or clearing that file, there is still the...

They are hidden files, not directories:
~/.recently_used
~/.recently_used.xbel

Not at all Herman, it worked perfectly once I had the mail going to it. Thanks for the help.

EDIT: Nevermind, I wasn't sending it to procmail, changed command to
$ fetchmail -v -m /usr/bin/procmail and it seems to be working.


Ok, it looks like these are what I need, but I'm having...

Thanks, I'll look into those

I wanted to set something up that could run a script using the information contained in an email. I would like it to be able to use information like the sender and subject, as well as the body if...

I know you can get a list of all your installed packages and save them to a file:

dpgk --get-selection >> ./installed
Reinstalling is harder, the best way I've found is to open the file with...

I am trying to install Ubuntu on an old computer I have that was going to be thrown away, but it is rather tricky. The CD drive is broken and it won't read disks, and the computer is too old to...

I tried using mutt to access the imap server for my school email, and now all the emails that were saved have disappeared. I used to keep them all in my inbox, because that was the easiest method...

Ok, the polkit-gnome-authorization thing worked. Thanks so much for all the help.

That last thread is the same problem I'm having, but there isn't a solution there.
I have Ubuntu 8.10 installed.
I have to go, but thanks for all the help so far.

Ok, I'm having the exact same problem with the other account too.

That other thread didn't solve it, and I don't have any other accounts on my computer as of now. How can I create a new user from the shell? I know there's useradd, but I couldn't get it to add the...

Yes, rebooted and no change. I also just tried starting x as root, to check if it worked there, but the 'unlock' button was still grayed out there too.

When I open things like the sessions or users tools from System > Administration, there is a box that says 'unlock' which normally lets me change the settings after clicking it and entering my...

I almost never use apt-get, and the only changes I've made to sources.lst was to add the Medibuntu and Wine repositories.

I use full-upgrade because I was told at some point that is better, is safe-upgrade better?

The same set of packages appears with both commands, does this mean they are safe to remove?

I am having a problem when I try to run aptitude full-upgrade. Its trying to remove a bunch of programs. I don't really know the intracasies of Ubuntu, but this doesn't look right to me.

$ sudo...