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Sorry, I meant my graphics card no longer had driver support from AMD. Anyway, thank you, I'll run the code above, and get rid of this headache!! Thanks for your help....

My driver is no longer supported by AMD, however, in continuing to fiddle around with this, running top and checking to see usage, I see that when I stop services network-manager, wpa supplicant goes...

Help, help help.....I upgraded to 14.04 a few days ago, and reset my wifi to use Wicd, as I had been doing in the past. I can connect to the internet with no problem, but my entire computer is...

Thanks for the reply. I ended up just uninstalling these PPA's through software sources, so all should be ok now.

Distro is 12.04. While I get updates every day, and update manager advises 'there are no new updates', as of yesterday I have the red triangle with the exclamation point on my screen. When running...

I have been backing up with Ubuntu One, and, using the free offer from Mover, moved my back up to my account in Dropbox. I have number of questions - first, the 'Folders To Backup' box in Ubuntu One...

Thanks for the reply. After studying a number of options, I uninstalled network-manager today, and am now using wicd. So far (fingers crossed) I have had no dropping issues. This' fix' apparently...

The internet indicates that after the 12.04 upgrade, there is a bug involving the constant dropping of wifi signal by network manager. I am having this problem as well, where perhaps once an hour,...

By the way, I see that paragraphs format properly only if I turn off No Script when posting.....

Thank you both for your responses.
First, regarding the formatting of my response, as I originally said, I AM a newbie....When I try to format so that a) and b) etc are in different paragraphs, it...

I am a Ubuntu 'newbie' and have occasionally posted on the Absolute Beginner Section, with regard to various questions I have had about posting. A few days ago, I posted regarding a difficulty with...

I have no problem downloading and playing .flv videos from Youtube, but I notice that some videos are in .asf format, which I cannot play. I have Medibuntu installed. After downloading, when I go...

I have continued to search through the forum, and found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1656890 Will try the command that is in that post. Hopefully this will work for me. Thanks...

Sadly, no. When I rebooted with the modem off, and then turned the modem on, network manager did not see the wifi - just did nothing. Currently, my 'workaround' has been to go into 'edit...

OK:
sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
...

Hmmm, not quite sure I understand - I know the driver, etc., for the wireless modem. If the modem is on when I boot, network manager sees it right away and connects. No problem there. If the modem...

Hi all. I have a wireless wifi modem, and when I fire up Ubuntu, network manager automatically sees the wifi and connects. Sometimes, however, I forget to put the modem on before I start up my...

Thanks, already saw that and tried it - Nautilus crashed when I followed the instructions. Anyway, I just restarted my computer, and lo and behold, suddenly force quit is on the launcher. So, for...

No, when Archive Manager was running, there was no icon - when I installed it, Nautilus (I think) opened and prompted me down the list to get the Force Quit icon. I now have force quit on the...

Well, I have found Archive Manager, and have opened up and extracted my download (the script for ForceQuit), I found the icon and when I go to drag it to the launcher, nope, it won't stay there. I...

Bingo, thanks Oldos2er. That's where it is - problem solved. Thank you!!

Um, no. It doesn't. When you open usr/share/applications in the 'choose application' window of the download, Archive Manager doesn't show up (and there is only file-roller.desktop). Eck.

Yes, correct!! And thanks, found it listed in usr/share/applications - was looking in local. Will try it now and see if this works....

Thanks for the replies - and that is exactly the problem - Archive Manager does show up in dash, but there are no 'properties' to indicate where it is located in the file system. When I click on the...

I am now on Precise Pangolin, and have downloaded a script for 'force quit' which I want to install - a tar.gz file. When I click on the download, I am being asked to choose an application to...