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    [ubuntu] Re: Gnome Desktop Panels

    Ahhh. Thanks. I thought it was something like the accessibility. Not sure what the button is, and the whole screen was zoomed.

    I'll add the extra lines...

    Does anyone know what the point of...
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    [ubuntu] Gnome Desktop Panels

    Hello,

    I had a recent confusing bout with the Gnome desktop: it gets really crowded when I do work and I can't always find my open windows. (screenshot-2)

    Sometimes, there are more window...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Mounting NTFS (and general linux help)

    Okay. I'm gonna see how long I can go without it. And I'll relegate windows to the secondary drive just because this has been incredibly frustrating at times, and for no other reason than my own...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Mounting NTFS (and general linux help)

    srs: I deleted the partition with windows installer. Didn't make it squeaky clean like I hoped.



    coffeecat: the windows installer lists:

    hd0, the linux partition as 'system'
    swap space as...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Mounting NTFS (and general linux help)

    Guys... I think I really messed it up now.

    My plan was to go into the win7 installer and just do a clean setup. When I selected the drive (win thinks it's a primary partition) to install, it told...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Mounting NTFS (and general linux help)

    Mike: I'm running 9.10 since windows died... seeing if I can use it day-day.

    Thanks for your tips it's really comforting to understand what's happening for a change!

    Long story short: it is...
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    [ubuntu] Mounting NTFS (and general linux help)

    Hello Everyone!

    My Windows bootloader disappeared and its repair facility is telling me the NTFS volume is corrupt, so I'm switching over to Ubuntu for now!

    I can mount that ntfs drive using:...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Shell Script Newbie having trouble...

    Hello again,

    Sorry about the lack of details! Here's my script and some more symptoms:

    PIC=$(ls ~alex/Pictures/wallpaper/*.jpg | shuf -n1)
    gconftool-2 --set...
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    [ubuntu] Shell Script Newbie having trouble...

    Hi everyone,

    I recently modified a shell script I found on the internet to change the background :popcorn: . I'm running it with gnome-schedule and every time it runs it leaves behind a terminal...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Xwindow connections from terminal?

    I'm using the regular gnome installed 7.10 version ... fyi. The -Y command worked like a charm. Now, if only comcast was fast enough in my area to allow it to work properly!

    Thanks alot for your...
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    [ubuntu] Xwindow connections from terminal?

    Hello,

    This is my first post, after running Ubuntu 7.10 for about a day now. I was hoping for similar support for x11 windows as one would find in OsX but I think I'm abit disappointed.

    I...
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