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Glad to hear it, squakie!

I agree. Thanks.

I can't burn DVDs or boot from a flash drive, so I've been using wubi. Once I have a distro and version that I like for my setup, I'll find a way around that and go with a normal...

There's really not much to see. Nothing but the default Ubuntu wallpaper. The menu line I mentioned in the first post is no longer there. If I right-click, I get a menu, but I can't grab a screen...

Click the "Origin" button in Synaptic and scroll through the list of sources.

If you want to install Skype from Software Center rather than Synaptic (it should now appear in Software Center's...

Many BIOSes show the motherboard model at the top of the initial BIOS screen that flashes briefly before proceeding to boot your OS. In fact I think that's the only place it is shown in BIOS.

I spoke too soon. Miraculously, the problem disappeared after simply retrieving the list of available updates and rebooting. Seemed unlikely, but I was not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.
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I fixed it by installing all my updates. Lesson learned!

Glad you got it running!

I had already tried f9, but it just opened a second console. Then I did some research and tried 'exit' but that didn't work. ctrl-alt-del worked, albeit for a reboot.

"ctrl+alt+f8" is not working for me.No, definitely the "Ubunto" option. I replicated it several times.

It worked! Thanks, both of you!

I had video issues with 12.04, so I went to 11.10How can I get to a terminal window? Is there a keystroke combination for that?

Wait. I also have Lubuntu DE and it works normally. I can do it in...

I tried logging into Ubuntu 11.10 and the icons along the left are gone. There is no speaker icon, wireless network meter, session menu icon, or anything else except the wallpaper and a menu at the...

Welcome, new members! You'll get plenty of help here, as I've found over the past two weeks.

As the OP, you are the one to mark it SOLVED. Use the "Thread Tools" above your first post.

And happy holidays to you, too! ):P

I'm using Lubuntu 11.10. The suggested fix worked:
sudo mkdir /root/.local/sharealthough I had to break it into two parts as follows, because the parent folder didn't exist either:
sudo mkdir...

@ andrew.46: Thanks!

After rebooting, I confirmed the change to a swappiness value of 10 took effect (although it's not producing any noticeable results in System Monitor).

After adding this line to my sysctl.conf:
vm.swappiness=10I get these messages in my terminal window:

(gedit:2059): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into...

Thanks to both of you for the helpful tips!

Cool. What I did was add the repository "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free" to Software Center Other Sources using the "Add" button, then...

Yes.If it can read DVDs, it probably has a DVD logo on it.

You can install via a USB flash drive IF your BIOS allows booting from one and is set to boot from there first, or you call up a boot...

I have trouble finding packages in Ubuntu Software Center even after adding the right repositories.

When I installed Skype, (can't remember if I was using Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 at the time) I...

Was the DVD burned with your laptop? If so, I'm wondering if:
-- your old desktop PC's DVD reader doesn't like the brand of media you are using, or
-- it has a CD reader, not DVD (pretty common for...

I did install Lubuntu as a second desktop environment, and I'm much happier with it! Thanks!

If anyone wonders if squakie is on the level with this, I can tell you he/she is. Squakie sent me a wireless network adapter for free when we figured out my old one was not supported by Ubuntu. We...