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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    OK vasa, or others. Hints on where to start looking for a good fit Linux OS? Here is what Priscilla would like on her small new aspire one D270 netbook Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz 1 MB ram .
    A stable...
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    [SOLVED] Re: how do i escape console mode?

    Thanks for both answers I spose all 3 work.
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    alternate suggestion? is there a more permanent resize that will not be affected by updates, or should I find another version of linux that is less reliant on the 3d unity? Debian? or maybe forget...
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    [SOLVED] how do i escape console mode?

    How do I gracefully exit console mode and return to the desktop?
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    Below is the script placed in the home folder. The code to activate was
    (sudo python ./script.py 32

    But my main concern now are the icons


    import shutil
    import sys
    import os
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    I tried Nik Th's sudo ?? commands and they seemed to be doing things but nothing changed . The icon images are still missing.
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    OK, since your comments are in sync with the advice on getting quick response on the ubuntu forums I am, after some inner debate and attempts to clarify myself, simply going with it, removing the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: icons disappear, other bad stuff

    Yes I do not have a video card insufficient to run 3D so have 2D and was given a script and procedure to reduce the icon size to 32. I haven't used console mode much so am still unsure on the...
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    [ubuntu] icons disappear leave grey button

    I'm increasingly skeptical about ubuntu. I transferred some music files from an iPod to rhythmbox and it seems to have worked fine but sometime during the couple hours of using ubuntu several things...
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    [ubuntu] icons disappear, other bad stuff

    I transferred some music files from an iPod to rhythmbox and it seems to have worked fine but sometime during the couple hours of using ubuntu several things started happening. 1) 5 icons disappeared...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Too hard to change frame size of apps

    Doesn't appear to work in 12.04; the resize option is greyed out, but I like the "move title bar onscreen"option; that would have been useful a few times in my computing experience.Oh wait, it is...
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    [SOLVED] Too hard to change frame size of apps

    I have a 10 inch screen and it is uncomfortably tricky/hard to position the cursor on the perimeter of an open app to adjust the size. You know where you move the cursor to the corner of the ap and...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    Awesome! Complete success. That leaves more room and I learned a thing or 2. Thank you so much. Can I send you a pair of home-made glass earrings for a lady friend as a small token. Color? I work...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    OK I have some questions on this: After I download it and save it to my home folder as a script.py file do I do something else with that scrip or do I just enter the sudo line into terminal and...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0be1] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:061f]...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    So what now Mike?
    I went to the site you mentioned and tried the first backup command and got this message: Priscilla@ubuntu:~$ tar cvfz...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    OK Mike Here is what I got:
    VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
  18. Thread: Terminal???

    by jonabark
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    [SOLVED] Re: Terminal???

    ok I had just figured that out finally. Talk about font issues. Problem solved. I now know this terminal works. Thanks again Mike. I also figured out that the tall straight line is the one that looks...
  19. Thread: Terminal???

    by jonabark
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    [SOLVED] Re: Terminal???

    Looks very like a number 1 in the guide but I tried it both ways and got the same command not found. Just tried it again with an I . same result.
    I'm frustrated.
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    I thought I had tried it both ways- with and without a space since I wasn't sure, but apparently I didn't.
    ANYWAY
    I typed it in again and it worked and I got exactly the readout you described...
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    by jonabark
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    [SOLVED] Terminal???

    Opened terminal to try to follow advice on an earlier thread and got directory not found.
    So I started reading through a Learning the Shell tutorial and 1st tried the pwd command
    it worked as ...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    Ok here is what I did step by step: opened terminal from the searcher at the top of the launcher, typed exactly and more than once the suggested commands next to the $ sign
    got bash:...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    I opened terminal, typed in the command( can't copy /paste because I'm reading the forum from my mac.) got no such file or directory
    tried deadflower's command and got no such command. How am I...
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    mikewhatever
    Gone Fishing is one of the people who posted a response. His solution was to install ubuntu tweak? So I was just asking if that will work in 2D mode?
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    [SOLVED] Re: reduce launcher icon size?

    Gone Fishing,
    Does this program work without Unity 3D?
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