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Thanks for the reply.

I am trying to get IMAP to store local copies for me. I followed the instructions given here -
I did the following:
1) The account setup (Edit/Preferences/Mail...

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I'm trying to set up my gmail account with Evolution. I am trying to set up a mail client where -
1) All the mails are stored locally, so that I can work offline. When I reconnect, the client...

If you see the section on parallel port programming in this article, it gives a method to control the parallel port without root privileges.

"Save the source code to file lpt_test.c and compile it...

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I'm having some problems with my partitions as well. I have a fat32 partition with the following fstab entry :


However, if I try to modify any contents on the drive, I get the following...

This is what worked for me -

mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:gain=1:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:fps=10:outfmt=rgb16 tv://

You can (of course) replace the rgb16 with any outfmt of your...

Have you tried mounting it from the command line? Try this -

$~ mkdir temp
$~ sudo mount /dev/sda6 -t X temp/
Here, X = vfat if sda6 is a FAT32 partition
or X = ext2/3 if sda6 is a ext2/3...

Thanks..

Looks like I will have to either install an older version, or hunt for a new tutorial.

I was hoping some sort of backward compatibility or something :(

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I am trying to create a small (read: hello_world) module, as my first step towards building real-time modules. I am following the steps given here.

I have written a simple hello_world code...

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Thanks. I followed the steps mentioned -

~$ sudo apt-get install linux-source
~$ cd /usr/src
/usr/src$ sudo tar -xjvf linux-source-2.6.28.tar.bz2
However, I still get the following error...

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I tried to follow the instructions (here) as I was getting the following error when trying to build kernel modules (a simple hello_world module) -
,
and got the following errors -


I've...

I installed Google Desktop and then, Google Gadgets as well.. But, the problem is the following -


1) I cannot add any new gadgets. When I try to add, it gives me just four options - analog...

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I use a six year old Dell Inspiron 600m with the Broadcomm chipset. My wi-fi always gave me lots of problems, till Ubuntu 8.04 came around, where it suddenly began detecting wireless...

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When using the tomboy application, how does one save the note by some specific (user-defined) name?

For eg, my note in ~/.tomboy/ as -
624ce05f-d1fe-444b-123a-d3941d113233.note
How can...

I apologise for being so vague with my question.

Here is a more precise form -
I want a command that will open notepad such that -
1) the notepad window has dimensions - height = 100% and width...

I use GNOME and I presume its Nautilus doing all the windows managing.

Once the window opens, a right-click and selection from the list is all it takes. But, is there some way to find out what is...

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Is there any way to give the following attributes/property to a program when opening it from commandline -

a) The size of the window (whether fully maximised/minimised/etc)

b) Whether...

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This is not related to Ubuntu as such, but I am hoping for help anyway.

When using the dieharder software (http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php_) to check the quality of a...