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    [ubuntu] Re: Canon ip4600 some success

    Strewth your Mum must be savvy, min ehas trouble printing from XP.........
    I hate to repeat myself , and I hate to pay for something that should be provided with the device , Canon?!?! But for full...
  2. [gnome] Re: blank screen at login , mode not supported

    tried removing compiz , no change

    sudo apt-get remove --purge compiz*
  3. [gnome] Re: blank screen at login , mode not supported

    contents of .xsession-errors

    /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
    Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_GB.
    Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to...
  4. [gnome] blank screen at login , mode not supported

    I can boot up to desktop login(s) screen , but when I login to either gnome or kde I get this message "Mode not supported" and a blank screen.
    I have been working on xorg.conf to get a decen...
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    [ubuntu] Re: samsung LE19A6565 gnome and xorg.conf

    I noticed that xorg.conf.failsafe specified vesa drivers , so I replaced xorg.conf with xorg.conf.failsafe.

    I can now boot up all the way and login normally , but I still only get something like...
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    [ubuntu] samsung LE19A6565 gnome and xorg.conf

    I'm just trying to get the video settings right for my TV's (samsung LE19A6565) PC input (d-sub) . it has a varied spec's list , under mode=vesa from 640x480 up to 1360x768, the "advised" setting for...
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    [kubuntu] Quickly resize an image , on the fly?

    I'm looking for a quick way to simple resize an image(s) , for emailing or the web , similar but better to XP's right click send to email .......

    Any ideas?

    Thanks
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    [ubuntu] errors from synaptic

    I keep getting this error when insalling packages using synaptic, regardless of what i'm installing.

    "This package is not an installer package , it does not actually contain the JDk...
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    [kubuntu] Re: Cannot extract zip file

    Decided it was corrupted , and downloaded album as individual files instead to be sure. AS I have had no other .zip file problems(yet) , I reckon that's it. But I hope that play.com isn't supplying...
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    [kubuntu] [SOLVED] Cannot extract zip file

    I have a downloaded .zip file from play.com , containing MP3's , it is 103mb. When I attempt to extract/open it I get the following errors.

    If I click it in Dolphin I get "Could not open the file,...
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    We have lift off.

    Deleted /home/island/.mozilla , restarted firefox.

    All sites previously mentioned display perfectly.

    And I think I have found the problem , or part of it. I always increase...
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    [QUOTE=bscbrit;6161320]You're getting plenty of advice! In your post 4 you mention that it is getting worse and that you have had to switch to Opera. Has it improved since you said that, stayed the...
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    Nope , no adblock, no NoScript.
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    1280x1024 , changing it to 1024x768 makes no improvement.
    (Using alt+F2 and gnome-display-properties to adjust it.)
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    I can't exactly remember what I did immediately before it occured , but it would be something to do with graphics/display as I have been trying to resolve that for some time.

    Turned off visual...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Opera 9.62 multiple workspaces

    Thanks got me on track, but behaved the same until I made the command

    opera %U -newwindow http://www.ubuntu.com

    , or any other web address , the syntax for <window id> was confusing I tried...
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    [ubuntu] Opera 9.62 multiple workspaces

    If I switch workspace and try to run Opera on the second workspace(desktop) it just takes me back to the original (first) workspace ?
    How can I start Opera seperately on different workspaces?
    ...
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    This has got so bad that I now have to use Opera to login to the forums.
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    [other] Re: firefox web pages overlapping?

    I can't seem to repeat this problem now , except for the search overlapping the user name box , here on the forums login page?

    I have been changing my graphic drivers (Vesa to Intel) , and also...
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    [other] [SOLVED] firefox web pages overlapping?

    Web pages have components overlapping each other in Firefox 3.03 ,
    For example the Search and Username boxes at the forum login overlap each other , see below....
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    [ubuntu] Canon ip4600 some success

    I have a Canon Pixma 4600 , which I'm trying to set up to as full funcionality as possible.

    So far I have the following config working quite well....
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    [ubuntu] Re: Is my computer just too old for Ubuntu?

    Yeah Opera's always worked for me , it loves Linux , and is a great alternate to IE on Windows nowadays.
    I've had great success with the current SUSE 11.0 distro also , As a sortofnewbie I found...
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    [ubuntu] Errors at login 8.10

    I have just installed 8.10 and have this error at Login. Can someone explain i o me so I can fix it?

    "Do you wish to make GDM_Failsafe_Xterm desktop the default for future sessions?
    Your...
  24. [ubuntu] Re: Labtec Wireless keyboard and mouse detection problem

    I hav the Labtec keyboard & mouse , my problem is I have to hit the keys with a hammer before characters appear. it's useless , same prob suse also.

    hw ca i ake system more resonsive to keyboard?
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