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    [ubuntu] Re: No wireless with latest ubuntu

    Logging off now;

    You may find something here,

    http://wiki.debian.org/Broadcom
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    [ubuntu] Re: No wireless with latest ubuntu

    This looks, to me, like you are attempting to build the module from source code without having the kernel headers or source code on your machine. Am I right?
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    [ubuntu] Re: No wireless with latest ubuntu

    I'm looking on here, what computer & model do you have?

    http://drivers.downloadatoz.com/download/212,broadcom-wireless-lan-driver.html
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    [ubuntu] Re: No wireless with new ubuntu :-(

    I believe you just need to press 'activate'.

    Edit: Origional post had a screen shot with the 'activate' button highlighted; I was replying to that post.
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    [all variants] Re: Corrupted usb stick

    Before attempting to recover anything from the pendrive, make a copy using a block copying program like dd, then work on the copy.
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    [all variants] Re: Creating Partitions

    (In addition to what grahammechanical says)

    In Linux terminology, your 55gb partition would be sda8. 1.9gb unknown would be sda7. Unless there is a reason for sda7 to exist, it could be deleted,...
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    [lubuntu] Re: Wireless can't Re-activate

    Have you tried Menu > Preferences > Network Connections ?
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    [lubuntu] Re: How do I get a dictionary?

    Menu > System Tools > Synaptic Package Manager > Search (top right)
    Enter 'dictionary'
    It will take you to a selection of installable packages.

    ('wbritish' is probably the one I, as an English...
  9. [SOLVED] Re: Setting up Lubuntu on laptop with seperate passwords

    Perhaps something like giving root a password that you keep private, & remove the normal login from the sudoers list.
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    Re: HOW TO Install Lubuntu on USB Drive

    From your tutorial:-

    /dev/sdc1 will be your ROOT Partition. Note that, you don't really need /home partition here. Total Size is just 4GB so no need for that. After all, this is not meant for...
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    Re: Lubuntu - One Stop Thread

    Preferences -> Customise Look & feel -> Window Border -> Title Bar

    Add S to Button order. (Put it after L)
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    [lubuntu] Re: wireless stopped working

    You might find it happening again if it is a loose connection inside your machine.
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    [lubuntu] Re: No system sounds? Please help!

    I am just answering as nobody else has; I'm new to Lubuntu, but not Linux.

    1 = Yes (no system sound program installed by default in LXDE)

    2 = Probably, like everything else in Linux; may have...
  14. Re: After Installing Lubuntu - Guide (Things to do & Apps to Install)

    This post has got separated from the question...re midori
    @BlueKite
    @amjjawad

    It appears to be down to /etc/alternatives, see man update-alternatives; somewhat complex, but it looks like you can...
  15. Poll: [SOLVED] Re: Lubuntu Has Breathed New Life Into My Old Machine

    The intention of Lubuntu is to keep it light weight, so that shouldn't change.

    If you like Ubuntu on your new laptop, but don't like Unity, you could download a different desktop (or window...
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    Poll: Re: How Many Switched/Shifted from Ubuntu to Lubuntu?

    I think s/he was just having a dig at Unity.

    It's not for me, at least not yet, but I understand what they are trying to do with it.

    It isn't just for new computer users, it's being designed...
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    Poll: Re: How Many Switched/Shifted from Ubuntu to Lubuntu?

    I can't add my 'vote' as none of the above apply. :)

    However, I am now running 2 machines with Lubuntu 12.04. (One new, one old.)

    (Another has Debian Squeeze, another has Debian Wheezy, & my...
  18. Poll: [SOLVED] Re: Lubuntu Has Breathed New Life Into My Old Machine

    Thanks for the welcome, I will help out where I can.

    (2 machines with Lubuntu 12.04; dual core 1.5GHz/1.5Gb ram; core i3 3.3GHz/4Gb ram)
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    [ubuntu] Re: Help a Beginner?

    Microsoft just wants to dominate the desktop market..



    Personally, if you don't want to re install using the whole disk, I would just copy what I want into my /home & then delete everything on...
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    Re: New desktop environments (Ubuntu, Windows)

    We all favour that which we grew up with.......
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    [ubuntu] Re: Can i run 2 linux distros and a windows?

    I thought backtrack was based on slackware; however, as has been said, it's just down to partitioning.

    You only have 4 primary partitions to play with, but 1 of them can be made into an extended...
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    Re: How many of you completely switched to Linux?

    Good to hear of another (almost) total Linux convert.

    Most hardware problems arise from very new equipment that the developers haven't had time to write drivers for yet.
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    [all variants] Re: Deleted Ubuntu grub rescue!

    Would it be possible to buy a pendrive & use an Internet Cafe to get a live pendrive image onto it?
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    [ubuntu] Re: usb stick

    If you wish to reformat it to fat32 dos;

    in a terminal do; sudo mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/<your drive number here> (i.e. /dev/sdb1 or similar)
  25. Thread: usb stick

    by km3952
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    [ubuntu] Re: usb stick

    Does sudo fdisk -l in a terminal tell you anything useful?

    (It should be in the id column)
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