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I'm running 12.04 on my hp dm1z. Everything is working fine except for this odd issue.

Occasionally, when I have headphones plugged in, the sound output suddenly stops coming out of the headphones...

And the Winner is...
roccivic, for the nice display, saving of the tasks, and good error handling.

I would like to give a special shout out to krazyd for the (extremely) concise code. Also,...

Yes, the contest has closed, and I'm reviewing the entries. A winner will be announced shortly.

Just a reminder that this contest is still going on.

Also, I'll probably judge entries after New Year's, so if you're working on an entry now, try to have it in before them.

Great job for the...

Well, I won the last programming challenge, so here is the next one. This involves parsing input with regards to tasks.

The challenge:
Build a program that asks for input in the format:

[Task...

Here is my sumbission. It creates a gtk window with the grid and controls to start/pause the animation, and a slider to control the speed. Here is the code of gol.py:


import time
import sys...

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I recently got a Dell V313w printer, and wanted to set up its wireless capabilities. Using windows, I managed to connect the printer to my home network, but ubuntu couldn't find it. I then...

type "man gcc" in the terminal

In general, syntax is gcc -o [where you want the output file] [location of input file]

Press alt+f2, and type waon, and then hit run.
Does that work? If so, you can manually add shorcut to it in the applications menu. I'll explain how once you can see how to run it.

There is an application called TheUnofficialWidgetFactory that you could install which would show you what all the widgets in the theme would look like.

The website is:...

If you downloaded the .exe file, then just run it. It will ask for a few things such as how much space you want it to use, what your username and password should be, etc. After supplying it with the...

That means the author of the theme you're using coded the theme such that it is not editable. However, if you find the gtkrc file that corresponds to the theme, you should be able to change this. If...

Right click on the volume applet, and click preferences. Make sure that either "Master" or "Front" is selected. It appears that your volume applet is controlling something else, not the actual volume...

If you are worried about accidentally messing up, then the best bet for you would be to hit the back button, and then choose the guided option that uses the available free space.

Can you explain to me what that script does?

hp does not provide ubuntu linux, but you can get it from ubuntu's website: http://www.ubuntu.com

However, it would be best to read a guide to help you start to learn ubuntu and teach you how to...

If you go back one menu, it should have various options for partitioning. There should be one called: "guided: use all largest contiguous free space" or something like that. That should automatically...

There is an odd, annoying problem with my computer. Every once in while, my wireless connection simply dies, and can't reconnect. I can still see the name of my network, but it keeps asking for the...

You could try syncing with the software mentioned in this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=216191

I figured it out. A quick google search led me to another ubuntu forums post (which the official forum search didn't find) which gave me all the answers. Firstly, it didn't start after I installed...

Roaming simply means that it will look for other networks, and not simply connect to a default one. When roaming is enabled, you can click on the network icon in your notifications area, and it will...

Thanks for the response - will do.

TRANQU111TY: both methods will work, one just does it through command line, whereas the other uses the User Interface.

I haven't tried the others, but i'm sure that adobe flash has the best compatibility. Here, non free means non free as in speech, meaning the software is closed source, so ubuntu can't fix any bugs...

Go to Places -> and click on the hard drive that isn't "filesystem" or a usb drive. That should mount the drive, and add a link on your desktop. Now you should be able to access the files.