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thanks wildmanne39! that will do the trick.

@b9k9kiwi
could you please enlighten my 1-bit brain by explaining how you disable ipv6 system wide?
now i disable it only in firefox (about:config), but i also use another web browser.

thanks up...

wishing you all a good and a 'ubuntu' focused 2012!

alas, i don't know what the proper command is since i (de)activate bluetooth manager through services (system / preferences / startup applications)

short and simple:
1. switch on bluetooth on your phone and set it to be 'discoverable'
2. add the computer as a trusted device
3. go to 'bluetooth manager' on your computer and choose 'add device'...

thank you all for your replies.

@efflandt
this would be the proper way with 'temporary' files... ;) didn't know

@LewisTM
will certainly give that a try (8gb ram, no swap) btw. setting...

in pardus linux 2011.2 i can automatically clean /tmp at shutdown by adding the following line:
rm -Rf /tmp/*
to this file: /etc/conf.d/local.stop

in ubuntu 10.04.3 there's not such file? how...

hi kenpachizero,
nice job you've done installing ubuntu on a laptop, especially when you're new to it!

it depends on the purpose of your ubuntu installation what software to install, or don't....

if nothing else works, and you don't have any personal file stored on it, you should consider to wipe the hard drive and starting from there.

you can read, for example, here, how to go about.

maybe you are, like me, interested in this too: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement

madjr came up with a link to a working solution.

make sure though that /user/share/i18n/ is up to date to, so probably best to read the whole post.

madjr came up with a link to a working solution.

make sure though that /user/share/i18n/ is up to date to, so probably best to read the whole post.

madjr came up with a link to a working solution.

make sure though that /user/share/i18n/ is up to date to, so probably best to read the whole post.

those commands still work in u10.04.3_64, q.e.d. now i'm able to choose the locales from which the text support is installed.

so that's still a valuable link (don't know about later versions of...

a fresh install or booting from live mdeia shouldn't differ that much in this case, afaik.

since the live medium didn't give any improvement, you could consider installing the os with which the...

can't help you out with this specific problem. can be caused by a lot of things (corrupted w7 or hardware).

if possible, provided your friend has a backup of his personal files(!), i would suggest...

looks a bit like there's something wrong with your screen(connectors) or video chip or card, which is rather nasty with laptops.
first you could try to remove the battery and run the laptop only ac...

when you replace windos (partition now called c: becomes e.g. sda1, with e.g. ext4 as a filesystem, everything is gone, but you've already guessed that, hence the back up).
this also means there's...

add.
of course i also tried the options as provided on the cd when pressing 'esc' before booting.
one neat comment i got was something along the lines of:
'this cd doesn't provide a recovery...

thanks for your reply collisionystm!
alas, it didn't work: i did get a very basic gui with some options.
so i added your commands -not both at the same time of course- as parameters, but the cd...

which files can be restored from the original ubuntu 10.04.3_64 installation cd? either manually or automatic (restore option?)

say, some localizations are missing from /user/share/i18n/supported....

esri software (arcview / arcgis) would be nice on linux. but, hey, think about the $$$

@einov
for starters you could check if the file: /etc/rc.local still is used on your system...

a few questions on u10.04.3_64 (system language english; localization -should be- dutch):
1. when installing a new language and/or localization, with the system/adminstration/language support tool,...

so i've taken the hard way and installed, and purged and reinstalled all dutch translations and removed all english translations.
thus, leaving the rather unwilling system a bit dazed & confused...