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I've installed Ubuntu in UEFI mode and it works fine now. Now I can select the partition I want to use by pressing ESC at computer startup (I would say BIOS, but I am not sure anymore).

But now,...

I have an X-series Asus laptop which I just bough about a month ago. I want to dualboot Ubuntu - Windows.

I can easily access LiveUSB with both UEFI enabled and disabled. I heard that there were...

Okay, not that you've mentioned Rhythmbox, have you tried connecting the phone during a session when you haven't started Rhythmbox?

Once I couldn't mount my Sony Walkman, because the above...

I believe it's a Samsung thing, not Ubuntu's. When you connect the phone via USB, you should slide down the top panel on your phone and then click "Connect USB" or something like that. Once you've...

nice one mate!

Is there a way of making Bashee quit completely when pressing the X button?

Well, my only requirement is that it has enough RAM to be able to listen to music, watch flash and type in office at the same time. HOwever it's not the requirements i am worried about , but the...

Hi, I am planning on buying a new laptop in the next few months. My older laptop had problems with the microphone, as apparently it didn't support some alsamixer plugs. So i just pretty much gave up...

Yes, I switched back to 10.10 because of this thing. Well, there were other bugs, but mainly cos of this....

Hi,
My Nautilus hogs excessive amount of memory, especially at startup consuming 85%+ from the total load. Also after logging in the desktop stays inaccessible for about 2 mins, in a sense that I...

Never mind. Sorted it out from:

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=332401

There are instructions on the first page of this topic.

Hi again,
If Skype is already running, pressing its shortcut starts a new sequence rather than opening the one already running. Is there a way to change it?

Thanks,
Dan

Wouldn't /dev/sda always be the same since the bootloader always has to be at the first sector for the PC to load it?

Hi,
I remember I tried to boot Ubuntu Netbook Edition LiveCD once, but I had a problem with 3D graphics, and a result I couldn't see the menu panels, etc.

So, I was wondering, will the same thing...

The only reason I still dualboot with Windows is:

1) Dreamweaver
2) Photoshop

Once they go native on Linux (I mean the latest versions, not prehistorical junk like with Skype), I'll drop...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1699233

Try this:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Then go to System > Administration > Additional Drivers

Was your problem to do with decreased performance when working off battery power by any chance?

Yeah I had the same issue with 10.10



Try this:


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

You need to download 'pmount' from the software centre and restart.

No probs, I had the same issue when I upgraded from Mint 9 to Mint 10. Didn't have any problems when I switched to the original Maverick though.

quite remarkable indeed :) thank you

Hello, I was wondering what is the Linux alternative for the host file found in Windows that blocks access to particular websites.

The path in Windows is C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Also try muting left channel in Input Devices using PulseAudio Volume Control (not installed by default). This also did the trick for me.


As to no test sound - System > Preferences > Sound >...

Thanks Cog, it has changed the permissions to koffeehaus', but it still takes literally 2 minutes to launch. So I suppose it wasn't the permissions' fault after all, but location's.

I installed it...