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    [ubuntu] Re: ALC 887 audio - no sound

    Long overdue update to this issue:

    I tried every fault finding thing I could find, and nothing worked. Then I tried Windows 7, and that had no sound either, so I took the board back to the shop....
  2. [ubuntu] Re: How to get rid of Unity and install Gnome on Ubuntu 12?

    Take the time to learn how Unity works, it is very good once you get used to it. There has been many many posts on the pros and cons on this forum, so I won't try to start another one... just give it...
  3. Re: Is it true i5 and i7 is only 30% increase in speed over core 2 dual?

    Technical software that uses multiple cores will generally go about 30 to 40 percent faster if a (second) hyperthreaded core is added, but will double if a real core is added. In my experience, an i7...
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    [ubuntu] Re: [12.04] Laptop won't shut down properly

    I had the same problem on an Asus laptop. It started after installing the temperature monitor, and seems to have gone away after removing it.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Wd elements no longer opens.

    You could try pulling the drive out of the case and plugging it into a welland dock. I have has 2 of these drives fail, but taking out the electronics between the drive and the USB cord and using a...
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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 Disable multiple user sessions

    Xlock works great. Thanks for the advice!
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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 Disable multiple user sessions

    It's strange this feature doesn't seem to exist in Ubuntu, especially since Windows has been able to do it since at least XP.

    I'd really like to avoid having a single account to prevent a certain...
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    [SOLVED] 11.10 Disable multiple user sessions

    Hi,

    Does anyone know if there is a way to disable multiple user sessions so that if a machine is locked, another user cannot log in unless the first user logs out? I have been able to disable the...
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    [lubuntu] Matrox G550 drivers Ubuntu 11.10

    Hi,

    Does anyone know how to get the proprietary drivers installed on 11.10? The download comes with an install script, but says the driver is not supported with this version.

    The default driver...
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    [ubuntu] ALC 887 audio - no sound

    Hi,

    I have an ASUS M5A78L-M LX motherboard with ALC887 inbuilt sound. The sound is barely audible unless the speaker volume is all the way up, and then it is very crackly. The BIOS is set up to...
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    Failed cut and paste from iphone

    Hi all,

    Hoping someone can help with this:

    I cut and pasted abut 100 photos & movies from an iphone 4 to an NTFS drive using Ubuntu 11.04. Whether something has gone wrong with the file format...
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