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hi all,

i upgraded to ubuntu 16.04 and am getting the following message during boot:

lvmetad is not active yet
using direct activation during sysinit
/dev/mapper/ubuntu-vg-root: clean...

hi friends,
please note the following problem connecting to a windows share.

setup: ubuntu box with a ntfs formatted external hard drive.

the problem: connecting to a shared folder (from a...

well i tried editheraven's advice but the problem continues.

i reinstalled ubuntu (again) and the problems stated above in the first post continues.

any suggestions?

well i thought removing "quiet splash" from the grub menu fixed the issue, but the problem continues so i reinstalled ubuntu 13.04.

the problems:

1. the computer gets stuck on the following...

this solved the problem:




Here is what happened... you are TEMPORARILLY modifying the grub boot parameters. You need to permanently modify them. So you need to add nomodeset to your...

dear friends,

i have a lemel x86 desktop with an nvidia graphics card.

the problem:
when doing a normal boot, a purple screen appears and nothing else happens. the computer is stuck on the...

well it works under guvcviewer, but the pic is really bad. camera works well in windows 7. the preload trick did not work. time for a new webcam or any other suggestions? thanks.

thanks for replying! i'm hoping that i don't have to buy a new webcam. here are the command results that you requested:

lsb_release -a:
LSB...

friends,
i have an old webcam that is recognized by cheese & skype but only a black screen appears.

any thoughts if and/or how i can get this camera to work before i buy a new one?

thanks.
...

thanks virtdave,
that was all i needed to get it working!

solved! thanks to the great help from the lubuntu irc.

solution:

replace "amixer -q sset Master 3%-" with "amixer -c 1 sset Master playback 3%+"

adjust the command as necessary for volume up...

dear friends,

i am having trouble getting the media keys to work on my dell rt7d40 wireless keyboard. the keyboard has a volume wheel as well as the stop, next & previous buttons.

notes: the...

mystery solved by restarting computer several times.

(!)

dear friends,


i set up a user's home directory to encrypt using:

sudo ecryptsfs-migrate-home -u kenneth

problem 1:

when logging in to kenneth's account, the record passphrase reminder...

thank you!

now that is the answer i wanted to hear.

marking this as solved.

thanks again for responding -

doogiekd

dear friends,

i am wondering why the following appears when i run "sudo fdisk -l"

"Disk /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 doesn't contain a valid partition table"

it appears to be indicating that...

hi,

is there a way to make all incoming streaming video from the internet play at 240 dpi resolution always in any browser as default?

thanks,

doogiekd

hi friends,

well, this is interesting... i finally got my ipod touch to mount correctly by doing the following:

1. plug in your iphone/ipod touch

2. let all of the boxes come up (usually...

arno.of.tol,

thanks!

great suggestion.

i installed on all my machines and it works great.

it would have been easier if this was available in synaptic though...

peter d,

thanks!

setting the background to no fill was the solution.

you have no idea how much you have helped a person with adhd & dyslexia by taking time to post -

thanks again,

yes, that's exactly what i did - see "greymenu" pic attached.

for me, this only changes the margin area to grey. i want the margin area black and the text area grey. changing...

dear friends,

i am trying to make libreoffice appearance easier on my eyes & help with some users disabilities by "greying out" the page as shown in an instruction elsewhere.

pictures below:
...

what happened to the local network file sharing app "giver?"

i use this app a lot and it was not included in 11.10. its not in synaptic, and launchpad says it does not exist for 11.10

is there...

the problem with having the unity launcher on the left is ever time i click the "back" button on my browser, the damn launcher appears.

because of my screen size, i am always fighting the launcher...

not getting any replies on the vlc forum & thought i'd try here:


dear friends,

i'm having a weird problem with increasing the caching value for audio files over a smb network.
i have...