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Also, the Touchpad Indicator applet from the PPA above, does nothing when I check/uncheck the options.

xinput set-prop 4 "Device Enabled" 0

where "4" is the ID from the post above


Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]

results in me being logged out from my...

The touchpad is a Cypress touchpad, not Synaptic.

Trust me, I have tried the solutions I could find.


$ synclient
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?


As...

I have a Dell XPS 15z with a Cypress touchpad.

Default ubuntu 11.10 installation does NOT have option to disable touchpad clicks.


I have large hands that hang over the trackpad while I...

As stated in the original post, I am now locking it manually. However, the point of my post was that this should work. First time. No debugging, no troubleshooting.

If I was compiling a kernel...

I had the same thought zippy, the offending computer is indeed a laptop, but I have all sleep, suspend, hibernate turned off. If you have any other ideas about what power saving features might be...

Its not a custom screen saver, its a blank screen just like you..... I thought that might have been part of the problem so reverted to simple blank screen.

I use ubuntu at work, and have my screensaver set to come on after 1 minute of inactivity, and lock the screen. Frequently, while I am talking to someone, the screen will start to go blank, so I'll...

yup, give it a reboot and check system->administration->hardware drivers.

try system->administration->hardware drivers and see if your wireless card is activatable(?) through there. If not.....plug it in to the wired network, run these commands in terminal


sudo...

I believe its called a "shebang" pronounced "sha-bang" not "she-bang". There is no difference between using sh and bash, bash is a branch of sh. You will not cause problems going from sh->bash but...

If you are looking for something high performance a standard ubuntu install will do just fine on a relatively fast box. You should have a seperate box for ******* crap though, because it will

1)...

The proper way to execute platform commands is by using system calls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_call

you should *never* use the system(), function!

Aha! You sir have a somewhat unique setup. I am out of ideas. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Maybe as a last resort,


sudo apt-get remove --purge openssh-client && sudo apt-get install -y...

Wireless link is good to know. I've actually had similar problems with wireless and ssh.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=898903

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=838873


Are...

fair enough, we certainly dont want to uninstall dpkg. so, given this new information. lets try the following

first, kill the offensive dpkg process

sudo kill -9 2860

then, you should be...

That REALLY shouldnt be necessary, and is quite a pain.

try this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4137787&postcount=19

with the virtualbox package obviously instead of the cdemu...

Not trying to be a dickbag, but are you sure you are looking at the settings in /etc/ssh/ssh_config(your client settings) and not /etc/ssh/sshd_config (your server settings).

After you change...

You are correct. Linux/Unix is immune to Windows viruses. Removing and/or inspecting the autorun.inf is safe. You can also use the program "file-roller" to inspect the contents of the .exe, it...

If you suspect video card issue, try installing 8.04 and see if you can get in from there. HOWEVER, I might add, that installing from WITHIN windows is not something I have had success with. I...

Some synonyms of the type of download you are looking for would be:

cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara,...

You may find this useful http://mssaleh.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/command-line-alternatives-in-ubuntu-linux/

You are on the right track. If you know a programming language, learn to program on...

try
sudo dpkg --configure -a in a terminal. sounds like some stuff got mucked up.

As a side note: all of your virtualbox configuration and data is in ~/.VirtualBox. Should the above command...

What is the output of
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree in terminal?

See if you can find relevant information here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=913318


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