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  1. Re: Need help configuring/troubleshooting Saitek X45 Joystick.

    Had the same problem, took me a bit to suss it out but here's what got the stick working for me in Natty. Make sure you have "joystick" installed, you can find it in the Ubuntu software center, just...
  2. [ubuntu] Re: Lucid Lynx/Dell Lat E5500/BCM4322/Poor connection

    Well, I used the connection today early in the day and all seemed well. I launched my Windows VM in vbox and connected to a VPN and the laptop sat for many hours without being touched. When I came...
  3. [ubuntu] Re: Lucid Lynx/Dell Lat E5500/BCM4322/Poor connection

    Well, I have removed the Gnome network-manager and installed Wicd available here or in the Ubuntu repositories "sudo apt-get install wicd" and so far it seems to be working much better. Even though...
  4. [ubuntu] Re: Lucid Lynx/Dell Lat E5500/BCM4322/Poor connection

    I tried disabling and re-enabling the wireless with both software and hardware switches. This caused the connection to stabilize long enough for me to get 1 good speed test from DSLreports, on the...
  5. [ubuntu] Lucid Lynx/Dell Lat E5500/BCM4322/Poor connection

    Greetings and thanks for taking the time to read this, I have a Dell Latitude E5500 with the Broadcom BCM4322 wireless chipset. Prior to the 10.04 LTS upgrade I was running 9.10 over a wireless...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: looking for a motion graphics / animation program

    I'm not familiar with After Effects but have you looked at Blender? It would be analogous to 3D Studio Max and is a full featured animation, modeling and rendering software package.

    Linoobius
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    [ubuntu] Re: Room designing software. Inkscape? CAD?

    Sweet, a new toy, I've never seen that before. I'll have to try that one out too!

    Thanks megamania!

    Linoobius
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    [ubuntu] Re: Room designing software. Inkscape? CAD?

    Why not go all out and do it in 3D using Blender, Qcad will work good for 2D applications, it's takes a bit to get used to it especially if you're used to AutoCAD or Microstation but it's not too...
  9. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu HTPC resolution has me stumped. Help??

    Never mind, I started fooling around with aticonfig --set-dispattrib=tmds2i,positionX:0 and similar commands and the problem just went away. Go figure. Thanks anyway.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Installation advice please

    Dave39,

    There is nothing wrong with using partition magic to create the partitions if you are comfortable with that program, however, I would recommend using partition magic to just create...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Adjusting partition after installation

    photogenius,

    You cannot make changes to a mounted partition so you will have to reboot from the ubuntu live CD (select the option to try without any changes to your computer), once booted open a...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ati HD 3450 + Dual Head Problems

    gelito,

    I have an ATI 3450 card but I do not have it in a LP case. the VGA output is on a header cable above the DVI connector, the low profile bracket probably doesn't have room for the extra...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Partition Help

    dankev,

    If you were booting from a live CD then I don't think you'd have to unmount anything, I didn't think the live CD auto mounted NTFS or FAT partitions but that aside, infoseeker was correct,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Why upgrade from built in video card

    Zaphod,

    So I guess it all comes down to what you want to do with your system. For basic computing tasks like surfing the web, composing email and openoffice documents, and playing the occasional...
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    [ubuntu] Re: XBMC and ubuntu 8.04 desktop/samba

    buck2825,

    What happens if you play one of the affected video files with a stand alone media player on the ubuntu 8.10 machine? Does it play smoothly all the way through or does it exhibit playback...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Why upgrade from built in video card

    Mr Beeblebrox,

    I'm not sure if your query was intended seriously or not given the big LOL smiley at the end but generally speaking, my philosophy is; "If it's not broken, fix it until it is."...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ati HD 3450 + Dual Head Problems

    gelito,

    If I'm understanding you correctly, I believe your problem lies in the type of splitter you are using. The DVI standard allows for two digital video signals and one analog signal. If you...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Partition Help

    dankev,

    Best solution would be to give ubuntu the entire drive wiping out windows but if that's not feasible...

    I prefer to do the partitioning apart from the installation process, I boot from...
  19. [ubuntu] Re: refresh rate stuck too high for functionality.

    veganbikepunk

    I'm just glad to be able to give something back to the community, glad it worked.

    Linoobius
  20. [ubuntu] Re: refresh rate stuck too high for functionality.

    Hello,

    I've got a post of my own seeking help but saw yours, I'm no guru but have you tried

    sudo aticonfig --initial -f

    to reset the ati driver and regenerate a new xorg.conf

    Linoobius
  21. [ubuntu] Ubuntu HTPC resolution has me stumped. Help??

    Group,

    This may be a simple problem so I'll try to keep the back story to a minimum and will gladly provide additional information or configuration details if you need them.

    I had been working...
  22. Poll: Re: Share with the community your gutsy install/upgrade experience

    I was upgrading from 7.04 to 7.10 and after downloading the 1.2GB and half way through the installation process, the system lost power. I am relatively new to Linux and was devastated when I heard...
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