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    [SOLVED] Re: window sizing in Unity - settable?

    I used this for Chrome, only I used the Non Maximizable option so that it remembers the last size.
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    [SOLVED] Re: window sizing in Unity - settable?

    Great, thank you. I finally figured out I didn't have the plugin installed.
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    [SOLVED] Re: window sizing in Unity - settable?

    I cannot find this plugin, how/where do I start it?
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    [SOLVED] Re: Nvida Driver Installed But Not in Use

    Thanks for the replies. I looked at the bug reports at Launchpad and it is the same bug I have.

    According to
    sudo lshw -C display
    [sudo] password for frank:
    *-display
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    [SOLVED] Nvida Driver Installed But Not in Use

    I have installed and removed the Nvidia Drivers via System>Admin>Additional drivers. The dialog tells me that the Current driver is Activated but no in use. I can't seem to find the way to get the...
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    [ubuntu] Mailing Internal Messages

    I have a daily cron job that is trying to send me notification,


    Tried to mail output of job `cron.daily', but mailer process (/usr/sbin/sendmail) exited with ststus 25

    No MTA installed is...
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    [ubuntu] Re: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

    I guess the tar.gz file downloaded is the "runnable" program. I just need to find a way to install the legacy program along side the current program.
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    [ubuntu] Re: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

    I can run thunderbird with by only opening the file from nautilus, but it isn't installed properly. Running thunderbird from the command line starts the currently installed version. Running it from a...
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    [ubuntu] Re: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

    No, there is no configure file there.

    Yes, README is there, but there is only a reference to the URL for Thunderbird Release, which takes you the page to install the current release. I have that,...
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    [ubuntu] bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

    I get this error when trying to compile a legacy program to install. I have build-essentials and checkintall installed. I am in the directory containing the extracted files.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Boot Problems

    I followed the steps:


    sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
    or
    sudo mount -t extX /dev/sda1 /mnt
    sudo touch /mnt/testfile

    and got 2 reliable restarts with out the Grub menu appearing. I'll save the...
  12. Thread: Boot Problems

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    [SOLVED] Re: Boot Problems

    I'm going to get one step ahead and before I make any changes, here are the results from the bootinfo script.


    Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010 ...
  13. Thread: Boot Problems

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    [SOLVED] Re: Boot Problems

    sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

    It mounted.

    sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1

    Already mounted as /mnt

    blkid /dev/sda1
  14. Thread: Boot Problems

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    [SOLVED] Boot Problems

    Ever since the installation of 10,04 I have been experiencing boot problems. I thought it was a hd dying and installed a new hard drive and installed 10.04 fresh reusing ~home. The problem continues...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Super simple Thunderbird 3.0 installation

    Seems like there may be a problem there:


    W: Failed to fetch http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/dists/all/Release Unable to find expected entry ...
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    Re: Who uses a Verizon Mifi?

    Anecdotal experience. While connected at the library on a 3mb DSL, the Verizon site using Firefox on Ubuntu, their site, as well as going into the User section is extremely slow.

    I can start my...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Printer, All Jobs Held

    If I remember correctly, this was set to "No Hold". In the conf file it was set to Evening and no amount of resetting the options would change it. I ended up having to edit the file manually to...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Printer, All Jobs Held

    If you would reread my post, you'll see that what you posted was not my problem, and I marked the problem solved 6 months ago with the proper solution.
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    I never could reproduce her boot errors. I booted the system on an Ubuntu Live CD, mounted her drive, then scanned with ClamAV and AVG. Took a couple of hours but they cleaned a lot of stuff out.
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    You guys are getting ahead of me, but I'm going to try a combination of everything to get it working again. Thanks for the suggestions and the help.

    I'd love to convert her to Linux, but I doubt...
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    Well, I'm hoping it won't be exactly free, but that's a thread best pursued in another venue. :-&
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    Without her being able to boot the machine, I don't think I can get in. I'm not that familiar with Remote connections. I tried that several times with my own stuff when I ran Windows and never had...
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    That's provided I can get it to boot at all.
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    That's usually the first thing I do when I can get my hands on a system. There is way too much stuff running on startup.
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    Re: Help With Infected WinVista

    Yes, I ran Windows up until about a year ago. Most aren't too bad. I'd say she probably has more problems with Trojans than virii, but I need to get down there and take a look. It's a half days...
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