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Sorry if this comes across negative but I'm trying to make it work.

I need to upgrade to 11.04 or 11.1 and am having trouble with Unity. I want to make some seemingly simple changes but am not...

OIC

You kind of scared me for a second. When I read "metacity" - not having a clue about it - I thought of "metasploit."

http://www.metasploit.com/

So, why did this happen?

Also, would there be a way to get it working without having to downgrade to the command line and running some arcane command?

Okay, that worked.

On reboot I had the correct window controls.


Thanks!

Okay, that worked...


...for a minute.

Once I exited (by pressing CTRL+C) and exited teh terminal, I lost both the minimize/maximize buttons and any ability to type.



This is bizarre!

I just recently installed 10.1 on a new system. I'm going to use it basically for development since the kernel bug affects my other systems, still using 9.1.

when I loaded firefox - 3.6.x - i...

I've yet to figure what the power shell has over the normal command prompt. Haven't really used either in a long time.

For a SERVER I can see the point. Say I were running Red Hat or Cent or SLES....

LOL!

No, I'm an OLD user with an aversion to the CLI.

The CLI was fine on my TRS-80, my Apple II and the VAX I used in the '80s.

Once I got on Macintosh then Windows 3.1, however, I never...

I've been using Linux off-and-on since '98 and full-time from '05 until last month. I even spoke at last year's SCALE (http://www.socallinuxexpo.org) event about integrating Linux and Windows in the...

/shakes head in frustration...


Yes, that can be done.

HOWEVER - It involves two things 99% of us don't want to do.

1. Using the stupid command line and having to remember arcane commands....

Ahh, nevermind!

I took a leap of faith and went to the Ubuntu Software Center. There's a selection to list all "installed" packages.

I am installing a minimal ubuntu 10.1 under a virtual machine. I want to remove unneccessary packages such as open office, thunderbird...

How do I go into Synaptic and find what's installed?

I...

This may be the opposite of what normally is asked but...

I recently installed a solar system on my house. It comes with a device that takes the readings from my solar panels and passes them out...

@Handsslow, this is not a solution. The machines are already too slow as it is. (I have a bad habit of wanting to make my computer and/or my hard drive at least 3x faster.)

In any case, I've been...

Oh, okay. You mean, like right here?

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2010/ubuntu_enable_net.png

I'll try that next time.

Thanks!

By the way, I found it, thanks. I'm up and have Acroread running.

Now, if only I could have Acrobat Pro. I love the UI on that application.

A few times this has happened and it is very frustrating.

I have a hidden SSID with WPA/WPA2 Personal security. My laptop normally connects automatically. My Android phone does also.

If - for...

Never heard of it.

Looking it up in Synaptic, I see it exists. Do i need to install it?

I have an HP laptop with a separate numlock keypad.

About six months ago, I noticed the number keys were not pressing numbers. I eventually googled it and found that there's a setting in Ubuntu to...

Got it!

Danke für die Hilfe!

This looks promising.

Any idea what the altGR key is? I see a circular reference to it between the page you provided and the AltGr page - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AltGr

I have dealt with this prior on SUSE 9.x but not for awhile in Linux.

In Wintendo, when I'm wanting to type a special character - an u with an umlaut over it for example - I simply press...

I have a laptop running 9.1 with standard GNOME environment.

I noticed the other day, I got a message, that stated, "Problem during package list update. The package list update failed with a...

...and if you don't want to downgrade to the command line:

Start > Ubuntu Software Center > "search for" avant.

Works like a charm!

I'm running 9.1 - Karmic - with GNOME. I run Firefox as my browser 99% of the time and am on 3.6.12 as of the time I write. On a regular basis I want to view PDF files on the web. In all cases I...