If you have ever used the GUI to set up shares, editing smb.conf will cause trouble. The GUI stores configuration information elsewhere than smb.conf (in /var/lib/samba/usershares/, see...
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If you have ever used the GUI to set up shares, editing smb.conf will cause trouble. The GUI stores configuration information elsewhere than smb.conf (in /var/lib/samba/usershares/, see...
I filed this bug on the issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1048119
It's marked "invalid", since I erroneously thought that the config was stored in gconf instead of...
For the last 3 years or so I've been struggling with a particular Samba share. It *should* be simple- just a read-only guest share- but it is not.
It started when I decided I'd like to share my...
This thread is duplicated here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581734
I'm working on this issue right now, and I've left some information there. Any assistance would be appreciated...
IcarusR's link is broken, I think he means this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/88863
A little more information here:
...
Hi folks, the screenshot that jerrys posted shows my reply to this post:
http://www.yacy-forum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=625
Unfortunately the tarball only worked for a while and then started...
Apparently there's an automated GUI tool to fix this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1663232
Usual caveats about installing unsigned packages apply of course.
Have you seen this thread?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1663232
I'm running a server at http://hodgepod.pagekite.me
My diaspora id is koanhead@hodgepod.pagekite.me
Or rather it should be, my server reports it as koanhead@localhost
I will send invites...
If you are playing Battle For Wesnoth on Ubuntu, DO NOT UPGRADE the Wesnoth package until you have read its changelog first! You will lose all your saved games if you do this.
Major upgrades to...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stereoscopic_video_games
some of the DOS games on that list might work with DOSBox.
Minecraft has an anaglyph 3D mode. So far it is the only game I know of which has this. I don't know about a special video card being needed to make it work. The machine I tested on has a GeForce...
Hello all, I have filed a bug on this issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/624339
Following that link, there's a link on the page labeled "This bug affects me". Please...
In post #55 Chili555 says:
Yes, according to this:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.32.y.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=rt307
This would seem to indicate that...
Bug #624339 created.
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/624339
After struggling with this for a few days, I am posting this from my wireless connection.
I used the steps from post #35 and the copying-over of the .dat files mentioned in post #14:
cp...
Inasmuch as the Windows machine is known to be compromised, I would recommend booting it from a live CD in order to accomplish the file transfers. That way whatever infections / exploits are present...
Have you tried to 'sudo chown -R' that directory?
Are the files in the directory owned by your uid? Use 'ls -n' to get the uid of the files' owner(s).
Are the files or the directory owned by a...
Ok, I just installed it myself, it installs a .tar.bz2 image which you will need to untar before the installer can find it. I used sudo file-roller for this.
sudo apt-get install linux-source
should install the kernel source tree. If you have installed it already, Synaptic should be able to tell you the path to which it is installed (should be...
This should not be affected in any way by the installed OS, as most OSD's are built-in to the monitor hardware. Have you run any other OS on the laptop, and if so, does the problem persist?
If the two files were both encoded as PDF then all you need to do is change the name of the file to one that has a .pdf file extension.
If the file came from one DVD, then it should fit on...
Over the course of several years, six different machines, and many different Ubuntu versions and flavors of Linux, Ekiga has never, ever worked for me.
I currently use Gizmo5 but I don't recommend...
I *thought* the applet in question was called sensors-applet.
I installed the sensors-applet package today on my new 10.04 install, but didn't get the applet. It does not show up in "Add to Panel."
You can do both- by playing laby, droidbattles, robocode or other programming games.