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Thanks for that TheLions.

I tried R-studio and a couple of other packages. In the end, the most useful package was a great open source piece of software called photorec, part of the test disk...

Thanks taladan.

Anyone having this same problem:

One solution I have found is working so far. You have to remove the programs with synaptic package managerm including configuration files, then reinstall. THis...

I have just found a solution to this problem.

I used a ¨KDE control mudule¨ called ¨keyboard layout¨ in the applications menu. I think I installed it a while back and forgo it was there.

I...

Hi,

Its awhile back since you posted, but I have found a solution for some programs.

YOu can uninstall the program that is giving you the trouble using synaptic package manager, and then...

Hi all,

I have a file saving/opening problem which I have been unable to fix and I am transferring my files,shortcuts, bookmarks, etc to a new user.

Does anyone know if there is a way to...

Thanks!

I was looking for this too.

Hi everybody,

Can anyone recommend a utility that can recover formatted windows ntfs partitions but which runs in Ubuntu? Bit of a strange ask I know - I have to recover data from a formatted...

Hi all,

Every time I try and SAVE a document of any kind using any of the openoffice programs, or Gimp, evolution mail and some other apps, the program immediately crashes and closes.

ALso...

'Eye of Gnome' document viewer and 'Evince' document viewer are now crashing when I try and open files aswell, with these errors:

Sep 23 00:22:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 3100.270260] evince[8440]:...

I found this after trying to save with Gimp in the var/log/syslog logfile:

Sep 22 14:51:35 ubuntu kernel: [11119.466563] gimp-2.4[31061]: segfault at 3 rip 7f2d1d751940 rsp 7fff29172de8 error 4
...

When I run evolution mail from terminal I get:

dale@ubuntu:~$ evolution
evolution-shell-Message: Killing old version of evolution-data-server...

(evolution:7055): camel-CRITICAL **:...

Hi all,

Every time I try and save a document of any kind using any of the openoffice programs, Gimp, and evolution, the program immediately crashes with the error

"Due to an unexpected error,...

Thanks pjotr123 and angryfirelord for those suggestions.

I managed to improve the sound by changing device to Realtek device and changing properties there aswell. I guess I have more than one...

Hi all,

Getting everything set up just right on my laptop running Hardy. Just a couple of annoying things that I havre to go back to windows for though.

Main thing is playng back any forem of...

Thanks,

Got dual boot running with GRUB.

Found this selection of comprehensive guides to installing GRUB and dual booting all kinds of OS's.

http://apcmag.com/howto_category.htm?cid=198
...

Thanks!

Looked at that guide and it did the trick.

Doesnt give otion of booting windows in grub though. I guess Ill have to inert windows details in the boot.lst file. Not sure of the code for...

Hi cdtech,

Thanks.

I cant stop grub though. If I flag partition /dev/sda2/ for windows it boots windows OK. But if i flag partition /dev/sda1, which is the two ubuntu kernels I had installed...

Hi,

I am new to Linux, and have been reading thought the wikis when I get stuck, but any help with this really appreciated.

I have recently edited my hard driver partitions using 'parted', and...

Hi Ann,

Thanks. The problem was indeed with the path (I Think!). I changed the path for the root account from home/root/, to /root/, using the user manager and it works fine now.

Dale.

Hi,

No I didnt create a root account.

There was an account called OEM when I got the computer. I wsa told to run a program called 'Prepare to ship to end user' whchi was on the desktop when I...

Hi,

Sorry for being clueless. I am new to this. I am up for a challenge though, and Im feeling the Linux vibe so I want to learn how to use my Ubuntu.

Basically, I think Ive dont something bad....