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I installed sux and then tried again to start a KDE app after connecting to the other user's account using the sux command:

sux - user5

When I try to start the KDE app I get this:

kate:...

You might try a Google search of this forum. I seem to remember reading that someone wrote instructions for installing Linux on an Alienware laptop, based on how they had succeeded. IIRC I did it...

I was able to boot a 32 bit Ubuntu 9.10 CD and then run gparted and delete everything. I then made an NTFS partition and then reinstall Windows 7. I won't try putting Linux on this again since I...

I got one of these a few days ago and did not really intend to install Linux on it though it was something I might try. This morning, I decided to try it and it worked. I booted to Ubuntu Lucid but...

I found some older information on this site about 64-bit AMD but nothing for Intel processors.

Is there a reason not to install the 64-bit version of Ubuntu on a laptop that has a 64-bit Intel...

Thanks, that info is for LUKS, though. I want to use ecryptfs. I use LUKS on my encrypted USB pen drives.

I am going to try to install Karmic again and if that fails, I will install Jaunty and...

I installed karmic and discovered that the desktop version does not offer the option to encrypt the home directory using ecryptfs.

Is there a way to do it now or do I need to reinstall using the...

I successfully upgraded my netbook from jaunty to karmic but when I tried to upgrade my desktop, sudo crashed and left me with an unbootable system. My /home directory is ecryptfs encrypted, so...

As for the second part of your answer, I do not have that problem. That seems like what the resolvconf package would do in Debian and I would therefore remove that package whenever I did a new...

Thanks, I will try that. I went back to the university to try again (it is a short walk) and I was able to connect and use my web browser. Before connecting to the wireless network, I did "sudo...

I have a static IP address when using a wired connection but I use DHCP for wifi.

I forgot to check /etc/route but /sbin/route showed two routes as the default route. At the moment it looks like...

I have a HP 2133 Mini-Note and I had wifi working until I reinstalled Ubuntu (Jaunty).

Wired networking is working but although I can connect wirelessly, it appears I have a routing problem...

Okay this is solved in the sense that I discovered the problem has to be my system.
I reinstalled Ubuntu (Jaunty) on a netbook (HP2133) and installed the same version of Google Earth that I have on...

I have used Googleearth before (perhaps the Windows version) and I know what I am supposed to see when it starts, but I downloaded the latest version and made a deb of it using the installer in...

Thanks, I have been using Truecrypt and it is mainly because of the licensing issues that I tried LUKS.

I have two Jaunty systems on which I mount a USB "thumb" drive that has been LUKS-encrypted according to the procedure described in the July 2009 issue of Linux Magazine ('Linux Pro' in USA)...

I have an HP Mini-Note (2133) and I have 1GB or less of swap and I do not have this problem. Both hibernate and suspend work. Is there a way to quickly check how much swap I have?

I think it will probably be fixed but it will probably require an upstream fix since it does not seem to be a problem in just *ubuntu. It affects other Linux distributions too.

Some people have reported that uninstalling the network management applet fixed it for them. That did not work for me. I just bring up krunner (Alt-f2) and put "plasma.kde4" in the box and execute...

I just reinstalled Jaunty and now I have this problem, with Plasma crashing when I start KDE. I looked in ~/.kde/share/config and I do not even have the files plasmarc or any file beginning with...

I converted the 2.10 rpm package to a deb and that one works. The deb package on the website that has the drivers for the scanner is broken and will not install.

iscan is now working.

This is...

xsane is detecting the scanner and scanning. iscan says the scanner is not supported.
Thanks for reminding me to add my username to the scanner group, which is "saned" on my machine. I think that...

I do not have a "scanner" group and it appears the scanner is not being detected. I will add my username to "saned" but I do not expect this will help.

No success. I even tried making debs from the rpm's and that did not work either. I get the same result from xsane. I had it working in Hardy before I installed Jaunty. Tomorrow I will try the...

I will try alien. That is how I got it working in Hardy but I have not tried it in Jaunty yet since the company provides source for the driver on its website.

thanks