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thanks for finding this. solved my problem

Hi,

Lets say i want to use only my keyboard for navigating my ubuntu desktop. I have no problem accessing the indicators (all i have to do is CTRL+ALT+TAB and my gnome-panel is selected, and i tap...

for ATI opensource driver, it all depends on what window manager you use. i find if i use metacity it doesnt tear. if i use metacity with compositing it still tears. if you use compiz, it tears (i...

I am having trouble with indicator-network and connman.

Sometimes it is just so damn slow and sometimes it wont even connect. Im kinda confused why didnt they just build indicator-network to...

i managed to do it. found out libraries were installed in /usr/local/lib instead of /usr/lib. have to run:


sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libvlc* /usr/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libx264.a...

tried to challenge myself by compiling it from source. managed to make a deb but when i run vlc i get
vlc: error while loading shared libraries: libvlccore.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No...

this blew my mind today, because i've been using ubuntu for 2 and half years. Brasero 2.28.2 in Karmic does not have an option enable multisessions when burning disc or import a disc which has a...

highlight the package in synaptic --> Package --> Force Version
or you can highlight the package and just Ctrl + E

just choose what version you want.

the problem with grub2 is, you dont have much control over it. you can edit the /etc/grub.d/grub.cfg files to put manual commands. but if you do a kernel update, ubuntu will run update-grub and that...

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i have installed gsynaptics and everything works fine (ie. circular scrolling and tap to click)

however when my laptop returns from suspend or hibernate mode, the settings in gsynaptics have seem...

this is the output i ge when i try to run it.


praveen@praveen:/$ ffmpeg -i ~/Downloads/John\ Mayer\ -\ Hummingbird.flv ~/Desktop/hum.mp3
FFmpeg version SVN-r19352-4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu1,...

hi, im trying to transcode a certain flv file to an mp3, stripping away the video and just keeping the audio. I am pretty damn sure i can do this in VLC in windows, but in Ubuntu, FFMPEG and VLC dont...

excellent thread. i've been waiting for this one. Thanks a bunch

thank you. that did the trick. made a backup just in case.

the remove is GRAYED out

i used wine to install Microsoft Office 2007. it works beautifully. however an unwanted side effect is that it puts a bunch of crap in my "Add Applications" dialog(when you right click a file and...

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hi,

I hate the new Jaunty default GDM. Can anyone point me to the default Intrepid GDM? Thank you

im sorry i totally disagree with this. we live in a capitalist civilization. you cant expect a company to shell out extra money to write drivers for desktop linux (which from recent news is just 1%...

lol i know its NOTHING special and no one is gonna ask me what kinda config i use. but i decided to post mine anyway

you can try this
http://jakeyoon.com/2008/11/19/enable-vino-vnc-server-for-login-manager-gdm-in-ubuntu/

didnt help me as well

i also have the same problem which i started a thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1129820

the thread was closed when the jaunty development forum was closed.
msttcorefonts is...

i dont think its worth it yet. there is a "lock-up when deleting a file in ext4 file" bug. i experienced it and im not going back until its fixed