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Hi, sorry I took so long to reply. No nothing happens when I plug it in. Most other stuff (camera, phone etc) opens the appropriate program but the card reader light comes on but nothing on the...

I have plugged an SD card reader into the usb port but am unable to get it to read. Any suggestions? In my previous life as a angry windows user I used to right click - explore and find it that...

Thanks for that I'll try them and see how it goes

Hi, I need to transfer video from a DV/sd card video camera to the computer and then burn it to DVD. what software would be recommended and how do I get it? I have open movie editor but am unable to...

Thanks Bob - don't know what happened but I just plugged it inand it went to FSpot and opened eveything up. Had not worked on the previous 2 attempts. I'll see how it goes in the future.

Thanks - I'm really new to this, but it recognizes my camera and ipod as a mass storage device???? Why not the phone???

Thanks. It connects via USB although when I plug it in and turn it on nothing happens. I am guessing that the computer is not recognizing it as a mass storage device, as with other things that I...

How can I get some pics and a video of my sony erricson phone and onto the computer? In the old days (windows) I just went into "right click then explore" and went from there. Is there a way to do...

Accidently found a recovery mode in the startup menu (I think thats what its called - the writing and countdown before it goes into the OS) so tried that and so far so good -thanks to all

tried that - nothing happened

thanks tried that but got the message

E: couldnt find package ubuntu

My folders are all still there but the toolbars are not. How do I get into the terminal if I cannot access the toolbars?

Still cannot find the toolbars on the desktop - is it an option to reinstall Ubuntu from the disk and start from scratch? Will it delete anything or will it repair this problem?

Sorry unable to find the terminal

Hi have tried right click - create launcher but nothing happens. Next suggestion? Thanks for your time

Hi, I uninstalled Evolution and installed Thunderbird which was working nicely. I turned off the computer for a couple of hours and when I turned it back on there is only the desktop and a couple of...

Hi I am having problems with evolution. To send mail it asks for a password which I don't need with my isp and hence cannot send mail. Also it just shuts down when trying to receive mail. Is...

Thanks for that Vanadium. Have done as suggested - will see how it goes. Thanks again for your time.

Hi, thanks for all the replies to my last post. Can anyone suggest digital storytelling software for Ubuntu? Stills, video, sound with a narration over the top. thanks

Hi again - found out what to do, what a learning curve got the following - can't see anything about XP etc. probably didn't need all that stuff anyway!!!!!!!

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856...

Thanks again - as I am new to this, where do I place the command? Back in the old DOS system or is there somewhere in ubuntu?

Thanks - all I can see is 40gb hard drive (my backup) ,floppy drive, cd/dvd creator and computer. The hard drive was there when I was using Ubuntu from the disc but since installing I'm wondering if...

Hi, very new to this ubuntu stuff. I loaded ubuntu onto my computer believing it was to run as well as windows (XPsp2). When I try to boot into XP I get a 'unable to locate disk' message. Ubuntu...