I was looking for a way to calibrate my tx2500z in Lucid, since wacomcpl doesn't work without HAL, and I came across this:...
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I was looking for a way to calibrate my tx2500z in Lucid, since wacomcpl doesn't work without HAL, and I came across this:...
file-roller (default archive manager) will support that format if you have the ncompress package that gmargo mentioned installed.
The issue is likely related to your graphics driver/configuration. Try going to "System > Administration > Hardware Drivers" and see if there are any proprietary graphics drivers listed. If so, try...
Ubuntu bugs are usually filed in Launchpad. you can use apport to file the bug and automatically attach relevant data.
the short version is you can report a bug by running
ubuntu-bug...
Well, I know that vim can do exactly what you describe with the NERDtree plugin (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1658). Actually, it can open directories without the plugin, though I...
gnome-do probably looks for .desktop files in "/usr/share/applications" so you may create one for it in there (look at the others in there for examples of the format, its pretty straightforward). It...
I had an identical problem which I tracked down to the free (non-proprietary) radeon kernel module with KMS (kernel mode setting, enabled by default in lucid kernels) and my card (HD 3200). If you...
Looks like you are having a similiar issue to what I was. I found a solution, if you still need it.
it is at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1463092
the short fix is to put the .conf...
yes, there is. Once it is released, the upgrade will be available through update-manager, but if you want to upgrade before then, run
sudo update-manager -d
the -d option has it check if a...
the little arrow means that is a symlink (symbolic link), and should be safe to delete. It would show all the info because a symlink is treated like a normal file/directory by the filesystem.
not...
Windows always writes its own bootloader to the MBR of the first HDD, which overrides GRUB.
The process to restore grub is different for Grub 1 and grub 2. If you are using a a pre-karmic (9.10)...
I figured out how to do it. I created an upstart job to do it, and placed it in /etc/init
the job file is attached, if anyone is interested.
I have an HP tx2500z laptop running Xubuntu 10.04. It has a Radeon HD3200 (RS780) GPU. I am using the free driver (see attached xorg.conf) and it works great, except the computer does not poweroff on...
yea, sorry should have done that above.
In Xubuntu 9.10, I am using fglrx and have rotation working with compiz.
From "X -version":
X.Org X Server 1.6.4
xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1
...
Just an update with what I have found to work well.
I have a tx2500z, and I am using Xubuntu 9.10 with compiz and the proprietary fglrx driver. I am also using Tom Jaeger's wacomrotate daemon. I...
So, I didn't to have to restore the windows MBR again, so I decided to install grub to the one drive that didn't have a bootloader yet (/dev/sdb). I went to boot windows from that, and I got a...
The second partition on hd0 is all my user data for windows (the first one begin just the system itself). I was looking at the cfg file, and it seems grub2 calls the first partition (hdx,1) instead...
anyone?
Why you pay for it? Its free you know.
But anyway, you might not want to use gparted to resize ntfs partitions if they have windows installations on them. I have broken windows like that. If...
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Yea, I kinda mentioned that in the first post, though it wasn't very clear. I have a windows MBR on the first HDD, and if I choose to boot from that HDD (via the BIOS boot selection menu, same idea...
There are a number of transparent filesystem encryption utilities. I don't use them, so I don't know what is best, but check out the packages "encfs, cfs, ecryptfs-uils". There are more too, I would...
So, a google search for "grub invalid signature" returned this thread as the first result, which isn't entirely helpful. I guess google gives ubuntuforums.org high priority. Oh yea, anyway... bump.
The output of 'fdisk -l' would indicate that the device names are correct, but I am attaching the output of 'dmesg' anyway.
The relevant stuff is probably here:
$ sudo dmesg | grep sd[abc]...
I have 3 hard disks. THe first one has windows, the second windows programs, and the third linux. Grub is installed to the MBR of the third, and it is my primary boot disk. Everything was working...