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    Upgrade to 19.10 kills dual boot

    Acer laptop with Windows 10 and Ubuntu set up for dual-boot. Upgrades have gone smoothly over the years but now the laptop will only boot into Ubuntu after upgrading to 19.10

    The windows options...
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    Re: Ubuntu 13.04 Final beta

    Running 13.04 (updated earlier todau) on an Acer Aspire One 721.

    The touchpad On/Off switch works.

    The speed setting has no effect and always reverts to the default whatever one sets it to....
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    [ubuntu] Recent Upgrade problems

    I have 12.04 running just right and today's upgrade makes it all daft.

    Unity icons on left hand of screen jump up in size.
    A dog barks every time I recieve an email.

    What has happened ?
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    [SOLVED] Re: hp Deskjet 1000 Installation

    Thank you very much - this also worked for me.

    Using the GUI for installing printers "Printing" option is in System Admin,

    Deskjet 1000 correctly detected but select the driver for HP 1120HPIJS...
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    [ubuntu] Re: rSync failing to sync some files

    Thank you for that.

    I am using Lucky Backup and was it giving errors when copying some of the files in evolution (the mail program) because of the colon in some file names.

    Changing the format...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Would LOVE to use Ubuntu...but

    This may be a silly question - but are sure you are trying to boot from the CD ?

    In the BIOS, is "boot from CD " the first option ?

    (Those symbols you describe don't sound like an Ubuntu disc...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Is there a way to change tray icons size?

    Change the thickness of the bar (its height) . The icons adjust.

    (Or it did in the 9 versions)
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    Poll: Re: Will you move your window buttons back?

    I thought I would hate left buttons...

    but I like the new arrangement and am leaving them on the left.
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    [ubuntu] Re: USB pen drive no longer getting detected

    Plug it in and then use the disc utility - Menu> System Administration>Disk Utility - to examine and repair.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Asus eeePC 900 Video Camera

    Cheese.
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    [SOLVED] Re: What is the default url for a BTHomehub 2.0?

    192.168.1.254
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    Re: Linux for netbook

    Yes. but the netbook remix is designed to make the most of a small screen.

    Don't forget - you can download, make a bootable USB and then run it on your machine WITHOUT changing your set-up. Then,...
  13. Re: De-selecting Maximus for one application only ?

    Doh ! After hunting for the file you suggested - and failing to find it

    I went;

    System Tools>Configuration Editor from the menu and found the "Maximus Off" option.
    Then turned it off for...
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    [ubuntu] Re: My computer refuses to upgrade to Karmic

    Have you tried;

    Press Alt+F2

    enter the command
    update-manager -d
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    Re: I do wish people wouldn't bash 9.10 as much...

    My computer is running on an Operating System that goes like a dream but has taken one or two little tweaks to get it just the way I prefer.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Open Office Insufficient Rights

    I know what you did. When you copied all your docs to a safe place and then back onto your drive after your install you managed to change the permissions so "you" don't own them anymore. (I once did...
  17. De-selecting Maximus for one application only ?

    I am happy with maximus set to default "on" on my netbook and know how to turn it "globally" off.

    What I want to do is disable maximus only when running one specific application - Gambas2.

    Is...
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    Re: Ubuntu college flyer - your opinion

    My thoughts (if you want them).

    Cost paragraph - make it shorter. Just say "It's free, including upgrades". or something to the point.

    The idea that you can test drive it without doing anything...
  19. [SOLVED] Re: Worked fine, then suddenly display problems

    Just had the same problem - when I tried the "classic" display of the NBR.
    The only solution I could find was to re-install.

    However you will be able to log in, in text only/command line mode -...
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    [ubuntu] Keeping system time on GMT

    My machine is set to London time but it jumps to GMT +1 in March (summer time) and reverts to GMT in October.

    How do I keep it running on GMT all year and not make the Summer Time changes ?
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    Re: 1 Million Linux Users - possible?

    Don't fall into the trap of only counting English speaking linux users.

    I assume that a number of Frenchmen (for example) use linux but never look at this forum.

    So; I hunted quickly (at...
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    Re: The 7 Windows Itch

    No, I won't buy W7.

    I am very happy with Ubuntu, it does what I want it do to and I enjoy "looking under the bonnet" and seeing how it works.

    A windows user could use exactly the same arguments...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Reading Windows documents with Ubuntu os?

    What you have there is not a document which can be passively read.

    You have some kind of program to be run under winows. Do you have any idea what it does ?

    A solution. Install Wine, this lets...
  24. [all variants] Re: 9.04: WLAN suddenly stopped working (Acer Aspire One / Atheros AR2425 / ath5k)

    The problem is that the ath5k driver for the Atheros AR242x chip is not that brilliant.

    A solution that worked for me is to install ndiswrapper which is a program that allows you to use the...
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    Modprobe & Ndiswrapper lost on Re-Boot

    Using eeebuntu (Jaunty 9.04 on an Asus eeePC 900 A)kernel 2.6.29-1-netbook

    Set up ndiswrapper with the net5211.inf driver.

    Works fine - but it needs to be re-set on every re-boot; I use the...
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