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  1. [ubuntu] Re: Laptop screen SOMETIMES blank from as early as BIOS

    Any thoughts?
  2. [ubuntu] Laptop screen SOMETIMES blank from as early as BIOS

    Hi there.

    I'm not sure if this is even an ubuntu problem but...

    I few weeks ago I installed 10.04. For the first few days everything worked fine (which is a first for a new distro on my...
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    [ubuntu] Re: /tmp... no space left on device

    The output of df -h didn't change substantially after cleaning up, but after restarting my computer this problem fixed its self, and I can compile my code.

    Thanks for your help anyway.
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    [ubuntu] Re: /tmp... no space left on device

    /dev/sda1 107G 99G 2.4G 98% /
    tmpfs 1007M 0 1007M 0% /lib/init/rw
    varrun 1007M 232K 1006M 1% /var/run
    varlock 1007M 0 1007M ...
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    [ubuntu] /tmp... no space left on device

    Does anyone know how to fix this error:


    mdl.y:795: fatal error: error writing to /tmp/ccRmZ4fF.s: No space left on device
    compilation terminated.

    Firefox and Seamonkey have been giving me...
  6. Thread: Just Curious

    by lnajt
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    [ubuntu] Re: Just Curious

    Thanks. I spoke to my CS teacher, and he thinks its probably exactly that - it's not taking into account the space lost when a cluster goes only partially filled. Or Something like that.
  7. Thread: Just Curious

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    [ubuntu] Re: Just Curious

    viola
  8. Thread: Just Curious

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    [ubuntu] Just Curious

    So, when I go into Gparted it says my primary partition has about 8.5 gb's of free space but the estimate that shows up towards the bottom of a file browser says about its 3.7 gb.

    I'd like to know...
  9. [ubuntu] Re: No start up sound after upgrading to Jaunty Jackalope

    Partially Fixed:

    I unchecked IEC958 Default PCM un under Volume Control > HDA Intel (ALsa Mixer) > Switches [you have to enable the switch in preferences].

    It now works through the miniport on...
  10. [ubuntu] No start up sound after upgrading to Jaunty Jackalope

    After upgrading to Jaunty this morning, no applications on my computer play any sound, and the start up Jingle is mysteriously absent.

    I would appreciate some help.

    I ran a speaker test...
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    Re: Trivial Networking Question, gethostbyname

    nvm
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    Trivial Networking Question, gethostbyname

    I am writing some code for my Systems class, and I need someway to get my local IP address. Every attempt so far (passing localhost through getaddrinfo) has proved fruitless - I've gotten 127.0.0.1...
  13. Thread: Memory hog?

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    [ubuntu] Memory hog?

    I was cleaning up my computer, and I found that Linux had allocated 4.58 GBs of space to the linux-swap. Is this gratuitous - can move some of that storage space to my primary partition or should I...
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    [ubuntu] Wireless Network Printer

    Back when I was running Hardy Heron, I set up my Brother 7820N printer with but a click.

    I have since uninstalled that printer. Now I need to install it again in Ibex but my computer does not...
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    [ubuntu] Brother printer troubles in Ibex

    Brother printer stops working in Ibex
    Before I upgraded to Intrepid Ibex, my brother printer (MFC 7820N) worked without a hitch.

    Now I get the following error everytime I turn on the printer and...
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    [ubuntu] Brother printer stops working in Ibex

    Before I upgraded to Intrepid Ibex, my brother printer (MFC 7820N) worked without a hitch.

    Now I get the following error everytime I turn on the printer and send it its first job.

    ERROR...
  17. [ubuntu] Transport Endpoint not Connected; External Harddrive Connectivity Problems

    When I copy files over to my Maxtor made NTFS formatted External Harddrive, Ubuntu sometimes stops copying partway through and gives me the error: transport endpoint not connected. This happens most...
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    [ubuntu] Re: External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    I don't know why it is formatted NTFS - I presume I bought it that way.

    In addition, it turns out that the USB cable was flawed - after switching it my Harddrive works perfectly (with the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    Update:

    I just plugged the external harddrive in and I got a 'Cannot mount volume' error:

    (I copied it by hand, so there may be type-o's)

    ntfs_attr_pread: ntfs_preed failed: Input/output...
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    [ubuntu] Re: External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    No, gparted cannot see it either.

    The only thing I can think of is that when I was setting up Ubuntu on my laptop I used the harddrive somewhat carelessly during the transfer of wireless drivers,...
  21. [ubuntu] Re: Hardy Heron Crashes, Caps Lock lights flash, Using A Broadcom Wireless Car

    Update: Experimental evidence shows that it only crashes when I'm undocked.
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    [ubuntu] Re: External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    I don't think it shows up in /dev, but here are the contents in case I missed something (since I don't really know what I'm looking for):


    adsp
    audio
    bus
    cdrom
    cdrw
    console
    core
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    [ubuntu] Re: External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    These were the only errors that I encountered

    $ dmesg | grep -i error
    [ 10.634643] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
    [ 31.425771] ACPI: Error installing...
  24. [ubuntu] Laptop crashes randonly - but only when undocked

    When I have my Dell Latitude Laptop docked it is fine, but after I unlock it the computer sometimes crashes randomly.

    When it crashes these things happen:

    1. Everything locks up (The screen...
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    [ubuntu] External Harddrive no longer shows up in /media

    Exactly as the subject says. I bought an External Hard Drive a few weeks ago and it worked fine until a portion of it got corrupted a few days later (I got an IO error when trying to access that part...
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