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    [SOLVED] Re: Has get-iplayer just been broken?

    I pulled the change line from the bottom of the thread proseak linked to, edited it into get_iplayer.pl and it seems to work fine on ******* (am I allowed to mention that word here?).

    Then I...
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    [SOLVED] Re: has get-iplayer just been broken?

    Yup, got that also.

    Tried deleting .swfinfo and refreshing get_iplayer.pl to no effect.
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    [SOLVED] Re: has get-iplayer just been broken?

    This happened to me today. Could not download a program from BBC4 and could not re-download (with --force) a program I successfully downloaded earlier this week.
  4. [xubuntu] Cannot start xubunut after 11.10 upgrade

    I have just run the online upgrade on a Xubuntu 11.04 system.

    The upgrade appeared to work ok but now I get the grub menu, select the default option and get an error

    hd2 write error

    followed...
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    [all variants] Re: modprobe setup

    Well, after an update the system has started to find the options in forcedeth.conf as I expected it to in the first place. I must admit I did not check all 150 or so updates so perhaps there was a...
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    [all variants] [not solved but gone away]modprobe setup

    I have a motherboard problem which requires the forcedeth module be run with msi=0 and msix=0 (at least until I upgrade the mb bios).

    I have created the file /etc/modprobe.d/forcedeth.conf...
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    [SOLVED] Re: root can't change permissions

    Is it possible that you have also screwed up the permissions of the test directory? It may be that root no longer has the right to change files in that directory. Back up (cd ..) and see what...
  8. [SOLVED] Re: 10K questions / Please help me convert to *nix / Advanced level advice please.

    I would suggest that you look at remastersys for this. Set up one machine and when you are happy with it run "remastersys dist". This will create an .iso image of a customised ubuntu distribution...
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    [ubuntu] Re: SSH Over internet

    err, isn't the ssh command:

    ssh -p <portnum> user@ip
  10. [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu 11.04, reasons to upgrade? Are there any?

    I agree with this completely. The way you use a desktop is dependent on your work mix and personal preferences and habits. I'm used to using a large monitor or two where multiple windows are...
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    [ubuntu] Xorg at 100% CPU

    Since a recent update I have been experiencing complete system locks where the keyboard and mouse buttons become unresponsive and the mouse pointer does not change shape although I can move it around...
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    Re: GUI vs Terminal: your opinions?

    Both have their place. You can do more or less anything you want from a command line IF you know how do get there in the first place. If you don't, a blank box with a '$' in the top left corner is...
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    [gnome] Gnome terminal irritation

    The gnome terminal has taken to querying me every time I exit:



    This is because there is an unclosed ssh session in the window. I am quite happy for the system to close this silently (as it...
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    [all variants] Re: "Best" RAID configuration with two disks

    99% of the time you will not notice the speed difference between raid0, raid1 and jbod. If you have a failure on boot and you are on a raid0 filesystem you will waste more time fixing it that you...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Impossible to boot in Ubuntu

    7.10 is very old. Maybe it can't read the partition table. Try a more recent live CD.
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    [ubuntu] Re: adding .mp3 extension to my music

    for future reference, open a command window, go to the directory containing the music and type

    find . -type f -exec mv {} {}.mp3 \;

    command lines may seem arcane but they can be very fast. ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Login keyring box

    No, it is not a geek rule it is a matter of basic security. Nor is it broken - a few posts up someone explained how to avoid having to enter any passwords. If you have a machine with nothing of...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Bad Indicator-applet experience

    Hmmm. I don't need the me-menu/social stuff and I'd prefer to avoid all the notification stuff but I don't like kubuntu. Does anyone know if xubuntu still stays with the older system?
  19. [all variants] Re: Hardware compatability..building linux file server

    If you have no previous experience with linux then install the desktop version and add anything else you need (eg samba if you have ******* clients) from the repositories. Administering a server...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Deleting files on a Windows share

    I thought "Device or resource busy" was the message you got when something was using the file you tried to delete. In particular, you get this message when you try to delete a running exe.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Compiling Lisa OS Emulator

    You can safely ignore the deprecated conversion warning. Basically it says
    that you are addressing constant data in a way which would potentially enable you to modify it. Since modifying a...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Too much real estate taken up by Ubuntu

    Or just set both panels to autohide
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    [ubuntu] Re: Partitions missing after XP install

    It is possible that when you installed linux you created a GPT (GUID partition table). This has many advantages if you have compatible operating systems but I do not think it is supported by XP 32...
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    [ubuntu] Re: H.264 files into DVD

    I think handbrake only does DVD->H264, not the other way around.

    There is a utility knocking around called mkv2vob, but it is a windows program. It might run under wine.

    Have you tried asking...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Fglrx issues...

    There have been issues with fglrx and the karmic kernel. Uninstall fglrx and try getting the latest version. Check that it supports the kernel you are running with.

    You may need to use the open...
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