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    [ubuntu] How to bring up the grub menu

    I cannot get into the grub menu.
    I have tried booting up while holding down the left shift key or the Esc key but that always takes me to the BIOS screen.
    The kernel is 5.15.0-105-generic.
  2. [ubuntu] Re: LibreOffice cannot find default printer

    I followed your suggestion.
    It made no difference.
  3. [ubuntu] LibreOffice cannot find default printer

    I have two network printers plus cups-pdf

    I set one o the network printers as the server default in CUPS and confirmed it in:

    # system-config-printer

    but:

    lpstat -d
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    rsync problem

    Following a rebuild, I ran two scripts, the first to mount remote shares and the second to backup.
    Both scripts had been successfully run for several years. But now under 18.04 they stumble.

    I...
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    Cups-pdf - no output

    On a clean install of 18.04, I have been running up all those applications and drivers necessary to support my weird needs. The last sticking point is cups-pdf.

    I installed printer-driver-cups via...
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    Samba fails to start

    This is actually on Mint 19 Cinnamon (which is based on Ubuntu 18.04).
    After spending many hours trying to get samba to work, I am desperate for some inspiration.

    I have two virtual machines...
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    [mythbuntu] Cannot autologon after adding KDE4

    As the HTPC will be used for non-TV activity by my wife who has always used KDE front ends, I installed KDE. It all works OK except that I cannot get it to autologin. It appears that KDE's login...
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    [ubuntu] HP HDX X18-1320EA Sound problem

    This laptop has been running Ubuntu 10.4 with a Macbuntu skin for nearly two years.

    Recently I connected it to a large screen TV with an HDMI cable. Vision is fine but I have not been able to get...
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    [ubuntu] Freezing Cursor in 10:10

    This had been a successful install of 10:10 on an HP Laptop. It was overlaid with Macbuntu and worked well for several months. A few weeks ago the user complained that the tracker pad wasn't working...
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    [ubuntu] Re: FATAL: error message upon start up

    The full message read FATAL: Cannot load generic modules /lib/modules/2.6.35-25-generic/modules.deb No such file or directory.

    Neither dmesg or cat reported anything useful. I have been fighting...
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    [ubuntu] Re: FATAL: error message upon start up

    The command executed but mad no difference.
    However, I noticed that the 'FATAL' message ended with words to the effect that the file did not exist.

    I wonder if those messages are logged somewhere...
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    [ubuntu] FATAL: error message upon start up

    A recently installed 10:10 displays this message at start up:

    FATAL: Cannot load generic modules /lib/modules/2.6.35-25-generic/modules.deb

    (As best I can remember.It disappears so fast).

    As...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Screen Image foreshortened

    After a couple of (unconected) cold re-boots, it self-cured. Weird but wonderful!:D
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    [ubuntu] Screen Image foreshortened

    I have just installed 10:10 plus macbuntu 10:10 plus VirtualBox 4.x and an XP guest. Unfortunatel during the process the bottom, two inches of screen became inaccessible except for docky.

    I've...
  15. Maverick hangs for 5 minutes with hdd activity

    I have 10:10 x64 installed on a 1.5 TB drive connected to an Asus motherboard with with 4GB of DDR rRAM and on-board ATi HD4200 compliant graphics. Everything I have installed runs except that the...
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