Thanks - not at all obvious!!
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Thanks - not at all obvious!!
I have a Python program that uses Cairo & Pango to create PDF files. I am trying to upgrade from Python 2 to 3 and although I can find the cairo libraries, I can find no reference to pango in the...
Having just upgraded to 20.04, I have little squares with dots in (like playing cards) rather than letters in all window title bars, the desktop panels, notifications, system menu and and probably...
Thanks, I've tried that and all is OK at the moment. We'll see what happens on the next boot....
On booting my desktop computer, it only intermittently detects the monitor and when it does not, sets me up in VESA mode with very low resolution. It used to work fine. I thought it was a slightly...
I have a blank (unused) dvd-ram (it happens to be one I had lying around) that I want to put an ISO file on.
K3B says "no medium information" so I tried wodim, which looks hopeful. This is output...
I have a fairly simple website that has a form for users to fill in. It uses session_id to communicate the fields filled in. This worked fine in all browsers that I was aware of, but the latest...
I have a machine that has both Ubuntu and puppy (XenialDog) installed.
I can boot into either from a legacy grub installed on a USB drive (Legacy boot too, of course).
I can boot into Ubuntu...
Thanks all. It looks as though I need to find out how to get the GRUB menu to display, rather than just booting straight into the OS.
I am getting more confused! Let me say what I think I understand and someone can correct me.
In the old BIS boot, the firmware reads the first few bytes of the disc or partition (the MBR) which...
I have use the USB drive simply to test that the version will work on this machine. I want to install it on the internal drive.
I would like to be able to select the OS I use at boot time. Grub...
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop has come with Ubuntu 14.4 installed. I would like to install another Linux or Ubuntu variant along side it. I have disabled "secure boot" and "fast boot" but the...
I am trying to use the gnome sound recorder. The combo box labelled "Record as" has no entries, so I can't record. What am I missing? This used to work fine in 14.03 but I have upgraded to 16.03...
The problem is an incompatibility of CUPS before & after version 1.5.4. I now need to add the printer to the list of printers on the remote machine since CUPS no longer broadcasts information about...
Same IP address as far as I know. Well I thought it was, but maybe not. I thought that it ended in 37, but /etc/hosts says it ends 91. I think that the modem/router assigns the numbers. Both...
I recently upgraded my main machine from 11.04 to 14.04 and am now unable to see the printer that is connected to this machine from another. CUPS still says that the printers are shared locally. ...
Solved! it appears that there was an old GRUB installed in the MBR. I had installed in the partition so that worked on chainload but not on direct boot from the BIOS. Re-installed GRUB to the MBR...
I have a hard drive that is failing. I have moved everything onto a new disk, installed GRUB on the new drive (currently called /dev/sdb1) and can chainload from the old grub loader to the new one...
I have a device that provides audio input through a USB connection. I have used it in the past with little problem, and it has been sitting under my desk (unused) for some time. I connected it...
That did it. Thanks!!
Recent auto-upgrade to FF 19.0 gives me PDFs displayed in a browser window rather than the previous behaviour of asking me whether I want to save it or view it. I know some poeple want this but I...
I hadn't - the project is using SWIG - I will now!
Thanks
Sorry .. some hoe the "submit" button was pressed
I want to be able to pass a function from Python into C or C++ for it to be called later. In Python this is easy:
def called():
print...
I want to be able to pass a function from Python into C or C++ for it to be called later. In Python this is easy:
def called():
print "OK"
def call_it(f):
Ah well. I have fixed it by wiping the partition and re-copying the files. Something must have been left lying around that disrupted the boot process.