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Bumping... really need help with this...

Absolute beginner here.
Recently upgraded to 12.04LTS.
I want to use Gnome Schedule to play a playlist from my home folder using mplayer every morning at 5 am. I don't know which commands make an...

Hi. Thanks for a very useful software.
Is there any way I can add Artha's functionality to right-click menu? like, I highlight a word and right-click it to choose something like 'look up with...

Thanks. It worked.

Hi all.

I'm using Lucid. The issue is the Network Manager applet on top panel doesn't show up on some boots. When I try adding it through "add to panel" command, I don't find it listed. (I find...

Thank you Toz. Much appreciated.

First of all, let me clarify to moderators that I posted this request in "Absolute Beginner Talk" and re-posting here; I don't know how to remove that post. I need help with this:

I used to use...

Even if somebody tells me how to schedule a music player play a list of songs at a given time daily by any other way(need not be by gnome-scheduler) on Ubuntu 10.04, It will be helpful.

RK

Hi all. I used to use Karmic and have moved to Lucid a day ago.
One feature I enjoyd was the way ubuntu played music everyday at 5.05 am to wake me up. I remember using gnome-scheduler for this and...

Thanks a lot, drs350, it worked! The computer is booting into Lucid without showing the grub now! And no removal of the Ubuntu Optimiser, either.

Can you just tell me how to be Root on GUIs ,...

Thanks drs 350, but as I said in my very first post, I'm a tech Zero.

1. I have only a usb start-up disk that I made from Lucid ISO, not a live-cd; will this be enough?

2. I know how to go into...

And I don't want to go through reinstalling Lucid and 2 gig download of update, upgrade ISOs.....

okay here's the Results.txt from running BIS:

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Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011


============================= Boot Info Summary:...

Okay, I think I've totally screwed up :(
the computer won't boot. I used a live-usb which gave me the option of .28 (only.28 and .28 recovery which i originally wanted). It booted into Lucid and I'm...

Yes, I downloaded the wrong UT. Thanks.
Tweak is not showing any kernels in its window! Is it because I hid all but .28 in grub customiser?
Also, despite unchecking, memtest is displayed in...

Thanks, drs350. I'm updating and upgrading now.
I have downloaded Ubuntu Tweak, read your tutorial yesterday, but am unable to install it. The error given is "Error: Dependency is not satisfiable:...

Hi, I have a diddifferent problem; in fact, two problems. First, let me tell you that I'm a zero tech-wise.

I did a clean install of 10.04 and wanted to remove 9.10. So I formatted HD1 and...

Thanks. I went for a clean install. Downloaded all I could remember I did with karmic and am with fingers crossed. Want to live with Lucid till 2013.

This may sound a bit silly to you guys, but....

Is it possible to install Lucid into the partition that already has Karmic? Can these two share a single home folder? I know I'm a tech-novice but...

Hi all.

As explained in this thread I have Karmic and am happy. But I also want to install Lucid for LTS.

I have downloaded the ISO and made a usb start-up disk. Unfortunately it is getting...

Thank you all. And sorry for the anxious bumping.

bumping...

Okay, I can do with more help :)

1. I'm going to install 10.04 LTS on a seperare partion on my hard disk. I'm going to create a new partion on my 500gig HD with about 350 g freespace. Can ubuntu...

Thanks, nzjethro and cbanakis. You were helpful. I think I'll go the dualboot way. The problem I face with my linux don-know-how is not so much with files (most of them I save on to a different...

I'm using Karmic for a while and am very happy with it. But I understand it's not supported any longer and I need to upgrade.I want to know:

1. What are the pros and cons of using an unsupported...