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My apologies for posting in the wrong place. My impression was that this is exactly where I should be posting to find resolution to my problem.

Moved to New to Ubuntu for support...? Sorry I don't get it.

Ubuntu 16.04 Unity freezes when waking from suspend. This system runs on my desktop with 8 GB RAM, a 120 GB SSD (46% full), Pentium (R) Dual Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00 GHz with on board graphics.
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X-Sane seems to have a blockage when it comes to scanning from Canon hardware. After much useless battling I found Skanlite in the software centre. It picked the scanner up immediately and works like...

donpasquale, I had the same problem, updated vbox here and problem solved: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/11/virtualbox-4-3-20-released-upgrade-in-ubuntu/

This solved my problem: http://itsfoss.com/speed-libre-office-simple-trick/

What is the point of developing the most awesome screensavers if they cannot be used?

Individually.

Skype would not relaunch after reboot on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal until I updated the installation via Synaptic, then Skype bin loaded and everything was fine.

Thanks, makes sense and another learning curve for me!

Thanks varunendra, I tried but there is no link to "solved" in thread tools...

Thanks pkadeel, I found this site http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10/w-duplicate-sources-list-entry-ubuntu-12-10-12-04/
then deleted the duplicates, installed ext pack and ran the rest of the ...

Thanks varunendra.

I tried to install virtualbox via these commands:

echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee...

I tried to install virtualbox via these commands:

echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
wget...

This fix does not seem to work for me:

jan@jan-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic
[sudo] password for jan:
Reading package lists... Done...

My guess is that the second file had the spelling of "application" corrected, that's why it worked.

Many thanks peterx14. Must say I was quite chaffed, found this command before you replied, ran it, corrected the spelling error and presto! Problem solved!

Where do I find this misspelt file to correct, please?

Thanks, could be but it is a new router and the old one did the same...the only difference being that I could print eventually after reinstalling the printer a few times, until I upgraded to 12.04 -...

When I read these posts I thought that my problems were solved, but alas!

Both computers on my home network have accessed my HP 6313 all-in-one printer via the existing connections recently....

Is it the whole jan@jan-etc? I have tried all combinations, the whole thing and just the part after "@" but same result:

A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631. The...

Thanks Bucky Ball, but it is not accepting my username and password. Have I gone wrong somewhere with the username which has never been used before, the system always asks for the password only?

Jerome1232 and anewguy, replies to your questions in seriatim:

Ethernet connection via the router, shared from the other computer.

hp-probe result: warning: No devices found on the 'net' bus....

No problem with Internet whatsoever.

Thanks Ms Daisy, I have had drivers and hplip working for a long time, problem is upgrade to 12.04 seems to have messed up my network so now neither computer is able to communicate with the printer.

Since upgrading to 12.04 Precise Pangolin, my HP Officejet all-in-one does not work. After trying many options, I now get "unable to connect to CIFS host." Printers that lose contact have been my...