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  1. [SOLVED] Re: Partial Upgrade last night; today, no ubuntu

    Thanks guys,
    think I will chalk it up to experience and go for clean re-install, as I don't like the fact that I now have 2 versions, 2 partitions.

    appreciate your time taken to respond,
    godfree
  2. [SOLVED] Partial Upgrade last night; today, no ubuntu

    I clicked on canonical's message, absent-mindly, asking me if I wanted to go ahead and do a "partial upgrade" as full-upgrade was not possible due to incompatabilities of installed packages.

    today...
  3. [SOLVED] Re: associating program with certain file extensions

    Thanks man,
    really preciate it!

    godfree
  4. [SOLVED] associating program with certain file extensions

    I'm trying to get my pc to open a geogebra file: extension .ggb.
    I have the program running well but can't find where it is.

    Can't get much more basic, but please, someone, tell me how to find...
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    Geogebra 4.2 Ubuntu support

    Hi folks,
    I was hoping to be able to install the latest stable version of Geogebra after 4.2, through the ubuntu install manager, or ??

    Anyone able to help: thanks.

    Godfree
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    Re: spreadsheet for use with Latex

    Got it!
    Like it: have yet to try it out in LaTeX.
    Do I save my gnumeric files as .pdf or as images?

    thanks man, really helpful!

    Godfrey
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    Re: spreadsheet for use with Latex

    Thanks, so does this mean that the .eps format is handled by Tex?
    G
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    Re: spreadsheet for use with Latex

    I've looked at gnuplot, of course, and thanks for reminding me of this, but
    gnuplot is CL controlled and, while I am heading there, remember,
    I said I am a newbie to linux, so, since I am under...
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    spreadsheet for use with Latex

    Which is the recommended spreadsheet for use when inserting graphs (let me clear: i am talking about a fully functional, 2 variable chart to indicate exponential population growth in a pre-calc...
  10. [SOLVED] Re: happy little ubunite seeks hyper-noob, - noo-born! - info

    sincere thanks; actually, while my tone is light and fluffy,
    i *was* sincere and unironic in my lil message to Fred, who has recently helped me
    in other questions

    but got your point, made...
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    [SOLVED] Re: need to keep adding to KDE

    Thanks. This helps me understand much better what is going on.
    I only wanted to know if, having made a choice for one DE over another, over all others, that this meant you shouldn't keep updating to...
  12. [gnome] Viewing Latex.pdf with Document Viewer

    I just made a test .tex file using texmaker.

    I know i have a .tex file but can't get Document Viewer to read it.

    Error message is:
    Unable to open document
    File type Tex document (text/x-tex)...
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    [gnome] Re: terminal question

    thx, tried that, still no action....


    def on_btnAddWindow_clicked(self, widget):
    KeyboardInterrupt
    ^[
    ^C^Mgufw&
    gufw&

    puzzled...
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    [gnome] Re: terminal question

    Yeah, I did that, opened it successfully, got it running, but then noticed i coudn't close terminal without it generating an error message, as described above
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    [gnome] Re: terminal question

    Interesting. I tried escape and all i got was:
    KeyboardInterrupt
    KeyboardInterrupt

    so, i go to close it and I get:
    " There is still a process running in this terminal. Closing the terminal will...
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    [gnome] terminal question

    Just ran my first successful command at prompt without leading to multiple re-installs or recourse to any drugs prescribed or proscribed.

    However, this has led to a question so basic I *almost*...
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    [gnome] new to gnome

    (and newborn to linux)

    I miss one thing about Unity: the ease with which i could access my "favorites", by a sideways slam of the cursor to the left!

    Two questions:

    1. Now i need to enter...
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    [SOLVED] need to keep adding to KDE

    I'm trying Gnome environment.

    I have two questions:

    1. how do i configure update manager to stop making lists of KDE software for d.load?
    2. does "1." show a misunderstanding of what an...
  19. [gnome] Re: error message when launching firestarter

    You might want to read some things in the Security Discussions forum before deciding what to do abut firewall configuration. Start with these two stickies:
    ...
  20. [SOLVED] Re: happy little ubunite seeks hyper-noob, - noo-born! - info

    thanks guys: I had a read and should have done so before making this post
  21. [SOLVED] Re: happy little ubunite seeks hyper-noob, - noo-born! - info

    I would gladly help Fred, honest, but no-one knows less about Ubuntu than me, or such is my grim conjecture based on quick look at my posts and honest moment of introspection into my internalized...
  22. [SOLVED] Re: happy little ubunite seeks hyper-noob, - noo-born! - info

    why bother responding with so cryptic a message?

    Here's more arcana for ya:
    34/50
  23. [SOLVED] happy little ubunite seeks hyper-noob, - noo-born! - info

    when I try to edit my details (my profile) i get a message saying that i may not have permission to do so; reason: posted under 50 messages

    if this is so, cld someone plse confirm this?

    if...
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    [SOLVED] Re: just installed gnome

    Ah, many thousands of humble pardons; weak-minded, aged newbie failed to explain:
    the tool works! i see it, I tweak it!

    What was a concern, and no longer is a concern, thanks to you, was the...
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    [SOLVED] Re: just installed gnome

    After putting your kindly offered code into terminal, then rebooting, then trying
    same command again, i still get critical error message, but! and this is important!,
    the terminal doesn't hang...
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