can't log in has anyone had this problem

2007-04-16 Thread mike coulombe
Hi, I just got a update and when I rebooted I couldn't login. However pressing ctrl alt f1 and logging in did work to get me to a terminal. I assume something is broken in gnome, because I keep getting the login sound when trying to log in. I did use avimux before rebooting, but I don't think that

Re: need info on menus

2007-04-16 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Hi Mike, your subject line mentions "menus" but your text mentions "a directory". Which did you mean to talk about? The Linux terminal does have autocompletion functionality (using the tab key) and GNOME menus do jump to the option with a first letter matching a keypress. For example, if I go t

a possible bug with orca

2007-04-16 Thread mike coulombe
Hi I have needed to open orca preferences with insert space a few times today. What I notice is sometimes it opens in a few seconds, but most of the time it never opens. Has anyone else had this problem. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000734-0, 04/16/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clea

need info on menus

2007-04-16 Thread mike coulombe
Hi, I have always noticed in ubuntu when I am in a directory and press the first letter of what I am looking for it doesn't go to that idem. I assume this is because you can't do this in gnome like you can in windows. If this is the case I think adding this feature would be helpful. X-Antivirus: av

ORCA Through A USB Device?

2007-04-16 Thread Mia Lipner
Hello, I tried running the Ubuntu Live CD -- it was the one handed out at CSUN, so I think it was 6.1). Because of some issues with my laptop, I run all sound through a USB Imic2. We could get Ubuntu itself to recognize the device, and send sound there, but we couldn't find a way to get speech t

Offline until further notice.

2007-04-16 Thread Luke Yelavich
Greetings all Apologies in advance for the cross post, but its easier to send a message to all lists that I tend to be active on. As of a few minutes from now, I will be offline until further notice, due to a house move. I'll do my best to get back online as soon as I possibly can. -- Luke Yel

Re: can this be done in dapper

2007-04-16 Thread Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson
Good evening, On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, mike coulombe wrote: > Hi, is there a way to get dapper to see windows partitions. > Thanks Mike. Create a directory and mount the partition there. If your Windows partition is on /dev/hda2 and you have created a directory called /windows, you would type mo

what changed on the live CD?

2007-04-16 Thread Lubos Pintes
Hello, I downloaded the live CD today. I tried to boot it, but either it hangs up, or something changed in the boot process that I am not aware of. I started as usual 1. boot. 2. f5, 3, enter. 3. f6, hpet=disable (needed on my laptop), enter. The boot process started, but cdrom stopped aft