Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound
Thanks, James. I got some of the programs reinstalled, and my sound was okay after all. And thankfully my screen res/nvidia drivers all seem to be behaving themselves tonight. I just hope that newbies to Linux do not experience this kind of problem as it can be very offputting. Of course I experienced a lot of bad things with Windows in the past, which is what drove me to Linux in the first place. I just hope that Ubuntu will behave itself now. David King James Tait wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi David, > > David King wrote: > >> Currently I cannot get VLC reinstalled, due to dependency errors. Is >> there a log file that I can look at that lists all that the system did >> when it reinstalled the nvidia drivers and deleted many other programs? >> > > You can see an update history by starting Synaptic > (System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager) and clicking History > under the File menu. > > Cheers, > > JT > - -- > - ---+ > James Tait, BSc|xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org > Programmer and Free Software advocate | VoIP: +44 (0)870 490 2407 > - ---+ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknSnXgACgkQyDo4xMNTLibxBgCgnXnSofWsag0naSHLhBvBWwTx > Ap4An0Xk84st8yCyFAfEye3q8HAyu6p0 > =uqZ4 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deleted files showing in some dialogue boxes
Dianne, Those are backup files. To get to them in Nautilus, browse to the folder they're in (for example /home/Dianne/Documents/ ) and press Ctrl + H. This shows hidden files and folders. From there, you can just delete the files,then press ctrl + H again to hide hidden files and folders. If you don't hide them again, you'll find a lot of extra (configuration) folders in your Home directory. Hope that helps! 2009/4/1 Dianne Reuby > I'm finding more and more files that have duplicates - presumably backup > files, as they have a tilde in the file name. For example, index.html > and index.htm~ > > They don't show in Nautilus, but they do show in dialogue boxes such as > "open file", and in programs such as Filezilla. > > I'm running 8.10, I've been looking at both OS and program preferences, > but I can't solve this. It only seems to have started recently, but it > is a pain especially if I want to select a block of files. > > Any advice welcome - thanks! > > Dianne > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Deleted files showing in some dialogue boxes
I'm finding more and more files that have duplicates - presumably backup files, as they have a tilde in the file name. For example, index.html and index.htm~ They don't show in Nautilus, but they do show in dialogue boxes such as "open file", and in programs such as Filezilla. I'm running 8.10, I've been looking at both OS and program preferences, but I can't solve this. It only seems to have started recently, but it is a pain especially if I want to select a block of files. Any advice welcome - thanks! Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound
David King wrote: > I have booted into Ubuntu 3 times, and each time, it only boots into low > graphics mode and with no sound. > > The only thing different is having installed Virtual Box last night, and > now I cannot get Ubuntu working properly. > > What can I do to fix it? > > > David King > > If you patched 8.04 then try this for the sound: (I got the same on my Tosh Netbook which also runs 8.04...) Anyone who has lost the sound on their note book can recover the missing drivers by entering the following details. Case Sensitive. Enter Terminal type sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-lpia/updates/sound ~/sound press enter enter password press enter type sudo depmod -a press enter shut down note pad and restart sound will now be back with you HTH -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, Swiftfox and Swiftweasel
I have started to notice that the windows Firefox version 3.0.7 crashes every now and then. The same can be said for the apple version as well, On Ubuntu 8.10 i don't get that and i notice last night that it loaded pictures faster than both the apple and windows cussons. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:06 PM, David King wrote: > I too have had problems with Firefox. Mostly sites with Flash. I have > tried various recent versions of Flash, and most Flash-heavy sites just > cause Firefox to crash or else I get an error saying that Flash is not > installed. I also use Flock which works perfectly with Flash sites, e.g. > the new Street View on Google Maps. > > I have not heard of Swiftweasel, but I have heard of Iceweasel. Is it > worth trying one of those to replace Firefox? I like Firefox, but not > its lack of ability to use Flash properly in Linux. > > > David King > > > Jai Harrison wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > I've been experiencing some issues with Firefox lately (freezing > > during general use, lagging during Flash video playback, etc.). So I > > looked into it and it appears that the binary provided in Ubuntu for > > Firefox doesn't use some special compiler/compile method that is used > > on the Windows binaries. Next I found Swiftfox but because it is > > proprietary software I continued to search the web until I came across > > Swiftweasel (which is AFAIK the same thing but without the Firefox > > branding). > > > > Unfortunately the latest *.deb provided is for version 3.0.3 (there > > have been numerous security patches since then) and the tar.gz along > > with instructions for 3.0.8 does not appear to work on Ubuntu (I've > > tried it). > > > > So I've been using Swiftweasel 3.0.3 lately and didn't notice much > > difference which led me to believe that my Firefox profile might have > > been damaged by an extension or simply have gotten crowded over the > > years. Thus I created a new profile but when trying to install Google > > Gears in Swiftweasel it wouldn't acknowledge installation on any Gears > > enabled websites. So I copied my profile over to Firefox and got Gears > > to work in that now leaving me running a newish profile under Firefox > > with a few questions. > > > > 1) How much better will the performance be from Swiftweasel? Is it > > worth migrating this profile back to the browser with the > > understanding that Gears will probably work now it's been installed? > > As such should I spend further time trying to get the Firefox 3.0.8 > > tar.gz to work in Ubuntu or just settle for 3.0.3 knowing there is > > exposed security flaws in it? > > > > 2) How come Firefox is so slow on GNU/Linux anyway? I've been looking > > at threads on the Ubuntu forums where people go as far as to say that > > Firefox is as much as twice as fast on Windows XP. Surely someone > > inside Canonical will compile Firefox using the same compiling > > technique as used with Windows if that is what's causing the problem. > > Otherwise how come that a FOSS browser is slower on the most open > > platform OS when the majority of its users on said platform are > > developers? > > > > I have an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (2MB Cache) T5750 @ 2.00GHz along > > with 2GB of RAM (over half of which isn't being used). This doesn't > > seem to be a question of insufficient hardware to me. > > > > I await your replies, > > > > Jai "Venko" > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Robert Flatters, AMBSC -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
