How to not show window contents when drag and resize ?

2012-11-08 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Is there a way in Lubuntu 12.04 to not show window contents when dragging and resizing? Some window managers ahve this option and I prefer it, wondered if it's possible with Lubuntu? Thanks -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- Lubuntu-users mailing list

Can a USB Device link appear on Desktop when mounted?

2012-11-09 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Using Lubuntu 12.04. When I insert a USB drive it does automatically mount and I go to /media to find it. But is there a way to also have a link to it appear automatically on the desktop to? This is a convienience on some other OS's and wondered if Lubuntu will do this? Thanks -- http://

Can tooltips appear for program names when mousing over desktop shortcuts of any item name?

2012-11-09 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Sometimes a by default truncated name for a program in a desktop launcher/shortcut is very long and as I mouse over it I'm use to seeing a tooltip expanding the full name. I think there are also other cases when many items are shown in lists/managers and a tooltip expands out the name and migh

Help to get USB WiFi RTL8187 working

2012-11-09 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Using Lubuntu 12.04. I can not get an external USB WIFI rtl8187 interface to work. These units really pull a signal in but I've always had problems with them and recent Ubuntu flavors. Wlan0 is the builtin one in my laptop which works OK. wlan1 is the USB trl8187. I turn off via harware swit

Re: Correction: Help to get USB WiFi RTL8187 working

2012-11-09 Thread Lee Gold
,,,snip,,, . When I do $ lsmod I see plenty of mention of rtl8187 and tried > adding rtl8187 to /etc/modules, but the LED on it will not light. > ifconfig "sees it" as wlan0. Network Manager cites it but it's grayed > out. snip,,, should be: ifconfig "sees it" as wlan1 -- http://www.fastmail.

How to Log in Without Password in Lubuntu 11.04 ?

2012-11-14 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Have PC with Lubuntu 11.04. I want to make it automatically logging without needing password. I've been trying to find gdmsetup but I can not, I thought that's the way to do it(?) How do I do this in Lubuntu 11.04? Thanks -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin

Disable Capslock in Lubuntu 12.04

2012-11-15 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, How do I disable the capslock permanently in Lubuntu 12.04? I tried $ xmodmap -e "clear Lock" in the terminal as an experiment, it did not give and error but it did not work. Thanks, Lee G. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-

Re: How to Log in Without Password in Lubuntu 11.04 ?

2012-11-17 Thread Lee Gold
instructions are at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Boot_Install_Login#For_releases_11.10_and_before_it_.28LXDM.29 > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 14 November 2012 16:04, Lee Gold wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Have PC with Lubuntu 11.04. I want

Screen refresh while scrolling

2012-11-26 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Using Lubuntu 12.04. I notice Firefox when scrolling - the scrolling itself is smooth but the content (say page text) wavers a bit while scrolling. I'm not sure what the word is for what I see - I'd say maybe the refreshing is slightly choppy while scrolling. I don't notice this with other dis

A mounted usb card reader with falsh card shows up three times in file manager

2012-12-27 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Using Lubuntu 12.04. When I plug in a compact flash card from my digital camera (which itself is plugged into a usb card reader because my laptop does not have a slot that format) the file manager shows three identical instances of that. But only one card is plugged in. Does anyone know the fi

lxshortcut does not work

2013-01-30 Thread Lee Gold
lxshortcut not work - just fails silently. Using Lubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Any ideas? Thanks. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/l

Lubuntu with Realtek 8187

2013-03-08 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, I have a USB Wifi interface with a RealTek 8187 chip. Lubuntu does not recognize it and ifconfig -a does not show it. I have never been able to make recent version of any Ubuntu flavor work well with this inferface. But it usually at least recognizes it. My Lubuntu does not recognize it, nothi

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2013-03-08 Thread Lee Gold
$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS" Re above using Lubuntu 12.04, I have virtual two desktops. In the taskbar I can switch between them by clicking the little windows that represent them. I notice that the

13.04 video problems

2013-05-13 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Just installed 13.04 and then mediabuntu. I have a video rendering problem. Watching DVDs the colors are wrong - much to saturated and orange, Watching flash on youtube on FF - it's unusable, broken, the vid renders as a tiny cube with distored colors. Is it a driver problem? Is there a way

Re: How To Install Nvidia Drivers In LUbuntu

2013-05-19 Thread Lee Gold
I could be wrong but: I think it's in the Synaptic Package Manager. IMO try the driver that says "Nvidia-173". Then reboot ... - - - - - On Sun, May 19, 2013, at 05:23 PM, Tong Sun wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using LUbuntu 13.04 and need to install the proprietary nvidia driver > on my system because

Re: How To Install Nvidia Drivers In LUbuntu

2013-05-19 Thread Lee Gold
On Sun, May 19, 2013, at 07:15 PM, Tong Sun wrote: > [resend to the group] > > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Lee Gold wrote: > > > I think it's in the Synaptic Package Manager. IMO try the driver that > > says "Nvidia-173". Then reboot ... >

Menu Will Not Close

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
hi, Using Lubuntu 13.10. When I open the Menu the go to an application like the terminal then right click and do "add to desktop" it works (the "shortcut" appears) but the menu remains open even after the icon is successfully put on the desktop and even after my mouse cursor is not over the menu,

How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, Using Lubuntu 13.10. Latest Flash plugin from repositories. I have an Intel Video Chip integrated on my motherboard. It's problematic and there are web pages devoted on how to make it work in Linux. It works OK with Lubuntu except for playing flash on youtube. For example, when trying to pla

Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 05:20 AM, NikTh wrote: > > On 07/11/2013 02:04 μμ, Lee Gold wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Using Lubuntu 13.10. Latest Flash plugin from repositories. > > > > I have an Intel Video Chip integrated on my motherboard. It's > > proble

Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 05:24 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-11-07 13:04, Lee Gold wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Using Lubuntu 13.10. Latest Flash plugin from repositories. > > > > I have an Intel Video Chip integrated on my motherboard. It's > > proble

Fwd: Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 09:40 AM, Federico Leoni wrote: > Lee, > > would you gently post your at least your video configuration? > > lspci -mm | grep VGA > sudo lshw -c video > > Thanks, > > F. user@user1-pchut:~$ lspci -mm | grep VGA 00:02.0 "VGA compatible controller" "Intel Corporation" "

Re: Fwd: Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
Hi, If after booting to the "deformed" desktop with a config for uxa in /etc/X11 and then doing, sudo service lightdm restart It fixes it. I have to go into another console so manage to get a desktop after doing it but the end result is, it's fixed. I tried using rc.local and added the line se

Re: Fwd: Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 06:33 PM, NikTh wrote: > > On 08/11/2013 01:41 πμ, Lee Gold wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If after booting to the "deformed" desktop with a config for uxa in > > /etc/X11 and then doing, > > > > sudo service lightdm re

Re: Fwd: Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

2013-11-07 Thread Lee Gold
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 07:50 PM, Federico Leoni wrote: > Lee, > > Would you like to share with us how did you find this hack? We are > curious! > :) > And please, if you found a workaround to solve definitely your issue > please > fill a bug on Launchpad to help others. > > Thanks. > > F.

Re: can't connect to any wifi Dell Laitude D820

2015-04-07 Thread Lee Gold
Maybe: http://linuxg.net/how-to-fix-broadcom-bcm4311-wireless-driver-on-ubuntu-and-linux-mint/ On Tue, Apr 7, 2015, at 01:25 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: > Your Ethernet cable is not connected as well is it? > On Apr 7, 2015 4:22 PM, "GothSpark Imvu" wrote: > > > hi, > > I installed lubunt