Hello to everybody. I'm new in this forum and I have no clue about Ubuntu. I updated the version to 9.10 and since then I have a few problems. The main one: every time I connect a pendrive or an external hard disk, the laptop does not recognize them. I'm a bit desperate because I have all my work in ...

Hi, I'm running jaunty with gnome and I've got all the media codecs for multimedia. I just installed tuxguitar and I can't get the program to play sound. I haven't created anything, but when I try to play the default "guitar tuner" notes, it cycles through the notes, but I get no sound. I have no other ...

One of the most irritating experiences that I face in using Ubuntu is the CD recording and copying. I love the Ubuntu project but I can't properly copy CDs and DVDs with multiple sections. When I'm copying the disk, some system event interrupts the CD burner to try to mount the CD and it makes the program ...

Hi, I am trying to backup my partition /dev/sda1 where my /home directory is onto the /dev/sdb2 partition, using "PartImage". Code: hristo@Desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 150.0 GB, 150039945216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 18241 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes ...

Anybody knows how to fix File Browser theme which is not following to system theme. And System theme returns back to original theme after every time i restart or shutdown. I have to go to "Change Desktop Background" to change the theme i want again. Please look at my desktop screenshoot http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/y...Screenshot.png ...

Hi, does anyone know how to make mplayer repeat a set of songs (or even if it can?)? I know that a single song can be repeated with "-loop x" but the command Code: mplayer song1.mp4 song2.mp4 -loop 2 will only repeat the second song. I could of course write a script to do it, but I wondered if I could ...

I am making a public kiosk computer to be used by Guest users. I would like to make an ubuntu installation that resets itself to new user defaults if inactive for 30 minutes. Every time the computer is not used for over 30 minutes, I would like it to log out (back to GDM) and start fresh with a new ...

It happened to me every time after a new installation of ubuntu 9.10: I connect my laptop with an external monitor, when I tried to change the display to accommodate the external monitor resolution, I will have no display on both monitors, the computer freezed, I end up doing hard power off every time~ ...

Yes, despite what you might think right now, Ubuntu can be a wonderful experience for even beginning users to enjoy. And it is recognized as one of the very best Linux Distributions available today, very user friendly and not too different from Windows, the operating system most PC users have already ...

I just installed 9.10 on an old laptop that I have... and it's got Radeon mobility 9000 in it. I've looked everywhere I could think of, but I cannot find the actual linux drivers for the card. I've seen step-by-steps on how to get them installed, but I still can't find the actual driver install files.... ...