August 29th, 2010 at 6:32pm |
Some packages (for instance xubuntu default configuration, gdm and theme packages) have a hidden dependency on ubuntu-netbook-default-settings, however since this is not an actual package dependency the following error may be displayed every time you try to install or update your system: No such file or directory: ‘/usr/share/gconf/defaults/20_une-gconf-default’ The solution is as simple as satisfying [...]
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June 17th, 2010 at 7:27pm |
“There was a problem with the command for this terminal: Text was empty (or contained only whitespace)” Today I tried Gnome Conduit synchronizer and the result was f*up my gnome-terminal profile. If you get this error you have to close the error window and then click on
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June 12th, 2010 at 4:11pm |
Parcellite crash on icon click, Zim does not load after recent update of libgtk2.0-0 from Ubuntu Netbook PPA.
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May 25th, 2010 at 11:46am |
Following Sun Microsystem acquisition by Oracle also VirtualBox releases signing key has been updated to reflect the new ownership. This would prompt you with error: W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org lucid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be [...]
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:55pm |
It seems there is some bug that prevents a live usb instance of kubuntu lucid 10.04 from booting two or more times if it has been set to allow for extra space settings storage.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 1:19pm |
It may happen to decide having a try with one of the many customized Ubuntu distributions available, but eventually deciding to convert it back to a standard Ubuntu setup without reinstalling the whole OS. Playing around a little bit with the installed software packages would probably lead you to remove those meta-packages that keep the [...]
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December 8th, 2009 at 6:33pm |
In Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 the frequency scaling GNOME applet always requires a password in order to allow you to change CPU frequency or governor. This is due to policykit profiles enforcing some more strict security. Helas these profiles are not editable trough the applet in System -> Administration -> Authorisation. Fortunately, as always in linux [...]
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December 8th, 2009 at 5:48pm |
SquirrelMail is an OpenSource powerful yet easy to use webmail interface. Setting it up is extremely easy. Here I am going to cover just a few not so obvious aspects of the setup process. Download Squirrel Mail installation package from here:
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December 6th, 2009 at 5:34pm |
If you get the following error at login The panel encountered a problem while loading OAFIID:Glipper that means your computer if pretty fast and glipper loads too fast. The workaround consists in slowing down glipper starup a few seconds.
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December 4th, 2009 at 5:14pm |
If you are used to customize your GNOME desktop environment according to you needs you would probably end with a too much populated “open with” contextual menu. When you right click on some ODT, MP3, AVI or whatever file you could end with several duplicate entries for Okular, Audacious, VLC, Brasero etc. Getting rid of [...]
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