May

21

Restore Missing Panels in Ubuntu

May 21, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Tess from the USA asks: “…I am having trouble viewing my menu bar that usually appears across the top of my screen. The volume control used to be here and now I don’t get volume at all. How do I get the menu bar to reappear?…” 1) Try this command in Terminal: metacity –replace 2) [...]

May

5

Enabling Automatic Login in Ubuntu

May 5, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Harvey from the U.S. asks: “…Just upgraded to 10.04, so am having to log in each time the computer suspends/screen locks. I am the only one with physical access to this computer, so prefer to configure so that password is *not* required to bring the screen back up after suspend. How do I configure this [...]

Mar

26

How to Uninstall .deb Packages – Reader Questions

March 26, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Jake from Germany asks: “…I downloaded the new .deb package from Opera… and I want to uninstall it because it will not load any web pages, making me crazy… how to I uninstall it?” I’m assuming it was a .deb package that you downloaded directly from the Opera web site. (As a side note, I [...]

Feb

27

Upgrade Ubuntu Firefox to Version 3.6 – Reader Questions

February 27, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox… I’m stuck at 3.0.18, how can I get upgraded?…” This is an issue, I’ve encountered before. The newest versions of Firefox are not yet in the repositories, and the “Check for [...]

Feb

15

Ubuntu MD5 Hash – Reader Questions

February 15, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Nicki from Toronto asks: “…I’ve made too many coasters, where is the link to check the MD5 of the Ubuntu iso downloads… Someone told me I should check them before burning, but I can’t find them anywhere…” I have had the same issue untill I bookmarked the page. But for ease of reference to all [...]

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