<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Im having a problem getting my mic to work, Skypes not picking it up its not muted (checked that several times from the sound mixer any thing I can do to get it to work? I tried both my analog mic and my MS Life cam mic and both arnt working in Kubuntu 11.04 ~Reliks MoonWolf<div> Blessed Be, and God Bless!</div> > From: kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 76, Issue 14 > To: kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 08:14:19 +0000 > > Send kubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: unity desktop how do I find (Tom Bell) > 2. natty host - lucid KVM guest doesn't boot (Mirto Silvio Busico) > 3. Re: Panel Woes Solved (Bill vance) > 4. Re: Panel Woes Solved (Monty Shinn) > 5. Re: unity desktop how do I find (uriah heep) > 6. Re: unity desktop how do I find (Michael Hirsch) > 7. natty: no KDE desktop (D. R. Evans) > 8. Re: natty: no KDE desktop (Dotan Cohen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 09:46:12 -0400 > From: Tom Bell <cbell44@cfl.rr.com> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: unity desktop how do I find > Message-ID: <4DCA9324.2080701@cfl.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 5/11/2011 2:35 AM, Isak Enstr?m wrote: > > On 11/05/11 05:17, uriah heep wrote: > >> I am having problems finding things in the new desktop. I could not > >> find konsole (whats up with that?) and then discovered I had to > >> download it so I did and now I can not find it. I looked for symantik > >> and it is supposedly installed but I can not find the interface. > >> > >> Would some one direct me to documentation on this or tell me how to > >> find Konsole and a recognizable symantik? I really would like to add > >> the mediabuntu repository etc. > >> > >> Is there anyway I can get back the old desktop? > >> > > Since Konsole is a KDE application it would not be installed when > > using Unity (Ubuntu). As for where it is I can't answer since I'm not > > running Ubuntu 11.04 but try pressing the Windows key to show the menu > > and do a search for Konsole. Similarly you could do a search for > > Synaptic (I assume that's what you're looking for?) > > > > Instructions for adding the Medibuntu repo should be available both at > > www.medibuntu.org and at help.ubuntu.com > > > KMenu -> Applications -> System -> "Terminal - Konsole". > > Tom > > -- > Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD > ("Who will protect us from the protectors?") > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:05:47 +0200 > From: Mirto Silvio Busico <mirtosilvio.busico@fastwebnet.it> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: natty host - lucid KVM guest doesn't boot > Message-ID: <4DCA97BB.2000105@fastwebnet.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > Hi all, > > I have a Kubuntu Natty amd64 with qemu-kvm as host and I'm using > virt-manager. > > If I create a Natty amd64 guest all works fine. > > If I create a Lucid amd64 guest the installation seems completed > correctly, but the VM doesn't start stating that there is no bootable > device. > > Anyone experienced this problem? > > Any suggestion? > > Thanks > Mirto > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: mirtosilvio_busico.vcf > Type: text/x-vcard > Size: 272 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/attachments/20110511/5a0d3f60/attachment-0001.vcf> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 08:39:13 -0700 > From: Bill vance <faptagon@gmail.com> > To: kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Panel Woes Solved > Message-ID: <BANLkTimV4h7SQKtn4z=ZGsVVji=GDtQ6Mw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Howdy again folks; > > I found a solution that you might want to implement for insurance. > > I have a multi user setup, but the users are all email aliases for the > various lists > I'm subbscribed to. That's also my reason for wanting to be root, (ease of > switching from one to another). I virtuially never log on as one of > these, as doing so is a cumbersome, and time wasting procedure. > > Anyway the way I solved my disapearing kde setup, was to log on as one of my > aliases, and lo, there it was a pristine setup. So I used the > reviled, "sudo", to > copy the, ".kde", directory and a few other things over to my usual /home/self, > and the rest was a relatively simple matter of, "chown self > /home/self/.kde/*", and,"chgrp self /home/self/.kde/*". You'll need > to do that for each, "/*", step > out to around ,"/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*", just stop when you get a, "no such file or > directory", error, and then log back in as yourself, and you're, "home", free. > > So, the cure then is to create a bogus user, (if you don't have sonething you > can allready use as one), do all your usual system setups for the bogus one, > and you're done. One each, emergency backup for your kde system. > > Later, bye; > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:58:12 -0500 > From: Monty Shinn <montys@videopost.com> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: Panel Woes Solved > Message-ID: <4DCAB214.6040509@videopost.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/11/2011 10:39 AM, Bill vance wrote: > > Howdy again folks; > > > > I found a solution that you might want to implement for insurance. > > > > I have a multi user setup, but the users are all email aliases for the > > various lists > > I'm subbscribed to. That's also my reason for wanting to be root, (ease of > > switching from one to another). I virtuially never log on as one of > > these, as doing so is a cumbersome, and time wasting procedure. > > > > Anyway the way I solved my disapearing kde setup, was to log on as one of my > > aliases, and lo, there it was a pristine setup. So I used the > > reviled, "sudo", to > > copy the, ".kde", directory and a few other things over to my usual /home/self, > > and the rest was a relatively simple matter of, "chown self > > /home/self/.kde/*", and,"chgrp self /home/self/.kde/*". You'll need > > to do that for each, "/*", step > > out to around ,"/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*", just stop when you get a, "no such file or > > directory", error, and then log back in as yourself, and you're, "home", free. > > > > So, the cure then is to create a bogus user, (if you don't have sonething you > > can allready use as one), do all your usual system setups for the bogus one, > > and you're done. One each, emergency backup for your kde system. > > > > Later, bye; > > > > Bill > > > > Perhaps a better option would be to use the chown -R and chgrp -R to do > all the changes recursively, if I am understanding what you are doing. > > I appreciate the info. I think I'm going to make a copy of my .kde > directory for safe keeping... > > Monty > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 17:50:06 -0400 > From: uriah heep <stan10x10@gmail.com> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: unity desktop how do I find > Message-ID: <BANLkTi=J3gr0nDYfV10qz04h0KyAHqVb3A@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Tom Bell <cbell44@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > > On 5/11/2011 2:35 AM, Isak Enstr?m wrote: > > > >> On 11/05/11 05:17, uriah heep wrote: > >> > >>> I am having problems finding things in the new desktop. I could not > >>> find konsole (whats up with that?) and then discovered I had to > >>> download it so I did and now I can not find it. I looked for symantik > >>> and it is supposedly installed but I can not find the interface. > >>> > >>> Would some one direct me to documentation on this or tell me how to > >>> find Konsole and a recognizable symantik? I really would like to add > >>> the mediabuntu repository etc. > >>> > >>> Is there anyway I can get back the old desktop? > >>> > >>> Since Konsole is a KDE application it would not be installed when using > >> Unity (Ubuntu). As for where it is I can't answer since I'm not running > >> Ubuntu 11.04 but try pressing the Windows key to show the menu and do a > >> search for Konsole. Similarly you could do a search for Synaptic (I assume > >> that's what you're looking for?) > >> > >> Instructions for adding the Medibuntu repo should be available both at > >> www.medibuntu.org and at help.ubuntu.com > >> > >> KMenu -> Applications -> System -> "Terminal - Konsole". > > > > Tom > > > > -- > > > Seems that I was using my winter IQ and downloaded Ubuntu rather than > Kubuntu. Now downloading Kubuntu my apology for wasting bandwith. > > Uriah > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/attachments/20110511/65f102a4/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:32:47 -0600 > From: Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch@gmail.com> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: unity desktop how do I find > Message-ID: <BANLkTikoS2EjERNS0prJB-esnCNj=qnmRQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 3:50 PM, uriah heep <stan10x10@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Tom Bell <cbell44@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 5/11/2011 2:35 AM, Isak Enstr?m wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11/05/11 05:17, uriah heep wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I am having problems finding things in the new desktop. ?I could not > >>>> find konsole (whats up with that?) and then discovered I had to > >>>> download it so I did and now I can not find it. ?I looked for symantik > >>>> and it is supposedly installed but I can not find the interface. > >>>> > >>>> Would some one direct me to documentation on this or tell me how to > >>>> find Konsole and a recognizable symantik? ?I really would like to add > >>>> the mediabuntu repository etc. > >>>> > >>>> Is there anyway I can get back the old desktop? > >>>> > >>> Since Konsole is a KDE application it would not be installed when using > >>> Unity (Ubuntu). As for where it is I can't answer since I'm not running > >>> Ubuntu 11.04 but try pressing the Windows key to show the menu and do a > >>> search for Konsole. Similarly you could do a search for Synaptic (I assume > >>> that's what you're looking for?) > >>> > >>> Instructions for adding the Medibuntu repo should be available both at > >>> www.medibuntu.org and at help.ubuntu.com > >>> > >> KMenu -> Applications -> System -> "Terminal - Konsole". > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> -- > > > > Seems that I was using my winter IQ and downloaded Ubuntu rather than > > Kubuntu. Now downloading Kubuntu my apology for wasting bandwith. > > just "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" and you should have > Kubuntu installed, too. Now you can play with both. Pick which one > you want when you log in. > > Michael > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:41:47 -0600 > From: "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> > To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: natty: no KDE desktop > Message-ID: <4DCB650B.1070602@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I just upgraded my main machine (64-bit) from maverick to natty. There were > no errors in the upgrade. > > Now when I log in all I get is a completely black screen, along with a > visible mouse cursor and a couple of buddy-list windows (for gaim and > skype). There is no background, none of my widgets, no panel, and clicking > any mouse buttons on the the black desktop background does nothing at all. > Minimizing the buddy-list windows causes them to disappear. Maximizing them > causes them to occupy the entire screen (not just the part of the screen > they would have occupied had there been a visible panel). > > I've tried renaming ~/.kde and ~/.kderc, but that had no effect. > > What can I do to get a functioning desktop? (Preferably something close to > the one I had in maverick, but right now after spending several hours and > getting nowhere, just a regular ol' default KDE desktop would be great > progress.) > > I'm writing this from xfce, since at least that works. > > Doc > > -- > Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 262 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/attachments/20110511/836f6c27/attachment-0001.pgp> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:14:13 +0300 > From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> > To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: natty: no KDE desktop > Message-ID: <BANLkTikDv4mwhgUwv6wCEKu6Mwphf_sGRg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 07:41, D. R. Evans <doc.evans@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just upgraded my main machine (64-bit) from maverick to natty. There were > > no errors in the upgrade. > > > > Now when I log in all I get is a completely black screen, along with a > > visible mouse cursor and a couple of buddy-list windows (for gaim and > > skype). There is no background, none of my widgets, no panel, and clicking > > any mouse buttons on the the black desktop background does nothing at all. > > Minimizing the buddy-list windows causes them to disappear. Maximizing them > > causes them to occupy the entire screen (not just the part of the screen > > they would have occupied had there been a visible panel). > > > > I've tried renaming ~/.kde and ~/.kderc, but that had no effect. > > > > What can I do to get a functioning desktop? (Preferably something close to > > the one I had in maverick, but right now after spending several hours and > > getting nowhere, just a regular ol' default KDE desktop would be great > > progress.) > > > > I'm writing this from xfce, since at least that works. > > > > ?Doc > > > > Move /home/user to /home/user-temp and then create an empty /home/user > with the right permissions and ownership. > > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://gibberish.co.il > http://what-is-what.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users > > > End of kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 76, Issue 14 > ********************************************* </body> </html>