<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18203" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi gang!,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could someone help point Alan in the right direction?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe he needs to setup a Samba share to his windows PeeCee.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also believe he has lost his Mozilla Firefox browser! (Which way did it go?)</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Mitch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=akg96@yahoo.com href="mailto:akg96@yahoo.com">alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mitch@kci.net href="mailto:mitch@kci.net">Mitch Mahan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 13, 2009 3:36 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A last linux request for assistance?? hmmm</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <DIV>Thanks for writing!!  I'm OK with Windows (boooo!!!!), but with linux I'm a newbie. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The mailing list is here at <FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://coloco.ubuntu-rocks.org/</A>, right?  So this is a dousie because I need Firefox Mozilla up & running to save my //home/Alan folder??  Hmm.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So when you say "Try "mozilla-firefox" in a shell", do you mean I go the terminal?  And then type in "mozilla-firefox"?  Not sure what it means "in a shell" & how to put it in a shell. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yea for linux people!</DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"> <DIV id=yiv725094197> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This mailing list will reach everyone on the Colorado team (and is meant as a support outreach among other things).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can sign up to receive mailing list e-mails here:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-us-co" target=_blank rel=nofollow>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-us-co</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As far as your problem goes... it sounds like a dousie!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd reach out to the mailing list, they will have more concise up-to-date information to help you quicker.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, have you tried running mozilla from the command line?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try "mozilla-firefox" in a shell.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mitch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=akg96@yahoo.com href="mailto:akg96@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mitch@kci.net href="mailto:mitch@kci.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Mitch Mahan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: A linux request for assistance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <DIV>Hi Mitch!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Glad to hear from you.  Yes, I still need help & for so long now too. </DIV> <DIV>I'm simply needing to back up my <SPAN>Ubuntu</SPAN> notebook computer of what I put on it in my //home folder.  That would be bookmarks, songs, (& hopefully pixs).  Maybe it makes no difference but my Firefox browser disappeared & I can't add it or ANYTHING because when I try, it says "CAN NOT FETCH'.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any suggestions?</DIV> <DIV>I'd be most grateful for any suggestions.  Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS - I'm not sure about any mailing list, or where it is.</DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 3/12/09, Mitch Mahan <I><mitch@kci.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Mitch Mahan <mitch@kci.net><BR>Subject: Re: A linux request for assistance<BR>To: akg96@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 12:18 PM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv1028579351> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan!,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey there... I'm actually living on the east coast now (so you sent this a little late).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you still need some help?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps trying the mailing list will get you better results (they slave me pretty good at my new job).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mitch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=akg96@yahoo.com href="mailto:akg96@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mitch@kci.net href="mailto:mitch@kci.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow>mitch@kci.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A linux request for assistance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <DIV>Hi Mitch,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm Alan Gerbracht from Boulder & could use some assistance with my Ubuntu computer.  I believe we met at the brewery in FlatIrons Mall last spring.  If you could call me I would be most happy to hear from you.  I don't have much luck with the forum to resolve this straighford (& easy?) question.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV>Ph. # 720-579-2976</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>