Ubuntu Live CD screen resolution?

Tue Jan 20 12:47:29 UTC 2009

When I try to intsall ubuntu 8.10, the resolution is so big, I can't see the
buttons at the bottom of the screen to do the install.  How do I get around
this?  I'm trying to install ubuntu 8.10 64bit.

Thanks all,

tsai

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> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:36:15 +0000
> From: Chris G <cl at isbd.net>
> Subject: synaptic question - meaning of icons in package list
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Is there anywhere in the Synaptic Help that tells me what the symbols
> in the second column of the package list mean?
>
> In the first column there's a box which is green if the package is
> installed and has other markings used to indicate packages selected
> for installation etc. (this is documented OK).
>
> However I can't find anything that tells me what the symbols in the
> column between the box and the package name column mean.
>
> The particular symbol that's confusing me at the moment is a red and
> orange ring with bits that stick out.
>
> I *suspect* that it means that the item marked is actually a
> collection of packages but I wish the documentation would tell me that
> (maybe it does, but I can't find it).
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:36:24 -0500
> From: Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net>
> Subject: Re: IPOD and Rythmbox
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 06:41:24PM -0800, NoOp wrote:
> >
> > So Rhythmbox with your ipod should work.
>
> I use rhytmbox to listen to music on my ipod. But, there is at least
> one big gotcha: where the music came from. If from iTunes, its most
> likely hobbled with DRM encryption and rhythmbox can't deal with that.
> I'd love to be proved wrong on that.
>
> Apple recently announced they are removing the DRM stuff, so in the
> future this might not be a problem.
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:37:08 +0100
> From: Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net>
> Subject: Re: Adding to the front of a line
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> Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
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> > Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> >> If the file is not very big, looping in bash will work ok, but once you
> >> start dealing with larger files, you really want to use other tools than
> >> bash loops.
> >
> > I doubt you'll get any noticeable performance difference.  The bash
> > script I gave does not fork any external processes.
>
> But shell code is interpreted while sed is native code.
>
> Using "seq 1 1000000 " as input the shell codes needs about 18s here
> while sed needs about 7s.
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:35:39 -0500
> From: Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Printer, copier, scanner for Ubuntu
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Denis Haskin <denis at haskinferguson.net>
> wrote:
> > I'd recommend something from HP.  They've actually devoted some resources
> to
> > putting together drivers, tools, etc for Linux (which keep getting
> better).
>
> I've recently installed a couple of HP all in ones (two inkjets, one
> laser) and found it amusing the linux software installed easier and
> worked better than the clunkly Windows and Mac stuff (MAN are they
> bloated!)
>
> If a cheap all-in-one is what you are after, consider something off
> the http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html site.  Note that
> the version oh hplip in Hardy is old enough most new printers will
> require you to use the software from that site rather than the
> repositories.
>
> Brian
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:56:33 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Tremmolow <tremmolow at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: accessing smb folders in terminal
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> On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:36:13 +0000, Kevin wrote:
>
> > I am able to use GUI (Nautilus and Firefox) to access
> > smb://windows_host/ folder on my Ubuntu 8.10. Can someone please advise
> > how to access the folder in a terminal?
>
> smbclient //ipaddressornetbiosname/share -U usernameonhost
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:46:20 +0000
> From: Chris G <cl at isbd.net>
> Subject: Password/authentication problem with system Services
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> I have a problem with System->Services in xubuntu.
>
> I know *why* I have the problem, it's because I have disabled sudo for
> the default/main user and I have enabled root with a separate password.
>
> Other things requiring root authentication (e.g. Synaptic) work OK,
> they obviously "do the right thing" and see the changes in the sudo
> set-up and act accordingly.
>
> However System->Services just *assumes* that the user has sudo set up
> to allow root access and asks for the user's password rather than the
> root password.
>
> I know this is rather a minor glitch but it is rather annoying, is
> there a way to fix/configure it so it works or should I report it as a
> bug?
>
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> Chris Green
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tsai
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