ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 84, Issue 79

Mon Aug 15 17:49:29 UTC 2011

On Saturday, August 13, 2011,  <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>   1. Re: Need Help (Ric Moore)
>   2. Re: DVD Drive Clicking (Nils Kassube)
>   3. Re: setting time to GMT not working. (Patton Echols)
>   4. Re: Installation Reports (Jonas Pedersen)
>   5. text blurry (slurred) on ubuntu maverick 10.10 (user1)
>   6. Resize OnBoard window (H.S.Rai)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:12:31 -0400
> From: Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Need Help
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> On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 14:55 +0300, Emmanuel Natalis wrote:
>> No sweat then, Liam.
>>         I was also wondering that Emmanuel, being in a computer centre
>>         could have just taken one of several disks lying around
>>         without first "setting" the disk to msdos especially if they
>>         had been used before as raid, lvm etc... hence suggesting he
>>         use a different disk to try.
>>
>>         Regards, take care - Goh Lip
>>
>>
>>  The machine itself is having 3 hard disks, I just tried using only
>> one of them, it worked fine. But on putting back the other two, the
>> same problem appears again. It should be a hardware issue as you are
>> saying
>
> Driver jumper settings? IDE or SATA? Ric
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> My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:13:26 +0200
> From: Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: DVD Drive Clicking
> Message-ID: <201108130713.26151.kassube at gmx.net>
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> ANDY wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>> > Try the command
>> >
>> > sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd
>>
>> andy at TOBY:~$ sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd
>> [sudo] password for andy:
>> Following symlink from /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0.
>> Polling for drive /dev/dvd have been disabled. The fdi file written
>> was
>>
>> /etc/hal/fdi/information/media-check-disable-storage_model_CDRW_DVD_S
>> N_324F.fdi andy at TOBY:~$
>>
>> Is that a permanent or per session command?
>
> Like the message said, it has written the *.fdi file which is a
> permanent configuration file.
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>
> Nils
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:02:13 -0700
> From: Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net>
> To: Rajeev Prasad <rp.neuli at yahoo.com>, "Ubuntu user technical
>        support,        not for general discussions" <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: setting time to GMT not working.
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> On 08/12/2011 11:31 AM, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I want my ubuntu server to run GMT time, it is running inside a VM
>> which is running on a windowx XP box  -
>
> Rajeev, if you want a good answer, start a new thread.  Don't just reply
> to some other email and change the subject line.  Your message still
> gets put in the stream of the former thread.  It can get lost there and
> not seen.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:58:22 +0200
> From: Jonas Pedersen <jonas at chown.dk>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Installation Reports
> Message-ID: <1313218702.11043.1.camel at miraculix>
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> On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 23:03 -0600, Christopher wrote:
>> Boot method: DVD
>> Image
>> Version: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/ Mac
>> (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) Desktop CD
>> Date: Failed To Boot
>>
>>
>> Macine: iMac G4
>> Processor: PPC G4 (800 MHZ)
>> Memory: 512 MB
>> Partitions: 1
>>
>>
>> Could Not Boot at All
>
> I would actually suggest you create a bug report on launchpad.net.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:12:25 +0000 (UTC)
> From: user1 <bqz69 at telia.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: text blurry (slurred) on ubuntu maverick 10.10
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> I am using ubuntu maverick 10.10.
>
> The text on the screen becomes slurred and blurry and almost unreadable
> from time to time?
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:23:47 +0530
> From: "H.S.Rai" <hardeep.rai at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Resize OnBoard window
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> Seems silly question, but I could not find any wayout.
>
> How to resize window size of "OnBoard" a on screen keyboard. I tried
> it on my Tablet PC Compaq tc440, powered with latest Ubuntu 11.04
>
> It so happened that it occupied full area on my screen. I tried
> graphically, nothing happened; tried with ctrl + 0, ctrl + -; escape.
>
> Tried to remove completely, reinstalled. But same result. It should
> cover small area, so that I can use it, while seeing its output in OO
> Writer (say).
>
> Please help.
>
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> H.S.Rai
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