ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 78, Issue 112
daniel mcfarland
daniel.mcfarland at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 22:32:04 UTC 2011
First - top posting is not allowed on this forum.
Second of all - if you can't find "@" on the keyboard, how are you making
the "@" symbol display?
Third of all - try my instructions mentioned in previous post.
2011/2/17 Björn Blöndal <blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com>
> can't find @ on keyboard
>
> I have Icelandic keyboard.... I have tried "Ctrl" "Alt" "Shift" but nothing
> works. All is working fine except getting the @ to work. I do not understand
> "AltGr" what is Gr?
> Bjorn
>
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>> 1. Re: can't find @ on kaybord (David Fletcher)
>> 2. Re: 10.04 troubleshoot system freeze (Ric Moore)
>> 3. Re: Ubuntu login screen (MR ZenWiz)
>> 4. Re: Ubuntu login screen (Ioannis Vranos)
>> 5. Re: Ubuntu login screen (Kyle Dickey)
>> 6. Re: can't find @ on kaybord (Billie Walsh)
>> 7. Re: can't find @ on kaybord (daniel mcfarland)
>> 8. Oracle Virtulbox key issues (stan)
>> 9. Re: can't find @ on kaybord (Doug)
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>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:28:53 +0000
>> From: David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net>
>> To: mrzenwiz at gmail.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
>> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: can't find @ on kaybord
>> Message-ID: <1297970933.2024.23.camel at boss>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 10:30 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> > 2011/2/17 Bj?rn Bl?ndal <blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com>:
>> > > I can't find @ - Ctrl-Q does not work?? What can I do?
>> > >
>> > What keyboard are you using and with which gdm?
>> >
>> > @ is almost always <shift>2 (capital 2, on the upper row of keys,
>> > *not* the number pad).
>> >
>>
>> That was an interesting fiddle for a few minutes. On my UK keyboard,
>> AltGr-Q gives me @ and AltGr-Shift-Q (in that order) gives me ?. If I
>> press Shift-AltGr-Q it gives me that irritating little sound that says I
>> did something wrong.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:32:44 -0500
>> From: Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: 10.04 troubleshoot system freeze
>> Message-ID: <1297971164.5725.3.camel at iam.wayward4now.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 01:02 -0500, Doug wrote:
>>
>> > It's too bad--this looks like a very useful program, if it really can be
>> > obtained.
>> > I'm big on diagnostic routines, but I guess I'll have to pass on this
>> one.
>>
>> Huh, I just did this:
>> wayward4now at iam:~$ wget -c
>>
>> http://www.stresslinux.org/sl/downloads/stresslinux_32bit_11.3.i686-0.6.105.iso.bz2
>> --2011-02-17 14:28:35--
>>
>> http://www.stresslinux.org/sl/downloads/stresslinux_32bit_11.3.i686-0.6.105.iso.bz2
>> Resolving www.stresslinux.org... 83.141.20.131, 2a01:198:3d0::131:51
>> Connecting to www.stresslinux.org|83.141.20.131|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: 220923819 (211M) [application/x-bzip]
>> Saving to: `stresslinux_32bit_11.3.i686-0.6.105.iso.bz2'
>>
>> 0% [ ] 968,861 118K/s eta
>> 35m 56s ^C
>> wayward4now at iam:~$
>>
>>
>> And ctrl-c'd it as it would have eaten up my Satellite daily usage, but
>> had I left it running, it sure looks like it would have been successful.
>> Maybe if you cleared your cache in the browser it would dnload it anew
>> instead of falling back on a cache'd lousy copy. But, wget -c (continue
>> from an interrupted transfer) has never failed me. Ric
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>> Linux user# 44256
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:37:18 -0800
>> From: MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu login screen
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTi=t+z2yCO0GP-APw33eh4p0fqid=23ceWzgWxqM at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Kyle Dickey <kedickey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Try the instructions on this site:
>> >
>> > http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/09/hack-karmics-gdm-login-screen.html
>> >
>> > I've successfully done this personally to change the GTK theme of my
>> > login screen. Is that what you mean?
>> >
>>
>> Does this work in Maverick? (I can't log out and in easily, so I'd
>> like to know before I cripple myself for even those few minutes.)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:37:31 +0200
>> From: Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu login screen
>> Message-ID: <1297971451.2892.0.camel at Acer-Aspire-8920G>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 21:11 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 12:01 -0500, Reinier Millo Sanchez wrote:
>> > > I'm using ubuntu 10.10. I vae found several themes for the login
>> screen, but I don't know how can change the default theme. I have find in
>> internet but, only can change the background, but not the whole screen.
>> Somebody know how do it??? Regards
>> >
>> >
>> > I searched a bit, and found the gnome-art package in the repositories.
>> >
>> > I am checking it currently, so far it looks promising. It downloads and
>> > shows desktop backgrounds, desktop themes, login screen themes, etc.,
>> > from http://art.gnome.org in a nice application, that allows you to
>> > apply those you like.
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately it is broken. Do not use it. :-(
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ioannis Vranos
>>
>> http://www.cpp-software.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:42:45 -0600
>> From: Kyle Dickey <kedickey at gmail.com>
>> To: mrzenwiz at gmail.com, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
>> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu login screen
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTiniGwTFMY1kNTgvM4nk9jd7Ro4reALayZMdmr0o at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> I've done it as recently as Lucid. I'd test it on my machine now but I
>> no longer use GDM. Hope that helps.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:37 PM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Kyle Dickey <kedickey at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Try the instructions on this site:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/09/hack-karmics-gdm-login-screen.html
>> >>
>> >> I've successfully done this personally to change the GTK theme of my
>> >> login screen. Is that what you mean?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Does this work in Maverick? ?(I can't log out and in easily, so I'd
>> > like to know before I cripple myself for even those few minutes.)
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
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>> ------------------------------
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:24:00 -0600
>> From: Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net>
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: can't find @ on kaybord
>> Message-ID: <4D5D91F0.7080800 at swbell.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>>
>> On 02/17/2011 01:28 PM, David Fletcher wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 10:30 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> >> 2011/2/17 Bj?rn Bl?ndal<blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com>:
>> >>> I can't find @ - Ctrl-Q does not work?? What can I do?
>> >>>
>> >> What keyboard are you using and with which gdm?
>> >>
>> >> @ is almost always<shift>2 (capital 2, on the upper row of keys,
>> >> *not* the number pad).
>> >>
>> > That was an interesting fiddle for a few minutes. On my UK keyboard,
>> > AltGr-Q gives me @ and AltGr-Shift-Q (in that order) gives me ?. If I
>> > press Shift-AltGr-Q it gives me that irritating little sound that says I
>> > did something wrong.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What is "Gr"?
>>
>> --
>> "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George
>> Washington
>>
>> _ _... ..._ _
>> _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
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>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:30:37 -0800
>> From: daniel mcfarland <daniel.mcfarland at gmail.com>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: can't find @ on kaybord
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTimEgiTmCNg-aQOW45Sej0Lk9NJzk6XgCnUjEdgZ at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> 2011/2/17 Bj?rn Bl?ndal <blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com>
>>
>> > I can't find @ - Ctrl-Q does not work?? What can I do?
>> > Bjorn
>> >
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>>
>> So - in the event that CNTRL-Q doesn't work, try ALT-F4, or a combination
>> of cntrl-alt-delete repeatedly.
>>
>> On a mac you'd probably want to push the "COMMAND"-Q combination for the
>> most frequently used cases in which
>> alt-F4 doesn't work.
>>
>> If none of the above works try power cycling for four times (with a
>> minimum power off for 45 seconds per iteration),
>> and then push CNTRL-ALT F-G-H and the "plus" button. You will need to
>> power cycle every time that you need to
>> type the "@" button.
>>
>> Let me know how it goes!
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:40:34 -0500
>> From: stan <stanb at panix.com>
>> To: Ubuntu Linux List <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Oracle Virtulbox key issues
>> Message-ID: <20110217214034.GA821 at teddy.fas.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Quite some time agao, I started having issues downloading teh
>> Debian/Ubuntu
>> packages for Oracle's Virtualbox on a 64 bit 10.04 machine. I have sort of
>> assume that this was some sort of trasient issue on Oracle's end, and just
>> commented out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. Now I need to make this
>> work, and I am still having issues. Here is what I have in
>> /etc/apt/sources.list:
>>
>> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib
>>
>> apt-key list tells me:
>>
>> uid Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key)
>> <info at virtualbox.org>
>> sub 2048g/281DDC4B 2010-05-18
>>
>> But apt-get update faisl as follows:
>>
>> W: GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org lucid Release: The following
>> signatures were invalid: BADSIG 54422A4B98AB5139 Oracle Corporation
>> (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info at virtualbox.org>
>>
>> Gogling this shows lot's of people having this same problem, but i cannot
>> seem to fidn a clear solution.
>>
>> Can anyone enlighten me as to what the situation here is?
>>
>>
>> --
>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>> A: Top-posting.
>> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:50:15 -0500
>> From: Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net>
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: can't find @ on kaybord
>> Message-ID: <4D5D9817.20507 at optonline.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>>
>> On 02/17/2011 04:30 PM, daniel mcfarland wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2011/2/17 Bj?rn Bl?ndal <blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:blondalbjorn07 at gmail.com>>
>> >
>> > I can't find @ - Ctrl-Q does not work?? What can I do?
>> > Bjorn
>> >
>> > /snip/
>> >
>> > If none of the above works try power cycling for four times (with a
>> > minimum power off for 45 seconds per iteration),
>> > and then push CNTRL-ALT F-G-H and the "plus" button. You will need
>> > to power cycle every time that you need to
>> > type the "@" button.
>> >
>> > Let me know how it goes!
>> If I had to do that, I'd sure as heck find another distro, or use
>> Windows! --doug
>>
>> --
>> Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides.
>> --A. M. Greeley
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