Finally went through my saved emails for the past year and a half and saved a few important messages. If the rest get deleted while I install r. 7.10, oh...
... Hi Rich, It's good that you've mentined this. The PA LoCo has found that on some systems, the 7.10 Live CD simply stops during the installtion process....
... For installs I always prefer to use the alternate cd. So what I would do is download the alternate 386 image and burn to a cd and try again. Better...
... Okay, I can bring my computer over to the next PACS meeting and either get a copy that I know is good or install it there so that if I get another bad...
... DOH! Rich just go to SYSTEM --> ADMINISTRATION --> UPDATE MANAGER Click <CHECK> Click <Install Updates> Once your system is up-to-date at the top should ...
... Okay, Ran the suggested commands and got the following message: Some updates require the removal of further software. Use the function "Mark All Upgrades"...
... Go to SYSTEM-->ADMIN-->SYNAPTIC Click <Mark all Upgreades> then ok or Apply THEN go to SYSTEM --> ADMINISTRATION --> UPDATE MANAGER Click <CHECK> Click...
... Well Jim, many thanks, it worked until after the new updates were installed. No "Distribution Upgrade is Available" message appeared because "libatm1" &...
... All-righty! I just got a brand-new DVD from Amazon and tried AGAIN to install it. Still no luck. Whenever I do updates, I get a message saying I've got...
... Just had a similar situation with someone else. type 'sudo apt-get install labatm1' type 'sudo apt-get install patch' then go back to whatever update...
... Most wise quotation Master Yoda, I entered the suggested commands and received the following: rich2506@rich2506-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install libatm1 ...
... Good!! We are making progress. Now type sudo apt-get --purge remove libatm1 sudo apt-get --purge remove patch then go to gui and UPDATE Good Luck!! jim...
Just to let y'all know, my computer went back to being incapable of getting online once I upgraded it to Gutsy Gibbon, so I pulled up the 2/19/07 and the...
First the good news: The whole Network Settings interface is a BIG improvement over the Ubuntu version 6.06 that I was using. This version tells me right off...
... No one told you to do this!!! By doing this you broke the network manager. ... The network manager applet is in the top panel. YOU MUST USE THAT ONLY; DO...
YAY! Wahoo!! Yippee!!! It works!!!! Many thanks! The Network Proxy screen looks too much like the Network Settings screen. My bad! I should have been paying...
Non-political techies might be interested in the PDF file connected to the piece at http://tinyurl.com/2f2lhe It's the questioning of a White House employee...
A fellow tried to get my Ubuntu Linux laptop to be able to play videos and to produce sound. I give him credit for earnestly trying (The lack of a connection...
... type 'sudo rm /etc/network/interfaces' reboot Welcome back to the internet :-) jim fisher ]edijf irc freenode #ubuntu-us-pa "Do, or do not. There is no...
When Ubuntu 8.04 is released Thursday, I plan to do a clean install on my laptop. Question is, at PACS, the group gave me a copy of 7.10 called "Alternate...
I prefer alternate because it is text based; less overhead, less could go wrong. Also, much less memory required; 64 mb vs 256. Jim --- On Tue, 4/22/08, John...
... After you get to the download page , scroll down until you see the big download button. If you scroll down just a little further, you will see a check box...
... All-ri-i-i-i-ght!!!! This took awhile because I had to find ALL the spots where it connected (I knew something was peculiar when I saw that I was...
... The live CD was fun at work, but IT is on to my games now (inserting it into their PC's, rebooting, walking away, forgetting all about it). I believe I...
** Reply to message from Jim Fisher <pechterbread@...> on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Text based in terms of installation only? Once installed,...
Is anyone on this list going to attend the PHP Workshop? I am trying to get PHP running on my laptop and wondering if anyone has done it. I think I might be...
I just heard about the php workshop from you. I will consider it. index.php (or whatever you call your test file) doesn't really have to be anywhere special....