Ya know, I don't think it's got anything to do with the Power Manager front-ends, whether KDE or Gnome. I've had PowerDevil (KDE) running swell on 1 machine and totally wonky on another and both are using the exact same distro n patch level.

It's consistent on GNOME with virtually any distro I've used of late, as well as in XFCE.

The common denominator for me was GPM.

It may or may not be the cause, but the same computers don't experience the same issue in KDE.

How will I be able to give KDE a try? Any short guide to this?

See this.

I'm not sure what's in the Kubuntu repos, 4.1 or 4.2. If it's 4.1, you might want to skip it, it's not the most stable thing you'll use.

I mean for Fedora, I think I want to give Fedora a try as Ubuntu 8.10 does seem to have some performance issue.

how can i get the additional plugin for firefox???

the same way u get plugins for firefox in windows, tools > add-ons > browse all add-ons

http://fedoraproject.org/

You can download the KDE LiveCD, but that uses 4.1 and doesn't include OO.o if that is any concern.

Best to get the DVD, but no LiveCD environment in that for you to test if it works with your hardware.

If you want the most recent snapshot, then you can get them from http://spins.fedoraunity.org/

I would advise that to avoid massive updating.

Or, if you're feeling brave, you can try the Alpha for Fedora 11.

Got a problem, when i stop using the computer for a while the ubuntu freezes, then after i reboot, i got this error message.
<blah>
No resume image, doing normal boot…
</blah>

i tried 3 method...
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ubuntu-freeze-no-resume-image/
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636268#post3922624

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=422875

the message disappear but now ervery time i reboot my comp,
it will boot into TTY.(ubuntu terminal) asking me login name and password.. even after i entered the correct thing im still in the TTY screen

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Added on March 20, 2009, 7:24 ammy pc now boots up in YYT1 instead of GUI (YYT7?)
even when i press Ctrl+Alt+F7 i got a black screen. hmm.... luckily backup my assignment in my pendrive..if not damn..have to hand in on monday.

This post has been edited by Aqua: Mar 20 2009, 07:24 AM

Why is there always a ~ every time I edited a text file? The file with ~ always hidden. How to disable this function?

Another one.

Why the boxy characters in the man? There is no boxy characters in terminal, but they appear in text file though. Any idea to avoid these boxy characters?

[attachmentid=859198]

That's probably just you having the wrong encoding. try switching to utf8 (or from. I can never get these things straight.)

im using 8.10. anyone can teach me how to connect to wireless. i checked the hlp files.

but i cant find the system > administration > network

i think its called the network manager.

what kind of wireless card do you use?

you can launch NetworkManager from this command:

nm-applet --sm-disable

broadcom 802.11g network adapter. this one ah?

or this one

marvell yukon88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller



im using acer aspire 3680. veery old lappie.



btw, can i save those command into a shortcut or something. easy when im gonna use it again and again. huhu. *first time using linx*

broadcom 802.11g network adapter. <-- This your wireless card. Suppose to be plug n play in Linux.

You may take a look here on how to create the shortcut (called Launcher in Linux)

ok now i know the network manager. but how to connect to wireless internet?

eg. im going to oldtown white coffee.. how ? if i right click the network manager only got create new wireless and connect to hidden wireless. mind teach me

perhaps u see whether ur wireless radio needs any activation buttons? cz usually if its on, it will auto detect surrounding points

the thing is. im dual booting currently. i tried booting in XP at oldtown and the wireless just auto connect. whe ni boot in ubuntu. i cant surf the net. and i dont know how to connect. huhu..

Hi guys,

I've gone through literally the whole forum and found this is the best place to seek solution.
I think this question's been asked a million times but I just can't seem to get a proper solution.

Problem : Can't run Compiz Fusion.
OS : Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
CPU Spec : P4 2.4, 2GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB.

I can't seem to run compiz fusion. I've tried to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but got myself into more trouble than before. I've checked that my vga card driver is installed correctly, using Ubuntu's version, running xgl.


I've tried changing the xorg.conf file where Composite "1". However when I run compiz, here's the problem:

root@ubuntu:~# compiz
xprop: unable to open display ''
Checking for Xgl: xvinfo: Unable to open display
not present.
xset: unable to open display ""
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
aborting and using fallback: xterm
no xterm found, exiting
root@ubuntu:~#

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Added on May 3, 2009, 12:47 amHere's my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection


Anyone can help me out here? I've started using linux back in the RedHat days, back when Optical mouse didn't even exists. So, I do know abit about linux. However, since XP came out, I've stop fooling around with linux, until Ubuntu came out.

Since then I've started with Ubuntu 7, trying out Mint, Fedora, Mandrake (now Mandriva), OpenSuse. I still find Ubuntu more attractive maybe due to the popularity. So anyway, appreciate if some one can help me out here. start from basic also never mind. I'm keen to learn.

This post has been edited by barra: May 3 2009, 12:47 AM