^I'm curious on how you got the ext.HDD to boot (without specifying in BIOS/EFI)

Also, you might want to read up on Apt pinning if you're thinking of mixing Testing/Unstable sources. That way you (in theory) keep your system a tad more well-behaved.

I can give you a run-down on pinning if you want, though reading Debian's wiki will be infinitely more informative.

Owh, ok....

but i still have some other problems with pidgin, like when i try to send a file to other user that using ym, it didn't succesfull.
Plus, i can't buzz others. It just shows the msg "buzzing (the people's name)" but in fact, didn't buzz him/her.

Guys, how to check whether i'm using integrated GPU or discrete GPU? Any command?

Hi guys, I just installed lubuntu on my netbook.

I tried to increase the resolution using xrandr with the command

xrandr --fb 1280x720 --output LVDS1 --scale 1.25x1.2.

The problem is, the change is not persistent after the computer reboot.

How do I make it persistent ? I can't find xorg.conf  or  ~/.xprofile folder either.

How about Fedobear or Pedora?



Yes, we can all blame farkinid for this thread going so badly off-topic.

So going to use this picture for my user account picture. Heck if anyone knows a sticker printer, I would like to get this printed for fedora-my events as a gift.

On the other hand, http://www.junauza.com/2011/04/lady-gaga-g...ver-ubuntu.html

We getting a gagabutu soon?

crunchbag linux based on debian squeeze right? how about if i change it to wheezy at sources.list?

@Farkinid
Can't really help unless you tell me more about the said script.

Basically, in grandma terms (cos I'm old), in order to echo $X, you need a corresponding $X case statement.

So the case "$1" you were talking about earlier is (in theory) what echo "$1" is trying to pull.

Sorry I can't explain this sort of stuff better. My case is somewhat like being self-taught on a piano. I can play just fine and am able to read sheet-music for myself, but if you ask me to teach someone, I'll struggle with the terminology and whatnot. >_<

Are you perhaps trying to awk something?

@Farkinid
Not quite. $0 - $9 aren't exactly "special parameters", meaning they don't have specific functions depending on number.They're just positional arguments.  $0 is usually the name of the script. $1, $2, $3 etc  is referenced to the positions in the command line.

Here's an example (coincidence cos I linked this to someone with a similar question a couple of weeks back ... lol):
http://bashshell.net/shell-scripts/positional-parameters/

If you need me to be more in-depth, I'm not quite confident I can explain precisely without meandering off-tangent (no, I didn’t actually misunderstand you the first time round) or limiting shell terminology. Tell you what, we can approach this 2 ways. I can't teach you how to cook dinner, but I can either cook dinner for you, or introduce someone who can teach you how to cook.

You (probably) won't learn much if it's the former, but it'll at least be a fix for the problem you're facing (if any). If so, post and link me to the scripts and I'll see what I can do.

If it's the latter, try reading this and see if you get your head around it:
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/li...bash/index.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/li...ash2/index.html

Note: I'll be a tad busy this week, so apologies if I'm late with replying.

any sifu can teach, wat software similar as C & c cleaner, used to clean those registry..

using ubuntu 10.04 lts... please advise

If you want to learn at a more leisurely pace, you could always install OpenBox and hack away at teh rc.xml trying to build pipemenus. You'll be surprised how much you can learn from it, though not exactly network specialized (which I assume is your "genre" of preference)

my internet seem much faster using linux, but the font seem sluggish.

As I've mentioned many times before, I have almost zero experience with ATI on Linux (or any OS for that matter), but maybe you can point me to the SDK sources/packages/page and I'll see if I can consult some people or maybe run a virtualized simulation or something. No promises, though, and it'll probably be after working hours.

Sorry for being so useless on the ATI front. I have no machines with ATI cards and I've not played with SDKs in ages.

Sorry, I haven't gotten round to trying out the SDK you linked me to. TBH, I completely forgot >_<
My net's slow right now (as is the rest of Malaysia, looking at the Broadband/P2P forum) so I can't download it here, but I have most of today off so I'll try it out as soon as I get home to Singapore later in the evening. Once again, sorry.