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Well, I know it isn't Windows. : ) I've been a Linux user since 2000, but I don't get into the techie stuff of it, as you can tell by my issues here. : ) Anyway, I use mintUpdate and I thought it would tell me of major upgrades is all. Thank you for the guidance! I have a lot to learn, but mostly I ...

Uh-oh I guess I'm showing my naivete, but I thought my system was supposed to upgrade automatically!

First thing: kate@Koneko ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list ## ----------------------- ## LINUX MINT REPOSITORIES ## ----------------------- ## +++ Linux Mint 7 Gloria (stable) +++ deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ gloria main upstream import ## +++ Backports (not as stable) +++ # deb http://packages.li...

kate@Koneko ~ $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall handbrake-gtk
[sudo] password for kate:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package handbrake-gtk

kate@Koneko ~ $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall handbrake [sudo] password for kate: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package handbrake is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has bee...

I just went to use it and can't find it! I'm not sure where to look in my filesystem, but I didn't see a trace of it in the menu and a filesystem search comes up with two listings: handbrake.list and handbrake.postrm... can someone help me? I've been using it for awhile now and don't know what happe...

guitar player wrote:Here is the solution that worked for me, it is the third post http://wwww.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1311491

OMG! It worked!!! It WORKED!!!!
And then I rebooted again and now it isnt working! =/

I tried that but I couldn't get the CTRL ALT F1 to cooperate. It gave me a whiny message about configuration and then when I tried to do it again to get the message, it just does a weird little flash at the very top of the screen and then no change. =/

The solution brought by lagagnon is the best one. xrandr --output LVDS --set BACKLIGHT_CONTROL native To make this run on every restart: You have to go to System > Preferences > Startup Application Preferences. Then Click on add. For the name, call it Screen Brightness (or anything you want) and pu...

Just wanted to follow up to this that Songbird was a good suggestion! I have two small issues with it: it doesn't support my hotkeys and it doesn't default come with a queue. Other than that, it is fitting my needs. I like it much better than other things I've tried (Amarok, Exaile) although I have ...

Ok, so I use the following code: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/games/smac/Loki_Compat/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so:/usr/lib/libX11.so /usr/games/smac/smac.dynamic to launch SMAC (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) on my computer. I wanted to create a Launcher, so I put that code in the command, but when I double clic...

There are so many media players. I want one that will let me see which songs I've just imported or organize by date/time imported. I want to check tags on new stuff as I bring it in. Suggestions? Thanks! PS I would also like to be able to assign ratings to songs but it is sort of a pipe dream to hav...

I am a fan of conspiracy theories. DrHu's is good.

Thank you!

Ohhhh well that makes a lot of sense.
How do I adjust that?

I have been having issues with my brightness keys not working to adjust the brightness. I adjusted the brightness using the Power Mgmt settings to 60% restarted the game and the same thing... Dunno if it is helpful, but I just ran it as ./smac -f (instead of -w) and I got the following error: X Erro...

Comp is fully charged and I'm plugged into the wall...

At the same time that the game is loaded with the light opacity, everything else is totally normal.

I just changed the Compiz settings to "Minimal"... restarted the game and its the same and I can't see the very bottom of the window.

Attached screenshot.

What do you think?

Hello. Actually not sure if this is a hardware or software problem, but I just installed an old favorite game: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Got it installed and ran it and it didn't seem to like my screen resolution, but even more, it loaded but was practically invisible. The opacity on it was probab...

Well if it can really only do 128k then I don't really want to use it to rip anyway.
Thanks for your help!