May
5
Enabling Automatic Login in Ubuntu
May 5, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Q & A
Harvey from the U.S. asks: “…Just upgraded to 10.04, so am having to log in each time the computer suspends/screen locks. I am the only one with physical access to this computer, so prefer to configure so that password is *not* required to bring the screen back up after suspend. How do I configure this [...]
Feb
27
Upgrade Ubuntu Firefox to Version 3.6 – Reader Questions
February 27, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Q & A
Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox… I’m stuck at 3.0.18, how can I get upgraded?…” This is an issue, I’ve encountered before. The newest versions of Firefox are not yet in the repositories, and the “Check for [...]
Jan
15
Building a Business Network Using Ubuntu – Introduction
January 15, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How To
This post begins the first (an introduction) in a series of several posts, discussing the benefits that Ubuntu Linux provides to business owners. Naturally, by default, I’ll be touching on several open source applications and server packages throughout the series. Hopefully I can also dispel some of the myth and uncertainty, for business owners who [...]
Dec
15
CIFS VFS Shutdown Error When Using SMBFS
December 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How To
I recently installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and set up access to (DNS-321) my network shares using smbfs; as in the post “Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s”. Shortly afterwards, when rebooting, shutting down, etc. I received this error message: ACPID: Exiting NM_SYSTEM_SETTING: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: Devices removed (UDI: /org/freedesktop/hal/devices/net_00_30_1B_BE_38_3D) [601.136038] CIFS VFS: [...]
Dec
14
Leave the Num Lock On!
December 14, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in How To
I recently (finally) upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (I’ve always had issues with x.10 releases for some reason). Until the upgrade I wanted to remain with the LTS track, but (it seems) less developers are supporting it, hence the move. I’ve performed excessive numbers of installs of Ubuntu and various applications on test boxes, but they [...]
