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How To Fix Songbird 1.1.2 Crash At Start On Ubuntu 8.10

June 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · linux, linux tips, ubuntu

When you try to start Songbird(in my case version 1.1.2) on Ubuntu 8.10 and if you have libvsual-0.4-plugins installed in you system it will pop-up you a crash reporting component saying that Songbird start-up failed. And if you start Songbird from the terminal you will see following lines has printed on the console.
*** glibc detected [...]

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How To Improve Ubuntu Desktop Performance

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · linux, linux tips, ubuntu

I think most of us who use Firefox on Linux (in this case Ubuntu) had bad performance experiences when we run it with other applications. Ubuntu 8.10 desktop freeze randomly when running Firefox. Some times, I can’t even switch to another application if Firefox freezes and only thing that respond is mouse pointer. Today I [...]

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Updating Ubuntu Time Zone Configuration Using Terminal

March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · linux tips, ubuntu

Using the command line, you can use "sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" to re-configure the time zone settings.

Open a terminal window by going to Applications>Accessories>Terminal
Type command "sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata"
Follow the directions in the terminal.

You can more information from "Ubuntu Time" documentation.
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Use ‘wicd’ As Your Network Manager To Get Rid Of Network Problems in Ubuntu 8.10

January 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · linux, ubuntu

 
 
Couple of days ago I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Latitude D830 laptop and network management applet worked well with my home wireless network where there are no security. But when I was back to office default network management applet comes with Ubuntu began to connect and disconnet my wireless connection time to time(after [...]

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How to Fix NTFS Mount Error on Ubuntu

November 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments · linux tips, ubuntu

Sometimes when you plug your external hard drives formatted using NTFS into Ubuntu, system gives following error:

Most of the times cause for this error is, unplugging the drive directly from Windows without going through ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ option. When you directly remove the hard drive from the Windows, it will not mark NTFS log as [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 Bug - After Playing Flash Videos in Firefox 3, No Sound in other Media Players

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · linux tips, ubuntu

I came a cross this problem everyday when I watch some Flash Videos using Firefox 3 browser. After I watched flvs using Firefox 3, no other media player in Ubuntu giving any audio out. Most cases I can play the video without sound using most media players, but I think mplayer crashes when try to [...]

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