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Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

topic posted Thu, December 6, 2007 - 9:01 AM by  Jon
linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007....html

A bunch of tips to get Ubuntu working better than the installed defaults.
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  • robt.
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    Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

    Tue, December 11, 2007 - 11:50 AM
    Nice. I know after I discovered the mediabuntu (sp?) repo a ton of user issues vanished. Multimedia content is the biggest headache of all things, and that repo rocks it.
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  • k0
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    Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

    Sun, January 27, 2008 - 12:47 PM
    Very useful, thanks for sharing that.

    Is anyone familiar with a video card that has accelerated video drivers that work? I've been unsuccessful with ATI All-In-Wonder, ATI x700, Nvidea and Intel ..... that's kinda narrowing down the playing field a bit.


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  • Jon
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    Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

    Sat, March 8, 2008 - 9:06 AM
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    • Rick
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      Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

      Thu, April 17, 2008 - 12:20 PM
      HELP!

      When I installed the JRE from this list I am getting the following message:

      E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
      E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

      When I try to run the command 'dpkg --configure -a' in a terminal window I am getting the "requested operation requires superuser privilege" message.

      Also...I ran the command to improve graphic performance and now my screen res is maximum 800 x 600.

      I don't know how to get it back to the 1024 res. And there is no option for it under System>Preferences>Screen Resolution...800x600 is now the highest res I have.

      Does anyone know what the hell I've done?!
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      • Rick
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        Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

        Thu, April 17, 2008 - 1:04 PM
        Whew!

        Nevermind.

        I figured out my error on the JRE install and finally got that downloaded.

        Then I deactivated the NVIDIA driver...apparently that was what hosed my screen res.
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        • Aaron
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          Re: Ways to enhance Ubuntu 7.10

          Fri, April 18, 2008 - 7:04 AM
          in general, i'd recommend the ubuntu fora for trouble like this. often times you'll find solutions from others that have had the same problems.

          also, google's search functions are much stronger than those of tribe, which means you'll usually get more [relevant] information quickly
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