Re: [SLUG] Recycling/Disposing of old PC's - Send to kids in Africa for their schools
Its probably a long shot but would they be interested in networking gear? I've got a couple of Cisco Routers (2600 series) and a couple of Cisco Switches (3550XL) in good working condition I dont need anymore. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:30 AM, David Lyon wrote: > If anybody has PC's to throw out, let me know. I can come pick > them up. > > It turns out my friend is looking for such things and will send them > to Sierra-Leone in Africa to teach kids about computers. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Recycling/Disposing of old PC's - Send to kids in Africa for their schools
If anybody has PC's to throw out, let me know. I can come pick them up. It turns out my friend is looking for such things and will send them to Sierra-Leone in Africa to teach kids about computers. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: blank desktop / window management
Hi One of the things I do after an upgrade is ... 'sudo apt-get install smartpm'. Then 'sudo smart update' and 'sudo smart upgrade' finds various things that apt-get might not find. After that I keep going around apt-get and smart commands to install everything. I don't know if this is a Unity dependency that is missing but it might be. If all else fails I install LXDE. 'sudo apt-get install lxde'. This might not give you the desktop you want but you should be able to login and do some things. This also worked fine for Ruediger Berlich... http://www.ukuug.org/bios+profiles/RBerlich.shtml -- Richard https://twitter.com/SleepyPenguin1 http://sleepypenguin.homelinux.org/blog/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] blank desktop / window management
When I log in (as myself) I see the standard wall paper but no icons menu bars task bars etc. Before you log in you can set the type of the desktop with the gear icon that appears when you click on a user. you can change to another layout and things may become clearer. hit ctl-alt-f1 to jump to a terminal screen and log in. Ensure you have a reasonably good install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade If this installs some stuff then things may improve for you. Ta Ken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] blank desktop / window management
Have you tried pointing your mouse at the screen corners or edges? It might trigger a dock to scroll in. On Aug 13, 2012 10:42 PM, wrote: > I have just upgraded my old Dell dektop from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 > using Canonical's official disk. So far I am the only user . > When I log in (as myself) I see the standard wall paper but no icons > menu bars task bars etc. > > If I right click on desktop I get a few options to create new folder / > document, re-arrange the (invisible) icons & "Change Ddesktop > Background". > The last option gives me a window to maintain several other "system" > system settings. I cannot close this window. > > If there is no action, the screen goes blank but comes back again with > some "movement" of mouse or keyboard. At this point is asks for a > password to unlock the screen which works fine. > > The only "refined" way to logout, is by using Control - Alt - Delete > which gives me a set eof tions to log out or shut down. This works > well. > > How do I resolve this? > > At one stage I thought I had an issue with the screen driver but the > behavior described above suggests that is not the real problem. > I suspect that the software to manage the icons etc has has been > invoked and this must be resolved at $ prompt. > > Can any one advise > 1) How to get to $ prompt? > 2) What to do when I get there? > > PS I am writing this message from another PC > > Regards > Chris Allen > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] blank desktop / window management
I have just upgraded my old Dell dektop from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 using Canonical's official disk. So far I am the only user . When I log in (as myself) I see the standard wall paper but no icons menu bars task bars etc. If I right click on desktop I get a few options to create new folder / document, re-arrange the (invisible) icons & "Change Ddesktop Background". The last option gives me a window to maintain several other "system" system settings. I cannot close this window. If there is no action, the screen goes blank but comes back again with some "movement" of mouse or keyboard. At this point is asks for a password to unlock the screen which works fine. The only "refined" way to logout, is by using Control - Alt - Delete which gives me a set eof tions to log out or shut down. This works well. How do I resolve this? At one stage I thought I had an issue with the screen driver but the behavior described above suggests that is not the real problem. I suspect that the software to manage the icons etc has has been invoked and this must be resolved at $ prompt. Can any one advise 1) How to get to $ prompt? 2) What to do when I get there? PS I am writing this message from another PC Regards Chris Allen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
