Enable one shell extension and others turn off
Hi all. I am having some problems with shell extensions in 12.04. I did search for the answer but didn't find it. If I missed it I am sorry. So, I want Axe Menu. I go to extensions.gnome.org/local and...
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tamil99 keyboard layout - how to enable?
hello all, i want to enable tamil99 keyboard layout in pinguy os 14.04. searched through internet and forum, they recommended to enable it through ibus, but i could figure out how to enable ibus?...
View Articlehaving issures with reboot
on 14.04, shutdown eventually ends in a reboot. it tells me there is an issue with K20cron and upstart. sorry for short still typing one hand
View ArticleIssue after installing PinguyOS in a 500Gb hard drive
Hello everyone After installing PinguyOS in my 500Gb hard drive I realized there's 1Mb unallocated in the hard disk. I'm not sure why this is happening....Is this a bug with the Pinguy installer? If...
View ArticlePinguy OS 14.04 Papercut 64-Bit just freezes
Hello... Has anybody experienced Pinguy 14.04 freezing up? I have got sufficient RAM and I haven't fiddled with Gnome Extensions (which could be a reason for the reason but I haven't enabled/disabled...
View ArticleChromium has stopped working
Exactly what the title says. I tried un and reinstalling it to no avail. One thing I noticed before I closed the last instnace of it though: it stated that it wasn't able to load my profile properly....
View ArticleNo change language
Wants to Pinguy in Spanish. Choose the language during installation and after installation does not change the selected language. After install it I using "sudo apt-get update" then "sudo apt-get...
View Articleinstallation problem
I am trying to install Pinguy 14.4 64 bit to Acer Travel-mate 5735. When I boot from the live disc and choose run live programme the screen goes black and stays that way if I try to do install same...
View ArticlePinguy 10.10.01 update
Just installed 10.10.01. Trying to update but get 'Could not Apply changes! Fix broken packages. tried apt=get update edit fix broken packages in update manager but problem still exists. cannot update...
View ArticleGoogle Text-To-Speech
The TTS in Linux is pretty poor and is showing its age. If you would like a more natural sounding TTS you can use Google's Text-to-speech. To do this we will use Glutanimate/simple-google-tts. At the...
View ArticleMonitor problem
I have a problem installing Pinguy, if I connect the monitor with hdmi it´s identified as a samsung 7 " the resolution is ok but the size of widgets, icons are too big, but I can finish the...
View ArticleNeed help installing 14.04 with encrypted partitions
Here are the options that I have chosen at the beginning of the installation. 1. Erase Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and reinstall 2. Encrypt the nw Pinguy installation for security 3. Check mark in front of...
View ArticleGeneral linux question on permissions
I've only ever used linux as a single-user system, so I've never really had to deal with permissions before. Now I find myself creating a second user account on my Pinguy box, and I don't know how to...
View ArticleGnome doesn't save extensions/tweaks...
Hello, recently I've come across the ability to install extensions to gnome. So I've scrolled through the list and found a few useful ones and they worked fine... Until I logged out and back in:...
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Dual Monitor(DVI+VGA)
I'm using pinguyos 12.04LTS I'm trying to use dual monitor in my Desktop PC, one with DVI port, and another with VGA port. The problem is it does not detect the second monitor in the display settings....
View Articlecomputer crashes
I'm using Pinguy OS 12.04 as a live operating system on a USB flash stick. It has worked fine for many months, but lately I've seen half a dozen crashes -- bad ones -- where the computer suddenly...
View Articleupdate repositories
Pinguy 11.04 is installed, 2.6.38-14 generic kernel, 64bit remote location, now have internet available and they want to update. this is a throwaway/recycled laptop and the CD drive and USB ports not...
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Better method for Netflix
I really love PinguyOS (have been using it for years) but the current release including Pipelight by default is really annoying with it constantly popping up and re downloading silverlight any time it...
View ArticleChanging the Bash prompt
the entire [username: /home/username/.../hello] $ is a bit awful, and I can't fix it through the bashrc file (tried that numerous times). note: I "fixed" this by upgrading to the fish shell instead of...
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Pinguy OS 14.04 - Get hibernation back to work and show
Hi all, I have been using Pinguy OS 12.04 so far and hibernation worked fine (as long as there was enough space in the swap partition). But with Pinguy OS 14.04 it is gone on the same piece of hardware...
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