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Hello Forum - First Post
[/font]Greetings from Montreal, Been running BeOS for the past 15 years but had to part ways in February and have been looking for a replacement OS since. Long story short: PinguyOS caught my...
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I want to start learning this. I have Pinguy OS 12.04 LTS 1686. I want to change the time from military to 12 hr. I have the code. I am so new that I don't know where and how I enter that code. Any...
View ArticleExtracting files
Well I've downloaded tor browser about 4 times know the first 2 times where the same 3.3.25.8 the second 2 where 2.2.39.4 and 3.3.25.5. I did this because when I tried to extract it the first time it...
View ArticleBeginner trying to connect to internet
Hello, a coule of days ago I installed Pinguy. So far I have only worked with windows and I cannot figure out how to set up my standard internet adsl connection (wired). I have a modem from my provider...
View Article12.04 Gnome-shell Dropbox indicator and others extensions seem to have vanished
Pinguy OS 12.04 64bit Gnome Shell 3.4.1 I have dropbox installed and I used to have something like an icon in the top bar of my screen for dropbox - it has vanished (incl. the one for webbilder). How...
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Restricted Access
Hi, just tried to go to Pinguy OS forum and got this: Access Restricted - Mozilla Firefox_029.jpg File Type: Downloaded: 17 times Size: 379.8 KB
View ArticleSD cards read only
Pinguy Ubuntu is mounting my SD cards as read only. I opened a terminal and logged in as sudo su. However, SD cards are still read only. I right clicked on SD cards > properties > permissions:...
View ArticleDMESG and lshw detect bluetooth but no bluetooth
I have a Toshiba NB505 netbook with Atom N455 and no bluetooth. Specifications are at http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/...05-n500bl/ DMESG and lsmod detect bluetooth. Does my netbook have...
View ArticleSynaptic wants to remove half of my programs
Hello I have a problem with Synaptic. When I tell it to upgrade all packages, it wants me to remove half of my programs, then install KDE for some reason. I can use apt-get upgrade without a problem,...
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External HDD USB Install/LiveCD Hangup.
I've had a laptop with no internal hard drive for about a year now, and having no experience with Linux-based systems, I decided to give installing a distro on a spare external a try. Having a laptop...
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13.04 | clear system, crash after update
Hi guys. Sorry for my english. ok. After clear installation, i was notified about the new updates. He decided that I do not need things like gdm (along with all the gnome-shell), and removed them. In...
View Articletv screen connects to laptop but after a few seconds it goes blank
i dont know what to do i plug in my tv to the laptop the cord is not a hdmi its an older style one i dont know what it is but it works for a few secons i see on the tv screen whats on my laptop but...
View ArticleScreen flicker, blue lighting bolt
I have download pinguy 12.04 final 86_64 twice now. In both times on live cd and install i am getting a blue lighting bolt across screen. It happen once in a while while OS is running. During shut down...
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Recover GDM via recovery menu
Hi all, there are several posts about "GDM" being removed, to recover it; boot into "Recovery Mode" and: 1. Scroll down to "Network" and activate it using a CABLE CONNECTION ONLY. 2. Try running "Dpkg"...
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Printer driver install problem.
Hello guys, I have a Samsung ML-1675 printer and it is recognised by my computer but I can only, at present, print test-pages , as I didn't have the right printer-driver. I downloaded the driver, which...
View ArticleInstall Fails
No success with this distro. I have tried installing 11.04, 12.04 and 13.04 on an HP G62 from both DVD and USB. I have tried 3 different hard drives, and still get the same message "I/O error" on...
View Articlebrowser - copy pciture
Hello With the browser open and visulizando an image: I click with the mouse to save the image on your computer: result: browser closes and I can not do the operation. Reopening the browser it asks to...
View ArticleWallpaper/desktop icons/file manager problem
Forgive me if I say something wrong because I'm very cherry when it comes to linux. This should be day 3 as far as my experience goes. I wanted a solution to assign independent wallpapers to my duel...
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Successfully install PinguyOS 13.04 despite error msgs
Hi all, this is a quick guide for all the new people that wish to use PinguyOS, although the title does specifically say PinguyOS 13.04, this method can be used on any Debian based system. So, you have...
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Burn ISO files at the SLOWEST POSSIBLE SPEED
Hi all, as the title suggests, some and/or many problems with your installation can be avoided by burning the ISO file at the "SLOWEST POSSIBLE SPEED", most if not all burner apps will automatically...
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