Tag Archives: Ubuntu

HowTo: Stop Ubuntu Checking For Automatic Updates

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Alex

At work I can’t afford to have my Ubuntu system update and possibly wipe out some important libraries I need, and I get pretty tired of closing the Update Manager every time it decides I need to update so here’s … Continue reading →

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Where is this “Me Menu”? – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Alex

After updating my Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) to Lucid (10.04) I was browsing the new features, one of which I couldn’t seem to find. The “Me Menu” which has been talked about quite a lot recently and referred to on the … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Swap the Window Menu Buttons Back to the Right – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Alex

I’m not an OSX person and personally prefer my minimise, maximise and close buttons to be in that order on the right, which they are not as default on the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) so here’s how you can … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Fix “An error occurred while mounting” – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Alex

An error occurred while mounting /dev/bus/usb (and/or) An error occurred while mounting /proc/bus/usb Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery If you are seeing this error on boot an easy way to get rid: sudo gedit /etc/fstab … Continue reading →

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HowTo: Fix Jumping/Skipping Sound in Spotify under Wine – Ubuntu Karmic (9.10)

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Alex

The sound in Spotify was jumping or skipping much like a scratched disk would. After a little investigation I found a couple of ways to fix it with people saying one worked but the other didn’t for them. (Solution 2 … Continue reading →

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Howto: Reinstall Grub using Ubuntu Live CD

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Alex

I recently installed Fedora 12 on my desktop alongside Ubuntu Karmic and Windows 7, however doing so I overwrite my grub which meant my Ubuntu system was hidden. To fix this is pretty simple.. Insert your Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD … Continue reading →

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Yet Another OpenCV/Karmic error – symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libhighgui.so.4

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Alex

symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libhighgui.so.4: undefined symbol: av_free_packet To fix it simply make sure /usr/local/lib is in your library path by using the following command: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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Howto fix: “error while loading shared libraries”

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Alex

While installing opencv on an older version of debian for work I kept getting an error while loading shared libraries which turned out to be a pretty easy fix, just finding the libraries and adding them to the dynamic linker. … Continue reading →

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Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libstdc++5 (Ubuntu Karmic)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Alex

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libstdc++5 This is a simple fix, just grab the libstdc++5 package for your architecture from here: http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/libstdc++5

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HowTo: Install Player/Stage in Ubuntu Karmic (9.10)

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Alex

UPDATE: There is a much easier way of installing player/stage in Ubuntu 9.10 as pointed out by Arkapravo in the comments, however this is the 2.0.4-3.3ubuntu3 where as of 21/May/2010 the latest version is 3.0.1 if this causes any issues … Continue reading →

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