ubuntu-8.04

Unable to run Internet explorer 7 on Wine 1.2

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Following the instructions from here. I installed IE7. But when I run it with Wine 1.2 with: wine iexplore.exe & I get: Explorer$ fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub! fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0 fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x5b9f97, 0x6f4b08, {3e1fd72a-c323-4574-9917-5ce9c936f78c}, 1, 0x32f414, (null), (null), 0x6f4b10,) fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x5b9f97, 0x6f4b28, {afff9c82-5be3-4205-9b3e-49e014c09a63}, 1, 0x32f414, (null), (null), 0x6f4b30,) fixme:advapi:RegisterTraceGuidsW (0x6cd15f38, 0x6cd20180, {e2821408-c59d-418f-ad3f-aa4e792aeb79}, 1, 0x32f260, (null), … Read more

How to resolve ‘Error Dependency is not satisfiable: libascound2’ on ubuntu

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I am trying to install the package skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.91-1.i386.deb on Ubuntu 8.04. But in the Package installer, I get: Error Dependency is not satisfiable: libascound2 And I have tried: $ sudo apt-get install libasound2 Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done libasound2 is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically … Read more

Unable to install software on Ubuntu 8.04

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I have recently installed 8.04 Ubuntu onto an industrial board and applied the vendor kernel modifications to it. I need to develop applications on another desktop to run on this board in C++ but I am unable to install any software (specifically build-essential) on it so I am left with gcc 4.2.4 which is simply … Read more

Grub hangs at “Starting up …” when USB flash card reader is plugged in (on Ubuntu Hardy)

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I have a PC with Ubuntu Hardy installed. The machine boots fine unless my USB flash card reader (one of those N-in-1 readers by MediaGear) is plugged in at startup. If the reader is plugged in, the boot process proceeds as normal until it gets to the screen that says “Starting up …“. At that … Read more

Desktop directory disappears in gnome-terminal, then appears again, but all files in it are deleted

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I am able to see my Desktop and with all its various links and files. But in the terminal when I try to access the Desktop directory: cd ~/Desktop I get: bash: cd: /home/administrator/Desktop: No such file or directory Then I find I am unable to access any of the files on the Desktop when … Read more

How to get source with apt-get source in Ubuntu?

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I need to install pure-ftpd from source and need to do apt-get source pure-ftpd but I get this message: E: You must put some ‘source’ URIs in your sources.list I found some documentation about this for Debian on http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-sources.list but what URIs should I add to sources.list for Ubuntu and if I want the source … Read more

How can I resolve gstreamer dependencies in Ubuntu

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Can you please tell me how can I resolve these dependencies on ubuntu: checking for GSTREAMER… configure: error: Package requirements (gstreamer-0.10 >= 0.10 gstreamer-app-0.10 gstreamer-base-0.10 gstreamer-pbutils-0.10 gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10 >= 0.10.25 gstreamer-video-0.10) were not met: No package ‘gstreamer-app-0.10’ found No package ‘gstreamer-pbutils-0.10’ found No package ‘gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10’ found No package ‘gstreamer-video-0.10’ found I have tried: $ sudo apt-get … Read more