Recent content by w3techie

JFIY. Silverlight is no longer going to be supported by Microsoft because of HTML5. The ability embed videos and graphics and even interactive elements in HTML5 makes Silverlight obsolete. So, the Mono version of Silverlight, which was Moonlight is also obsolete. That may be why the plugins no...

I think removing the PPA file will work. You can always open up Software Updater and click Settings and untick the PPA there if necessary. That error is probably coming from the server no longer responds or the installation is not able to support running the application.

This link is a more brief explanation of how to get the correct monitor identifier: http://anhe51.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/change-resolution-of-unknown-monitor-in-ubuntu-11-10/ By opening a terminal CTRL+ALT+T and running: $ xrandr

When I had a different brand of a USB sound card it stopped working on me as well. Sometimes if you change the default playback device in the Sound properties through Control Panel, or by right-clicking and selecting Playback devices from the volume icon in the system tray. You can select a...

Is your driver listed on this page? http://www.qhmpl.com/Download-Drivers.html

According to the information provided on this page, you should open a terminal CTRL+ALT+T and use the command: sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity-greeter sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm Open lightdm.conf file with the next command: sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf And try running the...

This link tells how to remove the PPA: Easy Method to Add, Remove and Purge PPA using Terminal on Ubuntu and Linux Mint So for you it looks like you would open a terminal CTRL+ALT+T and use: # ~ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:speed-dreams-ppa-raring # ~ sudo apt-get update ...or it...

But if you are just out to stream media, you could always go with Chromecast and use the Chromecast extension in Chrome (not Chromium) to do that. I would personally recommend using XBMC as a media player, and you can even run it as a media center on a home server. Some Blu-ray players can see...

It would be helpful to install the Intel HD Graphics driver. This link will tell you how to do exactly that: http://www.noobslab.com/2014/03/intel-graphics-installer-helps-you-to.html You should also install vaapi from this page: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-vaapi-driver ...or...

To do that I would recommend installing FileZilla FTP Server and then you can either connect with FileZilla FTP Client or you could just go through a browser. You have to create Groups and then add Users to the Groups in the FileZilla FTP Server application. Users should have passwords. You...

It sounds almost the same as the issue this person had: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php?topic=280.0 He started by opening a terminal CTRL+ALT+T and running the command: lspci | grep -i wireless Another user advised to run: lspci -vnn -d 14e4...

I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual-boot. This is a screenshot of ext2fsd in Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/58e1kox6vcye7s1/Screenshot%202014-05-25%2000.36.48.png When I go into Ubuntu, the Windows partition is in the File system. If it's not, there are plenty of utilities for mounting...