On reboot I get old files and foilders that were deleted some time ago. I also get the contents of an old etc directory installed in to my HOME directory. I delete these everytime I log on, but they always re appear.
PS. I use Lucky Backup to back yo my machine. Could that have anything to do with it and how do I fix things.
How can I access files of my Windows desktop from Ubuntu desktop while using Ubuntu?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI guess I messed around with Unity on Ubuntu 11 a bit too much without knowing too much about it. Here's what's been happening: I chose the 'cube' setting in CCSM, but after switching to it, Unity crashed. So I rebooted and X11 started, but no Unity. Which means no window borders or anything.
how I could set it up again? I disabled the login-screen, as I'm the only user, so I guess I have no chance to simply choose Gnome for example to boot into a full-featured desktop.
My laptop can't boot from cdrom becouse it is broken and it can't boot from USB becouse it has never been able. Ubuntu 8.10 now run in my laptop withgrub 1.I've just try the following trick.1) I put grub4dos in /boot2) I put iso image in /boot3) I add the follwing entrt in source.list
Code:
# =========== GRUB4GOS ===================================
title == Use grub4dos for the following entries: ==
[code]....
I have a Sony VPCZ13C5E with Intel Core i7 M640 @ 2.8GHz and Windows 7 Prof 64 bit.
It has 4 x 122GB SSD's in one Volume type Raid 0 using Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
The installation prog did not offer to install alongside an existing (Win 7) system, however after installation I was able still to boot Win 7 from the Grub Menu, but the Linux option just gives the black screen of death.
Booting from the 10.10 LiveCD and running sudo fdisk - l gives "unable to seek on /dev/sda". Also I have had a message "unknown filesystem type 'isw_raid_member' although I have forgotten where that came from!
The LiveCD shows that the filesystem does seem to have installed OK on the ext4 partion of 100Gb which I had kept for it, however it will not boot.
The results of Boot_info_script are shown in the attachment Results.txt
I have tried sudo mount /dev/mapper/isw_dijbjabefg_Volume07 /mnt and it gives no errors.
I then tried sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda which gave no errors but when I reboot and choose Linux the result is still the black screen of death.
I understand that the problem may be one of Ubuntu drivers having to catch up with the latest technology but given that Ubuntu can partition the swap file and the ext4 system I seem to be so close.
i have lately installed planeshift , a game for ubuntu wich u have to have playdeb first (messed) lol! any way , at first , i had difficults to install it , as everyone do , coz it was on ( .bin ) , but finally : woop installed (messed again) ! when it asks me for the repertory where to install the game , i did choose my home folder home/user/opt/(the game) a shortcut created on desktop automaticly there we go , i can't run this hortcut double clicked , opened , ... it just won't open its in ( .desktop ) file , so , how we run these files ? coz i already have some problems with them ! when i run the game i get this error :
Quote:
Untrusted application launcher The application launcher "planeshift.desktop" has not been
marked as trusted, if you do not know the source of this file, launching it may be unsafe.
and as i know , i right clicked on the shortcut > properties > permissions tab > (here i activate the allow executing the file as program) but when i try the game , nothing happens this time , and i mean nothing , it just won't run won' open , nothing ! i have ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx (the great one) !
I am using Ubuntu 10.10. I am facing a strange problem with my desktop. In my desktop there are not any file or folder though there I put some folder. The Mouse button also don't work in my desktop. But when I Go to Place > Desktop there shows my previous folders. I can't put any of my files in my desktop.
View 2 Replies View RelatedPressing CTRL+R on the desktop will display the hidden files.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI normally don't switch between workspaces. In older versions I had done it just to try it out. And the files that were on the desktop in Workspace #1 were not there in any of the other Workspaces, but now in 10.04 they are. Is this the way it should be? Or is there something I need to set to have a clean desktop in the other Workspaces?
View 6 Replies View RelatedMy laptop has Ubuntu 10.04 LTS running in a virtual machine. Just couple hours ago my computer ran out of batteries. When restarted it and started virtual machine and Ubuntu, 90% of stuff ithat was in my desktop is gone!!!
They are not on desktop and if I browse desktop with nautilus, the files are not there. They are not in the recent documents either.
Linux Native Volume 1UsrDesktop
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy desktop is not displaying files that I put on the desktop days ago. I checked all four workspaces.All the files are still accessible from Nautilus > Desktop.When I drag a file icon (from Nautilus to the empty desktop) and release, the icon does not drop on the desktop, the icon quickly moves back to the folder where it came from.The top and bottom panels of the desktop still operate normally.I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit with classic-Ubuntu desktop.I also noticed that Startup Applications is missing "chrome" that I added this morning.I am the only user on this system. The system is a duel boot Ubuntu - win7. The Ubuntu partition is formated ext4 and there is a separate NTFS-formated partition named "storage" for folders that are accessible from both Ubuntu and win7. That should not be an issue because the desktop folder is on the Ubuntu partition, /home/[user]/Desktop. I have not booted win7 in the last few days.The desktop first
appeared empty after I did two things:
1) installed CryptKeeper from Ubuntu Software Center
2) Enable Automatic Login
After I clicked Applications > System > CryptKeeper, the desktop did not respond to mouse clicks. I did not find any CryptKeeper instructions. I don't know how to use CryptKeeper.The login screen still asked for credentials after I rebooted.So I uninstalled CryptKeeper, disable Automatic Login, and rebooted. But the desktop is still not displaying the files.Could CryptKeeper have changed something in my profile?Does Ubuntu have a log file to see exactly what I did?What else can I try to restore my desktop and enable Automatic Login?
I don't know how to share files between my desktop and laptop, each running Xubuntu (9.04 and 9.10, respectively).using LAN, but I've gotten lost going through several Samba, NFS, and FTP guides, most of which seem oriented towards vanilla Ubuntu.
View 2 Replies View RelatedThere are some hidden files in my desktop..How do i make them visible?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhat is the command that opens .desktop files? Gnome-open opens it in an editor. I need it to open the application that it refers to. Even better would be general method to find out what application it refers to.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have covergloobus installed and if I download something to my desktop sometimes it goes under covergloobus and obviously that means moving it around to then get it and then put covergloobus back.
It would be nice to set some kind of rule to not have items go there or have something like in KDE and their "desktop folder".
I created an image and then saved it to my desktop as *.jpg
It doesn't show on my desktop anywhere. However, when I click to upload from my desktop to a website or to 'insert' and attachment in my email program and browse to my desktop, it shows that it is on my desktop and all works fine.
I have a feeling the * is the problem in the name and I would happily rename it if I could only get to it from my desktop but I cannot at all.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Everytime I open a drive, an icon shows up on the desktop. i hate that! i want a clean desktop free of icons so i can put pretty widgets and all that other junk . how do i stop this from happening?
View 2 Replies View RelatedSo the deal is, I've a desktop where I got all of my movies, music etc stored and a laptop which is clean.
And I want to get a tip on some software or ways of moving my movies through my local network.
The reason why I want to do it is because my laptop has an HDMI port that I can hook up to my tv and my desktop doesn't.
I know of SSH and so on, but just wondering if there's an easier/better way, maybe a way to stream the movies from my desktop without any quality loss onto the laptop? I don't prefer SSH due to having to open my ports, I'm quite paranoid about that, want to keep my things impact and secure. (Both of the computers run Ubuntu)
I tried to find a solution on the forum after my Desktop folders, files, everything vanished. What I've got now is "Standard Icons", Home, Pics, Videos, etc.
I tried to locate files via SEARCH on FILE SYSTEM and I couldn't find any. I tried to reset Nautilus and nothing happens. I have a different profile in this Laptop and that profile is UNCHANGED, but mine is screwed.
I'm getting a bit desperate because I have an exam tomorrow and I NEED to access those files.
I Use Ubuntu 9.10, Desktop edition.
IF I TYPE NAUTILUS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE COMES ON TERMINAL
Apparently, there are two ways to make a menu item: create a .desktop file for it in the /usr/share/applications/ directory, or add an entry for it in the /etc/xdg/xfce4/desktop/menu.xml file. Is the choice just a matter of preference, or do these two approaches provide different functionality?
View 2 Replies View RelatedYesterday I accidentaly deleted all files from my desktop (with rm). Now I am looking for way how to recover them.
I tried to use scalpel to recover them which found many files (more than 800000 zip files). I stopped the process cause It would take ages. I would like to recover files only from desktop folder. Is this possible?
Is there some other good recovery program?
Using Ubuuntu 10.04.
Is it possible to transfer files through remote desktop?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI setup the chromium browser to come up in kiosk mode in the startup applications and after rebooting it does not come up in kiosk mode and the startup application entry is now gone.I have several machines and though they all have the exact same hardware and software, some lose the startup application entry on reboot and some do not.I was wondering if anyone might know what is going on and what might be the fix for this. I don't think it is a chromium problem, but I am positive.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhere can I get a good copy of Ubuntu desktop edition. I have a cd of Ubuntu 10.04 but it will not load on my machine. This same cd did load at one time on the same computer.Every time I download ubuntu and check the MD5 files they do not match.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to share files from a desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 so that they may be seen from a Laptop running Ubuntu 11.04 which are on the same network.
I have tried installing Samba, which worked fine until i replaced windows on the laptop with Ubuntu. then the Laptop would not recognize any computers on the network. as i tried to search through the forums and solve the problem myself i think i may have also edited my smb.conf file in a way that it will no longer allow me to share the folder ( which used to be shared) on the desktop.
EDIT: if it helps when i right click on the folder, and try to create share i get: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare add: cannot convert name "everyone" to a SID. Invalid parameter.
