Ubuntu :: Programs/locked Desktop Enviro For Kids?
Feb 25, 2010
im on kubuntu and im looking to setup a desktop environment for my 4 year old that would lock teh screen and allow her to click icons for games and various websites/..... videos/mp3's. Is this possible? Also whats some good kids games? ive got gcompiz? and a few others,shes very good at point/clicking and navigates her way around ..... perfectly fine. So any ideas would be great.
Im installing edubuntu later to check it out but i would prefer to just have a program that i can just fire up and put her in her own desktop enviro.
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Aug 25, 2010
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 TLS from a pen-drive (running Ubuntu example). I created a new user account. When I lock desktop it correctly turnout the screen (everything go dark). When I move the mouse Ubuntu returns perfectly. My problem is that in any time I am not asked for password. I want that Ubuntu while locking ask for password to login again. I already tried configuring lock down and lock properties (application) via gconf-editor.
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May 15, 2011
Nautilus problem in ubuntu 11.04 I recently upgraded and now having problems with nautilus.
1) I don't know for sure if it's related but all of the icons on my desktop (files located in desktop) have little lock symbols in the upper right-hand corner of the icon.
2) I cannot open files from the desktop (because they are evidently locked)
3) I cannot open any of the folders listed when I go to "Places" (between Applications and System top of the screen) Running nautilus from the terminal, I CAN go to different folders and open files in the usual manner.
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Apr 5, 2011
to the point on Fedora 13 I moved the top menu bar on the desktop to the bottom and auto hide the bar on bottom,now I can not use ether. Right clicking on the bars does nothing. I set a backup point before the changes. How do I fix this problem?
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Jan 10, 2011
I need a locked 'screensaver' that shows the real background/desktop (icons and open windows) so that my boss can see what I was working on, but my peers can't mess with it. All the Ubuntu screensavers as far as I can tell either manipulate pictures or do some 3D/2D graphics.
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Feb 7, 2011
Some how I seem to be locked out of my desktop computer. My password isn't working. For some reason all of a sudden it seems to have stopped working. I tried to reboot and now I'm locked out, I can't login. And I'm the only sudo user. How can I fix it or even reset my password
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Jul 28, 2011
I'm running Natty and have made two logins on the system. One for myself and family and one for the kids (teens 14-15yr) to play in without Internet access via Admin "Users and Groups". I have hidden the Internet software icons on their screen amongst others i don't want them to see on the menus. On our screen I use a Firefox addon called "Web Of Trust" that can be configured easily for the kids and another addon called 'Blocksite' that I can selectively use for them and myself etc.
I have found out that they have still been able to get on to the net somehow under their login. Will have to observe again!! In the users settings for the kids the tick box for 'Internet'and 'use modem' access is un-ticked so I presumed that would be enough! Not so!!
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Nov 13, 2010
The mouse was working fine until I pressed the 'lock' button right above it. Since then I have not been able to move the mouse 'once' I get logged in. The mouse works fine when in the login screen. I have tried resetting several times.The keyboard seems to be working, but I don't know where to go to fix the mouse, and I don't know many keyboard shortcuts
** Solved **It's been filed as a bug and has yet to be fixed:[URl]A code below was used effectively by many but made my system freeze when I started up. I ended up reinstalling. So just a general warning.
Code:
sudo mod*robe -r psmouse
sudo mo*probe psmouse proto=imps
[code]...
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May 27, 2010
I'm a school teacher with a teeny bit of linux experience (setup K12LTSP at a school 6 years ago).
I need a LINUX DISTRO of some sort for an EXHIBITION of Primary School DIGITAL ART.
- I have 12 old optima workpro PCs
- need something light
- UBUNTU gives me the black screen after it boots up
- puppy works but there are other issues like...
- need to have apps start automatically on boot as gallery won't be open everyday but people can view screens thru large window. I have already figured out how to wake PCs via BIOS setting.
- needs gxine or vlc to play video loops
- image viewer with slideshow option
- tux paint for kids to play with on days that gallery is open
- firefox a bonus but not essential
- PCs won't have Internet connection or networking capabilities at gallery so are stand alone
- oh and lastly, the exhibition opens in less than two weeks so I am a bit frantic.
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Mar 29, 2010
I just started using Ubuntu and I have 2 grand kids that love PBS Kids Sprouts. The Adobe Flash Player will not work for me on this link. I have loaded the latest version 10 and I am using Firefox as a browser. I have the Nvida chip set on my video card.[URL]..
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Feb 6, 2010
Are there any other programs like remote desktop viewer for linux?
And another question... I'm having problems with connecting ubuntu computer with win7 comp. Adresses are fine, passwords too, but it simply won't connect.
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Mar 10, 2010
My mouse pointer goes from regular white pointer when on the desktop / app bar, to the black oxygen theme cursor when on a web browser or nautilus when hovering over the |-|+|x| boxes.
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Apr 30, 2010
Managed to get the desktop of the ubuntu 10.04 onto my windows xp workstation. But, I tried to run for example synaptic this way, but this seems not to be possible, think due to root rights needed. How to handle this? Is it possible to run synaptic via remote desktop and install programs?
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Apr 13, 2010
How do you open a program, in this instance "Zenmap", from the desktop in a user account when it requires root privileges? Is there a way to be prompted for the password, the same way, for instance, you're prompted when mounting a new file system or making a change to the system? I tried entering 'sudo /usr/bin/zenmap' when creating the shortcut, however that didn't work.
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Dec 20, 2010
Since I have upgraded to to 10.10, I've noticed that I can no longer drag programs to another desktop. Somehow this setting must have been disabled. How does one reactive this setting? (I'm guessing its Compiz related...)
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Jan 19, 2011
I am using Ubuntu Maverick and I wanted to try the xubuntu desktop environment, so I installed xubuntu-desktop package from synaptic package manager. There were many programs automatically installed with the xubuntu-desktop.After trying the xubuntu desktop, I didn't like it and removed it from synaptic package manager but it didn't remove the programs which were automatically installed with it.Is there any way to remove those programs without having to remove them one by one?
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Dec 11, 2010
I've got a Gateway laptop, running 10.10. It's running: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
When I connect my HDMI, I can see my desktop wallpaper, but no icons, or programs. And I haven't even attempted sound yet.
How to fix this so that I can get video OR sound?
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Mar 15, 2010
Several times in the last few days the desktop has frozen. I don't know if it's KDE issue or another conflict.All programs seem to continue running smoothly, but none of the menus on windows will work, or anything in the task manager, or desktop itself. I've tried killing the task manager but it doesn't affect the issue. If I knew what process was causing this, I might be able to restart it.
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Apr 27, 2011
I'm using Opensuse 11.3 with KDE 4.4.4. When using the task switcher, only programs open on the current desktop are visible. I think it would be handy to have the Launch Bar work in the same fashion.
Is it possible to have the Launch Bar only show programs open on the current desktop?
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Feb 7, 2011
I am using nx client and I would like to ask your help. Is it possible when I connect from home to my work's computer (using nx client) to see the exactly same desktop-taskbar and open programs as I left them in my work computer.
Imagine that you are at work using your computer. You lock the keyboard and you go home(you didn't turn it off). You go home and you login to work's computer. What I want to see is the same if I was just unlocking works's computer. IS that possible and how?
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Jul 6, 2010
1-When entering a music CD, video or files, any programs or music or video players and desktop are closed are removed all the icons and I can not open any program only on firefox, I can not see the files or anything . (NOTE CD-rom is in mint condition)
2-I graphics effects ruin the entire desktop and when it is in fact no graphic still looks bad everything looks pixelated or striped like when flex is damaged or something is damaged and is in perfect condition.
Now I'm going with the version 10.04 of ubuntu:
1-I have the same problem with the CD I had in 9.10, except that in the 10/04 I can open some programs with the Emphaty and monitor systems.
2-When you close the laptop when I open the screen looks as if the flex embers damaged or broken screen (when it is of course) and I have no other to reset it.
3-When you drive about 30 minutes using computed with any open programs (Firefox, Emphaty, emesene, movie player, Gnome player) to close it or minimize it gets super slow and sometimes if I Friza and then to turn it off and repeat history.
4-When I'm watching a movie or a video with movie player is super slow (just what I'm playing does not the OS) as if Lageado and stuff. But with Gnome looks pretty good player just the video looks very small and I can not put it full screen. Certainly in a Dell Latitude C610 Pentium III-Processor: 1000/700mhz-Memory: 512MB Graphics-Card: 16mb.
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Sep 29, 2010
i am trying to upgrade to ubuntu 10.04 from 8.04, and am getting this warning:"Upgrading may reduce desktop effects, and performance in games and other graphically intensive programs.This computer is currently using the AMD 'fglrx' graphics driver. No version of this driver is available that works with your hardware in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.Do you want to continue?"should i continue? i have no idea what a 'fglrx graphics driver' is
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Dec 29, 2009
can open the programs pe-install, but can't open other programs or install new programs
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Jul 14, 2011
Now I find myself locked out of SSH! I have another SSH user and I logged in on him but he doesn't have permission to chown the file back! I also tried using su root -c but it is rejecting my root password as if it is invalid, but I know it is valid! I have 2 root accounts on the system and both return "invalid passwords" ever since I chowned the damn file..Does anyone know what I can do? I am very far from the server I must be able to do it remotely. Maybe a server reboot will help?
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Nov 8, 2010
I recently had CentOS installed, but felt that I didn't need the whole server thing, so I picked ubuntu as my OS as I have used it in the past and quite liked it. I formated my first hard drive and installed Ubuntu 10.10. My second drive is a ext3 data drive only. After installing Ubuntu, I can see the drive on the desktop, telling me that it is mounted...i think? But when I goto the drive all the folders are protected. I tried to chown with root to see the stuff but to no avail. I can't seem to change permissions on the drive either or the files.
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Feb 10, 2011
Was able to use a dual boot (Windows 7 and Ubuntu Maverick Desktop version) with only minor microphone couldn't be accessed issue. Had the system lockup completely, even power on and power off or Magic AltSysRq combinations does not help. This happened once before but after parking the laptop for a day, it restarted without issue.
Just prior to my shutting the laptop down, response went to a crawl, the system took much longer to shut down but did. Upon restart (and since) the machine just hangs. I do not see the machine on my network.
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Jun 2, 2011
2.After a year on Lucid 10.04 I installed all updates and did an online upgrade to 10.10 Great!3.Enthusiasm got the better of me and I clicked the upgrade to 11.04. Big mistake.4.I get the 11.04 desktop, but it has no response to mouse clicks. I'm locked out - can't click to log in to my private files.Is all lost? The cursor moves OK and the keyboard works (They are wireless and I guess I'll put on wired ones to eliminate any problem there as I fix stuff.)5.I have never done my own installation or partition work.6.There are a few things I did not back-up, and I'll miss them. Some bookmarks in Firefox may be impossible to ever find again.I really need the Evolution e-mailI dual boot with XP and am now booting up from an old 9.04 disk that I found.I thought I was doing a minor upgrade to Natty 11.04, but the screen tells me I have 2.6.32-32-generic kernel Is there any going back?
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Aug 1, 2010
I was using my laptop and mozilla only to read a few posts and the laptop just locked up. I looked i the /var/log/messages files and I dont see anything there. I was also looking at the /etc/log/kern.log and saw a few things. so my question is how can i tell if this is a hardware issue or a software issue?
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Jun 5, 2010
A few minutes ago I accepted a suggestion from update-manager for restarting my system, such that some security updates could be effective. After restarting and login in as usual, I discovered that I could not use my adminstrative rights as a sudoer. To recover them I booted again, as root, and added my username in the "admin" group. Rebooting, all seemed well again. As an extra check I installed and ran 'chkrootkit' and nothing suspect was found.What could have hapenned? Just a glitch in the system? Can a user disappear from a group for nothing?What further checks can I make to be sure that my system is safe?I'm using Ubuntu Jaunty Jakalope amd64, with kernell 2.6.28-15-generic.
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Sep 1, 2010
Dual boot sys with ubuntu lucid lynx 10.04 on Windows 7 host.I created a dot directory (.rams) yesterday and decided to do a chmod on it. Stupidly,(you can call me a moron) I used the asterisk as a shortcut notation and in effect chmod-ed all the dirs starting with a dot. So when I tried to login, this AM,an error mesg appeared that advised me to change the permissions but I could not get into a console or the desktop. After trying several things on Windows, I simply moved the exisitng ubuntu install into another folder, ran uninstall and re-installed. But is there any way that I can access the sys to undo my stupidity? I have a ton of docs on this install.
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