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If you happen to have "Undefined Video Mode Number" error message when you login into your Ubuntu, here is the solution! 1. Open your menu.lst file sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst 2. Change statement that says vga=xxx (xxx is some numbers) with vga=normal 3. Reboot and tha dha.

1. Download the file.deb 2. Go to the directory where you save the file.deb 3. Type the following command in your terminal sudo dpkg -i file.deb If you don't like typing, open your File Browser then double click on the file. Follow the instruction. Ubuntu is getting smarter, it makes you easy.

When you frequently need to type the same long command on your terminal, you need to create aliases so you can save time. To create permanent aliases, follow this command: 1. Open your ~/.bash_aliases file with text editor you like then add the alias you want. (If you don't have .bash_aliases, create a new one on your home directory). Example: alias any_name='ssh user_id@any_address.ca' 2. Uncomment these 3 lines on your ~/.bashrc file if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then . ~/.bash_aliases fi 3. Restart your terminal, if it doesn't take effect you need to reboot system. I only need to restart the terminal to make the aliases take effect (I'm running 8.04).

You may edit .emacs file in your home directory (/home/your_login_ID/.emacs) to satisfy your liking. Some useful lines to add: 1. (transient-mark-mode t) It will enable syntax highlighting when you select text(s). 2. (setq inhibit-splash-screen t) It will ommit the emacs welcoming screen.

If accidentally you delete your lower panel in Ubuntu and could not bring it back after attempting several trials, you can try this below: gconftool-2 --shutdown rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel pkill gnome-panel I have tried this solution and it worked. The commands are originally taken from here http://lists.ethernal.org/oldarchives/cantlug-0610/msg00566.html

Wireless Problem on Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E - S O L V E D Finally I can connect to Internet through my wireless on my Vaio laptops I bought on boxing day last year. After googling and following some guides in Ubuntu forum http://ubuntuforums.org/ , the problem has been solved. What I have done to make it work was actually following this link http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/rhwireless.html#5007 suggested by somebody in the forum (check the forum if you encounter any problem). Here is the summary: 1. Download the madwifi from the link above 2. Install this tool to compile the source code: sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` 3. Uninstall ndiswrapper or madwifi (if you have installed one of them before). Go to the directory and then do: sudo make uninstall sudo make clean 4. Untar the downloaded madwifi file sudo tar zxvf madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007 sudo make sudo make install blacklist the restri...

Don't strugle to search help on how to create List of Tables with Hyperlink in OpenOffice (or maybe Microsoft Office), you won't find it. There is a workaround though, juts follow this link: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=69516&highlight=