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I can't find System->Administration->Network. I can only find System->Administration->Network Tools. In Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, I can find System->Administration->Network but in Ubuntu 8.10, I can't. I want to access Network Settings. Is this default in Ubuntu 8.10 or a bug? What should I do to have System->Administration->Network in the menu? Jet (talk) 00:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin
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wj32
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06:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Looking for a good free antivirus program. Suggestions include AVG Free, which I'm a little hesitant towards since the false positive fiasco, Avast!, NOD32, and two which I don't want: ClamWin and Antivir. Anyone have suggestions for which I should lean towards? I have McAfee, but it won't do anything unless I exit Norton, which I can't for some reason. Avnas Ishtaroth drop me a line 05:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I resisted learning anything beyond elementary HTML, on grounds of laziness and accessibility, until I installed WordPress and had to learn basic CSS to make my blog look halfway decent. I see that CSS can specify how voices should express heading-style and so on. Supposing I don't care whether my writing sounds like Ingrid Bergman or Danny DeVito, is it worthwhile to add voice code to my stylesheet; or do vocal browsers have decent defaults? If I did want to make my website sound pretty, what client might I use to try it? (I'm on MacOS.) — This is prompted by a recent question on Humanities that touched on website design for the blind. — Tamfang ( talk) 06:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
i want to print a picture from another program into a bitmap format. Is there a way to do that? PS sorry about my sig, it's not working right yet. Buffered Input Output 14:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm using the FireFox web browser and have an annoying problem. I'm editing a Wikipedia paragraph then click on another existing paragraph and start typing text there. Unfortunately, there is a lag. This didn't used to be a problem, as it would eventually catch up to my typing and everything would be fine. Now, however, the change in location doesn't register until after the text is typed. So, the text I typed AFTER picking on a new location doesn't go where I clicked, but rather where I was before I clicked. The flashing cursor then moves to the new location. I'm considering scrapping this version of FireFox if I can't fix this annoying prob. My version info:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18
StuRat ( talk) 14:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello - is there any way to get BeautifulSoup to spot xml tags which close themselves - like this: <tslash /> ? It makes the nesting go all wrong.
Here's an example:
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulStoneSoup
print BeautifulStoneSoup('''<xml1><tnested>ok</tnested><tslash /><tnested>wrong</tnested></xml1>''').prettify()
prints
<xml1>
<tnested>
ok
</tnested>
<tslash>
<tnested> <!-- this shouldn't be nested! -->
wrong
</tnested>
</tslash>
</xml1>
I know I could set selfClosingTags=['tslash']
, but I'd much rather detect it all automatically. --
h2g2bob (
talk)
16:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I've written a hack that works using regular expressions.
def make_soup(page):
# Those fools don't recognise <foo..../> as a self-closing tag in xml.
# Lets fix that for them
re_self_closing_xml_tags = re.compile( r'<([^>\s]+)(\s[^>]*)?/\s*>' )
page = re_self_closing_xml_tags.sub(
lambda m : '<%s %s></%s>' % (m.group(1), m.group(2) or '', m.group(1),),
page)
return BeautifulStoneSoup(page)
If there's other/better solutions then I'd be interested. -- h2g2bob ( talk) 18:01, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Currently I have no network at home, no LAN or WLAN. This causes my Firefox to start in offline mode.
Which is a good thing, I think it makes sense. The problem is that I have a local webserver running (on this machine) and I can't connect to it via http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1. Firefox then complains about the 'offline mode'.
Under Edit>Preferences, I have market "No proxy"
I think local addresses like the ones above should always be allowed as they are not dependent on the actual LAN/WLAN connection.
What is wrong? Mr.K. (talk) 17:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
A friend of mine has a problem with Windows XP Pro. A few days ago they turn it on and it comes to the login screen with his four accounts. However, no matter what account he tries to login with, it asks for a password. None of the accounts had passwords, as it is a family computer. Even trying safe mode, where you have access to the additional "Administrator" account presents the same problems for all user accounts.
My friend suspects they have a virus, but from researching this in Google I get a bunch of mixed responses, from spyware to a remote user hacking and screwing things up. I am aware of things that would cause this, but I do not know how to treat it, since I have never (nor want to) experience this problem.
I am away at school right now and am unable to help my friend, whom I talked to over the phone for about an hour last night. He cannot find his Windows XP disc, and thus I am not able to have him repair his installation. He can get to another computer and check e-mail, but needs to get into his computer to access his documents. What can I suggest to him to do in order to solve his problem? --Willy No1lakersfan ( Talk - Contribs) 18:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I had the same problem with the same O/S. My solution was to log on as Administrator, and leave the password blank. Hope it helps. DOR (HK) ( talk) 02:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if this should be here or on Science, but is is "Electronics, sofwtre and hardware", so... My mother has a UK Freeview Set top box. It is a Thomson (DTI 550) whose website states there is no support file for the particular box and Thomson appear to have left the consumer electronics market. I was trying to get a missing channel for her using "Menu | Auto tune", the reult of which was that about a dozen channels including BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV3 (but not BBC4) have been found but with the wrong channel numbers - they are coming up at the end of the list with numbers 801 through 816. Is there any way of changing the channel numbers back to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 etc (As the dentist says, 8's missing)? -- SGBailey ( talk) 19:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I just got my computer back after the motherboard was changed. I can now turn on the computer, which is a major improvement, but instead a new problem has arised: with no prior warning, the computer suddenly shuts down. it dies completely as if someone cut the power supply. Has anyone got any idea as to what is the problem? I have wondered if it might be som problem with temperature, since it seems like the fan is working more now than it did before the motherboard was changed. could that be it? how do i check the internal temperature, and if it is too high, how do i lower it? very greatful for any ideas! / Marxmax ( talk) 19:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Computing desk | ||
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< November 20 | << Oct | November | Dec >> | November 22 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages. |
I can't find System->Administration->Network. I can only find System->Administration->Network Tools. In Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, I can find System->Administration->Network but in Ubuntu 8.10, I can't. I want to access Network Settings. Is this default in Ubuntu 8.10 or a bug? What should I do to have System->Administration->Network in the menu? Jet (talk) 00:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin
--
wj32
t/
c
06:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Looking for a good free antivirus program. Suggestions include AVG Free, which I'm a little hesitant towards since the false positive fiasco, Avast!, NOD32, and two which I don't want: ClamWin and Antivir. Anyone have suggestions for which I should lean towards? I have McAfee, but it won't do anything unless I exit Norton, which I can't for some reason. Avnas Ishtaroth drop me a line 05:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I resisted learning anything beyond elementary HTML, on grounds of laziness and accessibility, until I installed WordPress and had to learn basic CSS to make my blog look halfway decent. I see that CSS can specify how voices should express heading-style and so on. Supposing I don't care whether my writing sounds like Ingrid Bergman or Danny DeVito, is it worthwhile to add voice code to my stylesheet; or do vocal browsers have decent defaults? If I did want to make my website sound pretty, what client might I use to try it? (I'm on MacOS.) — This is prompted by a recent question on Humanities that touched on website design for the blind. — Tamfang ( talk) 06:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
i want to print a picture from another program into a bitmap format. Is there a way to do that? PS sorry about my sig, it's not working right yet. Buffered Input Output 14:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm using the FireFox web browser and have an annoying problem. I'm editing a Wikipedia paragraph then click on another existing paragraph and start typing text there. Unfortunately, there is a lag. This didn't used to be a problem, as it would eventually catch up to my typing and everything would be fine. Now, however, the change in location doesn't register until after the text is typed. So, the text I typed AFTER picking on a new location doesn't go where I clicked, but rather where I was before I clicked. The flashing cursor then moves to the new location. I'm considering scrapping this version of FireFox if I can't fix this annoying prob. My version info:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18
StuRat ( talk) 14:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello - is there any way to get BeautifulSoup to spot xml tags which close themselves - like this: <tslash /> ? It makes the nesting go all wrong.
Here's an example:
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulStoneSoup
print BeautifulStoneSoup('''<xml1><tnested>ok</tnested><tslash /><tnested>wrong</tnested></xml1>''').prettify()
prints
<xml1>
<tnested>
ok
</tnested>
<tslash>
<tnested> <!-- this shouldn't be nested! -->
wrong
</tnested>
</tslash>
</xml1>
I know I could set selfClosingTags=['tslash']
, but I'd much rather detect it all automatically. --
h2g2bob (
talk)
16:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I've written a hack that works using regular expressions.
def make_soup(page):
# Those fools don't recognise <foo..../> as a self-closing tag in xml.
# Lets fix that for them
re_self_closing_xml_tags = re.compile( r'<([^>\s]+)(\s[^>]*)?/\s*>' )
page = re_self_closing_xml_tags.sub(
lambda m : '<%s %s></%s>' % (m.group(1), m.group(2) or '', m.group(1),),
page)
return BeautifulStoneSoup(page)
If there's other/better solutions then I'd be interested. -- h2g2bob ( talk) 18:01, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Currently I have no network at home, no LAN or WLAN. This causes my Firefox to start in offline mode.
Which is a good thing, I think it makes sense. The problem is that I have a local webserver running (on this machine) and I can't connect to it via http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1. Firefox then complains about the 'offline mode'.
Under Edit>Preferences, I have market "No proxy"
I think local addresses like the ones above should always be allowed as they are not dependent on the actual LAN/WLAN connection.
What is wrong? Mr.K. (talk) 17:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
A friend of mine has a problem with Windows XP Pro. A few days ago they turn it on and it comes to the login screen with his four accounts. However, no matter what account he tries to login with, it asks for a password. None of the accounts had passwords, as it is a family computer. Even trying safe mode, where you have access to the additional "Administrator" account presents the same problems for all user accounts.
My friend suspects they have a virus, but from researching this in Google I get a bunch of mixed responses, from spyware to a remote user hacking and screwing things up. I am aware of things that would cause this, but I do not know how to treat it, since I have never (nor want to) experience this problem.
I am away at school right now and am unable to help my friend, whom I talked to over the phone for about an hour last night. He cannot find his Windows XP disc, and thus I am not able to have him repair his installation. He can get to another computer and check e-mail, but needs to get into his computer to access his documents. What can I suggest to him to do in order to solve his problem? --Willy No1lakersfan ( Talk - Contribs) 18:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I had the same problem with the same O/S. My solution was to log on as Administrator, and leave the password blank. Hope it helps. DOR (HK) ( talk) 02:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Not sure if this should be here or on Science, but is is "Electronics, sofwtre and hardware", so... My mother has a UK Freeview Set top box. It is a Thomson (DTI 550) whose website states there is no support file for the particular box and Thomson appear to have left the consumer electronics market. I was trying to get a missing channel for her using "Menu | Auto tune", the reult of which was that about a dozen channels including BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV3 (but not BBC4) have been found but with the wrong channel numbers - they are coming up at the end of the list with numbers 801 through 816. Is there any way of changing the channel numbers back to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 etc (As the dentist says, 8's missing)? -- SGBailey ( talk) 19:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
I just got my computer back after the motherboard was changed. I can now turn on the computer, which is a major improvement, but instead a new problem has arised: with no prior warning, the computer suddenly shuts down. it dies completely as if someone cut the power supply. Has anyone got any idea as to what is the problem? I have wondered if it might be som problem with temperature, since it seems like the fan is working more now than it did before the motherboard was changed. could that be it? how do i check the internal temperature, and if it is too high, how do i lower it? very greatful for any ideas! / Marxmax ( talk) 19:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)