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Q&A<br />
Compiled by Gord Campbell<br />
If you have a Linux question, email it to: misc@fullcirclemagazine.org, and<br />
Gord will answer them in a future issue. Please include as much<br />
information as you can about your query.<br />
Q<br />
I installed Viber from the<br />
Viber web site, but it doesn't<br />
run.<br />
A<br />
(Thanks to howefield in the<br />
Ubuntu Forums) Try installing<br />
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.1 0-0<br />
It looks like the package<br />
creators have missed referencing a<br />
dependency (or the dependencies<br />
have changed) from their package.<br />
good with PowerPoint files.<br />
Q<br />
I<br />
have 4GB of RAM and only<br />
2GB are available.<br />
A<br />
After swapping RAM sticks<br />
around, it became apparent<br />
that two of the four slots were not<br />
working. The Original Poster also<br />
noticed "a bulged up capacitor", so<br />
it's a hardware problem.<br />
during boot if you don't see it).<br />
And the previous kernel solved<br />
the problem.<br />
Q<br />
I installed my new computer<br />
with Ubuntu 1 2.04.4. When I<br />
start up the computer, I get one<br />
notification of "Network<br />
Disconnected - you are now<br />
offline". The Ethernet port does<br />
not appear in ifconfig output.<br />
Q<br />
Is there a way to notify users<br />
of password expiration at<br />
logon?<br />
A<br />
This does not answer your<br />
question, but it should be<br />
relevant: most security experts<br />
now feel that having passwords<br />
expire is a bad thing, which<br />
actually reduces security.<br />
Q<br />
Is there Linux software which<br />
will read and work with<br />
PowerPoint files?<br />
A<br />
(Thanks to linuxkvh in the<br />
Ubuntu Forums) Try<br />
LibreOffice Impress. Minor<br />
compatibility issues might happen<br />
when loading PowerPoint<br />
presentations, so it's best to use<br />
only LibreOffice when working on<br />
a new presentation.<br />
A second option is to use MS<br />
Office under Wine.<br />
marseille2 suggests WPS<br />
Office, which he says is particularly<br />
Q<br />
I'm using Ubuntu 1 4.04 on my<br />
Asus X205T. Yesterday the<br />
updater installed some stuff and<br />
asked to restart; I said ‘later’. The<br />
next time I started up, the<br />
touchpad doesn't work at all.<br />
A<br />
(Thanks to sudodus in the<br />
Ubuntu Forums) Some<br />
computers have a button to turn<br />
the touchpad on and off. Maybe<br />
you can check if you can turn it on<br />
with a hotkey combination, maybe<br />
the 'Fn' key + an 'F' key. My laptop<br />
has the Fn + F5 key combination<br />
for this purpose. One alternative is<br />
to boot a previous kernel via the<br />
grub menu (press the shift key<br />
A<br />
New computer, old OS, bad<br />
outcome. Try 1 5.1 0. (Which<br />
worked.)<br />
Q<br />
I am using gadmin-samba to<br />
configure shared folders, but<br />
it's not working.<br />
A<br />
(Thanks to bab1 in the<br />
Ubuntu Forums) I can't stress<br />
this too strongly -- DO NOT USE<br />
Gadmin-samba TO CONFIGURE A<br />
SAMBA FILE SERVER. Purge<br />
everything to do with gadminsamba,<br />
and start over. Setting up a<br />
simple file server is not very<br />
difficult.<br />
TOP QUESTIONS AT<br />
ASKUBUNTU<br />
* Unable to find the .lit file reader<br />
conversion app clit<br />
http://goo.gl/9dTGfd<br />
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to another drive<br />
http://goo.gl/k7BrZC<br />
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Ubuntu compromise security<br />
http://goo.gl/BNZdKF<br />
* How to stop the pointer jumping<br />
around due to the touchpad?<br />
http://goo.gl/7Mo4N3<br />
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