Repositories

[volksman]

hahaha....oops.  I sent an e-mail a few seconds ago to help and then 
re-read your post to realize you -have- sorta fixed your problem.  Can't 
help with the one remaining though.  As I said in the other post the 
"default" has gone missing from screen res.

sorry! 

Laurie Bell wrote:
> Hi Alfred,
>   Synaptic went when I was getting source list for medibuntu. That 
> error was resolved with a couple of commands supplied by good people 
> on ubuntu list.
>  With login screen I went on ubuntu forums for a solution and found 
> quite a few people had the same problem.Tried one of the 
> solutions,which led to a config setup.Used this as best I could,and 
> ended up with 4 screens on main screen,but it fixed the login.However 
> to get back normal screen started 8.04 in recovery mode--repair 
> packages.That gave me my screen back,but the login screen was back to 
> being 800X600.My main screen is 1024X768.
> Laurie
>  
> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:40:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Repositories
>
> Hi Laurie:
>
> It sort of sounds like you have a little Gremlin living there, that has
> access to your Computer, and makes changes to your account. If you are
> on the Internet, then you need a Virus Checker like Clam - AV, and a
> Firewall like Firestarter. That way Little Gremlins on the Internet
> can't do this sort of thing. Loosing Synaptic, might have been caused by
> someone deleting a Part of your Linux File System. So in this case you
> might want that "other Person" to have their own account, with their Own
> Password, and you change your ID and Password, so they can no longer
> access your Account. Then in System Tools you set permissions on files
> so that They can't change your setting, and can't edit your Files, or
> change your Preferences.
>
> If you are using 7.10 you might want to turn Comp Wiz off, because that
> might be the Cause of your not being able to see Log in text. The
> Password is usually not seen, it just shows up as Astrixs or you can
> make it look like dots. This is so that someone else watching the screen
> can't see your Password. This is Normal!
>
> You may have the Screen Resolution set too high, this makes the font
> size look very small. On one of your Panels, you can Right click on it,
> and then select ADD look for a screen resolution setting Icon, and just
> put that in the panel. A lower resolution will make things look bigger
> on the screen. In add remove you can download some of these Extra
> things. In Synaptic look for those same Files and see if there are
> additional files that can be added, to give you some more options with
> them. One might be in System tools, Configuration Editor. Here you can
> set things like System Font Size. You can also do these things in the
> Preferences of Applications, so that Font Size and Default Font can be
> chosen, for an application.
>
> This is kind of general, but might help you, until i know some more of
> your System Details.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com <mailto:lveeb at yahoo.com>>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hi Alfred,
>   Thanks,any help would be appreciated.
> Laurie
>
> UBUNTU - I am what I am because of who we all are.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net <mailto:alfred.s at nexicom.net>>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:40:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Repositories
>
> Hi Laurie:
>
> >>>Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user
> and password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>
> I'll try to look into this, it probably has something to do with setting
> up the default Font, and setting up the Splash Screen or Login Screen. I
> didn't run into this problem yet, but I'll experiment with it, a bit.
>
> Alfred!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurie Bell <lveeb at yahoo.com <mailto:lveeb at yahoo.com>>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> Subject: Re: Repositories
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:38:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Still can't change the resolution on login screen.Just type in user and
> password,but can't see it or the options on login.
>
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