[ubuntu-za] Help needed with Ubuntu configuration - Rondebosch

[Craig A. Adams]

Hi Bukenya,

Please see my notes inline.

On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 22:47 -0800, BUKENYA MOSES wrote:

>         1.  Screen refresh rate; the flicker is too much for me and
>         I'm getting headaches.  I've followed instructions I found
>         online, including overclocking the monitor, but still can't
>         iron it out.  Under identical settings on Windows XP Pro I
>         have no problems. 

Please let us know what video card you are using and whether you have
the proprietary drivers installed for it. Please could you also let us
know what monitor (make & model) you are using. Also look under System >
Administration > Screens and Graphics and let us know what is shown
under the Screen and Graphics Card tabs.

>         2.  Sound: there is none.  I'm particularly clueless when it
>         comes to hardware and drivers and would really like to get
>         some sound coming out of the speakers.

Again, we need to know what hardware you have. If the computer is a PC,
the make and model of mainboard will assist.

>         3.  Medibuntu - I get the white screen of death whenever I run
>         GoogleEarth, and the online forums haven't helped. 

The common cause for this is Google Earth conflicting with desktop
effects. Turn these off by System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual
Effects (Tab) > Toggle to None. See if Google Earth works then.

>         Other problems I've encountered are with the Java Runtime
>         Environment installation and installing Freemind (mind-mapping
>         software).

The Sun JRE is installed from the multiverse repository. Please ensure
that this is enabled under System > Administration > Software Sources >
Ubuntu Software (Tab). Then install sun-java6-jre with Synaptic under
System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. You will be able to
find it with a search.

I personally haven't tried freemind for a while, so I will have to look
into this.

Kindest Regards

Craig A. Adams