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Rob Beard writes: > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Just another thought on this. There is an 'aparent' equivilent of Ableton, >> which is 'Aurour' (which I knew about but had forgoton). I have installed >> this and the other related 'JACK' software needed and just tried to run it. >> I use a tutorial that I found on't'internet but failed to understand how to >> use it and also tried to install Ableton using WINE but it wouldn't see the >> CD that the program is on. So no progress as yet. My system now is doing >> this thing where the browser window, in any program, will maximise to the >> full size of the screen obscuring the desktop toolbar and the minimise and >> close buttons so I can't navigate out of the window...very annoying. Is this >> a known bug of Ubuntu? >> JOn. > Is the browser Firefox? > Pressing F11 puts the browser in full screen mode which sounds like what > has happened (as a matter of fact it's the same key on Internet Explorer > and Firefox on other platforms too). ....no it's not that. > With regards to the software not seeing the CD, I find wine can be a > little bit hit and miss if it needs direct access to the CD drive (for > instance low level access for CD/DVD writer software etc). > One fix I found for direct access was to type the following in a terminal: > *cd ~/.wine/dosdevices > rm d: > ln -s /media/cdrom d: > ln -s /dev/scd0 d:: > *This points the virtual CD drive to the mount point for the CD drive > and also points d:: to /dev/scd0 which is the first CD/DVD drive. Also > running winecfg from a terminal, browsing to the Windows executable > you're trying to run and then setting the Windows version to NT 4.0 may > help. > This guide might give you a few pointers... > http://www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/dvdshrink/ (it is instructions for > installing and running DVD Shrink on Wine but it seems to work for other > applications too). > Anyway, hope this helps. > Rob OK, thanks...I've just installed 9.04 also. Hopefully this browser thing was something to do with the older version. It's playing really nice at the moment! Cheers, JOn -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html