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To my surprise and delight I was able to do this. I figured I should document it somewhere. It synthesizes a couple other answers I found to guide me but focuses on a case that I haven't seen addressed directly.

This is my situation: a couple years ago I replaced my home computer. My old computer was running Ubuntu 14. My new one is running Ubuntu 16. On the old computer, I was making regular backups to an external drive using backups/deja-dup/duplicity.

A couple days ago, the hard drive on my old computer (Ubuntu 14 one) died. I had copied over most the important stuff to my new computer (Ubuntu 16). However, there was a projects folder that still had some older projects that I hadn't gotten around to copying over. So I wanted to see if I could restore this folder from the backups on the external drive.

This is the path of the folder from my old computer I wanted to restore:

• /home/klenwell/projects

This is the path of the folder on my external drive where the backups were being saved (after plugging external drive into new computer):

• /media/klenwell/my-external-drive/u2014

I wanted to restore it to a folder at this path on my new computer:

• /tmp/restored/u2014/projects

I found instructions for Python 3.3 but nothing specifically for 2.7. I sorted it out and figured I'd record it here for future reference.

Just looked this up. Figure I'd share it here for future reference.

Is there a way to close all these "Confirm setting cookie" popups at once:

Currently whenever this happens, I spend a half-hour clicking until all the boxes disappear.

End of stack trace:

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/random.py", line 47, in <module>
    from os import urandom as _urandom
ImportError: cannot import name urandom

There was a problem importing our SSH library (see traceback above).

Not an issue in 11.10. Problem started after I upgraded to 12.04. How can I fix it?

TL;DR Version

I'm looking for a simple way to install a working graphics driver for my laptop (via command line or system settings) so that I can control the brightness and resolution.

Solution

Upgraded to 12.04 and followed instructions here: https://askubuntu.com/a/126549/46766. No special driver needed.

Additional Detail

I have an HP Pavilion g7-1310us laptop with this integrated graphics processor I bought a few months ago. I have installed Ubuntu 11.10. But I have never got the display working properly. Some specific symptoms:

• Display settings list "Unknown"
• Cannot dim screen with control keys
• No drivers listed under Additional Drivers

I have found a few questions related to this graphics card but none of these help me resolved my problem:

• ATI 6470m & intel HD graphics 3000 drivers?
• Intel HD 3000 (Sandy Bridge) 3d games problem
• https://askubuntu.com/q/114594/46766

Specifically, I just want to be able to control the screen brightness and perhaps adjust the resolution. I see that Intel lists a Linux driver released on 2012/04/23 on their download site: downloadcenter.intel.com. But it recommends "obtaining precompiled driver packages from your Linux distribution vendor".

I'd like to install either though a simple command line command or through the Additional Drivers window under System Settings.

Is this possible in either 11.10 or, if I upgrade, 12.04?

Thanks.

I'm trying to link my new laptop running 11.10 to my old laptop running 8.04 through my router using SSH.

This question is asked and answered on ubuntuforums here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1648965

I thought it would be helpful to have a more definitive answer here.

Note: I needed to first install openssh-server on the laptop I was trying to connect to and open up the SSH port in my firewall using firestarter.

I've just started using Inkscape in Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm not sure what exactly triggers it, but at some point, the Inkscape viewport becomes unresponsive.

The viewport is still visible. I can still manipulate the window itself: move, resize, open menu items at top. The cursor switches style. But clicking on anything within the viewport has no effect.

I must close the file and restart in order to regain control.

If I close the lid on my computer while it's running, it goes into sleep (hibernation?) mode. When I open back it up, the screen wakes up for a moment, then goes black. The computer is unresponsive and I must hard boot o avoid.

I've tried the following solutions. Neither worked:

1. Edit xorg.conf

2. Replace gnomescreensaver with xscreensaver

I'm not sure if this is related, but I had issues with the videocard on the laptop during install which I described here:

https://askubuntu.com/a/105792/46766

If you know of a reasonable solution, please share it with a short explanation indicating why you believe it will be effective.

Thanks in advance.

I recently purchased an HP Pavilion g7-1310us notebook with the intention of doing a full install of the latest version of Ubuntu on it. I succeeded in installing Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit, but not without difficulties.

I couldn't find any guides for this new generation of HP laptops, so I'm posting this to aid others.