Dear Ubuntu folks, I would be most grateful for help on two problems:
1.) My drop-down main menu for launching applications is failing to appear when I click on the usual icon on the main top edge panel (it just offers me 'Places' & 'System' & 'Quit...'). I have been managing without it for a while now because the few applications I use have start-icons on the top panel strip. I would be grateful if someone could help me to restore it. 2.) usb memory sticks which I use to overcome the limited size of the solid state netbook hard drive have recently failed to be recognised and mounted. The 'Add to panel' facility refuses to add "Disk Mounter" -which I assume is the required item (?). (I am using a Dell Netbook Inspiron Mini 1011 (or 1101?) which came with Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron, April 2008) pre-installed). I use it as a desktop with external monitor, keyboard, mouse & usb external optical drive.) Thankyou in anticipation to someone out there, regards, Louis Gidney (Louis AT Gidney DOT com - should you need it.) (PS. To give some idea of context- My needs are modest. I bought this netbook to run mainly just Mathematica (plus Firefox and Gedit plain text editor), hardly ever use Office, & never use it for games or dvd movies. I am a 'senior' of 72 in good health, retired in NW Highlands, with experience in the computer industry as it was in the 1960s (but regretably not a fully-fledged up-to-date geek). Engaged in extending my understanding of maths & physics, I occasionally make educational 'MathArt' physical models which illustrate various aspects of mathematics. I have not yet learnt to use the terminal/console, but aim to do so when I get time to read a couple of books I've got on scripting.)
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