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[ubuntu] Stuck in Open Suse

February 22, 2014, 5:15 am
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Hi

I have Open Suse 12.3 on my Asus Zenbook and want to change to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is on a partitioned USB 3 Stick. I created it on my mac with the how to from ubuntu.

How can I boot from the USB? I have GRUB 2 on the Asus with Open Suse. I just figure out how to boot form this stick.

Thanks in advance,
Ulrich
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Only see a mouse after login after upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04

February 22, 2014, 6:59 am
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I'm using a dell inspiron n5010, ubuntu gave me a message saying to upgrade to 13.04 so I did.

Now when I log on I only see a mouse and a black background. I can ctrl-alt f1 to a command prompt, but I can't get the desktop to load. I've tried googling for solutions but nothing has worked, booting from recovery mode and trying failsafex doesn't work either, it just stops at the "stand by one minute while the display restarts" window, clicking ok here drops me back to the recovery menu.

Can someone help please?
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Kernel downgrade problems / Turbosight DVB card

February 22, 2014, 7:00 am
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I've been having problems getting a Turbosight TBS6285 quad DVB working, and the suggestion is that I might need to drop my kernel back a bit. It's actually Mythbuntu, but I understand it's the same as Ubuntu under the hood.

I've tried several ways to downgrade to 3.2 including from the repositories, manual downgrades etc, but it's still showing up as 3.8

One document says that I need to edit my /etc/default/grub file, but I can't work out what needs to be added to it.

Does anyone have any advice, either on the DVB card problems, or the kernel downgrade issues I'm having?
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12.04 Upgrade with LVM Encrypted partitions

February 22, 2014, 7:01 am
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Hello

I decided to upgrade my 11.10 to 12.04 LTS. However, I have LVM Encrypted partition.
Well.. I tried to find the alternative installer, but I just found Mac installer .
I went on http://www.ubuntu.com/download/alter...oads#alternate
then I went on "Other images" -> United States -> 12.04 -> release.
The Alternate Install is for Mac machine!

So, where should I find the Alternative Installer for 12.04 ?

Other question is regarding some "fear" to upgrade because I see that "something can be wrong" here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/13940...ted-filesystem.

2nd question is : Is there an issue to upgrade to 12.04 with LVM Encrypted partition ?

Thanks in advance
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[ubuntu] Recovery problem

February 22, 2014, 7:06 am
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I installed Ubuntu some time ago. I intended to install it alongside win8, but this was not an option, so I installed ubuntu instead of win8. For work reasons I need to reinstall win8, and I have recieved recovery disks from acer. The problem is that I get a promt telling me there is no space to install, so I guess I need to remove ubuntu before recovering win8. How do I remove ubuntu from my computer, leaving no OS remaining?
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[ubuntu] webmin file fails to downloand on ubuntu 12.04

February 22, 2014, 11:06 am
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i have installed ubuntu 12.04 on oracle vmware succefully but when ever i try to install webmin via the cli, just about 800kb of the file is downloaded can any one help.

thanks as i will reaaly appreciate
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[SOLVED] I admit failure, can not see a way to reuse my existing /home on seperate partition

February 22, 2014, 11:41 am
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Installing 64 bit 13.10
I formated out the partition where the old OS was.
Installed set to /
Reboot and get my new 13.10 with a new home.

How do I reuse the old /home on the other partition?
So I wiped the os partition again and waiting for an answer.

If I click the desired partition, I get no option to use it for /home
I have done this before. I thought the old /home partition would give an option to use it as /home?
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[ubuntu] wireless help

February 22, 2014, 12:19 pm
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hi im brand new to linux and i dont fully understand the codes and commands yet the reason i joined linux is my windows xp is on that bloody activation loop of death so i installed ubuntu 12.04 on dual boot a month ago
anyway the problem im having is i updated ubuntu last night and now my wireless isnt working any more ive tried to reinstall the wireless driver through ndiswrapper and im getting this message
Module could not be loaded. Error was:


FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/3.8.0-36-generic/updates/dkms/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid argument

can anybody help but please keep in mind that i am computer illiterate :(
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[xubuntu] installing xubuntu with bukerpxe lite

February 22, 2014, 2:37 pm
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hello world.

i am in a bit self inflicted trouble. i crashed my xubuntu system during an update and now i only have a smartfone with android and my broken samsung ultrabook to work with. i live in the jungle and the computer refuses to boot from any usb drive so there are really no other option than to use whats availible out here.
i am just a happy and little experienced ubuntu user and i dont know what to do now. research is pretty much impossible out here since a 14.4 analog modem would be a huge improvement to the availible intsrnet bandwidth.
this is what i have:
android smartfone
xubuntu 13.10 64 bit iso file on a micro sd card
samsung series 9 ultrabook
tp link router that connects fone and computer through wifi.
buker pxe liteand servers ultimate installed on the fone.

i can download additional software if needed. its just a few hours by boat to get to the next 1 mbit wifi hotspot.

please held me if you can the laptop is my only big piece of civilisation comfort out here.

thx alot yas
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software index is broken

February 22, 2014, 3:07 pm
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Hello, I am new to Ubuntu.

I am trying to update my software, but I cannot because the software index is broken.

Here is the error message:

It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first.



I have located the broken packages in Synaptic Package Manager, but I am not sure how to fix them.

Can anyone help me resolve this issue?

-Peace



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[kubuntu] Install synaptic package manager

February 22, 2014, 5:06 pm
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How would I search to find which repository contains synaptic?

Thanks in advance.


Kubuntu 12.04
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[ubuntu] 13.10 liveCD freezes while booting.

February 22, 2014, 5:29 pm
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Hey

I have a Leno y410p Laptop, with Linux Mint 15 and Windows 8 dual boot set up. I have made an Ubuntu 13.10 liveCD to boot into Ubuntu to try it out, but whenever I try and boot the liveCD, the system ends up freezing on this screen ( www.imgur.com/EYh3mRw ), and the CD stops spinning. I usually then push the power button once quickly which results in the DVD being ejected. Then I have to hold downt the power button to force the machine off.

I checked the checksum of the liveCD and so I know it is not corrupted. Anybody here have any suggestions?

Thanks!
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13.10 install doesn't see Windows as another OS... but mounts it?

February 22, 2014, 5:35 pm
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Hey all,

Trying to install 13.10 on a new Samsung ATIV 9 Plus . When I boot off the live USB, the install options don't recognize that I have another OS installed (Windows 8.1). I did go into the BIOS to have it not do a fastboot, which is what even allowed me to boot into the live USB at all.

So, here's the weird part (to me)... gparted shows my single disk, 128G, all unallocated (/dev/sda) ... but, Ubuntu has already mounted /dev/sda4 (and others), and I can even browse my Windows files fine??

Ideas?

(I did try the Boot-Repair Recommended, and restarted. No change.)
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older PC with CD for install

February 22, 2014, 5:58 pm
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I have an older PC (Pentium) with about 1 GB RAM, but it does not have a DVD drive. I looked at the Ubuntu USB blurb on installing from a USB stick. But, when I went to the link for the pendriver install I didn't see what was clear to me how to prepare a USB drive to install the ISO image I downloaded . So, can any explain to me how I might do this? The target old PC does have an older Ubuntu version installed but thought I would attempt an updated version. I would like to really install 12.04 if I can get a USB loaded to try. If not, can anyone point me where to get an older (CD Live) Ubuntu install that I can use to generate a bootable/try ISO. Thanks.
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[ubuntu] Dual boot Windows 7 GRUB shows up, but I get a purple screen

February 23, 2014, 1:14 am
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I have installed both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the Ubuntu works fine. But when I get the GRUB menu, I choose win 7, but I just see the purple screen. What's weirder is that I can here the windows chimes, so windows is clearly booting up. I can also type in my password, hit enter, and I can hear the welcome sound, so I believe that I am logged in. But it's just the purple Ubuntu screen.

Any Ideas? Thank you
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[ubuntu] Cannot boot into ubuntu in UEFI mode

February 23, 2014, 2:00 am
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Hello,

Hopefully someone can answer this.

I got a new laptop (msi gs70) with windows 8 pre-installed.
After creating the ubuntu 12.04 live usb (previously booting into legacy mode, because otherwise it just wouldn't boot), and installing ubuntu alongside windows 8, I applied boot-repair.
Boot-repair did the job, but I still cannot boot into ubuntu when in UEFI. Same goes if I try and run any ubuntu distribution on live usb.
Whenever I try to boot into ubuntu, screen just goes black and I cannot do anything.

I have tried replacing quiet splash with nomodeset in grub menu, but nothing happens. I have also tried replacing it with just 'text', but screen just keeps turning black.
Fastboot is disabled, Secureboot is disabled, I have tried disabling intel speedstep, no luck.

Anyone has idea why this is happening?
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[ubuntu] I can't update Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

February 23, 2014, 4:24 am
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I have to install 34 updates, but I can't.
I open the update manager and I write my pass. The updates starts to download, but when they're finishing appears an error:

installArchives() failed:
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 88%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 100%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 88%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 100%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 88%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 100%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 88%%
Extrayendo plantillas para los paquetes: 100%%
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%%
(Reading database ... 10%%
(Reading database ... 15%%
(Reading database ... 20%%
(Reading database ... 25%%
(Reading database ... 30%%
(Reading database ... 35%%
(Reading database ... 40%%
(Reading database ... 45%%
(Reading database ... 50%%
(Reading database ... 55%%
(Reading database ... 60%%
(Reading database ... 65%%
(Reading database ... 70%%
(Reading database ... 75%%
(Reading database ... 80%%
(Reading database ... 85%%
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
reading files list for package 'firefox': Input/output error
Error in function:


Someone can help me? :confused:
I'm getting nervous trying to solve it...
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[ubuntu] Password failure after new insall

February 23, 2014, 5:11 am
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Hi guys,

Just spent hours helping my Dad with system problems. He had a motherboard failure that resulted in a new PC. The HDD from the old machine got swapped into the new machine in the hope of getting it working. It sort of did, but ran into regular crash and freeze problems.

I booted his new machine from a live 12.04.4 USB and discovered most of the HDD was empty (ie he didn't use a whole lot of space!). So, I shrunk the root partition, and created a new partition for /home. From the live session, copied the entire /home folder into the newly created and formatted partition, and reinstalled v12.04.4 into the root partition. It is an Ubuntu only machine - so no windoze to worry about...

From the install wizard we set the mount point for the /home partition, created his user account with the same username and password that had existed originally, and selected the option to not ask for the password on boot, but just go directly to the desktop.

After a great deal of watching nothing much happen, the installation was complete. However, not only does the login screen still ask for his password, but it won't accept it when he enters it. He can log in with the Guest session - and the system seems to be working OK - but can't access any of his files etc from that environment.

Can anyone suggest why his password is failing to be recognised? He has already tried all the upper/lower case variations and typos that he can conceive of to no avail...
More importantly, are there any words of wisdom that may restore access to his user account?

Thanks in anticipation,

Pcal
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[ubuntu] Ubuntu does not boot up. Hung at purple screen five dots.

February 23, 2014, 7:29 am
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Hi folks,

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on MACbook Pro 5.3 hardware. It was working all fine but then the screen turned black and I waited and it wont turn back on. So I hard shut it down and started it again. Now it started the boot and purple screen with five dots came up. And it has been sitting there for a long time now.

I haven't installed any new software and OS updates either. There should be more than enough disk space available too.

Can someone please give pointers? help!
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[ubuntu] Unwanted computer restarts after Kernel Version 3.13.5 installed on Ubuntu 13.10

February 23, 2014, 7:42 am
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Hello,

there is some strange thing that happened after I installed Kernel 3.13.5 on Ubuntu 13.10.

After restart I selected new installed Kernel in GRUB. After that Ubuntu starts up like usually and I can see the desktop of Ubuntu.

But after some seconds (4 or 5) the computer restarts again by itself. And then it is always starting up until I see desktop and it restarts again, ...., ...., .... .

Only chance I have is to open GRUB during startup and to select my previous used Kernel Version 3.11.x.

Does anybody have an idea what can be a reason for this?

Thanks in advance!
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