Help! My kid deleted bootmgr and I'm dead in the water!
I foolishly allowed my son to use my dual-boot computer (Linux+Win7) for homework. He managed to delete bootmgr. Now I get this error upon powering up: "BOOTMGR is missing/Press Ctrl+Alt_Del to...
View Articlegrafic problem after installing Lubuntu 13.04
I am new here, from Sweden! After I have installed Lubuntu 13.04 (instead of Lubuntu 12.10) I can not look at swedish TV at <svtplay.se>. The screen get half an with a terrible grafic. I have a...
View ArticleError after successful installation (UEFI)?
hello guys, I successfully installed ubuntu alongside windows 8 and able to boot into ubuntu using UEFI mode, but not able to boot into windows 8, although it shows entry for it but when I press it. It...
View ArticleUbuntu wont boot after install on samnsung laptop, wont recognize loader
after i purchased a samsung 5 series laptop, i went through the BIOS and turned off UEFI, placed it on CMOS only, then disabled quickboot. i then installed Ubuntu (13.04) without fault, partitioning a...
View ArticleUbuntu says "NO" to my Install attempts
So, I have a brand new external harddrive that I would like to install ubuntu on. However it is turning out to be not as simple as that. I downloaded ubuntu 12.04 and used pendrivelinux to create a...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu not booting from USB
Hi, I have an Asus A55DR-SX138H (UEFI bios, AMD x64 CPU), with secure boot disabled in the bios settings. However, I'm not able to boot Ubuntu from USB stick: Grub succesfully loads but then, if I...
View Article[ubuntu] Install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8 on a different drive
Hey guys, I have tried installing Ubuntu 13.04 x64 on my computer, however the option to boot into Ubuntu never appears on startup. This is my current setup Drive 1: 120GB SSD; Windows 8 Drive 2: 3TB...
View Article[ubuntu] installing alongside win 8
When attempting to install ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 on an acer aspire I get no option to install alongside the existing operating system. Is this normal?
View Article[other] Installing more than 2 operating systems on a computer
Okay, So a friend of mine had an idea. I doubt It's even possible so I can here to ask. She wants to take a Laptop and Install Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX on it all at once. Ignoring The issues of...
View Article[ubuntu] Possible problems upgrading from 12.04/12.10?
Has anyone else had a problem upgrading through upgrade manger to Quantal? I tried once, but coudn't even reach the desktop in Quantal. I'm hesitant to try it again, because I'm afraid of the same...
View Article[ubuntu] Making vmlinuz smaller without recompilling
Hi! I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 server on Wyse S10 terminal [Short overview: http://fijam.eu.org/blog/running-lin.../#comment-1085 ]. It has limited amount of memory (at the moment) and problems...
View Article[ubuntu] Held broken packages/unmet dependencies for git and git-man
A partial upgrade uninstalled git on my laptop, and upon attempts to reinstall it I have the following output: Code: $ sudo apt-get install git Reading package lists... Done Building...
View Article[ubuntu] Upgrade with msata ssd without loosing data
Hello 'm thining of buying an msata ssd and install the os on it. Right now I have partitioned my hdd with separate boot root home & swap-partitions. Is it possible to install the boot root &...
View Article[ubuntu] /etc/mysql/conf.d/
I am trying to install mysql in ubuntu 12.10. Downloaded 'MySQL-5.6.12-1.linux_glibc2.5.i386.rpm-bundle' from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/. Extracted it and tried to install using "rpm -i...
View Article[ubuntu] Goes straight to Windows 7. No OS selection screen.
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and I cannot see it. When the machine boots up it goes straight to windows 7. How do I get that menu to show up so I can select which OS I wanna go into? Please advise and...
View Article[lubuntu] Witch lunbutu version is LTS
I try to install the Lunbutu LTS version but on lunbutu webpage it say that 12.04 is not the LTS so what is the oficial lts version...can't find on internet
View Article[ubuntu] server 13.04 fresh install doesn't reboot
fresh server install reboot ends in dropping to root shell shutdown -h works however tried to google a bit, updated kernel to latest according to advice on similar (but not the same) thread here maybe...
View Article[ubuntu] GeoTrust Primary Ca - installation certificat
Hi At work we use an ASP using Citrix. I have installed Citrix client (receiver). To run this I need to install Root 3 - GeoTrust Primary Certification Authority Description: This root CA is the root...
View ArticleDownloads disappearing from ubuntu software center???
Hi guys like i said in another thread some of the games and stuff I've been downloading I can't open some other games i download from mozilla or usc seem to disappear after they finish downloading???...
View Articleinstall Lubuntu no optical drive or USB boot option
I am trying to install Lubuntu on an Acer Aspire 3000 laptop. The optical drive on it is shot. It does not have the option to boot from USB. I tooke the HD and put it into a different laptop and...
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