[ubuntu] Instalation stucked on purple screen Asus Q550LF
Hey! I'm trying to install Ubuntu in my new laptop but it's not working. I'm using the USB stick to boot and I've already tried to install Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu Gnome 13.04...
View Article[SOLVED] LiveUsb gives "(intiramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live...
Hi :) In a LiveUsb session (with persistence) i updated using sudo apt-get upgrade but it seemed to get stuck doing the "linux headers". The whole system froze-up. Prolly because i had too many things...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.04 Install: "No Video Mode Activated" & Drops into BusyBox. Help?
After some effort, I just succeeded in finally installing 12.04 onto a mirrored pair of disks, with an encrypted swap/root, as described in this previous thread:...
View Article[SOLVED] Grub loader restore
Hi, I have ubuntu and vista dual booted on my laptop and my vista partition has recently become corrupt, and nothing I have tried thus far has been able to save it. After using a windows cd to rebuild...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing a program taking like 30 minutes or so
Hi, I am installing Perl v5.18 on Ubuntu 11.10 (Yes, I know its an old version). Its been like half an hour since the 'make' process and now its on the 'make test' process. It did not finish yet. Why...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.04.02 install on Asus G75VX is not showing any partition table on...
I am trying to dual boot install windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 with this laptop. it came with windows 8 so I had to disable secure boot and uefi stuff to even get windows 7 installed. about half of the...
View ArticleCan't even run kubuntu cd to install linux on asus
Created a kub cd (amd64 alt cd). Shrinked partitions C and D on a new asus comp. Placed the CD in cd drive. Opened/restarted the computer. Nothing happens. Maybe computer tries to read cd contents, but...
View Article[SOLVED] Trouble updating from 12.04 to 12.10
I've been trying to update to Ubuntu 12.10 to 12.04 but keep getting this error message: W:Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.15 80] ,...
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Lost boot up
Hello. I have been operating a very succesful UBUNTU/Windows dual boot system on which UBUNTU has now failed. The UBUNTU boot goes a fair way but will not complete. There is a 50Gb partition for UBUNTU...
View Article[ubuntu] sony viao pcg-7d2l
Before I go through the process of trying to install unbuntu and finding out it won't work, does anyone know if there are issues installing it on a older model sony viao pcg-7d2l? thx
View ArticleLubuntu and WinXP dual-boot problem
Hello, I'm having trouble with a laptop that had Windows XP installed and then I asked a friend to make a dual-boot with Lubuntu, but now it's only booting with Lubuntu. I don't know what he did with...
View Article[ubuntu] E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with...
All kinds of things aren't working right on this machine, I rebooted, it tried to update, I tried to run package mgr to no avail, I read a few similar threads I found on here using that google machine...
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Ubuntu Installation using Wubi
Really, it's irritating for me. Every time I try to install ubuntu using Wubi, I the eror message (Picture uploaded). Log file... Code: 08-03 22:43 INFO root: === wubi 12.04 rev272 === 08-03 22:43...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.04 on Macbook Pro 10.2 with Retina on SD-Card
Dear all, I tried to install Ubuntu Desktop on a SD-Card (16GB) on my Macbook Pro 13" 10,2 (early 2013) and theres a "little" issue. This is what I did: - 2 Partitions on the SD Card: 1x 50MB formated...
View ArticleAfter upgrade to 13.04: all programs gone and home directory dissociated
Hello, I just upgraded from 12.04 to 13.04 using an USB key. Shortly before finishing the process an error occured, reporting something like "program recovery failed". Now the system boots normally but...
View ArticleLubuntu vs Xubuntu on Hardware Performance
Hello all, I am an avid user of lubuntu on my netbook, however it has always been known to me that the processor on this is terrible at best, and whilst i had free time on my hands yesterday with...
View Article[ubuntu] Unable to Boot After Boot-Repair-Disk
Hello everyone! I decided to try installing Ubuntu 12.04.2 to dual boot with Windows 7 on a custom-built desktop. I have the Windows system files and the boot files on a SSD (/dev/sda). On a HDD...
View ArticleFreshinstall GrayScreen +load bar
Hey, I've installed xbuntu 12.04 for bitcoin mining. any ways on my system is two amd 6000 cards, and for some reason at start up xbuntu just has a gray screen with a loading bar, . I'm not shure how...
View Article[ubuntu] /usr/sbin/grub-probe: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version...
I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and got into abit of trouble.. Anybody got an idea on what to do? root@easy:/usr/local# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state...
View ArticleInstalling ubuntu 12.10 alongside windows8
Hi all, I am writing here because I am really dissapointed. I bought a laptop a week ago, and I am trying to install ubuntu alongside w8 for a couple of days. I am not able of it. I have always...
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