problems with uefi dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu 13.04
I can usually work out these problems through reading forums but I am completely stuck. I have installed ubuntu 13.04 along side windows 8 with uefi using legacy mode during the install (only way to...
View Article[URGENT] Windows no longer Booting
I just recently decided to try out linux and so I installed Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 install. However, the boot manager gives me an error when attempting to boot Windows. Something along the lines...
View Article[SOLVED] Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device, Asus mother board
My Asus homebrew was setup with windows 7 in a removable hard drive and worked perfectly for over 3 years . I pulled out the windows 7 hard drive and inserted a new drive and installed ubuntu...
View ArticleFubar MBR & Grub issues
Runing 13.04 & Windows 8 on a Y500 Lenovo Idea pad with 1tb drive and 16GB ssd. I have windows 8 on there but after some poor choices in installation techniques, then windows 8 partition is...
View Article[ubuntu] Unable to Open Software Center in 13.04 64Bit Dell XPS 14z
Hi all I am getting the following when running Software-center from terminal as clicking icon does not respond : praveen@praveen-XPS-L412Z:~$ sudo software-center [sudo] password for praveen:...
View ArticleXubuntu install, cannot install alongside Windows 7
I was installing Xubuntu 13.04 from a USB stick, and chose the "Install alongside Windows 7 option" I re-sized the partition sizes to my choosing and pressed next. It hanged for a good 10 minutes which...
View Article[64 bit] 13.04 install i386 libs removes amd64
Hello, I'm a little stuck with the multiarch support. I have a 32 bits application I want to compile and run on my amd64 Ubuntu 13.04. So I installed ia32-libs-multiarch. And started to compile my...
View Article[ubuntu] Grub - multiple Ubuntu and other Linux flavors installed
I use multiple Linux installs to test my apps on multiple Linux flavors. This used to work OK with a custom Grub menu to show the name and release of each Linux flavor in the boot menu. No longer,...
View ArticleTriple Boot Grub vs WIN 7 Bootloader
Hi All, OK, I have got myself in a bit of a mess im afraid. I have gone for a triple boot system. XP, Win7 and Ubuntu. Everything was OK but I shrank my XP partition to make more space for Win 7, but...
View Article[ubuntu] audio not playing in 13.04 as i try ed commands
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio sudo alsa force-reload still not working
View ArticleI restored to default in the BIOS, now I can't install Ubuntu
I wiped my entire system through the BIOS by restoring to default and now I want to install ubuntu on my laptop (64-bit Asus Zenbook). There's nothing on it, when I turn it on it automatically goes to...
View Article[ubuntu] How to safely create partition for Ubuntu?
I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop and i want to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside. My hard rive is separated on three partitions: C=25GB D=80GB E=42GB Window 7 is installed on C partition. On E...
View ArticleDependencies problems with apt-get
Hi all. I have a problem to install packages with normal updater or from terminal with apt-get install. My os is ubuntu 12.10 and he asks me to upgrade to ubuntu 13.04. when i try to upgrade...
View Article[ubuntu] 13.04 ISO too large for 80 minute cd?
I am again having this problem. I don't understand why the ISOs aren't made small enough to fit on 74 minute CD with room to spare. Why exactly is the need perceived to stuff in every possible thing...
View Articlehow to uninstall DeepIn?
What do I need to do to remove DeepIn and revert to Ubuntu 13.04? Thanks, Jim
View ArticleChanging Ubuntu version
Hi, Ever since upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10, my old PC has run a bit slow. So I didn't do any more upgrades after that. But now support for 11.10 has ended I need to do something. So I was thinking of...
View Article[wubi] ubuntu installation issues
Hi everyone, I'm trying to install ubuntu using windows installer. However I'm unable to install the ubuntu 12.04 version.... I've mentioned the error report(the part which shows where exactly...
View Article[all variants] dualboot install:touchpad does not work, and will not boot to...
New Net book: Win7 preinstalled. Just installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS created 4 new partitions (Swap, Grub, OS, Data). Now the touchpad does not work and I cannot boot into windoze. I figure the mount point...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.04 dual-boot problem with windows 8
Hi, I'm trying to boot Ubuntu from my fresh installation on a HP Envy dv7 along side windows 8. I have followed the standard instruction for installation, I have disabled Secure Boot from Bios, and I...
View ArticleDual boot Partitioning
3 moths ago i started using ubuntu when i first came to this forum and ask for help. I had a similar problem with partitioning a got all the help i needed. (partitioning is a scary thing :)) But after...
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