[ubuntu] Questions about dual booting with ssd/hdd
Hey folks, i'm looking to install ubuntu alongside windows 7 and seem to be having some issues I recently upgraded my laptop to have a 128GB ssd boot drive for windows, in addition to a 1TB hdd. I...
View ArticleHow to install jd-gui in ubuntu 13.10?
Hello everyone! I have searched all over the internet and almost tried everything i found but i am still unable to install jd-gui it gives me error that the package libxxxm.so.1 cannot be opened. Is...
View Article[lubuntu] Booting to initramfs
I have a hard drive onto which we back up all of our personal pictures and videos. I want to start making a quarterly back up of this drive. I disconnected my boot drive and replaced it with this blank...
View Articleclonezilla uuid grub
say I have three partititions with ubuntu sda7 10.04 sda9 12.04 sda12 xxxx I created an image of sda7 and saved it out to exthd. Now I want to test this image of sda7. So I place it on partition sda12...
View Articlemissing codecs after a fresh install for playing media?
install your restricted extras. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1267566
View Articlepasswd not recognized after installing RAID
Ub 12.04, amd64 hp. I installed RAID 1 on my desktop system using the alternative CD. I had saved a copy of my previous /home on a pen drive. When the RAID system seemed to be working OK, I copied the...
View Article[ubuntu] procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2) update giving errors
How does one get around the folowing problem? installArchives() failed: Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed....
View Article[ubuntu] Mobile IntelĀ® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Driver
Hello. Just to start this post I am completely new to Linux/Ubuntu I have decided that I would test this OS out, as after many years of being a heavy windows user with the release of the abomination...
View Article[ubuntu] APTonCD MESS
Today, following the instructions "How to Back Up & Restore Your Installed Ubuntu Packages With APTonCD" I have re-formatted my drive with ext4 as /sda1 is / and about 20gig, /sda2 is /home and...
View ArticleDual Boot Problem (Grub2)
Hi, My Vista / Linux Dual Boot goes into a garbled screen. I used Boot Repair and it 'repaired' something but I can not boot into Windows or Linux. Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info...
View ArticleI can`t install Ubuntu.
I have 3 computers, one with Win7, one with Win8 and one with Win8.1. I tried installing with a CD on all 3, when that didn`t work i tried a new CD, when that didn`t work I tried a thumb drive. I get...
View Article[SOLVED] Grub does not boot Windows 8
Greetings! Recently i've installed Ubuntu on my laptop with pre-installed Windows 8. Initially grub couldn't see windows at all, so i uset guide from this thread...
View Article[ubuntu] apt-get & pkg-config
I install packages with apt-get. Several sources require pkg-config for compilation. All of my installed packages show fine under dpkg-query -l. However, only very few show under pkg-config. :-( How...
View Article[lubuntu] How can I accelerate my PIV computer (I ask for 3 method)?
Hi. I use Lubuntu 13.10 32 bits in a Pentium IV computer with 2 GB DDR Ram, an ATI graphic card and an ATA hard disk. This flavour of Ubuntu uses zRAM to improve its performance and I was wondering if...
View Article[xubuntu] Your VAIO failed to start Windows
Hi everyone I'm trying to install Xubuntu 13.10 but it keeps failing. First I want to say that I'm new to Linux, so please keep that in mind when trying to help me. I am NOT trying to create a dual...
View Article[SOLVED] Can't boot windows 8 after install xubuntu 13.10 alongside windows
Hi, (sorry for my english, i'm latin) I've installed xubuntu 13.10 alongside windows, and now i can't enter windows 8, i tried a lot of things included boot-repair and this is the last log...
View ArticleWindows 7 Ubuntu Dual Boot Installation with existing mounting partitions
So I am trying to install ubuntu on my work pc and it says the following: Code: The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions: /dev/sda, /dev/sdb Do you want the installer...
View ArticleBootloader problem with Xubuntu 13.10 installation
I am currently trying to install Xubuntu 13.10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad x121e. I use a DVD in an external drive to install from and also used WLAN during the installation. Problem: Starting up after a...
View Article[ubuntu] Dependency is not satisfiable: gambas3-runtime (>=3.0.90)
For any app that I try to install, I get this error. Quote: Dependency is not satisfiable: gambas3-runtime (>=3.0.90) This also applies to any app, like Yumi, that I download off the web. Any ideas...
View Article[ubuntu] windows 7 not showing in grub menu
Hello everyone, i installed ubuntu 13.10 and i'm happy with it so far, however i still need to use my windows 7 partitions to use specific windows software but i'm not able to boot windows 7. I've...
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