ubuntu with xfce-desktop upgrade
Once upon a time , I pulled up to the end of the brakes on my ancient Atom N260. I thought a bit, and decided to take it to hell all the gnome and Unity, and install xfce. Looked , thought and decided...
View ArticleUnable to Install or Try Ubuntu 12.0.4
I have Windows on my main SSD and I'm trying to install Ubuntu on a 2nd Hard drive. I have an ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboad and I've read about some other people having issues but wasn't able to find...
View Article[ubuntu] Permission Denied
I have a 12.04 i386 Ubuntu Desktop. I need to bind uio_pci_generic module to a new prototype pci card that i am developing. Lshw sees the card, but reports it "UNCLAIMED". The way to bind the module to...
View Article[ubuntu] Win 8.1 and Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot problems
Current set-up: Toshiba Satellite C50-ABT3N11, Windows 8.1 64 bit, Ubuntu 12.04, http://paste.ubuntu.com/6559281 I have run Boot Repair three times to try and resolve a dual boot issue. The first two...
View Article[xubuntu] Which was the last version to NOT use EFI?
The 12.04.3 install disc is pretty much broken for anyone who has to do a non-EFI install, so I'm trying to find the most recent version that has never heard of EFI, or at least is switch-selectable,...
View Article[ubuntu] Is FFmpeg working with 12.04?
What is the latest? Did the ongoing dispute with avconv and FFmpeg get resloved? Used FFmpeg in the past. It worked great. Tried using it last night and get the message: Quote: *** THIS PROGRAM IS...
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Fifth try installing 12.04
Okay, I have been working on this all day and cant seem to get anywhere. I am a newbie to linux, so please dumb it down for me. I had a dual-boot system with windows 8 and 13.10 installed. After not...
View ArticleUnable to boot from USB drive after strictly following all instructions
Hi, After reading and following all instructions I have attempted to run Ubuntu desktop edition 12.x from a 16GB USB drive. I downloaded the iso and the universal pen drive utility. I allocated the max...
View ArticleBlueZ 5.12 Installation
I want to install the latest stable Bluez (5.12) on my Ubuntu machine. I manually build Bluez 5.12 from http://www.bluez.org/, the installation seems to be success but I don't know how to replace the...
View ArticleUbuntu 13.10 Install Hangs
I'm attempting to install 13.10 on a desktop machine. I was previously able to install 12.10, albeit with difficulty due to the Nvidia card in the system. The upgrade to 13.10 kept failing, so I tried...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 wiped out post-dualboot Ubuntu installation attempt
So I've been meaning to try Ubuntu for a while now, and finally manned up and attempted to dual boot it with Windows. I did it - except that it seems like I've lost Windows 8 completely (yeah, I'm an...
View Article[ubuntu] usb 3.0
Hi . I have MyPassport Exteranal Hard Disk and I can't use this in Ubuntu13.04
View Article[ubuntu] initramfs-tools depends initramfs-tools-bin unmet dependency
Cannot get rid of a dependency problem with Ubuntu server LTS, and dont want to reboot to see what comes.... Code: pg@bmSrv01: /home/sshuser$ sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: dependency problems prevent...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu 13.10 on Compaq CQ58
Hi All, Hope you are all doing well. I am am fairly new to the forum and to Ubuntu itself, so new in fact that I do not have a machine currently running it. I have recently decided to swap over from...
View Article[xubuntu] Compaq Evo D310: Xubuntu 12.04 installation hangs
Hi all, I'm trying to revive an old Compaq Evo dekstop by installing Xubuntu on it. I created a bootable USB with Xubuntu 12.04 on it which works fine when I boot it on my laptop. But when booting the...
View Articlebuild a custom livedvd image
I followed https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization to build a custom dvd image (from xubuntu 13.10 i386 livecd) The problem is that if i boot the new livecd, the boot hangs after...
View Article[ubuntu] Corrupted /bin/bash in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Hello everyone, I have a corrupted /bin/bash in my Ubuntu 12.04. This is on a new server which I have spent three days configuring and have not yet got any system backups out of it to recover from...
View Article[ubuntu] finding ppa's??
Hi all, I recently discovered that I can use an existing (and properly operating) linux partition to clone an exact copy of itself in another partition. This makes fresh installs lightning fast and...
View ArticleNo apps displayed in Ubuntu after upgrade
I upgraded from Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10. Now the Apps selection menu from Ubuntu Unity menu shows absoutley no apps in the menu. How do I regenerate a list of installed apps in the unity selection screen?
View Article[ubuntu] EFI boot on hp pavillon
How to add ubuntu and (grub2) with a EFI boot. I installed ubuntu but I need each time de do F9 to get an EFI menu. after choosing ubuntu the grub2 is lanched.
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