Upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 13.04 on Acer C7 Chromebook
I'm currently running ChrUbuntu 12.04 on an Acer C7 Chromebook, and was wondering how I would update to 13.04. Probably a pretty nooby question, but I would like to know.
View Article[xubuntu] Performance in a virtual machine.
Hi all, As well as managing my own hardware, I also look after my family's PCs. For both them and me, Xubuntu provides a dependable base, free from risk of viruses, performance droops, etc., as well as...
View Article[SOLVED] Xubuntu 14.04 and Debian Testing. Which to own Grub2 Which will...
Hi, I had a situation in the past where one distro, that owned Grub2, stopped being able to see my other distro. Maybe the original kernel or userspace became too old to see the other OS's newer one....
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[ubuntu] How to recover lost hard drive space?
Hi, I tried to make a dual boot system with a Dell XPS 8500 Windows 8 pre-installed desktop computer. After I used GParted to shrink the drive C, it did not behave look like I used to work on an old...
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[ubuntu] Dist-upgrade failed 10.04 to 12.04
I tried to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 but run into errors. The message is Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.' I...
View Articleubuntu 13.10 run chrome with oracle(sun) jdk1.7 32 bit and not 64 bit
I have 13.10 64 bit ubuntu, I have (manually downloaded and extracted) both jdk 1.7 32 and 64 bit in two folders. I want chrome to run applets with jdk1.7 32 bit unfortunately it keeps asking me to...
View Articlehow to get security update when i upgrade to the latest kernel compiled on my...
I was into ubuntu 12.04 3.5.0-23 and i compiled a custom kernel and went to 3.12.5 . After upgrading the kernel how to get the security updates? ubuntu 12.04 LTS updates show in my update manager, but...
View ArticleUbuntu Software Center and terminal are slow downloading
Hey guy's why when i want for example do sudo apt-get install python-tk it take looooooooooooooooooooooong time downloading that I had to cancel. And same goes if I download a game or app on Ubuntu...
View Article[ubuntu] “unable to find a medium containing a live file system” error
I'm currently using Ubuntu 12.04 32bit but since I increased my RAM, I wanted to upgrade it to 64bit. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 64bit iso (ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso) file and created a bootable...
View Article[xubuntu] unmet dependencies: initramfs-tools [Xubuntu 12.04]
How would one resolve the "unmet dependencies" issue I've encountered? When running the following cmd: root@ubuntu1204-cshr3:~# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency...
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[ubuntu] not able to update the update manager
when i try to update the update manager then i get a error "The upgrade needs a total of 52.6 M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 52.6 M of disk space on '/boot'. Empty...
View Article[ubuntu] Unable upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 or 13.10
I have been using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for quite a while. Yesterday, I decided to move to 13.10. First, I use Code: sudo do-release-upgrade to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10. Everything was fine, successfully...
View Article[SOLVED] Will this make Xubuntu-desktop or Xfce be updated for 5 years?
Hi, I am at the stage of my life, where having a happily running older and stable desktop, is more important than reinstalling Xubuntu every 6 months for the newest packages and apps. (I am installing...
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[ubuntu] Problem after running upgrade kernel
Hi all, Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Just having run upgrade kernel and 2 addition packages (pls see attached files). Computer can't be booted. Warning: The system is running in low graphic mode ....... I'm now...
View Article[ubuntu] error: unknown filesystem= unbootable computer
I am trying to create a dual boot system with Ubuntu 12.04 and windows 7. After creating a fresh install on W7 I created a 10GB free space to work with Ubuntu. I used Ubuntu to split off a a 1GB swap...
View Article[ubuntu] Can't install 13.10 by optical disc drive even though disc drive is...
Hello folks, I am a newbie Ubuntu user. I want to upgrade my version to Ubuntu 13.10 by making a fresh install. I downloaded the ISO image of 64 bit version of Ubuntu 13.10 and burned it on a DVD. I...
View Article[ubuntu] Enter bios key no longer works
I have been trying to do a clean install of 13.10 but don't have dvd player so am trying to boot by USB. USB isn't mentioned in bios but the motherboard manual says it is bootable by USB. I have been...
View Article[ubuntu] 13.10 - Duel Boot Ubuntu/Win7 no Grub Menu
Hi All, After one of my hard drives failed on laptop i had to re-install Windows7 along side my Ubuntu 13.10 OS on the same Disk, of course doing this removed the Grub menu on start-up so i have no...
View Article[ubuntu] Option to replace existing 13.10 installation led to removal of...
Hi, I was planning to dual boot Windows 8 and 13.10 on a friends computer. After installing 13.10 I had a working 13.10 and no windows/grub2 option upon boot. I ran boot-repair and had the options at...
View Article[ubuntu] Workspace switcher not working on 13.10
I just installed 13.10 this morning, and can't get workspace switcher to work. Did upgrades with update manager, but still does't work. Any ideas on where any relevent settings are/how to change them?...
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