[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 in UEFI
Hello, When I go to install Ubuntu 12.10, the partitioning step does not give me the option to install alongside Windows 8. Would I have to manually create a partition to direct Ubuntu to install on? I...
View Article[ubuntu] Automatically Configure Grub on apt-get upgrade outdated
I have a script that I run to setup a new machine to host Ruby on Rails applications. The script is as follows: Code: #!/usr/bin/env bash apt-get update apt-get -y upgrade outdated apt-get -y install...
View Article[ubuntu] Upgrade 12.04 to 12.10 with Jigdo?
I'm trying to use Jigdo to upgrade my 12.04 iso to 12.10 iso. But have found two problems: 1) I cannot find any normal iso.jigdo for 12.04, just alternate 2) For 12.10, there isn't even alternate, just...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.04.1 installation question
Hello, first, I have a disk(A) with ubuntu 10.10+GRUB installed, and I want to install ubuntu 12.04.1 on another disk(B,without any operating system), unluckly, I don't have cdrom and the computer...
View Article[ubuntu] Problem installing wxWidgets in Ubuntu 12.10
Hello! I have a problem in installing wxWidgets in Ubuntu 12.10. When I try to install it by following the instructions given in the wiki page of wxWidgets, I get an error message that says something...
View Article[ubuntu] Lost network devices after 12.10 upgrade on Alienware m11x
I have had 12.10 installed on my Alienware m11x r3 laptop for a while. Works great, after I installed BumbleBee, until today when I did an upgrade. I was connected on a wireless network. It was several...
View Article[ubuntu] Huge initrd.img size
I have Zorin OS based on natty, I have slow boot time and huge initrd.img size, it's 230 mb after I upgraded kernel to version 3.0.0 I searched the net for a solution but I didn't find an answer. Would...
View ArticleWhy do updates break things?
Why is it that updates seem to break the simplest things? I just did a fresh install of 12.4, everything worked great then did the up date and my Wifi is broken. I did an install of 12.10, updated and...
View Article[SOLVED] Partition misalignment
Okay. Bought this new machine - HP Pavilion G6. It came installed with the dreaded Windows 8 Virus. I say virus because it took 2.5 hours at the help desk to kill it. For whatever reason the new BIOS...
View Article[ubuntu] NOT SOLVED YET. Partition misalignment
How much RAM do you have? swap is for too many applications all at once wanting to use RAM or for hibernating. If you do not hibernate, edit videos or start every app you have at once and have 4GB of...
View Article[other] Single proxy server for different WAN networks
I'm looking to implement a single proxy server for two different VLANs. Both VLAN have outgoing traffic configured through different ISP i.e. traffic for users on VLAN1 is routed through ISP1 and...
View Article[all variants] boot from sd card through usb?
i have a live version of ubuntu installed on my sd card. unfortunately my notebook can't boot directly from sd card, but I want to use it anyway. Is there a way to boot from sd card using a launcher...
View Article[ubuntu] USB install of lucid broke, second time with same error
Ok. I have a friend with a tiny dell netbook. the ssd has burned out, so I installed ubuntu to a 8 gig flash stick to serve as a hard-drive for him. All was fine and dandy forever, until he lost the...
View Article[ubuntu] How can I do a fresh install and get all my old packages?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10. I want to install 12.04 (LTS), which I'll probably stick with for the next few years. I'll be using the same /home partition for both versions. Every time I have tried to...
View Article[ubuntu] HP Pavillion ZE4600 laptop
Have done successful installs before but now am trying to install Ubuntu on an HP Pavillion ZE4600 laptop that previously had Win XP on it. The installation was failing, so I thought the hard disk was...
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[ubuntu] Problems Installing with nVidia GPU
I have a pretty basic 3570k, P8Z77, GTX 670 setup. I'm having some trouble with the live CD. It's 12.04, I ordered it from canonical, and it works fine on my laptop, so it's not the media. When I start...
View Article[ubuntu] IB TWS Install
Have seen the thread here, and can someone help explain this error message? Thanks ____@ubuntu:~$ cd IB ____@ubuntu:~/IB$ java -cp...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.10 not recognizing second hard drive...
Just installed 12.10 on a brand new desktop. I'm running a 250 GB SSD as my main drive, and I also installed a 1TB second drive which I hope to use to hold a backup of the main drive, as well as the...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.10 fresh install black screen no boot
Problem, I installed Ubuntu 12.10 a fresh format install, this was done 2 ways 1 with a usb 3.0 speeds and a dvdrw, I redownloaded the iso many times to make sure it wasn't corrupt, and every single...
View Article[lubuntu] Ubuntu 11.10 and Win 8 boot problems
Hi all, I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with Windows 8 pre-installed. I am trying to install Ubuntu 11.10 on it. I did manage to install it, but there is a problem I am facing. The Grub doesn't load in the...
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