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[other_os] Restoring triple boot to new HD.
Apologies for the inevitable redundancies of triple boot questions, but I felt my problem is specific enough that I haven't already found it covered in such terms. If anyone knows of a thread in which...
View Article[lubuntu] How to get Lubuntu to automatically update?
I've recently done a minimal install of ubuntu 12.04 with lxde. I can't get it to check for updates on boot. Under "Desktop Session Settings" I have checked Update Notifier to be an automatically...
View Article[ubuntu] Cannot install downloaded package
I've downloaded a 32-bit deb package which installs well in my ubuntu boxes. However in one of them I get an error all the time. When I try to install it, ubuntu says it cannot proceed because the...
View Article[ubuntu] "Gave up waiting for root" with LVM on LUKS
Hello. I have a laptop here that has an LVM on LUKS setup. I had cause to regenerate the initramfs from a Live CD and chroot, and this apparently harmed the GRUB line that boots the system. I now get a...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu recognizes windows 8
On my pc when i go click to install ubuntu (im using an live usb, not wubi.) the installer recognizes windows 8 and gives me an option to run along side windows. Now my PC does not have an UEFI bios it...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.10 fresh install missing microcode stops install
Hello all, I am a so new user of Ubuntu I still have the fresh car smell :) I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my HP Pavilion dv7 AMD quad processor laptop. It stops the install (using 'Zite's...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Libglut without X?
Hey all, I'm trying to set up a headless CUDA number crunching system. The CUDA 5.0 installer depends on libglut, which means I have to install freeglut3, freeglut3-dev and binutils-gold. Problem is,...
View Article[ubuntu] Client Hyper-V UEFI
I'm trying out Client Hyper-V and want to install Ubuntu 12.04 inside it, however it also boots using BIOS mode and not UEFI. Anyone know how to force this? I am actually booted into Windows using UEFI...
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[ubuntu] 12.10 & Windows 7 dual boot issue
I've just put together a new computer that I want to dual boot 12.10 and Windows 7. This machine has a Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P motherboard, AMD video onboard, AMD CPU. My HDD is 500GB, so I'm not lacking...
View Article[ubuntu] I believe I'm having trouble with my AMD A10-5800K Radeon HD 7660D
With a new disdain for M$, I'm commited to making Ubuntu work on my freshly built PC. So far, I've got ubuntu installed but I've had to insert "nomodeset" when booting or otherwise the screen becomes...
View Article[ubuntu] Package manger problem
When I try to run package manager the message appears. An resolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. 'e:Encountered a section with no Package:header, E problem with...
View Article[xubuntu] Xubuntu 12.10 install error "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL...
I get almost all the way through the installation process until the "Detecting hardware, please wait" step, and then I get this error: http://i.imgur.com/88QP75C.jpg This is reproducible every time....
View Article[ubuntu] Disconnected from Plymouth - Boot o.k. but unable to login user
A new error (after some updates) does not allow me to log into the Ubuntu user/partition. The system boots properly through GRUB, but instead of signing into the linux partition/ user, a black screen...
View Article[ubuntu] Dual Booting
Hi, I'm kind of new to this sort of thing, first off. Anyways, here's the dealio. I've recently (about 2 months ago) home-built my own computer from scratch, and am so far loving it. In case it...
View Article[ubuntu] Cannot BOOT at all!
Hello, I did something really stupid! When asked to clean up /boot, I nuked it all, so I no longer have vmlinuz-3.5.0-26-generic and it just boots me into grub which I have no idea what to do with. I...
View Article[ubuntu] Dual Boot Successful, Slow operations within Ubuntu, Normal speeds...
Greetings, getting into Linux in order to assess it's viability to replace my regular OS (windows) for a more PC oriented experience as opposed to a tablet style. I have logged into Ubuntu...
View Article[ubuntu] Help installing lvm onto an existing Ubuntu 12.04 system
I currently have two 500Gb hard drives. sda is 500Gb internal drive and I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 desktop on it. sda1 - 20Gb root partition sda7 80Gb - home partition sda5 - 365Gb unused. sdb is...
View Article[ubuntu] Updates for Ubuntu 10.10
A few months ago I installed 10.10 on my test laptop and was able to download all the updates through end of life. Today I installed 10.10 on a friend's old laptop and could not download those updates....
View Article[ubuntu] During an installation typed sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda, now windows...
During my installation of ubuntu from a usb drive it couldn't detect my hard drive. I researched and learned that it I deleted my raid(or whatever sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda does) then ubuntu would...
View Article[ubuntu] Pbm/Que w/ Dual-Boot install XP + 12.10 - Won't install on C drive
I started in with installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my desktop, as a Dual-Boot system next to XP. When the installer asked, I replied that I wanted to retain XP, not replace it. It brought up the partition...
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