[ubuntu] uninstall /reinstall ubuntu
good afternoon, I would like to reinstall windows 8 and perform a daul boot of ubuntu after clean install of widows 8. The problem is that I think i may have wiped out the bios when i installed ubuntu....
View Article[ubuntu] Live CD- Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 Beta, Live USB Ubuntu 12.10- all...
Hey guys! I hope you'll be able to help me solve this problem. 1) I had Ubuntu 12.10 installed on my PC, but after I did an upgrade through the PPA repository, I messed up a lot of stuff, and I decided...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu with Windows on Dual Boot - Grub Missing and...
Hi all, I've been having an absolute HELL of a time with my new laptop. I bought it about 2 weeks ago and to this day I still haven't done anything useful with it because I can't manage to get Windows...
View Article[ubuntu] youtube down loader for ubuntu 12.04
I have installed the youtube downloader thorugh apt-get but while running it, it is showing, proxy authentication required. All my system network settings are given proxy authentication. Can u tell me...
View Article[all variants] Install problem / weird webcam problem
I am trying to install ubuntu studio 12.04 on my laptop (vaio vgn-fe31). When I installed Xubuntu 12.04 I found a problem. Everything goes fine up to the "enter your username and password". Then the...
View Article[ubuntu] Ran into a snag installing 12.04 in efi mode (incl error message)
Hi, I tried this before (about 6 mos ago). After a few failed attempts I just gave up and installed as a bios install. Now I've learned a little more and want to really make this happen (whatever it...
View Article[ubuntu] How to remove broken packages in ubuntu 12.04
Unable to open lock! Ubuntu sofware center does not work, nor does sudo apt get install -f. It got stuck up with java 7, probably
View Article[SOLVED] Kernel sources
I would like to compile my own kernel. Among others, it would make it faster, and smaller, which will make it boot in half the time. Is there an Ubuntu package for it? How is it called? TIA, Nikos
View Article[other] How is it possible, that I can install only Ubuntu distros
How is it possible, that my netbook (Asus X201E - KX006H) only accepts Ubuntu based distros (like Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu etc..). I tried installing various number of linuxes, like Mint, Arch, Fedora,...
View Article[ubuntu_studio] Just updated the kernel and cannot boot using 3.5.0-26
Hi again! Here I have another problem to fix... (Sorry for not being very helpful with others' threads, I'm just not experienced enough to be much help.) I just updated the kernel (normal update), and...
View Article[ubuntu] flashplayer
okay dont laugh but i downloaded flashplayer so many times tryed to install but cant figure it out help please im dumb and need help installing flash on ubuntu12.10
View Article[ubuntu] dual boot ubuntu and windows 8 on toshiba satellite
Hello, i really hope this question hasn't been asked, i looked around and couldn't find the same problem. if so, please direct me to the thread that talks about it. I have a toshiba satellite with...
View Article[ubuntu] Bios Setting for,"32Bit Transfer Rate"
Hello, A Biostar bios gives me the option of the enabling or disabling the 32 bit transfer rate under the SATA Configuration section. Should I infer from this that if I load a 32 bit Ubuntu os that I...
View Article[ubuntu] No Grub and Can't Boot into Windows 8 After installing Ubuntu 12.10
First, I installed Windows 8 in my desktop PC. (Not pre-installed... I did it by myself). Then I booted the Ubuntu dvd in UEFI mode (Did the same with Windows 8) and installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit....
View Article[all variants] Can't install - grub not installing
Ok, so this issue is reproduceable on both 12.10 and Mint 14 (after upgrading Ubiquity in Mint). I have a Dell XPS14 which has a 500GB hdd (sda) and a 32GB ssd (sdb). I want to install Mint or Ubuntu...
View Article[ubuntu] Do I still need to create a Home partition?
I'm coming back to Ubuntu after being away for just over a year (Windows 7). Do I still need to create a separate 'home' partition to protect all my files during future Ubuntu version upgrades? ie...
View Article[ubuntu] how to burn the dvd using burnaware software, which option do i need...
I have tried several options to make a bootable disk of ubuntu 11.10 using burnaware software, but its not becoming a bootable disk. Please help!! In one of the options which I used was make boot disk,...
View Article[ubuntu] Enable automatic Login through Preseeding
Is there a way to enable automatic login in the preseed file. There is an option in the installer to do this, but I do not see one in the example file...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 8.04 Raid 1 Failure
I am having a Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server installed with Raid 1 partition. I have two raid partitions: Quote: /dev/md0 /dev/md1 In both the raid partitions I had two hard drives: Quote: /dev/sda1 and...
View Article[ubuntu] do-release-upgrade (i368 system - Gnome) 12.04 -> 12.10
Most likely, I might be posting this in the wrong section. If so please do excuse me as I barely ever ask for help, and I could not trace the exact same error I encountered. I am using Vaio which only...
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