On 5 May 2010 15:42, John Matthews wrote:
> When you do the screen cast, when viewing, how do you get the screen
> bigger so you see the writing and what is going on more easilly. if
> there is any writing. I watch some of the screencasts and what I see is
> so small I cant get what is being said.
On 05/05/10 15:33, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 5 May 2010 15:18, John Stevenson wrote:
>
>> If you boot of an Ubuntu live CD or USB stick, then you can mount the hard
>> drive partition you have your root ( / ) partition on and change the path
>> that is your root from the live partition to your har
On 05/05/10 15:33, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 5 May 2010 15:18, John Stevenson wrote:
>
>> If you boot of an Ubuntu live CD or USB stick, then you can mount the hard
>> drive partition you have your root ( / ) partition on and change the path
>> that is your root from the live partition to your har
On 5 May 2010 15:18, John Stevenson wrote:
> If you boot of an Ubuntu live CD or USB stick, then you can mount the hard
> drive partition you have your root ( / ) partition on and change the path
> that is your root from the live partition to your hard drive partion using
> chroot. You could then
On 5 May 2010 15:08, John Matthews wrote:
> On 05/05/10 13:28, Alan Pope wrote:
> > dpkg --configure -a
> >
> > Which should attempt to finish configuring any packages that have not
> > yet finished being installed/configured.
> >
> > If that finishes to completion okay then do:-
> >
> > apt-get
On 05/05/10 15:12, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 5 May 2010 15:08, John Matthews wrote:
>
>> well, I really have no clue why this should be happening, but it wont
>> allow me to go into any covery more, it just as soon as you click on the
>> grub, it goes whoosh, like lots of frying and freezes. That
On 05/05/10 14:24, NTLWorld wrote:
> I've been following the thread. Someone suggested that you get rid of
> most of the redundant kernels then update grub. Did that help?
>
> If the problem began with Wine, try Un-installing Wine using purge, then
> re-installing the latest. I am not aware of r
On 5 May 2010 15:08, John Matthews wrote:
> well, I really have no clue why this should be happening, but it wont
> allow me to go into any covery more, it just as soon as you click on the
> grub, it goes whoosh, like lots of frying and freezes. That didnt happen
> before.
>
That's unfortunate. I
On 05/05/10 13:28, Alan Pope wrote:
> dpkg --configure -a
>
> Which should attempt to finish configuring any packages that have not
> yet finished being installed/configured.
>
> If that finishes to completion okay then do:-
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> If the dpkg --configure -a d
On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 11:43 +0100, John Matthews wrote:
> What else can I explain. I explained in my first e-mail that I did the
> final upgrade to Lucid from the last release. It didnt finish. I also
> explained that Wine was the reason the upgrade failed. In the grub it
> shows about 10 different
On 5 May 2010 13:13, John Matthews wrote:
> I can get to a recovery mode kernal yes. What should I do when I get to one?
>
dpkg --configure -a
Which should attempt to finish configuring any packages that have not
yet finished being installed/configured.
If that finishes to completion okay then
On 05/05/10 11:54, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 5 May 2010 11:43, John Matthews wrote:
>
>> What else can I explain. I explained in my first e-mail that I did the final
>> upgrade to Lucid from the last release. It didnt finish.
>>
> It didn't finish in that it crashed out?
> Did you use update
On 5 May 2010 11:43, John Matthews wrote:
> What else can I explain. I explained in my first e-mail that I did the final
> upgrade to Lucid from the last release. It didnt finish.
It didn't finish in that it crashed out?
Did you use update manager or do-release-upgrade to perform the upgrade?
>
On 05/05/10 10:43, Alan Pope wrote:
I see other people getting help as soon as they ask a
question. I'm just getting a message here and there and then nothing at
all.
Perhaps being rude to people is putting them off helping you?
Um, can I ask, where in this thread have I been rude.
On 5 May 2010 10:34, John Matthews wrote:
> Ok, Its now been four days since I started this. Am I being completely
> ignored here.
Perhaps people don't know what the problem is?
> I see other people getting help as soon as they ask a
> question. I'm just getting a message here and there and then
Ok, Its now been four days since I started this. Am I being completely
ignored here. I see other people getting help as soon as they ask a
question. I'm just getting a message here and there and then nothing at
all.
I really need help here.
I have even gone to Cannonical, which sent me back he
On 04/05/10 14:28, Neil Greenwood wrote:
On 4 May 2010 13:57, John Matthews wrote:
Hi,
I am not sure about hacking, the fact that so many things can go wrong, and
I dont have enough experience to work things out, it makes me kind of
worried. I am still having problems playing flash videos.
On 4 May 2010 13:57, John Matthews wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure about hacking, the fact that so many things can go wrong, and
> I dont have enough experience to work things out, it makes me kind of
> worried. I am still having problems playing flash videos. Still cant get
> some types to play, a
On 04/05/10 13:55, John Matthews wrote:
On 03/05/10 11:55, John Matthews wrote:
On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 03/05/10 10:32, John Matthews wrote:
On 02/05/10 14:03, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
The script that "update-grub" calls - grub-mkconfig - looks for kernels
and s
On 3 May 2010 16:37, John Matthews wrote:
> On 03/05/10 14:47, Stuart Bird wrote:
> > I suffered this problem some time ago when I had 9.10 installed
> > as a dual boot laptop (also on a Sky router although I do not think
> > that is connected to the issue). In the end I found that it was the
> >
On 3 May 2010 15:52, John Matthews wrote:
>
> Not sure if this got to the group, so will post again.
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> I am not sure about hacking, the fact that so many things can go wrong,
> and I dont have enough experience to work things out, it makes me kind
> of worried. I am still having pr
On 03/05/10 14:47, Stuart Bird wrote:
> I suffered this problem some time ago when I had 9.10 installed
> as a dual boot laptop (also on a Sky router although I do not think
> that is connected to the issue). In the end I found that it was the
> gnome network applet that was causing the issue. I r
On 03/05/10 11:58, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
>> Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You
>> can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter so
>> much. Obviously backup all your data before hackin
On 3 May 2010 12:06, John Matthews wrote:
> On 03/05/10 11:58, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> > On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> >
> >> Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You
> >> can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter so
> >
On 03/05/10 11:58, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
>> Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You
>> can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter so
>> much. Obviously backup all your data before hackin
On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> Having said all this, it might not be the wisest advice to give you. You
> can break things. But if it is broken then it probably doesn't matter so
> much. Obviously backup all your data before hacking away!
One other thing I should say is that so far I
On 03/05/10 11:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 03/05/10 10:32, John Matthews wrote:
On 02/05/10 14:03, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
The script that "update-grub" calls - grub-mkconfig - looks for kernels
and so forth and automatically generates the config file for grub.
It*should* find an
On 03/05/10 10:32, John Matthews wrote:
> On 02/05/10 14:03, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>> The script that "update-grub" calls - grub-mkconfig - looks for kernels
>> and so forth and automatically generates the config file for grub.
>>
>> It*should* find any kernels in /boot so perhaps when you ran i
On 02/05/10 14:03, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
The script that "update-grub" calls - grub-mkconfig - looks for kernels
and so forth and automatically generates the config file for grub.
It*should* find any kernels in /boot so perhaps when you ran it the
relevant partition wasn't mounted?
You can a
Hi Jamie,
Still problem connecting to the internet wirelessly. I attach the report I
got when running lspci. There does not appear to be any driver shown for my
wireless card and this despite my having run sudo aptitude update and then
sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source. No drivers are show
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 18:11 +0100, NTLWorld wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 13:20 +0100, NTLWorld wrote:
> > I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v - Ubuntu Lucid - not dual boot. I
> > installed the Broadcom driver and it worked straight out of the box.
> > Mind you, my Linksys wi-fi is operating unsecur
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 13:20 +0100, NTLWorld wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v - Ubuntu Lucid - not dual boot. I
> installed the Broadcom driver and it worked straight out of the box.
> Mind you, my Linksys wi-fi is operating unsecured. I'll have to try
> putting a key in to the wi-fi hub a
On 2 May 2010 12:40, Anthony Coyle wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> My Asus eee 1000H shows the networks, asks me for the key to my router and
> I type this exactly as I should and it fails to connect but again asks me
> for the key. From this I deduce that the computer is not talking to the
> router but
On 02/05/10 08:59, John Matthews wrote:
> Hi sorry its taken me so long to get back to you, I did what you said
>
> sudo update-grub
The script that "update-grub" calls - grub-mkconfig - looks for kernels
and so forth and automatically generates the config file for grub.
It *should* find any ker
You are right, it's a bit of a botch fix, but it seems quite a lot of
people are getting a black screen and, from what I could gather, it's a
kernel problem with older machines. Which really isn't good if your
black screen PC is your only PC! :(
On 02/05/10 13:15, John Matthews wrote:
> I hav
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 12:29 +0100, Daniel Case wrote:
> I have the same problems with the wireless on my Dell Inspiron Mini,
> like you i dual boot...
> Originally it had no internet at all, i then installed the Broadcam
> proprietary drivers and it started showing the networks, but it
> refuses to
I have done that. It seems to be a bit of a way out really, it doesnt
get rid of the problem, and its gone back to a previous kernel. I tried
updating from there, and it didnt work.
John
On 02/05/10 12:33, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> I had a similar problem with my laptop when I upgraded to Lucid. I
Hi Daniel,
My Asus eee 1000H shows the networks, asks me for the key to my router and I
type this exactly as I should and it fails to connect but again asks me for
the key. From this I deduce that the computer is not talking to the router
but is able to hear the router. What is odd that despite ge
Thank you for this Jamie. I am sure that I have used the correct case when
connecting. I will try your other suggestion and report back. The wireless
card is a Ralink Corp card and is an 802,11n Wireless Lan card.
Best,
Benjy
On 2 May 2010 12:25, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> On 2 May 2010, at 11:31,
I had a similar problem with my laptop when I upgraded to Lucid. It
would boot past GRUB, reach the screen with the Ubuntu logo then the
screen would go black and it would just sit there doing nothing.
What I did (after much Googling) was to hold down SHIFT as soon as I
turned the machine on, i
I have the same problems with the wireless on my Dell Inspiron Mini, like
you i dual boot...
Originally it had no internet at all, i then installed the Broadcam
proprietary drivers and it started showing the networks, but it refuses to
connect to my sky (or any!) router, it just comes back asking
On 2 May 2010, at 11:31, Anthony Coyle wrote:
> I suspect that the problem is that there is not a driverin ubuntu
> 10.4 to operate the wireless card.
If you see the access point wirelessly and attempt to connect the your
driver is working fine. Try deleting the network from the network
set
Hi there,
Sorry for butting in on your conversation but I wonder if you can help on a
problem I have after a clean install of ubuntu 10.4 netbook remix on my Acer
eee 1000H. This is dual boot with windows xp as the other operating system.
Previously I had ubuntu 9.10 and there was no problem with
Hi sorry its taken me so long to get back to you, I did what you said
sudo update-grub
and it didnt change anything on the grub, but also, Ubuntu stopped
loading after the grub. I dont know what happened, but it just kept
sticking as soon as you clicked from the grub. Its still doing it, I
hav
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, John Matthews wrote:
> Does anybody know ho I can update it, so that it only shows Lucid int he
> grub?
The label in Grub is cosmetic, the (partly upgraded) system will be booted
anyway. You should be able to:
sudo update-grub
to push that change. Please could you file
I did my final upgrade, via System>Administration>Update Manager...but
unfortunately, towards the end of the update, Wine couldnt be installed,
and it halted the installation. Now in the grub, I have old versions of
Ubuntu showing, and about 10 of them, and I know it should show the
updated ver
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