[ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

2013-04-29 Thread James Morrissey
Hi all, I posted this in the forums, but have yet to get a response. I was wondering if anyone here could help. I'm trying to update my bios, but it looks like, in doing so, the update wants to enable EFI. I am looking to update my bios, because i keep having random system freezes in 13.04 (ever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Morley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/04/13 12:04, James Morrissey wrote: This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both window

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

2013-04-29 Thread James Morrissey
Hi Dave, Thanks for getting back to me. This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7 and Ubuntu. This would at least mean that the

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless in 13.04

2013-04-29 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Hi, I posted a message to the effect that the procedure for reinstalling the Ralink RT3290 wireless driver, which worked on 12.10, doesn't work after online upgrade to 13.04. Since posting that, I found an online report at askubuntu.com which gave the exact same error messages as mine: http:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless in 13.04

2013-04-29 Thread Neil Greenwood
Thanks for posting the solution. Neil On Apr 29, 2013 1:24 PM, "Rowan Berkeley" wrote: > Hi, > > I posted a message to the effect that the procedure for reinstalling the > Ralink RT3290 wireless driver, which worked on 12.10, doesn't work after > online upgrade to 13.04. Since posting that, I fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless in 13.04

2013-04-29 Thread Stuart Ward
Rowan Well done, I always advise (and mostly practice) of putting the exact error message into goggle as soon as you can in the process of solving this sort of problem. I cant tell you the numbers of times this has saved me hours of fruitless searching for information about a problem. Stuart --

[ubuntu-uk] Odp: Reinstall wireless driver doesn't work in 13.04

2013-04-29 Thread bumaw
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

2013-04-29 Thread alan c
On 29/04/13 12:45, James Morrissey wrote: Hi Dave, Thanks for getting back to me. This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7 a