oldfred
Forums Moderator

Mini Statistics

Join Date: June 10th, 2009

Last Activity: 15 Hours Ago

More 36 Friends

Recent Visitors

The last 10 visitor(s) to this page were:

This page has had 44,846 visits

Tab Content: oldfred's Activity; Visitor Messages; About Me; Friends

Tab Content: All; oldfred; Friends; Photos

Older Activity
48 Minutes Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread Installing on EEE in Absolute Beginners Section

Please use a more informative thread title. The EEE is not powerful hardware, so I would suggest Lubuntu in stead of Ubuntu.

see more

6 replies | 95 view(s)
5 Hours Ago

slixz85 replied to a thread Would "UnlockRoot" be able to root my Kyocera Rise? in Mobile Technology Discussions

hows it goin cwblanch. i really couldnt tell you right away. but i know a good way to tell. i posted a topic asking about rooting my phone. it is...

see more

2 replies | 99 view(s)
7 Hours Ago

C.S.Cameron replied to a thread Everything works on live USB drive but problems after installing in Installation & Upgrades

Do not try to update a Live/Persistent Flash drive.

see more

8 replies | 328 view(s)
11 Hours Ago

coffeecat replied to a thread formatting second sata drive for permissions in Hardware

We don't have quite enough information to give a full answer, but I think I can get you there. What you need to do is to: Mount the sdb1...

see more

3 replies | 111 view(s)
11 Hours Ago

coffeecat replied to a thread Suggestion: Addition of Programming Languages to "How to Start Programming" Thread in Forum Feedback & Help

Have a look at the sticky in the subforum I linked earlier. Community documentation should be here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community

see more

11 replies | 219 view(s)
13 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread 13.04 Graphics, Speed, Heat and Other Issues on Hp Pavillion DV6000 in General Help

Well... when I get my hands on some used gear it's always the first I do. Though you like Unity you could also try Lubuntu for comparison. Every...

see more

11 replies | 247 view(s)
15 Hours Ago

oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

I do not know about System76 system. They may just be using gpt partitioning with BIOS as that is how I boot my system which does not have UEFI...

see more

11 replies | 167 view(s)
16 Hours Ago

oldfred replied to a thread Error - Failed to determine the codename of the release. in Server Platforms

Server has the option to install all the various server applications. Desktop defaults to desktop type applications and the different versions of...

see more

13 replies | 228 view(s)
16 Hours Ago

oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

It depends on whether you are in BIOS mode or UEFI mode. Windows will only install in UEFI mode when drive is gpt partitioned. So if you have...

see more

11 replies | 167 view(s)
16 Hours Ago

oldfred replied to a thread trouble with dual booting 12.04 and 13.04 in Installation & Upgrades

I am not sure your bios_grub is correct if it is sda4. Gparted will show it with an error as it is unformatted. It should show like this with ...

see more

7 replies | 156 view(s)
17 Hours Ago

coffeecat replied to a thread Suggestion: Addition of Programming Languages to "How to Start Programming" Thread in Forum Feedback & Help

Sorry about that. Didn't notice it was closed. It's open now and you're welcome to post, but I've got a better idea. The problem is that forum design...

see more

11 replies | 219 view(s)
17 Hours Ago

coffeecat replied to a thread How to start programming - guides and links for many languages in Programming Talk

Test bump

see more

87 replies | 147656 view(s)
17 Hours Ago

coffeecat replied to a thread Suggestion: Addition of Programming Languages to "How to Start Programming" Thread in Forum Feedback & Help

Go to the thread and click on the "Reply to Thread" button.

see more

11 replies | 219 view(s)
19 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread App Armor Denied messages on clean install 12.04.2 in General Help

We do allow one bump in 24 hours, but still I recommend that people don't do it. An un-bumped thread is visible in Quick Links -> Unanswered Posts,...

see more

5 replies | 194 view(s)
21 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread App Armor Denied messages on clean install 12.04.2 in General Help

Please show patience and don't bump a thread. People who might be able to answer could be living many time zones away. Threads merged. ...

see more

5 replies | 194 view(s)
21 Hours Ago

Jonners59 replied to a thread Graphics Resolution- Upgrade /Blank Screen after reboot in Installation & Upgrades

Any help, please?????????

see more

1262 replies | 266974 view(s)
21 Hours Ago

Jonners59 replied to a thread Evolution can not handle large Google accounts in General Help

Any help please?????

see more

6 replies | 184 view(s)
22 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread shell script in Programming Talk

Please keep only one topic in each thread. I have moved your posts to Programming Talk.

see more

6 replies | 131 view(s)
22 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread 13.04 Graphics, Speed, Heat and Other Issues on Hp Pavillion DV6000 in General Help

Have you tried to disassemble the cooling unit and clean it for accumulated dust?

see more

11 replies | 247 view(s)
23 Hours Ago

mörgæs replied to a thread Headphones do not work - Ubunutu 12.04; Macbook in Absolute Beginners Section

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1885240

see more

1 replies | 75 view(s)

More Activity

30 Visitor Messages

pooja - 2 Weeks Ago View Conversation

Hi oldfred,
I sent you a PM to request that this thread be moved to the Programming section of the Forum, since you are a Forum Moderator. I probably should have posted a message here in the first place -- sorry for the mistake. Could you please take care of it?
Thank you.
Best regards,
p.
C.S.Cameron - February 18th, 2013 View Conversation

Hi OldFred:
Do you have any details about the vB3 to vB4 staging forum mentioned above?
Thanks
Cork
slixz85 - December 15th, 2012 View Conversation

thanks for acceptin my request was just addin some people thats been here some years as well instead of it bein empty after 5 years lol. have a good one!
vanlong441 - November 11th, 2012 View Conversation

thank you for the information. I also edited the pictures
vanlong441 - November 10th, 2012 View Conversation

I can't edit the first post of this thread anymore. Can you tell me what's wrong?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2078412
Geezanansa - November 6th, 2012 View Conversation

Did not want to bump a brilliant thread but would like to suggest stickying http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2021534
as it has been for me very useful in deciphering https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting#UEFI
and once i work out how to use efibootmgr will have efi drive available to boot from one time boot menu (when bios set appropriately set at ahci) ... lol
Am sure as more people have the need or desire to go for efi on <1TB system very handy thread and thanks to op and you both for http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2021534
DeadlyOats - October 24th, 2012 View Conversation

Oops, wrong place for a PM.

Sorry.
Djalmahal - October 15th, 2012 View Conversation

Hi, you've been helping people a lot on some threads concerning dual boot issues. Here is my quick questions I couldn't find an answer:

If I have Windows on the HDD, can I have linux "/" on an SSD an a data partition on the HDD?
Does GRUB2 deal with that easily?

Thanks.
varunendra - February 13th, 2012 View Conversation

Hi Fred!

I saw you clearly saying- "I really do not know Macs" in this thread, yet I know nobody better than you to seek help from (srs5694 doesn't seem very frequent on the forums).

If possible, please take a look at this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1923546

The OP seems to have the same GPT/Hybrid MBR issue that you have commented on a few times.

I've asked him for boot info results, but am not sure how to proceed after that.

Thanks and Best regards
-Varun
raja.genupula - February 11th, 2012

Hi Oldfred

Showing Visitor Messages 1 to 10 of 30

About oldfred

Basic Information

About oldfred

Location:: Chicago Suburbs

Occupation:: Retired

Ubuntu Distro:: Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

Signature

Oldfred on vacation with no real computer access. (when you are retired is it still a vacation?)
May 23 thru June 5. For info on UEFI boot install & repair:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295