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9 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread help me please 12.04LTS in Absolute Beginners Section

If, as Google indicates, your Dell has the Mobility Radeon 4330, AMD restricted driver support for that ENDED with Ubuntu 12.04.1. If you install...

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9 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Choppy video and audio and overal CPU slowness in Absolute Beginners Section

Do you know the make and model video chipset you're using? If not, open a terminal, enter "lspci" (without the quotes) and look for the line...

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10 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread MONO & .netframework in Wine

You should read through the test results on the linked WineHQ page ... but they're not encouraging: ...

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10 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on (old) Android Phone in Absolute Beginners Section

NOT being able to install or move apps to an external SD card has been prevented in Android ever since ICS came out. So, if your phone is running ICS...

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10 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Got Ubuntu 10.04 successfully installed. Business activities? in Absolute Beginners Section

What is it you really want to do with Ubuntu: 1) Run a business 2) Take placement tests 3) Acquire skills needed to get a job These are all...

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10 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Installing Ubuntu ( why so hard ? ) in Absolute Beginners Section

It may not actually be GONE; instead, it may just have trouble booting. If you can get into Ubuntu, then try to mount the Windows partitions...

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10 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread When trying to install ubuntu, it cannot find the partitions I made from Windows in Absolute Beginners Section

Ubuntu has to be installed into a Linux filesystem -- and I don't recall Windows being able to create Linux filesystem partitions. Even so, Win7...

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13 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread How do I apply USB patches to WINE? in Wine

I wouldn't hold out hope for that working -- see the info on the WineHQ page: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=9936

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13 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Can't connect to school network secured with WPA & WPA2 Enterprise in Networking & Wireless

You said in your first post that it works on Win7 -- then go into Win7 and see what the settings are for the CA certificate. You won't be able to...

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13 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Laptop overheating in Hardware

You can check in Additional Drivers to see if any are being offered, but if they aren't, there aren't any drivers you can install. Overheating is...

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13 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread ATi HD 3870 problem in display. in Hardware

How recently did you install 12.04? Asking because if it was in the last few months, you are likely to have 12.04.2 -- and that is bad news for you,...

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13 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Dual Boot Partition Scheme? in Hardware

BEFORE you do anything else, you should read through the material below about dual-booting with Win7: You need to see the disk partitions when you...

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14 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Vista not booting up so... in Absolute Beginners Section

What do you mean by "Startup Recovery Tools"? Is this what you are calling MS Windows Startup Repair? You do know that Startup Repair generally...

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14 Hours Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread USB Drive Install, working with multiple proprietary driver for multiple PC. in Absolute Beginners Section

Basically -- NO. There is no way to choose a video driver as part of login. You would do best, if you want a "portable" Ubuntu installation to NOT...

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread 3 screens in Multimedia & Video

Would help if you told us which version of Ubuntu you're using.

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread 7470m card. in Hardware

Would help if you would not presume that your abbreviated names for things are understood ... By "7470m", do you mean a Radeon 7470 card? What...

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Mark Phelps replied to a thread Installed Ubuntu, now can't reinstall Windows 8 in Installation & Upgrades

It could be that it reads the first disk, then scans the drive -- and when it sees the Linux partitions, gets all confused and stops the recovery...

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Didn't enjoy Ubuntu - Windows Recover - grub rescue in General Help

HOW did you do partitioning without using the Slider? Did you do that in the Win7 Disk Management tool? Did you boot from a Linux CD/USB and use...

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Dual boot - Cannot Boot Windows in General Help

I'm part of a small but growing enthusiast community that insists on using Win8 in "Win7 mode" -- meaning that we use the Desktop exclusively and...

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Did the Ubuntu live session corrupt my MBR? in Absolute Beginners Section

The BOOTMGR message refers to it being unable to correctly find or use the Windows boot loader. If GRUB was still in the MBR, it would try to use...

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1 Day Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread How Do I Recover Deleted Files. in Absolute Beginners Section

Some folks have used TestDisk and PhotoRec (Linux data recovery apps) ... but my own experience in using them on Windows filesystems was abysmal. ...

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Mark Phelps replied to a thread W7 Crash after LiveUsb trial in Absolute Beginners Section

When you run using the LiveCD or LiveUSB mode, Ubuntu creates a RAMDisk (maps a section of system memory to behave like a filesystem) and it uses...

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread MAJOR Problem with Mount and Blade: Warband. in Wine

You should go to the link in post#2 and read through the testing results. The last entry mentions using the game with Steam.

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Measure fps of wine games in Wine

You should have read the second post in the thread you cited -- where the filename has to be in lower case. Your example has it in CAPS. Also,...

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Xubuntu 12.04 problems connecting to *some* wireless networks in Networking & Wireless

Suggest you try installing WiFi Radar and see if it does a better job of connecting.

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Intel HD graphics video adapter not recognized by Ubuntu 12.04 in Multimedia & Video

If your video chipset was not recognized by Linux, you would have a totally black screen with no display. The fact that you can (I presume, or you...

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Video driver for Acer Aspire 5920 in Hardware

Linux is not Windows -- meaning -- you do not start out hunting down drivers, hence the lack of anything like Device Manager. The drivers are...

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Installation can not find installer iso image in Installation & Upgrades

To the original OP -- this is WAY too early to mess around with the next release. It's weeks away from even an Alpha version -- meaning -- lots of...

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2 Days Ago

Mark Phelps replied to a thread Saucy Release Schedule, Partial Upgrades and Common Questions in Ubuntu +1

The schedule I looked at showed an Alpha late in June.

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