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After installing a bunch of software updates, I restarted my computer. It was then that my wireless internet connection stopped working. The software package linux-firmware-nonfree had my wireless...

On Xubuntu 13.04, when I clicked A on the upper panel (shown below), there was a horizontal slider bar that would control the volume, and a button that said "Sound Preferences" that would open...

Thanks darkod and oldfred! I've booted many times to /dev/sda2, and it works completely fine. I formated /dev/sda1, applied sudo update-grub, and it worked.

Cheers!

A while back, I was wanting to uninstall Ubuntu 12.10 and install Xubuntu 13.04 on my dual-boot system, which also has Windows 7. However, for some reason I was unable to burn a Windows 7 Recovery...

Hi there,

I'm an absolute beginner to Linux; I installed Xubuntu 13.04 recently on my laptop, replacing Ubuntu 12.10 - but there isn't any option to set a "Compose" key I can use to quickly type...

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Hi Jackyboy,

Actually, this is probably going to sound weird, but after I did a restart I was able to get my webcam to be detected. It is known as Philips (or NXP) SPC 520/525NC PC Camera, and I...

I've tried to plug in a Philips SPC520NC Webcam on a newly installed Ubuntu 12.10 (Dell Latitude D620), but it doesn't work.

No lights show up, it's not detected under Additional Drivers, and...

Thanks so much for your help! I installed Ubuntu alongside WIndows 7, and followed your instructions. I had to restart my computer two times forcibly, but now under Additional Drivers, I have the...

Thanks for the speedy reply!
Here's what I got from the terminal:

this@this:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree ...

Hi, I'm a Ubuntu newbie currently testing out Ubuntu 12.10 on a Live USB. From my network controller, there does not seem to be an option to connect to a wireless network. The wired connection via...

Now, I've tried editing the Boot Options - erasing
quiet screen-- and put in
acpi=off. When I tried to get past the "Preparing to Install Xubuntu" screen, there was an error message saying that...

Well, I tried that. It was very slow though; nothing was happening.
No offence, but I'm not sure how that would work?

By the way, I'm trying to install without the quiet screen-- in Advanced...

Sorry if all the advanced users, especially the two who answered my last post see this and find it annoying. Linux novice here. Thanks, Hedgehog1 and morgaes, by the way, for answering my last post. ...

I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 onto a slow Windows computer, only having burned Ubuntu onto a CD two days ago.

When I put in the disc, there is the Ubuntu loading screen, but before the GUI...