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I have just upgraded from kernel 3.5.0-26-generic to 3.5.0-27-generic and WindowsXP in my VirtualBox wont open because the kernel driver is wrong. I ran '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as suggested but...

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Sorry for the delay in replying, I have been away.

It did not work, I got an error message :

file '/mnt/new/boot/brub/i386-pc/normd.mod' not found.

I was unable to boot up atall.

Ok done the terminal commands, got 'installation finished no error reported' message.

I will change something on this desktop so that when I reboot I will know that I booted from sda1. Unless,...

Thanks for that. I do not have a live cd at the moment, I will follow your tutorial as soon as I get/make one.

Acouple of things come to mind, since the installation on sda6 is just a copy of the...

Thanks for the reply. Here are the outputs.

only sda1 and sda6 contain anything sda3,4 and 5 were created just to allow me to recreate sda6

charles@charles-UX31E:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo]...

To remove windows7 from my system I followed the instructions in:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToRemoveWindows

I used Parted Magic for the operation.

All went well until the very...

Thanks Plucky, found the Sources.list and edited it accordingly, did an update and dist-upgrade from the main server.

All went smoothly and all outstanding updates were installed :D

Again, many...

Sorry about delay in replyig, I was away for the weekend.

I opened /var/lib/apt/lists/ and found the sources.list but could not see any duplication there, and it came up as read only so I could...

Thanks for the reply. Here is the readout:



charles@charles-UX31E:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for charles:
Ign http://my.archive.ubuntu.com precise...

I have received notification of 8 updates all related to VLC, 7 security and 1 reccommended.

When trying to install I get a message saying that action would require installation of packages from...

Thanks for that. I ran lshw and found the dvd info as follows:

*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:1
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated...

I have installed libdvdread4 and libdvdcss2 using the directions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs/ .

I am still getting a message to say dvd cannot play as it is...

The solution mentioned in that thread worked for me too. Thanks

I keep getting a warning icon that tells me that update information is outdated. It tells me to check for updates and see where error is. Did that and found the error, as shown here:


W: Failed...

Thanks, that is what I feared. With everything else that is squeezed into the 5mm thickness of the Zenbook finding room for one hard drive must have been difficult so adding a second is completely...

I have an Asus Zenbook UX31E with a 256GB SSD, currently dual booting Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7.

I have just 2 programmes that I cannot get to run through wine and several MS Office Excel files...

Thanks for replies,

I tried the first alternate solution suggested by roelfrog and then ran sanderj's command and sure enough the new URL was added to the list.

I did get the error when...

Thanks for the quick reply.

Tried that and got:


charles@charles-UX31E:~$ sudo echo deb...

I purchased Full Circle Magazine from the software centre and nothing seemed to happen. I did get an e-mail from Full Circle saying that if I had any difficulties then visit...

I am new to ubuntu (using 12.04 on an Asus zenbook UX31, dual boot with windows 7).

I have been trying to set a web address protocol to be associated with a paticular programme that runs under...

Many thanks, I can now suspend myself happily!!

I need to add a workaround to get suspend working correctly with my ASUS Zenbook UX31.

I found the script to be added on the AsusZenbook-Community site. The instructions say:

Save the following...

I have just installed 12.04 on my ASUS Zenbook UX31. Installation went smoothly but I have now encountered a problem.

I have an ASUS external bluray writer (model SBW-06D2X-U). When connected and...

I just installed 12.04 on my UX31. Installation went smoothly but I have a problem with bluetooth.

Bluetooh turns on and off perfectly but neither of my devices can be detected. They are a mouse...