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Thank you ImpavidusO:). So here is what I have already done. I have deleted the Ubuntu partition (sdb1). I have downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu (22.04 LTS) on a memory stick. Is it possible...

Hello fellow Ubunters :D. I am just wondering if this can really be fixed or if I should erase my Ubuntu partition. A few hours ago I tried to upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04. Everything went just fine...

Good afternoon fellow Ubunters):P I'm trying to resuscitate a WD My book and I have launched "scrub" in a terminal window (nnsa option). The problem is that I cannot see the progress. Is there a way...

Good morning fellow Ubunters_:D and again thanks to everyone who's answered this thread. I am marking it as solved. Screen resolution is now perfect, without me doing anything. What exactly happened,...

Good morning Tommy_O:)_ Well, either it's a losing battle or I am hopeless. Here is what I get : [quote] christophe@christophe-ESPRIMO-E5731:~$ cvt 1440 900
# 1440x900 59.89 Hz (CVT...

Many thanks to all of you, ajgreeny, ActionParsnip, agvantibo;)_ The native resolution of this Orion Color TV set is 1440 X 900.
Now here is what lshw -C display gives:
sudo lshw -C...

Good morning fellow-Ubunters;) . I have recently upgraded to 20.04 LTS, but I am not really satisfied with the screen resolution. I am currently using a 19 inches ORION tv set as a monitor (VGA),...

:DHello again TheFu. I am marking this thread as solved. There was no other way but doing a fresh Ubuntu install, using the entire disk, thus erasing Windows 7 completely, and of course losing some...

Good morning TheFu:) _Thank you for answering so quickly. I have taken good note of the command lines you are suggesting, and I have created a Ubuntu Live usb memory stick. Now another problem is...

Good afternoon fellow ubunters_ :D_ I am in very serious trouble. I have a western digital hard disk to which I have saved many video and music files, plus other documents. This morning I wanted to...

Good evening fellow Ubunters_:) I have downloaded Teams for Ubuntu, but each and every time I try launching it, it's asking me to download an updated version. It's all a circus circle. When I try...

Thanks Oldfred for quick answer. I never boot from UEFI, I have never tried. I usually boot from Grub. I have tried upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 unsuccessfully: The Windows7 product key is...

Good afternoon fellow Ubunters_O:) I am on dual boot: Windows7/ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Windows 7 is dying, and from January 2020, it will no longer be supported or be fed security updates, thus making it...

Good afternoon Yancek_ The first test I tried yesterday was SMART and self-test (Disks). There was an anomaly to which I had not paid attention: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (16.04) (on /dvd/sdb5). So I...

Hello TheFu and OldFred. Magic! WD hard disk (My book) is back! But I really have no explanation. Remember I have said I am on dual boot (Windows7 / Ubuntu 18.4LTS) It's Windows 7, not 8. I have...

Hello Wildmanne. I'm sorry, but "code tags" is gobbledygook to me, I cannot make sense of them. I have clicked the link, but I really do not see what's their use. And I am trying to abide by the...

Hello TheFuO:)_ And thank you for the quick answer. I have tryped several commands on a terminal window, including f-disk-l and here are the results. With the hope it sheds more light on what's...

Good afternoon fellow ubunters_ Aaargh! I have yet another problem with my external hard disk! It has unmounted of its own accord. It is correctly connected to the PC, it is plugged to the mains....

Hello Bashing-Om O:) and thanks for the answer. Since I am on dual boot (Ubuntu/Windows 7) I have used the chkdsk utility with the sectors repair option. It takes a mighty long time, but I ran it...

Good morning fellow Ubunters_ O:)_ I have had this problem for a few days now. Some files cannot be opened (please see attachments) or I cannot write new files to the destination folder I have...

Good morning fellow Ubunters ;) _ Just this morning I got this message:Canonical Livepatch has experienced an internal error. Please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Livepatch#CommonIssues for...

Good evening fellow Ubunters_:smile: It started yesterday. Whichever I try to use, VLC or Rhythmbox, the sound "breaks" on and off. Hardware is a Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo E5731- E stars with 7 Gb...

Hello again Herman and Oldos _ I think I have found a way to end all this lagging and this is why I am marking this thread as solved. I have reconfigured gdm. Well, I have switched from gdm to...

Good evening fellow Ubunters_ I have already changed desktop (from Gnome to Lubuntu). In a previous post (display latency) I have already told what happens when I open Firefox and click on a new tab,...