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    [ubuntu] Re: Cannot remove Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)

    Okay, I enabled legacy support and then F9ed to a boot manager with my external drive. Now the 32-bit system is installing :P.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Cannot remove Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)

    Thank you.

    Merely enabling legacy boot is looking very promising...
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    [ubuntu] Cannot remove Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)

    After spending a couple of days trying to install a 64 bit system, I discovered that some proprietary software I must use only works in 32 bit Ubuntu. So I have to downgrade.

    But after 64-bit ...
  4. [ubuntu] Re: No desktop upon new install of 12.04 (hp pavilion dm1)

    I gave up on 12.04 and installed 12.10 instead.

    It works perfectly.

    Regardless, thank you so much for your help!
  5. [ubuntu] Re: No desktop upon new install of 12.04 (hp pavilion dm1)

    Okay, now I see the purple loading screen with Ubuntu logo for about 1.5 seconds and then it dumps me back to command line.

    But "sudo start lightdm" now returns different output:

    and then it...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: No desktop upon new install of 12.04 (hp pavilion dm1)

    output of sudo start lightdm:

    fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
    fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
    dosfsck 3.0.12, 29 Oct 2011, FAT32, LFN
    /dev/sda2: clean, 163694/30285824 files, 2655466/121129472 blocks...
  7. [ubuntu] No desktop upon new install of 12.04 (hp pavilion dm1)

    I installed a 64-bit 12.04 Ubuntu on a new hp pavilion dm1 laptop. After a fresh install, the boot failed at a Purple Screen of Death. I then used recovery mode to edit grub, replacing "quiet splash"...
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    Sticky: [SOLVED] Re: Sound troubleshooting

    Here's my alsa info,
    http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=d95c4a576407cc2c00c34e72d5d4da8d84045967
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    Sticky: [SOLVED] Re: Sound troubleshooting

    I got stuck on the guide :(. I am a newbie so bear with me.

    step 12
    $ aplay -l
    aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...

    Aa
    $ sudo aplay -l
    [sudo] password for Pavonis:
    aplay:...
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