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I ran check and repair on the HDD from a live disk
Sudo e2fck -cf /dev/sd**
where **is the drive letter and partition number
Then went back to using the open source driver, it seems to be fine...

OK no idea why but switching back to the open source driver seems to have fixed the problem :confused:

Thanks everyone for your input, I've marked this as solved. Not exactly the way I was hoping for. I've installed a ten year old version on vista on a 150Gb hard drive I had knocking around and just...

Without emulator
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=251897&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1397136675
With emulator...

Thanks, the Chromium emulator works a treat.
But now the *@%*%*@$ want me to install Activex. From what I can gather from looking around other posts this just isn't possible, but the info I have...

MMMM I thought that too, but they do. :rolleyes:
Anyhows thanks for the advice I'll give it a try when I get back in front of the computer

I know this sounds stupid, but is it possible to get internet explorer on Ubuntu. Not that I like IE or anything but British Gas for some reason insist that I use it to access my account. If not does...

Thanks for that, the link is very interesting, I'll have a play around with it in the morning, time for a beer now though.

I've been putting off up grading, but I guess this is the computer's way...

I've run the check and repair command and manged to get the file system mounted to recover my important files. So thanks for your help.
If I can just pick your brains again though, the original ...

I'll try your other suggestions now. TA

Model: SanDisk Cruzer Pop (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 8004MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 ...

I've experianced a error with my instalation so am currently working from a live USB(unbuntu 12.04 lts). When I try to access my hard drive I get this error;
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type,...

About £500 - £700 budget wise. Some pointers to a mainboard and CPU would be a help.

I'm having problems with my display, in that windows open and close really slow and navigating around the screen is really lagy. Ive read that changing to a properietary driver can help but I get a...

General office and home use, back up and view digital cam, play nothing more demanding than lemmings. Budget not much to start with, but have option to add to a later date. Not very exciting I'm...

I think its time for a new PC and was looking for some ideas on specs. I can build it myself, don't want to spend to much cash but want a fair bit of power behind it and maybe have the option to add...

Still stuck with this one. If I try and start compiz or gnome I get Fatal: couldn't open display. Unity gives no display variable set. I have no idea which setting files to delete. Any further ideas...

I have a GeForce 8600GT card on a PCI Express slot that died on me today. I have removed it and hooked up my monitor to the on board graphic port. Everything is fine until I log in then the screen...

How do I go about running my desk top over two displays, I have two graphic cards installed in my PC. They both work perfectly fine when I'm running windows but I have no idea how to get it to work...

I've been sent a excel document via gmail it is password protected and has the file extension .xlsx, I can open it at the office using excel, but when I try to open it at home using LibreOffice Calc...

Any one got any suggestions for software to manage my iPhone 3GS its running ios5.1. I want to be able to back up the phone transfer: music ect.
Ta Robb :confused:

In the words of the great Roy Trenneman, I tried turning it off and on again, and it now seems to be working. I'll put that one down to one of the mystery's of the universe. :P

Ok its showing in there but simple scan is saying I've no scanner connected. hmmmm I'll have a fiddle around.
Ta

Anyone any ideas on getting a the aforementioned scanner working in v11.04.
Ta.:confused:

Tell her to try chromium it's fantastic.:P