they are definitely sata drives. its the power cable that has the 2 connectors. and when i looked at that wiki page my power cables are identical to the ones on the SATA page.
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they are definitely sata drives. its the power cable that has the 2 connectors. and when i looked at that wiki page my power cables are identical to the ones on the SATA page.
well seeing as i installed ubuntu on it, i know the drive hasnt failed, i just cant get windows running on it. and the cable that has many colors does have a second connection on it, should i be...
if u explain? all i know is they are both sata drives, one is connected in the same place it was when i got the desktop, and the other is connected where the optical disk drive was connected. and i...
no, not even sure if an option for it is there. i guess that could be the problem. i have dell bios i think a11 not positive though. also not sure if it matters that the hdds themselves arent...
this seems like the proper place for this thread since im not really asking for support about my issue, just praising ubuntu. i was about to throw away 2 of my hdds when windows repeatedly failed to...
getting this error during update
.\Net\Detail\HttpImpl.cpp(272): Throw in function void __thiscall Net::Detail::HttpImpl::OnFinished(class QNetworkReply *)Dynamic exception type: class...
on my laptop it wouldnt let me do anything in that folder, unless theres more than one local/share? i went to file system, the usr/local/share and there was no applications folder but i couldnt...
i also posted on POL forums and have received no answers there either.
ill just go with the ctp command, i cant create files or folders in the local folder
well as i said i fixed by installing from skype website, is the skype from that terminal install any different or better? if not then ill just mark this as resolved
i already got it by downloading the .deb right from skype site, but will do this anyway to fix problem for future
/etc/apt/sources.list
1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS _Precise...
W: Failed to fetch http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 24.143.206.170 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They...
i just assumed it was the laptops power button, but i didnt write a script for the desktop like i was asking you for, by script i just meant the commands you gave me...idk the first thing about...
To run the Bootrec.exe tool, you must start Windows RE. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
2....
my daughter likes to press the power button while i do stuff, could i same thing with
xinput --float "Power Button"
enabled
Vostro-1500:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳...
had to make firmware-b43-installer say firmware-b43-lpphy-installer but this worked for me, did this last time i installed ubuntu though and the wireless connection wouldnt maintain across boots, add...
Im running Ubuntu 12.04 and tried installing Prime World using POL to launch the downloaded exe. After configuring Wine thru POL to use version 1.70 and run under Windows 7 mode i got launcher to...
you disbaled my keyboard, thankfully i have one for my destop. the "Renable" command gave me this error
X Error of failed request: XI_BadDevice (invalid Device parameter)
Major opcode of...
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)] im guessing i somehow wanna disable this, but i will also need to know how to reenable it just in case, is it possible...
chris@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 71153 1
arc4 12573 2
snd_hda_intel 44339 5 ...
no i do not have a hardware switch, and if there is a fkey button its not listed. on windows i had to install the driver from synaptics cuz the dell driver is only for xp/2000 and i upgraded to win7,...
ill create another thread if needed, but how do i disable the touchpad when using an external mouse?
the wireless was working to the point that i could see connections and supposedly connect to them, but the internet was not accessible after connecting, and i seem to have to manually connect by...
I tried doing a terminal install that i found on the forums and i got this message:
An unsupported BCM4312 Low-Power (LP-PHY) device was found.
Use b43 LP-PHY firmware...