Anything above 12.04 will give you problems on that machine and 12.04 will be slow. I would suggest that you try lubuntu it will be very fast on that
machine and you can still have most all of the...
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Anything above 12.04 will give you problems on that machine and 12.04 will be slow. I would suggest that you try lubuntu it will be very fast on that
machine and you can still have most all of the...
sudo leafpad /etc/default/grub then enter your password.
remove "quiet splash" then "sudo update-grub" next you might want to reboot.
When you reboot look for the problem that is stopping the...
smartctl -test=short /dev/sda
smartctl -a /dev/sda to look at tests
smartctl -H /dev/sda check overall health of hard drive
smartctl -l error /dev/sda will flag errors on hdd
you might...
The first thing we need is the output of "lspci" that will tell what type card you are using! If it is a usb then "lsusb" will tell us what card it is.
The second thing is "lsmod" that will tell...
ifconfig eth0 essid networkname
dhcpcd -d eth0
Should get your eth0 going, then "apt-get update" and apt-get upgrade" after that we will get wireless going.
When you did the install you should...
You should shrink the partician using windows 8, then use gparted to set up the particians for use with ubuntu not touching the windows partician. If you will download a program called "super grub"...
This forum is a great way to learn and expand knowledge but there are other ways to get the info that you need. I just Googled "how to install hp printer ubuntu" and there were
748000 results. As...
The easy way to do it is to use windows 7 and split your ssd as you wish 50/50 or etc.
Next use gparted or pmagic to make your particians. Download and burn a iso of gparted and boot from it....
plex for ubuntu server
Google the above and it will give you plenty of info to do it!
Go to the help screen on firefox, "Restart with addons disabled" and see if that helps! If it helps disable them one at a time until you find the right one.
If than doesn't work you might try...
I installed "jupiter" on my laptop and it cut the temp down about 10 degrees with no noticable depression in use.
http://ubuntuguide.net/install-jupiter-applet-in-ubuntu-12-04-12-10
You need to install lubuntu, I have a 1.6 gig tablet that is running lubuntu excellent, ubuntu on it was real slow. The better way to install it would be to put it on its own
partician. A easy way...
Grub customizer should do it for you.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer
ubuntu unlike windows does not throttle back your cpu, if you will install " jupiter" it will throttle back the cpu for you.
...
If all or most of that fails and you still cannot get your data stick the hard drive in the freezer in a plastic bag of course and that might help you.
I have had to do that several times before I...
removing xorg.conf should put you back to the open source driver. mv /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.old will rename it. then reboot.
go to sudu nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and blacklist uas after you add it ctrl x and save.
have you tried installing jupiter and using it cut back the cpu?
Drivers for the usb
rt73usb 27029 0
crc_itu_t 12627 1 rt73usb
rt2x00usb 20061 1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib 48836 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
Drivers for the internal radio
rtl8192cu 97722 0
rtl8192c_common...
Switching from wicd to networkmanager solved this same problem for me. an easy way to do it is go to "/etc/" "chmod -x wicd" the -x will make wicd
non executable. You might have a wicd folder, if...
The first thing I would look at is that you have the correct video driver, That is one of the things that will slow down a machine the most.
Go back to the apps manager and choose another driver. ...
If you are root all you have to do is "su username" will take you back to user!
It is very easy to do if you have linux on your laptop, even with a live cd, I do it all the time. just ssh hostname@192.178.1,100 or what ever will get you there.
I am not at home now but if you will search you will find a place to set thumbnails or textview.
One suggestion let Slackware be the second distro due to the fact that it uses lilo instead of grub, grub2 will then pick up windows and slackware for
the mbr.