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me@dellubuntu:~$ winff
TApplication.HandleException /home/lile/.winff/cfg.xml(5,1) Error: Text after end of document element found
Stack trace:
$081FE821
$081FEE43
...

So, I was trying to install winff presets to convert .avi files to .mp4 and I think I broke winff. I understand that avconv is used instead, but the graphical frontend for winff is easy to use.

I...

I've been using Ubuntu and Lubuntu for a few years now and have very little formal technical training, but I finally feel like I might be able to contribute to the community. This method worked like...

Thanks for the help all. I actually got pendrive linux to work on my windows partition and created a live usb lubuntu 12.10 to boot from. I successfully backed up using Deja Vu, decided to restore my...

Haha, okay! I think I've indeed broken every desktop environment successfully. Here are some of the issues that I am having:

Unity/Gnome are still showing up in my login manager, but definitely do...

So, are you suggesting that once I install to the flash drive, my machine will not know to boot from it (just like I can't live boot from usb) unless I use Super Grub2 disk? I looked at the 'tool'...

I should clarify at this point that this pertains to my Acer netbook running 12.04 (I know I've been jumping around a bit):



Okay, before I proceed, this was returned:


The following...

[QUOTE=snowpine;12515943]Here are instructions to remove Xubuntu and install "pure" Lubuntu: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purelubuntu

So, I copy/pasted the terminal command for removing...

Wow, a lot of great responses! Let me see if I can clarify/ask a few things. Let me apologize in advance for not QUOTING properly:

mbarland
So, could I theoretically boot up my old HD-less Compaq...

also, I've been running into this text in terminal, I'm assuming dealing with proprietary windows software:


How do I 'hit' <OK> ? I can't seem to exit terminal once this prompt occurs.

snowpine, I followed the link and copied the Remove Ubuntu code into terminal (on my secondary linux machine, HPpavilion DV6000:


E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource...

Hello All,

I'm currently running 12.04LTS on my older acer aspire D250 as a dual-boot with windows 7 starter. I love everything linux/open source! I'm an artist currently in my terminal (MFA)...

Hello All,

I'm currently running 12.04LTS on my older acer aspire D250 as a dual-boot with windows 7 starter. I love everything linux/open source! I'm an artist currently in my terminal (MFA)...

Hey, thanks for the prompt response! Give me a few minutes and I'll recompose/move this questions. Yeah, I'm trying to tackle a lot here, but pumped!

Oh, and when I set up my info on the forum, I was running 10.10. Can I seriously not change my info until I've had 25 posts?

Hello All,

I'm currently running 12.04LTS on my older acer aspire D250 as a dual-boot with windows 7 starter. I love everything linux/open source! I'm an artist currently in my terminal (MFA)...

Google search returned nothing that I could make sense of, however you may be a different story.

Side note: I am at the 'house-sitting' house, plugged in to the same cable, directly from cable...

UPDATE: output from last few commands


grandpa@grandpa-laptop:~$ nm-tool


NetworkManager Tool

State: connecting

Umm....

"restore of drv: forcedeth dev: 14
"restoring config space at offset 0x1 )was 0xb00003, writing 0xb00007)"
"PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 20 (level, high) -> IRQ 20"
"PCI INT A...

Yes, nice (pipelining is it called?) commands! I am back at this house, switching cable from their computer to mine, and forgot my flash drive, so I will not return the output fully.

Some notable...

Thanks! Your answers and expertise are extremely helpful! I was already keeping a notebook understanding pertinent terminal commands. I will have rather extensive notes after this problem is solved....

grandpa@grandpa-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep eth0
[ 1.789087] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:16:36:9c:f4:00
[ 22.152052] eth0: no IPv6 routers present...

Sorry, I haven't been able to reply until now. No network activity that I can see. Here is what I have:
grandpa@grandpa-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe forcedeth
grandpa@grandpa-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 ...

Ah, it looks like
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet
Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3)

Does that help? Or should I post the entire output from lspci -nn so you can see?...

did you mean 0280? First command returned nothing:


lspci -nn | grep 0200
lspci -nn | grep 0280
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev...