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Reverted to previous version (from grub menu) (3.20-36)

ran update to 3.20.38

re-booted

problem solved, back to normal

note: on the grub menu the version that was failing to boot to X...

After running the suggested updates and re-booting I get to a black logon screen (no X) I can log on but only to the CL How do I get this to boot up to the GUI.

note I have loaded Kubuntu into...

Thanks for your help. that did the trick the printer is now recognized as is cups.

Still sorting our driver issues ... Hope its not another post.

unable to print to / install / locate Dell P1500 laser

The printing troubleshooter says:

"CUPS service does not appear to be running. to correct this , choose SYSTEM->Administration->Services...

oh why not: El Bumpo

Here's an error message. I cant make much sense out of it.
note HP makes the dell P1500 and the 1100 driver has worked for months

I don't Think this is the same problem. The system and programs are fine. local printers don't work no network printers. only the printing is affected. No crashing just the printer prints a line of...

bump - anybody had these issues?

Thanks Tom, at least I'm not alone with this problem. and glad you were able to patch yours together.

My situation is not just with the HP laser and 9.04. My second machine, which is having the...

Thanks again for your response. I have tried several usb ports to no avail. I have also re booted machines, printers etc.
what stands out is this: Both computers/ printers failed on the same day...

Seems to me that your problems are hardware related not software related. if the computer shuts down before installation is complete chances are tine install will be very buggy if not useless.

I...

thanks for the input but it did not work..I tried the re install got this far and then it says it dosent recognise the usb: (note this is a dual boot and xp prints fine)





Note the computer...

Been happily using ubuntu for almost 3 years and never had a printer problem. it always just worked. suddenly last week printers on 2 different machines stopped working. on the machine with the dell...

Is there some magic trick to moving one's Evolution email in-box folder's contents to a new installation. The copy and paste functions within the program don't function beyond the program itself...

thanks norwoods but despite your help I think there is something rotten with my install, synaptic failed to load the files needed:
Failed to fetch...

thanks for the answers unfortunately nothing works. Ive tried two different video cards geforece 9400 and 9800 and the one built into the motherboard 7050 / 610i. and i end upu with the same error....

Still Trying to load n-Vidia (on board video chip) video drivers repeatedly and having no luck. I've invested many hours, going from 64 bit to 32 downloading various drivers etc. and generally...

hotani
thanks for letting me know its a known bug and Im not crazy. I appreciate the links, cant get to it not enough time to cuss at the computer now but wanted to thank you for the info.

I'mmmmmmmm sseriooouss it isss aaa paiin and happeninggg on vaarious machines /keyboard etc. I don'tt maake this sstuff up

Thanks for answering,
Yup go to system>preferences>keyboard>general and you will find a slider control for the rate and speed of repetition of characters when a key is held down i.e....

After upgrading to 8.10 the repeat key feature is ultra-sensitive. With normal typing (35 wpm) letters randomly repeat themselves. This is annoying to the point of me turning the feature off. However...

Thanks again caljohnsmith. Your instructions fixed the problem. I was taking the command line instructions too literally at first. after rethinking them and entering them one at a time it took...

Thanks again, I did like you said as it makes sense -but got errors as follows:


note: when it comes to the command line [I]'m weak at best so any minor context nuances are lost on me at this...

Thanks for the instructions, I think I followed them right.-




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=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of...

Help, When I try to start XP on a dual drive dual boot machine I get Error 13 Invalid or unsupported executable drive.

Ubuntu starts and runs well. XP gets the above error

I installed xp...