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  1. [ubuntu] Help needed getting Grub / dual boot, just installed Ubuntu

    I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 x64 to my desktop. I need to somehow get it working so during boot I see Grub showing me the option to boot into Ubuntu or into Windows 7.

    Ubuntu is on a PATA (ATA)...
  2. [ubuntu] SOLVED : Compiz Fusion Rain / Water not fully working

    SOLVED: So simple a solution. So frustrating initially (I think Compiz changed from what I was used to). Just had to go into Compiz settings manager, the Water effect, and click the key combo for...
  3. [ubuntu] Re: blue box during app install in virtualbox?!?

    No takers? Sigh. Well this just shows why the mantra 'Just use virtualized Windows' does not cut it for replacing Windows. Once again I guess I will be disconnecting my extra drive with Ubuntu on it,...
  4. [ubuntu] Win 7 won't install into virtualbox (in Ubuntu 10..4)

    I can't get Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit to install in virtualbox. I have Ubuntu 10.4 64 bit, 64 bit version of Sun PUEL virtualbox 3.2, legal copy of Win7, but when I try to install Win7 I get what you...
  5. [ubuntu] :)) Sony VEGAS, ACID Pro, Toon Boom, Contour

    Some apps I have working in virtualbox running Windows XP for anybody wondering and who finds this post during a search:


    Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 (commercial high quality video editor!)
    Sony ACID...
  6. [ubuntu] blue box during app install in virtualbox?!?

    Need help! Trying to install Sibelius 6 (music composition software) in Windows XP running in Sun/Oracle PUSE Virtualbox. When I start the install, all I see is a blue box are where one would...
  7. [SOLVED] Re: help needed : grub did not see Windows 7 during install

    Thank you for your help Lindsay.
    Problem solved, turned out to be pretty easy to fix.
    I think the main thing throwing me off was thinking the Win7 boot partition was the first (0) on hd1 but in...
  8. [SOLVED] Re: help needed : grub did not see Windows 7 during install

    SOLVED! I played with the grub boot menu when it appeared, using the handy 'e' key to edit an entry and then to <ctrl><x> to try running that entry. For the Windows 7 entry (created by editing...
  9. [SOLVED] Re: help needed : grub did not see Windows 7 during install

    Well I have grub on my ubuntu system, recovering it is not the problem. It exists (the grub bootloader), it just did not install with Windows as a dual boot option like ubuntu has ALWAYS done in the...
  10. [SOLVED] help needed : grub did not see Windows 7 during install

    Grub does not see my Windows 7 during Ubuntu (or Xubuntu, tried both) 64 bit install. Thus once ubuntu is installed I do not have the option of booting into my Windows 7 operating system. I need help...
  11. [ubuntu] quad -> six core : ? performance boost ?

    Anybody upgraded from a tri or quad core to a six or eight core and notice any change in virtualization performance? I tried virtualization with virtualbox (and vmware) with my quadcore system,...
  12. [SOLVED] help! how do i boot into command line mode?

    EDIT: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop worked, not sure why it did not before. Sorry for the whining!

    I need to boot Ubuntu into a non-x, command line mode. So I can install an nvidia driver for my...
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    [ubuntu] JACK (jackd) ?

    Do I need to install a special kernel to run jackd (JACK)? I am currently am using Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10 x86 64bit) on an AMD 64 quad core with 8GB RAM. Just starting on a quest to get a system...
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    [SOLVED] Re: OSE -> PUEL virtualbox migration?

    Oops, no I had not. Did that and yes now I have USB support. But... now with the PUEL edition I no longer have fullscreen 1600x900 resolution of my virtualized WinXP filling my screen. Sigh, always...
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    [SOLVED] Re: OSE -> PUEL virtualbox migration?

    USB problems, can anybody toss me a bone?

    I installed the .deb Sun virtualbox PUEL edition, went great. Then installed guest addition from PUEL menu. Windows XP showed new drivers for usb and usb2...
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    [SOLVED] Re: OSE -> PUEL virtualbox migration?

    Okay I backed up all the virtualbox data, I will give a try today or tomorrow change to PUEL as you suggest. I do prefer synaptic over a .deb (I did download a .deb from the Sun Virtualbox site,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Adobe Photoshop CS3 ?

    Okay yes please do keep me updated, I will keep subscribed to this thread. Do you know if people got CS2 to work using Wine? or virtualbox? other?
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    [SOLVED] Ardour audio file formats ?!?

    SOLVED: Looks like it likes .wav. I used soundconverter to make wav files form my wma and mp3 files.

    What audio file format does Ardour (ardour2) support? I am stumped. It did not recognize my...
  19. [ubuntu] Re: Virtual machine running Windows inside Ubuntu

    Okay, so I was just about to install virtualbox PUEL to the 500 pcs in my house (I do a lot of rendering farm stuff with video)-- so do I need to pay for it? haha, just kidding!
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    [ubuntu] Re: Raising Resolution on Virtualbox

    I had the same issue (solved) with a virtual WinXP inside Linux. Once I installed the guest addition I got full screen Windows. You just press Ctrl+f to go full screen and get the high resolution...
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    [SOLVED] OSE -> PUEL virtualbox migration?

    Any tips on how not to lose my data and virtualized Windows XP that I have running smoothly in the OSE version of virtualbox on my Ubuntu 9.10 64bit system, as I want to migrate to to the PUEL...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Struggling with VMWare install

    Ditto. I tried both vmware and virtualbox and I think vmware stinks. I will not use vmware, took it off my system. I find virtualbox more elegant, better performing, and no worries about $ like...
  23. [ubuntu] Re: Virtual machine running Windows inside Ubuntu

    Okay thanks for clarifying. Looks like PUEL can be free, or not, depending.
    http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL
    Most people can use it free from what I read at the above link, but for...
  24. [ubuntu] Re: Virtual machine running Windows inside Ubuntu

    Yes you can run Windows inside Ubuntu. I just set this up on both my desktop and my laptop this past week. But I would keep dual boot for now, because graphics is sub par with a virtualized Windows....
  25. [ubuntu] recommended nvidia/GeForce graphics card?

    Any recommendations for an nvidia (GeForce) graphics display card to use for virtualization with Virtualbox (Ubuntu hosting a virtual Windows) in order to get the best graphics possible in the...
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