Once moved here, this thread seemed to die. However, I have this problem myself (Ubuntu 20.04 and then 21.10). The system "appears" to be frozen, but although the mouse moves and (sometimes) there is...
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Once moved here, this thread seemed to die. However, I have this problem myself (Ubuntu 20.04 and then 21.10). The system "appears" to be frozen, but although the mouse moves and (sometimes) there is...
Now, that's interesting. The procedure sounds like a good solution, but far more than I would want to do for what is really a minor thing. The primary reason I wanted Ubuntu on this machine was for...
Well, after having my poor DVD drive clattering away for over two hours solid, I've finally managed to get Ubuntu 21.10 into the VMBox. It is running nicely in it's own little virtual window in it's...
I've installed VMWare on the computer and it is churning away creating a VHD on an external USB drive. I'm wondering why it will take a stated 3 hours to create a 200G drive though. That seems a bit...
Ah, but there's the rub! There is NO F12 boot menu item for a USB drive. None at all no matter what I do in BIOS. If I plug one in, bootable that is, even then it is not recognized as a boot device....
Nope. Windows 10 Home. It lacks a bunch of very useful things my other machine (Windows 10 Pro) has.
EDIT: have to leave for a couple of hours. Be back then.
Bill
@MAFoElffen: Was all this meant for me? if so, a lot of your questions have already been answered in this thread.
Bill
Yeah. To think that all this started because of a simple blown capacitor on my old MOBO in the old machine. When it went, it let all the smoke escape from the chips and they quit working. :rolleyes:...
I was once again on the phone to Dell this morning for an hour. It seems that my particular computer "fell between the cracks" as far as modifications go. This model was put together with year-end...
I found this in the "Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Release with Intel® Optane™ Memory" PDF manual:
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5.1.2.1SATA Controller Mode Switching to AHCI Mode
Once the...
Looks to be attached on top of a small heat sink. There are two hex-headed screws holding it down. It's only about 1.5 inches square. At first, I thought it was the wireless or Bluetooth module, but...
@OldFred: The third link you gave me may have the solution. According to the Canonical certification list, my Dell Inspiron is NOT listed. Two of the 3891s are, but not mine. Here's the...
I am rapidly coming to this conclusion. The BIOS on this machine is something to behold. It is, by far, the most confusing thing I've ever come across. After each and every change I make, I cringe...
The Windows drive is an SSD. Not willing to remove it as it is fastened to the MOBO.
Bill
I mentioned I'd burned 21.10 in Post #10. I did it to both a DVD and to the USB thumb drive. There is a problem with arranging the boot priority order. I can move DVD to the top, followed by UEFI...
I went out yesterday and bought an 8G thumb drive (supposedly for USB3) and burned the ISO to it. The USB port is there, and I can use it, but there doesn't seem to be any way to get the BIOS to give...
My gaming machine runs Windows 10 because the games aren't crossdecked to Linux (darn it). I've already installed the little app allowing the Ubuntu (18.04) Terminal to run. It works fine, but has...
BitLocker is definitely not on my machine. As I am running Windows10 Home, I don't have access to the GP editor, however, when I go to advanced power options and click the link for BitLocker...
I'm very familiar with the "initiating RAMDisk" as machines boot up, and I've run a lot of Ubuntu Live sessions. This one doesn't do that. I agree that the ISO may have been burned too rapidly. The...
Okay. Lots of information here.
1) Filesystem is fine on both the SSD and the bigger one.
2) Here might be the killer. There are three settings for RAID: OFF, AHCI, and RAID On. When I click...
Progress, of sorts. I tried using an 18.04 DVD. It behaves the same way as the 20.04 disk. After booting now, I get a Grub menu. The 18.04 disk had an entry for "check disk for errors." None were...
Hmm. Could be. But then how am I able to access the drive once I'm back into Windows? I popped a music cd in and it plays just fine as well. I admit the DVD drive is very flimsy and only a...
Just purchased a Dell Inspiron (3891) and am attempting to install Ubuntu 20.04 on it. I've finally managed to get the DVD drive in the F12 boot menu, but when I click on it, the DVD drive fires up,...
Apparently I was right. My desktop computer has bee running now for 3 days with no freezes since I upped the swap space and changed the "swappiness" value. I can have all six workspaces full of items...
Five minutes after I posted my last, I remembered that files don't have mount points. Oops.
Found some really strange stuff in my desktop machine.
The results of the 'inxi' command:
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