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Eventually I escalated to System76 support. Net: I'll just hafta burn a LiveDVD to do the install.

That question is rather vague: several factors need better defined in order to make a reasonably-sound comparison.


Does "what you get" == hardware + pre-installed, working linux? If so, I...

However I did verify today that I can boot from a gparted LiveCD via the ment2's external USB CD/DVD reader: BIOS recognized it and allowed me to set it first in the boot order. FWIW, that reader is...

I'm not familiar with the Kudu, but I have used the System76 Debian driver (note the singular!) on S76 hardware with Mint in the past (and have run LMDE on a PanP5 for a few years now). Note that the...

I have a LiveUSB drive from which I can boot my laptops (an S76 and a ThinkPad). It's past time a friend upgraded her Meerkat (model=ment2), so I tried booting it from the LiveUSB ... and failed....

The one thing that works, so far, both before and after suspend, both with kernel=3.5.0-22 and previous, is the GNOME classic desktop. I.e., if I boot the default/newest kernel, and choose...

Note that by "menu panel" I mean the panel that stretches the full width of the bottom edge of the Cinnamon Desktop, from which one accesses the main menu, program launcher, applet controls and...

That's good to know. BTW, which model of gazelle is it?



Yes, but the usecases in which I'm most interested don't involve moving the box very far. E.g., it's a beautiful sunny day here, and I'd...

Thanks! does the job, though slow, but it's scriptable. Here's the bash scriptlet I used to get MP3 from a conference video. (Hopefully tweakable to suit others' needs. Comment out the `eval` to see...

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And I used them to put LMDE on my PanP5. Rolling updates! and I'm swapping a lot less than under Natty.



Ditto!

The good news is, I have a fix for the first problem. The bad news is, not the second :-( But for the problem with the primary superblock, the solution was, use a backup superblock. I stumbled upon...

summary: Is there a tool or tools folks would recommend for linux (specifically ext3) partition management other than GParted? which is failing on my disk.

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I need to fix the last...

On my lucid box I get, e.g.,


Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size...

summary: I've got a box running ubuntu lucid (otherwise up-to-date) with a single internal HD with all (non-swap) filesystems on ext3. I'm attempting to grow partitions at the beginning and middle of...

No.



Only if the box is not in warranty. I note you say,



Is that more or less than a year? Even if out of warranty, since this is pretty clearly a hardware problem, I'd still first...

Is there an official list, for all System76 models, of the key to press (just after power-on) to either


go to the BIOS setup screen
select device from which to boot from among available...

That's cryptic :-) What I meant:

My girlfriend's daughter was watching youtube on my GF's Starling (a star1) and listening with earbud headphones. She then took off the earbuds, put them on the...

I've been interested in getting a Starling for myself, since I find my GF's so convenient to use: not only is it easier to carry, but its matte screen is more readable in bright light (e.g.,...

The same: for both users, everything is selected. (Note that this appears to be the meaning of "Account type=Administrator": if you uncheck any item, "Account type" changes to "Custom".)

Any ideas? Note both users have identical/correct alsamixer settings.

Well, I don't know much about xorg.conf, but I am noticing one thing: above you have


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"


twice, but no

Any ideas?

Note this is a review of the first Starling model=star1, and I dunno how much has changed. That being said,

One thing I really like about my GF's star1 is its matte screen. I can read its screen...

That does seem odd. However it's in Launchpad.

summary: 2 users, both admin, on a netbook running 32-bit maverick/10.10. The built-in mic only works for one user. How to fix?

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I'm trying to setup Skype for multiple users on a...