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Hi dozoclown - are you having problems getting Ubuntu to boot at all? Is the PC you're trying to install on quite new? Came with Windows 8? If so, it might be a UEFI/SecureBoot issue.

If it looks...

Hi carl_schulze - are you using Ubuntu with Unity? If so, I'm able to access the file menu using ALT+F, the edit menu using ALT+E, etc in my 12.04 installation - but only by pressing both keys pretty...

Hi grahammechanical, apologies again for the very late reply, and thanks for those tips - I'll try them out if I get any problems. Currently testing raring for Ubuntu Studio... :)

Hi grahammechanical and kevpan815 - thanks for your replies and apologies for not getting back to you until now (just arrived back from the hospital today following surgery, so my spelling and typing...

Hi there U+1ers!

I just installed Raring Ringtail daily build, which completed without any problems.

However, I ran Software Updater after first boot, and got an error message (content included...

Thanks for helping out a woolyback, Scouser73, but the gnome-tweak-tool doesn't stop the mounted drives reappearing after running gparted. It's very useful though, cheers for the tip! ;)


Aha!...

Unless you're using something that doesn't have a CD/DVD drive, I'd highly recommend writing yourself an Ubuntu Secure Remix bootable DVD - it's saved me a number of times and has more than justified...

This is all excellent advice too, and well worth trying. I'm not directly familiar with the particular hardware you listed, but the two graphics cards jumped out at me too.

The syslog advice is...

+1 all this.

Both my wife and I have had problems with no-warning shutdowns due to overheating. It's worth tracking it to see whether you need to make any hardware or software tweaks (for example...

I had the same issues running the live cd, but ended up creating a new partition for it. I'd certainly recommend persisting, I'm really enjoying tinkering with it. Good luck! :)

I'm 100% with you there, LuciferRex - I bought my Toshiba P850 about two months ago or so, and it was one of the brand new releases with Windows 8 on it. I spent an evening tinkering and trying to...

Hi all, apologies to apollothethird and mods for thread-hijacking and resurrecting an oldish thread, but I think this is relevant.

Following hal8000's advice does work, but temporarily - as soon...

Hi brantpadams,
I'd been getting the same error message when inserting a blank DVD-R, in Linux Mint 14 (based on 12.10).

The autorun dialogue came up too, asking if I want to open 'CD/DVD...

Getting there...!!

I've tinkered with Linux quite a few times over the years - I first got interested when Red Hat was still free, and before Fedora existed; I think either RH or Debian was my...

Just to update, I disabled the network adapters in BIOS, and but the installer still seemed to hang. However, I've now installed 12.10 (not LTS, but it's only for testing purposes), which found the...

You're welcome! :)

Incidentally, you may well have already cracked this, but once I managed to get back into Ubuntu, I ran 'sudo os-prober' then 'sudo update-grub', which seemed to get grub back...

D'oh, didn't think of that - thanks Cheesemill! :)

Hi all,

I'm fairly new to Linux, but comfortable with partitioning and installing onto a multi-boot system. I'm having a bit of trouble installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS onto my desktop box,...

Hi Hakim, I've had a similar problem in the past, and although there are many possible fixes, this is one tactic that's worked for me. I've installed EasyBCD (not open source, unfortunately, but...