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Hi again,

so, it appears that it, whatever it was or, Zarquod forbid, is, solved itself, and that a reset over a longer while took care of it.

Laptop stores power again, and battery icon is...

Hi everyone,

Ubuntu 14.04 on a Toshiba laptop.

I suspect it's a hardware problem:

the trouble started today, abruptly, 1st time, I had the laptop plugged in, it should have been fully...

aaah !
Light Locker Session !! :)

...
[some time later]
...

um, nope, forget it, it's for configuring screen lock, hence the name, description is a little misleading

yeah, am already on it; the description doesn't say, so my guess is that not, in which case i'll just go through every option there is, trial and error.
thanks for your help, i appreciate it :)

ok, of all the issues the one with the bigger priority for me remains the screen saver.
would i have the option of personalizing it, i.e. using a folder of images, then alternating, as screen saver...

have to go offline now, back tomorrow.

file manager - duh :)
and ofc
i'm getting old...

hi kerry_s,

thanks for the reply.

1] i do. but it's more inconvenient as 'before'.
open player - + - select tracks - add
instead of
right click on desired folder - open with
you know...

hi everyone,

after long battles and some net absence i finally got Ubuntu Mate 14.04 installed on my Toshiba Satellite - alone, without w8 alongside it.

there are a few convenience issues i...

hi everyone,

due to longer absence from net i couldn't mark this thread as either solved or unsolved.

my problem's over, ubuntu mate running fine, i'm happy with it.

however, i would not be...

hi oldfred,

thank you, this is of real good help :)
especially the 2nd & 4th link, 2nd which is precisely about what we're at right now

p.s.
meanwhile, i might have erased windows 8 by means of another mistake, see
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295

it's of no use to dwell on it now, windows is gone, so the...

hi everyone,

and thanks for your help.

In the end writing the stick worked.
But now I got a new problem:

ok, installing seemed to work wonderfully.
Restart.
Back to:

hi raptir,

thanks :)
it wasn't, but i got this problem with all the mirrors i tried so far. which is odd.
tried torrent, same result
the site you linked was the 1st i used

hi oldfred,

thanks, thank you very much indeed! :)
unfortunately i'm only online for a very brief time today, will study as much as i can tonight.
also thanks reg. the emal issue, wasn't ...

ok, i'm meanwhile able to access grub, but i keep getting the same squashfs error, and with every mirror i tried; they can't all be faulty, unless i'm very unlucky.
does anyone know an image...

yancek, you were spot on right and correct ! :)

it's not solved yet, though. have to try again with another tomorrow.

thanks 1000 for your help :)

hi yancek,

thank you :)
i'll do that, already downloaded from another source as this was given as a possible root for the problem.
alternatively i might have to try another USB
1st your way,...

p.s.

was in the meantime able to solve the problem by redownloading iso and installer and start from scratch.
problem is now an error message:


SQUASHFS error: unable to read...

Hi everyone,

ok, I'm at trying to install Ubuntu Mate 14.04 for about a week now, and I'm getting desperate.
Pre-installed OS on this my new comp is windows8, which is absolutely hateful.

I...

also tried with disabled SecureBoot. nothing

ok, if anyone still reads this....

btw, the 'lost cursor' issue: although i am stupid in general, the problem was not the thing having been disabled while trying var. keys - or it had initially -...

right, meanwhile i learned that i have to create a partition 1st

http://askubuntu.com/questions/315242/ubuntu-13-04-alongside-windows-8-how-to-partition-from-windows

but with the current ticks...

ok, finally managed to change boot order :)
but nothing :(

p.p.s.
i should add that i'm going through a series of troubles, each day a new one. the current is that i'm deprived of my cursor, have to do everything by touch screen.