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Hi,
I tried "ls /dev" but it completely fills the screen with 6 columns of stuff, and I suspect the bit I need has scrolled off. I don't see sdb1 or anything like it.

How can I make it not...

Hi
I'm back from work now, so back to have another go. I've posted the pastebin link above as requested earlier.

Can anyone help me with a different tack in the meantime? There are a couple of...

http://paste.ubuntu.com/5668653/

Well thanks man
I appreciate people on here are helping out of the goodness of their hearts :)

I'm going to go sleep on it, I've got to work in the morning.

See you back here tomorrow...

OK
I'm going around in circles on this one. I've removed and reinstalled the nvidia-current and also nvidia-updates and I've googled quite a bit but I'm still no better off.

When i reboot or...

Do you mean "reinstall nvideo driver through ubuntu setup"?

If so then no, I haven't had a chance yet. It's just booting to a command line - is there a way to get to ubuntu setup from there?

Same again.
No errors, but no change either.

Ok I did that and it didn't seem to do anything. No errors at least :)

But still, after rebooting it's straight back to the command line again.

Well I was getting the purple login screen (though not the right resolution etc) and I could get to a terminal with ctrl-alt-F1, but now it just boots directly to the command line.

Now when I try...

Ok, have tried the lxde one too now, still the same can not log in.

Logging in on the command line with exactly the same username and password works.
<shrug>
???

No, I didn't realise it was a version upgrade either.

There's nothing special about the computer, it's about 4 years old or so. Quad core, 4G ram, geforce gtx450 video card.

There was no...

Hi,
Didn't get too far with those unfortunately.

First
WARNING: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0
unity-panel-service: no process found
compiz (core) - Fatal: Couldn't open display :0...

OK,
Thanks for the replies so far.

I've got it to boot into recovery mode, and it will accept my normal password and gets me a command prompt.
I've tried several of the other options (from the...

Hi
I am typing this on my phone because I upgraded earlier today after being prompted to and now I cannot login.

only 1 of my monitors is working and the background is low resolution, with a...

well I would like to learn a language on livemocha and this is what I get when I try to access any of the lessons:


If I try the non-flash version I only get plain text, and no interaction - no...

yes, I had rebooted in safe or basic mode.
I can't remember, to be honest, it was quite a while ago.

I think you hit <ESC> when grub is loading [there's a quick little count down on the screen as...

LOL - that's exactly what I found - avidemux caused the audio to get out of sync.

I tried Pitivi but it just locked up as soon as I loaded a file.

Openshot looks ok so far, I'll give it a bit...

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can suggest a simple video editor for me?
I just want something that I can take recorded TV shows, snip off the beginning and end, and take out the ads.

The editors I've...

Hi all,
since I've upgraded to 11.04, I've noticed my system seems to be really slow and unresponsive and "sticky". Switching between windows or even between firefox tabs is not smooth any more, and...

I have resolved it!
I was googling more or less aimlessly, and came across a similar thread in the multimedia forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=334

Turns out all I had to do was...

Thanks for the thought, but unfortunately it didn't work.

<dpkg: error processing kdm (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9 ...

I wasn't aware there was any need to do anything about the video card driver. There was no notification or warning message of any kind, and all the previous upgrades had worked just fine.

Btw the...

Hi Erik,

yeh, nice thought, but there's only about 5G free on the drive right now. I kinda had it in the back of my mind that I would be needing a new drive soon anyhow, this has just given me the...

Thanks again guys.
I think I'll take the safest option and do a fresh install tomorrow.

I've downloaded the iso and created a startup usb stick ready.

cheers!
8-)

Thank you to all who are helping me on this one...

I have now booted into recovery mode, and started it in "low graphics mode". So at least I can now see my way around the system again:)

in the...