I can't seem to find a website that will actually sell a laptop without Windows pre-installed - preferably I'd like Ubuntu to come pre-loaded. Any ideas?
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I can't seem to find a website that will actually sell a laptop without Windows pre-installed - preferably I'd like Ubuntu to come pre-loaded. Any ideas?
That worked! Thanks - I'll uncomment the hiddenmenu option then.
The drive is still broken in Windows, though, but I have managed to find some of the more important stuff in my sent mail folder.
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No :(
I'm afraid it never gives me the choice - and I pasted all of the windows entry in there from the example given in the menu.lst file - the drive is probably wrong - it was a clutching at straws type...
Thanks a lot - here's the output:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive ...
Oh well, thanks for your help. Would you know how to get Grub to point to Vista again? I've downloaded the script you linked to, but the link to the instructions was broken.
Thanks
Thanks for the speedy response!
Unfortunately, your commands gave me this:
wilf@wilf-laptop:~$ cd /media
wilf@wilf-laptop:/media$ sudo mkdir win
[sudo] password for wilf: ...
Hiya - I've got myself in trouble.
I have three storage partitions and a swap. Two are NTFS and one's ext3. I used to run with Vista on one of the NTFS, Ubuntu on the ext3 and my documents...
Hi - my brother made what I think is a pretty good theme. I thought it should go on Gnome-look, but I have no idea how to package it - it has all sorts of fancy images that need to be downloaded with...
Well, I made some progress on this thread here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1099743
But sound was only partially enabled (on board speakers only), and the patch has since been removed...
Hi - trying to upgrade to the latest Alsa, to get support for the Creative Emu 0404. The website says I should use this command at the crucial stage:
./configure --with-cards=emu10k1...
Hi - I'm having sound troubles, but I've found a patch that might fix my problem.
The thing is, the patch was written for Mandriva.
The other thing is, I don't even know how to install patches...
All you have to do there is type in your user password
EDIT: I see you beat me to it
Bump!
OK, the company ignored my emails asking to know which chip was in my laptop, but alsamixer -Dhw tells me it's a SigmaTel ID 7698.
There's a patch designed for Mandriva which fixes problem - but I...
Try these posts:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997506
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=922860
Also it would be a good idea to repost this thread with in the Multimedia and...
I've been looking forward to getting my hands on Alpha 6 today - it's scheduled for the 12th - but still no sign of it on the Ubuntu website - anyone know what time of day the alphas generally get...
I'm glad you got it working!
Gives me hope, but I'm afraid my laptop isn't listed anywhere on any of those lists, and auto didn't work for me. I'm now testing each configuration that has SPDIF, as...
This is what my alsa-base file looked like when I opened it up:
# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install...
Oh yeah, have seen that list, maybe a bit too many for a trial and error method!
Ah - then I will spend tomorrow doing some fiddling with 0s
:)
avrilrox: thanks for the hint, but I think I already have the right card set to 0 - out of interest which USB soundcard are you using? It would be good to know what to purchase if I can't enable my...
Try this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012
Also, people will be able to help if you post the outcome of these commands: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6628921
I'm sorry...
I've also noticed something strange about the PCM control in alsamixer - it doesn't have the mute/unmute icon - I've attached a screenshot.
Anyone know anything at all that could help me?
Try going to system > admin > users and groups, selecting your user, clicking properties, then navigating to the "user privileges" tab and see if you're being denied access to audio devices or...