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I wonder if it's just the live cd/usb that doesn't install the classic environment.

I had a similar problem when trying out the 12.04 beta 2. I wanted to go try out the classic look of the gnome desktop. I was able to get it to work using a USB stick in Persistent mode. Here is how...

Thanks ayoli. Before I report, do you remember seeing any instructions or workaround for XFCE in this thread or elsewhere? I'd like to give it a real try before putting more pressure on the...

I've decided to switch away from Gnome and move to XFCE because it better meets my needs.

I tried installing and adding the Global Menu in the XFCE panel, but it doesn't show up, even after log...

Thanks ayoli. I have rainwoodman's globalmenu installed on 9.10 Karmic and have been using it for about a week. I installed it via PPA so that I can get the latest updates. It's a great way to save...

This is probably a bit of a dense question, but...

Is the global menubar project in this thread related to the global menubar here:

http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/

I ask because...

I started the thread for this issue and Rubi1200 was kind enough to post his findings and get me going. Once I got the Live CD to boot, it installed just fine and on reboot came up to a fully...

Finished the 10.04 Lucid install from CD just now. Decided to see if it would boot on it's own after the install. Expected it to crash and instead it booted right to the desktop. I didn't even need...

Thanks Rubi1200.

I'm tempted to reinstall the Toshiba from straight from CD media (no upgrading) to make sure it can be done. Right now, everything seems to work fine, but everything seems...

Success!!! I tried the steps you outlined and they worked perfectly. The only thing that I needed to do differently was hit enter at the "keyboard/stickman" graphic which pops up before the Ubuntu...

Thanks everyone for the possible solutions for getting the CD to boot. Before the replies came through, I decided try a clean 9.10 install and then upgrade to 10.04. I know this didn't work great...

Anyone else have an idea how to get beyond the black screen?

The ubuntu proper live cd jumps straight to the splash when installing (no language select or option screen). I can't figure how to get to the boot options in it.

BUT... The Kubuntu cd is setup...

I'm trying to do a clean install of 10.04 Lucid Lynx using the Live CD onto a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S309 laptop.

I boot from the CD, it goes through the startup process, gets passed the 'Ubuntu'...

Quick follow up on this thread.

Neither Testdisk or Photorec were able to recover anything from my drive. But...

File Scavenger was an absolute life saver. It found basically everything on the...

That's a good idea. I'll need to get a backup drive for my backup drive. ;) I realize now cutting the power wasn't the best idea, but I panicked.

Thanks schumifer for the recommendation. I'll download and see if it will at least find the files. Reviews seem promising. I'll report back in a bit.



If File Scavenger doesn't work, I'll give...

Hey Forum --

I have formatted over 300 plus GB of data on my terabyte 'backup' hard drive. As you can probably guess, I got lazy and started using it for straight data storage not backed-up...

SUCCESS! SUCCESS! SUCCESS!

Had a bit of a DOH! moment in the process. I was helping my son with his homework and failed to save the changes the menu.lst file. After repasting the correct info and...

^^I think you're referring to the sda6 vs. sda5, which I figured was the case.


In Testdisk I get this message:

"Extrapolated boot sector and current boot sector are different."

Would I...

I get the message: "Extrapolated boot sector and current boot sector are different." Would I choose "write"?

Yes, Windows should be on sda5. This is where I get a little lost on partitioning. I understand that there are primary and logical partitions. The way I understand it is a primary partition is like...

Thanks. I tried to do a little research ahead of time and see if I could figure out the problem myself. Unfortunately, I'm hit a dead end, so here I am.



I just tried editing the drive to "root...

Hey Forum,

I can't get Windows XP to boot.

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 in an attempted dual boot configuration with ~30gb to Ubuntu and ~5gb to Windows. I also have an external 500gb USB drive...