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Thanks @jsla7527 and also @bertusrex. I seem to have overcome my problems, as I am now booting into Ubuntu happily. I thought I was installing into the EFI Partition, as I seemed to be able to select...

Thanks @bertusrex



I think my problems are to do with being unable to locate a file or partition. In recovery mode I get a lot of messages, but it then drops into a shell after the following...

My XPS 15 9550 arrived last week, and frustratingly I have not managed to get Ubuntu to boot on it yet. Maybe someone has some ideas.

I am trying to set up a dual boot, Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15.10...

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Hi - Great Thread - Thanks. I am on the verge of ordering one of these great machines and will install Ubuntu/Windows dual boot at first, but would like eventually to run Windows in a VM under...

Solved - I am using the Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor driver.

So I have ignored all teh Dell drivers, performed a standard install of the printer and then, when it cannot find the...

Having successfully managed to follow the above advice I have my Dell 2150cdn working fine on my 12.04 64bit machine. However, I now have a 14.04 machine and seem unable to get this to work.

Is...

I have a fresh install of Precise 64bit. The webcam which has worked in previous versions seems not to want to cooperate.
I have used Cheese to see if I can get an image. It seems to have some...

OK Thanks - I guess it is just a more foolproof option for newbies who may not be sure what they have under the hood.

Try reversing the boot sequence of your two disks in the System Bios.

It might be looking to boot from the incorrect disk. If this does not work, then return to the original boot sequence to avoid...

I have an Intel Sandybridge processor and 16GB memory on my desktop, and run a few serious DB applications on it, and several VirtualBox VMs.

I often wonder why Canonical recommend the 32bit...

Many thanks.
I had actually already copied them there, but had not logged out and back in before checking for them.
Low and behold, when I now looked, they had appeared.:redface:

Thanks again

I have a brand new Karmic system running now, the upgrade from 9.04 having trashed my old system. I can access the drives, but can only start the old system without X.

How can I move my old...

Thanks all.

I like the suggestion from Coolit as a temporary workaround, but once the nautilus-gksu package is working, I will use it. Thanks

Under earlier versions of Ubuntu I have a script in "home/me/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open as root" which allowed me to open files as root, requesting a password, and using gksudo. This no longer...