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I had the exact problem on my Intel/Nvidia optimus system. Installing Bumblebee worked for me but I still kept forgetting to use optirun or an update would come along and the apport messages would...

Whoa! Not too many at once! Looks like nobody cares, so I will play it safe and skip the update.

I have Intel/Nvidia optimus and use Bumblebee with fairly good success, thanks to the hard work of the BB devs. But I noticed that today's update to 12.10 offers to install new OpenGL (Mesa) drivers....

I would be most grateful for any impressions from those who have an Intel/Nvidia Optimus chipset. My Asus N56 works moderately well on 12.10 using Bumblebee but I am eager to hear how folks are doing...

But it did, and for quite a while. I used Boot-Repair at least a half dozen times to repair the dual-boot after re-installing the / partiton of 12.10 and it worked perfectly time after time. It was...

I can still boot into Ubuntu but I have to go into the bios and disable fast boot and enable Launch CSM, as well as disable secure boot, save and exit then select Ubuntu from Grub. Again, it's clunky...

You have been a saint Fred. We are all lucky to have you here, helping idiots like me. I love Ubuntu. I really do. I hate that I am being forced back in to the grasping tentacles of 8 but I have no...

I see boot-repair offers an option to make windows the default os. Would that get me back into windows? I would even be happy to completely remove Ubuntu as running it is like trying to hammer a...

Thanks for trying Fred. I am now looking to simply remove Ubuntu so I can boot into windows. I really need to get into 8 and will try to figure out how to get it to dual boot later. ( I started a...

Hi folks. I desperately need to do my taxes today, but do not have access to the windows 8 partition on my system. I have a dual boot, 12.10/Windows 8 UEFI laptop (Asus N56 variant) and lost the...

Fred, I tried your suggestions but neither worked. Boot-Repair just does not complete. It just sits spinning away at "Reinstall Grub. This may take several minutes..." I am doing the repair exactly...

Nope. It just sits there and never completes. It will close so the system is responsive. I gave it 20 minutes this time. If I knew what effect other settings have I would start fiddling but I do not...

I made no changes. I will check the bios though, just to be sure.

Edit: Secure boot is disabled. I see that flashed just before the grub screen and checked in the bios and indeed it is off. I am...

Hi Fred. What I don't understand is why it picked now to act up? I have reinstalled Ubu 12.10 about 6 times and then used Boot-Repair to fix grub to recover windows, but this time it just hangs and...

I am having a problem with Boot-Repair hanging at "Reinstall Grub. This may take several minutes". I have used Boot-repair many, many times with no issues until today. I have an Asus N56 with UEFI...

Thanks! I was able to set the display back to normal. I will follow the Bublebee instructions next. Saved my bacon, you did. :)

I have an Asus N56 VJ-SH71 that has an NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M. I have been trying to install drivers so I can use the gpu in Ubuntu 12.10. I ran
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
sudo...

OK. In my panic I overlooked the sticky(s). I will review and try to find out what is going on before posting in here again. I did install a ppa from someone I do not know which really has me...

For the past couple of days I have been getting requests for my password for no apparent reason. It will simply pop-up and ask at random times. In fact, it just did it while typing this. When it...

If only he had included the MX 712 series... :(

I just gotta chirp in here and with all due respect... My laptop, running 12.10 & windows 8, boots up in about 25 seconds, which is still faster than windows 8 with the so called fast boot (I call it...

lol Thanks pal. I was busy fiddling with that file and forgot.

Thanks for both tips. Worked like a treat. That fstab manual is perfect. This entry has me a bit worried though: "...it is the duty of the system administrator to properly create and maintain...

Somehow and in spite of myself, I managed to install Ubuntu on an Asus N56VJ with UEFI. That successful campaign is chronicled here. While doing it I decided instead of moving the windows D:\ (Data)...

Here is a brief summary of how I installed Ubuntu 12.10 to dual boot with Windows 8 on an Asus N56VJ-SH71-CD with UEFI. (Maybe works on all N56 models?) This assumes you have already used windows...