For anyone looking for a solution to the browser (Firefox) fading and going grey, hanging and requiring many force quits to try to restore it use. I have found the solution on the following thread...
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For anyone looking for a solution to the browser (Firefox) fading and going grey, hanging and requiring many force quits to try to restore it use. I have found the solution on the following thread...
The first part is update; the second upgrade.
Yes done that. The only problems seem to be the last part here:
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com...
Thank you for the support Bucky Ball. I have now upgraded it appears to 12.10
After Ctrl+C I had to switch the PC off (shutdown), and on restarting used recovery mode to check everything first...
Terminal will accept the input but there is no response to any sudo commands. The message if I use the keyboard and Ctrl+C is
'Ctrl-C pressed
This will end the operation and may leave the system...
Hey thanks...stupidly perhaps I didn't look further into my earlier problem and solution I managed at the time, which has made this upgrade ATTEMPT difficult, but this might still happen come April...
Now attempting to upgrade........distro upgrade probem 12.04lts to 12.10: glibc lockfile create free, and memory
I have been running 12.04lts on a...
I have been running 12.04lts on a compaq dc7600 for a couple of years. It seems over the past few months to have begun to hang. I'm using both Chrome and Firefox, and FF often just fades to a shadow,...
Same problem here. Thanks for the solution!
12.04lts
Using sudo gnome-system-monitor
I killed the processes that 'looked ' ;) troublesome!
lockfile-create x3 of those,
and 673 ? 00:00:00 aptd .....running at 200%
typed in sudo...
glibc detected *** lockfile-create: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x08525008 ***
*** glibc detected *** lockfile-create: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x08525048 ***
I'm offered only a...
I typed that in (it is there in the caption) and there followed the text (in bold).
In software centre I have tried to remove ntp, but it just hangs ....'waiting', and will not uninstall
just tried this command:
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
And now have something new going on - as pictured
it just hung there.
In terminal ic an see the problem as:
Fetched 19.8 MB in 1min...
I tried this command in the terminal and thought it might be working as it began to many packages.
However I get this further message:
Fetched 19.8 MB in 38s (520 kB/s) ...
i tried this command nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log
abd the problem seems to begin with lines saying No Layout section, No screen section available, No monitor specified for screen (default etc),and...
with the command dmsg etc
I got the link http://paste.ubuntu.com/6052842 also 6052861
HI,
Can anyone offer to assit me please? Sorry for such ignorance
I'm trying to install Lubuntu from an ISO cd disc I have burnt. I check the DSUM number it matched, so I burnt the cd from the...