Thank you all for your advice. Especially the mention of Boot Repair. Of course with my usual flair for screwing up I forgot to set the BIOS to boot from the correct disk which caused another error....
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Thank you all for your advice. Especially the mention of Boot Repair. Of course with my usual flair for screwing up I forgot to set the BIOS to boot from the correct disk which caused another error....
Here is the url boot repair provided:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/tJhmdVVYWm/
Yes, but the problem is not booting the computer will boot as long as I choose the hard disk for it to boot from, but it will not boot from a dvd, which is what I need to do to reinstall the system....
lshw showed the dvd drive is there, but it does not show up in the places menu or in home. Also, if I select it in BIOS to boot the computer, it is ignored.
I ran bleachbit the other day, but I...
I have been using Ubuntu 18.04 for quite a while. Today when I booted up my machine the downloads folder and music folder had disappeared. After spending much too long looking for a solution I...
Did you install HPLIP from Ubuntu Software Center? You can connect a printer via wifi, but I don't recall if that also requires a cable.
I am not sure if it is the same as on my system. I use gnome fall back or flashback, but if it is the same try holding down the alt key while right clicking the bar and select properties. That should...
If you have synaptic package manager installed, use the search function and use this search, "465 free TrueType fonts by Brian Kent".
I am sure the nsa has something, but I doubt they will share it.:D
claracc means upgrade to 12.10 without looking at it or trying it first. As to backing up your home folder, does the machine have a floppy disc drive? You could put your home folder on a floppy.
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I use this https://launchpad.net/caffeine. It turns off screensaver and sleep mode.
Whoa :oops:, I had the same problem maybe this is the reason.
One option would be to install a program called Caffeine that gives you a panel button to cut the screensaver on or off.
My brother-in-law gave me a dvd that he had recorded, but when I tried to play it I got the following error message: Error mounting: mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting...
Have you tried the app caffeine. I installed it and it allows me to cut off the screensaver
Why are you planning to do a reinstallation? Can't just upgrade? If you upgrade it will not change your current settings. If you must do a reinstallation, I recommend that you write down all the...
Don't know if it will work in this case, but the way I solved the problem when I got a similar or maybe the same message was that I opened Synaptic Package Manager. Then clicked on Edit from the...
After I installed my printer it didn't work correctly, so I sent to http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html as recommended by OffGridGuy.
I was able to find information that fixed my...
See the edited version without typos.
I would love to have my machine show a different login screen than my wall paper. If you find out the settings to have it do that please let me know
Everything seems to be working now. Thanks again for all your help.
I tried moving the images into /usr/share/backgrounds, but permission was refused.
I used a work around that I found in another thread; it is to open a new directory and folder with image files....
Update: Finally got the login screen changed\\:D/, but had to use a file from user/share/backgrounds in the past you could set the same image as your desktop.
Thank you for your help!
:KS Thanks a million! I ran the commands and on reboot the name was changed.
However, no joy with changing the login screen. When I use advanced settings and click themes, the shell will not...
I installed 12.04 Precise Pangolin, but I checked gdm instead of lightdm at installation, and made a typo in the name I chose for my computer. I only noticed the typo when I was using a terminal...