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I closed this thread 4 months ago
as soon as your moderator made me aware
that my request for help was dysfunctional.
I was in no way disrespectful to anyone.
Yet you have chosen to continue...

You say there were no misunderstandings yet you insist that I do not respect the "Forum Staff".

All I have done is to ask you list all the discrepancies that you have found In my request for help...

Thanks Much!! Will definitely try.

So you don't think it a bit odd that only the "moderators" had trouble understanding my request for help?
There seem to be plenty of logical answers to my original question from many helpful people...

Thanks much for kind reply Mr, Goss!!!

I believe you are correct. I did finally get one program to install.
I will wait a few weeks and try another.

<snip> I am going to mark this thread...

Hello and good day.

Have been successfully using Ubuntu 15 since it was first released.
I installed it from USB stick. Before that, I was using Ubuntu 14 installed from
a USB stick.

When I...

Have used my wireless Epson printer with Ubuntu in the past with no problems.

But a few months ago it stopped working after Ubuntu updates.

Hasn't worked since. I usually go to Settings-...

Thank you all very much for your help.

I always appreciate your input.
I tried all the ways that are suggested including the mkusb method.
They all worked well up to the place in the...

Thank you for kind reply.

I really wanted to use "mkusb",

but the mskub instructions are too much for my level of knowledge.

I know how to get to terminal and copy and paste commands.
...

Hello and good day to all.

I used Start up Disk Creator with a .iso file
to make a USB start up disk. I used the .iso file
below to make the disk. But when I try to boot from
my USB, I get the...

Well I got all the way through the "$ ./configure" command, but then I put in "make" command and got this.... make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

Any ideas?

Here is link to Source Forge Website. http://sourceforge.net/projects/warzone2100/?source=directory

Name of game tarball is Warzone2100-3.1.2tar.xz.

Thank you



Thanks. Do you have link...

Thanks for reply.

Downloaded the tarball from Source Forge website.

It's just a game.

I have the game installed from Software Center already.
But it is not complete or up to date.

Guess...

Scrolling is way too fast.
Even all you Ubuntu experts can't read that fast.:lolflag:

Don't know how to slow it down.

Am having trouble finding any info on installing taz.xz files.

I have Googled for an hour but can only find how to extract the file,

but doesn't say how to install.

Extracting seems easy...

Just found a site that helped. I disabled ipv6 as instructed.

Made a big difference! Ubuntu at least as fast or faster than Windows.

But I will try your code entry anyway. And thanks for all of...

Here is some info...

Memory 3.8 GiB
Processor intel Core2 Duo
CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz x 2
GeForce 210
OS Type 64-bit

Sounds good.

How do I do the speed testing?

Hello and good day.


I am just curious as to why the internet seems so slow with Ubuntu.

I have Windows and Ubuntu 14 on the same computer.

But the internet using Windows is at least 10...

Cool! Thank you all for your kind assistance.
And good day to you.

Yes. Very good. Thank you, that worked. Triangle gone.

But can you tell me what that CDROM check box is for?

Is it for creating an Ubuntu install CD?

Yes I also get all the other messages that you have posted.

I will try to post here the details that are shown, perhaps
you could direct me what to do.



W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu...

I keep getting this triangle at top of screen.

When I click on it, it says to click on "show updates".

After clicking on "Show Updates", it says...

"The Software On This Computer Is Up To...

Guess I had to start with a minimum CD because my old laptop wont boot from
USB. And I don't have means to make a boot DVD.
But I might be wrong. Anyways I managed to install Kubuntu instead of...

Yes Sir. the list did come up and I selected Lubuntu.
the installation seems to go well, but then on reboot
there is no video. (No command prompt) nothing at all.
I can put the CD in again and...