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Is there any way to update a LiveUSB and have it stay updated? yet still 'live'

IE, create usb from 10.10.
Boot off USB, - update,
reboot, updates still applied?

Thanks for all your help people :)

I reckon I'll end up with XP on both boxes again soon though, just don't have the time to customise ubuntu to how I want it.

Well its fixed...
I reformatted and started again lol

Only problem there is at the moment is very very small font on the GDM login screen

Haven't done that, will do it in a few mins.

I've honestly got no idea what I'm running currently lol
EDIT: ok, I'm running without a xorg.conf right now and its the right resolution.
System >...

How can I find out which xorg.conf my current session is using?

no luck with that one

tried method 1 from here - http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_Installation_Guide - didn't come up with a low quality dialog box like all the other times, is...

Progress!!

OK, not really :(
I've given up on the nvidia stuff, so I found my Powercolour ATI 9800pro and put that in. (I tried forcibly removing all nv and nvidia stuff last night to no avail)
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load glx is there

I originally installed it using that command ^
I've tried the two older drivers from that install menu and both didn't detect the card properly

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX Visual

(via terminal while in desktop)

checked again
No splash screen, the login screen is in 640x480 :(, goes to 1024 for the desktop

I'll try the minimal install on the other box tomorrow as I need it to write this ;)

Ok, that file says driver is nv; that's the base 2d driver isn't it?

Its been at least 2 years since I last touched a *nix box (Slackware 8 I think it was), and I've just installed Ubuntu 8.04 to two boxes.

Here's my questions;

1st box:
Shuttle SN45G (nForce2...