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Thank you for your reply.
I have looked at the threads that you suggested, but I am still at a loss in getting the reject command to work and a disc to be accepted.

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Northwestern

At the moment I am running ubuntu 14.04 on a Samsung laptop (sole os). Whenever I first install Ubuntu (or Mint) the eject command and disc drive recognition both work, however as soon as I update or...

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Sorry I am none the wiser, the two files are just calles "L" & "k", no matter what I do it says I have not got permissions to read or delete them. I have tried "sudo nautilus" but...

Thanks for your reply, could you explain what to do more simply, I don't quite understand your reply.

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Northwestern

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I have two files in my rubbish bin called L & k, no matter what I do my system will not let me delete them.
Any suggestions what they are and how to delete them?.

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Northwestern

Any ideas please !

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Northwestern

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I run Ubuntu 12.10 from an external hard drive attached to my Samsung series 3 laptop, I normally press the power button and then F10. I select Ubuntu efi, the the laptop goes into the grub menu,...

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I now seem to have got Ubuntu working from an external drive on my Samsung laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed.
I boot into Ubuntu two ways:
a) Plug in the external drive and press the F10 key...

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I have just had limited success installing Ubuntu 12.10 onto an external disk on my new Samsung (series 3) Windows 8 laptop.
The secure boot has been disabled.
The situation now is that Windows...

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When I open the terminal and type in the following:
a) sudo fdisk -l
b) sudo update-grub
I get the following messages
These do not mean much to me, perhaps you can explain what...

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I put the pen drive containing Ubuntu ISO in one of the USB port, I then boot into window 8. By going into the "change PC settings" menu, and then pressing the "USB EFI pen drive"...

I have been having very little success trying to get an external USB 3 external drive ( Ubuntu installed) to work on my Windows 8 laptop (UEFI).When I get the external drive working directly after...

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The Ubuntu 12.10 iso was transfered to my external drive using the universal boot installer (Pendrivelinux), I presume it loads in EFI mode (Secure boot still enabled). With the...

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My old laptop which was Windows 7 with BIOS, my new laptop (Samsung) came with Windows 8 which uses UEFI (not the normal BIOS) , even though in the last three occasions I have...

I have tried to run Ubuntu 12.10 from an external drive on my new Samsung laptop (Windows 8) without success. I have had to restore my computer three times and have decided enough is enough, until I...

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When I go into BIOS and disable the secure boot another options box appears below giving me three options.
UEFI OS
CSM OS
UEFI and Legacy OS

Which of these...

Thanks for your replyAlthough I found using an external drive on my old ( broken) Windows 7 laptop fairly simple I must confess that I am now having problems. After reading your excellent replies I...

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My external drive is 500gb, all of which I intend to use for Ubuntu, 494 gb /root EXT 4 & 6gb swap.
I am trying to load 12.10 which i'm led to believe loads in UEFI mode,...

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I have a new Samsung series 3 laptop with Window 8 pre-installed, I have had mixed success with loading Ubuntu 12.10 from a USB flash pen onto a USB 3 external drive. The program loads OK but...

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The boot order in the Samsung is completely different from the HP.
At the moment the SECURE BOOT is enabled..

The boot options are:
Boot Option #1 [Windows Boot...

I have just replaced my broken HP DV5 laptop with a new Samsung NP350V5C-A08.
I have always run ubuntu from an external USB hardrive, the boot order on my HP was :
a) Internal read/write disc...

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Has anybody managed to install GnomeBaker in 12.10 yet?.

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Northwestern

Look at the UbuntuVibes website, followed there instructions for installing AMD, installed catalyst onto my laptop. Works like a charm.

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Northwestern

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After removing some programs I have been unable to reload vlc, please see the attached messaged appearing in my terminal after each attempt.Any help would be appreciated.

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Northwestern

Is anyone having problems with the latest minitube download (1.9), since updating, videos are not playing and the sound stops after a few seconds (closing down is also very jerky).
However it is...