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Post the output of these commands:


inxi -G

lspci | grep -i vga


If inxi is not installed, install with sudo apt-get install inxi
Looks like the Intel driver is not installed. It may be...

As an experiment I created a new file in my home directory with the touch command called "test". I then renamed test to ???

When I use list to view the file@

[anc@slave ~]$ ls -l ???...

You may have solved this as its over a year ago, but all you need to do is install wine first.

sudo apt-get install wine

Download LTspice:

http://www.linear.com/designtools/software/
...

The easy way is to install Grub Customizer to rename the menu entries.

sudo apt-get install grub-customizer


There is a thread on renaming entries below:

...

How many partitions did you setup originally?
Did you have /, /home and /swap ?

I always create a backup of my partition table on paper, using libre Office
as I have multiboot and know exact...

Have you looked through /var/log/messages to see if there any clues as to the problem?

If you dont get a display may be worth perusing /var/log/Xorg.0.log as well.

If you want to install MS fonts these are called mscorefonts the link below gives more detailed instructions:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15495/add-microsoft-core-fonts-to-ubuntu/


hal...

Thanks a lot for your help.

I have another suggestion for testing grub2 themes without rebooting:

grub-emu


I tried grub-emu and it gave me an error relating to a video driver I do not use,...

Plug in the external hard drive and post output of:


sudo fdisk -l

(last character lowercase "L")

As its showing as /dev/sdb1 there is only one partition. You should be able to create a...

cd (on its own) changes you into your home directory, its the same as typing cd ~
The alias command is interpreting the cd to change you into home directory.
I tried placing () or '' around it but...

Hi Towheed,
This is a very good guide to theming grub2.


I have read the guide in Ubuntu 12.10 and am suggesting a few comments that may be helpful:

I'm using Document Read 3.6 on Ubuntu...

Thanks a lot Towheed.

OK, I have it working but there were a few problems.
First off I ran the new install script from my downloads directory
and it copied all the files from ~/Downloads into...

You need to type some text to use the plugin. Start with Hello World and follow these examples:

https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

I've never had that problem on any linux distribution.
What I would do is install htop (terminal based resource monitor)


sudo apt-get install htop


Start htop from your terminal, increase...

Have a look at this image (its not mine)

http://design.canonical.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/login_v2_0.png


The "circle of friends" is the symbol opposite "Chaotic".
Clicking on it should...

I jumped ship along time ago.

Check out hardware on the Linux HCL:

http://linuxhcl.com/

If you want to see what Ubuntu have certified:

http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/

I dont think there is, a quick googole revealed the following:

http://joesteiger.com/2011/11/06/move-unity-launcher-to-the-bottom-of-the-desktop-ubuntu-11-10/

I have not tried it, and it did...

What type of mouse is it ?
Optical, wireless, ball and type of connection, USB, PS/2 ? etc


In Unity Panel click system settings, Mouse and Touchpad.
Experiment with all options and see if they...

Its its Ubuntu 12.10 hover over the titlebar and press "Alt" on the keyboard, that displays menu in Unity for me.

Its easier than you think.
Right click on each drive icon on the unity launcher and click unlock from launcher.

Sorry for delay output from grep:


hal@Orac:~$ grep ^sysconfdir $(sudo which grub-mkconfig)

sysconfdir="/etc"

I notice two things from your error log, its reporting kernel 3.2, Ubuntu 12.10 is kernel 3.5.17 and no useable screens for X.


A couple of things to try but only if you can boot and log in at...

At the unity login screen, shown below

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/ubuntu-login-screen-updates-with-minor-visual-tweaks-in-12-10

Click the round "circle of friends" Ubuntu symbol and see...

A wubi install uses your windows NTFS partition so you can install it as long you have free space.
Wubi uses your NTFS partition, which will defrag and take longer to load and wont give you the...

This is a great guide.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 which now uses grub 2.00

After reading revision3 thought I'd try the script to install the demo menu,
however it fails will following error...