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Have you tried running top, to see which program/process is so cpu intensive?
Do you have compiz enabled? (visual effects on desktop settings) Try disabling all visual effects.

I only read your first post, saw a quite long script and thought: This can be done much simpler.

You say this is the command to convert an mp3.
lame -V2 -a input.mp3 output.mp3

Let's say all...

You would need to enable the multiverse in softwaresources to be able to install win32 codecs. But I'd advise you to follow this guide:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

It will...

Are you sure you have a proxy set up in the network? Can you reach the router in firefox?

If the problem persists, please post the output of:
glxinfo | grep render

and sudo lshw -c video

If xorg fails you can
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
to see why it failed (from a terminal)
add:
| grep EE
to filter out errors (use WW for warnings)
man xorg.conf
can give you more info (use / to...

Please paste the output of:

sudo lshw -c multimedia

You don't need to compile the kernel yourself. You can just download a newer kernel from ubuntu packages and install it.

I think you will need this one:
...

If you install it, you won't need the cd anymore, unless you mess up your system. 131.1 GB is strange. 160 GB should be around 149 GB. (converted from marketing (1000*1000*1000) to...

Where do you want to copy files to? If the files/directories are owned by root, only root can write to them, with the normal settings.

Maybe there are some services turned off?

This site is helpful for that:
http://www.blackviper.com

XP troubleshooting is pretty much hell. You might find more help though on a windows forum?

You need a special file system for that. I don't know which one by heart.

If you just started, you could install xubuntu-desktop. I prefer to just install xfce4 and the packages I need. But it takes some time to learn which ones you want. If you search for xfce4 in package...

I've just checked and I see no reference in /var/syslog to rc.local either, though I'm very sure it's running. Do you have statements after exit 0 ? These statements won't be executed.

I would recommend a full install and not wubi. Ubuntu will automatically create it's own partition. It's always possible to remove it later, if you don't like ubuntu. It will just work better in it's...

@wim:

You are right of course. But most often it's the memory. When this is not the case, it's probably the motherboard. A defect cpu happens the least often. I've worked a couple of years on a...

When there are errors, you can be pretty sure it's the memory. It could in theory also be your motherboard. If the connection is broken it doesn't matter where, for the sytem to stop working. But...

Have you uninstalled the non-free plugin?


These two guides could be helpfull
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1193567

The ubuntu team can't fix this, since it's ATI's decision not to support the card anymore. It's possible to downgrade your xorg. I happen to have an x700 too, and my experience is that it works...

Just tested and works fine here, pretty high cpu, about 80% on 1,9 Ghz centrino. But not 100% constantly.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1193567

This thread might help and I...

only within ubuntu

You can put your current x-org on hold:

http://tan-com.com/posts/technology/fix-ubuntu-904-ati-driver-issue

You only need to follow the part about putting the packages on hold, in this case.

I don't know what you did wrong, but you can probably fix it from a live cd.

Open a terminal on it

cd /mnt
sudo fdisk -l
pick your linux disk from it, in my case it's /dev/sda2

mkdir...

If you upgraded your version, it's wise to profile your boot. When in grub (the bootmenu), press e to edit, e again on the second line (the one beginning with kernel) Then add profile to the end of...

Try this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683