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Well, I figured it out and all is well in the world. I reinserted the Ubuntu 12 Live DVD and selected it to install alongside. This fixed it. Very simple and I have everything back.

Love the...

Ok, I have in the past installed many varieties of Ubuntu and Mint, but I am trying a couple of things different today and I need assistance.

To start, I have a Gateway NV52 laptop with Win7 and...

New Question, how do I now enlarge the Windows partition? I need more space there. I another distro in addition to the Mint 9, but I deleted the partition. I now have blank space on my HDD, but...

Why do I itch?

Banned because my dog told me to. And I only own cats... o_O

I found this:

Here: http://linuxmint.com/rel_katya.php

Probably really simple, but the minimize and x to close etc are missing in the upper right hand side.

Suggestions, I simply don't know how to get them back.

Is there actually anyone on this forum?

Anyone have any ideas?

Ok, to start, I ran into some video problems and I was generously helped by hailtothethief. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1873773

However, now, I have an issue with starting the oos up....

Bump, I really cannot remember what to do, even though this has happened before.

Hey, I have a new problem
Now, when I reboot, it puts me into the black screen with white letters and it is a pain to get out. THus far, the only way I have to get out of the screen, is to reenter...

Thanks Thief! The service gdm stop worked, everything else was cake! I really appreciate your help!!!!:)

When I entered the line: sudo init 1; my computer switched tot he black screen, then froze. I already have the bits installed referenced in your first line.

Can I reboot and then hit a key to go...

Thank you, that worked, and honestly, thank you for putting it as you did, it was quite helpful. I received an error message when it ran, this seems familiar, but I can't remember how to get past...

Ok, I found an update. How do I install it? Their page tells me to:

Installation instructions: Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and...

Hi all,
I have Mint 9 and it has run flawlessly. Recently tho, video in high res has been freezing, sometimes locking up the whole computer. I either can wait it out or sometimes I have to force...

I get what you are saying. But, in my experience, that is one SLOW forum!

I used to be able to watch a flash file online, then it woudl store a copy in the tmp file, I then could do what I wished with it. No longer.
What happened?

I am running Mint 9 with whatever...

Mint 9 64bit:
When I go to update, I get an error message telling me to fix broken packages and it won't allow me to update.

Besides rebooting, how do I accomplish this?

I have Mint 9 64Bit and I went to update it, but it is showing 9 unauthenticated updates.
Here is the list and should I install any of them? I mostly use Mint for internet anti-piracy, so it is...

That's funny. I don't know how to help you, but I was able to fix mine by mounting the drive then installing grub. I didn't write down the website that had the code to do it, as I was operating on...

Have you gone into your BIOS and made sure that your computer boots from the CD/DVD drive first?

Yeah, your problem is worse. But, it is similar. I am wondering if my HDD fried. I had something similar on a desktop and I had to replace the hard drive.

Anyway, I hope someone can help both...

Will this help?
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/


I don't want to make things worse