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Thanks again to sadaruwan12!

davidc

Thanks for the replies so far.

The link provided by PhilGil is precisely the one that shows the desktop that I am trying to obtain again (for its simplicity).
I have also just seen that...

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Shortly after the arrival of Ubuntu 11.10 I installed some of the other desktops to it via 'sudo apt-get install ...etc' and one of desktops that I got, without expecting to, simply consisted...

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I have recently reinstalled Windows 7 Starter on Partition 1 of my Asus 1015PEM. Then I installed 3 Linux distributions on Partitions 2, 3 and 4 (Ubuntu; EasyPeasy and Peppermint). They operate...

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Thanks for the helpful replies. In response specifically to 'dabl', yes, I did use the package manager to organise the downloads/installs. Your advice about 'aptoncd' is very useful and I'll do that...

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I have a spare, fully-installed copy of Ubuntu 11.10 on an USB. It is starting to go on the blink so I will be re-installing my Ubuntu 11.10 ISO again on to a different USB. On that original,...

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Another excellent reply from oldfred.

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davidc

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I have 4 primary partitions on my HDD, 3 of them booted by Grub Legacy which is installed in the MBR on /dev/sda, ie.
- Windows (chainloaded) on /dev/sda1,
- Archbang (a Grub Legacy...

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davidc

Thanks guys for your helpful replies. The problem is now sorted and also academic because I have also now got my HDD up and running properly again. Thanks again,
davidc

Thanks for your reply. Normally I would do so but I only have a couple of USB's to boot from and work with at the moment (I had to clear my HDD a couple of days ago due to a problematic extended...

Thanks for your prompt and helpful replies. Remarkably, my system has apparently started misbehaving just shortly before I posted my message about 'file permissions' so I cannot run the nautilus...

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I presently have Ubuntu 11.10 installed on an USB and Linux Mint 12 installed on a second USB. I can boot into the Ubuntu USB directly but cannot do so with the Linux Mint 12 USB (it...

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I am presently running Ubuntu 11.10 (from a USB) as the Administrator. I have a number of programs like Unetbootin, USB Creator and USB Universal Installer (as well as various Linux-related...

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I am presently running Ubuntu 11.10 (from a USB) as the Administrator. I routinely receive messages asking for 'authentication' with my password, sometimes even for the most routine/mundane...

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I am presently running Ubuntu 11.10 (from a USB). I routinely get messages on the screen saying that I do not have 'permission' to view or open a particular file, or rename files, delete...

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thanks to 'oldfred' for your further reply. I was going to ask you about EFI/BIOS (see your previous comments) but I have just found one of your earlier posts which was very helpful in this...

Hi, thanks to everyone for your excellent replies. I managed to fix the booting-up problem by running: sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc as described in one of the articles referred to above. I did run...

I have recently tried to add entries for other operating systems to the Grub2 menu by adding entries to the 40_custom file in /etc/grub.d/ in Lubuntu. As it happens, this was not successful so I...

Noted! - thanks for your input.
davidc

Thanks for your replies.
davidc

I have installed several Linux distros ((Ubuntu; Fedora; Peppermint 2 and Linux Mint) onto logical drives on an extended partition on my HDD. Up to now I have allocated a separate 'swap space' for...

I have tried numerous times to install an Ubuntu-related operating system (Easy Peasy 1.6) from a Live USB on to an 'extended partition' on my HDD but without success (It will install to a 'second...

Thanks guys for all your replies. The updates are now installed and I've run the terminal again and I seem to be in business at least as far as getting Kubuntu installed. I'm really very new to all...