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you might have a bad installation. did you verify the cd? you probably will have to reinstall.

try a different bootable cd, and check the settings in the system bios.

is it a dual boot system?

check your startup programs, and in the system bios, check the boot device order. Also, get gtk orphan from synaptic, maybe there is bd libs slowing you down, this will fix them.

downloaded themes are in the hidden icons folder in home, but if you want them permanently, move them into /usr/share/themes

pick the new icon you want (should be on desktop) and open a terminal and type sudo mv /home/yourname/Desktop/whatevericon /usr/share/themes/whatevertheme/scaleable/places and press enter. this will...

Setting up a dual boot is quite easy, just select manual partitioning from the install guide, and pick how big you want each OS to be. I would suggest also setting up a separate partition for /home,...

Hey! My advice would be to buy the computer with windows, because 60 bucks is no big deal, but make sure it comes with the windows OS install disc, not just the "recovery drive". Then after you get...

A really good partition manager is Acronis Disc Director Suite. It is not open source, and I dont know how much it costed (gift from friend), but it works great. You can use it if it is installed in...

So what about making the mp3 player a bootable media? The firmware issue can be fixed later.

I bought a few cheap generic mp3 players from ebay, and they all dont work right, but thats ok, because I want to use them for a project. I was wondering if anybody knew anything about stripping the...

So what was your final outcome? How did you partition?:guitar:

So is there a way that I could change my fat32 over to /home without reinstalling anything, as I really like my current OS's config?

Then why cant windows recognize my ubuntu partition if it can supposedly read/write ext3? Is there something wrong with my setup? I use the fat32 because I dont want music and pics and stuff on both...

OK then, how do you reinstall ubuntu without affecting the separate /home partition? what file size limits do you speak of? fat32 is the only format Ive been able to share with windows and ubuntu....

DONT PUT HOME ON ITS OWN PARTITION!!!!!!! you should reinstall, and make a separate fat32 partition to store your pics and music or whatever, and you can have it mount at startup. Even if home is on...

Removing .bak files? What are they? I dont like to mess with what I don't know.

i am big into clean harddrives, so i am posting my cleanup procedures. any addl. input would be greatly appreciated.

Step 1, open you web browser(s) and clear the private data.
Step 2, open a...

how would i add the main menu to awn? id like to get rid of the gnome panel.

So what if my home folder is on its own partition, and I want to do a clean install, but keep my pics and music intact, but start fresh with all the default settings? Would I want to delete the...

What would happen if I deleted all of the hidden folders in my home folder? Just curious.

sorry to hear it. but if you are bored you could boot it up to the bios and there may or may not be a disk utility that may be able to fix the problem. also, you could download a gparted livecd and...

good point. was the computer working at all when you got it?

select manual, and delete any existing partitions. when the entire hard drive shows up as free space then you need to make an ext3 partition for / this will hold your operating system, and should be...

honestly, what I would do is make backup disks, or put your files on a flash drive or something. The next step would be to clean install, and when the partition editor shows up, select manual, and...