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Ok... everyone.. thanks for not helping me..:(

I've had enough trouble with Karmic... Switching back to windows 7

Will wait till April 2010 for "Lucid Lynx".. just fear that it might not be...

Please help me... Anyone ?

I installed ubuntu 9.10 via wubi from inside windows 7 on my Lenovo Y500 laptop. The problem is that Ubuntu is not recognising my touchpad & keyboard.

My USB mouse is working fine. i could log-in...

Ok.. all grub customization problems are now solved..!! thanks a lot drs305.. you have been most helpful..!!

Here's how it happened:

Yesterday evening, I switched on my system, expecting a cute...

Why don't you read this excellent thread here by drs305:

Grub2-Basics

This is a legendary thread.. to be read again & again..!!!!! :lolflag:

Thanks for replying...

I think we are almost there..

Can you please tell where can I find a fresh copy of /etc/grub.d/00_header ?

I have always removed the #, but it won't work. Here's my /etc/default/grub file:



# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=2...

Here, for you only dear, I have attached 4 files below and uploaded the 5th one to mediafire (cannot attach because of size restriction):


http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5zmnxjqnmht
...

That's very correct..

I've done it now... here's how I changed the Grub background resolution:

I downloaded a desktop wallpaper of resolution 1024x768 (see attached image).

I then converted...

You can follow a similar thread with successful workarounds here:

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1304843

Yes.. that did it.. Now I dont get that vga=792 is deprecated error..!! Thanks a lot.. :D

My desktop resolution is 1280x1024, but that doesnt make any difference to the grub resolution, does it?
...

So far, it has been absolutely fine.. quite like I expect from ubuntu (that is, except the DSL disaster)

I have updated the system, enabled medibuntu and restricted extras, installed a few...

Yes, I had checked it and made sure the files are in that folder only

I downloaded the splashimages from the Ubuntu repositories by

sudo apt-get install grub2-splashimages

This installed the...

Ok, please do not use this option as it is not working. I was wrong in suggesting it. This even gave me an error when doing "sudo update grub".
More info is from drs305:



I apologise for any...

Ok, I'll try that today and post the results here..

Thanks anyway P4man, you have been very helpful..:D

p.s. Hope someone would convince my friend Hornless_Unicorn to try out Karmic... (so that...

Actually P4man, it is not as smooth as you say or Karmic promises.

What happens is that a connection named "Autoeth0" is present as I make a fresh install of Karmic (or any Ubuntu distribution)....

Very well written...!! thanks a lot..

One more point that can be added:

In the file "05_debian_themeand as 06_custom_theme", we must look at the line which reads "use_bg=false"



You have...

I tried the password bit but didn't seem to change anything.

However, I'm able to connect to the net now...!!!! here's how (courtesy P4man)

I edited the settings for the auto ethernet and...

the same happened to me What I did was (courtesy rax0):

open /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf as root

edit "managed=false" to "true" then save and restart,

I think it'll work......

I doubt that wicd will work in Karmic. There's already a bug posted: [Bug 388110] [NEW] wicd not recognizing wired connection in karmic

here...

Left arrow ? I'm sorry, I can't see any..where do I find it

All I can try is:

Applications -> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys

Passwords tab

Right-click "Passwords: login"

rax0, I am unable to open the "Paswords:default" folder. If I double-click it, the properties box comes up. If I right-click it, a menu appears in which there is no option to open it.

What to do ?...

rax0, I again turned on the system after about 2 hours of last post. Now it is not asking for password/authentication, but simply not allowing to connect.

As I click on my DSL connection via NM,...

Well, rax0 ... I'm back to square one.

When I posted last, I just installed your files and restarted the system. It connected to the net. I opened firefox, posted here on ubuntuforums and happily...