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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Thanks, I'll do that.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Actually, I can't (I didn't discover that until after I closed the thread). No login screen for grub appears. It just loads Ubuntu. But it is Windows 7, and I will never use it again, so that's no...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    I'm not sure what did it, but the problem is resolved. Boot Repair got hung up on "Scanning systems (BIOS sessions)." I shut it down after a half hour. I then ran
    sudo fuser -cuk...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Thanks so much for your suggestions. I'll have some time tomorrow to check them out.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately, sudo-update grub gets the same response as in my original post. sudo apt update just gets me a list: "3 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    I just re-started, and the computer will no longer boot to Windows. And whenever I try to run software updater it indicates that it is still trying to update friendly-recovery. How can I get it to...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Windows 7 is installed on the same hard drive as the boot sector. Ubuntu runs on a second hard drive.
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating friendly recovery

    Here's the output:


    tmichael 7449 7434 0 10:47 pts/3 00:00:00 grep -E --color=auto update-
    grub|systemctl|deb-systemd-invoke
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    [SOLVED] Updating friendly recovery

    While updating Ubuntu 20.04 this morning, the update seems to have stopped while "updating friendly-recovery." There has been no progress for at least an hour. The last seven lines of the update...
  10. [lubuntu] Lubuntu system tray popup menus disappear

    I have installed Lubuntu 18.04 on a Toshiba c855 laptop. The popup menus in the system tray disappear as soon as I move the mouse pointer onto them, making it virtually impossible to use apps like...
  11. Evolution-EWS loses contact with Outlook

    I am running Ubuntu 18.04 with the Gnome desktop. I use Evolution as my calendar (not e-mail), syncing with Outlook using EWS to connect to outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx. On startup, the...
  12. [SOLVED] Re: pulseaudio daemon won't start after upgrade to 18.04

    I found a solution at https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029403/no-sound-in-ubuntu-18-04-lts-after-upgrade-from-16-04-lts. Norbert S posted the following:


    delete .config/pulse/ and .pulse (the...
  13. [SOLVED] Re: pulseaudio daemon won't start after upgrade to 18.04

    Thank you. Your suggestion yielded the following output:
    2491528 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Mar 14 14:08 /usr/lib/mbeq_1197.so -> /usr/lib/ladspa/mbeq_1197.so

    I'm not...
  14. [SOLVED] pulseaudio daemon won't start after upgrade to 18.04

    After upgrading to 18.04 from 16.04 I have no sound. In Settings>Sound the window under the question "Choose a device for sound output:" is empty. When I run "pulseaudio --start" in a terminal, I...
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    Monitor sometimes not detected

    I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron 530 with a Samsung 23" monitor. It ran flawlessly for about 5 months, then the system began to fail to detect the monitor (Display applet in system...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Suspend not working FIX

    Unfortunately, no luck for me either with either script: Thinkpad R32
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