*Woosh*
lol. I was reading that thread and people suggested alternate drivers but because it's not a case of double clicking a exe I have no idea how to do this. At college at the moment but will look more into it when I get back home.
So I want to start using Linux...
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*Woosh*
lol. I was reading that thread and people suggested alternate drivers but because it's not a case of double clicking a exe I have no idea how to do this. At college at the moment but will look more into it when I get back home.
Kubuntu i386 disc gives me this error
hdb: error code: 0X70 Sense_key 0X03 asc 0X11 ascq 0X06
buffer I/O error on device hdb logical block
SQUASHFS error... something something
*Cries*
I just want Linux
I'm going to try the x64 alternative disc. See if that does anything magical.
hdb: error code: 0X70 Sense_key 0X03 asc 0X11 ascq 0X06
buffer I/O error on device hdb logical block
SQUASHFS error... something something
*Cries*
I just want Linux
I'm going to try the x64 alternative disc. See if that does anything magical.
Kubuntu i386 desktop gave me that error.
Kubuntu AMD 64 desktop gives me the graphics driver problems and also have to remove "splash".
Going to restart now and try Kubuntu AMD 64 alternative see how that goes yet I'm going to guess the same as the desktop because its still the same graphics drivers.
Then I will try the alternate of i386 like you say
Kubuntu AMD 64 desktop gives me the graphics driver problems and also have to remove "splash".
Going to restart now and try Kubuntu AMD 64 alternative see how that goes yet I'm going to guess the same as the desktop because its still the same graphics drivers.
Then I will try the alternate of i386 like you say
OK well the X64 alt disc boots fine. But because its not a live CD I obviously have to install... so I'm a little bit worried. Basically I'm going to have to drop Vista completely I think. Very scary not relying on Windows. So I will backup my data tonight and install it tomorrow.
I have 2 other hdds in my pc. These have data on them like music, media etc. They are in NTFS format.
Will Ubuntu read these fine once it's installed?
Will I have to tell Kubuntu to read them?
Will I have to format them to a different file system?
Also last question. Just in case something should happen and I need a windows OS (not virtual), can I install XP AFTER linux?
I have 2 other hdds in my pc. These have data on them like music, media etc. They are in NTFS format.
Will Ubuntu read these fine once it's installed?
Will I have to tell Kubuntu to read them?
Will I have to format them to a different file system?
Also last question. Just in case something should happen and I need a windows OS (not virtual), can I install XP AFTER linux?
I want to use my 74gb raptor drive for the OS which has vista on it. Taking up 35gb of space. I can't seem to resize the current partition and I'm not touching partition magic as it wiped my OS last time.
Kubuntu doesn't pick up my drives from the Live CD so I couldn't use qtparted to resize the partition.
EDIT: Thats a lie. It picks them up but doesn't let me read them.
So the only option I have is to format the drive. I guess?
EDIT: Also you said it can't write to NTFS drives. Which I guess means any files I download onto linux I cant transfer over to these drives?
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Hi,
I used my other screen, used the x64 live disc and managed to sort out partitions.
I then used the x64 alt disc and tried to install. However it couldn't complete because a error with "linux-generic".
This left me without a working OS (assume just a boot file for vista)
I booted back into the live disc. Installed from there. Restart, load but then I get no display because its trying to load the "splash".
Boot into safe (w/e its called) mode and type "startx". This gets it going. But I'm still left without my main display working right. Also I was clicking about and went to "system settings" / Advanced / System services but I get a error telling me it could not be loaded. Now I know it's probably easy to install the package... but could this mean my install isn't 100% correct?
Off to bed now. Was adamant to get something working lol. I'm getting there slowly.
I used my other screen, used the x64 live disc and managed to sort out partitions.
I then used the x64 alt disc and tried to install. However it couldn't complete because a error with "linux-generic".
This left me without a working OS (assume just a boot file for vista)
I booted back into the live disc. Installed from there. Restart, load but then I get no display because its trying to load the "splash".
Boot into safe (w/e its called) mode and type "startx". This gets it going. But I'm still left without my main display working right. Also I was clicking about and went to "system settings" / Advanced / System services but I get a error telling me it could not be loaded. Now I know it's probably easy to install the package... but could this mean my install isn't 100% correct?
Off to bed now. Was adamant to get something working lol. I'm getting there slowly.
WOOOOHOOOOO
I'm using Ubuntu
OK so I have questions.
1) There are probably programs I NEED. For instance I don't have MP3 playback :s
2) Is Firefox 3 called Gran Paradiso? Because I used that cool program which downloads programs etc and found firefox 3 but I can't find it in the application list.
3) How do I get the most out of this bad boy? Cool graphic effects etc.
4) Is all my hardware supported now? Windows has device manager which tells me what's not installed properly. Does Ubuntu have the same?
5) My graphics card. So far I haven't touched any graphics drivers or anything with this install but I assume I should.
6) App settings. In Vista you have users/local/ and your app settings. What does ubuntu have? Can I copy over my firefox and thunderbird app folders from vista over to ubuntu and then all my plugins, bookmarks and settings will be here?
7) Anything else?
I'm so chuffed right now. It's so nice to use a smart and quick OS. I love the package manager thing as well. So easy to use. YEY!
I'm using Ubuntu
OK so I have questions.
1) There are probably programs I NEED. For instance I don't have MP3 playback :s
2) Is Firefox 3 called Gran Paradiso? Because I used that cool program which downloads programs etc and found firefox 3 but I can't find it in the application list.
3) How do I get the most out of this bad boy? Cool graphic effects etc.
4) Is all my hardware supported now? Windows has device manager which tells me what's not installed properly. Does Ubuntu have the same?
5) My graphics card. So far I haven't touched any graphics drivers or anything with this install but I assume I should.
6) App settings. In Vista you have users/local/ and your app settings. What does ubuntu have? Can I copy over my firefox and thunderbird app folders from vista over to ubuntu and then all my plugins, bookmarks and settings will be here?
7) Anything else?
I'm so chuffed right now. It's so nice to use a smart and quick OS. I love the package manager thing as well. So easy to use. YEY!
OK all that works but my res isn't right. When I go to generic LCD, 1680 x 1050 and test it I get no display and I have to restart.
Envy is doing its thing at the moment. Hope it sorts the problem out.
Removable hardrives. How do I get them detected in Ubuntu when I plug them in?
Also my mouse. How do I configure the buttons? It's a Logitech MX1000. Would like to get the forward, back, application switch buttons working.
Removable hardrives. How do I get them detected in Ubuntu when I plug them in?
Also my mouse. How do I configure the buttons? It's a Logitech MX1000. Would like to get the forward, back, application switch buttons working.
My My Book seems to work fine now. Still a bit confused as to why hdds are picked up differently etc.
Some hdd questions:
1) My boot hdd with Vista and Ubuntu on it. From Ubuntu I cant see my windows user /users/tobes/. I assume it's hidden but Ctrl+H doesn't show it.
2) My second "stuff" hdd with just loads of crap on it. I can't access it because Ubuntu is telling me it's in hibernation from Windows. Well it's not. I have restarted Vista but it hasn't done anything. How do I get access to this drive?
3) Mounting. What's it all about?
4) I keep hearing that using Ubuntu to modify files on NTFS drives is bad and shouldn't be done. So I'm obviously going to need to change these drives to something Ubuntu likes... but how do I do that? Should I copy the data over to my My book, format the drive and change the file system to ext3 then copy the data over?
Non hdd related. Do I use the SU command in Ubuntu? If so what's the password? Is there anything I should change since installing to make it more secure?
Some hdd questions:
1) My boot hdd with Vista and Ubuntu on it. From Ubuntu I cant see my windows user /users/tobes/. I assume it's hidden but Ctrl+H doesn't show it.
2) My second "stuff" hdd with just loads of crap on it. I can't access it because Ubuntu is telling me it's in hibernation from Windows. Well it's not. I have restarted Vista but it hasn't done anything. How do I get access to this drive?
3) Mounting. What's it all about?
4) I keep hearing that using Ubuntu to modify files on NTFS drives is bad and shouldn't be done. So I'm obviously going to need to change these drives to something Ubuntu likes... but how do I do that? Should I copy the data over to my My book, format the drive and change the file system to ext3 then copy the data over?
Non hdd related. Do I use the SU command in Ubuntu? If so what's the password? Is there anything I should change since installing to make it more secure?
Excellent. One less hassle. Now just need to sort out read/write permissions.
So when I type su into the terminal and it asks for a password and mine doesn't work I should just ignore it and use sudo instead?
I just want to make it as secure as possible. That's a point. Linux doesn't NEED anti virus right?
So when I type su into the terminal and it asks for a password and mine doesn't work I should just ignore it and use sudo instead?
I just want to make it as secure as possible. That's a point. Linux doesn't NEED anti virus right?
Yeah I know. Always shutdown from the start menu ">". So I know it's shutting down.
I did this one and it removed around 100mb of stuff. Gnome closed and I had to restart. On boot I got this error "The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet".
Dunno what that is.
Cheers for your help though. Haven't booted into windows once today. Although I can't get uTorrent connecting to trackers under Wine and I love uTorrent so much.
EDIT: Oh and I don't have permissions to access internal hardrives or something like that. Any ideas?
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Pfft, I'm using mine to download Snuff!
Yeah now that's got you thinking about what kinda guy I am... lol.
Ok well I booted into Vista today to do some torrent stuff and check that it's working. Will boot back into Ubuntu in a sec. I have been using Evolution for my mail client as it's miles better than Thunderbird. I have my IMAP gmail account on it but for some reason Evolution isn't deleting mail from the server. It's just treating it like POP and downloading the messages then deleting them locally.
Yeah now that's got you thinking about what kinda guy I am... lol.
Ok well I booted into Vista today to do some torrent stuff and check that it's working. Will boot back into Ubuntu in a sec. I have been using Evolution for my mail client as it's miles better than Thunderbird. I have my IMAP gmail account on it but for some reason Evolution isn't deleting mail from the server. It's just treating it like POP and downloading the messages then deleting them locally.
I'm bumping this up to give you guys a update.
I stopped using ubuntu as effects, videos etc just didn't play well with my gfx card.
Today I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 X64. I removed splash from the line and I have installed it fine.
After install it reboots as it should. Only I am presented with the same black screen and blinking keyboard lights as I get when "splash" is in the boot line.
I have found out how to edit the boot perimeters and I removed splash from the line but still no luck.
After more searching I have found this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/86666
If you have the time read through it. As a novice I can just about understand some of it but I just get lost. What annoys me is this bug was posted over a year ago. I understand it may be something which can't be fixed because of ATI drivers but it just seems to stupid that there is no fix which I can see.
They seem to say something about changing VGA... I'm using DVI though so have no idea if that makes the problem worse.
Hope someone can help. I actually miss Ubuntu lol.
Thanks,
Tobes
I stopped using ubuntu as effects, videos etc just didn't play well with my gfx card.
Today I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 X64. I removed splash from the line and I have installed it fine.
After install it reboots as it should. Only I am presented with the same black screen and blinking keyboard lights as I get when "splash" is in the boot line.
I have found out how to edit the boot perimeters and I removed splash from the line but still no luck.
After more searching I have found this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/86666
If you have the time read through it. As a novice I can just about understand some of it but I just get lost. What annoys me is this bug was posted over a year ago. I understand it may be something which can't be fixed because of ATI drivers but it just seems to stupid that there is no fix which I can see.
They seem to say something about changing VGA... I'm using DVI though so have no idea if that makes the problem worse.
Hope someone can help. I actually miss Ubuntu lol.
Thanks,
Tobes