Was fiddling with the eject settings on my laptop (didn't solve my problem, cd is still stuck in the drive no matter what i do), when I decided to reboot out of ubuntu and disable the drive altogether in the BIOS. Now almost as soon as the BIOS appear, everything goes black, though the computer is still clearly on. Help!
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posted by parkbench
on May 18, 2011 -
4 answers
I was using an old laptop as a low wattage seedbox at home and the internal HD just died. I was wondering if I could get it running without having to replace the drive, using a linux live disk, or something of the kind.
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posted by Siberian Mist
on May 12, 2011 -
5 answers
I have an Ubuntu server. It's a Dell PowerEdge with a PERC 6 RAID controller. I'm trying to get it to boot to a different drive, and grub doesn't seem to be cooperating - it appears to attempt to boot to the correct volume and partition and then bonks out when mounting /proc - what gives?
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posted by migurski
on Apr 28, 2011 -
21 answers
I'm trying to copy some windows files to an external USB drive so I can wipe the disk. I am doing this under Ubuntu Jaunty because it won't stay up in XP due to malware (not even long enough to scan the drive, but I'm don't need to repair the system. I just want to get some files off it.)
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posted by Obscure Reference
on Apr 23, 2011 -
13 answers
I have an old IBM Thinkpad T30-2366-21U 1.6 Ghz 256 Mb ram, came with Windows 2000 Pro SP4 which MS no longer supports. I wonder which Linux distro would be a good fit for this machine to get a little more useful life out of it. Thanks for your opinion.
posted by ackptui
on Apr 15, 2011 -
11 answers
I have a Linux laptop with an nvidia graphics card that is giving me headaches. Help me figure out what the deal is!
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posted by circular
on Apr 8, 2011 -
7 answers
Will installing a Linux Operating System onto an old Windows laptop fully erase the contents of the hard drive?
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posted by ElisaOS
on Apr 8, 2011 -
17 answers
I have multiple Ubuntu PCs in multiple rooms, each connected to individual HiFis. I want to be able to listen to my 150GB music collection from any of the PCs. BUT, I want to have a unified record of playcount, so, from each PC, I can access a "Not Recently Played" smart playlist that has been updated from all PCs. I'd also like to sync this Not Recenlty Played playlist with my Android phone. How can I do this?
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posted by prupert
on Apr 4, 2011 -
9 answers
Asking for a friend: "Netbook-ubuntu-linux-dual boot-newbie question: recently purchased a Toshiba NB310 netbook. Please recommend me a version of ubuntu to install."
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posted by oracle bone
on Mar 31, 2011 -
13 answers
Need help scheduling a unix task under Mac OS. Probably an easy question for those who understand such things.
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posted by Alaska Jack
on Mar 23, 2011 -
16 answers
Linux filter: I'm backing up my Home folder and preparing to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu flavor, 10.10. Presently running 10.04. I want to keep my settings for apps and reinstall my extra PPAs. Do I simply copy my old Home folder back in or do I have to do something special so I don't destroy the new install?
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posted by artof.mulata
on Mar 11, 2011 -
13 answers
I'm tasked with attempting to build a secure virtual appliance. Problem is, I'm trying to stop people from gaining root access to the appliance via single user mode. This leads to a need for disk encryption, any ideas on how to create encrypted disk that wouldn't require someone to put in a password (plug in usb, interact with the boot process) to boot and still be relatively secure?
posted by snuffaluffagus
on Mar 9, 2011 -
9 answers
Migration from Linux
to Windows. What do I need to know in order to make this bumpy transition smoother?
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posted by jaymzjulian
on Feb 13, 2011 -
17 answers
What hourly rate for a 10+ year UNIX (Linux) admin in Bay Area? This is for maybe 2-3 visits a month, each 3-4 hours in duration.
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posted by uhom
on Feb 9, 2011 -
6 answers
I have searched the web, the AskMe mind, and asked a couple of local LTSP experts about a good, printed resource that will take me step by step through setting up an Ubuntu server and eight to ten clients. I know where to find most if not all the install info online, which is where most experts have pointed me, but my mind works better if can can see it in a book. Suggestions?
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posted by beelzbubba
on Feb 3, 2011 -
3 answers
I have a
really weird Apache/PHP problem. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server, fairly typical webhosting setup. One of our sites returns 404s randomly through the day, typically late at night, but sometimes in the morning. It'll do this for an hour or two and then start working all on it's own. The other sites are fine.
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posted by signalnine
on Jan 29, 2011 -
9 answers
Looking for a laptop that will run Linux & Windows 7 without driver hassles. Budget ~$1k and under. Used would be ok. Must be able to install an SSD drive in it. Not a heavy gamer, but if it could run minecraft passably that would be a big bonus. Additional conditions and...
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posted by de void
on Jan 27, 2011 -
10 answers
I am an Ubuntu newbie in a mixed environment. I need to print from Ubuntu 10.10 to a Dell 1700 printer attached to an XP Pro PC. I've read reams of tips, tricks, forums, Google searches & past AskMes. I consider myself of above average user intelligence. Am I educated stupid?
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posted by beelzbubba
on Jan 21, 2011 -
8 answers
Linuxfilter: I need to run a linux distro -- any one -- via vmware player on an ancient laptop running XP. Please recommend!
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posted by swimmingly
on Jan 6, 2011 -
13 answers
How do I print Eastern European characters via card printer on a non-Windows server?
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posted by jillithd
on Jan 5, 2011 -
9 answers
I have been looking for an Ubuntu users group in New York, N.Y. Does anyone know of such a thing? That is - a group of users (with a few enlightened and charismatic geeks among them), for mutual support, learning, and troubleshooting.
(I'm not talking about learning Linux, now - just making the best of Ubuntu!)
Ubuntu is a beautiful thing, and when it 'just works', it just works. But often it...well, doesn't, and you have to find a workaround. The online Ubuntu community is great, but it would be nice to tear my hair out (and exult in my occasional success) among flesh-and-blood people.
posted by ferkit
on Jan 3, 2011 -
9 answers
I want is an eBook reader that will allow me to get books from my county's library system (via Overdrive), download them to my Linux machine, and send them over to said eBook reader.
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posted by Lucinda
on Dec 27, 2010 -
5 answers
Have an existing install of REDHAT on a first partition, I have created a second partition and am trying to use GRUB to install a second OS (happens to be another version of redhat). Please help, or ask for more details if needed. From the GRUB command line how do I make it install on a selected partition.
posted by samuel1613
on Dec 17, 2010 -
7 answers
Linux Question: KDE, Gnome, keeping things seperate, the future etc. (Ubuntu/Fedora).
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posted by rosswald
on Dec 16, 2010 -
12 answers
How do you change the appearance of the in-window chrome on gnome-terminal? Specifically, when you have multiple tabs open, there are a few extra pixels around the edge that I'd like to do away with. Is this thing configurable? Is there a different xterm app I could use on Easy Peasy 1.6 (based on Ubuntu Lucid) that has less chrome but still offers tabs?
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posted by Mars Saxman
on Dec 2, 2010 -
4 answers
Can you help me find a smartphone to give my dad for Christmas? All his colleagues seem to have gotten iPhones. He is somewhat of a Linux geek tough, so I'm thinking a phone more in that spirit.
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posted by CelebrenIthil
on Dec 2, 2010 -
17 answers
I just purchased a Dell Vostro 3700, and the nVidia card won't work under linux.
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posted by chundo
on Dec 1, 2010 -
7 answers
Help me install Ubuntu Linux 10.04 on an old laptop that's long in the tooth but generally functional. Some challenges within.
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posted by intermod
on Nov 28, 2010 -
14 answers
Linux and streaming video- I'm on
Peppermint One OS, and I can't get full screen streaming video without it getting all stutter-y and stupid. Help me out with a workaround or recommend another Linux OS.
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posted by yeloson
on Nov 24, 2010 -
28 answers
Advice and encouragement, please, on jumping the rest of the way into Linux. Several specific issues inside, but the gist is that I got fed up with Windows and started dual-booting Ubuntu 10.10 on several machines. Now I think I'm ready to make Ubuntu my permanent all-the-time OS. What are considerations and best practices I should consider? What am I not thinking of?
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posted by Mngo
on Nov 22, 2010 -
16 answers
How can I make iptables redirect a tcp port to a server listening only to localhost (127.0.0.1)?
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posted by cowmix
on Nov 21, 2010 -
8 answers
I'm seeing "No space left on device" errors on a Ubuntu (standard LAMP stack) Virtual Private Server, to which I have root access via SSH. df -i reports no shortage of iNodes, but df -h reports Size = 9.5G, Used = 869M, Avail = 0, Use% = 100%. I'm not so good at math, but those numbers don't seem to add up. I've found no reports of such errors with similar disk space reports on Google, and my usual avenues of online support have not been helpful.
posted by The Confessor
on Nov 12, 2010 -
18 answers
Looking for a cheap, durable,
cheap, reliable,
CHEAP laptop (prefer NOT netbook). Thinking Refurbished or Re-certified??? details inside.
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posted by DetonatedManiac
on Nov 9, 2010 -
18 answers
I listen to a lot of music. I also just have a lot of music that I have laying around on my computer waiting to be listened to that never does. There's also a lot of music that I want to have that I never really get around to buying/downloading. How can I organize my listening to make sure all my music gets some love?
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posted by azarbayejani
on Nov 4, 2010 -
22 answers
I am a stupid Linux user: I was cleaning up my netbook's hard drive and somehow trashed keyboard & mouse support.
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posted by Mutant
on Oct 21, 2010 -
7 answers
