Ubuntu 10.10

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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #41Show comment toolsReply

  noxide

  thanks for the reply arduino, however i did the upgrade from within ubuntu 10.4 itself through the update manager. Everything seems to go ok, seems like it just boots to a blank desktop. When i try to boot into the recovery mode i get a cursor then , but nothing else.
  I will try Ctrl+Alt+f2 (since Ctrl+Alt+del works , this should) but what should i do after? I'm guessing maybe it's the unity interface my laptop does not like? how would i get it to just load a normal kde or gnome desktop?

  
  
  Noxie, sorry for taking so long to get back, does this device have a Nvidia/ATI card? I'll see what I can do, though you can get help via the Ubuntu Forums or on IRC.
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #42Show comment toolsReply

  noxide

  thanks for the reply arduino, however i did the upgrade from within ubuntu 10.4 itself through the update manager. Everything seems to go ok, seems like it just boots to a blank desktop. When i try to boot into the recovery mode i get a cursor then , but nothing else.
  I will try Ctrl+Alt+f2 (since Ctrl+Alt+del works , this should) but what should i do after? I'm guessing maybe it's the unity interface my laptop does not like? how would i get it to just load a normal kde or gnome desktop?

  
  
  The register forum has a post which mentions something similar.
  
  Could you be suffering from the problem described in this forum? Post says
  
  Re: Aspire One 150 - 10.10b - HW Failed
  Turned out it was the famous Acer black screen of death - a bios corruption triggered by the drive partitioning. Fixed by ...
  
  http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/08/acer-aspire-one-bios-recovery.html
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago1 Like #43Show comment toolsReply

  wait, this seems to be it, work around provided, let me know how you get on:
  
  Unity Bug
  
  

  noxide

  thanks for the reply arduino, however i did the upgrade from within ubuntu 10.4 itself through the update manager. Everything seems to go ok, seems like it just boots to a blank desktop. When i try to boot into the recovery mode i get a cursor then , but nothing else.
  I will try Ctrl+Alt+f2 (since Ctrl+Alt+del works , this should) but what should i do after? I'm guessing maybe it's the unity interface my laptop does not like? how would i get it to just load a normal kde or gnome desktop?
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  u04217932 years, 7 months ago1 Like #44Show comment toolsReply

  I’m running 10.10 on my Acer Aspire One A110 from an external USB hard drive, and have been for the past year or so when it used to be 9.10 then 10.04, and then over a month ago I did a distro upgrade to 10.10 alpha and here we are now with the release. Generally no problems with it, but admittedly it does spend the majority of its time being a digital photo frame into an old spare external TFT monitor apart from at night when a cron job shuts the monitor down.
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #45Show comment toolsReply

  u0421793

  I’m running 10.10 on my Acer Aspire One A110 from an external USB hard drive, and have been for the past year or so when it used to be 9.10 then 10.04, and then over a month ago I did a distro upgrade to 10.10 alpha and here we are now with the release. Generally no problems with it, but admittedly it does spend the majority of its time being a digital photo frame into an old spare external TFT monitor apart from at night when a cron job shuts the monitor down.

  
  
  Nice one, glad to hear it's working out for you.
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  noxide2 years, 7 months ago #46Show comment toolsReply

  arduino

  wait, this seems to be it, work around provided, let me know how you get on:
  
  Unity Bug
  
  

  noxide

  thanks for the reply arduino, however i did the upgrade from within ubuntu 10.4 itself through the update manager. Everything seems to go ok, seems like it just boots to a blank desktop. When i try to boot into the recovery mode i get a cursor then , but nothing else.
  I will try Ctrl+Alt+f2 (since Ctrl+Alt+del works , this should) but what should i do after? I'm guessing maybe it's the unity interface my laptop does not like? how would i get it to just load a normal kde or gnome desktop?

  
  
  Hey, that fix sorted it out for me , Thanks for the help!! :D
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  rob5852 years, 7 months ago #47Show comment toolsReply

  arduino

  rob585

  seems my problem was the universal usb installer....i tried to build the usb bootable stick with that and it did not work. i then used a programme called unetbootin but had to change the image file to an older version as the new universal usb installe does not cover 10.10.....anyway eventually managed to get a pre-view of how it looks and feels.......first impressions not too good, would not load any drivers for wireless card and could not play simple avi files....im sure if i install it fully it maybe better but first impressions are not that good..but will keep any eye on the progress..

  If you're "trying ubuntu" by booting a CD or USB it can't install drivers. Much like if you boot windows, it can't install drivers without installation.

  
  
  Ah i did not know that....if i install it along side windows 7 can i remove it if i dont like it (easily that is..LOL)...Thanks
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #48Show comment toolsReply

  noxide

  Hey, that fix sorted it out for me , Thanks for the help!! :D

  
  
  Cool, glad that worked out :D
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #49Show comment toolsReply

  rob585

  Ah i did not know that....if i install it along side windows 7 can i remove it if i dont like it (easily that is..LOL)...Thanks

  
  
  Hey rob585,
  
  I think you'd benefit from using Ubuntus Wubi installer which lets you install Ubuntu from within Windows. You can also use the app to uninstall Ubuntu.
  
  Hope this is of some help.
  
  Cheers
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #50Show comment toolsReply

  People may also be interested in this short blog post:
  
  10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
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  u04217932 years, 7 months ago1 Like #51Show comment toolsReply

  Not a very realistic list. I’d have thought number one would be make a cup of tea.
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #52Show comment toolsReply

  u0421793

  Not a very realistic list. I’d have thought number one would be make a cup of tea.

  
  Good idea, That should be step zero ;)
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  rob5852 years, 7 months ago #53Show comment toolsReply

  ok so i installed ubuntu...process seemed painless...partioned drive for install so lost 20gigs, finalized then asked me to restart after removing media that i installed it from.....so far so good i thought...restarted computer and hey presto windows vista?????
  So how do i get ubuntu to load as all i seemed to have done is lost 20gb from my hard drive and no ubuntu.....??
  Thanks
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #54Show comment toolsReply

  rob585

  ok so i installed ubuntu...process seemed painless...partioned drive for install so lost 20gigs, finalized then asked me to restart after removing media that i installed it from.....so far so good i thought...restarted computer and hey presto windows vista?????
  So how do i get ubuntu to load as all i seemed to have done is lost 20gb from my hard drive and no ubuntu.....??
  Thanks

  
  
  You need to select which OS to boot when you power on:
  
  How do I select whether to run Windows or Ubuntu?
  
  With windows boot manager I think the default timeout is 3 seconds, so don't blink ;) Use the cursor keys to select which OS to boot. Let me know how you get on.
  
  Cheers
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  spobby2 years, 7 months ago #55Show comment toolsReply

  Might just get this running on my dell mini.
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  rob5852 years, 7 months ago #56Show comment toolsReply

  arduino

  rob585

  ok so i installed ubuntu...process seemed painless...partioned drive for install so lost 20gigs, finalized then asked me to restart after removing media that i installed it from.....so far so good i thought...restarted computer and hey presto windows vista?????So how do i get ubuntu to load as all i seemed to have done is lost 20gb from my hard drive and no ubuntu.....??Thanks

  You need to select which OS to boot when you power on:How do I select whether to run Windows or Ubuntu?With windows boot manager I think the default timeout is 3 seconds, so don't blink ;) Use the cursor keys to select which OS to boot. Let me know how you get on.Cheers

  
  
  But i dont actually get a choice of what operating system it just boots directly into windows..??
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #57Show comment toolsReply

  spobby

  Might just get this running on my dell mini.

  
  Nice one, let us know how you get on.
  Check out Ubuntu on the dell mini as well as the info in this thread and the Ubuntu website.
  
  Cheers
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #58Show comment toolsReply

  rob585,
  
  can you read this thread and follow the msconfig advice? Did you get any error messages while running wubi?
  
  Cheers
  

  
  Edited By: arduino on Oct 12, 2010 14:28: added last bit
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  spobby2 years, 7 months ago #59Show comment toolsReply

  arduino

  rob585,
  
  can you read this thread and follow the msconfig advice?
  
  Cheers

  
  
  was gonna check out mydellmini.com perhaps too , pretty decent stuff on there.
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  arduino2 years, 7 months ago #60Show comment toolsReply

  spobby

  was gonna check out mydellmini.com perhaps too , pretty decent stuff on there.

  
  
  Keep in mind that site doesn't seem to be up to date for 10.10, the ubuntu forums on the ubuntu site may be worth a look too.
  
  Cheers

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