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Martin Hope
Roman
Asked: 2018-04-14 23:43:47 +0800 CST
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I have recently installed Ubuntu but could not load it. By searching on Interned I found a solution which works for me but I do not understand it. The solution is taken from here.

In more detail, while I load Ubuntu, I get into a menu which asks me what I want to do. At this point I press e. After that I get a screen with some text where I replace quiet splash by nomodeset and then I press F10. After that Ubuntu loads.

Now, my questions are:

  1. What exactly am I doing? Why does it help?
  2. Can I do something to avoid doing these steps each time I when I wont to load Ubuntu?
boot nomodeset
Martin Hope
Roman
Asked: 2018-04-09 09:30:54 +0800 CST
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I have just installed Ubuntu using ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso. I had Endless OS on my lepton and I decided to overwrite it by Ubuntu.

Now, when I start my laptop, I first see "acer" logo, then, for a second I see a purple screen and then black screen.

What can I do to bring my new laptop back to the operational state?

system-installation
Martin Hope
Roman
Asked: 2013-03-21 01:46:28 +0800 CST
  • 32

In Unity there is a Launcher on the left. One can easily change settings so that it hides automatically and appears only if the mouse cursor hits the left border of the screen (this is what I did).

Today, I pressed some button accidentally and the panel appears again and stays there. The main problem is that it covers the left parts of all my applications (for example terminal, so I cannot type in my terminal if it is maximized).

I tried to change the behavior in System Settings (the same window where I changed the background of the screen, but it has no effect).

unity
Martin Hope
Roman
Asked: 2011-02-26 02:17:39 +0800 CST
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I want to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 operation system.

During installation I have three options:

  1. Install alongside the existing OS.
  2. Remove everything and install Ubuntu.
  3. Manual partitioning (advanced).

The above list is not precise (I do not remember what exactly was written there and I just write options as I have understood them).

I know that option 2 is not mine. So, I need to choose either 1 or 3. I do not know which one I need to choose. I want to have a possibility to manually specify space assigned to Windows and Ubuntu (for example 40% for Windows and 60% for Ubuntu).

I chose the 1st option and I saw a window with the following information.

Allocate drive space by dragging the drive bellow.
File (48.1 GB)             Ubuntu
/dev/sda2 (ntfs)           /dev/sda3 (ext4)
286.6 GB                   241.7 GB

2 small partitions are hidden, use the advanced partitioning tool for more control.

[use entire partition]     [use entire disk]

                                         [Quit]   [Back]   [Install Now]

My problem is that I do not understand what I see. In particular I can press [use entire partition] or [use entire disk] and I do not know what is the difference. Moreover, as far as I understand, I can even press [Install Now] without pressing one of the two above mentioned buttons. So, I have 3 options. What is the difference between them?

The most important thing for me is not to delete the old operation system with all the data stored there.

installation