I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 working in prefect harmony on a dual boot system, where Win7 was the default OS. This was until I let Ubuntu upgrade itself to 11.04. Ever since that, the default OS is now Ubuntu. I entered Startup Manager from Ubuntu and changed the default to Win7, but still - effectively whenever I reboot Ubuntu starts up. When I enter Startup Manager again it seems as if Win7 is the default...
What should I do?
I connected my laptop to my LCD. Using the laptop display hotkey I can switch between different modes - only laptop monitor on, only LCD monitor on, both on and display the same view, both on and the desktop is stretched (divided).
But, I'm looking for something else - I would like to have two workspaces, one visible on the laptop monitor and the other on the LCD.
Is that possible?
I got a new Asus EEE PC 1015PEM with 2GB RAM and a 250GB HD.
After playing with the netbook edition a little, I would like to install the desktop edition I'm used to. In addition to Ubuntu partition(s), I would like to have one separate partition for data (documents, music, etc.), so I could try other OSs in the future without losing the data.
What partition scheme would you recommend? I usually like to let the installation do it by itself, but when I try to that I can only use the entire disk, so I don't get the desired data partition.
I wish there was a way to see the recommended default partitioning scheme, then just tweak it a bit to fit your needs (instead of building one from scratch).
So, how would you recommend I partition my HD? Please be specific since I never manually partitioned before.
Thanks!
I just got my Asus EEE PC 1015PEM netbook with Windows 7 starter... obviously, I'd like to install Ubuntu (not sure yet if I'd like to dual boot or completely remove win7).
Anyway, I never had a netbook before. I know about unity but heard some bad stuff about it, so I wonder if I might be better sticking to the desktop edition. What do you think? any recommendations?
Also, should I use the 32 bit or 64 bit version?
I can mount my remote server home using:
mount servername:/home /mnt/home
but this only lasts until reboot.
I added the following the the end of /etc/fstab:
servername:/home /mnt/home
but I get an error while restarting saying mount failed. I opened the (recovery?) console as suggested by the error message, there I could see the server is not recognized. I also tried pinging its IP but it was unreachable. Perhaps this is because we're using a proxy?
So, what can I do to mount this location permanently?
I was following the instructions but got this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freenx-team
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F3A662B57D580D3A2E98E5152A8E3034D018A4CE
gpg: requesting key D018A4CE from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
?: keyserver.ubuntu.com: Connection timed out
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Connection timed out
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
UPDATE
Apparntley this was a proxy issue. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/443404. I solved it by:
$ sudo http_proxy=http://myproxy:8080 add-apt-repository ppa:freenx-team
and continued following the instructions. Now I have another problem:
$ sudo /usr/lib/nx/nxsetup --install
------> It is recommended that you use the NoMachine key for
easier setup. If you answer "y", FreeNX creates a custom
KeyPair and expects you to setup your clients manually.
"N" is default and uses the NoMachine key for installation.
Do you want to use your own custom KeyPair? [y/N]
/usr/lib/nx/nxsetup: line 140: .: filename argument required
.: usage: . filename [arguments]
Setting up ...mkdir: missing operand
Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
Well, the title is pretty much it.
When I start my system I always get the same user on the login screen (this is the original user created when the system was first installed). How can I change that so I won't have to type in the actual username I use everyday each time?
I installed the Adobe Flash plugin from the software center. Installation took a long and never finished.
After a reboot the package is marked as installed but Firefox still says its missing this plugin. I tried uninstalling it from the software center but it just says 'removing" for ever.
What can I do?
UPDATE
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I guess it's because it's still being "removed" (although the software center window is closed).
UPDATE 2
After a reboot:
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
UPDATE 3
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.1.85.3ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
--2010-10-17 11:18:31-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.88.33
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers.
Retrying.
--2010-10-17 11:21:41-- (try: 2) http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers.
Retrying.
--2010-10-17 11:22:04-- (try: 3) http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers.
Retrying.
--2010-10-17 11:22:52-- (try: 4) http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
And I guess it will keep on...
UPDATE 4
Seems like this is related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/661979?comments=all
UPDATE 5
I tried removing it first then install again using apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 188kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 120250 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-installer ...
$ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
xulrunner-1.9 firefox-3.0 konqueror-nsplugins msttcorefonts
ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/20.0kB of archives.
After this operation, 188kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package flashplugin-installer.
(Reading database ... 120229 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flashplugin-installer (from .../flashplugin-installer_10.1.85.3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up flashplugin-installer (10.1.85.3ubuntu1) ...
Downloading...
--2010-10-17 11:26:48-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Resolving archive.canonical.com... 91.189.88.33
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection reset by peer) in headers.
Retrying.
--2010-10-17 11:27:34-- (try: 2) http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_10.1.85.3.orig.tar.gz
Connecting to archive.canonical.com|91.189.88.33|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
I guess it's also a matter of personal taste, but since I'm starting with a fresh 10.10 install I thought maybe this time I'll keep my system more organized.
What is/are the conventional place(s) to store software and applications?
I have some stuff I get using git (e.g. bioperl), there are some apps I simply download and extract to some place (e.g. eclipse) and obviously I install software using apt-get.
Where is the conventional place to put all of these?
I have used 10.04 for a while using the wubi installation with Windows XP.
I then uninstalled it and gave Fedora 13 a try (on its own partitions).
Now I would like to completely get rid of Fedora and install ubuntu 10.10 (not using the wubi, but the real thing this time), so I will have a dual boot with my XP.
What's the best way to do that?
The only caveat is that I don't have the XP CD in hand (I know it's needed sometimes to run fixmbr from recovery console to get rid of grub). I can ask for the CD from our admin but it would take a couple of days.
After I add a user using adduser, I can't see it via System > Administration > Users and Groups unless I log out and then log in again. Is that normal?
Also, can I set a newly added user as a sudoer or do I have to change that only after adding it? How can I do that via the shell?
Finally, can I delete the original user that was created upon initial installation of Ubuntu, or is this user somehow 'special'?
I'm about to do a fresh install of 10.10 Desktop on my work PC.
I previously had 10.04 and I had the /home of our main server mounted to /mnt/home. I remember back then I had to change my local user id to match that used on the id of my user on the remote server, so I will have the correct permissions to all my files.
My question is whether I can set this id during the setup or must I do it post installation (effectively changing the automatically assigned id).
Also, is that the best practice to work on a mounted location or is there anything more elegant?
When I shutdown/restart get a black (shell-like) full-screen with some large text saying stuff like:
ubuntu 10.10 [129.171175] Restarting system. eco
nds ... [OK]
...
Unmounting weak filesystems ... [OK]
will now restart
Then nothing happens and I have to physically hit the reset button.
I installed ubuntu 10.04 using wubi. I now wish to allocate more disk space to my ubuntu install. Is this possible?