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Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2014-05-30 22:53:55 +0800 CST
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I'd like to know what are the proper steps to have a working dual boot configuration which would allow me to have an SSD drive with an Ubuntu install, and an HDD drive with a Windows install. I can't seem to find these steps anywhere.

I think I have to use UEFI but please advise. Also note that it's ok with me to format both drives before going forward.

Thanks a bunch!

dual-boot
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2014-01-09 15:29:24 +0800 CST
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I hope you can help pointing me in the right direction with this.

I currently have a dual-boot setup (I don't use Windows much, but i need it sometimes). I want to install an ssd drive in place of the dvd drive - and keep my current HDD.

When I proceed with the installation of Ubuntu on my new ssd, will GRUB recognise the operating systems on the hdd? Where will grub be installed?

Thanks for reading :)

grub2
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2013-10-19 16:32:56 +0800 CST
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After a 13.10 upgrade which seems otherwise allright, I am experiencing some delay and unresponsiveness when clicking on menus in the global bar. This happens on two computers of mine, both upgraded to 13.10. I am wondering if, before going through a clean install, there is something I can try (like trashing some preference or uninstalling some package). I know it's nearly impossible for anybody to know what my issue is - must be something I installed on both pcs, but what? - but maybe you can point me in the right direction. Thanks!

13.10
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2013-08-02 17:12:59 +0800 CST
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I've removed the USB key while the system was saying something like finishing writing, DO NOT REMOVE USB stick but I wasn’t looking at the screen so couldn't catch the on-screen warning.

Now I have a stuck folder in my drive. If I try to delete it I get an input/output error in Nautilus. The stick seems to work fine though.

Any advise on how to remove the folder? Need to format the stick?

nautilus
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2013-01-06 04:52:27 +0800 CST
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I'm having the following issue on a fresh install of 12.10. Basically if I create a file in a folder through a software (say, GIMP, or Libre), and I have Nautilus open as well, I don't see the file appearing in Nautilus. I have to close Nautilus, or switch to another folder and then switch back to the first folder... make sense?

I'm not sure where to look/what to do to fix.

Alex

nautilus
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2012-10-25 12:40:53 +0800 CST
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I have signed up with Ubuntu One (20GB) and I'm having the following issue:

I basically cannot add folders through the panel interface. I have been able to add five folders so far, but I'd like to add some more (yes, they are inside the home folder). I don't get no errors, but nothing is added to the folders list.

By using the command line interface like this

 u1sdtool --create-folder /home/alex/Web

it basically hangs. Nothing happens. If I then list the folders with command line, my folder is not there.

Any idea?

(I'm on 12.10)

ubuntu-one
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2012-04-18 01:51:43 +0800 CST
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I've been having issues with my interface (messed up colors, menus, and so on). i have deleted the .gnome folder, .gconf, .gconfd.

Some issues are still there especially with ambiance theme, I could get it fixed by installing some alternative ambiance themes (ambiance-blue, ambiance-red, etc).

The issue that I cannot fix yet is the color of dialogue windows' text. the background is grey, the text is white. Where can I find such setting?

Messed up dialogues

unity
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2012-04-05 02:11:29 +0800 CST
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I have a corrupted Ambiance theme... the background of the top menus is grey :( i must have done some fiddling...

If i choose another theme, it seems to work fine, but I want Ambiance :D what do you think i could try?

I already tried downloading ambiance again, but same issue happens. I tried to download gnome color chooser, but it doesn't do nothing, so i guess maybe i can change something else... but where?

Here's a screenshot:

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ambiance
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2012-02-23 01:17:54 +0800 CST
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My GIMP is not opening any more, after trying to upgrade to 2.7 (I added the PPA to do that).

I got an error when trying to upgrade that said some dependencies couldn't be solved.

So I removed the PPA, removed GIMP altogether, and reinstalled the standard GIMP... installation went ok but now it won't open. How can I troubleshoot it?

Invoking gimp in a Terminal gives:

gimp: error while loading shared libraries: libbabl-0.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
gimp
Martin Hope
akmur
Asked: 2011-11-18 01:53:42 +0800 CST
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I have to install Sphinx on my Ubuntu 11.10 for it to work on a ruby app.

I managed to install it through synaptics, however when I run my sphinx (rake ts:rebuild) I get an error message saying:

Sphinx cannot be found on your system. You may need to configure the following
settings in your config/sphinx.yml file:
* bin_path
* searchd_binary_name
* indexer_binary_name

I guess I just need to edit the sphinx.yml file with the right info but hey, I can't seem to find out where sphinx is. Any help?

rails