I had one drive with Windows 8.1, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.04. The windows was installed on different partition.
Then, I connect a SSD drive and install Windows 10 and format the Windows 8.1 partition. I have a USB with Ubuntu installation.
Could anyone tell what should I do in order to get the grub menu back and be able to choose which operating system to start?
I have install Google Drive using this nice tutorial. The issue is the folder is synchronized.
If I choose Sync Now option, a synchronization is started and after few seconds a message is displayed that it finished, but the folder on my Ubuntu machine is still empty:
If I Open Google Drive on the web I am seeing the files.
Could anyone advice?
I am upgrading from 14.10 to 15.04 but something goes wrong. The process has stopped. I guess I must accept something or agree with something but I am not able to see what exactly.
I try pressing tab, shift, control + shift and enter but nothing changed. I am not able to expand the terminal window, too.
Should I restart the PC and run the upgrade again?
I have try installing both 14.04.02 and 14.10 but the installation stuck here:
when I hit on the Continue button. I have try all variants (checked/unchecked Downloading updates while installing and Install this third-party software).
I have never had such issues with previous Ubuntu versions.
I have update the 14.04.01 to 14.04.02 and now I am not able to log in in the GUI using my account (only guest session GUI is available) - I am not getting any errors, just a short black screen flash.
I have opened the terminal, log with my account and perform the following commands (I have found them as being solutions in similar questions) but nothing changed:
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx /home/gotqn
sudo reboot
and
sudo rm /home/gotqn/. Xauthority*
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xorg
sudo reboot
and
chown -R gotqn:gotqn /home/gotqn
sudo reboot
and
sudo apt-get-install ubuntu-session //it was the latest version
sudo reboot
Could you advice what to try?
I have a deskop PC here running Ubuntu 14.04 and observer very long start up time - about 5 minutes.
If the Ubuntu is already started and I restarted it, it takes about 30 seconds to load. So the issue is connected only with OS start after the PC is shut down.
What is going on:
As I have known, this started when the PC power supply was changed. I have no idea if the man who changed it changed the BIOS settings, too.
Could anyone help me idendity if this is a BIOS settings issue, new hardware issue or OS issue?
There are a lot of answers and tutorials how to fix this but I was not able to apply any of the solutions in my case.
Here is my situation:
I have usb stick with 14.04 and working 12.04 so I am able to apply fixes or debug further.
Running sudo grub-update gives me:
> Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image:
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-52-generic Found initrd image:
> /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-52-generic Found linux image:
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-46-generic Found initrd image:
> /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-46-generic Found linux image:
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-45-generic Found initrd image:
> /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-45-generic Found linux image:
> /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic Found initrd image:
> /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic Found memtest86+ image:
> /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (14.04) on /dev/sda6
> done
One of the solution I have try was to press e on the grub menu and replace the ID with /dev/sda6, but nothing change.
What is causing the issue and is there an easy way to fix the grub using the 12.04?
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-52-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-52-generic
}
--
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-52-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-52-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-52-generic
--
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-46-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-46-generic
}
--
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-46-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-46-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-46-generic
--
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-45-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-45-generic
}
--
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-45-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-45-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-45-generic
--
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
}
--
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d
echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=0970394e-13f2-47c9-979e-c93cb6eef06d ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
--
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-30-generic root=UUID=ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68 ro nomodeset quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-30-generic
}
--
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-30-generic root=UUID=ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68 ro nomodeset quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-30-generic
}
--
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-30-generic root=UUID=ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68 ro recovery nomodeset nomodeset
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-30-generic
}
--
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68 ro nomodeset quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
}
--
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=ee707b14-31a7-4f86-a6e5-1b9aa38bdd68 ro recovery nomodeset nomodeset
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
}
I want to install Ubuntu 14.04 on USB stick, then install some drivers and programs on it and use it when I need.
I have one USB stick with Ubuntu 14.04 that I have used to install the OS on other PCs. The second USB stick is USB 3.0. I have both of them plugged in my PC and boot from the first one.
During the installation I have formatted the USB 3.0 drive to Ext4 and install the OS on it. It took a long time (about 4 hours). Unfortunately, after restarting the PC and trying to boot from the USB 3.0 I am getting the following error:
error loading operating system
Also, I have Windows 8, Ubuntu 14.05 and Ubuntu 13.10 on my PC. I have restarted again hoping that he Ubuntu installed on the USB 3.0 will be found, but it had not been.
Could you tell what I am doing wrong?
The USB 3.0 is 8 GB.
I have been using 13.10 only but after two weeks ago needed to install 12.04 to. With the default guest account I am getting other bunch of accounts as you can see:
I have used to disable guest account when installing 13.10 but have no idea what are these alias and qmail accounts for?
Other issue is that each time I try to update my 12.04 from the Update Manager or with sudo apt-get install I am getting errors like this:
The hostname -f command returned: $1
Your system needs to have a fully qualified domain name (fqdn) in
order to install the var-qmail packages.
Installation aborted.
dpkg: error processing qmail (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of qmail-run: qmail-run depends on qmail (>= 1.06-2.1); however: Package qmail is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing qmail-run (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing: qmail qmail-run E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Could you advice if it will be OK to disable these accounts and maybe try to delete this qmail stuff?
I have two computers with Ubuntu 12.04.4 and 12.04.2. The 12.04.2 is set up to request a password before login on start up.
When the PC is turn on I am able to connected to the 12.04.2 from 12.04.4 using SSH but if the 12.04.2 is restarted I am not able to connect.
I guess this is because the user is not log in yet in 12.04.2.
Is there a way to connect to the PC if it is restarted and the user is not yet log in?
I have two computers with Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.10 both desktop versions. On the 12.04 I have opened terminal and process running in it. The process is displaying some states information and allows changing some setting on the fly. So, I want to access the 12.04 from the other PC and manage the process.
I have successfully connected to the PC using SSH, but I was not able to find how to see the process in the terminal.
The AMD Catalyst™ 13.12 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver can be used with Ubuntu 12.04.2 and 13.04 and the 14.1 Beta version can be used with Ubuntu 12.04.3 and 13.10.
Since, the beta version is known to have a lot of issues, I need to use the stable driver. Unfortunately, it is not working with 13.10 as it said in the documentation.
So, I need to download and install 12.04.2 and disable future updates to 12.04.3 for example.
How I can do this when the version of the Ubuntu that can be downloaded from the official website is 12.04.4 and how can I prevent update to next builds?
I have installed on my computer both Ubuntu 13.10 and Windows 8 and lately noticed that while a large file is copied with 5-6 MB per second on Windows 8 its transferred with up to 80 MB per second on the Ubuntu 13.10.
What I am doing is downloading movies, copping them on a USB stick and watch them on my TV. So, because the speed on Ubuntu is better, a prefer to do the downloading and copying part using it.
The issue is so far, I have not successfully copy anything. I am using three different USB sticks formatted as NTFS and all copy operations are falling.
Firstly, the files are transferred but when I eject/inject the USB again, I get the following error:
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/gotqn/Joro: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/gotqn/Joro"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0). Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g. /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation for more details.
I have firstly thought that there might be something with the USB sticks themselves, so I have formatted them using gparted to NTFS again but nothing changes.
When I formatted the sticks on Windows 8 and copied the files, everything is OK.
How to fix this?
I have updated my Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 which I have believe cause Skype not to working properly.
For example on 13.04 it was working OK, it is still working on Windows 8 (so there is nothing wrong with my internet connection), but I get the following message each time I have try to send a message:
On hover of the sign I get "Message is not sent". This should be the case if I have not got internet connection or if the person to whom I am sending the message has not got. But this is not the case...
I have a 2 TB hard disk. I have installed Windows 8 in 200 GB space, and leave more 800 GB for it, formatted as NTFS.
My idea was to install the Ubuntu 13.04 in the left 1 TB.
The issue is that the Ubuntu installer is showing to me a 2 TB free space - it is not detecting that the hard drive has been already partitioned.
What should I do in order to achieve my goal and have Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8?
EDIT:
I have follow the advice below and open gparted in "try Ubuntu" mode. It gives me the following question with 'yes/no' options:
/dev/sda contains GPT signatures indicating that it has a GPT table.
However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted - possible by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps, you deleted the GPT
table, and are now using un msdos partition table. Is this a GPT
partion table?
I want to install the 64 bits version of Firefox - Waterfox on Ubuntu 12.04 system. Since the browser is not available in the software center and I was not able to find any examples of installing it I want to know has anyone do this?
Please,provide more installation details since I am Linux user for few weeks only.
I want to move some files from my PC to Nexus 7. The tablet is connected to my PC's USB port and it is successfully charging. Unfortunately, the PC is not detecting the devices - what I expected is to be shown the Nexus 7 tablet as external devices (like my USB flash memory).
As the tablet is connected to the my home internet network, I have checked if it will appear in the "Networks" section but it does not.
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Is there a easy way to connect the devices to my PC and move some information between them?
The following command:
$git config --global --list
gives me:
user.name=test user
user.name=gotqn
I want to remove the first name. I referred to this article and have done the following commands but without any result:
git config --global --remove-section user.name='test user'
git config --global --remove-section user.name="test user"
git config --global --remove-section user.name=test user
git config --global --remove-section user.name
git config --global --remove-section test user
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and
git version
gives me
git version 1.7.9.5
Please, help on this, because I want to try to save my project using git, but do not want to exec the command with 'test user' name.
I have read topics of people that what to style their compiz sphere like a planet and set a background image like space.
It definitely very good idea, but I have not been able to find a tutorial of how this is done (only some clips in youtube of people who have done this and a plugin, but it is not known to work work 12.04 version of Ubuntu).
I have set my settings of compiz manager, so I have a sphere now, but I need some help with the images that I need to set. Has anyone idea how these pictures should be created and who the compiz will concatenate them?
EDIT:
One of the answers here is showing how to set different images on each work space on Ubuntu 12.04 - Is it possible to have a different background for each workspace?
What is left are the images - maybe someone will offer a way how to generate them?
I ask this question in SuperUser but no one helps me. I hope to get more attention here.
I have three computers connected in one network by modem. I want to share files in this network in the most easy way (I have read about solutions using Samba).
So, I have three machines:
and I have the following situation:
Is there to fix this situation a little bit - at least to enable the file sharing between the Ubuntu and Windows 7 PCs or I should choose a different approach (please advice).