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Jun 25, 2010
I'm trying to get any Linux on my Compaq LTE 5200. The problem is that it dose not have a floppy, and will not boot from CD or Network. The distros I'm working with; Damn Small Linux, DSL-Not, Spri, Puppy, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu -mini, U-Lite, Watt, Crunch Bang (Lite), or DeLi.
I have a few other laptops that I can work with the HDD, and USB-HDD dongle. However, whenever I put the HDD back into the LTE 5200, I get all sorts of errors LiLo 99, GRUB 17, 2, 18.
How can I install on system {A}, to work on {B}? Is there a way to dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/hda1 so that it will boot? Other ideas? P.S. Not quite a "n00b", but did not know where to place this question.
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Oct 27, 2009
I am trying to install Fedora 11, but the monitor that I am using is only 640x480. When the window comes up to start the install, I cannot see any of the buttons or tabs for selecting the items. How can I adjust the resolution so that I can see the entire image in my screen?
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Nov 9, 2009
I am trying to install the latest release (5.4 64 bit) from DVD. I downloaded the torrent from here.My system is completely virgin - no OS has ever been installed on it. So I suppose somewhat fittingly, there is some resistance to my advances :).Details:Intel dual core 64 bit CPUASUS PK5KPL-AM main boardSATA HDDI am trying to boot from the DVD I burned from the downloaded ISO.
It boots up ok at first but when it comes to creating the partition it can't seem to find my HDD. I get the following error:An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem.Can anyone please suggest a way to troubleshoot this? I realize the problem could be the hardware, but I would like to eliminate all other possibilities before taking the system back to the distributor for repair.
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Jun 23, 2010
After googling "Virgin wireless broadband"+Ubuntu I got two posts on seperate websites that advised changing APN to VirginBroadband from Virgininternet whcih I did and also followed the advice of one of the aforementioned posts to disable all Authentication Methods except PAP, I still haven't been able to connect although the machine is obviously trying to. So should I try enableing other Authentication Methods, or could it be a hardware or some other problem?
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Apr 27, 2010
I have just recently installed Open SUSE 11.2 from a CD I got from a Linux Magazine.Installed this fine as a dual-boot machine on my HP laptop.To access the Internet, I have normally used 2 ways:1. WIFI Connection via my home desktopUsing Netgear WG111v3 USB Adapter.2. Virgin Broadband USB Mobile Broadband stickI have no problem connecting this via my Windows Vista operating system.Somehow, under Open SUSE 11.2, this is a problem. 2. Virgin Broadband - I managed to get the Virgin Broadband icon of a mobile phone saying that it's connected and "Active" by keying in the number "*99#", username/password as blank and APN as VirginBroadband". However, when I launch Firefox browser, I couldn't get to any external Website even though the icon for the Virgin Broadband says that it's Active and connected.
So what's the problem ?1. WIFI Connectivity to Home Desktop WIFI - with this I have never never got any connection at all. It kept saying "Activating" and I have set up the connection and entered the WEP 128-bit paraphrase hex digits. I managed to scan and got the correct SSID and as I know they belong to my desktopI read somewhere that Netgear WG111v3 is not compatible with Open Suse 11.2 and will need to install the driver for this. So I did obtain the .INF file and installed ndiswrapper -i with the .inf file.. However, still not successful.I'm thinking of buying a Belkin USB Adapter which is in the list of compatible USB WIFI Adapter for Open Suse 11.2 - .. the 802.11g chipset.. as I couldn't get this to work
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Jun 12, 2011
Has anyone managed to get postfix working using virgin media as a relay?
is there any alternative if thats my ISP? they wont give out static IP
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Jun 15, 2010
I was wondering if there was Linux compatible software for Virgin Mobile's USB modem. Officially it's only compatible with Xp, Vista, and Mac OS X.
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Jan 23, 2010
I am attempting to connect to Virgin Broadband (Australia) pre-paid using a Huawei E160e modem in Ubuntu 9.10 UNR. I have setup the connection as per [URL].. including disabling CHAP and changing the APN as required in the thread. when I try to connect using the network manager, it disconnects straight away with the message "GSM Network disconnected". When examining the logs /var/log/daemon.log, I get the following information:
Code:
Jan 23 21:26:09 janet-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) starting connection 'Virgin Mobile'
Jan 23 21:26:09 janet-laptop NetworkManager: <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0)
Jan 23 21:26:09 janet-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Jan 23 21:26:09 janet-laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
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Apr 11, 2010
I can't get my sister new computer (she needs for work) to work with her mobile broadband dongle (details at bottom of post). The light on the dongle flashes green when plugged in, it recognises the connection in mobile broadband network connections, but won't connect (i checked connect automatically, it doesn't come up as an option in the top panel network thingy either.
Googled a solution that works for other people, not for me. The solution is for ubuntu 8.[URL].. I've been using Ubuntu for a year or so but not that experienced in fixing problems. The wifi and screen brightness settings are't working either but that isn't really a problem, assume it will get fixed in an update soon.
Samsung N210 Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 2 (updated from 9.10, dongle didn't work in 9.10 either) Virgin Media Mobile Broadband Dongle. TCT Mobile Ltd, One Touch X200S
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Jun 17, 2010
my HUAWEI E160E Virgin Mobile no longer works after upgrade to Lucid it is detected but the connection no longer works. I tried deleting the connection and trying again but the modem is not detected in network-manager. The modem was working when i was using Karmic and still works on my UNR Karmic Netbook. I have tried various methods but I have not been able to get it to work.
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Jul 10, 2011
i have a small compaq mini (with xp)which i would like to use as my linux education shuttle is there a way to install without cd
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Dec 18, 2010
I have no FD or DVD-Drive. But I do have a extra laptop HD with nothing on it. Can I install from the laptop HD to another HD? btw I am currently running windows on this HD.
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Jul 19, 2011
im trying to install ubuntu 11.4 onto an xp laptop with 3 partitions, c, d, e and i would like the 11.4 on the d partition but i get to the point where it says the partitioning thing but cant figure how to place it in the (d) ,
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Mar 30, 2010
I have a Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv5-1125nr laptop containing factory loaded Windows Vista. I have a lot of hard disk space on it and I wanna install Linux. But I don't know which version/distribution will work on this laptop.
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Jan 6, 2011
I have a linux server in a remote location. I have access to it only via putty. How do I install GUI on the linux server and view the GUI on my windows laptop?I installed KDE and when I type startx I get errors.
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Apr 12, 2011
I though I would be able to buy an Inspirion notebook form the USA.I had a long chat with DELL support in the USA who told me more or less that DELL has exhausted its supplies of Inspirion with Ubuntu... I was surprised. I spoke to the DELL supervisor who repeated more or less DELL was not working anymore with Ubuntu 12 April 2011 ...sad to hear that
Now I am looking for a Laptop like ASUS and may be a EEE PC. I need some addresses or link. I don't like the EEE PC coming with W7. Is there any other retailers selling the EEE PC without W7? I would like a Asus laptop but which one? same thing still with W7? Any solution for this problem in Australia to find a laptop with CD rom and wifi. I intend to do W-driving with Wifi laptop..
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May 1, 2011
1.Can I install Suse Linux and RHEL 5 on same system (Laptop)?
How many OS can I install in one laptop?
My laptop name in Compaq Presario CQ42-462TU i5 M460 2.53GHz 3GB RAM 320GB Hard Disk
2. Can I install 64bit RHEL 6 and 32 bit RHEL 5.5 on same laptop?
I have RHEL 6 installed on my laptop, but when I try to install Suse Linux after hitting installtion button it starts loading lernel but then it blacks out and stays there for years.
It also shows some ACPI error when I tried to install second LINUX OS .
3.What should I do? Should I change my newly brought laptop?
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Oct 15, 2010
I have just started with linux and have installed slackware 13 on my laptop - a Compaq Armarda. I need to install a wireless card and have a d-link dwa 125 usb adaptor. How do I install it?
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Mar 18, 2011
Explain me in detail step by step procedure to install ubuntu latest version in laptop.
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Mar 12, 2011
I have Fedora 14 on my old desktop,Thats it no other OS. Is there a way i can downlosd packages to usb on my vista laptop then install to my dasktop. you know things like mplayer and all the codes.
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Feb 20, 2011
I'm trying to install Fedora 14 on my netbook using a network PXE server on my laptop. I can see in the syslog, that initrd.img and vmlinuz get sent over tftp. The problem seems to be in my kernel parameters:
LABEL fedora14-EFI-boot-i386
kernel /images/fedora14-EFI-boot-i386/vmlinuz0
MENU LABEL fedora14-EFI-boot-i386
append initrd=/images/fedora14-EFI-boot-i386/initrd0.img ksdevice=bootif lang= kssendmac text ks=http://192.168.2.1/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/fedora14-EFI-boot-i386 selinux=0
ipappend 2
On booting up the netbook it can't find a root device. I'm not sure what to specify for the root= because I have deleted all the partitions on /dev/sda. I did this because originally it kept booting up the old OS, and I assumed there was a way to format the disk as part of the install. I'm stuck now and was hoping someone with more experience of bootloaders might be able to help. If possible I'd like to do this using the network rather than a usb.
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Mar 12, 2011
i am trying to install imageos on my old laptop buti can not figure out the password. i have tried a ton of them,
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Jun 1, 2010
I can't get WLAN or wireless drivers for my hp pavilon v5000 notebook
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Jun 21, 2010
I have sony vaio laptop which is vista preloaded. But I don't want windows vista and want to install ubuntu and windows xp on complete hard disk. Can I remove window vista completely? Will be any problem in future if I remove vista completely? And at last, is my laptop hardware vista completable and may give problem? I urgently want ubuntu and don't want virtual os as ubuntu...
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Jan 12, 2011
I am installing Ubuntu Server 10.10 on and old Dell Laptop. The network connection is an Xircom PCMCIA card.During install, the computer sees and interacts via the network just fine. For example, I can ping the gateway. Also, the command "lspcmcia" works and show the Xircom card.When I reboot, however, there is no network access, and the "lspcmcia" command is not there. When I try "lspcmcia" the OS helpfully tells me that I can "apt-get" pcmciautils, but, without network access, that fails.I tried adding the install cdrom to apt using "apt-cdrom" and then tried to "apt-get" pcmciautils and it got further, installing some dependencies, but acted like it still was unable to locate the pcmciautils package.
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Mar 16, 2011
I am using an HCL k38 pdc laptop and I am unable to boot KDE live cd of opensuse 11.4. The system boots to a graphical screen where a progress bar is shown. the progress bar proceeds to about 90% and then my system hangs. ALl I can see on my screen is that graphical image with suse logo and progress bar. Though my mouse works and I can move it all around the desktop but if I try pressing any key (CAPS/NUM LOCK/SCROLL LOCK) i dont see any LED notification for that. this concludes that the system is hanged.
Key board has no issue as I can use it in Windows.
I tried to boot the lice cd in text mode and it worked very fine from there I installed the system on to my HDD in dual boot mode with windows XP. But after installation when I boot opensuse from HDD it stucks at the same position.
I think this issue is with Nvidea graphics card as when the system boots I see an error message that says that the RAM has an address conflict with VGA ROM.
How can I use opensuse. I have even tried ubuntu 10.10 but it also hangs while booting or after booting. So far I have been able to manage only Sabayon Linux working on this machine however the ubuntu 9.10 was working on this system and it also started behaving similarly after I upgraded it to ubuntu 10.04.
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Oct 6, 2010
I downloaded the 6.06 version of xubuntu because i have a laptop that doesnt support high graphics mode, and i wasnt able to figure out how to get it to run in low graphics mode. i figured that i would get a version from a while back, and then update it up to the current version. now, to the problem. I was able to upgrade 6.10, but now it says Ubuntu version 8.04 available, so i tried to update it. it gets most of the way through the part where it says calculating or something like that, and then it says: "Can't install 'xubuntu-desktop' It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug." with an option that says close at the bottom. when i click close another window pops up that says: Could not calculate the upgrade A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
If none of this applies, then please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport. Then the window just closes... anything that i could do to get rid of this problem? EDIT: Is there any way to update directly from an .iso file on the desktop?
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Apr 29, 2011
For starters, I have a Dell E1505/6400.I had Win XP but it crashed my hard drive, so I installed Ubuntu. After that install, I decided I wanted to change to OpenSuse, so I downloaded the 4.6 Gig .iso file. Downloaded fine, and I burned in ImgBurn...no problems with it. So I popped the DVD into my laptop, hit F12 so I could boot from DVD drive, but the DVD isn't recognized. It goes straight into Ubuntu, and when Ubuntu starts up, it shows up as a blank DVD+R. (That was the 2nd time I burned it, the 1st DVD I burned had the same results.)
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Sep 12, 2010
how to install ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop but im a little caught up between using the wubi or full install heres my dilemma.I like the wubi but it doesn't support hibernation and from doing some reading it is not as stable and has some loss in performance.
The main issue I have with doing the full install is I'm a little concerned that making new partitions may screw up the recovery partition which I find really useful which lets me easily reformat my laptop without having to deal with all the drivers.So my real question here is twofold. Is there a way to still hibernate in wubi? And is the full install that much more stable and faster?Second should the recovery partition be ok if i later decide to start fresh again in the future?
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Feb 9, 2011
I want to install Fedora 64 bit to my laptop which has Win xp 32. Now I want to install a virtual machine on it.
What I need is what kind of software to be selected(Fedora and VM)?
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