I obtained this old tower from a relative, and she gave me the OS disk, but it came with two, "xubuntu 6.04" and "kubuntu 7.10". she thinks it xubuntu, but isnt really sure, but im going to say it is for now, back to the problem, when i boot up the computer it comes to a screen that looks like this.Type the password and -- press <ENTER> to leave password security enabled.-- press <CTRL><ENTER> to disable password security.Enter password:
I installed a couple of updates that the update manager said were important the other night and now I can't get past the default key ring password screen. Only the mouse works (USB); the keyboard has no response.I know the password but I just can't get the keyboard to work.
I'm in LiveCD (Natty) I blew up the OS. Can't get past login & password. 'Puter just hangs there. I'm going to do a clean install, but want to make a copy of my /home. I tried gksudo nautilus to copy all of /home to an external hard drive (via USB). It won't copy all, saying that I lack permissions. I've read about recursively copying, etc. and cannot make out the sequence I need. I must copy all that is in my /home and preserve all the links, dependencies, file and directory ownership permissions and also must get the command for copying them from the external hard drive if the clean install goes bad.
I am on xubuntu 11.04. I want to change password for one n only user that is myself. How to change password? At the time of installation of xubuntu i put very simple password but now it may cause trouble to keep simple password so i want to change it.
i installed Xubuntu on my system having a dual boot with Xubuntu and windows xp but when i select to boot on Xubuntu it freezes and gets a message saying that the file hal.dll in system32 cant be found. Before showing me this message i tryed to uninstall the Xubuntu inside from windows xp because several problems showed up after installing Xubuntu. I can boot on windows xp but i cant boot to xubuntu and cant uninstall xubuntu.
I downloaded xubuntu 11.04 for an IBM Laptop. I wanted to see what it was like but cannot get into live session as the desktop loads then switches to a login splash with 'Other', when clicked I am then taken to Username and Password before I can enter the Live Session. I have tried to click enter leaving it blank.
I installed Xubuntu 10.04 on my Dell laptop earlier, and all went well until I tried to finally login. A dull black screen is presented (I don't know if that's normal; I expected a pleasant splash screen haha). As a windows user, I can only explain it as looking like a command prompt. The first line asks me for my login (which is my first name). I type it in, press enter, and then it asks me for my password. The problem is, no matter what I press, nothing happens after that.
I was thinking of creating an extremely minimal version of Xubuntu using XFCE. I have a Dell Mini 9, a netbook that uses a wireless-g card requiring bcmwl-kernel-source to work.What I would like to do is use either the alternate CD or mini.iso minimal install file to perform a command line install-style installation of the system.So far, what I am thinking (from reading this [url].... article:
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xorg slim (if possible with 9.10, unsure if it is still available. in short, i want to use a lightweight display manager) xfce4 xfce4-goodies xubuntu-default-settings bcmwl-kernel-source aptitude
My opening questions are: Should I go with mini.iso or the Xubuntu Alternate Install CD (or the Ubuntu one)? If so, which one? What additional packages will I need to make the hardware accessible and fully functional? All I can think of so far would be sound (I'd like to stay away from PulseAudio if possible, it wreaks havoc with my computer), my webcam, and the memory card slot, if additional packages are needed for it?What other "core" packages should I include in this list? Should I include Synaptic, or other packages, and why?What do I need to take into consideration, since this is both a directly- and battery-powered computer?
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I am trying to create a script that I can save on the desktop of my Primary computer and have it log in (get past the log in screen on the remote computers, and the banner) to multiple computers with the same user name and password in a LAN that is not connected to the internet.I am also trying to create a script that starts a script on the desktop of these remote machines ON the remote machines, but I think I am on the verge of figuring that one out with the "expect" command in a script.
that didn't go so well. This is a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 H3 model. Non-touchscreen, Pentium 1.4 M, 1.5 GB RAM, 40 GB HD, CD-ROM drive.
The machine boots off of the Ubuntu NBE 10.04 CD-ROM, goes to the splash-screen (the Ubuntu Logo and 4 orange/grey dots) and after a few seconds the splash screen clears, the screen goes blank, and the CD-ROM drive stops reading. That's it. I ran the Check CD-ROM utility from the boot menu of the cd-rom and it checked good. I ran the check RAM (MemTest) utility and that was good as well. I put the CD-ROM in my Dell Inspiron and it ran just fine letting me into the LiveCD environment.
I've tried Alt-Ctl-F1 to see if there's a command prompt, but that doesn't work. I can't find any special key combination that does anything for me.
I also burned a copy of Puppy Linux 5.0, and that meets with pretty much the same results. It gets to "Setting up the layered filesystem... Done" and then "Performing a 'switch_root' to the layered filesystem...Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
And that's the end of the show... she will go no further.
The thing has Win XP installed on it and functional, so the machine works...
I have a log file that has an I/O Error about halfway in. It is a syslog file with Sendmail log entries. I need to break into smaller files. I tried using a simple egrep command creating new files by the date _egrep "^Sep 19" filename_ but the command hangs when it hits the I/O Error.
I tried split but it bails out when it hits the I/O Error. Is there anyway to read the file and get past the I/O Error? IS there a way to read the file from the bottom up so I can get the data from the top and bottom?
Installed FC-8 (DVD) on old dell 866mhez desktop years ago; works like a champ. Inherited dimension 2400, used same DVD. No errors loading (std config). Reboot and linux starts. Gets to 'Set clock - ok' and hangs on 'starting UDev'
Celeron 2.4G bus speed 400M L2 cache 128kb 384 DDR SDRAM FC-8 2.6.23.1-42 on the DVD.
I know FC-12 is out, but with older HW, trying to stay compatible.
i'm running ubuntu maverick on a dell laptop and it was working flawlessly until the audio started stuttering so I looked up a possible cure for it. I came accross a post that said uninstalling pulseaudio would cure the problem - so i did through software centre. When I was uninstalling it there was configuration files to uninstall as well. When I shut down the laptop and tried to restart it, it goes to login screen with my name but when I click on login it goes back to the same screen. This is the first time this has happened and im not sure what I can do.
So I have a resolution problem. Before posting here, I've checked many MANY forums for similar issues, handpicking certain techniques and trying each. Sometimes they worked, and then my problem came back.
My problem is that the resolution will never stretch past 1024x768. I have the image of my desktop in the middle part of the screen, with black sections on either side. Here is a list of things that I've already done or tried:
Install Nvidia drivers disable Nouveau via grub.conf use xrandr to modify xorg.conf and add the resolution different cable different DVI converter
One day, I logged into my Fedora boot, and after a week of frustration, the issue decided to fix itself. So I continued on, using Fedora and planning on a permanent switch from Windows. I log back over to Windows to play some games and whatnot (I'm not a fan of how Wine handles some games). I then log back to Fedora, and the issue is back. The resolution is messed up again.I've since removed that partition from my drive, as I've reached my wits end with troubleshooting. My linux expert friend tells me it may be that my monitor is just not good enough, or is not sending/receiving the proper EID signature, thus will not accept the resolution, or something along those lines.
im trying to collect some data. Is there a way to get the free memory stats over the past few days from some file... i looked into the sar log files but they dont have date stamps in them!
My Slackware's display suddenly got hanged with just a black screen and a mouse pointer visible not even the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace worked.So I switched off my system by pushing the button on the CPU .
After that when I tried to boot into my system it wont boot past going multiuser with below error messages
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Though I can login when trying to boot through singleuser but when I try to
I am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
However, when trying to launch gpsim by typing gpsim on the command line, does not launch a GUI. It has been a long time since using gpsim/linux, but I am sure I remember gpsim having a GUI.
brand new 2 Ubantu & set up standard Ubantu compartment accessed via 1 user name only and password. 1st few times all good but now suddenly, unexpectedly password declared invalid. Had written down password so it is correct & not entry error. Not know how to reset password or bypass 'username/password log on screen' Am on an Acer 5542G with windows 7 home premium.
I'm try to install XUbuntu 10.10 (AMD64) on a Pc, when I set the language, and press Enter on "Try XUbuntu without installing", appears the Xubuntu logos and remain fixed for many hours without giving error... same problem with Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
I try to set acpi=off and noapic but i don't resolved the problem..
the screen is still on but it's like the computer is going idle or something, It makes watching tv shows/movies pretty hard. I have to constantly keep moving the mouse. I have a pentium 4 with about 600 megs of ram. Latest version of Xubuntu.I went into screensaver options and power management options. It's set to two hours before the screensaver comes on, and never to put the screen idle but the screen seems to do it every 20-30 minutes.I'm not entirely sure where to look now, i don't think there could be anything wrong with the hardware, otherwise moving the mouse wouldn't make the screen come back on.
Is there a way to change password to value same as the previous password? I know this is a security flaw, but would like to know however. when I try this:
I have a simple Xubuntu server at my house that I connected an extra external hard drive too. What I would like to do is setup a backup system for my computers to backup to this hard drive. How would I go about setting up the drive to be shared on Xubuntu? I would prefer commands as I use PuTTY to manage the server.
Triple booting. Windows 7 Evaluation, Xubuntu 9.10 and I just installed Absolute. Xubuntu uses Grub 2. I was going to do three things. Install Lilo to Absolutes /boot, go inot Xubuntu and reinstall Grub 2 to /boot and then just install GAG boot loader to load all three. Instead I was distracted and installed Lilo to the MBR by accident, which overwrote GRUB 2.
I can boot into Absolute fine and Windows 7 fine but the problem I am having is with Grub 2. The Xubuntu Live CD is not working for some reason, I mean it won't boot. I downloaded it twice and burnt it to disc both times. I am not sure why at this point.
So how do I add Xubuntu 9.10 to Lilo. If I try and do it manually or any other way it starts to boot Absolute instead and then freezes, even though I am pointing it to my Xubuntu partition. I am leaving something out. It has been a long time since I used Lilo and even then I was just as clueless.
