Ubuntu :: Customize To Make It Look Like It's Not An Operating System?
Jun 24, 2010
I'm developing a software that run on a regular computer, inside a bending machine. What I want is to customize Linux startup and Desktop in a way that my software starts automatically and the user does not become aware that what he sees on screen is a software running in a PC. For this i need to customize the startup, wich I've read that can be done changing the pictures in /usr/share/images/xsplash. After that, I need that my software starts automatically (that's not hard) and the tricky part: to delete or make unvisible every menu and to disable any key combination that could close or minimize my software. If I could, I would also like the PC to power down if my software crushes or closes (I could do this with another software running checking the previous).
Any ideas on where to start? I've still haven't started to program, so I've not yet decided if I would use GTK or another framework.
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Dec 30, 2010
Can one make a self booting installation ISO on a flash drive of Fedora 14 as it is, with all my files being in the new install, so I can install this modified operating system on my relatives computers just like I have it on mine, or for if ever the operating system on mine fails, so I can use this flash drive ISO to reinstall the operating system on mine just like I like it, just like it is now? If this can be done, please tell me how you do it, or kindly provide me with a link to a page that has this information.
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Jan 13, 2010
Will a Linux operating system lose data during a power failure as does a Windows operating system?
(If yes.) This has not come up before but I'm going to be doing some work I don't want to lose.
Could you either point me to a backup tutorial or give me the quick overview of preserving stuff with Ubuntu?
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Jul 24, 2011
could any one tell me about the uses of linux operating system compared to windows operating system
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Jun 25, 2009
A year ago, I customized an Ubuntu 7.10 iso following this guide: [URL]. However, I want to update the base system of my customized iso to at least Ubuntu 8.04. How do I do that? One idea I think may work is:
Code:
sudo chroot ./isonew/custom
mount -t proc none /proc/
mount -t sysfs none /sys/
export HOME=/root
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get clean
rm -rf /tmp/*
umount /proc/
umount /sys/
exit
But, I am not sure if it works (I tested it once, but then the power went off when I was 80% done with the download which took 2 hours on my slow connection. So, I don't want to waste 2.5 hours to see that it failed)?
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Nov 5, 2010
Sometimes the linux install CD does not recognize the disk controller
I am asking is there a way to customize the disk and add such driver
if yes :
what files from the driver to put and where to do that?
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Sep 2, 2010
I got a new laptop today and the first thing I did was to install Ubuntu as a dual boot with Windows 7. Everything seemed to work the first time I loaded Ubuntu after installation, and Windows also seemed to work. Then, Windows Maintenance said there was possible disk corruption, so I restarted the computer and now I get this error when trying to load. After reading around about similar problems I think it might be a problem with the grub bootloader. It is 64-bit if that makes a difference.
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Dec 12, 2010
Ok, I have a Gateway Solo 5300 and I want to use it as a test server (install Ubuntu Server 10.10 and everything else after that.) The problem is I shut down the computer after it deleted the hard drive clean through installation and now I have to network boot because its old. What do I need to do that?
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Mar 29, 2011
i planning to use ubuntu server as my operating system so that transparent proxy can be install using squid. i know that, ubuntu already has their own firewall that is linux ip table and but i want to use independent firewall that is pfSense since i need to install 2 transparent proxy in a network..see the diagram for details [URL]
is there is any possible, if i just want to use linux iptables at each transparent proxy server rather then using a independent firewall?
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May 17, 2011
The issue I've been having is vague so I'm unsure if anyone can help me but it's worth a shot. The other day I was booting my laptop and this is what ended up happening and has continued to occur on successive boots:[URL] Each time it boots this is how the screen is characterized. For example: [URL] After this, continuing the boot process, the screen does this--which makes sense since the Kubuntu boot screen is this color and this where it should typically appear (I installed Kubuntu some months prior to this issue.): [URL]
After this screen, the monitor goes blank and becomes unresponsive. It usually flashes to black and then appears to turn on--becoming a slightly lighter shade of black.
Then, nothing. I can't go into tty. I've tried booting with a live CD but the issue persists and hangs, saying: soft lockup cpu 0 stuck for 61s. I've tried taking my laptop apart but I'm not familiar enough with hardware to do anything productive.
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Jun 22, 2011
Is there any 32 bit operating system emulator (like a bridge) that I could easily use those packages or software that can be installed on a 32 bit operating system easier? Something easier than emulating another Ubuntu using Virtualbox.
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Apr 5, 2011
I want to experience Ubuntu and want it on my machine. I currently have Windows 7 installed and was wondering what the easiest or best way is to install Ubuntu so I can choose to run either Windows 7 or Ubuntu.
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Jan 11, 2010
ive installed ubuntu 9.01 on a external HDD. I have windows on my internal HDD and whenever I unplugged the USB HDD and turn on the computer I get Failed To Load Grub. I fixed this by restoring windows boot.ini file but now when I try boot from the external HDD (USB) it says Failed To Open Operating System and nothing else.
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Mar 18, 2010
I have a serious problem with my computer. I had once shut down my windows forcefully( i.e. using the button) and now i am now not able to login to windows again. I tried installing linux from the booting cd but was not possible also. Now when I start my computer I get an error message. What to do?
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Apr 2, 2010
I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 on an old IBM T21 laptop. It starts very happily, and I am able to partition the disk & copy the files to the HDD. However, when it loads the desktop there is an icon for the CD drive (and install disk). Everything appears to be fine, but I don't see any confirmation of the installation being completed. The CD drive does not open when the button is pressed. When I restart the laptop, I get the message 'operating system not found'. Starting the machine using the CD works fine. The disk shows that the partitions have been created, and I am told that Ubuntu 9.10 is installed.
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Apr 2, 2010
Is there a better operating system than ubuntu or at least a diffrent kind. It has to be free (because i am cheap) and from linux.No windows or mac.
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Apr 19, 2010
I have Ubuntu 9.10 running inside Windows XP Home Edition SP3 with Wubi. Is there a way I can make the screen where I select what Operating System to boot into look nicer? I was thinking of something like the Windows 7 Background with 2 pictures, one of the Windows logo (would boot Windows), one of the ubuntu logo (would boot
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Jun 2, 2010
I formatted my 2nd hard drive(IDE) inside of windows. So I had a clean 80 GIG HDD. I downloaded the wubi installer and allowed it to have 30 GIGs of the newly formatted hard drive. I restarted it and it just used my 250GIG SATA drive. I then restarted and pressed esc. to make it use the 80 GIG and it said operating system not found. I then deleted it and tried again. Same result. I then reformatted it marked it as active and installed Ubuntu again and it did boot the 80 but it said the NTLDR is missing.
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Aug 8, 2010
can I can use the Ubuntu USB-installer as a portable operating system (through the "try it" feature) by selecting "persistence" when I follow the instructions to load Ubuntu onto a bootable external hard drive
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Sep 12, 2010
I installed ubuntu 10.04 desktop edition on my 4gb usb with universal usb installer, and when i select my usb drive from the f12 boot options, i get the Missing Operating System message.
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Sep 26, 2010
I have installed an external drive on my Windows 7 PC and therefore feel able to try to set up a dual boot with another operating system, and Ubuntu is the obvious first choice: however on the Ubuntu site the only options avaiable seem to be to install to a stick or on a new partition on the Windows C: drive. I couldn't really fathom installing to a stick and nothing seemed to run off the DVD to which I wrote the .iso file. I most definitely do not want to alter the C drive.
Seems to me it would be a good idea to have the option to install to any drive partition of one's choice. My son-in-law who uses Linux a lot in work suggested a web site explaining how to install Linux on an external drive, but that entails opening the PC and disconnecting the C drive. I assume that is because otherwise I would lose the Windows installation. My interest in PCs is most definitely directed towards systems and software, not hardware so I don't trust myself poking aound inside.There is presumably an explanation of why there is no simple way to ty out Ubuntu etc. but I can not find any explanations and would be grateful for a pointer about where I should look.
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Sep 27, 2010
I am using Ubuntu Lucid and have a problem with firefox (V 3.6.10). It often causes the whole system to freeze nearly every time I access skypoker.com, sometimes straight away, and sometimes within a few seconds or a few minutes. The whole system becomes unresponsive, with only the mouse being able to move (not click). I haven't seen this problem occur with any other sites. This problem does not seem to occur when I use google chrome, but it does with Konqueror. Control + Alt + F1 is unresponsive, along with every other keyboard stroke or mouse click and the only way I can do anything is to restart the computer with the power button.
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Oct 10, 2010
I am trying to install ubuntu 10.04 and it say this computer does not have operating system on it, it wants to format the entire drive. here is the result of the fdisk. code...
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Nov 23, 2010
after hours of formating C and windows XP and after hours of installing Ubuntu,I can see the desktop backround image, the grey bar on the top of the screen with the sound icon and the ON/OFF button and then my laptop becames unresponsive.Nothing moves, cant here anything... (the cd loading).So, If I restart the pc pressing ESC so I can change the boot order and have it boot from the Hard drive, I get this message: "Operating System not Found".I've tryed to install Ubuntu about 5 times now and both 5 times it goes up to the same point and then stops.
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Dec 2, 2010
I am not a programmer or a game developer. I would even use the term "computer geek" very loosely cause any problems I have I google and usually find the solution here. That being said I am not sure the proper location for this discussion and I am not an expert on the subject but I ran across an article by a game developer who ported to Linux and commented as to why more developers don't. [URL]. Before all sorts of flaming responses get written i would like to say that Linux
(A) does need more games
(B) developers obviously have a reason for not porting
(C) If you ever want that to happen we need to turn reasons against into reasons for.
I know I am not a programmer and don't know a whole lot about Linux but I read programmer's talking about problems with too many distro's and too many different window systems etc., a lot. would it be possible to create a front-end that would act like a router for games, like the game puts out audio and the front end sends it to alsa it puts out video and the front end sends it to the nvidia driver. something where how it talks to gnome or kde or any other window manager and any other distro is different but how it talks to the game is always the same. If the answer to what I have said is no how could this problem be solved how could a developer create software that could be installed no problems on various platforms without them creating 100's of different versions of the game. One package one installer no mess. Linux is so incredibly stable there must be a way for it to be easier to write a game for Linux then for windows.
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Jan 31, 2011
Initially I have installed microsoft windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 10 in my notebook. microsoft windows and ubuntu are located in different partitions on my hard drive. then I reinstall microsoft windows by formatting the partition and not format the ubuntu partition. question: How to reactivate ubuntu without having to reinstall the operating system ubuntu 10?
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Feb 19, 2011
I've been using Ubuntu Netbook edition on my Asus eee pc 1005HA, dual-booting with Windows 7.Things have been fine with it for a month or two. However, I've now run into some trouble with Grub2 and the MBR, and I cannot get my computer to boot into ANY operating system. Right now I'm booting from the Ubuntu installation CD to "try Ubuntu" -- it's the only way I can use my computer at all.
I have looked through the forums and googled, and already tried several methods of fixing Grub2, none of which have worked so far. Here's the situation: I wanted to disable / uninstall Grub2, so that the computer would boot as normal into Windows 7, to fix some problems and then reinstall Grub2 later. To do this I just went to the Windows System Repair environment, opened the command prompt, and entered the two commands "bootrec /fixmbr" and "bootrec /fixboot" with the understanding that this would reset the Windows control of booting, and remove Grub2's control. The result was that my computer cannot boot properly at all. No Windows and no Grub2.
So far I've tried to fix this by using the Super Grub Disk to try to use the auto-repair feature, which failed. I've also tried in various ways to reinstall / repair / update Grub by using the Terminal in Ubuntu (through the "try Ubuntu" CD), but so far none of the methods I've found have worked. If anyone could explain or direct me to a step-by-step of how to repair the MBR and install Grub2 from scratch,
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Mar 16, 2011
i have two doubts
1) i downloaded the latest linux kernel in hope that i will find the codes for the operating system the os but i cant locate any.so can any0ne tell me from where can i find what i am looking for?
2) c language used in the package i downloaded is though very close to the c i studied but there are places where it becomes tough for to comprehend the real significance of the lines. eg i never knew rhere is Display() a pre-defined function but i saw it somewhere as predefined.
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Jul 8, 2011
I was playing a bit with a 10.04 live cd and persistence on a small usb stick. I did that on a HP Probook 4510s with windows 7 installed. Testing the persistence, I changed the desktop background and tried to install a small package, about 14MB extra space was reported to be used. My usb stick is 512mb. Suddenly it says there's no more space. After that I rebooted with persistence and half way through loading it stopped saying there's no more space, again. I decided to call it quits and reboot it back to win 7, but doing that just left me with the message "missing operating system". I have no clue as to how it happened, since I did nothing with the hard drive.
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Aug 6, 2011
I believe I have an old operating system of netbook Ubuntu and I am trying to upgrade to the latest 11 version. My netbook doesn't have a cd drive. I have tried using UNETBOOTIN with my usb drive (2GB) and have encountered problems with the install.
When I boot in it says" missin operating system". Sorry I don't have time to search I am on vacation and internet is sparse. Also i am loading unetbootin with a iso image of the latest version.
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