Ubuntu :: Installing VNC On Laptop Only Using VGA Mode
Jul 24, 2011
The graphic card on my Asus A8Js died and now i'm left with a perfectly good laptop (everything except the graphic card works) that is too expensive to repair! I got a new one already since I really need it for working.
I'm able to boot on to the winxp which is currently installed by plugging another monitor to the VGA exit on the laptop, but only into to VGA mode and with some artifacts running through the screen (lines and dots and what not). If I let it boot in normal mode I stop getting signal on the external monitor and that's it.
I would like to know If it is possible to do a full installation of Ubuntu on this laptop and then run with normal GUI but on VGA mode to then install VNC or something of the kind. VNC would permit me to use the computer without an external monitor and thus install and manage more stuff.
I guess that a command line only install of ubuntu would also be another option, but I'm not that fluent with command line.
I get 3-4 clicks every minute, until I realized the problem and installed "laptop-mode-tools". After that things are back to normal.Why isn't laptop-mode installed by default in Lucid? This is a simple work-around which should be imposed by default, so users' hard discs won't be damaged.
setup the correct mode for my laptop-video card-monitor
Video card - ATI mobility Radeon X1600 External Monitor - Belinea b.display 2 22"
Right now the external monitor is working, but sometimes it goes black for 2-3 seconds and then works again. This happens sometimes 5 times in a row, sometimes once, sometimes none. Other issue, when I install any new kernel it doesn't work. I get weird picture on monitor.
I have problem with laptop installed Ubuntu OS. Laptop can't connect Internet when open again after standby Mod. It can't receive issued IP from Router.
it is a macbook pro (5,3) running sid.when i am using it, it is cool.however in suspend mode, it gets very hot.i have this running
Code: Select all/etc/init.d/macfanctld status ● macfanctld.service - LSB: Apple MacBook (Pro) fan control daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/macfanctld)
When I tried the liveCD a while ago, it all worked fine. Now when i do the text install following openSUSE:GNOME 3.0 - openSUSE I just get fallback mode. I cant quite understand why as the machine has an intel 3150 and n550 dual core processor. System - Acer Aspire One D255 - n55- 2gb RAM - 3150 Graphics
Installed Squeeze into my Thinkpad T410 and noticed that when I closed the laptop lid, the moon icon does not light up.Reopening the lid and will see a screensaver password screen immediately.Does this means that the laptop does not have Sleep (or is it called hibernate) mode enable? How can I enable it?[Solved]Managed to found out what I've done wrongFor KDE users, go to the menu-> Power Management-> Chose the Profile as Powersave
I'm currently trying to setup a minimal Slackware installation. Everything is well, except for screen brightness/hard disk control via laptop-mode-tools. I was wondering if anyone used it, and if they got it to work on their Slack systems, how they went about doing it.
I have a strange problem in my new debian 8.3 LXDE install. Every time I boot my laptop it goes in to sleep mode automatically after a min. It is a default install and I have not configured any power management options. How do I find out the reason for the automatic sleep and how can I rectify it?
So I decided to try Ubuntu from a live USB drive 10.04 LTS on my Toshiba laptop as the windows Vista SP2 was running really slow. I liked it and clicked on the install icon. From there I set it for duel boot and off it went. The install worked great. I then downloaded the startup manager and changed the start up to be default of windows loader. Now when it boots into windows it goes to the windows recovery thing and won't start windows.
I'm currently running Ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition on my full size Dell Inspiron 1525 (15.4 inch widescreen display)I was wondering, are there any benefits to installing UNR (Ubuntu Netbook Remix) on my laptop instead of the desktop edition? I guess that boils down to performance/battery life.
I try to install red hat linux and I connect the PC with serial port. I use hyper terminal as terminal. When the machine boot from DVD/CD, there is no text mode (simply graphic) screen come out. Just a strange/rubbish text come out? I also find it is hang when I install in text mode ..below is the hang screen
Code: Linux Plug and Play Support v.0.97 (c) Adam Belay pnp:PNP ACPI init pnp:PnP ACPI:found 5 devices usbcore:registered new driver usbfs usbcore:registered new driver hub PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing PCI:If a device doesn't work,try "pci=routeirq".If it helps ,post a report NetLabel:Initializing NetLabel:domain hash size=128 NetLabel:protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4 NetLabel:unlabeled traffic allowed by default PCI:Ignore bogus resource 6 [0:0] of 0000:00:02.0 NET:Registered protocol family 2
I just installed Red Hat 7.1 on a HP computer P4 and it installed except for and exception as it was booting up of: lib/modules/2.4.3-2/kernel/drivers/usb/usb-ohci.0:insmod usb-ohci then it says: "failed" The software went ahead and installed but now I get "localhost login: and no matter what I type in, it will not allow me to put in a password and then says: login incorrect I have never used Red Hat before so I am green at this. I also tried to install Oumbuntu before and got t he same error message when the system was booting up.
I have an old dell desktop with a belkin wifi dongle that connects to the internet right away when i boot in live cd mode but when i try while its installed/installing i get the connecting animation on the wifi, thing, on the top bar.it connects then loses connection and cannot reconnect 5-10 minutes later. this is driving me crazy, i have homework and i just need this thing on the internet already so i dont have to stress my macbook with a minecraft server
Plan installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ONLY, BOTH on my desktop & laptop.1. How do I proceed........as to how many, types, sizes, file systems of partitions.......I think would need /boot, /root, /swap, /home (on a separate partition)?2. Size of HDD are 290 GB & 100 GB respectively.3. Once partitions are created & Ubuntu installed would like to create a full back up image just in case?4. If the Linus OS files get corrupted or need a reinstall is it possible to just install it in the /root with out changing/recreating other partition structures?5. Is Ubuntu version stable enough, any advantage of any other version or 64 bit vs 32 bit, since want to install once & have a peace of mind for some time......no Linux genius just a retired old MD.6. Suggestions as to what kind of security steps to be taken & what software to use to create a full back up & where to save the backup?
I want to install and use 11.04 64bit on my laptop. My laptop's matrix is broken so I connected another monitor for it to work. Everything was fine until I updated to 11.04 from 10.04. After installing and turning on laptop, it loaded unity, and my monitor didn't turn on. Because my laptop main screen isn't working I cant check for screen or look for preferences to change.
Problem installing graphical mode of red hat 5 on virtual software. But text mode is getting installed but its also taking more then 1hr. I've adjusted all the recommended options regarding memory,hard disk ,etc. Also please suggest me good virtual software for red hat enterprise Linux 5.
So I aquired an old laptop on it with xp and I am wanting to wipe the current xp installation and reformat the drive and install fedora. How do I go about formatting the hard drive? I currently have the live cd image but I am not sure if I can format the whole drive while in the live cd mode. I have only ever used linux side by side with windows so i have never needed to do a reformat in a linux environment.
Currently I've got Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 (I believe) on my laptop, with two separate partitions.I want to format the laptop and only have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on there, but since the CD drive is broken, I've just been trying to do it from USB. There must be something wrong with my laptop/booting from USB, because I've tried two different programs used to create Live USB installations (UNetbootin and Universal-USB-Installer). Both of them load the menu, let me select to install or run the Live CD, but neither of them get past the purple-ish Ubuntu loading screen. The screen just goes black (But stays lit), and nothing else happens.
So I'm wondering if there is different, easy-ish method for installing Ubuntu 10.04 to this laptop. It's got a working network adapter,
I'm installing 11.04 on a friend's laptop. I'm fairly familiar with Ubuntu, and I'm sure when I've install it previously it didn't take this long to resize the partition. It's been going for around 15 minutes. The loading cursor is still spinning, and the HDD activity light is on almost solidly, but it's been a long time with no updates. The log says only "ubuntu ntfsresize: Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing!". Nothing appears to be happening. Is this normal? Never mind, it failed.
got a laptop of hp with amd neo m40 pro and 2gb ram.. with vista installed.the worst OS.... i want to install linux with dual boot since am not expert in linux.these are the specs:
hard disk is 250 gb c-155gb , d which is for recovery is 10.6gb, e-46.8gb and an unallocated disk of 20gb
tried to install fedora which couldnt recognize the hard disk partition got ubuntu and tried.. but i dont know where it got installed now my 20 gb unallocated disk is showing as two partitions one of which is 1 gb and the rest is 18gb. how to uninstall ubuntu now. i want to repartition it and install it in proper way is 20gb enough.
I've got an old laptop Toshiba Tecra 730CDT (Intel Pentium 150 MHz, 48MB RAM, 2GB HDD, Network interface PC card). It is running Windows 98 right now, but I'd like to put some poor-hardware-friendly Linux distro, and then pass this laptop to my kids for incremental destruction, in process of which, I hope, they learn some computer skills.
There are two major questions I face: 1) What distribution would be the best for this? Of course, I am looking for some with lean yet decent-looking X implementation. Well, I always can take one distro and other desktop environment. 2) I find it challenging to try out or install stuff on this PC: it can boot only via floppy or HDD no CD boot, no Flash (no USB port in fact). At least I don't know if that's possible to burn distro on CD, boot the PC in DOS, and then somehow install that distro from CD. Especially, I really would prefer testing it before I get rid of the Windows on it - I want to be sure that it would actually recognise the CD drive and PC Card network interface. That would be very awkward, if I format HDD, somehow manage to install linux from CD, and then find out that it does not recognise the network.
So, while the 1st question, I guess, is relatively easy to answer, the 2nd question is like a puzzle: you've got one floppy, one PC that boots from floppy or hdd, but it has CD drive. It also has network PC Card. Install Linux on this device. Task for the advanced ones: avoid using floppy boot (well, because in order to create a bootable floppy I will need to find a decent floppy disc and a PC that has floppy drive).
