I'm having a bit of a crisis here. I installed 10.10 a little while ago and had no problems.Just today, I had a problem with nautilus, and then with the problem unresolved, shut down the computer. Now, I can't log in. If I try, the screen just goes black, and then it goes back to the log in screen.
View 7 RepliesI'm totally unable to play or mount audio CDs and unable to use video DVD's on my box right now. When I insert an audio CD I get a dialog box saying:
Unable to mount disc: Location is not mountable
and if I check messages in the Log File Viewer I see the following text repeated (save for the last line) a couple of dozen times.
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May 24 13:04:37 Amber kernel: [ 6680.434685] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
May 24 13:04:37 Amber kernel: [ 6680.434691] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
May 24 13:04:37 Amber kernel: [ 6680.434695] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
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on a similar but ultimately unrelated thread someone was asked to enter a few commands so I tried them and the following was the output:
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main@Amber:~$ ls /dev/scd*
/dev/scd0
main@Amber:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0
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An error occurred: Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file. As far as I can tell I have the relevant CSS libraries installed I'm lost without being able to play CD's and DVD's on my system.
I cannot install Kubuntu (or Unbuntu) 10.4 on my husband's computer. I have spent 5 hours on this and cannot get anywhere. I am deeply frustrated. The iso I burned to CD is good (works on 2 other computers). His computer will not boot from USB, no matter what I do to the drive order in BIOS. After loading the blue screen with the Kubuntu logo on it (and the blue-white dots), the screen changes to black and shows the following text:
BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash) (initrafs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.
He really needs to get rid of WinXP. Kubuntu is what I have on my computer (and love it!). Here is some info about his computer:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
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I switch on the PC and it loads the Grub splash screen. However, it does not automatically boot the top entry after two seconds as it's supposed to and just hangs. I hit enter to boot it and it attempts to but after a few seconds gives me the error "unable to mount file system....a maintenance shell will be started"
This occurred after I was using it and then everything suddenly froze up on me and I had to crash out Now this!
I'm trying to install The Sims 2 (which I'm aware currently does not run properly in wine anyway), using the multi-CD version. The installation goes normally, up until it comes time to switch from disc 1 to disc 2. The installer prompts me to insert disc 2, but it seems that Ubuntu still believes that the installer doesn't want me to open the drive, because, when I try to open it, it doesn't open, and a window pops up with the following message: Unable to eject CD-RW/DVD RW Drive DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just switched from Ubuntu to Fedora 13 because I was unable to get Ubuntu to connect to wireless networks. I tried everything suggested in help and forums, and kept getting "Bad Password" with WICD and Network Manager. Now, with Fedora...I still can't connect.
Problem #1: The guide says to "...make sure that the relevant wireless interface (usually eth0 or eth1) is controlled by NetworkManager," and that I do this via: System>Administration>Network
However, there is no Network option under System>Administration.
Problem #2: I open Network Manager, which displays a list of networks. I click on mine, configure it with WPA and the right password, and it fails to connect: "The network connection has been disconnected."
The machine boots, graphics come up, login window shows up, but after login there is only the background window (and mouse). My .xsession looks like this:
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I couldn't connect my Micromax 300G modem in Debian Linux. From internet (in Windows Vista), I came across the information of USB_ModeSwitch and then I downloaded it. While going to install it, I came across the problem that TCL-interpreter is not available in Debian Linux. Then again I restarted my laptop in Windows Vista and connected my Micromax modem and from internet downloaded TCL8.5.10-src.tar.gz. But while going to install it, I came across the problem that " configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH " . Also as presently, I am unable to connect my modem therefore I am unable to issue the code:" apt-get update ".
View 16 Replies View RelatedEnvironment: A 32-bit kernel RHEL5.3 system running on a virtual machine. The root(/) filesystem is on an LV.
Issue: Unable to resize the FS after extending the root LV since it is mounted. After extending the LV, online resizing of the FS was not supported and the root filesystem could not be unmounted while it was in use. On rebooting, I got a kernel panic error. In runlevel 1, I couldn't run chroot, couldn't find the /etc/fstab, root FS could not be mounted, fsck did not run (tried block 31 for second copy of superblock using dd count=1 bs=4k skip=31 seek=1 if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sda2), couldn't find any rpm on installation media to install unix-utils rpm. On running commands in runlevel 1,
I got the following output.
I am running the latest suse release downloaded directly from their website. I ran the installation after buring the dvd and everything seemed to be working fine. after the installation i ran updates and used it for a little bit. When i shut it down that night and went to restart it I got an error that stated the OS wasnt there. I then went through the installation and everything and it retained the information from the installation before (web history etc.) but for some reason every time I reboot or shut it down the system is not able to read the startup information from the hard drive and will not come on without me re installing it.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIm having a serious issue with booting ubuntu 10.04, the issue being it wont boot up at all, after working so well for so long (i suspect some recent dodgy system updates are responsible) so I decided to just reinstall ubuntu from scratch again but wanted to retrieve some important files from my root device. So I am running the live desktop and I can see my previous filesystems under places but cannot mount or open my original root device where the files I want to recover are located, I receive this error msg:"Unable to mount 77 GB Filesystem.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have fresh CentOS 5.2 installed to 2 sata hdd 1.5 TB size; on every of that hdd is primary raid1 submirror of /boot made with md during install. All other space is lvm place, on lvm living root and swap partitions. And it's work. Now I want to mirror my root and swap, and add other volumes with different raid requirements (raid0 and raid1).
# lvcreate -L10G -m1 -n mir vg0 Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume : 320 more required Unable to allocate extents for mirror(s).
I have a lenovo x200 laptop running Fedora 14, fully up to date with the Fedora repository. Seemingly out of nowhere, some websites will no longer load. First it happened to www.facebook.com, next (after a day or so) wikipedia.org, now the Fedora forum. Other Internet access seems fine, but when I try to go to these pages I just get "unable to find host" errors. Its totally bizarre. It first happened in an airport so I thought it was just a strange network there, but now it happens at home. I can't get on these sites in firefox or elinks browsers (in a terminal) BUT I can ping both sites no problem. Also, the other computers in this house have no problem visiting these sites.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAnybody meet this, I use ubuntu 10.10, and vnc4server. Connect to vnc, when trying to input 'cd' command, you can just input 'c', it 'show desktop' when inputing 'd', behave like shortcut 'win+d'. But use the same vnc viewer connect to Remote Desktop, this didn't happen.
View 4 Replies View Relatedin my ubuntu installation i had allocated about 15 GB for the /home folder. today i was trying to increase the memory in my system and so using the disk utility program of the 9.10 release, i formatted the /home part of the drive and gave it another name and started using it as just another ext3 partition to store my files. when i restarted the system, ubuntu wouldn't start and it takes me to the maintenance shell.
i have no idea how to solve this problem from the maintenance shell. i also have win XP in my system along with 9.10. i can't afford to lose either of them. i've got many expensive applications installed in both OS. so i can't reinstall Ubuntu in my system. is there any way to override mounting the /home part and start ubuntu.
i installed ubuntu wubi on a computer and dual booted it with xp/ubuntu. and some stuff went wrong where i wasn't able to boot into either of the os. it was an older computer so i gave up on it. but, there were some pictures i had on my ubuntu desktop that i wanted, so i got an external case and hooked it up and searched desperately but can't seem to locate the pictures.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have messed up Kubuntu due to the updates messing up. When I try to uninstall from Windows control panel i get an error message.
cwindowssystem32cdebit.exedelete
System cannot find the specified file
How do I uninstall?
I have burned 9.10 on to one CD and two DVDs; none of them work. I've used ISOBuster (as suggested by someone on these forums), checked the md5 (which is admittedly an alien concept to me but, apparently, everything checks out just fine) and even tried installing on three different systems; my day to day PC, my work laptop and a home laptop - no joy on any Oh, and I've downloaded the ISO twice, just to be sure.
I know all about the boot menu etc on system startup because I have to use it on a regular basis in work (I'm in IT support for my sins ). When I select 'boot from CD', the disc begins to spin up but then does absolutely nothing and Windows loads as normal.
I've even tried the 'help me install' option from the disc but it generates the error 'Could not retrieve the required installation files', so obviously there must be something wrong with the ISO.
At present I've had to roll with the 'Install within Windows' option, which isn't ideal as my mouse dies after about 20 seconds of loading
user@ubuntu:~/gtk+-2.18.7$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix.
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details.
Whatever I do, I get this:
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WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the partition table on /dev/sda (Device or resource busy). As a result, it may not reflect all of your changes until after reboot.
when i go to tty 1 (ctrl alt f1)I am unable to accers the cli.it says.ubuntu 9.10 directive 4 tty1 directive 4 login: after i enter my username it asks for a password, i enter my password and after a few seconds
it says, login incorrect and goes back to the start, what am i doing wrong.
i have a problem with my ubuntu ( i am a newb with this OS, i just want to get rid of windows becauses it starts to stress me a lot! windows fails , linux is the future )So the problem is that my ubuntu doesn't boot, i've tried :
-reinstalling
-changed the partitions
-repair a broken OS
-check disk
Nothing worked, i even tried something i found on other posts but same...i really don't know what to do.My computer spec:
ASUS P5P800-VM Motherboard
Intel DUal core (3.0GHZ)(x2)
3GB ram DDR400
Ati RADEON SAPPHIRE 3850HD AGP (512mb)
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(where i stopped the movies, in those "places" ubuntu stops loading, (you know it doesn't boot anymore)
PS: I tried to install Xubuntu, Kubuntu, even the alternative CD of Ubuntu, they all did the same, even changed some settings in Bios but still the same.
I created a bootable USB using an iso file downloaded from ubuntu.com which reads:
ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso
My processor is Intel core 2 duo t5750.
Unfortunately when I installed Ubuntu using the bootable USB, I think what I have installed right now is a 32-bit version of Ubuntu. How do I know? Well, I tried the "uname -a" command and it doesn't read "x86_64" anywhere! In fact it doesn't read 64 anywhere! Somewhere, after the command is executed, it reads "i686".
i've never been able to use empathy.for some reason, i just can't add accounts.i've messed with it a lot in karmic, but gave up. running lucid now and added a profile for my wife. interestingly, she has no problems using empathy so i think there must be something going on with my settings.i've searched and searched and removed everything i could find that was empathy-related, but no luck.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI install 10.04 on a Windows laptop using Wubi. It worked! However, I have no memtest86+ option on my menu. I am going to get some more memory soon so I would like to have that feature on my boot menu. Went through this article [URL] Yes, memtest86+ is installed, has the +x flag on the appropriate file, and all the pieces are present. Ran sudo update-grub and it shows it finding everything except memtext86+.
I'm at a loss at what to do now. If this was the old Grub, I suppose I could manually code in the memtest86+ line but since this is Grub 2, that wouldn't be a permanent fix.
i am not able to use win key on my ibm t60 laptop with ubuntu 10.04. i have a file in my home directoy called .xstartup and has the following lines in it
# Make the Windows key a useable mod key:
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when i get into system > preferences > keyboard shortcuts i am not able to assign the the win/super key to launch the main menu.
Today I decided to install XDM instead of GDM. During installation I was asked which display system should Ubuntu use. I chose GDM - that was my mistake. Then I ran "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" and chose XDM. After restart my system was unable to load - progress bar was running and running and running. I pressed ctrl-alt-backspace and saw "starting x-display-manager". That's all, after that nothing happened. After that I renamed /etc/init/gdm.conf to gdm.conf.DISABLED and tried to load Ubuntu. It started with some big, old-stylish login screen and after that GDM was loaded again. "sudo xdm" seems to be working as nothing appears after that command.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to add a program that will allow me to play wmv files on my computer. I'm not sure what version of Ubuntu I am using but I keep getting a message that says: E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run'dpkg --configure -a'to correct the problem. E:_cache->open()failed,please report. When I try to run this in the terminal I get a message saying I need to be a superuser.
View 3 Replies View RelatedFor the last week or so I have not been able to get updates. It dies with the following:
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$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for jkennedy:
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [189B]
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I feel really stupid here. I've looked around but no fix I can figure out. I downloaded a i386 iso of Ubuntu to install on my daughter's laptop and I can't get the CD/DVD Creator on my main computer to burn it to either CD or DVD.
I *know* I've done it before but maybe that was on Jaunty not Lucid which I have on my computer now.
I can load the iso file into CD/DVD Creator and when I get to the "Write to disc" option it says: "Write disc to: FILE IMAGE" and there is no option to write it to my CD/DVD drive. It's as if the DVD writer is not mounted.
EDIT: The md5 checksum is fine, by the way..