[QUOTE=faillord adam;28368277]I hoped Xubuntu would detect the Arch partition I just installed, it didn't. As I have no knowledge of Linux Partitioning, I cancelled the setup and deleted the VHD.[/QUOTE]
Xubuntu uses GRUB2 right? You probably could've just run grub-update.
So I pre-ordered Dragon Age 2 a while back, and since it's coming out soon I installed Windows 7 so I could play it, but Windows is a turd and BSODs every hour so I nuked that mofo.
I couldn't get the DA2 demo to work on Fedora with the Fglrx driver, and it almost worked on the r600g driver on Gentoo. I could at least get in the game but it was missing the ARB_color_buffer_float extension so it had some major rendering errors and it wasn't playable. So I dug up my old Geforce 8800GTS 320mb and hooked it up, and the DA2 demo runs really well.
Kind of sucks not having FOSS drivers, but at least I don't have to even think about Windows anymore. Thank god.
The day when the open-source graphics drivers start being better at every single task compared to the closed-source ones, is the day Linux starts kicking some fucking ass in the war for the dominance on the desktop market.
[QUOTE=nikomo;28378341]The day when the open-source graphics drivers start being better at every single task compared to the closed-source ones, is the day Linux starts kicking some fucking ass in the war for the dominance on the desktop market.[/QUOTE]
I'd say that the R600 Gallium driver is getting pretty damn close. I haven't used the R300 Gallium driver, but it's even better than the R600 one.
As I've said, Dragon Age 2 worked better for me on the open source driver. Fglrx would just freeze during the first cut scene.
Lots of stuff works, it has some rendering errors, but it used to not be able to even start most games.
I just installed yesterday's daily kernel on Ubuntu (2.6.38).
Ubuntu wants to update to 2.6.35.
So, I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my HDD with Windows along side it, but I want the Ubuntu file system to be FAT32. When I try to run the setup with 45GB of FAT32 space and 1GB of Swap, I got a message saying that there is no root directory. What does that mean?
[QUOTE=faillord adam;28383889]So, I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my HDD with Windows along side it, but I want the Ubuntu file system to be FAT32. When I try to run the setup with 45GB of FAT32 space and 1GB of Swap, I got a message saying that there is no root directory. What does that mean?[/QUOTE]
What is the message exactly? Is it after the partitioning, or during boot?
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;28384616]What is the message exactly? Is it after the partitioning, or during boot?[/QUOTE]
When trying to partition.
[QUOTE=faillord adam;28384920]When trying to partition.[/QUOTE]
Are you partitioning manually, or just specifying the filesystem in the end before performing the install?
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;28385198]Are you partitioning manually, or just specifying the filesystem in the end before performing the install?[/QUOTE]
Manually.
You need to specify what partition is going to be mounted where.
Also, why would you use FAT32 for a Linux system?
[QUOTE=Boris-B;28385465]You need to specify what partition is going to be mounted where.
Also, why would you use FAT32 for a Linux system?[/QUOTE]
Since he's installing it alongside Windows, I would assume it's so that he can read the partition from there as well. Although NTFS would probably be better.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;28385479]Since he's installing it alongside Windows, I would assume it's so that he can read the partition from there as well. Although NTFS would probably be better.[/QUOTE]
I couldn't find NTFS.
Wouldn't that break the shit out of the whole thing, because it would be impossible to even have users since FAT32 has about no support for any permissions.
You could install using ext3 or ext4 and install a thing on windows to read the linux partition. I forgot the name of it, but I know it exists.
[QUOTE=Boris-B;28386310]Wouldn't that break the shit out of the whole thing, because it would be impossible to even have users since FAT32 has about no support for any permissions.
You could install using ext3 or ext4 and install a thing on windows to read the linux partition. I forgot the name of it, but I know it exists.[/QUOTE]
I have the plugin installed too, its integrated into Explorer, but I can't remember the name.
[editline]2nd March 2011[/editline]
Here's one for ext2 or ext4, it doesn't seem to recognize ext3, although I don't think that would be useful anyway:
[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/[/url]
[editline]2nd March 2011[/editline]
:derp: Bad reading, ext3 too.
Right, so earlier today I had the option to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.X (I'm on 9.10 atm) but since my laptop was running on battery, I chose not to. When I run the upgrade manager now, I'm not given the option to upgrade anything. Is it hidden or something?
[QUOTE=Cuel;28404000]Right, so earlier today I had the option to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.X (I'm on 9.10 atm) but since my laptop was running on battery, I chose not to. When I run the upgrade manager now, I'm not given the option to upgrade anything. Is it hidden or something?[/QUOTE]
Looks like you need to install all the updates, then check again: [url]http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/upgrade[/url]
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Everything is updated. The update manager does not show any option to upgrade anything.
Generally speaking, it's better to do an install from a live disk IIRC.
Yeah I would if I had a flash drive or CD burner where I am right now, I don't tho.
This should work: [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades#Network[/url] Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)
I tried that right now, this is weird.
[code]
xxx-laptop:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
No new release found
[/code]
[code]
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
[/code]
Can anyone give me the name of a wireless adapter that works right out of the box with Ubuntu? I've had compatibility problems and I don't want to buy a "it MIGHT work."
[QUOTE=dArKnEsS_2;28409850]Can anyone give me the name of a wireless adapter that works right out of the box with Ubuntu? I've had compatibility problems and I don't want to buy a "it MIGHT work."[/QUOTE]
I know anything based on the Ralink RT2860 chipset works well in linux.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315041[/url]
Purchased this, worked wonderfully
Fuck USB adapters, taking my USB ports
[QUOTE=IpHa;28411355]I know anything based on the Ralink RT2860 chipset works well in linux.[/QUOTE]
Anything with a ZyDAS, intel, Ralink, Atheros, and recently... Broadcom chipsets work fine with no problems.
[QUOTE=Carl.;28413972]Anything with a ZyDAS, intel, Ralink, Atheros, and recently... Broadcom chipsets work fine with no problems.[/QUOTE]
Although I believe people still have some problems with the broadcom ones, it's now a lot more open source and goodness. But with the others you shouldn't really have a whole lot of trouble, which is why I've never understood the whole "install Linux with LAN cables" idea, when wireless works just fine out of the box of most PC's, regardless of Linux distro.
The Broadcom chipset in my laptop does have some issues, but I believe those are mostly driver issues.
Suddenly 50 bytes a second max, driver dies when laptop goes to sleep half the time and you have to reboot etc.
Can I run Linux Mint from a Seagate 500gb portable hard drive?
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