Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is supported for 5 years, and will get some core updates for 2 years : I guess those updates include the kernel, graphic drivers and X11.
But will these updates be optionnal, or not ?
I would like to stick with my present version of the kernel and X11, because I'm using an AMD/ATI graphic card with fglrx driver, but according to…
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 version along side with windows 7.
Ubuntu freezes randomly I am unable to use any keys on keyboard since they are not working even mouse is not working.the only solution to get off from this freeze is restarting my computer.I have ATi/AMD graphic card but I removed it before installing Ubuntu 14.04.I have run memory…
please help
I just install 12.10 x86_64 to my new computer
amd fx8120 cpu
ati hd 7770
msi 990 fxa
and I'm facing the following
error:
2012-11-17 18:19:04,393 WARNING: /sys/module/fglrx/drivers does not exist, cannot rebind fglrx driver
From :additional drivers" can not install the ati drivers
From "system settings" "software sources" only the…
After connecting the second monitor, the only way to get it to work is with 'mirror', which isn't what I want it for.
If I select a display resolution for it, I get the following error:
requested position/size for CRTC 148 is outside the allowed limit:
position=(1908, 0), size=(1024, 768), maximum=(1920, 1920)
I'm on 12.04, with AMD…
When I am watching videos via VLC or watching videos in Firefox - even when I simply click DASH HOME - Screen goes blank - nothing working - I needed to restart to recover.
Not sure which is causing this issue. Is it because of Graphics Card problem - Not installed any proprietary drivers.
OS : Ubuntu 12.04
Graphics Card : 1 GB -…
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, and I cannot start it.
I tried twice. The first time, I used a CD I burned. (The CD works for my another computer, so it is OK.) After wubi did something in Windows, it rebooted. Then the screen was stuck where there is an ubuntu logo at the center and 5 dots below. I waited for more than half…
I made a partition on my desktop pc, 100 GB and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. It was pretty slow first thought it had to install updates or something, so I rebooted it. Now after the login it looks like everything freezes, I can move my mouse only, but that's it! I can see my desktop and launcher, but the task bar doesn't display…
I'm a native Windows user, running 7 Home Premium atm. In the past I installed Ubuntu 10 on my netbook I believe, but was a bit 'scared' by it.
Anyways, I made a partition on my desktop pc, 100gb and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. It was pretty slow first thought it had to install updates or something, so I rebooted it. Now after…
Hi,I have an ASUS K42DY laptop with AMDPhenom II x2, 8 GB Ram , 500 GB Hard Drive and has a didicated ATI RADEON HD 6470M Graphics Card and I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit on it. I have installed GNOME 3 and also followed this Make Ubuntu look like Mac OS X. I have also installed apps from the software center, getdeb &…
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and at first when I go to check the system information I used to have (unknown) on the graphic card section, I used the synaptic manager and downloaded the fglrx, after that I restarted my laptop and now I don't have any menus, all of them are gone.
Now I am only using the keyboard shortcuts to use…
I have an xlsx-file of size 27.3MB and when I try to open it either in Libreoffice or Matlab the whole system slows down
My processor is AMD Sempron(tm) 140 Processor (should be about 2.7Ghz)
Memory I have about 1.7GB
Any ideas? I opened this file in Windows no problem...of course it took a few seconds to load but Ubuntu…
<b>The H Open:</b> "The AMD and Intel graphics drivers now support a wider range of chips and make better use of power saving features on the older chips."
(I've seen this question and some related ones, and perhaps this is a duplicate although part of my question is specific to the Atom D510.)
I'm going to be installing Ubuntu on a new silent desktop as my latest (and hopefully last) attempt to switch from Windows to Linux for at least most everyday tasks. The new machine…
Hello All,
2 years ago I bought relatives a new computer for christmas and installed Ubuntu on it. Ever since then it has been experiencing problems with the hard drives. The hard drive supplied with the machine was a SATA drive. When it appeared it was having problems (files and folders with invalid encoding started…
I've recently started using Windows (having used Ubuntu up until now) and I find myself unable to properly set environment variables. Whenever I set them they don't seem to work. I've been going to Start-Edit Environment Variables for your Account and editing the PATH value in the upper half of the GUI. Here's what…
I hope I can get some new ideas to solve the issue. What I have:
AMDPhenom II X4 905e Box, Sockel AM3
Gigabyte GA-MA790XTA-UD4, AMD 790X, AM3 ATX
WD Caviar GreenPower 1,5TB SATA II
4GB Kit OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum Low-Voltage CL7
HIS HD 4670 iSilence4 DDR3 1024MB Native HDMI Dual-DVI, PCI-Express
Behavior:…
I ran SiSoftware's Sandra on my new PC, and for my CPU it reports:
Generation : G8 / T29
Name : TN0 (Trinity) FX/Opteron 32nm (ES)
Revision/Stepping : 0 : 10 / 1
Stepping Mask : TN-A1
Microcode : MU6F10010F
The (ES) is a well-known code in product development, meaning…
I'm looking for virtualisation solutions for storage and OS for a home server. A sort of private cloud where I manage the storage space independently of the VM one.
This question focus on VM (or compute instance) management and what would best suit my needs. (I have another question related to the…
I'm looking for virtualisation solutions for storage and OS for a home server. A sort of private cloud where I manage the storage space independently of the VM one.
This question focus on storage management. (I have another question related to the VM/compute instance management).
Here my…
I have an nVidia 8600GT card (made by EVGA) on a machine with Windows Vista (AMD Athlon X2 processors) and four gigs of ram. It runs pretty good, but I have had some slow/choppy/stuterring video playback issues whenever watching flash videos on Youtube or other sites. The problem is there…
So, 1 year and 340 days ago I bought a desktop computer.
Since then, it has served me well.
But lately, I wanted an upgrade, so I bought a new video card.
I documented myself about the compatibility, and it is okay.
So I opened the case, cleaned up that... dust elemental living inside…
I purchased new computer components, switching my hardware from AMD and Radeon to Intel and Nvidia. I kept components from my old computer like the powersupply and two HDDs.
Everything appeared to install correctly and the system booted into the BIOS just fine (after a brief snafu…