Noob Linux DualBoot

milomak said:
ahh the curse of spelling. Here is a hint: Use Tab when in a terminal for filename completion.

So you could have typed "wine Grab" (without the quotes) then pressed Tab and it would have completed the name or showed you files starting with Grab. Another thing to remember is that Linux is case-sensitive.
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:) Indeed. I remember the whole TAB thing vaguely from command prompt days of Redhat.
 
hj2k_x said:
Another question for you :) : Have managed to change the background for Grub and also the login screen where you type in your username and password.

Now, after I type in my password, all I get is the standard awful orange screen until my desktop loads. I have perused the Ubuntu forums and there seem to be various ideas about this one. -->

I have added startup manager and downloaded a splash screen to display instead of the default and this does nothing...

I have also tried System-->Preferences-->Splash Screen . I enable the show splash screen on startup checkbox and then click on install. Then I find the screen i want to use and click open and the whole thing just disappears and nothing changes...

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A bit of research tells me that there is sposed to be some kind of loading screen like in Vista with a status bar that tells you how far along it has loaded.

I don't have this at all. After the Grub screen, the monitor goes off for a few seconds then I get the login screen. After login all I get is that sick orange screen for about 10-15 seconds until the desktop has loaded.

What I want is after the grub screen for the monitor not to go off, then for the login screen to come up, then after login some kind of splash to come up while the desktop loads.

Any ideas??

This is really all that is bugging me right now. GrabIt is doing its thing rather well :)
 
I know the orange screen, can't remove it either. Never have been able to,lol. Take up a thread on ubuntuforums, would love to know the answer.
 
Beta said:
I know the orange screen, can't remove it either. Never have been able to,lol. Take up a thread on ubuntuforums, would love to know the answer.
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There are quite a few threads detailing all sorts of issues with the boot screen and the usplash screen but none of them have anything really conclusive.

I have managed to configure everything else, but not get rid of the damn orange screen before desktop. Was hoping someone here would have an easy fix...
 
if you were using KDE i could tell you how to remove the splash :(
 
milomak said:
if you were using KDE i could tell you how to remove the splash :(
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:p hehe. I want the splash. I guess if you could take away the orange screen that would be better than nothing. But I'd rather have my own splash there, if possible...

Edit: Now I have installed Splashy from Synaptic but I can't seem to find the program now I have installed it :confused:
 
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yeah I know hella is cli. if I can get a terminal to run with hella on startup then I wouldn't really beed a gui
 
I have to admit that I have spent the entire day on Vista. Mainly because I was trying to get that HDD issue sorted and I thought it might be easier through the Vista that I am used to.

WIll do my best to go back to Ubuntu starting tomorrow.

I must say that I find things crash a lot more than I was expecting. Firefox seems to crash quite often for no apparent reason, and also when changing theme settings and the like.

When Firefox crashes and I force quit it, and then open it again it says it is still running and I must end it or restart Ubuntu. What is the Ubuntu equivalent of ctrl alt del? Because up to now I have just been rebooting, which is a hassle :p

Apart from this issue, I think I am slowly getting to grips with it :)
 
I put it down to the 64bit distro, my OS's are always rock solid(ALWAYS DAMNIT LOL!)...
Here's some cool info:
Restart X ie logout: ctrl alt backspace
Kill a process from the command line, many options:
1.Issue the "top" command, then while top is running press the "k" key, and top will ask you which process you would like to kill.
2. type "pkill -9 <processname>"
3.type kill -9 <PID>
How to restart your computer from the command line: Issue" sudo init 6".
How to shutdown PC from command line: Issue "sudo init 0".
Very useful command, here are some more:
PC uptime: issue "uptime".
Info on all mounted drives in human readable format: Issue " df -h"
 
Beta said:
I put it down to the 64bit distro, my OS's are always rock solid(ALWAYS DAMNIT LOL!)...
Here's some cool info:
Restart X ie logout: ctrl alt backspace
Kill a process from the command line, many options:
1.Issue the "top" command, then while top is running press the "k" key, and top will ask you which process you would like to kill.
2. type "pkill -9 <processname>"
3.type kill -9 <PID>
How to restart your computer from the command line: Issue" sudo init 6".
How to shutdown PC from command line: Issue "sudo init 0".
Very useful command, here are some more:
PC uptime: issue "uptime".
Info on all mounted drives in human readable format: Issue " df -h"
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Ya, I think it is the whole 64 bit thing as well to be honest. Still not sure why the 32 bit distro wouldn't work for me. Oh well, not the end of the world.

Those are some damn handy tips there, thanks :)
 
A 3rd vote on the 64-bit issue. 32-bit Gutsy's been beautifully stable for me.
 
Perhaps it is an Ubuntu 64-bit issue. My sidux 64-bit install is as stable as my Debian 32-bit install. Same for my Fedora 8 64-bit install.
 
did you get both the 32-bit and 64-bit from the same site?
 
i've seen one or two cases where a particular distro disagrees with a person's setup. might be the case with ubuntu for you. after all the 32-bit would not even install and the 64-bit is giving you some hassles.

what you might look into is installing something like pclinuxos and seeing if it throws the same issues.
 
milomak said:
i've seen one or two cases where a particular distro disagrees with a person's setup. might be the case with ubuntu for you. after all the 32-bit would not even install and the 64-bit is giving you some hassles.

what you might look into is installing something like pclinuxos and seeing if it throws the same issues.
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Ya, I have heard that Linux can be pretty hardware-sensitive, which is unfortunate. This pclinuxos, what is the difference between that and Ubuntu?

PS: and for the record I only spent that one day on Vista, now I am back on Ubuntu, which is where I plan to stay :)
 
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