ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19

Wed Mar 19 02:39:03 UTC 2008



Egor Katkov 

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> Subject: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 36, Issue 19
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> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:10 +0000
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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Re: Can't read disc. (Alfred)
>    2. Re: please help me with ubuntu! (Andrew Mathenge)
>    3. Re: Need ubuntu help (Andrew Mathenge)
>    4. Re: Canadian Ubuntu Problem (Jack Bowling)
>    5. Re: Canadian Ubuntu Problem (Brian Michalski)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:31:28 -0400
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> Subject: Re: Can't read disc.
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1205767888.6584.210.camel at alf-desktop>
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>  Go in the Bios to do this. Set the Boot up sequence to boot from CD or
> DVD first - Then insert the Install disc. Turn off the machine. Then
> turn it on- It now boots from the DVD, and Linux comes up in live mode.
> Then click on the Install Icon on the desktop. Now it will ask you in
> one question where you want it. Then it installs there. No Format
> problems, or reading problems.
> 
> Alfred! 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JBoon <hazanjo at cogeco.ca>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Can't read disc.
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:53:53 -0400
> 
> Hi,  as a raw newbie, I seem to be missing something obvious.
>  
> I downloaded D:\ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso  as instructed from the
> ubuntu site.  I then burned it onto a DVD using Toshiba Diskcreator on
> my laptop.  
>  
> Then I took the disk over to the target machine, a desktop.   Whether in
> windows, or if I exit to MSDOS, neither will read the disc.
>  
> I then brought the disc back to the original laptop to study what files
> had been copied to see if I had to have some kind of 'installation'
> file.  Now, all I can do with this disc is look at the Toshiba
> Diskcreator which informs me I cannot erase or add files to it.  But
> Windows will not let me look at the actual file.
>  
> Please help.
>  
> thankyou
>  
> John Boon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:52:46 +0300
> From: "Andrew Mathenge" <mathenge at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: please help me with ubuntu!
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<226e2d800803172252t745c0757qb62d50fa5e01d1e9 at mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Doesn't sound like your installation properly modified the boot sector.
> Looks like you were able to use the PC after the first install only.
> 
> 
>    1. I have a couple of questions. When you boot the PC, do you see the
>    normal POST stuff (i.e, machine information, BIOS information, memory
>    count...) and so on?
> 
> 
> Also, can you boot from the ubuntu CD? If you can, you can  try to recover
> your system using the boot CD. Here's a link to additional information.
> 
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-boot-ubuntu-linux-rescue-mode/
> 
> In short, you will need to boot the CD, then select the option to "recover a
> broken system."
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Mwai Mathenge.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Nick <nick__10 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Hi,
> >
> > i recently put ubuntu on my other pc, it worked fine the first day, then i
> > turned the pc off at night, when i turned on the next day the screen went
> > black and it said "Loading, please wait" it did this for like 25 mins, so i
> > restarted, tried again a couple of times with no better luck, so what i am
> > doing is using the ubuntu cd to perform a memory check, its been running for
> > 15 hours now, will this memory check resolve my issue? and if not what can i
> > do?
> >
> > please help!
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Nick.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:54:29 +0300
> From: "Andrew Mathenge" <mathenge at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Need ubuntu help
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hi David,
> 
> What kind of problems are you having? Why don't you post what you're running
> into here?
> 
> Mwai Mathenge.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Steven Du <edgefree at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > How about providing the more detail information here? Like HW info, etc.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:41 PM, David Leigh <davidl at traincanada.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >  Hi Corey, I'm really new to Ubuntu and I am having major tech issues. I
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [image: cid:image001.jpg at 01C84165.F3F744F0]    [image:
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> > >
> > > Windows Server 2008 First look course is now available exclusively
> > > through ctc TrainCanada Please contact me for more information
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:44:45 -0700
> From: Jack Bowling <jbinpg at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: Canadian Ubuntu Problem
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <20080318064445.GB10077 at shaw.ca>
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> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 09:56:53AM -0400, Scott wrote:
> > Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> > > Looking at the changelog, it seems to be an automatic and routine
> > > update to the package:
> > too bad, because the 8.04 release is coming soon and I don't want to be 
> > stuck out of it just because I am Canadian.
> > 
> > I hate to say this, but Canadians don't seem to be very important to the 
> > (K)Ubuntu community.
> > 
> Seeing as how one of the key KDE developers, Aaron Seigo, is from Calgary,
> that comment strikes me as a bit strange.
> 
> Jack 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:37:07 -0300
> From: Brian Michalski <super007 at eastlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: Canadian Ubuntu Problem
> To: Jack Bowling <jbinpg at shaw.ca>,	The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> 	<ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1205836627.6449.0.camel at XSANF>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> +1
> 
> 
> :P
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 23:44 -0700, Jack Bowling wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 09:56:53AM -0400, Scott wrote:
> > > Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> > > > Looking at the changelog, it seems to be an automatic and routine
> > > > update to the package:
> > > too bad, because the 8.04 release is coming soon and I don't want to be 
> > > stuck out of it just because I am Canadian.
> > > 
> > > I hate to say this, but Canadians don't seem to be very important to the 
> > > (K)Ubuntu community.
> > > 
> > Seeing as how one of the key KDE developers, Aaron Seigo, is from Calgary,
> > that comment strikes me as a bit strange.
> > 
> > Jack 
> > 
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