http://ubuntuforums.org – I am running Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 on a Sony PIII laptop. I have a Simpletech 250GB USB hard drive that I use for backups and a few other things. It is formatted as Fat32 so that I can use it in several platforms. The drive does not automount at boot or when connected to the system. It is automatically mounted by all my other systems, including Win2K on the same laptop. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I want to get a new laptop with a decent graphics card. I don't care that nVidia's drivers are closed source as long as they're good. I've heard that ATI drivers are buggier and I was wondering which card would be best. I have options like GT 240M, GT 320M, Radeon HD 4670. In theory I think 4670 is fastest, but if it is going to cause computer bugs it's not what I want. So my question is... (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I have an ADVENT 8117 laptop with Ubuntu 10.04 The problem is, if i use the fn + F5 and F6 to turn volume up and down, the volume either goes max or mute, and the notification bar seems to jump and flash until the laptop is restarted. When this happens, i also cannot use any applet icons eg; sound, network. It also stops me from using the applications menu. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Hello. My dad wants to install ubuntu on his old laptop, but he doesnt want the data from there to get lost. We've copied everything onto an external disk. Now we'd like to get the data (the partition) into an VDI (for VirtulBox) file. Is there any tool to do that ? The data is around 15 GB Filesystem is FAT32 Operating system on the data: Win 98 SE (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my Windows XP laptop. Installation went fine but the problem is that whenever I maximize any window it is larger than the actual screen size. Such that the window size buttons on the top right of a window (minimize, maximize, close) cannot be seen when the window is maximized. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – HDMI out Put is with full of different colors and screen is not full on TV Hi I have Lenovo Y550 laptop I have installed UBUNTU 9.1. Every thing works OK. But When I connect it to TV through HDMI cable, Video goes to TV and show very hazy and Florescent Green, Orange and bright white colors shows. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – I recently purchased a 320GB 2.5"external HD. The file system says its owner is root. Is that how it is supposed to be? I thought that I would be the owner, sort of like an USB flash drive. I want to back up to this HD before upgrading my Laptop and desktop computers. Should I reformat the external HD to a Linux file system or just leave it as a FAT file system? (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Hello, I have a laptop with an Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) video card. When I go to the CompizConfig Settings Manager -> Effects -> Blur Windows plugin and enable it, my computer comes to a screeching halt. (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://www.go2linux.org – Until now I have been always using Debian in my servers while Arch Linux as my Desktop and Laptop's operating systems. A week ago I decided to run Arch Linux in one of my servers, and yes, there are some differences, for instance Apache, where even the name of the daemon is different (Apache2 in Debian and httpd in Arch Linux). (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – hello every body i just installed ubuntu on my new laptop ( acer aspire 5732z) and i think i have a problem with my wireless driver using windows i can detect wireless from any room in my house with a strong signal but using ubuntu i need to be too close so my laptop can detect the wireless (Hardware)
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