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[ubuntu] HP 530 laptop turns itself offview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – I have an HP 530 laptop dual-booting Karmic and XP. This is the series of events that lead to the current state of affairs: 1. Mouse Pad began troubleshooting and acting randomly both in Windows and Ubuntu. 2. As a result, I unplugged the ribbon tape connecting the mousepad to the motherboard and am currently using a USB mouse. (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] Need desperate help! Boot/partition/windows issues!view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Ok, I've tried a million things and read a million forum posts but I can't seem to get anything to work...Here's what happened: (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] Nvidia d video doesn't workview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Hello Everyone, this time I really need your help. I'm new to Ubuntu (just two months) and I describe the situation as good as I can. System: Laptop: Aspire 5935G Video: NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 130M UBUNTU VERSION: 9.10 What happened: (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] Can't get anything to work(Programs)view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Well I recently installed Ubuntu on my Compaq laptop... I'm pretty sure its an older laptop, I do not know any specs as this laptop was given to me by a friend, but the installation went smooth and i was happy, but i'm not happy that when I go to the Ubuntu software center to get some programs etc. (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] need help with problem (dont know what to classify it as)view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – ok, so earlier this morning my linux laptop crashes on me, i reboot it and it says the video card drivers have malfunctioned and need to be reinstalled, and it gives me the option to boot into lower graphics, i do so and then go to sleep as i had work later on that day, i get home from work and set about fixing the problem, i reinstall the nvidia drivers, and then reboot, but now, none of the wind (Hardware)

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How do I run Linux Mint on my Vista laptop?view story

http://i486.net – I installed Linux Mint 8 on my flash drive, but how can I boot Linux to run on startup? I do not know how to run Linux or, is my computer just to boot Windows Vista and I hate Vista. How can I boot Linux on my flash drive? (General)

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[ubuntu] Help recovering after bad bad video driver installview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – Howdy, I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed on a Lenovo X500 laptop. Today I decided to install the proprietary ATI/AMD graphics driver that was shown as available in the "Hardware drivers" Administration menu. I clicked "Activate" and it installed and told me I needed to reboot. (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] easy question on cpu temperatureview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – So I resolved the fan not running issue. Now fan will kick on at 54 Deg C, and shut off at 47 Deg C. My question, is that a good temperature range to keep the processor at? Any help/comments greatly appreciated System: Toshiba Sattelite L505 Laptop, Intel Pentium dual core T4400 processor (2.2GHz) (Hardware)

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[ubuntu] Another Fan at fullspeed thread...view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – I've been looking around and apparently I'm not the only one, so this is a common issue.... my CPU fan on my toshiba laptop keeps running at full speed and it's very annoying!!! is there anyhting that I can do to fix this? on Windows 7 it runs just fine, but not on ubuntu... (Hardware)

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How do I go about installing windows after linux is already on my hard drive?view story

http://i486.net – I recently installed Mandriva Linux on my laptop, but I realized that I had to put Windows on your computer to play some games that I can not begin to work with wine. What is the process of installing a dual boot Linux and Windows with Linux already installed? (General)