Troubleshooting

hardware problems and more

taskbar

Posted Mon, 2010-08-23 10:50 by s4b1an

i'm using ubuntu 10.04 and now my laptop don't play the sound while i'm playing music. I lost my top & bottom panel too. please help to solve the problem. thx

Webcamera with no picture (worked before)

Posted Fri, 2010-08-20 20:54 by aavola

I am new user in Ubuntu Community. I have a problem with my webcamera. I am using Ubuntu 10.4 and Skype (Beta) version 2.1.0.81. Well, in Videodevices, there is USB20 Camera (/dev/video0) and a black rectangle with TEST button. If I press it, I can't see any picture...

Sorry for bad English.

Ubuntu login

Posted Wed, 2010-08-11 02:53 by karthik srinivasan

When i installed ubuntu 9.10, it does not ask anything about root. So, i gave my name as a user name and passwrd. After intalling it, ubuntu does not allow to create/delete/ edit a folder and and file. It just display you are not a root. Why?

Setting up HP Printer via USB print server

Posted Thu, 2010-08-05 05:50 by Labhrain

I've been working at this for a few days. I've searched all over and as far as I can tell, I'm setting up my printer correctly. I have hpcups (latest version.) My printer is an HP Officejet 5610. It works perfectly if I set it up directly (USB to Ubuntu machine.) No configuring is required. I just plug it in and it already has the drivers. However, when I set it up through the print server, it acts very strangely. It appears to start sending the file, the printer starts to pull the paper, then it just hangs. The printer states "printing" and stays in that state until I turn it off. CUPS states that the printer is "processing" and it stays that way until I cancel the print job.

Ubuntu wont boot!

Posted Wed, 2010-07-28 06:19 by Schu

ok i installed ubuntu in a computer of mine, i went through the whole install process and it asked to restart, i did. then when it restarted it just flashes the ubuntu load screen then just goes black and the mouse and keyboard are not responsive. i have tried the graphics GUI way at this link http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3085112.0 and it didn't work. any ideas?

Ubuntu Wifi Problems

Posted Wed, 2010-07-28 03:40 by pinkpooj

I just installed ubuntu on a 50 GB partition, and I can't seem to connect it to the internet. The Wifi connections menu wouldn't pick up any connections. I just formatted and reinstalled windows 7, and reinstalled all of my drivers.

I've never used Ubuntu before, so please don't tell me to do anything complicated, and thanks!

top and the bottom panels gone

Posted Wed, 2010-07-07 17:59 by jless

So I booted my computer up this morning, logged in, and found that both the top and the bottom panels were gone. My desktop background is still there, but the panels aren't. When I do open a window and minimize it, it goes to nowhere. I have read a number of people with similar problems, but the solution is always "right click on the panel and add the window list." My problem is that I don't have a panel to right click on.I have Ubuntu 10.04(gnome desktop).
Any idea what happened or how to fix it?

Internet Problems

Posted Thu, 2010-06-24 19:51 by dave457

I recently installed Ubuntu version 10.4 and have both Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my computer. When I run Ubuntu, the internet doesn't work. It says there is a connection but when I open Firefox, it says that the homepage can't be found. Any suggestions?

Ubuntu DNS Bug? Unable to query two name servers

Posted Tue, 2010-06-22 15:35 by sohelmk

I found one strange issue with ubuntu, can anyone suggest if its a bug or as designed?
If I have two nameservers in my resolv.conf, ubuntu only checks the first (and receives a ‘not found’ reply from there) and never goes to the next two nameservers. This behavior is very different from windows or other linux systems. When I switched the order of these nameservers the dns name I was having issues with worked and got resolved , but when that nameserver is not the first when it fails.

Has anyone faced any similar issues?

How do you work OpenBVE on Ubuntu 10.04

Posted Tue, 2010-06-22 07:47 by H.J.

I installed OpenBVE on Ubuntu 10.04. The first few time it worked but from then when I click "start" it just shut its self down

ubuntu will not allow file sharing and printer sharing via windows router to windows 7 laptop

Posted Wed, 2010-06-16 06:31 by iraparks

First off I can see my windows network through the ubuntu pc but I cannot see the shared files on the w/7 laptop on my Network.

How do i set up the ubuntu machine to share folders? I get the shared folders option to become active but still get the "cant mount" message box.

Also I have a Konica Minolta 1400W printer connected to the ubuntu box but I cant access it on my network again with the W/7 laptop.

I have read many threads but just throws code out there that I copy and paste in the terminal window, but still no shared folders or printing sharing via Linksys router (windows install) to my W/7 laptop...

Please guide me in the right direction, this is my first experience with Linux and I really like the OS but these problems are so annoying.

Thanks in advance

Updating Ubuntu Kills Firefox?

Posted Fri, 2010-06-04 02:49 by Lee Stone

Getting tired of being hostage to Microsoft, I bought a laptop from Dell with Ubuntu 7.10 loaded on it. It came with Mozilla Firefox as its browser, which is cool because I was already using Firefox on my Windows XP machine. Last week I responded to a prompt to allow an automatic upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04. After the "upgrade", Ubuntu/Firefox would no longer access the 'Net, so I can neither try to upgrade Firefox, nor try to go back to 7.10. In fact, if I didn't have my older XP beast, I wouldn't have been able to send out this call for help. I'm trying to convert to Linux rather late in my life; much of my computer experience was with IBM 3090s, PL/I, DB2, etc.

ipod and skype problems

Posted Thu, 2010-06-03 01:24 by ahindmar

Hey there

I have a few problems with my computer and I can’t find a way to fix them. I am a beginner/intermediate with ubuntu so please dumb down your explanations. I am running on an Acer Aspire 5100 series from 2007. I have updated ubuntu to the latest settings as of June 2, 2010

Some details about the computer in case this effects things
• Processor / Speed:
o AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6 GHz, 2x 256 KB L2 cache) or Turion 64 MK-36 (512 KB L2 cache) featuring: Dual-core processing, Simultaneous 32- and 64-bit Windows®-compatible support, AMD PowerNow!™, AMD HyperTransport™, Enhanced Virus Protection and 3DNow!™ Professional technology
• Core Logic Chipset:
o ATI Radeon® Xpress 1100
• RAM / Max RAM:
o 1 GB / 4 GB using DDR2 533/667 soDIMM modules
• Video Subsystem:
o ATI Radeon® Xpress 1100 integrated 3D graphics, with up to 128 MB of shared system memory
• LCD Properties:

toshiba computer with ubuntu on it.

Posted Thu, 2010-06-03 00:56 by jenny.crowe

i got a toshiba.
with vista on it. D:

vista froze during an update and quit working so i but ubuntu on it.
karmic koala.

now ubuntu has quit working
it won't boot.
it brings me to a list of different modes and recovery modes i can use.
and when i try any of them, the get stuck and just dont load.
the regular ubuntu just goes blank after being stuck at the logo for over 30 seconds.

ANYWAY! i want to put vista back on because nothing i do with ubuntu seems to be working.
but my recovery discs arent doing anything!

is there any reason this could be happening?

i tried turning my computer on first, then putting the disc in.
and i tried turning the computer on with the disc already in.
i also tried telling ubuntu in recovery mode that there's a cd. but i dont know enough about computers to know how that would work..
my lap top gets really loud for a bit, so it's recognizing that there's a disc.
but nothing else happens.

.
any suggestions?

Sansa mp3 player will not unmount/eject/whatever

Posted Mon, 2010-05-31 22:49 by macfall

I have a Sansa Fuze 4GB media player, and every time I connect it to my computer, Ubuntu creates a new icon for it which I cannot get rid of. It won't unmount or eject, and the "move to trash" option is grayed-out. However, if I reconnect the player, the newest instance (if that's the word) of the drive is the only one that reads its contents; the other ones, when opened, display an empty mass storage drive.

Something about the player that may or may not be relevant: There is something wrong with the player so that it cannot be read in MTP mode. I have to force MSC mode.