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I would like to see my GRUB 2 menu at boot up. What do I need to do to the configuration please?

Here is my etc/default/grub file:-

[QUOTE]# If you change this file, run 'update-grub'...

It looks as though the drive overheated at some point. This is very common with laptops, people will take them to bed, lay in a douve or such like and generally block up the ventilation. Look for an...

Thanks Sudodus, I took the easy way out loaded 13.04 and updated to 13.10. All going well (gets to desktop, browses, email) taking this route for Ubuntu Desktop i386. Now trying to get Simon to work...

Enquiring as some reports suggest AMD64 version works and i386 does not. Fully expect glitches but can Saucy be installed with the i386 iso?

Thanks. Bob

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I've installed 12.04 i386 and it runs fine on a 'scrap' box that I put together. It runs an Athlon 1.25GHz processor with a nVidia FX5500 agp card and version 173 of the nvidia driver. Memory...

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I have just built a machine using 13.04 64bit installed on a 120GB solid state drive (SSD). Boot time is 9 seconds (which includes a 3 second forced delay). I have installed a Radeon HD 6450...

Thanks guys. I cannot get to edit a file. I've attached a usb bootable drive to the pc and can boot to Desktop ok. I have tried to copy over home files and intend to re-install the system on the pc's...

32 bit 12.04 Desktop. Tried holding down shift key at end of POST with no luck. Just boots through to Desktop.

How can I get to the GRUB menu please?

Could you explain the set up again please.

How many physical hard drives do you have?
Which drive and partition is Windows installed on?
Which drive and partition is Ubuntu installed on?

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I'm running Raring AMD64 and want to start programming in Python. I've done a Coursera (Interactive Programming in Python) course and now want to start my own project, showing a graphical...

Thank you! Hole in one! Now running 64bit 13.04 Desktop. Very stable too.

I've forgotten the command to upgrade to a development version. Can you tell me what it is please? Going from 12.10 to 13.04 64bit Desktop

Thanks kc1di, very quick response.

I found this advice worked, simply run

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installerI needed an alternative ethernet connection to do the job as files have to...

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I have upgraded a pc to 12.04 i386 and found that the wireless card does not work anymore. Reports suggest that the firmware is missing. The following info has been cleaned:-

Motherboard...

I am trying to get an Epson Stylus Photo PX730WD to scan. Simple Scan and Xsane cannot find the scanner. Running on a 32bit Ubuntu 12.10.

Is there a scan driver that I need to use?

Thanks again

It could well be that with a clean install pulseaudio may pick up hdmi devices without any intervention. The system I fixed had run successfully before 12.04 and so had edited files...

Hole in One! Thank you very much for the insight.

This is what I found:-

There is NO need to modify these files:
/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
/etc/pulse/default.pa

There still remains a need...

I am having problems getting HDMI audio to work through an Asus nVidia EN210 card. Graphics is fine and HDMI audio used to work fine before upgrade to 12.04 i386 Desktop.

There is a mine of...

Linux has problems running HDMI audio through some nVidia cards, the geforce 210 is one I'm having trouble with at the moment. This affects running multimedia through TVs, an increasingly popular...

Unfortunately it appears that nouveau does not support HDMI audio at present

http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/HardwareStatus

I think nVidia must have changed their driver because what used to run doesn't any more.

I had Precise outputting HDMI to a Samsung TV using nVidia driver. It worked fine. It failed following an...

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I would like to purchase a sat-nav for my car and find that they all use Microsoft software to updates maps and the like.

Does anybody have any experience in updating maps on a Garmin using...

I am using the following:

Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64bit
iPhone model 9B206 running iOS 5.1.1
Rhythmbox 2.96

I would like to move music from Rhythmbox to my iPhone to play it on the iPhone....

Thanks for the response. I'm afraid I opted for removing and storing the home folder, then reinstalling the os from a live cd, formatting the entire disk en route. I then copied back the home folder...

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I have a completely screwed Desktop following upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 i386.

The display shows the Desktop background but no icons or window headers. I have tried running
unity...