Fixing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala boot drops to grub shell without showing boot options
I had this problem with a wubi install. Ubuntu would highly pester me and drop to command shell (that of grub) without showing the boot options (Why and who knows??). I every time will have to boot by manually entering boot options (really painful). So I did this.
I entered the boot command of the [...]
“Kernel-panic – not syncing : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(X,X)” error in Ubuntu
This one seems to be a really famous problem for most folks in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. So I had it too. The problem was on the initrd file. It is a kernel related file needed for booting. So i did a simple thing.
I replaced initrd.img file of my kernel version with “initrd.lz” file from [...]
Mounting file system created by Wubi in other Linux distros
I wasn’t aware of this tiny little thing - the filesystem in the file created by a Wubi install can be easily mounted as a loop device.
[How-to] Make nVidia settings persistent and retain the settings in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Nvidia Proprietary Drivers need nvidia-settings to set screen resolution and change other settings. In previous versions of Ubuntu and in other distros to make them permanent (used in every session) you click the “Save to X configuration file”. From Karmic on there is no xorg.conf by default!
As a result, nvidia-settings is not able to save [...]
Links of the week
Saw this question on SuperUser :
How can I add menu items to the Gnome “Applications” menu from the command line?
Yet another SuperUser Q
RSS Feed Notifier for Linux
Seems Canonical will set limits to those who can order free CD’s via Shipit.
The discs will still be made available to Local Community team members and Ubuntu contributors. [...]
Fix for Ubuntu (and other suitable OS) hanging during boot with nVidia GeForce FX 5200 (and other suitable cards)
This is the problem that affected me the most in the history of Linux using so far. Image, for two full years i just dint know the solution to this prob is that easy. Too late of me to find out. any ways, better late than never.
So the problem is with FX 5200 Ubuntu liveCD/installation [...]
Presenting 915resolution — Fix for Intel Drivers
This article appears too late i suppose in this site. Many know about it already. Just in case, i am posting it.
So if your xserser-xorg-video-intel is not that satisfactory to you, or if it doesn’t give the right screen resolution, just use this. If available in repos use it, if not use this link. You [...]
Enable Xserver shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
In Karmic the restart Xserver shortcut is disabled by default. Enable it thus:
1. In the menu, go to System->Preferences->Keyboard (not Keyboard Shortcuts)
2. Go to Layouts tab, click Layout options
3. Expand “Key sequence to kill the X server”. Check “Ctrl+Alt+Backspace”
4. You’re Done.
Links for the week
Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” released, but reception hasn’t been spectacular. Poll on Ubuntu forums indicates that ~ 39% of users have had problems they could not fix.
Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope to 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Installing nVidia drivers (v190.42) in Ubuntu
KDE 4.3.3 released, brings in few bug fixes.
Experiencing Sabayon 5 //personal note: must try it [...]
[How-to] Fix the Buggy Intel Driver in Jaunty
So this is a short post on one pestering problem. If youre using Jaunty and find this problem then use the link that follows.
When i installed Jaunty i had problems (as usual). One of them was this. First off, videos wont play in any video player. Codecs are in place, no doubt. But the player [...]
