[SOLVED] Attack of the giant terminal as Network Manager hides
Hi all, As the title suggests. I can't remember doing anything but was fooling around with Unison over the home network previously, although nothing appeared odd. Previous to that, Network Manager,...
View Article[PPC] Extra Repositories in Pangolin
Hi, I want to know how to add extra repositories in Pangolin, please. My Airport card won't work. I need the firmware and bcm43xx-fwcutter isn't in the apt-get repository. I read this thread and found...
View Article[ubuntu] dual boot 12.04 and os x mbp 5,5 gray progress bar booting into os x
I have a macbook pro 5,5 that I set up to dual boot os x snow leopard and ubuntu 12.04. I followed instructions from this post - http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...69&postcount=6 because I was...
View Article[lubuntu] Remove Ubuntu dual boot
How can I remove the Ubuntu dual boot without losing the Mac Bootloader ? Should I remove the Partition Inspector too ?
View Article[PPC] Intermittent Airport.
G'day all, I'm a relative newb to Linux and even newer newb to Ubuntu, so I'm needing a bit of help. I've managed to install Ubuntu 12.10 onto my PPC G3 iBook and while it runs ok, it will never be a...
View Article[kubuntu] X redraw issue
Hello, I'm getting back to Linux on my desktop (laptop) for the first time since 2001. I've been testing it out on a work provided Lenovo for the last couple of weeks and found kubuntu was the best fit...
View Article[ubuntu] Macbook Pro 3,1 Ejects Installation Disk; Doesn't Recognize Bootable...
I originally posted this in the installation and upgrades forum; hopefully I'll be able to get more help here. ME: Quote: Hey all - first off, I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Apple forum or...
View Article[ubuntu] spdif/optical audio on Mac Mini 4,1
I'm wondering if anyone has actually got this working? I've read lots about HDMI Audio, and i have that working without any issue. The optical port on my Mac however seems to be a different story.. I...
View Article[SOLVED] Dual booting Ubuntu Mac Snow Leopard
Are there any instructions available for dual booting Ubuntu 12.04 with Mac OS snow leopard? (All the instructions I am finding so far, are either for more recent Mac versions or older Ubuntu, so any...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.04 on iMac 4,1 works then fails, works then fails...
I've set up dual booting on an iMac (several times) following the description at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...elInstallation. I do note, that the " root (/) as the mount point" causes the...
View Article[PPC] Cannot boot PPC .isos on PowerBook G4 15"
I tried to google/forum as much as possible, couldn't find a fix. I am unable to boot from any PPC iso, from 10.10 to 12.04. I burned the image on two different computers, slow speeds, checked md5, etc...
View Article[ubuntu] Mac Mini wireless internet
I cannot get wireless internet to run in ubuntu 10.04 (I am dual booting on a mac mini that also runs snow leopard). Is it possible to run wireless in this way? Anything I can try out?
View Article[ubuntu] Connecting to Ubuntu from iMac??
So, here are some technical details about two computers I'm trying to have interact with each other: PC: an e-Machines (yeah, I know!) tower with a 2.8ghz processor (single-core), 2 GB RAM, running...
View Article[ubuntu] Mid 2007 Macbook 2,1 Ubuntu 12.04, no sound from headphones
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my mid 2007 Macbook 2, and can only hear audio through my built-in speakers. Whenever I plug in my headphones, there is no sound AND, there is a red light that glows from...
View Article[other] New Social Media
Hi, I work with a team of young passionate entrepreneurs currently developing a new social media created by and for Apple lovers and connoisseurs. Please answer these 5 questions and help us with this...
View Article[ubuntu] Battery Life on Macbook Pro
I'm trying to increase my Macbook's battery life in Ubuntu up from 4 hours using this thread. It says to edit the Xorg.conf file but I couldn't find it and a simple google search reveals that the...
View Article[all variants] Left speaker crackling on Macbook Pro 5,5
Hello, I have a Macbook Pro 5,5 running Linux Mint 13 now, but I have this issue also in Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and Debian Squeeze (these are the distributions I tried). I am using Ubuntu on this...
View Article[PPC] ADB Trackpad Question
I have mouseemu installed. It doesn't work because I don't have uinput. I read in this post that one the ways to overcome this is by making a symlink. I understand the concept behind symlinks. My...
View Article[ubuntu] Best way to use IPOD shuffle gen.2 on my Ubuntu machine?
Hello! I just received a hand-me-down 'iPod shuffle generation 2' and I am wondering what would be the best way to manage this device on my ubuntu machine? I have installed iTunes through Wine, but it...
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[ubuntu] GRUB Blinking _ (On a triple boot machine)
Hello, recently I updated Ubuntu and when I restarted my computer both my windows and linux partitions were greeted with a flashing _ (My Mac partition works just fine) I've searched around for...
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