[SOLVED] Installation of "Zram" locked up Synaptic
Running Ubuntu 12.04 on an eMac G-4, 1 Ghz processor, 1 GB Ram, 40 GB hard drive. I had looked on a site entitled "Modify Ubuntu - Ubuntu 12.04 Tips and Tricks" and decided I would try installing...
View Article[all variants] best version for weaksauce 2008 macbook?
Hi guys, I've got one of the first aluminium unibody macbooks -- not even a pro. It's got a 2 ghz core2duo and 2 gb of ram (can't run Lion at useful speed). I'm interested in Linux, and figured I'd put...
View Article[all variants] What kind of Ubuntu for my late 2006 white Macbook
I have an aging late 2006 white Macbook. I got it the day after Thanksgiving many years ago.By the way it has a 2.0 ghz Core2Duo 64 chip. I currently have Lion 10.7 on it dual booting with Windows 7...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro Mid-2012 (9,1)
I have been trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Pro 9,1 and have run into some problems. I tried to use a cd, both 12.04 amd64 and amd64+mac, but I just get a blinking cursor when I try to boot...
View Article[ubuntu] Running Ubuntu 12.04 on a 2012 MacBook Air (5,2)
I recently obtained a 2012 13" MacBook Air (MBA) to use as a development laptop. The documentation on installing and running Linux on this year's model is fairly sparse and had to be collected and...
View Article[ubuntu] Wi-Fi on Macbook Pro 9,1
I painstakingly spent about 3 days getting a triple-boot working and all the apps I wanted installed on my new Macbook Pro, and so far most things are working just fine, but wi-fi and one other thing...
View Article[kubuntu] Trying to install Kubuntu 8.04 on an iMac G3...
I'm having issues installing Kubuntu 8.04 on an iMac G3 (Slotloader, PPC). I installed the PowerPC version, loaded it onto a disc, and can boot it up no problems. But once I get to yaboot, everything...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 on an early 2006 Macbook 1,1
Just to say that, apart from the false GPU lockup bug on startup (Bug #975624), this all went extremely smoothly with installation straight from the graphical installer using LiveCD. My Macbook has 2...
View Article[ubuntu] 12.04 on mac: unable to find GRUB and to load Super Grub 2 Disk
Hi everybody, I am experiencing problem in installing ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook Pro 8.1 13'' (early 2011). I was following this guide http://www.rodsbooks.com/ubuntu-efi/index.html provided by the...
View Article[ubuntu] No fans on macbook pro 5.4 with Ubuntu 12.04
Hi guys, I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook pro 5.4 and its all going great. Except the fans. They don't appear to be working. Naturally this is a bit of a problem, what with overheating...
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[ubuntu] Setting a timemachine on a ubuntu
Hey everybody. I just installed my brand new headless ubuntu to use as a nas at home. I tried to configure a timemachine for my mac following this: http://kremalicious.com/ubuntu-as-ma...achine-volume/...
View Article[ubuntu] installing ubuntu 12.04 on Mac Mini 4,1
Hello, I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on MacMini 4,1 (model with Nvidia graphic chipset) from an USB drive. When I select "Try Ubuntu Without Installing", the OS will boot but end up in strange...
View Article[ubuntu] User Switching not working properly
Hello, I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my iMac and everything is working fine. Except user switching. When I switch users I and up with a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upperleft corner of...
View Article[ubuntu] Windows 7 does not work after installing Ubuntu 12.04
Windows 7 won't run after I installed Ubuntu, I've triple booted on my Macbook and I installed Windows before Ubuntu. I used BootRepair and got this report: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1145708 I have no...
View Article[ubuntu] How to run Dual Monitors on 2008 Macbook Pro?
I am trying to get a second monitor to connect to my 2008 Macbook Pro laptop running ubuntu. I have gone into the nvidia-settings and chosen to run the second monitor as a separate x-server and after a...
View Article[ubuntu] MacbookPro9,1 support
I was wondering if there was any timeline on when we could see support for mac's generation 9 in the wiki. I have a MacbookPro9,1 and not finding much support around the net. This is for 64 bit only!...
View Article[other] Couldn't install printer canon MF 4320
I have a mac pro 2009, and I can't install printer. Where should I go for help?
View Article[ubuntu] partition external harddrive
I want to create partitions so that i can use my external harddrive to move between my mac and my ubuntu laptop. I dled gparted and created a fat32 partition and an ext4 partition but the mac disk...
View Article[PPC] Lubuntu 12.04 - No Sound After Suspend
I installed Lubuntu 12.04 onto my iBook G4, and while everything's fine and dandy, but there's one annoying problem, and that is that there's no sound after resuming from suspend. If I restart the...
View ArticleMouse/trackpad click broken
Hi, The latest updates seem to have broken the clicking on my trackpad (or rather, the clicky-thing below the trackpad). If I use two fingers to 'click' on the trackpad, it still works, but then I have...
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