14.04 alt tab (app switcher) randomly popping up
Installed Ubuntu 14.04 along side osx mavericks. I noticed that while using Ubuntu, the app switcher pops up randomly here and there. Would this be a track pad issue (perhaps some motions triggers it)?
View ArticleUbu 14.04 on MBP (late 2008, Mavs, rEFInd) no working NIC
The NIC works fine both in the Mac OS and while the Ubuntu installer was running. Now that the machine is booted into Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) I can get no address and cannot communicate across the wire....
View Article[PPC] 14.04 Sound Problem (has been following the step in PowerPCFAQ but...
I am new to the Ubuntu family and I have just deployed Lubuntu in my PowerBookG4. Thanks to the folks in the fourm, I can overcome serveral problems in the deployment of my Lubuntu, such as the dark...
View ArticleVery slow 802.11ac WiFi on MBA 2013 / Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I just switched from Mavericks to Ubuntu 14.04 on my MacBookAir6,2. Everything seems to be working perfect apart from WiFi being very slow. I am using a 802.11ac (5GHz) access point and it worked fine...
View Article[ubuntu] Rename "Boot EFI"
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my MacBook Air 2013 6,1 in dual boot configuration with Mavericks. I did not use refit or refind and chose to use Apple's EFI boot. When I hold down the Option key on...
View ArticleiBook G3 Special Edition with dead hard drive
I have an iBook G3 Special Edition, and I'm pretty sure the hard drive is dead (on startup, it flashes a question mark.) I thought I might try the 12.04 PowerPC Live CD to see if I can recover anything...
View Article[ubuntu] Blank Screen after update to 12.10 from 12.04 on dual boot...
I decided to setup Ubuntu on my MacbookPro 8,2(Early 2011, Graphics Cards:Radeon HD 6750M and Intel HD 3000) within a 40gb partition to setup the framework ROS to work on robotics projects(I didn't...
View ArticleWhere are you Ubuntu
Please excuse MR MAGOO. He wants to install the UBUNTU operating system on a Intel Mac but have no clue or can't even see where is the download site. Please someone provide MR MAGOO with an URL for the...
View Article[ubuntu] Setting up a Desktop 14.04 on an unresponsive ubuntu 12.10...
Since I couldn't resolve my unresponsive(blank screen) boot up problem of the unsupported 12.10 in my 40 gb partition within MacbookPro 8,2. I've decided to download 14.04 and will try to set up on the...
View Article[xubuntu] Xubuntu 14.04 on Apple MacbookPro6,2
I recently upgraded from Xubuntu 13.10 to Xubuntu 14.04, since the upgrade banner had been splashing over my screen at boot. However, since the upgrade, the machine has been a little bit unstable with...
View Article[lubuntu] PowerBook G4
I just installed Lubuntu on my Apple PowerPc laptop. The install went fine, the OS is usable except no WIFI and I can't get the battery icon on the panel. I ran lspci -nn | grep 0280 in terminal and...
View ArticleTrying to Install Ubuntu on MacBook using USB Jump Drive
I am a newbie, so I posted here instead of the Install section. I have a mid-2009 MacBook. I am trying to follow the instructions in a few Community Help Wiki documents: "Mactel Support Team / Apple...
View Article[lubuntu] Finally Lubuntu Run on my Quad G5
Yesterday i finally have Lubuntu PPC work on my Quad G5 2.5 ghz was since 12.x i was try to have it start the installation on my machine with X1900gt but without success... every time i had a black...
View Article[ubuntu] trackpad only works after logging out
Greetings-- I'm running 14.04 on a Macbook Air 4,2. My trackpad does not work after booting up. But if I log out and log in again, it works fine. I guess this should be a simple fix... a different...
View Article[xubuntu] Xubuntu 14.04 on iMac G3?
Greetings - the latest references I've seen here to iMac G3s are 2011, so I was wondering if anyone had had any luck with 14.04 on one of these beasties? I got the server distribution to install on it...
View Article[PPC] Firefox 29 for Ubuntu PowerPC
Hi All, Mozilla released Firefox 29. Ubuntu built Firefox packages last week. Unfortunately the compiling of Firefox for PowerPC doesn't work at the moment. Firefox 29 build status for the A-EON Live...
View Article[xubuntu] How to locate mate-session-manager?
Code: sudo apt-get install mate-session-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package mate-session-manager Anyone...
View Article[ubuntu] iMac 10,1 fan control with SSD & HDD (no optical drive)
I can't seem to get anywhere with this. Running OS X I am using "Macs Fan Control", it also worked in Windows 7 (windows now gone, replaced by Ubuntu 14.04!!!) My iMac has the supper drive replaced...
View Article[lubuntu] Firefox problem Lubuntu 12.04
When I open Firefox on my Apple PowerBook G4 w/Lubuntu 12.04, the whole page needs help to load. What I need to do is hold the left mouse button down and swipe the whole page to get all to appear. How...
View Article[lubuntu] iPhone 3 running iOS7 can't connect usiing 14.04
This is the error message I get when connecting the device: Code: Unhandled Lockdown error (-2) I have libimobiledevice-utils and ifuse installed and ran Code: ~$ idevicepair unpair &&...
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