On Wed, 2011-11-23 at 17:17 +0000, Terry Coles wrote: > On Tuesday 22 Nov 2011 23:51:06 [email protected] wrote: > > So maybe it isn't just me being a novice! > > Maybe or maybe not :-) > > > A newcomer to Linux, I bought a new desktop with pre-installed 64 bit > > Ubunto 11.04 Unity distro, but several thing have been going wrong > > lately and I have resorted to installing Gnome and several other apps > > to keep going - but things keep getting steadily worse! > > That shouldn't have been necessary. Personally, I don't like Unity, but it > has > worked OK for me and (mostly) for my wife on our Novatech Netbook. > > > For example, now whenever I insert a USB device, the USB icon > > replicates itself all along the top bar and prevents access to any > > other function. I have to open the folder I want to use before I > > insert the USB device, and I can't move a folder from the desktop into > > one in my Home folder - all things that used to work before. > > > > I am getting in a bit of a tangle and it may be 11.04 or me being new > > to Linux/Ubuntu. If there are bugs, perhaps I should stop struggling > > and ask for advice! > > Not sure what the problem is, but never be afraid to ask for advice. I've > been > a Linux user since 2000, but I still keep asking. > > > The PC is a very small desktop with 19" screen, and I have a small > > combined keyboard and mouse that I can use instead of the normal size. > > Can I bring it to the next meeting? > > Certainly you can bring it, but with that setup, I see power supplies being > the biggest problem. The pub does have power sockets around, but you are > going > to need an adaptor to run both the desktop and the monitor. > > Also. How do you normally connect to the internet? The pub has no wireless, > so > we've had to resort to wireless dongles and routers in the past. However, > that > relies on someone turning up that has one with data on it :-) > > It might be worth upgrading to 11.10. We could bring some live discs if that > would help. If version 11.10 works off the CD, that might be the way forward. > > If that doesn't shed any light, and you don't live too far away, I'm happy to > visit you and have a look if that might help, but lets wait until the Meeting > to decide that, unless you are desperate for a fix. (That makes it sound like > Linux is a drug :-) ) >
Whoa Back, Horsey. After all the comments on here about 11.10 (including those labelled 10.10!) perhaps it's safer to reinstall 11.04 rather than upgrade. HAs anyone successfully upgraded yet? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
