Sorry for the OT, but why not use Gparted, which is on the Live-CD anyway? easy to use and i never had any issues with it the past few years(plus, it saves another cd/dvd ;) ) If the Live-CD starts, it should works on an old pc too, tried it on an old Compaq Armada! again, sorry for OT! oh, and enjoy linux, it has a leanrning-curve, if you want a nice and productive OS, but it's totally worth it! ------------- greetz eumel
"she who asks a question might be a fool for five minutes; she who doesn't ask a question remains a fool forever!" *author unknown, old Chinese proverb* (actually it says "he", but hey, I'm a Woman :) ) ------------- On 7 Mrz., 15:42, Nikyu <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if this is the right group for this discussion...maybe > someone here can help > > I'm trying to get away from MS OS so I installed Xubuntu on an old > Dell Inspiron 4150. I wiped the hard drive using DBAN (http://www.dban.org/) > then tried to install Xubuntu 10.10. It didn't work at > first so I installed some of the drivers that came with my laptop on > CD. Then I was able to install Xubuntu. But it acts weird. I can > get to the internet (wired DSL) but only have access to Google pages. > I was able to get to a news website (Fox news) but after Xubuntu > installed a bunch of updates I was only limited to Google pages. It's > strange. I can search images on Google Images but when I click on > them I get a error message in Firefox, "page not found". > > I see this little sticker on my lap top that states "Designed for > Windows XP" and am wondering if there are certain drivers on my XP CD > that I need for my Dell to function properly. Maybe, Xubuntu just > does not work well with my Dell. Is there a better free OS? > > I also noticed that the graphics of the Xubuntu start up page are > noisy, looks like the Xubuntu mouse symbol is painted with colored > noise. Makes me think that I'm missing something. > > Any ideas??? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
