Hi If you have installed ubuntu with a USB stick instead of a CD you must edit your fstab because there's two entry for your cd-rom, please provide it here so we can check
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Theresa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello! i've now freshly installed ubuntu hardy, and everything seems to > work better than ever before, even wi-fi. wow. > > the only thing that still bothers me a lot is, when i plug in my usb > device, it's not automatically mounted, like on my kubuntu machine, and this > hasnt got anything to do with /etc/fstab, because on my kubuntu machine i > havent edited the fstab file either and it still recognizes and mounts my > usb stick automatically. hmmm > > when i plug it in, it says it cant mount it because it requires root > rights. so eventually i have to mount it manually through the terminal. pain > in the arse. :( > > do you have any advice for that to make my life with my eeepc more > pleasurable :D > > thanks a lot :) > > theresa > > 2008/11/4 Dimitris Symeonidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > hi theresa, >> which version of the eee do you have? >> what you could try is log into a terminal and remove compiz and >> compiz-core >> tell us if this worked for you >> good luck >> >> Dimitris Symeonidis >> "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping with >> a mosquito!" - Amnesty International >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 22:09, Theresa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hello friends, >> > >> > I couldn't resist and thought i'd go for an upgrade to Ibex, as maybe it >> > would solve my wi-fi issues. The upgrade finished and then i clicked to >> > restart the system, after the restart everything worked fine until all >> of >> > the sudden the eeepc would restart once again, without me doing >> anything. >> > From then on I can't start it anymore. I can log in via tty2 and >> tty3...for >> > example i log in and then start GDM via >> > sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start >> > >> > then the GDM login screen appears, but I can't type anything or use the >> > touchpad at all....the cursor just wouldn't move :( >> > >> > I then restart the whole machine, and it's a vicious cylce, the machine >> > wouldn't start GDM by itself, and when i start it over sudo /etc/.... >> i'm >> > not able to type anything. >> > >> > Please tell me this is not the end of the world, and that it's a known >> issue >> > :(((((( >> > >> > I really really really shouldn't have upgraded, but everything seemed to >> > work fine, so I don't know what the problem is. :( >> > >> > damn my curiosity. >> > >> > I'll appreciate any help! many thanks in advance! >> > >> > Theresa >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: >> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-eeepc> >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : >> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-eeepc> >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-eeepc> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eeepc<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-eeepc> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- David Tremblay IT analyst mob: 418-208-3631 jabber: ict4ngo skype : ict4ngo Blog : http://blog.ngowiki.net
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