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Ubuntu 11.04 blank screen on boot. SOLVED

posted on May 25, 2011 in HowTo, Ubuntu with 21 Comments

Try these steps if you are experiencing a blank screen during boot or install of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. 1. LiveCD boots into a blank screen. When you see the boot menu when you boot LiveCD, hit F6 and select the “nomodeset” option. 2. Boots into a blank screen after install. Reboot and keep your finger on the “SHIFT” key till [...]

Restart network service in Ubuntu

posted on February 21, 2011 in HowTo, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

Here’s how to restart the network service on Ubuntu without restarting the OS :~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 released

posted on February 11, 2011 in Tech, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 has been released and comes with some spanking new features. It now supports Stage Videos which allows Flash to utilize your machines’s hardware acceleration features thus greatly improving performance. 10.2 also introduces support for multiple monitors. No more headaches when trying to multi-task while watching a video, this is when you [...]

Dual pane view in Nautilus

posted on October 25, 2010 in HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

The Gnome file manager Nautilus has a cool dual pane view which makes moving/copying files much easier. Simply hit f3 to bring up the dual pane view, right click on a file and either move/copy the file to “other pane”. However, unlike KDE, Gnome only allows you to move/copy to “home”, “desktop” and “other pane”. [...]

How to Fix Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox Guest Additions Problems

posted on September 27, 2010 in HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

If you’re trying to run Ubuntu 10.10 Beta on your VirtualBox, you’re most likely having issues with the screen resolution. Installing the default VirtualBox client doesn’t quite help. Try the steps below, 1. Open terminal and enter the following command: #sudo apt-get update #sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) #sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 2. Once [...]

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