[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

[John MM]

Well, I didnt really want to do a reinstall but with the usb and dvd 
problem, I couldnt see any other way. I tried everything else, and it 
just didnt work. This problem seems to be an ongoing thing, does anybody 
know why it hasnt been fixed?



On 07/02/11 18:54, gazz wrote:
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> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 18:28 +0000, John MM wrote:
>> Hi, I have an Acer Aspire One, and I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Since 
>> upgrading to this version, I am getting the same problem, I cant use 
>> USB sticks and I cant plug in my external dvd rewriter. It gives an 
>> error 'unable to mount usb stick, not authorised'. It seems to be a 
>> Ubuntu problem, and so far I havent been able to find a fix for it. I 
>> want to do a fresh install, but I cant because it wont accept both.
>>
>>
> This bug seems to have been around for a while, I vaguely remember 
> encountering it a few versions ago - there's a discussion of it here: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/518533 - I 
> could still mount them manually on the commandline, I think it's 
> Nautilus causing the problem. Some people suggest the only way to fix 
> it is a clean re-install. It sounds like your system might need 
> reinstalling anyway.
>
> If you're reinstalling from USB, you only need the BIOS to recognise 
> the stick, not Ubuntu, so this shouldn't be a problem if you can get 
> someone to create an installation stick for you or burn a CD for your 
> external USB CD drive?  I'd probably put 10.04 on it as 10.10 doesn't 
> have long to run.
>
> Paula 

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