Bad Breath ?
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 28 02:04:50 UTC 2009
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Terry Ehrhart wrote:
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> 4. Bad Breath ? (Terry Ehrhart)
> 5. Re: Bad Breath ? (bill)
> 6. Re: Bad Breath ? (Karl F. Larsen)
> 7. Re: Bad Breath ? (Steve Reilly)
> 8. Re: Gnome Display Mgr fails to load (Anthony M. Rasat)
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:17:48 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
> From: "Terry Ehrhart" <tehrhart at kc.rr.com>
> Subject: Bad Breath ?
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> I have had a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 installed for a month and have been unable
> to get a GUI interface loaded. I have asked for help on this list twice and
> have had no response. Would sure appreciate some help.
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> Terry Ehrhart
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> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:19:31 -0400
> From: bill <william at TechServSys.com>
> Subject: Re: Bad Breath ?
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> Terry Ehrhart wrote:
>> I have had a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 installed for a month and have been
>> unable to get a GUI interface loaded. I have asked for help on this
>> list twice and have had no response. Would sure appreciate some help.
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>> Terry Ehrhart
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> Desktop or server ?
> Desktop
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> Bill Drescher
> william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:31:49 -0600
> From: "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Bad Breath ?
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> Terry Ehrhart wrote:
>> I have had a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 installed for a month and have been
> unable
>> to get a GUI interface loaded. I have asked for help on this list twice
> and
>> have had no response. Would sure appreciate some help.
>>
>> Terry Ehrhart
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> Two questions:
> 1. Did you install the 9.04 server model?
> 2. Since it is up only 30 days, d/l the 9.04 LiveCD of the Normal
> version. Have you done this?
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> I have the LiveCD version installed. The LiveCD will load normal.
Well does the loaded version have a Desktop?
73 Karl
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> 73 Karl
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> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:44:20 -0400
> From: Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: Bad Breath ?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Terry Ehrhart wrote:
>> I have had a copy of Ubuntu 9.04 installed for a month and have been
> unable
>> to get a GUI interface loaded. I have asked for help on this list twice
> and
>> have had no response. Would sure appreciate some help.
>>
>> Terry Ehrhart
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> using subject lines such as "bad breath" looks like spam to most people,
> maybe thats why youve had no answers.....try using something like "no
> desktop on 9.04 install" or some variation of that might get a better
> response. that said, heres my suggestion to you going on minimal info
> given.
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> since you have no gui you probably downloaded and installed the server
> version? after you login issue the following command sudo apt-get
> install ubuntu-desktop for gnome or sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> for kde. post back your results.
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> steve
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> My original request for help was "Gnome Display Mgr" failure.
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:02:13 +0000
> From: "Anthony M. Rasat" <anthony.rasat at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Gnome Display Mgr fails to load
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Terry Ehrhart wrote:
>> I am trying to install a Ubuntu 9.04 system on a usb hard drive.
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> You mean SSD? Because there is another kind of setup, linux in a thumb
> drives. That's a completely different story.
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>> I have had this same setup installed using Opensuse so I know it will work.
> I can load the CD-Live and it works normal. When I do an install to the hard
> drive and try to load it, I get an error message.
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> Maybe you need to try different boot option. I presumed you already familiar
> with GRUB, try append "all_generic_ide" in kernel line.
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> No, this is not thumb drive, just an 80G HD into a USB port. As to being
> familiar with GRUB, only vaguely.
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> Regards,
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> Anthony M. Rasat
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