Booting Ubuntu 10.10 from my laptop Dell XPS I run into a kernel panic: Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unkown block Pid 1 com: swapper not tainted 2.6.35-24 generic (or something similar, I’ve wrote down by hand) …Mind panic… I lost 2 hours, and then find a really [...]
Install eGalax TouchScreen on Ubuntu 9.10
Download latest drivers for Ubuntu 9.10 from: http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm 32Bit 2010/01/20 Kernel 2.4.x 3.00.3719 Kernel 2.6.x 3.00.3719 [download this one] At this time filename is eGalaxTouch-3.00.3719-32b-k26.tar.gz, untar on Desktop or wherever you want. Two files are needed: eGalaxTouch.tar.gz setup.sh WARNING! setup.sh writes on /etc/X11/xorg.conf and probably you don’t have in Ubuntu 9.10, xorg configuration is now [...]
Light Ubuntu: Install Basic Gnome Desktop On Ubuntu Server
I’m working on an embedded hardware for a Mono touch screen application ported from a .NET 2.o existing application and I want to use Ubuntu, but I have an embedded system with a small solid state disk of 2 GB. No way to install Ubuntu Desktop, it takes about 3.5 GB, so I choose Ubuntu [...]
Reset Ubuntu Gnome Video Settings
I was playing with my VirtualBox Ubuntu and 3D Acceleration, and I lost gnome video settings, Ubuntu now starts with console, damn! The simplest thing to do is: * login as root (or administrator) * sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.old * sudo gdm (Gnome starts) * reboot Bye
RAID 5 USB Ubuntu: Crash Test
Test 1: Disk Fail To fail a disk: mdadm –manage –set-faulty /dev/md0 /dev/sdc1 check status: sudo mdadm –detail /dev/md0 RAID array continues to work, you are able to read and write as nothing happened. Replace Faulty Disk remove disk from array: sudo mdadm –manage /dev/md0 –remove /dev/sdc1 add disk from array: sudo mdadm –manage /dev/md0 [...]