Dell Linux Conversations

New R710 Server with Redhat Linux 5.4

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:05 Z

We have acquired the new generation R710 Quad Core servers with 64 Gb og RAM.

Installed RedHat Linux 5 update 4, 64 bit version and the system only recognizes 32 Gb of RAM not the full 64 Gb installed.

Pushed the RAM to 72 Gb and Linux only sees 32 Gb no matter what the configuration is.

Anyone experienced this issue, please post.

Thank you.

Ubuntu 9.10 recovery media

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:42:29 Z

After upgrading my Dell Inspiron from Ubuntu 9.04 (Dell pre-installed) to 9.10, I am prevented from making a recovery DVD by a message about freedesktop.org and ".service files"

How do I remove a watermark

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:25 Z

The usual ways don't work???

WUBI Ununtu 9.10 and monitor error

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:25 Z

I've been running WUBI Ubuntu successfully on a GX270 with an E176PC LCD monitor. After completing the most recent upgrade to 9.10, I have developed a problem with monitor resolution. Prior to the upgrade, the monitor resolution was 1024 X768. Now the best resolution available is 800X600. Is there anyway to restore resolution to its pre-9.10 options?

tnx

mcm

Bois A01 and A02

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:40 Z

I have 15 demension 1100 running MS XP that I use for K to 5th grade, They are running very slow. when I looked in the knowledge base it suggested that there maay be a clock error and a fix was to upgrade the bios to A02.

When I went to the download page and followed the instructions for downloading the BIOS, the only option was to download A01, there was no A02 to download.

What gives? and is there another soluation?

Windows 7 Back up

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:50 Z

I did a clean install Windows 7 - Home Premium 64 bit a week ago. All went very smooth until a couple days ago. All of a sudden the Windows backup would not work. It starts the backup process and at about 25% it stops and states it could not complete the backup. When I try to change the way backup is done, I get a message "specified server does not exist as an installed service (3x80070424). Anyone else have this problem and are there any fixes available short of a completer reinstall?

Dell Inspiron 530, Q6600 Quad, nVidia 9400 GT, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD

Purchase Date

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:52:14 Z

I am unable to complete the form to order system 7 as I cannot find my date of purchase. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Mike

Will PC Restore remove Ubuntu installation?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:42:33 Z

I have a Dell Studio XPS with Vista Ultimate. I installed Ubuntu 9.04 with no issues. I now want to completely remove Ubuntu. I only used the laptop to experiment with Linux, so a complete restore to factory condition would be fine with me. The question is whether the Dell PC Restore function completely restores the hard drive to original factory condition. This is a technical question: I need to know if PC Restore both fixes the Master Boot Record back to the original state (thus removing GRUB), and then reformats the hard drive to eliminate all the Linux partitions and restores the original full sized Vista partition. The online Dell instructions seem to indicate yes, but I'd really appreciate hearing from someone who knows this for a fact. What I fear is doing a PC Restore that leaves all the Linux stuff intact, thus really messing up the laptop. Thanks for any help--trb456

Conexant Modem Driver for Karmic

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:31:17 Z

Hello dear friends,

Dell Supported modem driver doesn't work on Ubuntu Karmic. After installing the driver, the computer complains about hsfconfig command. More detailed info can be found here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1308328&highlight=conexant

Any suggestion?

Cheers,

Habib

Failure to copy hard drive using disk imaging utility

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:16:39 Z

My PC is Dimension E310; I run Windows XP.

I recently installed Paragon Drive Copy 9.0 Personal, a disk imaging utility.

I have attempted to copy my hard drive to an external hard drive using this utility but have received the following message:

"This disk cannot be copied. Depending on your system configuration and hardware, some disks can be

unavailable for the program "( meaning Paragon Drive Copy )

Does this mean that Dell has ensured that my hard drive cannot be copied by any disk imaging utility or is

there something I can do to correct the situation?

Thanks

linux on 537s

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:42:40 Z

I bought an Inspiron 537s with the hopes I could wipe out windows and install centos (its not going to be used a desktop). It boots fine from my dvd and it tries to start the install but then the blue install screen is just all garbled and it hangs. I also tried tried 'linux noprobe' and the screen doesnt garble but the install hangs when it asks me to pick a language. Anyone have any experience with this or have an ideas I can try?

Latitude On + MS Remote Desktop

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:21:44 Z

Any info on if it is possible to use RDP from Latitude On?

Word Perfect 12 Serial Number???

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:26:35 Z

I need to re-install WP 12 on a Dim 1100. I have the WP 12 install CD shipped with the unit.. The install program asks for a serial number. Where can the serial number be found??

Dell Integrated WebCam Drivers for Vostro 1320?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:31:38 Z

Hi guys,

I am running ubuntu 9.04 on my vostro 1320 and it runs superb. All i want now is drivers for the webcam as i need to use it now.

Is there a way to get the webcam up and running in ubuntu on vostro 1320 .

Does the DELL Ubuntu team have support for this webcam ?

Regards,

Shriniket Sarkar

eth0 link negotiation and link delay with CentOS

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:11:11 Z

Hi,

We have some Dell PowerEdge T300 running CentOS 5.3 and we are seeing speed negotiation problems (non-optimal speed) and link delay of up to 10s on NIC-1 (eth0) on those systems. We have upgraded to the latest BIOS without any change.

The network will negotiate to 10Mbps FD when connected to a 100Mbps capable switch and to 100Mbps FD when connected to a 1Gbps capable switch.

Any hints appreciated.

enable 3-D acceleration

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:14 Z

I've installed Ubuntu 9.04 with Gnome on the Desktop DELL Optiplex GX270 (NOT Tower) with the graphic card Intel(R) 82865G.

Video Drivers were installed automatically, but the 3-D acceleration doesn't work.
Howto enable 3-D acceleration for this graphic card?

Possible to completely reload my computer?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:34:29 Z

I've had my Dell for a few years and over that time it has slowed considerably and I suspect I have a virus or two. I have already followed the process of deleting unnecessary files and start-ups and defraged with little improvement. Is it possible to completely blow out all the data I have and start fresh like it was when I took my computer out of the box? Thanks.

Dell Precision NUMA support

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:50:50 Z

I found a solution for getting NUMA to work on Dell Precision, and perhaps other Dell hardware. I have some Dell Precision systems, and could not get NUMA support working in Linux. I found that the kernel option acpi=rsdt fixes the NUMA problem. By default, Linux uses the XSDT table, which is a replacement for RSDT. Either the XSDT table has an error, or Linux is parsing it incorrectly. Fortunately, the RSDT table seems to work.

Lost installtion disk

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:28:08 Z

Hi all,

I have Dell mini 12 with ubuntu (8.04). I need to reinstall the operation system, but i can't found the installation CD I've got with the mini-laptop.
Any idea where I can download it again...? (I search all the support sections in Dell site and found nothing...)

Thanks in advanced,

Any way to update the BIOS for Mini 9 running Ubuntu?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:02:10 Z

The only file(s) that appear to be available for updating the BIOS on the Inspiron Mini 9 is for Windoze. Is there any way to update the BIOS for an Ubuntu system?

Dell Mini 10 with Ubuntu 8.04 OS freezes

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:51:46 Z

Hi, I'm hoping someone here can help me. I've just spent two and a half hours waiting on hold for Dell's Ubuntu support team before giving up and trying to get some help here.

My 9 year old daughter bought a Dell Mini 10 once she had saved up enough birthday money in June 2009. It came with Ubuntu 8.04 OS pre-installed. I should have made sure that she had Windows as the OS but she wanted to order herself. My mistake.

The problem is that this laptop has NEVER worked. First the sound did not work - I contacted Dell who told me that it needed an external disk drive (can't remember what their justification was now) so I duly purchased one. Since then the laptop keeps freezing - I actually don't know if the sound is fixed as the keyboard freezes after about 1 minute of use. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't even work.

I want to return the laptop and either get a refund or get Ubuntu removed and Windows installed. My daughter has never been able to use this.

I'm really at my wits end because Dell Customer Support have been so unhelpful. They kept transferring me to the Ubuntu call queue. I really believe that this number cannot be manned - it is just not answered.

Any advice appreciated.

lost "administrator user account"

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:21:03 Z

hi ......while setting up parental control .................
by mistake, i made both user accounts to "standard user account", so that blocked me to change or control the computer.
it doesn't even allow me add another account to make "administrator user account", since i don't have administrator user account. it keep asking me for the administrator's password with a box that i can't even type...
in this case, do i have to reinstall the system or is there any better, faster, simple, easily way?
thank you for your prompt respond.....

Audio over HDMI (DisplayPort) on E6500

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:15 Z

Digital audio output over HDMI (via DP to HDMI converter) works fine out of the box in Vista on my Latitude E6500. Does not work at all in linux (only the single analog headphone output is listed as available outputs). I've tried a number of things, including different kernel versions, different alsa versions, different nVidia driver versions (I have the nvidia model of this laptop) and manually selecting model options for the alsa driver. Using the display over the DisplayPort works perfectly fine. Anybody have any suggestions or know if it's being worked on?

Please don't reply just to say "works in windows" (i know), "never tried it but it should work fine" (not helpful), "what is a DisplayPort?" (def not helpful), or "HDMI doesn't do audio" (not true).

Boot

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:32:26 Z

I get logo and then blinking cursor. Using the F12 - does not always work. It takes many, many attempts, but it finanally connected. What is the problem and how can I correct?

Linux for inspiron 1440

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:08:11 Z

I have a new inspiron 1440 and i tried to install ubuntu version 9.04. its fine with the basic utilities but the music player and CD drive dont work.

can any body fix it or suggest any other versionof Linux compatible with this system???

I bought a NEW Dell Desktop Inspirion 520, it has no windows installed.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:41:04 Z

Hi. Ive been told everything from "you must buy windows and have it installed" to "we highly recommend you only use Ubuntu, which is the operating sytem".

You ordered the computer with Ubuntu in it NO I DID NOT, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DELL INSPIRION 530 DESKTOPS ON THE SALES PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ALL HAVE WINDOWS LISTED AS THE OPERATING SYSTEM.

I BOUGHT THIS COMPUTER OFF OF THIS WEBSITE.

Im still upset.

FOR THE RECORD, to date: I'VE TALKED TO 15 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE PHONE AND 5 DIFFERENT PEOPLE VIA EMAIL ABOUT THIS AND EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAY ABOUT IT.

IM NOT A HAPPY CAMPER.

reinstalling recodex

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:26 Z

Is there anyway to recover the codex that came with my mini9 after installing a normal 9.04 ubuntu remix

32 or 64 bit Ubuntu 9.10

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:51 Z

Can someone tell me if this a 32 or 64 bit ISO

http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/karmic/iso-images/ubuntu-9.10-dell_X01.iso

If it's 32 bit is there a 64bit version avaliable. I'm looking to load it on my Inspiron 1501

Thanks

failed attempt to install linux causes flash drive to be useless

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:29:10 Z

I tried to install Ubuntu using a flashdrive. Part of the procedure to is download an image file to the flashdrive so my netbook sees it as a CD. I have given up on Linux for now and have copied the Ubuntu to a CD and deleted it from the flash drive.

But I can't delete everything from the drive. Regardless of how I try, including 2 different shredders, I can't get rid of a file called pool. I open pool and I get main. I open main and I get p. I open p and I get ppp. I open ppp and I get PPP_245~D. WinXP can't open PPP245.

File shredders won't eat them because they say the file(s) are in use.

I can't record anything on the flashdrive because it still looks like an optical drive to both my computers. When I try to record something I get a popup telling me to put a disc in the drive. Prior to my attempt to install Ubuntu, when I used the flashdrive, my computers recognized it as a Kingston flashdrive.

How do I get rid of pool and/or make the flashdrive stop being a virtual optical drive? The pool file maybe what makes the drive look like an optical drive.

John

DVD playback problems

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:56:21 Z

Is this a hardware problem?

My Inspiron 1525 is 18 moths old. It originally shipped with Ubuntu 7.10 and LinDVD, but I did a clean install 6 months ago of Kubuntu 9.04 because I love the newer KDE4 desktop. I no longer have LinDVD on the system and no easy way to recover it. I use VLC player for watching movies and it works well enough... or rather did work well enough until I tried to watch three different movies on a flight the other day. VLC wouldn't play any of them, and neither would Dragon player. The Device Notifier recognized the discs and showed the titles in the New Device notification, but nothing would play. Is there a way to check the drive for a problem? It still reads and writes CDs fine. Alternatively, can I somehow get the backup of LinDVD on my original backup image back onto my system without a complete reinstall of Ubuntu 7.10 and upgrades. Any other ideas out there?

Can't install Linux on XPS 630

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:40:44 Z

Can't install Linux. Fedora 64 bits kernel panic, Ubuntu 32 bits and 64 bits halt; Fedora 32 bits can't enter GUI mode installation though finished installation in text mode, but can't boot afterward. Can you help? Thanks.

Ubuntu Linux 9.04 - Technical Details

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:05:00 Z

Note from Lionel: It's been a while since I've talked about Linux on Direct2Dell. Shortly after Ubuntu 9.04 was released in April 2009, we had a request from IdeaStorm user Shannon VanWagner to start pre-loading 9.04. Though it's late, we're now offering Ubuntu 9.04 on a few more Dell machines to customers in the United States. Specifically the Studio XPS 13, Inspiron 15, and the Inspiron 537 desktop. The Mini 10 and the 10v are still running a customized version of the 8.04 version of the Ubuntu OS. And the Mini 10v can be ordered with Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition.

To see all the systems we're offering with Linux, go to www.dell.com/ubuntu.

With that context, I'll turn things over to John Hull so he can shed light on what to expect from Ubunu 9.04.

--Lionel

----------------------------------

I'd like to give a quick update on the technical details for what we have added with our 9.04 release. We have continued to build and improve upon on what we did for our previous Ubuntu offerings, and here are some of the highlights:

We now provide Cyberlink's PowerDVD application for DVD playback (instead of LinDVD which we previously shipped). We also continue to provide Fluendo GStreamer codecs for mp3, wma, and wmv playback, which will work with your favorite Linux media player.
We created and provided a new GUI tool for creating recovery/restore media for the OS
We provide a new method to recover your Ubuntu preload from the hard drive
We have chosen to use GRUB 2 bootloader instead of the Ubuntu default GRUB 1 (a.k.a. GRUB legacy) bootloader. We have been testing GRUB 2 for over a year now, and feel it is ready for general use. The Ubuntu community has decided to make GRUB 2 the default in Ubuntu 9.10, so our customers will already have that feature enabled.
A common complaint we heard a few years ago was that there were no Linux drivers for Dell wireless cards. As of the date of this blog post, all currently-shipping Intel- and Dell-branded wireless cards (as well as most from the past several years) are now supported natively in Ubuntu 9.04. These drivers should also be included in most other newer Linux distributions as well.
Our Ubuntu 9.04 offering is still the 32-bit version and not the 64-bit version ("amd64" architecture). We continue to evaluate when to make the transition, and the main sticking point continues to be solid, stable Adobe Flash support for 64-bit. There are currently options
available in the community, including a beta of a native 64-bit Flash
plugin. However, none of these have proven to be reliably stable, so we'll continue working with Adobe until a viable option is available.

For more information, our Dell wiki page for 9.04 can be found at the previous link. If you would like to download and install 9.04 with our custom Ubuntu ISO, it can be downloaded here.

As always, please report any OS issues in Launchpad, or you can always ask any general questions to our linux-desktops mailing list..

Update: Fixed broken links

need help with 3 cd"s from Dell for a B110

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:38:12 Z

What cd can install what was removed from my desktop. What are the 3 cd's for.

How to restore Vista on Studio 17 when it no longer boots

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:50:52 Z

Hi,

This laptop has a bit of a history but finally I want to restore it to it's original state.

History :

I received if from a colleague who did not like vista and had xp installed (not by dell but ligit in any case). I think from the sticker on the laptop it came originally with Vista (I don't know if it was the 32 or 64 bit version).

I'm interested in running Ubuntu so I resized the ntfs partition and installed Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit). Works OK but I'm not keeping the laptop for other reasons (it's too big for daily transport) and it will passed on to another collegue at work.

I notice that I cannot longer boot in XP (through GRUB) because some hall.dll seems missing. Possibly the resizing of the partition was not done correctly.

Status :

The laptop has still the Dell Utility partition as well as the Recovery one which I presume contains the original Vista configuration.

However because of the reinstalled XP the F8 trick to get into the advanced boot options and restore the Vista software is not available (and of course since I cannot into XP and further more it would in any case not know of the Vista recovery partition, this route is not availble to me as well)

I think what I'm looking for is a boot CD/DVD that would allow me to start the recovery process from the Vista recovery partition but I'm not able to locate such a product on the Dell website (despite searching for over an hour).

Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Frederic

Inspiron 910 & Ubuntu Issue

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:28:10 Z

I just recently got an Inspiron 910 with Ubuntu and the bottom of the line basics. Ubuntu prompted me that there were some updates available. I let it run through the updates. Now it says the harddrive is full after the updates. I realize that it is only a 4 gb hardrive. Did not realize just the operating system would consume all of the space. So I am completely new to Ubuntu and not to familiar with it yet. I basically wanted this laptop just for the internet. Did not plan on storing much of anything in it, but would be nice to have some space. So I guess, I would like to go through and decide what I can do without, on it in order to free up some space. I am going to see about going to the add/remove programs and remove like some of the games and stuff that I will not use. Are there any recomendations on this?

Also, I have a Sprint Novatel U727 aircard that I would like to use on this. I looked to Sprint and they have a pretty good desciptive breakdown on how to do this, but since I am not familiar with alot of the terminoligy used, I am kind of lost. Also, looked to Ubuntu, but still waiting on some responses. If anyone is familiar with this aircard and are able to use it, would sure appreciate some advice on this.

Thanks in advance

Intel 82567lm3 suse11.0 driver

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:53:42 Z

Dear Support,

Please kindly provide intel lan driver dell optiplex 760 for opensuse 11.0
and how install it.

Thanks

how 2 connect internet on ubuntu

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:28:53 Z

i got a ubuntu 9.04 cd from ubuntu. i run it on my 1525.it runs ok but no sound ,video. it asks for plugin from net, but i not able 2 make my broadband dialup as easy in windows. it ask ip add. proxy setting etc.n i dont how 2 configure them

pls help me b'cas ubuntu is my dream

Ubuntu M12 Password

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:11:13 Z

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

A friend ask me to setup his Dell Mini 1210, I ask him about the user password that he used during the setup and he said that he did not enter one

When the computer is started the user is automatically started without requesting a password. When you try to do a software upgrade it requests a password and it will not take a blank or just “enter-key”

Any suggestions on how to get or set the password

Latitude ON Arrives

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:05:00 Z

Latitude ON is a concept we've mentioned during the introduction of our Latitude E family of business laptops last year. You may have seen posts from sites like Engadget that discussed it in more detail. We figured the introduction of the Latitude Z was a good reason to start shipping the full hardware plus software version of Latitude ON.

Latitude ON is basically a system on a system. It's based on a dedicated low-voltage ARM processor (Texas Instrument's OMAP 3430 processor) that runs a slimmed-down version of a Linux OS. It allows a user to boot into the contained OS environment to give you always-on access to an Firefox-based Internet browser (without Flash support) and critical business information while using a fraction of the battery power your laptop uses when it's running a full OS. Essentially, you can quickly access all the information you're used to accessing on a smartphone using the larger screen and keyboard that your laptop provides.

To see what I mean by quick access, take a look at this boot comparison video:

(Please visit the site to view this media)

Here's a more detailed look at the features:

Instant access (about 2 seconds) to business information
(E-mail, calendar, contacts, Internet browser & Citrix Receiver client)
MS Exchange integration or POP e-mail Access
Always on/connected - the module continues to run regardless of the state of the main OS
Ability to view MS Office and .pdf document attachments
Long battery life (about 17 hours on a 6-cell battery)
Designed for the future with upgradable infrastructure (flash-based software updates)

Here's another StudioDell video which features a good overview about how the full version of Latitude ON works:

(Please visit the site to view this media)

Latitude ON allows you to connect via Wi-Fi or embedded mobile broadband. I say embedded because in Latitude ON mode, the external ports aren't active. We've been shipping Latitude ON-ready Latitude E4200 and E4300 systems for a while now. Essentially, that means they can run the Latitude ON Reader software. In contrast to the full version, the Reader software resides on the main partition of the hard drive and provides access to e-mail, calendar and contacts from the last synched version of your Outlook data.

We will offer the hardware upgrade option to existing Latitude E4200 and E4300 customers via a customer kit for purchase. I'll update this post with more details about the kit when I have them. All Latitude Z systems will feature the full version of Latitude ON, complete with the processor hardware.

Need driver for dell 968 for a linux ubuntu 9.4 machine

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:51:42 Z

I recently changed my OS from windows media center edition to linux ubuntu 9.4. Now my dell 968 (not wireless...hooks up w/ a usb) does not work. I need a driver for linux for this machine. PLEASE???? The computer is a dell xps 410.

Dimension 8400 32 or 64 Bit?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:40:30 Z

I recently checked the performance section in my computer's bios and it plainly said 64 bit. I had not seen this written elsewhere but used this information to try a download of 64 bit setpoint software from logitech for my wireless keyboard. The software would not load and I got a message saying it was incompatable with my system. I then downloaded the logitech 32 bit version and it worked fine. So...is my system 32 or 64 bit?

HELP!! Inspiron Mini 10v with Ubuntu just doesn't work!

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:21:33 Z

I ordered 2 of the same model in Japan for my mom and sister who didn't need too many apps but just wanted to use it for email, Skype and get on the Internet sometimes. The packages finally arrived 2 days ago so I opened them and set them up, got them connected to the wireless network. That's all I could do! They just don't work at all because they keep freezing up in a few minutes after I turn them on, or if I get lucky enough to get an application running, the machine would just crash. I have to force the system to shut down each time and I restart one just to go through the same thing again and again. Is there any solution for this problem? Or is Windows a better OS on this machine? I'd appreciate any help because my family isn't tech savvy at all and I was supposed to be getting the machines work before I left Japan, but now it seems like I'm leaving before I could solve any problem so I'm very frustrated. I told them to get ready to return them and pay a little extra to get Windows versions. But before I tell them to go ahead, I wanted others' opinions.

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:11:18 Z

It also said E:_cache->open()failed.please report

I received my new Inspiron 910 with Ubuntu just a couple of days ago and ran Update Manager last night. It showed 344 updates, which have apparently used up all my memory now before it could complete. I'm new to Ubuntu and Dell, but fairly fluent with Windows so the number of updates did not surprise me. Eventually the system locked up and I had to restart. I now get the following error message. I am also unable to connect to my network, which was not a problem before.

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E:_cache->open()failed.please report

I found this error in a post from 2007 with a solution to enter the command

sudo dpkg --configure -a

but am unable to figure out how to GET to the command line. Help!

Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition Available on Dell's Mini 10v

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:00:00 Z

Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition for the Inspiron Mini 10v is here. As we shared at the Intel Developer Forum today, Dell and Canonical have worked closely to ensure good hardware/software compatibility, and seamless integration between Ubuntu and Moblin. For those not familiar, Moblin is an open source project, created by Intel and hosted by the Linux Foundation, focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized for mobile devices. It has a unique user interface focused on using the Internet, social networking activity, and media consumption, and is optimized for small screens. The Moblin project recently released version 2.0, which includes many new features such as the myzone home screen panel, aggregation of social networking content (such as Twitter, last.fm, and instant messaging), a web browser optimized for the user interface, a "zoomable" media player, and an updated connection manager with a new user interface.

For a bit more, watch this demo from Doug Anson:

(Please visit the site to view this media)

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has combined the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, and applications with the internals of Ubuntu Linux 9.04 to create a new Linux distribution, Ubuntu Moblin Remix. We have labeled this distribution as a "Developer Edition", as it is still a work in progress at this time. We are currently targeting developers, Linux enthusiasts, and early adopters who want to get an early look at the software and begin developing for Moblin, participating in the community, and using new technology.

Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition can be purchased factory-installed on an Inspiron Mini 10v on from www.dell.com/ubuntu. To download the Ubuntu Moblin Remix installation image, or for more information, please visit our Moblin wiki page

DualCore on Ubuntu 9.04 just single core

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:34:24 Z

I am having an issue with Ubuntu 9.04 running on Dell Precission T3500. I have a DualCore processor but only one core is showing up for work...

below is the cpuinfo. I checked the BIOS and everything looks ok. Any ideas would be appreciated!

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 26
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           W3503 @ 2.40GHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 2399.657
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
apicid          : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 4799.31
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

please help me get pass my forgotten bios password

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:56:41 Z

have a dell inspiron 5100 and i need to flash the bios, but i have forgotten the password and am unable to do so please help me

Dimension 5000 and lm-sensors ... Help please!!!

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:37:07 Z

Hi Everybody,

Does anybody knows what are my options to get lm-sensors working on a dell dimension 5000?

This is what I get when I run sensors hoping to get any valuable info:

# sensors
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.

What's else do I need to load/install?

Thanks in advance,

Daniel

dkms kernel upgrade installed-weak

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:57:26 Z

We have a Dell R710 originally installed with RHEL 5.3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5. We have an MD3000 attached and have installed the DKMS Dell drivers for mptlinux, linuxrdac.

We then upgraded the kernel to 2.6.18-128.4.1. Initially we could not talk to the MD3000 at all. We re-installed the drivers Dell drivers. Everything is working, but “dkms status|grep -i weak” shows that drivers dkms kernel module drivers are installed-weak.

- Is this an issue?
- How to we correct this?
- It has been suggested that we use grub to boot back to the prior kernel and issue “dkms match –k 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 –templatekernel 2.6.18-128.el5”. Is this a good idea?
- What is the proper procedure we should do for the next kernel update (when we are using dkms)?

Thanks
sjelle

[root@xxxx dkms]# dkms status|grep -i weak
linuxrdac, 09.03.0C06.0030, 2.6.18-128.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
mptlinux, 4.00.38.02, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
sg, 3.5.34dell, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
ioatdma, 3.59, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
netxtreme2, 4.8.21, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
e1000e, 0.5.11.2, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
bnx2i, 1.6.2, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
ixgbe, 1.3.56.11, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5
igb, 1.3.8.6, 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, x86_64: installed-weak from 2.6.18-128.el5

Redhat EL 4 printer drivers.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:07:48 Z

I am trying to get a Hp OfficeJet Pro K8600cn printer to print correctly with EL 4.

It will print using the generic pcl3 driver.

Text prints ok.

Printing from the Fire Fox 3.0.14 web browser does not procuce acceptable output.

I have a hp LaserJet 8000 printer that works great. The main differances is it is listed in the PrintTool menu and it supports Postscript. I have tried to install several versions of the hplip driver. I have tried hplip-3.9.8 Could not resolve all the dependencies. hplib-2.8.12 and 2.8.6b No luck getting things to work. I get an error when I try to create a print queue. Cups responds with error code 1.

Any clue on how to support these later HP printers in EL4.

Thank You.

ubuntu on Inspiron 1000

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:13:00 Z

I have tried unsuccessfully for three days to load any 9.04 version of ubuntu (xu*, ku*, u*, u* alternatives) onto a Inspiron 1000. This system was working with WinXp Home SP3 prior to the attempts. I wanted to completely replace the Win OS.

I have correct burned all the ISO's, I get the install menu, it starts thru its paces and about 75-85% thru the install (all versions) the screen flashes the CD spins and then I am left with a blnk screen, a flashing curser and flashing number lock and scroll lock lights (the middle two of the four on the top of the keyboard.

I have tried the hd check and memory check all pass. I havw tried with an unpartitioned HDD and a partitioned HDD. I get the same results for all installs.

At this point I am assuming that there is something about this system that is not compatible with ubuntu - any thoughts in the community?

Thanks