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| Thread ID: 123988 | 2012-03-30 00:54:00 | Ubuntu narwhal wont work properly | dustcap (16335) | Press F1 |
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| 1267485 | 2012-03-30 00:54:00 | Ive got a Compaq Presario V6000 and chucked narwhal in but it will only run "classic" not the full Unity. Anyone Know if I can get it to run full power? Or is my system not powerful enough? Thanks. |
dustcap (16335) | ||
| 1267486 | 2012-03-30 03:13:00 | You might need the non-free video drivers. What video card does it have? |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1267487 | 2012-03-30 04:47:00 | NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 according to google. What do you mean by unity not working ie crashes, too slow Are the drivers up to date ? Which CPU do you have? |
afe66 (13778) | ||
| 1267488 | 2012-03-30 10:57:00 | If Unity doesn't work you're lucky, in my opinion! But if you actually want Unity and you have a GeForce video card, go into "system settings" and click "additional drivers" and install the non-free nvidia drivers as suggested. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1267489 | 2012-03-30 20:07:00 | Thats one of the things that doesnt work. It just wont start at all. Flash wont install. Cant even load up games from usb. keeps saying "Package Header missing" On everything I try. I have no idea whats inside this thing. Im sure it was bought new from a shop so stock standard. (I got it second hand) Had Vista but thought ubuntu would be better...... Dont have the start up to get vista back either... Oh well |
dustcap (16335) | ||
| 1267490 | 2012-03-30 21:13:00 | Check that /etc/apt/sources.list contains the correct entries for ubuntu numpty narwhale then open a root terminal an do 'aptitude update && aptitude upgrade'. Take careful note if there are any error msgs. That should get you an up to date system, then try the proprietary driver magic-installer-button again. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1267491 | 2012-03-31 23:19:00 | Reading package lists . . . Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/nz . archive . ubuntu . com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_bina ry-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened . Always this message . No matter what I try to do to fix anything . Even when trying to download updates . Anyone got an old windows disk they dont want? haha |
dustcap (16335) | ||
| 1267492 | 2012-04-01 06:32:00 | Pages like this askubuntu.com probably have the answer - looks like a corrupted package database?? | johnd (85) | ||
| 1267493 | 2012-04-01 10:18:00 | You should just be able to delete/rename/move that file and it will get rebuilt with an 'aptitude update' | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1267494 | 2012-04-02 22:03:00 | Ign security.ubuntu.com natty-security Translation-en Ign security.ubuntu.com natty-security Translation-en_NZ Ign security.ubuntu.com natty-security Translation-en Fetched 1,398 kB in 42s (33.1 kB/s) Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/nz.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_bina ry-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. This is the end of the update for whats missing. I tried to remove them through the terminal but says its not there so I followed instructions off one of your links and got something happening then it ended like that.... Im stumped. |
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