Ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10 installs are buggy for me...

[cosmicbrat]

Can't install a working Ubuntu-10.04 nor 10.10..?

When I install Ubuntu 10.04 the tops of the files windows is missing/clipped off.. and the cursor is a black "X"... I think it's intentional...
When I ask about it in the Ubuntu forums my posts are blocked on that topic.. Most of my posts in the Ubuntu forum are blocked.. like the ones of me asking "Why does Ubuntu boot faster, and shut-down faster when the Net wire is disconnected from the tower?".. Others came into the thread with the same info, but the forum quickly deleted all our posts...

When I install Ubuntu-10.10, the tops of the file window is missing.. the part with the tools: the "-,o,x" toolbar just isn't there...
I've tried five fresh image downloads, five new CDR's of 1004, and five of 1010. in my five towers.. I just can't get an install 1004 nor 1010 working properly..? I did get 1004 working till I complained...

I suspect I'm being "punished" after complaining about the indelible desktop tool window in the early 1004, that "having a toolbox on the desktop always in ones face was like always driving your car with your heavy mechanic's toolbox resting on your lap.. Me thinks I'm being punished by Kooks.. which obviously goes against "Ubuntu's rich humanitarian policy of absolute fairness, freedom, and honesty"...

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[P.S.: I got writing this post written this far, and suddenly Firefox and Firestarter crashed right off the screen while I keyed a letter "L".. The post totally vanished.. How can I get them thar toilet-class/bully-creeps out of my machine, and keep them out..?
Firestarter's last event entry was: "Time: Sep 29 15:22:12 Source: 222.45.112.59 Destination: In IF: eth0 Out IF: Port: 3246 Length: 40 ToS: 0x00 Protocol: TCP Service: Unknown]"...
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How do I get an install of Ubuntu 1004 or 1010 to function properly..?

And most important to me: How do I totally erase all the data off of a hd?..
There's a little 1.7-meg ubuntu partition, containing "bully-bugs" that just won't flush, even after a format with a Windows-2K CD, plus a format with a Knopix CD...
How do I absolutely 100% clean a hd?.. without "needing to sandpaper the platter"...
I'm tired of bottom feeder creeps bullying me... The Linux community is the community of the essence of the brotherhood of mankind, not a place to do terrorism and torture and bullying...

Has anyone else had this problem after complaining about something in Ubuntu..?

[devils casper]

Which Graphics Card do you have? Post your machine's specs here.

And most important to me: How do I totally erase all the data off of a hd?..

You can erase data using dd command but we have to check device ID assigned to your Hard disks first.
Open Terminal in Ubuntu or boot up from any LiveCD and execute this in Terminal

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.
* It's small L in fdisk -l.

[cosmicbrat]

My towers are old bits of junk I got of the trash, from garage sales, and as hand me downs...
It would be nice to one day be able to afford a real computer...


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Output of "sudo fdisk -l" for Ubuntu 910, in the only hd I can get working out of 30.. Seems messed up... I suppose it's because of the nasty stuff in the indelible bully bug partitions..?

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b3287

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4660    37431418+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2            4661        4865     1646662+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            4661        4865     1646631   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes
145 heads, 48 sectors/track, 1125 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 6960 * 512 = 3563520 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1126     3915752    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdc: 2098 MB, 2098724864 bytes
2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 32532 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x005cae51

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1       32533     2049520    6  FAT16

Disk /dev/sdd: 1054 MB, 1054343168 bytes
33 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2013 * 512 = 1030656 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69737369

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1   ?      928849     1012649    84344761   69  Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(68, 13, 10) logical=(928848, 5, 37)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(1012648, 7, 36)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdd2   ?      845266     1774169   934940732+  73  Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(371, 114, 37) logical=(845265, 16, 61)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(1774168, 12, 30)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdd3   ?           2           2           0   74  Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(371, 114, 37) logical=(1, 9, 12)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(1, 9, 11)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdd4               1     1706465  1717556736    0  Empty
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(0, 0, 1)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(1706464, 23, 37)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sde: 2105 MB, 2105016320 bytes
65 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4030 * 512 = 2063360 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x73696420

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sde1   ?      476415      611511   272218546+  20  Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(356, 97, 46) logical=(476414, 40, 59)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(611510, 44, 23)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sde2   ?      330071      463812   269488144   6b  Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(288, 110, 57) logical=(330070, 33, 57)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(269, 101, 57) logical=(463811, 34, 52)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sde3   ?      133745      480733   699181456   53  OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(133744, 17, 18)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(480732, 37, 49)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sde4   *      346062      346067       10668+  49  Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(87, 1, 0) logical=(346061, 29, 36)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(335, 78, 2) logical=(346066, 48, 44)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[devils casper]

Device name /dev/sda has been assigned to Linux Hard disk having 40GB Size. Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD, open Terminal and execute this

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1

Above code will *wipe* your Hard disk and it will be blank as brand new disk. No partition table, no data.

[cosmicbrat]

I'll try that code on a few hd's in a few minutes...

Question: When I install a dirty infected hd that has a buggy partition, do any of the boot bugs get into the memory while the live CD is loading..?

[oz]

Question: When I install a dirty infected hd that has a buggy partition, do any of the boot bugs get into the memory while the live CD is loading..?

The hard disk partitions shouldn't mount at all unless you mount them after booting with the liveCD in the drive, and the MBR on the hard disk shouldn't matter if you are booting from the liveCD.

[cosmicbrat]

tried it...

Got "SMBus not enabled.. try force-1"... What's a force-1?..

Got to "Try live CD of 10.10, and to Terminal.. Got "No such directory as d"..? And the "X" cursor is there again..? Does this mean this tower is pooched..?

[devils casper]

Got "SMBus not enabled.. try force-1"... What's a force-1?..

It's ACPI related problem and you can ignore it for a while.

Have you checked output of fdisk -l command again?
Did you execute exact command? It looks like you have executed d instead of dd.

[cosmicbrat]

I keyed in: "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1"...

Is there a reason the pop-up message would read just one "d"..? Can crap in the hd, and/or in the memory, corrupt an install..? I suspect that I am being prevented from running that cleaner code.. by creeps who believe evil can steal love...

I'll try it on other towers with corrupt hd's, with both the 10.04 & 10.10 image install CD's...
I redownloaded the two Ubuntu image CD's, and still got the "X" cursor...
Next I'll download from a neighbor's computer.. I figure my IP is being targeted, because I make so much noise about how humanity is wrecking this planet... Where can I download a CD of U-1010 that might not be corrupt, like how you can get clean Windows softwares and systems updates from Majorgeeks..? Is there a way to determine if an image CD has been intentionally corrupted..?

Any ideas how a hacker could make Firefox & Firestarter both crash simultaneously the moment I keyed something they can't handle..? It would seem that "a hungry big dorkus wagaboo zombie t-rex" is watching me, pretending to be my master, from its mud-puddle, pretending I'm its toy and meal, unaware that karma is reality, and that evil being heavier than love doesn't float nor wash off...

I suppose there's a default key-logger in Ubuntu.. How do you get rid of it?..
When Ubuntu boots-up, and/or shuts-down, does it link to any IP's..?
How can you know?.. How can you disable those connections, if there are any?..

[elija]

are you seeing something like this?