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[Guest]

Hi, another newbie with a problem of sorts. I installed Kubuntu 13:10 from a DVD that I download from the Kubuntu site and checked the sum was ok. It installed ok alongside Windows 7. I updated all the packages and carried on to install Chrome as I did not like the way Chromium was showing my gmail. The first problem was Chrome did not want to install because it was asking for another file to run. I read through forums that Chrome is not compatible as yet with Kububtu and the KDE desktop?? After a lot of hassle to close down this download I carried on as normal installing firefox ok. Next day I boot up and a black screen is all I can see, did various commands that people had suggested on various forums but still nothing so decided to reinstall. Everythng is ok now except that I have not upadted anything because a few people commented that this is what caused there problem?

Kubuntu 13:10
KDE version 4.11.2
Grub version 0.97 - 29 ubuntu66
grand unified boot loader (legacy version)
Windows 7
Intel i3 proccessor 64 bit with family intergrated graphics
4gb ram
1 hard drive
1 optical dvd drive.

Apologies for all the waffle.

[vinnywright]

The first problem was Chrome did not want to install because it was asking for another file to run. I read through forums that Chrome is not compatible as yet with Kububtu and the KDE desktop??

what file? chrome works just fine in Kubuntu.

After a lot of hassle to close down this download I carried on as normal installing firefox ok. Next day I boot up and a black screen is all I can see, did various commands that people had suggested on various forums but still nothing so decided to reinstall.

Knowing what you have already tried might be helpful

what is the output of lspci so we can see if you are on the i3's graphics or what .

like @hear I am with no other GPU and all is good

vinny@vinny-HP-G62:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
[COLOR=#ff0000]00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)[/COLOR]
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

chrome

vinny@vinny-HP-G62:~$ dpkg -l | grep chrome
ii  google-chrome-stable                     31.0.1650.57-1                                     i386         The web browser from Google

works @hear

BUT I am on the 12.10 install ,,,,,,will check if chrome is behaving well on the 13.10 install and get back

VINNY

EDIT: yup chrome works fine in 13.10 as well ,,,,,,DL'd from https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

right click the downloaded .deb and open with QApt click install after it checks it .

Selecting previously unselected package google-chrome-stable.(Reading database ... 159482 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (from .../google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (31.0.1650.63-1) ...
Done

.......using chrome to post this edit.

[Guest]

Hi Vinny, thanks for the reply. Information for my laptop. I am not sure exactly what the package was called but something li lipdsi3.
Thanks
gandm@gandm-LIFEBOOK-AH531:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
gandm@gandm-LIFEBOOK-AH531:~$