I have hit the biggest road block yet...

[Jessedavid4]

Okay, to start off, I've been using Kubuntu for about 40 hours now. I've gone thru many guides beforehand and many during.

Here is my problem. I have too many problems. Actually the problems probably exceed the possible number of problems since I've been at it for quite some time now. The only thing I was able to do on this OS, was watch a movie on netflix, on google chrome. (and that's an easy one) Since the start, I've really only had issues left and right. So I am going to give you guys a list of issues, if you care at all to read any of them and reply with a possible solution, that'd be great!

Here we go:
-Plasma will crash, and it will crash at random times at random possible doings. Like for one, switching back to another application, and then crashing.

-Installing files, updating them, just to have them stop working after an hour or so. Then getting different error codes each time I fix them. (this is the worst one I think)

-Installing new programs and having a file become corrupt in an absolutely different program. (a program that was working quite well, I would say!)

-Programs disappearing after so many hours; come to find out, some error/corruption was placed in the file.

-Cannot access my lost + found folder on another one of my Hard drives.


Other things I've downloaded that seem to not have as much issues: WineHq, PlayOnLinux, Google Chrome.
Programs that have seemed to obtain a corrupt file or an error code and have not been fixed: Spotify, Teamspeak 3, Opera, Steam (though, I ended up just installing steam thru WineHq, but I really wanted to try it on linux)

I am still a newbie, but I've read over 100 guides on different things and what not. But any help would be appreciate and I would be in a debt of gratitude!

Thanks,
Jesse

[elijathegold]

Plasma will crash, and it will crash at random times at random possible doings. Like for one, switching back to another application, and then crashing.

Kubuntu 16.04? It does that on one of my my machines while being absolutely rock stable on the others. It doesn't seem to like my multi-monitor set up. I normally use 14.04 on that one but currently am running Mint in preparation of Mint 18. I'll find out if it's KDE or Kubuntu.

-Installing files, updating them, just to have them stop working after an hour or so. Then getting different error codes each time I fix them. (this is the worst one I think)
-Installing new programs and having a file become corrupt in an absolutely different program. (a program that was working quite well, I would say!)
-Programs disappearing after so many hours; come to find out, some error/corruption was placed in the file.

These sound strange. How are you installing and updating, from the software centre or the Internet? It could also indicate a corrupt installation, some dodgy memory or a failing hard drive. Initially, I would check the SHA256SUM of your original download and if it doesn't match those found here, perform a fresh download from a different mirror, check the SHA256SUM and re-install. If that's not the issue we can look at the hardware side of things.

-Cannot access my lost + found folder on another one of my Hard drives.

This is perfectly normal. You need root access to do anything with those directories. You can press Alt + F2 and run kdesu dolphin and enter your password to have a look around.

[Snowhog]

Jesse@

Welcome to Kubuntu Forums . Net.

You need to tell us about your PC (Brand/Model; 32- or 64-bit CPU; Graphics Card/Chip-set; # and size of HDDs: how are you connecting to the Internet -- wireless or wired).

Which version of Kubuntu did you install?

Did you install from a LiveUSB or LiveDVD or ?

How did you make the LiveUSB/LiveDVD or ?

Are you dual-booting?

[claydoh]

I am still a newbie, but I've read over 100 guides on different things and what not. But any help would be appreciate and I would be in a debt of gratitude!

My first tip to newbies who read each and every how-to and tutorial out there is to first stop and make sure that what you are reading is recent and timely, and as much as possible for the specific version of the OS you are studying. This is very important as even one year's difference can mean many many changes, especially very recently with the changes not only tio KDE, but also to new lower-level systems such as systemd and even the linux kernel.

It is very easy to follow some thingy found on Random Joe's Random Linux Tips that is at best outdated and thus ineffective, and then try Random Jane's Other Random Linux Random Blog Post which offers a different outdated, incorrect bit of information.

Take into account the dates and specific versions of whatever it is. If I can't find some bit of info about the specific OS and/or Desktop version I am using, I usually filter my searches to no more than one year, then extend or shrink that depending on the hits I get.

My second tip, and this is the hard one, is to slow down, just a little. I know, that is hard to do (just how do I know this??) Look at the most common problem first, ask away, fix, and then go to the next one.

Other things I've downloaded that seem to not have as much issues: WineHq, PlayOnLinux, Google Chrome.
Programs that have seemed to obtain a corrupt file or an error code and have not been fixed: Spotify, Teamspeak 3, Opera, Steam (though, I ended up just installing steam thru WineHq, but I really wanted to try it on linux)

This makes me guess that a graphics driver, or the need for the non--free proprietary one, may be a big problem fixer here. These are all closed-source things though most of them are not known to be problematic in Linux, except for Stream - which does have some specific but not crazy gpu requirements. Running the windows version of Steam through wine I would imagine make things slower, but I have never run it using windows or Wine

Not sure what you mean specifically by corrupted files, but that could possibly mean something wrong with a hard drive, as [previously mentioned.

[Jessedavid4]

PC specs: 64-bit A10-7870k amd apu. GTX 950. 120gb ssd used for the primary OS (kubuntu). 1tb HDD used for (well my lost + found files)

I used a USB to install Kubuntu 16.04. And I am not dual booting (though the original plan was to, messed up somewhere along the way).

Also I downgraded to 14.04, which actually seems to have been better (recommended by a Ubuntu user-friend). Another things is, I cannot install my latest Nvidia updates for they make it impossible to boot into the OS, so I have to stick with default. And I cannot add the recommended drivers, because they do not support my card and/or the OS thru my chipset.

I was told by another that my GPU drivers can cause issues. For example, I tried to run steam and put a game on there (tried dota 2) -- it's a Lobby then arena (this was thru linux before I added wine). I would get to the simple lobby and it would lag unconditionally. I then tried winehq and that's where more of my problems were coming from. Going thru PlayOnLinux, I would download a game that was, lets say 10GB, compressed was probably 7GB, and the download would somehow end up being a 1.2GB download for the entire game. (this may have been on the WineHq or PlayOnLinux side of things, but this also relates to other happenings. I would download a game in steam and spotify would stop running (I believe I would get the Spotify "can't run" code: 6). Thing is, before downloading that game in steam, Spotify ran perfect, like windows version of Spotify did not run as good. And Spotify was thru a linux d/l & install, not thru PlayOnLinux.

This was going to be a dual boot OS for the reasons that Kubuntu offers me what I use for 3D modeling. (the tools and such) But also I tried games because my Windows OS wiped by accident.

I can do without the games, but I would really prefer to run the system without simple issues, like Opera not opening after installing the first time. Plasma 5.6(I think it's 6) would crash every 2 seconds at times. Sometimes It wouldn't crash at all and that makes no sense to me. Actually come to think of it, Plasma crashes were by biggest issue by the end of it. And it was mainly crashing when I changed tabs, or applications.

So far 14.04 doesn't seem bad (put about 8 hours into it), but I wouldn't mind staying up to speed with a newer one that has more features to my liking!

[Jessedavid4]

Sigh... and now I cannot watch youtube videos on Google Chrome or Firefox anymore.. It'll get to the buffer screen and stay there.. I'm literally doing nothing and crap like this keep happening... and it doesn't seem to matter which version of Kubuntu I have, it just seems to be throwing problems in.

It's a great OS! But I doubt it'll ever work for me. You know, just the simple basic stuff that an OS does when you first download & install it.

I might try Mint now..

[claydoh]

....which being based on Ubuntu will exhibit many of the same problems, if not all of them.

[Jessedavid4]

Perhaps... Then what could be my problem? Or problems in this case.

[claydoh]

on 14.04. If you look for the Driver Manager in System Settings, you should see a choice of Nvidia drivers to choose from, with one being 'recommended', but you can always try a different one on the list., or follow this to get newer versions if there are any:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...3#post13492523

Oops in that how to you'll have to fix a typo and substitute

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

where it calls for

sudo apt full-upgrade

But really all you should have to do is the add-apt-repository line,fetch updates, then go check the driver manager.

There are 16.75478 ways to skin a cat which sometimes does not help a lot

I think others here may have s similar card, so it may be worth searching kfn for it

[claydoh]

Perhaps... Then what could be my problem? Or problems in this case.

Dang I hate it when thunderstorms take out my internet lol. Lost it mid-paragraph


The problem is that Nvidia are a bit of a jerk sometimes when it comes to their proprietary linux drivers. Still better than AMD though. They make it difficult for the commuity to write free drivers for their hardware so we have to jump through some hoops.

Mint is based on ubuntu 14.04 so will have the exact same video subsystem and kernels and exact same drivers and hence likely the same issues.

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[Jessedavid4]

Because the GTX 950 is slightly newer than the other GTX 9xx cards, only the newer drivers are really compatible (in other words, if the driver has support for linux + the card). Now if I go download the drivers from the nvidia site, they only say they are compatible with Linux 64-bit or 32-bit systems. Is there a way if I can find compatibility for the current OS & version I use, for that specific driver?

[elijathegold]

sudo apt full-upgrade

Nothing wrong with that; It is equivalent to the older dist-upgrade method and according to the Internet, it's the preferred way thing to do these days

Because the GTX 950 is slightly newer than the other GTX 9xx cards, only the newer drivers are really compatible (in other words, if the driver has support for linux + the card). Now if I go download the drivers from the nvidia site, they only say they are compatible with Linux 64-bit or 32-bit systems. Is there a way if I can find compatibility for the current OS & version I use, for that specific driver?

It's been a while since I had an Nvidia card and even longer since I had one that didn't work with the Ubuntu supplied drivers. As has been recommend, I would use the driver manager to install the recommended drivers. If you really want to install the absolute latest drivers then I recall Nvidia having a feature on their site where it asks you a series of questions to point you at the right ones. If that points you at the same version that driver manager has, then use the driver manager as it's much safer.

[claydoh]

Nothing wrong with that; It is equivalent to the older dist-upgrade method and according to the Internet, it's the preferred way thing to do these days

'cept that it does not work on 14.04...

[elijathegold]

'cept that it does not work on 14.04...

It certainly does! Although you made doubt myself enough to spin up a clean 14.04 vbox and check

[Snowhog]

I think claydoh was referring to 14.04 'initial'. apt (as apposed to apt-get) came into 14.04 during one of the 'point releases', yes?