Kalpavriksha

From Karnataka Open Educational Resources

NOTE: Before following these below steps, take a backup of your existing data.

  1. Go to Places=>Home Folder
  2. In that select all the folders/files and copy to external devices(Like Pend drive, External hard disk).

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 (Kalpavriksha)

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 along side windows 7 or windows XP

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 8

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows8

Upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu Upgrad from 12.04 to 14.04 or Erase disk and install

Video on installation

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General Problems, Steps for After installing ubuntu 14.04

Repairing Grub/Repairing Ubuntu booting Problem(Grub)

Boot-Repair is a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues you may encounter in Ubuntu like when you can't boot Ubuntu after installing Windows or another Linux distribution, or when you can't boot Windows after installing Ubuntu, or when GRUB is not displayed anymore, some upgrade breaks GRUB, etc.

1. If you are able to login in ubuntu, Follow the below steps:

  1. Login in to ubuntu Operating System
  2. goto to application==>>System tools==>>Administration==>>Boot repair
  • It will ask your system login password, just type and press Enter
     
    1. Once the above window open, click on Recommended repair.
    2. Now, It will start to repaireing your groub(will take some minute to repair)
     
    1. Restart your computer after using the Boot Repair tool.
    2. If you are not able to login Ubuntu and have any loading error, click here and follow these steps

    Adding new user account in ubuntu 14.04

    1. Open system settings (Applications==>>System tools==>>System settings)
    2. click on User accounts.

     

    1. Click on Unlock button and put a login ubuntu password
    2. Click on Plus(+)symbol and fill the your name and new user account name.
    3. click Add.
    4. If you want the new user account in Kannada interface select new account you have created and click on langauage, select language kannada.
    5. Once you restart your computer, you will able to see two user accounts, select and login.