The TortoiseHg Nautilus extension stopped working after upgrading one of my Ubuntu machines from 12.10 to 13.04. It turned out the problem was it could not find libpython2.7.so.1.0.
Here is the fix on a 32-bit distro:
and on a 64-bit distro:
Most of the time I use VirtualBox to run Linux distros like Ubuntu and Debian. At the same time, I have to work with Windows Phone SDK which needs Hyper-V to run the Windows Phone emulator. Understandably VirtualBox and Hyper-V will not run at the same time. The easiest way I found to solve that problem is creating a dual boot configuration where one of the boot options has Hyper-V disabled. Here is how to do it:
Run Command Prompt (not PowerShell) as Administrator and execute the following commands (note that the GUID will be different on your system):
bcdedit /set {current} hypervisorlaunchtype off
bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 8.1 with Hyper-V"
The entry was successfully copied to {5e0b6781-81ec-11e3-be83-74d02bc4e906}.
bcdedit /set {5e0b6781-81ec-11e3-be83-74d02bc4e906} hypervisorlaunchtype auto
The operation completed successfully.
You should now have two boot options in the Windows start menu: "Windows 8.1" and "Windows 8.1 with Hyper-V". To switch between the different configurations, make sure you hold the Shift key while clicking on the Restart option.
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS, I could not boot in GUI / X anymore. I got this when trying to start X:
startx
NVIDIA: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 304.88, but this NVIDIA driver component has version 304.108.
Please make sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the same version.
To fix that it seems you have to disable the xorg:nvidia_304_updates (304.108) driver and enable the xorg:nvidia_304 (304.88) driver:
After that you should have xorg:nvidia_304 listed as Proprietary, Enabled, In use:
sudo jockey-text --list
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_304 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
xorg:nvidia_304_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_96 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
And finally you have to reboot:
This post is about using Oracle VirtualBox to install a Debian 7.2 x86_64 guest virtual machine on Windows 8.1 host.
NOTE: If the Debian (64 bit) choice is not available, make sure Intel Virtualization Technology is enabled in the host UEFI / BIOS. 3. Memory size - Memory size: 4096 MB - Click Next 4. Hard drive - Choose Create a virtual hard drive now - Click Create - Choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) - Click Create - File allocation and size - Select a path for the virtual disk image - Select 100 GB for size - Click Create
It takes a few minutes to create the virtual disk image, but eventually you will see the image in the VirtualBox Manager. We are ready to install Debian now.
In VirtualBox Manager:
no images were found
In the Debian Install boot menu:
Install Module Assistant, so you can build kernel modules.
Let Module Assistant prepare the system.
Install Guest Additions
If the installation does not start or hangs, try booting using Advanced Options > Expert Install. That will give you more information about what is wrong with the installation.
