From mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it Sun Jan 2 11:37:13 2011 From: mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it (Mirto Silvio Busico) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:37:13 +0100 Subject: zentyal-desktop crashes konsole in Lucid 64 and Maverick 64 Message-ID: <4D206369.50600@fastwebnet.it> Hi all, I'm trying to setup a client PC that uses a Kubuntu Lucid + Zentyal as authentication and group server. When I install zentyal desktop from the ppa ( http://trac.zentyal.org/wiki/Document/Documentation/ZentyalDesktop/Ubuntu ) everything seems to work and I'm able to login with an user defined on the openLDAP server on the server PC. But from this moment any user (local or LDAP) is no more able to start konsole: the window flashes and closes. I have the same behaviour with Lucid and Maverick client PC. I supposed that was related to Kde; so I repeated the test with Ubuntu Maverick. With Gnome, the local user is still able to use gnome-terminal; but for the LDAP user the gnome-terminal flashes and closes. BTW all the PC are virtual machines (managed with libvirt) and are 64 bit versions. Anyone had this problem? Any suggestion about what I can try? Thanks Mirto -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mirtosilvio_busico.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 272 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it Sun Jan 2 19:17:13 2011 From: mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it (Mirto Silvio Busico) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:17:13 +0100 Subject: [solved] Re: zentyal-desktop crashes konsole in Lucid 64 and Maverick 64 In-Reply-To: <4D206369.50600@fastwebnet.it> References: <4D206369.50600@fastwebnet.it> Message-ID: <4D20CF39.5020509@fastwebnet.it> Replaying to myself. I the zentyal server, in ldap settigs, select a valid shell. After applying the modifications, create new users. Mirto Il 02/01/2011 12:37, Mirto Silvio Busico ha scritto: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to setup a client PC that uses a Kubuntu Lucid + Zentyal as > authentication and group server. > > When I install zentyal desktop from the ppa ( > http://trac.zentyal.org/wiki/Document/Documentation/ZentyalDesktop/Ubuntu ) > everything seems to work and I'm able to login with an user defined on > the openLDAP server on the server PC. > > But from this moment any user (local or LDAP) is no more able to start > konsole: the window flashes and closes. > > I have the same behaviour with Lucid and Maverick client PC. > > I supposed that was related to Kde; so I repeated the test with Ubuntu > Maverick. > With Gnome, the local user is still able to use gnome-terminal; but for > the LDAP user the gnome-terminal flashes and closes. > > BTW all the PC are virtual machines (managed with libvirt) and are 64 > bit versions. > > Anyone had this problem? > Any suggestion about what I can try? > > Thanks > Mirto > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mirtosilvio_busico.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 272 bytes Desc: not available URL: From basroufs at gmail.com Tue Jan 4 11:24:36 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:24:36 +0100 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? Message-ID: Hello everybody At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth dongle. On the other hand, the typical KDE package "Bluedevil" DOES correctly recognise my mobile phone Samsung J700i. Inversely, my mobile does correctly recognise my laptop and asks for permission to exchange data with it. Moreover, I am even able to remotely browse through the folders of the of the memory card from my laptop: an Asus 1001HA with Kubuntu 10.10 and Win 7 dual boot. When typing "lsusb" in Konsole, the dongle is being identified as follows: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode). I even do manage to transfer files between the laptop and memory card in the phone or vice versa and to carry out other actions via Dolphin at the laptop. But the problem is that the file with phone numbers and addresses is at some chip inside the phone. The software inside the phone contains a menu aimed at sending the contact data from my "phone book" via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices. But each attempt to so failed so far. Also attempts to back-up the address book at the memory card of my mobile do not work. Inversely, I do not manage to access the phone book from my laptop: not via Bluetooth, also not via a USB cable between phone and laptop. The only part of the phone I can access in both ways is the memory card. Instructions I have seen so far at Kubuntu forums do not help me to solve the problem. Does anybody have a clue? Thanks, respectfully yours, Bas. From o.sinclair at gmail.com Tue Jan 4 12:38:10 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:38:10 +0200 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2314B2.1080002@gmail.com> On 04/01/2011 13:24, Bas Roufs wrote: > Hello everybody > > At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and > addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth > dongle. On the other hand, the typical KDE package "Bluedevil" DOES > correctly recognise my mobile phone Samsung J700i. Inversely, my > mobile does correctly recognise my laptop and asks for permission to > exchange data with it. Moreover, I am even able to remotely browse > through the folders of the of the memory card from my laptop: an Asus > 1001HA with Kubuntu 10.10 and Win 7 dual boot. When typing "lsusb" in > Konsole, the dongle is being identified as follows: > ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode). > I even do manage to transfer files between the laptop and memory card > in the phone or vice versa and to carry out other actions via Dolphin > at the laptop. But the problem is that the file with phone numbers and > addresses is at some chip inside the phone. The software inside the > phone contains a menu aimed at sending the contact data from my "phone > book" via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices. But each attempt to so > failed so far. Also attempts to back-up the address book at the memory > card of my mobile do not work. Inversely, I do not manage to access > the phone book from my laptop: not via Bluetooth, also not via a USB > cable between phone and laptop. The only part of the phone I can > access in both ways is the memory card. Instructions I have seen so > far at Kubuntu forums do not help me to solve the problem. Does > anybody have a clue? > The only application I am aware of that works reasonably ok with mobile phones, linux and bluetooth/usb is Wammu. It is in the repos and there is also a PPA for it I believe. Regards Sinclair From gheskett at wdtv.com Tue Jan 4 14:49:30 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:49:30 -0500 Subject: wap11 question Message-ID: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> Greetings all; I am trying to make use of an elderly wap11 access point here, whose default iP has been changed and it cannot now be found, probably because it is on a different block of 192.168.x.x subnet addresses. This device also has a usb port and supposedly can be administered over a usb connection. However, it will not enumerate a connection even when plugged directly into a motherboard breakout port. Am I missing a required module for this sort of thing in my custom 2.6.37- rc8 kernel build? Thanks everybody. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long. -- Ogden Nash From basroufs at gmail.com Tue Jan 4 14:50:28 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:50:28 +0100 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? In-Reply-To: References: <4D2314B2.1080002@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello Sinclair and Everybody. Thanks for your reply, Sinclair, to this question. >> At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and >> addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth >> dongle. A few minutes ago, I tried to carry out your suggestion: > The only application I am aware of that works reasonably ok with mobile > phones, linux and bluetooth/usb is Wammu. It is in the repos and there is > also a PPA for it I believe. Via the regular repos, I have installed Wammu and dependencies. But the result is the same: communication with the phone via the USB dongle, but still no access to the address book. A feed back I get when trying to retrieve my phone book contacts via the laptop, is something like "your phone does not support this function". A more detailed debugging report you can find via this link: http://rainbowgathering.eu/wammu.pdf When trying to export the contacts from the phone via bluetooth to the laptop, I get again a feedback like "failed connection". The software in my mobile does not deliver any debugging report :-) Any other suggestion: either via Wammu or via BlueDevil or via any other package and method? Thanks, respectfully yours, Bas. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Tue Jan 4 15:19:50 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:19:50 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I am trying to make use of an elderly wap11 access point here, whose > default iP has been changed and it cannot now be found, probably because it > is on a different block of 192.168.x.x subnet addresses. > > This device also has a usb port and supposedly can be administered over a > usb connection. However, it will not enumerate a connection even when > plugged directly into a motherboard breakout port. > Can you do a factory reset?? Usually a button push? That would probably put it back to 192.168.1.1 The USB port is probably for external storage. I just installed a Netgear router which has the same setup for USB. From gheskett at wdtv.com Tue Jan 4 20:36:22 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:36:22 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101041536.22438.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Tuesday, January 04, 2011 02:51:18 pm Bruce Marshall did opine: > On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I am trying to make use of an elderly wap11 access point here, whose > > default iP has been changed and it cannot now be found, probably > > because it is on a different block of 192.168.x.x subnet addresses. > > > > This device also has a usb port and supposedly can be administered > > over a usb connection. However, it will not enumerate a connection > > even when plugged directly into a motherboard breakout port. > > Can you do a factory reset?? Usually a button push? That would > probably put it back to 192.168.1.1 This one has been opened up and well searched with no luck. And of course the ethernet snmp tool, wap11-gui, has not been buildable on linux since 2.6.24, wayyyy back up the log from 2011. I just did find a quad of pads to mount a teeny pushbutton to, labeled S901. If the switch was installed, its operating stem would stick out, presumably flush, with a hole in the back edge of the pan, centered between the power socket and the usb port. The hole of course has not been drilled. ;) This ones PCB is marked as "wireless AP, rev 3A1 5/18/2001". I have downloaded the wap11 user manual from the linksys site, and will see if what I see makes sense while reading that. > The USB port is probably for external storage. I just installed a > Netgear router which has the same setup for USB. According to the manual, the part I did read, windows has a tool to admin it over a usb circuit. And its default ip is 291.168.1.250 or some such if I read that right. OTOH, I might be time ahead to go see what I can find for an AP at Staples etc. Thanks, a lot. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) It's gonna be alright, It's almost midnight, And I've got two more bottles of wine. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Tue Jan 4 20:55:05 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:55:05 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <201101041536.22438.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101041536.22438.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101041555.05761.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > s one has been opened up and well searched with no luck. And of course > the ethernet snmp tool, wap11-gui, has not been buildable on linux since > 2.6.24, wayyyy back up the log from 2011. I just did find a quad of pads > to mount a teeny pushbutton to, labeled S901. If the switch was > installed, its operating stem would stick out, presumably flush, with a > hole in the back edge of the pan, centered between the power socket and > the usb port. The hole of course has not been drilled. ;) I guess the only other trick I can think of is to hold the xxxxx button while plugging the power in. Where xxxx would be an ON button or anything else that might fit. But the Users guide should tell you that. From gheskett at wdtv.com Wed Jan 5 00:24:15 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:24:15 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101041019.50809.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101041924.15526.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Tuesday, January 04, 2011 07:15:06 pm Bruce Marshall did opine: > On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I am trying to make use of an elderly wap11 access point here, whose > > default iP has been changed and it cannot now be found, probably > > because it is on a different block of 192.168.x.x subnet addresses. > > > > This device also has a usb port and supposedly can be administered > > over a usb connection. However, it will not enumerate a connection > > even when plugged directly into a motherboard breakout port. > > Can you do a factory reset?? Usually a button push? That would > probably put it back to 192.168.1.1 > > The USB port is probably for external storage. I just installed a > Netgear router which has the same setup for USB. I finally did get into it with 'wap11gui' after succeeding in getting it to build, after trying to do a reset that apparently failed, because it remembered everything but the wep keys I had stored it it, _or_ it defaults to showing them as "all balls". Their printed out & hanging on the wall here anyway because the lappy has yet to remember that over a reboot. Paranoid POS that thing is. It doesn't even trust itself at times. ;-) So now I need to drag my lappy back out of the case & see if I can get it to connect. It has a bcm4318 card in it, and ALL bets are off where that POS is concerned. Thanks Bruce. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Did I say 2? I lied. From gheskett at wdtv.com Wed Jan 5 00:31:05 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:31:05 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <201101041555.05761.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101040949.31178.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101041536.22438.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101041555.05761.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101041931.05907.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Tuesday, January 04, 2011 07:24:46 pm Bruce Marshall did opine: > On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > s one has been opened up and well searched with no luck. And of > > course the ethernet snmp tool, wap11-gui, has not been buildable on > > linux since 2.6.24, wayyyy back up the log from 2011. I just did > > find a quad of pads to mount a teeny pushbutton to, labeled S901. If > > the switch was installed, its operating stem would stick out, > > presumably flush, with a hole in the back edge of the pan, centered > > between the power socket and the usb port. The hole of course has not > > been drilled. ;) > > I guess the only other trick I can think of is to hold the xxxxx button > while plugging the power in. Where xxxx would be an ON button or > anything else that might fit. > > But the Users guide should tell you that. The users guide is for a much newer model, this one is the old cream/grey cow patties with a couple of sticks on the back of it. No resemblance to the modern blue/black linksys stuff. The guides rear panel also has no place for a reset button. So if you've lost its address and password, tough. Then its a frisbee, but at the age of the plastic case, a fragile one... Thanks Bruce. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) How many Zen Buddhist does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change it and one not to change it. From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Wed Jan 5 17:06:37 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:06:37 +0000 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D24A51D.7010209@btinternet.com> On 05/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >>> s one has been opened up and well searched with no luck. And of >>> > > course the ethernet snmp tool, wap11-gui, has not been buildable on >>> > > linux since 2.6.24, wayyyy back up the log from 2011. I just did >>> > > find a quad of pads to mount a teeny pushbutton to, labeled S901. If >>> > > the switch was installed, its operating stem would stick out, >>> > > presumably flush, with a hole in the back edge of the pan, centered >>> > > between the power socket and the usb port. The hole of course has not >>> > > been drilled.;) >> > >> > I guess the only other trick I can think of is to hold the xxxxx button >> > while plugging the power in. Where xxxx would be an ON button or >> > anything else that might fit. >> > >> > But the Users guide should tell you that. > The users guide is for a much newer model, this one is the old cream/grey > cow patties with a couple of sticks on the back of it. No resemblance to > the modern blue/black linksys stuff. > > The guides rear panel also has no place for a reset button. So if you've > lost its address and password, tough. Then its a frisbee, but at the age > of the plastic case, a fragile one... > > Thanks Bruce. > I don't see any mention of it but I presume it has an ethernet RJ45 socket and you have tried connecting to it(the 'router') via that, you don't say what network app. you are using or what OS either as far as I can read. If it will connect with 'loop-back' you should be able to find it's local ip address fairly easily with 'less /etc/resolv.conf' - nameserver. brian From gheskett at wdtv.com Wed Jan 5 18:13:20 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:13:20 -0500 Subject: wap11 question In-Reply-To: <4D24A51D.7010209@btinternet.com> References: <4D24A51D.7010209@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101051313.20293.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Wednesday, January 05, 2011 01:10:18 pm Brian Wootton did opine: > On 05/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > >>> s one has been opened up and well searched with no luck. And of > >>> > >>> > > course the ethernet snmp tool, wap11-gui, has not been > >>> > > buildable on linux since 2.6.24, wayyyy back up the log from > >>> > > 2011. I just did find a quad of pads to mount a teeny > >>> > > pushbutton to, labeled S901. If the switch was installed, > >>> > > its operating stem would stick out, presumably flush, with a > >>> > > hole in the back edge of the pan, centered between the power > >>> > > socket and the usb port. The hole of course has not been > >>> > > drilled.;) > >> > > >> > I guess the only other trick I can think of is to hold the xxxxx > >> > button while plugging the power in. Where xxxx would be an ON > >> > button or anything else that might fit. > >> > > >> > But the Users guide should tell you that. > > > > The users guide is for a much newer model, this one is the old > > cream/grey cow patties with a couple of sticks on the back of it. No > > resemblance to the modern blue/black linksys stuff. > > > > The guides rear panel also has no place for a reset button. So if > > you've lost its address and password, tough. Then its a frisbee, but > > at the age of the plastic case, a fragile one... > > > > Thanks Bruce. > > I don't see any mention of it but I presume it has an ethernet RJ45 > socket and you have tried > connecting to it(the 'router') via that, you don't say what network app. > you are using or > what OS either as far as I can read. If it will connect with 'loop-back' > you should be able > to find it's local ip address fairly easily with 'less > /etc/resolv.conf' - nameserver. > brian I found its ip, and it still retained all the settings from 3 years ago when I stuck it in a drawer because it only uses 128 bit max, wep. I haven't pulled the laptop out yet, been fighting with an NVIDIA non-install problem. It's sorted now else I wouldn't be posting from this machine. ;-) Many Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. -- Arthur Balfour From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 06:22:59 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:22:59 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick Message-ID: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from the provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had another computer last time I was here. In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no difference. Anyone has any idea, this is quite annoying. Kind regards, Sinclair From tomh0665 at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 08:32:35 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 03:32:35 -0500 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: > > Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi hotspot > system that have worked in earlier versions. > > I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a > browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from the > provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had > another computer last time I was here. > > In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips > (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs > nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be seen, > nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no difference. Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 08:41:43 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:41:43 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >> >> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi hotspot >> system that have worked in earlier versions. >> >> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a >> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from the >> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had >> another computer last time I was here. >> >> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs >> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be seen, >> nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no difference. > > Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? > yes, they get set when I connect From jacobventegodt at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 10:03:24 2011 From: jacobventegodt at gmail.com (Jacob Ventegodt) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:03:24 +0100 Subject: Error installing new HP Deskjet 1000 printer Message-ID: <201101071103.25008.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> Hi I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and when I try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just processes and then disappears. When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0 Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. Exiting. Can anyone guide me through this /Jacob From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 7 11:40:22 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:40:22 +0000 Subject: single user mode Message-ID: <4D26FBA6.30804@btinternet.com> Before I tear my remaining hair(s) out, does anybody know how to get kubuntu 10.04 LTS into single user mode? telinit 1 don't work, init 1 don't work and I've pretty well pushed the shift keys out the bottom of the keyboard during a reboot, that don't work. Googling for 'single user mode' and 'telinit 1' tells me that others have experienced this problem but none of their solutions work for me. Any pointers appreciated ta. brian From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 7 13:10:19 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:10:19 +0000 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2710BB.5020004@btinternet.com> On 07/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >> > Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi hotspot >> > system that have worked in earlier versions. >> > >> > I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a >> > browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from the >> > provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had >> > another computer last time I was here. >> > >> > In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >> > (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs >> > nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be seen, >> > nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no difference. > Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? > > and what have you got in /etc/resolv.conf? From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 7 13:14:52 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:14:52 +0000 Subject: Error installing new HP Deskjet 1000 printer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2711CC.1040708@btinternet.com> On 07/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System > Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and when I > try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just processes and > then disappears. > > When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer. > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) > System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0 > > Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. Exiting. > > Can anyone guide me through this > > /Jacob Have you tried running 'hp-setup' on the console command line From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 13:36:43 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:36:43 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: <4D2710BB.5020004@btinternet.com> References: <4D2710BB.5020004@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <4D2716EB.2000201@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 15:10, Brian Wootton wrote: > On 07/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >>> > Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a >>> wifi hotspot >>> > system that have worked in earlier versions. >>> > >>> > I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then >>> open a >>> > browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page >>> from the >>> > provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it >>> I had >>> > another computer last time I was here. >>> > >>> > In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>> > (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it >>> hangs >>> > nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can >>> be seen, >>> > nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>> difference. >> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >> >> > and what have you got in /etc/resolv.conf? > well, I am not there at the moment but it does list the nameservers I can see on the Windows side when I am connected. From tomh0665 at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 14:36:10 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:36:10 -0500 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: > On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair  wrote: >>> >>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi >>> hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. >>> >>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a >>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from >>> the >>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had >>> another computer last time I was here. >>> >>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs >>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be >>> seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>> difference. >> >> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >> > yes, they get set when I connect Can you ping or traceroute to the hotspot's DHCP and DNS servers? If you know the login page's url, can you access it with "http://ip_address/..."? From tomh0665 at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 14:43:14 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 09:43:14 -0500 Subject: single user mode In-Reply-To: <4D26FBA6.30804@btinternet.com> References: <4D26FBA6.30804@btinternet.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Brian Wootton wrote: > > Before I tear my remaining hair(s) out, does anybody know how to get > kubuntu 10.04 LTS into single user mode? >  telinit 1 don't work, init 1 don't work and I've pretty well pushed the > shift keys out the bottom of the keyboard during a reboot, that don't work. >  Googling for 'single user mode' and 'telinit 1' tells me that others have > experienced this problem but none of their solutions work for me. Have you tried esc? Or a combination of shift and esc? From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 14:57:53 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:57:53 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D2729F1.4080906@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 16:36, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >> On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >>>> >>>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi >>>> hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>> >>>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a >>>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from >>>> the >>>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had >>>> another computer last time I was here. >>>> >>>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs >>>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be >>>> seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>> difference. >>> >>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>> >> yes, they get set when I connect > > Can you ping or traceroute to the hotspot's DHCP and DNS servers? > > If you know the login page's url, can you access it with > "http://ip_address/..."? > I can ping the dhcp but not anything outside the LAN address segment. I can not nslookup, traceroute or go direct to any "http://...." From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 14:59:35 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:59:35 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D272A57.9030400@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 16:36, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >> On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >>>> >>>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi >>>> hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>> >>>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open a >>>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from >>>> the >>>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I had >>>> another computer last time I was here. >>>> >>>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it hangs >>>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be >>>> seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>> difference. >>> >>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>> >> yes, they get set when I connect > > Can you ping or traceroute to the hotspot's DHCP and DNS servers? > > If you know the login page's url, can you access it with > "http://ip_address/..."? > sorry clarification: I can ping and traceroute inside the LAN address segment but no nslookup. Anything outside LAN segment does not work be it ping, traceroute, nslookup etc etc From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 15:00:04 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:00:04 +0200 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? In-Reply-To: References: <4D2314B2.1080002@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D272A74.4050600@gmail.com> On 04/01/2011 16:50, Bas Roufs wrote: > Hello Sinclair and Everybody. > > Thanks for your reply, Sinclair, to this question. > >>> At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and >>> addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth >>> dongle. > > A few minutes ago, I tried to carry out your suggestion: >> The only application I am aware of that works reasonably ok with mobile >> phones, linux and bluetooth/usb is Wammu. It is in the repos and there is >> also a PPA for it I believe. > > Via the regular repos, I have installed Wammu and dependencies. But > the result is the same: communication with the phone via the USB > dongle, but still no access to the address book. A feed back I get > when trying to retrieve my phone book contacts via the laptop, is > something like "your phone does not support this function". A more > detailed debugging report you can find via this link: > http://rainbowgathering.eu/wammu.pdf > > When trying to export the contacts from the phone via bluetooth to the > laptop, I get again a feedback like "failed connection". The software > in my mobile does not deliver any debugging report :-) > > Any other suggestion: either via Wammu or via BlueDevil or via any > other package and method? > Thanks, respectfully yours, > Have you tried connecting the phone using the 2 different "languages" suggested by Wammu? Did you also try usb cable (if you have a such to your phone)? In my experience this still works better than bluetooth in many cases. From tomh0665 at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 15:24:12 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:24:12 -0500 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: <4D2729F1.4080906@gmail.com> References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> <4D2729F1.4080906@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: > On 07/01/2011 16:36, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, O. Sinclair  wrote: >>> On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair >>>>  wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi >>>>> hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>>> >>>>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open >>>>> a >>>>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from >>>>> the >>>>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I >>>>> had >>>>> another computer last time I was here. >>>>> >>>>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it >>>>> hangs >>>>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be >>>>> seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>>> difference. >>>> >>>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>>> >>> yes, they get set when I connect >> >> Can you ping or traceroute to the hotspot's DHCP and DNS servers? >> >> If you know the login page's url, can you access it with >> "http://ip_address/..."? >> > I can ping the dhcp but not anything outside the LAN address segment. I can > not nslookup, traceroute or go direct to any "http://...." Can anyone else use the hotspot?! Does "netstat -r" show that you have a gateway? Check the DNS servers in your DHCP lease file (hopefully they're the same as in "/etc/resolv.conf") and "dig @..." for a well-known site. From o.sinclair at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 15:42:33 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:42:33 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: <4D26B143.4000804@gmail.com> <4D26D1C7.6000900@gmail.com> <4D2729F1.4080906@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D273469.8040504@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 17:24, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >> On 07/01/2011 16:36, Tom H wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 AM, O. Sinclair wrote: >>>> On 07/01/2011 10:32, Tom H wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:22 AM, O. Sinclair >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a wifi >>>>>> hotspot system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>>>> >>>>>> I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then open >>>>>> a >>>>>> browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page from >>>>>> the >>>>>> provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it I >>>>>> had >>>>>> another computer last time I was here. >>>>>> >>>>>> In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>>>> (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it >>>>>> hangs >>>>>> nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can be >>>>>> seen, nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>>>> difference. >>>>> >>>>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>>>> >>>> yes, they get set when I connect >>> >>> Can you ping or traceroute to the hotspot's DHCP and DNS servers? >>> >>> If you know the login page's url, can you access it with >>> "http://ip_address/..."? >>> >> I can ping the dhcp but not anything outside the LAN address segment. I can >> not nslookup, traceroute or go direct to any "http://...." > > Can anyone else use the hotspot?! > > Does "netstat -r" show that you have a gateway? > > Check the DNS servers in your DHCP lease file (hopefully they're the > same as in "/etc/resolv.conf") and "dig @..." for a well-known site. > well it works for me when I boot in Windows.. will see what netstat can give me later when i am back on site From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 7 15:55:54 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:55:54 +0000 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D27378A.9090305@btinternet.com> On 07/01/11 15:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >>>> > Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a >>>> wifi hotspot >>>> > system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>> > >>>> > I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then >>>> open a >>>> > browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page >>>> from the >>>> > provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it >>>> I had >>>> > another computer last time I was here. >>>> > >>>> > In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>> > (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it >>>> hangs >>>> > nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can >>>> be seen, >>>> > nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>> difference. >>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>> >>> >> and what have you got in /etc/resolv.conf? >> > well, I am not there at the moment but it does list the nameservers I > can see on the Windows side when I am connected. And can you 'ping' any of them? can ping the router? From basroufs at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 17:46:29 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 18:46:29 +0100 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? In-Reply-To: <4D272A74.4050600@gmail.com> References: <4D2314B2.1080002@gmail.com> <4D272A74.4050600@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello Sinclair and Everybody >>>> At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and >>>> addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth >>>> dongle. >> Via the regular repos, I have installed Wammu and dependencies..... > Have you tried connecting the phone using the 2 different "languages" suggested by Wammu? So far, not. Pls. briefly explain how exactly to find those languanges and how to activate them. > Did you also try usb cable (if you have a such to your phone)? In my experience this still > works better than bluetooth in many cases. I do have such a cable, so I have tried it also via that way. The result is still exactly the same: connection with the phone, but still no possiblity to retrieve the address book. Any other clue? Thanks, respectfully yours, Bas. From hvontres at gmail.com Fri Jan 7 22:07:16 2011 From: hvontres at gmail.com (Hans Henry von Tresckow) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:07:16 -0800 Subject: single user mode In-Reply-To: References: <4D26FBA6.30804@btinternet.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Brian Wootton wrote: >> >> Before I tear my remaining hair(s) out, does anybody know how to get >> kubuntu 10.04 LTS into single user mode? >>  telinit 1 don't work, init 1 don't work and I've pretty well pushed the >> shift keys out the bottom of the keyboard during a reboot, that don't work. >>  Googling for 'single user mode' and 'telinit 1' tells me that others have >> experienced this problem but none of their solutions work for me. > > Have you tried esc? > > Or a combination of shift and esc? > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users > I think esc during boot will bring up the grub menu. If you don't have any "rescue" entries, just edit the comand line ('e') and add 'single' to the end. -- Henry von Tresckow (hvontres) From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Sat Jan 8 00:01:41 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:01:41 -0500 Subject: Error installing new HP Deskjet 1000 printer In-Reply-To: <201101071103.25008.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> References: <201101071103.25008.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101071901.41306.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Friday, January 07, 2011 05:03:24 am Jacob Ventegodt wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System > Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and when I > try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just processes and > then disappears. > > When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer. > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) > System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0 > > Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. Exiting. > > Can anyone guide me through this > > /Jacob > > What version of hplip do you have? if you look here [1] it says that your printer has been added in version 3.10.9. I only see version 3.10.6 in the maverick packages. You will probably have to install the correct version from here [2]. You can find out what version you have in KpackageKit. Search for hplip then right-click on it to see the versions. The download is a .bin file so you just run it to install. Need help with that? Alan [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/develop [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.10.9/hplip-3.10.9.run/download From rodlovett at ozemail.com.au Sat Jan 8 05:31:54 2011 From: rodlovett at ozemail.com.au (Rod Lovett) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:31:54 +1100 Subject: Skype no microphone input in Kubuntu 32 bit Meerkat Message-ID: <4D27F6CA.4030001@ozemail.com.au> Hi, using a gigabyte board with intel chipset, and intel sound, 3.0 core duo processor Microphone works in alsa, giving speaker output but not in skype. Skype works perfectly well in ubuntu which uses pulseaudio. Tried with pulseaudio, and without pulseaudio, ticked capture channels in alsa, racked up both mikes, but not a recorded peep in skype, only sound from speakers. Skype works in aptosid KDE 32 after installing pulseaudio too. Kubuntu is based on a snapshot of Debian Sid I think, so what is wrong I wonder. Something a bit too clever by half or difficult for me. Regards Rod From o.sinclair at gmail.com Sat Jan 8 06:45:00 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:45:00 +0200 Subject: wifi hotspot problem w Maverick In-Reply-To: <4D27378A.9090305@btinternet.com> References: <4D27378A.9090305@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <4D2807EC.2050303@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 17:55, Brian Wootton wrote: > On 07/01/11 15:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >>>>> > Running 10.10 I have a, to me, new problem with connecting to a >>>>> wifi hotspot >>>>> > system that have worked in earlier versions. >>>>> > >>>>> > I connect to the unsecured router w/o problems. Normally you then >>>>> open a >>>>> > browser, try to go to any site and gets redirected to a login page >>>>> from the >>>>> > provider. This worked in 9.10 and 10.04, though come to think of it >>>>> I had >>>>> > another computer last time I was here. >>>>> > >>>>> > In any case it works in Windows 7 with same computer and wifichips >>>>> > (Broadcomm, sadly). In Kubuntu I connect, try to open a page and it >>>>> hangs >>>>> > nicely on "looking up whatever.com". No activity on the network can >>>>> be seen, >>>>> > nothing in logs. Have tried using Networkmanager and Wicd, no >>>>> difference. >>>> Are you using the hotspot's DNS server(s)? >>>> >>>> >>> and what have you got in /etc/resolv.conf? >>> >> well, I am not there at the moment but it does list the nameservers I >> can see on the Windows side when I am connected. > And can you 'ping' any of them? can ping the router? > thanks for all suggestions - as it turned out it must be something with the hotspot not liking linux... weird as I have been there before and connected with no problems (using Lucid though). Now I am connected to same provider from another hotspot. Have no idea what the problem was From o.sinclair at gmail.com Sat Jan 8 06:47:30 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:47:30 +0200 Subject: How to back-up my mobile phone address book via Bluetooth or otherwise? In-Reply-To: References: <4D2314B2.1080002@gmail.com> <4D272A74.4050600@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D280882.3090301@gmail.com> On 07/01/2011 19:46, Bas Roufs wrote: > Hello Sinclair and Everybody > >>>>> At present I still do not manage to copy the phone numbers and >>>>> addresses from my mobile to my laptop via an external usb Bluethooth >>>>> dongle. > > >>> Via the regular repos, I have installed Wammu and dependencies..... > >> Have you tried connecting the phone using the 2 different "languages" suggested by Wammu? > So far, not. Pls. briefly explain how exactly to find those languanges > and how to activate them. > >> Did you also try usb cable (if you have a such to your phone)? In my experience this still >> works better than bluetooth in many cases. > > I do have such a cable, so I have tried it also via that way. The > result is still exactly the same: connection with the phone, but still > no possiblity to retrieve the address book. > > Any other clue? Sorry Baas, I am very far from home at the moment and my normal connections. Once back I will go through the procedure and see if I can explain better. Sinclair From kassube at gmx.net Sat Jan 8 07:26:56 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 08:26:56 +0100 Subject: Skype no microphone input in Kubuntu 32 bit Meerkat In-Reply-To: <4D27F6CA.4030001@ozemail.com.au> References: <4D27F6CA.4030001@ozemail.com.au> Message-ID: <201101080826.56388.kassube@gmx.net> Rod Lovett wrote: > Microphone works in alsa, giving speaker output but not in skype. > Skype works perfectly well in ubuntu which uses pulseaudio. > Tried with pulseaudio, and without pulseaudio, ticked capture > channels in alsa, racked up both mikes, but not a recorded peep in > skype, only sound from speakers. I don't use Skype nor Maverick but from what I have seen here, sound problem + Kubuntu Maverick usually means that you should run pavucontrol (from the package with the same name). Nils From o.sinclair at gmail.com Sat Jan 8 10:29:16 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:29:16 +0200 Subject: Skype no microphone input in Kubuntu 32 bit Meerkat In-Reply-To: <201101080826.56388.kassube@gmx.net> References: <4D27F6CA.4030001@ozemail.com.au> <201101080826.56388.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4D283C7C.7020502@gmail.com> On 08/01/2011 09:26, Nils Kassube wrote: > Rod Lovett wrote: >> Microphone works in alsa, giving speaker output but not in skype. >> Skype works perfectly well in ubuntu which uses pulseaudio. >> Tried with pulseaudio, and without pulseaudio, ticked capture >> channels in alsa, racked up both mikes, but not a recorded peep in >> skype, only sound from speakers. > > I don't use Skype nor Maverick but from what I have seen here, sound > problem + Kubuntu Maverick usually means that you should run pavucontrol > (from the package with the same name). > > > Nils > Meerkat is still in alpha as I recall but I would also say pavucontrol. That does not work - reinstall Lucid or Maverick. File a bug first. From kassube at gmx.net Sat Jan 8 11:04:15 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:04:15 +0100 Subject: Skype no microphone input in Kubuntu 32 bit Meerkat In-Reply-To: <4D283C7C.7020502@gmail.com> References: <4D27F6CA.4030001@ozemail.com.au> <201101080826.56388.kassube@gmx.net> <4D283C7C.7020502@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101081204.15364.kassube@gmx.net> O. Sinclair wrote: > Meerkat is still in alpha as I recall Not really - Maverick Meerkat = 10.10 which was released 3 months ago. Probably you are mixing it up with Natty Narval which really is in alpha stage. Nils From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Sat Jan 8 11:42:24 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:42:24 +0000 Subject: 5. Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D284DA0.6050206@btinternet.com> On 08/01/11 06:45, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: >>> Before I tear my remaining hair(s) out, does anybody know how to get >>> >> kubuntu 10.04 LTS into single user mode? >>> >> telinit 1 don't work, init 1 don't work and I've pretty well pushed the >>> >> shift keys out the bottom of the keyboard during a reboot, that don't work. >>> >> Googling for 'single user mode' and 'telinit 1' tells me that others have >>> >> experienced this problem but none of their solutions work for me. >> > >> > Have you tried esc? >> > >> > Or a combination of shift and esc? >> > >> > -- >> > kubuntu-users mailing list >> > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users >> > > I think esc during boot will bring up the grub menu. If you don't have > any "rescue" entries, just edit the comand line ('e') and add 'single' > to the end. > Tried both of these - no good - whatever should happen just gets trampled over by the full system boot into multi-user mode. All the manual entries say that 'telinit 1' is the way to do it, but all that does is bring up the KDE default login screen (with the dots in the middle) and sit there forever - maybe I should submit a bug report? I'm running on an amd 64bit based machine. brian From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sat Jan 8 15:25:01 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 10:25:01 -0500 Subject: 5. Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow) In-Reply-To: <4D284DA0.6050206@btinternet.com> References: <4D284DA0.6050206@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101081025.01884.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Saturday, January 08, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > Tried both of these - no good - whatever should happen just gets > trampled over by the > full system boot into multi-user mode. > All the manual entries say that 'telinit 1' is the way to do it, but > all that does is bring up the > KDE default login screen (with the dots in the middle) and sit there > forever - maybe I should > submit a bug report? > I'm running on an amd 64bit based machine. I'm running an AMD64 machine and haven't had any problems with that. Are you getting a grub menu? Then either the recovery mode or using 'single' or '1' on the kernel line of the boot should do it. I think something else is happening on your machine when you say "it is overridden by the full boot'. Don't know what that means. From cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr Sat Jan 8 18:15:26 2011 From: cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr (Nigel Henry) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 19:15:26 +0100 Subject: problems with ybook e-book reader with wine Message-ID: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> I'm trying to use ybook e-book reader with wine. It installs ok on Hardy, and Intrepid, and will load a book ok, but the book does not display, just a black background on the reader. According to wine hq appdb, it should work fine, with 2 entries for platinum status, and one for gold. Has anybody here tried it, and got it working with wine? From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Sat Jan 8 18:58:20 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 13:58:20 -0500 Subject: problems with ybook e-book reader with wine In-Reply-To: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> References: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> Message-ID: <201101081358.21036.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Saturday, January 08, 2011 01:15:26 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > I'm trying to use ybook e-book reader with wine. It installs ok on Hardy, and > Intrepid, and will load a book ok, but the book does not display, just a > black background on the reader. > > According to wine hq appdb, it should work fine, with 2 entries for platinum > status, and one for gold. > > Has anybody here tried it, and got it working with wine? > > Why are you fooling around with yBook on wine? I just checked out the website and it looks like a simple utility. I've been using Calibre [1] for a couple of years now and think very highly of it. an older version is in the repositories but the latest is a simple Install with a copy & paste to the command line [2]. It reads everything and keeps track of all your ebooks too. Searches are very fast and I've never had a problem reading an ebook in any format - lit, epub, pdf, rtf, to name a few. Alan [1] http://calibre-ebook.com/ [2] sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr Sat Jan 8 20:01:11 2011 From: cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr (Nigel Henry) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:01:11 +0100 Subject: problems with ybook e-book reader with wine In-Reply-To: <201101081358.21036.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> <201101081358.21036.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <201101082101.11761.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> On Saturday 08 January 2011 19:58, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: > On Saturday, January 08, 2011 01:15:26 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > > I'm trying to use ybook e-book reader with wine. It installs ok on Hardy, > > and Intrepid, and will load a book ok, but the book does not display, > > just a black background on the reader. > > > > According to wine hq appdb, it should work fine, with 2 entries for > > platinum status, and one for gold. > > > > Has anybody here tried it, and got it working with wine? > > Why are you fooling around with yBook on wine? I just checked out the > website and it looks like a simple utility. I've been using Calibre [1] > for a couple of years now and think very highly of it. an older version is > in the repositories but the latest is a simple Install with a copy & paste > to the command line [2]. It reads everything and keeps track of all your > ebooks too. Searches are very fast and I've never had a problem reading an > ebook in any format - lit, epub, pdf, rtf, to name a few. > > Alan > > [1] http://calibre-ebook.com/ > [2] sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec > urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); > main()" Hi Alan. I was a bit put off with Calibre seemingly wanting really up to date libs that Hardy hasn't got, but I'll take a look at the earlier versions. Perhaps I can get it installed on Hardy. Being on dialup, I've got a bit tired of downloading iso's, otherwise I'd get the latest LTS version of Kubuntu installed. Thanks for the suggestion. Nigel. From bilwalsh at swbell.net Sun Jan 9 00:59:44 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:59:44 -0600 Subject: problems with ybook e-book reader with wine In-Reply-To: <201101082101.11761.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> References: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> <201101081358.21036.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <201101082101.11761.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> Message-ID: <4D290880.10405@swbell.net> On 01/08/2011 02:01 PM, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Saturday 08 January 2011 19:58, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: >> On Saturday, January 08, 2011 01:15:26 pm Nigel Henry wrote: >>> I'm trying to use ybook e-book reader with wine. It installs ok on Hardy, >>> and Intrepid, and will load a book ok, but the book does not display, >>> just a black background on the reader. >>> >>> According to wine hq appdb, it should work fine, with 2 entries for >>> platinum status, and one for gold. >>> >>> Has anybody here tried it, and got it working with wine? >> Why are you fooling around with yBook on wine? I just checked out the >> website and it looks like a simple utility. I've been using Calibre [1] >> for a couple of years now and think very highly of it. an older version is >> in the repositories but the latest is a simple Install with a copy& paste >> to the command line [2]. It reads everything and keeps track of all your >> ebooks too. Searches are very fast and I've never had a problem reading an >> ebook in any format - lit, epub, pdf, rtf, to name a few. >> >> Alan >> >> [1] http://calibre-ebook.com/ >> [2] sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec >> urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); >> main()" > Hi Alan. > I was a bit put off with Calibre seemingly wanting really up to date libs that > Hardy hasn't got, but I'll take a look at the earlier versions. Perhaps I can > get it installed on Hardy. > > Being on dialup, I've got a bit tired of downloading iso's, otherwise I'd get > the latest LTS version of Kubuntu installed. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > Nigel. > If all you want/need is a simple e-book reader "FBReader" is in the repositories. No fancy bells and whistles but it works. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr Sun Jan 9 10:34:13 2011 From: cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr (Nigel Henry) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 11:34:13 +0100 Subject: problems with ybook e-book reader with wine In-Reply-To: <4D290880.10405@swbell.net> References: <201101081915.27652.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> <201101082101.11761.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> <4D290880.10405@swbell.net> Message-ID: <201101091134.14790.cave.dnb2m97pp@aliceadsl.fr> On Sunday 09 January 2011 01:59, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/08/2011 02:01 PM, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Saturday 08 January 2011 19:58, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: > >> On Saturday, January 08, 2011 01:15:26 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > >>> I'm trying to use ybook e-book reader with wine. It installs ok on > >>> Hardy, and Intrepid, and will load a book ok, but the book does not > >>> display, just a black background on the reader. > >>> > >>> According to wine hq appdb, it should work fine, with 2 entries for > >>> platinum status, and one for gold. > >>> > >>> Has anybody here tried it, and got it working with wine? > >> > >> Why are you fooling around with yBook on wine? I just checked out the > >> website and it looks like a simple utility. I've been using Calibre [1] > >> for a couple of years now and think very highly of it. an older version > >> is in the repositories but the latest is a simple Install with a copy& > >> paste to the command line [2]. It reads everything and keeps track of > >> all your ebooks too. Searches are very fast and I've never had a > >> problem reading an ebook in any format - lit, epub, pdf, rtf, to name a > >> few. > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> [1] http://calibre-ebook.com/ > >> [2] sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec > >> urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read( > >>); main()" > > > > Hi Alan. > > I was a bit put off with Calibre seemingly wanting really up to date libs > > that Hardy hasn't got, but I'll take a look at the earlier versions. > > Perhaps I can get it installed on Hardy. > > > > Being on dialup, I've got a bit tired of downloading iso's, otherwise I'd > > get the latest LTS version of Kubuntu installed. > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > > > Nigel. > > If all you want/need is a simple e-book reader "FBReader" is in the > repositories. No fancy bells and whistles but it works. > Yes. I had installed FBReader, which works ok, and have now fixed the non working ybook reader. It appears that it's unable to use the default of using textured pages with wine. Having fiddles with wine for ages, I tried unchecking the use textured pages, and the ebook sprung into life. The text had been there all the time, but black text on black background, you know. I'm also downloading an earlier version of Calibre, 0.6.29, and will have a go at installing Calibre on Hardy. I'd like to see how it compares to the ybook program, which only works with html, txt and a couple of other formats, no epub. Ill post back if it successfully installs on Hardy. Nigel. From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Sun Jan 9 15:26:23 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:26:23 +0000 Subject: 1. Re: 5. Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow), (Bruce Marshall) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D29D39F.8040601@btinternet.com> On 09/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > On Saturday, January 08, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: >> > Tried both of these - no good - whatever should happen just gets >> > trampled over by the >> > full system boot into multi-user mode. >> > All the manual entries say that 'telinit 1' is the way to do it, but >> > all that does is bring up the >> > KDE default login screen (with the dots in the middle) and sit there >> > forever - maybe I should >> > submit a bug report? >> > I'm running on an amd 64bit based machine. > I'm running an AMD64 machine and haven't had any problems with that. > > Are you getting a grub menu? Then either the recovery mode or using 'single' > or '1' on the kernel line of the boot should do it. I think something else > is happening on your machine when you say "it is overridden by the full boot'. > > Don't know what that means. It means that from boot-up the single user prompt comes on screen, I get as far as typing in a userid and a few characters of the relevant passwd then KDE blots this out with the 'windows' multi-login box, and I can only log in to the full multi-user OS I see no sign of a grub menu. Aside from this, does 'telinit 1' work on your 64 bit machine? brian > From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sun Jan 9 15:55:16 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:55:16 -0500 Subject: 1. Re: 5. Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow), (Bruce Marshall) In-Reply-To: <4D29D39F.8040601@btinternet.com> References: <4D29D39F.8040601@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101091055.16616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Sunday, January 09, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > means that from boot-up the single user prompt comes on screen, I get > as far as > typing in a userid and a few characters of the relevant passwd then KDE > blots this out with the 'windows' multi-login box, and I can only log > in to the > full multi-user OS > I see no sign of a grub menu. Aside from this, does 'telinit 1' work on > your 64 bit machine? What you said above means you are NOT getting into single user mode... KDE should not be started... (or kdm that is) I'm not aware of the reason why you are not getting a grub menu but that would be the first thing to look into. Other than that, when the KDE password screen comes up (which really is KDM I think) you should be able to press CTL-F2 (for example and get yourself to a console screen... Which you can also do at any time while KDE is running. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sun Jan 9 17:38:23 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:38:23 -0500 Subject: 1. Re: 5. Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow), (Bruce Marshall) In-Reply-To: <4D29D39F.8040601@btinternet.com> References: <4D29D39F.8040601@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101091238.23812.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Sunday, January 09, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > It means that from boot-up the single user prompt comes on screen, I get > as far as > typing in a userid and a few characters of the relevant passwd then KDE > blots this out with the 'windows' multi-login box, and I can only log > in to the > full multi-user OS > I see no sign of a grub menu. Aside from this, does 'telinit 1' work on > your 64 bit machine? > brian Don't know why you want to get into single user mode.... you might mention that. I just did the following: booted got the GRUB menu did a normal boot got to the KDM login screen did a CTL-ALT-F2 (I think I told you CTL-F2) got console login prompt logged in as normal user did: sudo telinit 1 As far as I could tell (there must be a way) I was at runlevel 1. KDM was no longer running which is a good indication. Lots of msgs on the screen as to things being shutdown, etc. Should work. From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Mon Jan 10 17:24:20 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:24:20 +0000 Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2B40C4.30908@btinternet.com> On 10/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Re: single user mode (Hans Henry von Tresckow), (Bruce Marshall) On Sunday, January 09, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > > It means that from boot-up the single user prompt comes on screen, I get > > as far as > > typing in a userid and a few characters of the relevant passwd then KDE > > blots this out with the 'windows' multi-login box, and I can only log > > in to the > > full multi-user OS > > I see no sign of a grub menu. Aside from this, does 'telinit 1' work on > > your 64 bit machine? > > brian Don't know why you want to get into single user mode.... you might mention that. I just did the following: booted got the GRUB menu did a normal boot got to the KDM login screen did a CTL-ALT-F2 (I think I told you CTL-F2) got console login prompt logged in as normal user did: sudo telinit 1 As far as I could tell (there must be a way) I was at runlevel 1. KDM was no longer running which is a good indication. Lots of msgs on the screen as to things being shutdown, etc. Should work. --------------- Not a hope I'm afraid on my machine - stand by for a long transmission: KDE multi-user running AOK cntrl-Alt-F2 OK login as root OK telinit 1 | blue booting up screen with 5 'rotating' dots | hit esc. BEFORE rotating dots stop (when dots stop- no mouse, no keyboard - stalled) | 'could not write bytes - broken pipe...status 255' | recovery menu resume -> recovery menu(resume) clean -> recovery menu(resume) dpkg -> recovery menu(resume) - had installation CD in drive, just gave a lot of error messages failsafex -> final message on screen is 'will now switch to single user mode' only way forward from here was to switch off/on on the wall socket grub -> said 'generating .cfg file' then -> recovery menu(resume) netroot -> gobbledygook - stopped dead, switch off/on on wall to reboot. drop to root -> says type root password or cntrl-d to continue, cntrl-d lead to switch on wall recovery. root password worked | telinit 1 broken pipe and back to recovery menu(resume) | drop to root | startx | nearly worked, but no networking, because root not $user | gave up!! Hope the above makes sense. The reason I wanted to go into single user mode was because I have been having the odd flaky boot once or twice a week, the symptoms being very like a hard drive with a dodgy block in the boot area and I wanted to do an fsck with various flags to see if anything came up. I was bone idle when I installed Lucid and just had the one giant partition shan't do that with Maverick. I've got 'https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KeyboardShortcuts' but it doesn't mention the CNTRL-ALT-Fx functions at all, do you know where I can find them please. Thank you very much for your help and advice but don't spend a lot of time on this as I'm going install Maverick shortly - maybe that will make a difference. regards brian From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Mon Jan 10 18:00:01 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:00:01 -0500 Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 In-Reply-To: <4D2B40C4.30908@btinternet.com> References: <4D2B40C4.30908@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101101300.01646.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Monday, January 10, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > I've got 'https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KeyboardShortcuts' but it > doesn't mention the CNTRL-ALT-Fx functions at all, do you know where I can > find them please. The CTL-ALT-Fx function has been there pretty much since day-one of the X server..... F1 thru F6 will take you out of the X environment and put you at a real console login (or session if you've been there before) Once you are at the console level, ALT-Fx (1 thru 6) will move you from one console session to another. ALT-F7 will take you back to the X session. Not sure about the ALT-F8 session, but sometimes it shows the boot messages. From fsunoles at gmail.com Mon Jan 10 18:20:31 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:20:31 -0700 Subject: Stuck at the login screen Message-ID: Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past. 10.04 installs without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen. Entering a username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at the login in screen. Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Mon Jan 10 18:31:58 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:31:58 -0500 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101101331.58466.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Monday, January 10, 2011, Homer wrote: > I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past. 10.04 installs > without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen. Entering a > username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way > through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at > the login in screen. Something went wrong with the startup of KDE... I have seen this happen with a /home that is out of space, or the permissions are wrong somewhere in the system, or any number of reasonable explanations. I would start looking around for these types of problems. From jonorland at gmail.com Mon Jan 10 19:16:01 2011 From: jonorland at gmail.com (Jonas Norlander) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:16:01 +0100 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 2011/1/10 Homer : > Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. > > Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: > http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html > > I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past.  10.04 installs > without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen.  Entering a > username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way > through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at > the login in screen. > > Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. > After a failed login, switch to a console, login and check your ~/xsession-errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues. / Jonas From fsunoles at gmail.com Mon Jan 10 20:40:06 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:40:06 -0700 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander wrote: > 2011/1/10 Homer : >> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. >> >> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: >> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html >> >> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past.  10.04 installs >> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen.  Entering a >> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way >> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at >> the login in screen. >> >> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. >> > > After a failed login, switch to a console, login and check your > ~/xsession-errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues. Thank you for the replies. I have since tried/checked: 1. Directories have plenty of space 2. Deleted .kde 3. Updated the OS 4. Tried dpkg-reconfigure xorg-configure, but it didn't ask any questions 5. sudo Xorg -configure, and put the created xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 - None of the that helped. Still getting the same result. On first boot I can switch to a console with Ctrl-Alt-F2. If I subsequently try and graphically login (which fails) and then open a console session with Ctrl-Alt-F2, the console screen is garbage. The .xsession-errors file has some information, but what it means I don't know. Only 85 lines, so I suppose it is not the end of the world to copy it below. ------------------------------------ Xsession: X session started for tsi at Mon Jan 10 13:17:39 MST 2011 Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. startkde: Starting up... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... kded(1250): "Error launching /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4. Either KLauncher is not running anymore, or it failed to start the application." kded(1249): Communication problem with "kded" , it probably crashed. Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." " kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcminit_startup.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_ksmserver.so (1247)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "sxf-tsi;1294690697;322429;1247_TIME0" : "unnamed app" QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::accessibilityChanged(bool, const QString) to DeviceAutomounter::deviceMountChanged(bool, const QString) kded(1250)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig: kded(1250)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_hal_power.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function. Invalid D-BUS member name 'idle-hint' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'is-local' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'remote-host-name' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'session-type' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'unix-user' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kglobalaccel.so kglobalaccel(1338) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::loadSettings: Loading group "kded" kglobalaccel(1338) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Monitor Brightness Up" for "kded" : "Increase Screen Brightness" kglobalaccel(1338) GlobalShortcutsRegistry::registerKey: Registering key "Monitor Brightness Down" for "kded" : "Decrease Screen Brightness" QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.7' kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so kephald starting up XRANDR error base: 164 RRInput mask is set!! RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 123 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 124 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 125 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 126 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding crtc: 121 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding output: 122 Setting CRTC 121 on output "default" (previous 0 ) CRTC outputs: (122) Output name: "default" Output refresh rate: 60 Output rect: QRect(0,0 800x600) Output rotation: 1 XRandROutputs::init added output 122 adding an output 0 with geom: QRect(0,0 800x600) output: "SCREEN-0" QRect(0,0 800x600) 0 true false load xml connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 screen: 0 QRect(0,0 800x600) looking for a matching configuration... connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 found outputs, known: false activate external configuration!! registered the service: true screens registered on the bus: true outputs registered on the bus: true configurations registered on the bus: true kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children. kded4: Fatal IO error: client killed Qt-subapplication: Fatal IO error: client killed kglobalaccel: Fatal IO error: client killed kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed klauncher: Exiting on signal 1 kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children. KCrash: Application 'ksmserver' crashing... Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching directly. kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit4: Exit. kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit4: Exit. From basroufs at gmail.com Mon Jan 10 23:23:21 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:23:21 +0100 Subject: OO Writer in Kubuntu 10.10 '"freezes" often - sometimes impossible to restore a document. Message-ID: Hello Everybody Ever since the upgrade to Kubuntu 10.10, I am experiencing weird problems with OpenOffice.org Writer. At least once per week, this package "freezes" while I am working on a document. This means: in the middle of some intense working session, the whole system stops working altogether. At such a moment, I even am not able to "kill" OpenOffice Writer via Control-Alt-Esc, because the WHOLE system stagnates. Also commands like CONTROL-ALT-DEL or K-Menu > Leave are not available any more at such a moment. Konsole is also inaccessible in such a situation. Even packages aimed at controlling the system activity are not accessible any more at such a moment. The only remaining option in such a situation seems simply to unplug my netbook from electricity delivery. After about a minute, I replug the netbook again, switch it on in order to return to Kubuntu. After doing so, I go back to the document I have been working on until it froze- in 9 out of 10 of such situations, I manage to successfully restore the document and continue the session. But in about 1 out of 10 situations, the document is simply not accessible any more. The only option remaining in such a situation is starting anew, from the previous version of the document. As a matter of result, several hours of work get lost. When analysing this unfortunate 10% of problem situations, it  becomes clear to me that restoring a document is often difficult or impossible in case I have imported one or more images (photo's or drawings) in the document: images in formats like .png and .jpeg. Making such images smaller helps to diminish the crash risk, but not to altogether eliminate it. At present, I know only 2 methods to further diminish the impact of the problem: once per hour making a back-up version of the document in another folder, under another name all the time pressing control-s in order to save the latest changes. However, those 2 methods do not prevent OO writer from "freezing" amidst a working session. I am really wondering how to get rid of this freezing problem! Thanks for your reactions. Respectfully yours, Bas. From claydoh at claydoh.com Tue Jan 11 02:23:04 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:23:04 -0500 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Homer wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander > wrote: > > 2011/1/10 Homer : > >> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. > >> > >> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: > >> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html > >> > >> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past. 10.04 installs > >> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen. Entering a > >> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way > >> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at > >> the login in screen. > >> > >> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. > >> > > > At the login screen, select "console login" from one of the button on the screen (can't remeber which one). Once there issue the following commands sudo service kdm stop (this is to make sure KDM is not running in for the next step) then run this: startx This may provide a better error message which may help get to the bottom of this. What video card does this system have? Clay Weber -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From magick.crow at gmail.com Tue Jan 11 06:23:24 2011 From: magick.crow at gmail.com (Knapp) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:23:24 +0100 Subject: Sony USB failing to upload from Dolphin and others Message-ID: Hello, I have a sony walkman music player that is having a really hard time uploading. It sometimes will upload a few files but then the connection icon vanishes. This often seems to happen when there is an error like can't change permissions. Any ideas about how to fix this. It seemed to happen with other players too. Thanks -- Douglas E Knapp Creative Commons Film Group, Helping people make open source movies with open source software! http://douglas.bespin.org/CommonsFilmGroup/phpBB3/index.php Massage in Gelsenkirchen-Buer: http://douglas.bespin.org/tcm/ztab1.htm Please link to me and trade links with me! Open Source Sci-Fi mmoRPG Game project. http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page http://code.google.com/p/perspectiveproject/ From magick.crow at gmail.com Tue Jan 11 06:55:32 2011 From: magick.crow at gmail.com (Knapp) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:55:32 +0100 Subject: Sony USB failing to upload from Dolphin and others In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Knapp wrote: > Hello, I have  a sony walkman music player that is having a really > hard time uploading. It sometimes will upload a few files but then the > connection icon vanishes. This often seems to happen when there is an > error like can't change permissions. Any ideas about how to fix this. > It seemed to happen with other players too. > Thanks > > -- > Douglas E Knapp > I Forgot, Kubuntu 10.10 64 bit. It drops the connection but the player is stuck in do not disconnect like it thinks the transfer is till going on. It stays that way for one hour when I tested. -- Douglas E Knapp Creative Commons Film Group, Helping people make open source movies with open source software! http://douglas.bespin.org/CommonsFilmGroup/phpBB3/index.php Massage in Gelsenkirchen-Buer: http://douglas.bespin.org/tcm/ztab1.htm Please link to me and trade links with me! Open Source Sci-Fi mmoRPG Game project. http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page http://code.google.com/p/perspectiveproject/ From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Tue Jan 11 11:09:26 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:09:26 +0000 Subject: Stuck at the login screen (Jonas Norlander) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2C3A66.2000704@btinternet.com> On 10/01/11 23:23, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > gave up!! > > Hope the above makes sense. > The reason I wanted to go into single user mode was because I have been > having the odd flaky boot once or twice a week, the symptoms being > very like a hard drive with a dodgy block in the boot area and I wanted > to do an fsck with various flags to see if anything came up. > I was bone idle when I installed Lucid and just had the one giant > partition > shan't do that with Maverick. > I've got 'https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KeyboardShortcuts' but it > doesn't mention the CNTRL-ALT-Fx functions at all, do you know where I > can > find them please. > Thank you very much for your help and advice but don't spend a lot of > time > on this as I'm going install Maverick shortly - maybe that will make a > difference. > regards > brian > > Forget the above, when I booted this morning all I got was : Failed to boot both default and fall back entries Couldn't read file - blah, blah blah Kernel panic - not syncing - blah, blah, blah got the grub prompt eventually but it would only allow me to type a single character before giving the prompt again. So bye bye Lucid, Maverick here I come thanks all brian From basroufs at gmail.com Tue Jan 11 11:47:49 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:47:49 +0100 Subject: OO Writer in Kubuntu 10.10 '"freezes" often - sometimes impossible to restore a document. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Everybody Ever since the upgrade to Kubuntu 10.10, I am experiencing weird problems with OpenOffice.org Writer. At least once per week, this package "freezes" while I am working on a document. This means: in the middle of some intense working session, the whole system stops working altogether. At such a moment, I even am not able to "kill" OpenOffice Writer via Control-Alt-Esc or to stop in some way the whole system, because EVERYTHING stagnates. The only remaining option in such a situation seems simply to unplug my netbook from electricity delivery. After about a minute, I replug the netbook again, switch it on in order to return to Kubuntu. After doing so, I go back to the document I have been working on until it froze- in 9 out of 10 of such situations, I manage to successfully restore the document and continue the session. But in about 1 out of 10 situations, the document is simply not accessible any more. The only option remaining in such a situation is starting anew, from the previous version of the document. As a matter of result, several hours of work get lost, unless I regularly back-up the file in another folder. When analysing such problem situations, it becomes clear to me that restoring a document is often difficult or impossible in case I have imported one or more images (photo's or drawings) in the document: images in formats like .png and .jpeg. Making such images smaller helps to diminish the crash risk, but not to altogether eliminate it. At present, I know only 2 methods to further diminish the impact of the problem: regularly copying the file to another folder and all the time pressing control-s in order to save the latest changes. However, those 2 methods do not prevent OO writer from "freezing" amidst a working session. I am really wondering how to get rid of this freezing problem! Thanks for your reactions. Respectfully yours, Bas. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Tue Jan 11 12:16:41 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:16:41 -0500 Subject: Stuck at the login screen (Jonas Norlander) In-Reply-To: <4D2C3A66.2000704@btinternet.com> References: <4D2C3A66.2000704@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101110716.41566.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > got the grub prompt eventually but it would only allow me to type a single > character before giving the prompt again. > So bye bye Lucid, Maverick here I come I'm thinking you have a hardware problem...... From fsunoles at gmail.com Tue Jan 11 19:36:12 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:36:12 -0700 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Clay Weber wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Homer wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander >> wrote: >> > 2011/1/10 Homer : >> >> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. >> >> >> >> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: >> >> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html >> >> >> >> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past.  10.04 installs >> >> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen.  Entering a >> >> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way >> >> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at >> >> the login in screen. >> >> >> >> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. >> >> >> > > > At the login screen, select "console login" from one of the button on the > screen (can't remeber which one). Once there issue the following commands > > sudo service kdm stop > (this is to make sure KDM is not running in for the next step) > > then run this: > startx The result of these steps is the machine locks up. It stops at the point a normal attempt would cycle back to the login screen. Through switching terminals during subsequent attempts I was able to see the messages resulting from the startx command. Nothing stood out to me. The final line was: "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server." Is there a way to capture the startx messages? > What video card does this system have? The Xorg.log file has some info. Looks like a VIA chipset CX700/VX700 (II) Module openchrome: vendor="http://openchrome.org/" compiled for 1.7.5, module version = 0.2.904 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) OPENCHROME: Driver for VIA Chrome chipsets: CLE266, KM400/KN400, K8M800/K8N800, PM800/PM880/CN400, VM800/P4M800Pro/VN800/CN700, K8M890/K8N890, P4M900/VN896/CN896, CX700/VX700, P4M890, VX800/VX820, VX855/VX875 (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01 at 00:00:0 (!!) VIA Technologies does not support this driver in any way. (!!) For support, please refer to http://www.openchrome.org/. (!!) (development build, compiled on Mon Mar 22 20:33:42 2010) (II) CHROME(0): VIAPreInit (II) Loading sub module "vgahw" (II) LoadModule: "vgahw" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) CHROME(0): VIAGetRec (==) CHROME(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) CHROME(0): RGB weight 888 (==) CHROME(0): Default visual is TrueColor (--) CHROME(0): Chipset: CX700/VX700 (--) CHROME(0): Chipset revision: 0 (--) CHROME(0): Probed amount of VideoRAM = 65536 kB From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Tue Jan 11 20:45:34 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:45:34 +0200 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2CC16E.4010704@whamra.com> On 01/11/2011 09:36 PM, Homer wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Homer wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander >>> wrote: >>>> 2011/1/10 Homer : >>>>> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. >>>>> >>>>> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: >>>>> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html >>>>> >>>>> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past. 10.04 installs >>>>> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen. Entering a >>>>> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way >>>>> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at >>>>> the login in screen. >>>>> >>>>> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. >>>>> >>>> >> >> At the login screen, select "console login" from one of the button on the >> screen (can't remeber which one). Once there issue the following commands >> >> sudo service kdm stop >> (this is to make sure KDM is not running in for the next step) >> >> then run this: >> startx > > The result of these steps is the machine locks up. It stops at the > point a normal attempt would cycle back to the login screen. Through > switching terminals during subsequent attempts I was able to see the > messages resulting from the startx command. Nothing stood out to me. > The final line was: "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X > server." Is there a way to capture the startx messages? > to capture the message being thrown by the command, type this on the command line: startx 1>/tmp/x.log 2>&1 this will place all output to a file in /tmp called X.log, you can then read it using your favourite program, like: less /tmp/x.log or nano /tmp/x.log -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems From fsunoles at gmail.com Tue Jan 11 22:03:41 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:03:41 -0700 Subject: Stuck at the login screen In-Reply-To: <4D2CC16E.4010704@whamra.com> References: <4D2CC16E.4010704@whamra.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Waleed Hamra wrote: > On 01/11/2011 09:36 PM, Homer wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Homer wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jonas Norlander >>>> wrote: >>>>> 2011/1/10 Homer : >>>>>> Fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. >>>>>> >>>>>> Machine is a microcomputer; an older version of this: >>>>>> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html >>>>>> >>>>>> I successfully ran 8.04 on this machine in the past.  10.04 installs >>>>>> without a hitch, but I'm stuck at the login screen.  Entering a >>>>>> username/password the login process starts, but about 2/3 of the way >>>>>> through the screen goes blank, and when it comes back I am again at >>>>>> the login in screen. >>>>>> >>>>>> Result is the same when choosing the failsafe option. >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> At the login screen, select "console login" from one of the button on the >>> screen (can't remeber which one). Once there issue the following commands >>> >>> sudo service kdm stop >>> (this is to make sure KDM is not running in for the next step) >>> >>> then run this: >>> startx >> >> The result of these steps is the machine locks up.  It stops at the >> point a normal attempt would cycle back to the login screen.  Through >> switching terminals during subsequent attempts I was able to see the >> messages resulting from the startx command.  Nothing stood out to me. >> The final line was: "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X >> server."  Is there a way to capture the startx messages? >> > > > > to capture the message being thrown by the command, type this on the > command line: > > startx 1>/tmp/x.log 2>&1 Of course. Thank you for that reminder. Below is the output from the startx command: X.Org X Server 1.7.6 Release Date: 2010-03-17 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server i686 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux sxf-tsi 2.6.32-27-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 1 23:52:12 UTC 2010 i686 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=0f5485af-87 27-4c27-8ceb-588f873771f0 ro quiet splash Build Date: 10 November 2010 11:25:26AM xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.4 (For technical support please see http://www.ubun tu.com/support) Current version of pixman: 0.16.4 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 11 15:00:02 2011 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d" Fulfilled via DRI at 7683200 Freed 7683200 (pool 2) The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but has 2 symbols > Ignoring extra symbols Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server X: main/renderbuffer.c:2067: _mesa_reference_renderbuffer: Assertion `oldRb->Mag ic == 0xaabbccdd' failed. xinit: connection to X server lost. From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 12 03:41:13 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:41:13 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling Message-ID: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any form of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this to well. When I try to run synaptic I get a message that it can't access the data base because something else is already running. It tells me to run dpkge configure but that hangs after a couple seconds at configure grub and never finishes. I'm just about to the old Windows standby, Fdisk - Format - Install. The system boots up and runs pretty much normal most of the time. Sometimes when it boots up the Nvidia drives won't load properly but if I boot it a couple times it generally will work ANY ideas are gratefully accepted. 10.04-64 AMD quad core 4gigs -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From gheskett at wdtv.com Wed Jan 12 04:20:44 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:20:44 -0500 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> Message-ID: <201101112320.44345.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 11:19:35 pm Billie Walsh did opine: > An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any form > of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this to well. > > When I try to run synaptic I get a message that it can't access the data > base because something else is already running. It tells me to run dpkge > configure but that hangs after a couple seconds at configure grub and > never finishes. I'm just about to the old Windows standby, Fdisk - > Format - Install. > > The system boots up and runs pretty much normal most of the time. > Sometimes when it boots up the Nvidia drives won't load properly but if > I boot it a couple times it generally will work > > ANY ideas are gratefully accepted. > > 10.04-64 > AMD quad core > 4gigs I believe the next thing I'd do was to let memtest86 simmer for half a day & see what falls out. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car. -- Evan Davis From g.lip at gmx.com Wed Jan 12 05:39:34 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:39:34 +0800 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> Message-ID: On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:13 +0800, Billie Walsh wrote: > An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any form > of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this to well. > You can remove /var/cache/apt/archives/lock without any problem and try to update/upgrade again. > When I try to run synaptic I get a message that it can't access the data > base because something else is already running. Usually that's because the auto updater is currently being run. Wait a few minutes and try again. > It tells me to run dpkge configure but that hangs after a couple seconds > at configure grub and never finishes. I'm just about to the old Windows > standby, Fdisk - Format - Install. May not be necessary; could be something simpler like above. And for grub, config is best done by "grub-install" or "update-grub". But as I said, may not be necessary. > > The system boots up and runs pretty much normal most of the time. > Sometimes when it boots up the Nvidia drives won't load properly but if > I boot it a couple times it generally will work > Check if nvdia settings and xorg-xserver is for the current driver version. > ANY ideas are gratefully accepted. > > 10.04-64 > AMD quad core > 4gigs > Regards - Goh Lip -- I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out. From basroufs at gmail.com Wed Jan 12 11:36:27 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:36:27 +0100 Subject: OO Writer in Kubuntu 10.10 '"freezes" often - sometimes impossible to restore a document. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for replying. 2011/1/11 MR ZenWiz > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Bas Roufs wrote: > > > > Ever since the upgrade to Kubuntu 10.10, I am experiencing weird > > problems with OpenOffice.org Writer. At least once per week, this > > package "freezes" while I am working on a document. This means: in the > > middle of some intense working session, the whole system stops working > > altogether. At such a moment, I even am not able to "kill" OpenOffice > > Writer via Control-Alt-Esc or to stop in some way the whole system, because > > EVERYTHING stagnates. > > Have you tried posting this on the OOo users' list?  It may not be a > specific issue with Ubuntu. The "freeze" problems I wrote about in my previous message have become manifest after the upgrade to Maverick. That's why I address the questions about them to the Ubuntu and Kubuntu user lists. However, your idea to also write to some OO user list or forum, is also a good one. > Also, which release of OO are you using?  3.2.1 seems to be fairly > stable, whereas 3.3 (which was just released) may not be. I am using 3.2.1. - the "stable" release that has come with the regular edition of Kubuntu Maverick. Respectfully yours, Bas. > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Wed Jan 12 15:23:13 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:23:13 +0000 Subject: Stuck at the login screen (Jonas Norlander) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2DC761.2060500@btinternet.com> On 12/01/11 11:36, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: >> > got the grub prompt eventually but it would only allow me to type a single >> > character before giving the prompt again. >> > So bye bye Lucid, Maverick here I come > I'm thinking you have a hardware problem...... > > You were so right, it was either a dud SATA II port on the motherboard or a badly routed data cable, this is all I fiddled with in the tower and it appeared to fix the problem - Maverick install failed at the partitioning stage until I had mucked about with the hard drive cabling. I've heard reports in the past about mis-matching on the SATA II data link cable - signal reflections causing errors. Anyway, the upgrade from Lucid to Maverick has been pretty painless - so far - as you can see. brian From gheskett at wdtv.com Wed Jan 12 18:21:08 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:21:08 -0500 Subject: Stuck at the login screen (Jonas Norlander) In-Reply-To: <4D2DC761.2060500@btinternet.com> References: <4D2DC761.2060500@btinternet.com> Message-ID: <201101121321.08933.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 01:09:19 pm Brian Wootton did opine: > On 12/01/11 11:36, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, Brian Wootton wrote: > >> > got the grub prompt eventually but it would only allow me to type > >> > a single character before giving the prompt again. > >> > So bye bye Lucid, Maverick here I come > > > > I'm thinking you have a hardware problem...... > > You were so right, it was either a dud SATA II port on the motherboard > or a badly > routed data cable, this is all I fiddled with in the tower and it > appeared to fix the > problem - Maverick install failed at the partitioning stage until I had > mucked about > with the hard drive cabling. I've heard reports in the past about > mis-matching on > the SATA II data link cable - signal reflections causing errors. > Anyway, the upgrade from Lucid to Maverick has been pretty painless - so > far - as > you can see. > brian One other thing I am compelled to comment on. I have good color vision, and that "hot" red dye used in 99.9% of all sata cables has a 40 some year history with me, of causing premature cable failures. The copper wire within it will slowly oxidize or whatever, becoming black, brittle, breakable and cannot be cleaned up enough to make a good solder joint. Typically in not more than 5 years and often sooner. I am slowly collecting bad sata cables here from that effect myself, and actively looking for some place on the net selling replacement cables that don't have this faint tinge of magenta red colored jacket. FWIW, old time American cable makers that no longer exist, used a different dye, a darker red, that doesn't cause this time related copper failure. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Remember though that THERE IS NO GENERAL RULE FOR CONVERTING A LIST INTO A SCALAR. -- Larry Wall in the perl man page From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 12 18:27:08 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:27:08 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> Message-ID: <4D2DF27C.9060208@swbell.net> On 01/11/2011 11:39 PM, Goh Lip wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:13 +0800, Billie Walsh > wrote: > >> An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any >> form of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this >> to well. >> > > You can remove /var/cache/apt/archives/lock without any problem and > try to update/upgrade again. > Didn't do any good. Still can't access anything to install or update. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From g.lip at gmx.com Wed Jan 12 19:48:02 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:48:02 +0800 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D2DF27C.9060208@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D2DF27C.9060208@swbell.net> Message-ID: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:27:08 +0800, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/11/2011 11:39 PM, Goh Lip wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:13 +0800, Billie Walsh >> wrote: >> >>> An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any form >>> of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this to >>> well. >>> >> >> You can remove /var/cache/apt/archives/lock without any problem and try >> to update/upgrade again. >> > > Didn't do any good. Still can't access anything to install or update. > Then it's not the apt cache lock but the dpkg lock. However, I'll be careful to do the recommended method per http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/fixing-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock I'd rather try the following first ..... sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get -f install Regards, good luck - Goh Lip -- I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out. From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 12 20:21:45 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:21:45 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D2DF27C.9060208@swbell.net> Message-ID: <4D2E0D59.4070304@swbell.net> On 01/12/2011 01:48 PM, Goh Lip wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:27:08 +0800, Billie Walsh > wrote: > >> On 01/11/2011 11:39 PM, Goh Lip wrote: >>> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:13 +0800, Billie Walsh >>> wrote: >>> >>>> An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any >>>> form of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain >>>> this to well. >>>> >>> >>> You can remove /var/cache/apt/archives/lock without any problem and >>> try to update/upgrade again. >>> >> >> Didn't do any good. Still can't access anything to install or update. >> > > > Then it's not the apt cache lock but the dpkg lock. > However, I'll be careful to do the recommended method per > http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/fixing-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock > > > I'd rather try the following first ..... > > sudo dpkg --configure -a > sudo apt-get -f install > > > Regards, good luck - Goh Lip When you do the first of those commands it hangs on the grub configure. Never finishes. I left it for a whole day and it just sat there. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From claydoh at claydoh.com Wed Jan 12 22:56:51 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:56:51 -0500 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> Message-ID: <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:39:34 AM Goh Lip wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:41:13 +0800, Billie Walsh > > wrote: > > An update a few weeks ago now has my system locked from doing any form > > of software install or update. I'm not sure how to explain this to well. > > You can remove /var/cache/apt/archives/lock without any problem and try to > update/upgrade again. > > > When I try to run synaptic I get a message that it can't access the data > > base because something else is already running. > > Usually that's because the auto updater is currently being run. Wait a few > minutes and try again. there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get dist-upgrade if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give the proper filename and path. clay > > It tells me to run dpkge configure but that hangs after a couple seconds > > at configure grub and never finishes. I'm just about to the old Windows > > standby, Fdisk - Format - Install. > > May not be necessary; could be something simpler like above. And for grub, > config is best done by "grub-install" or "update-grub". But as I said, may > not be necessary. > > > The system boots up and runs pretty much normal most of the time. > > Sometimes when it boots up the Nvidia drives won't load properly but if > > I boot it a couple times it generally will work > > Check if nvdia settings and xorg-xserver is for the current driver version. > > > ANY ideas are gratefully accepted. > > > > 10.04-64 > > AMD quad core > > 4gigs > > Regards - Goh Lip From hvontres at gmail.com Thu Jan 13 00:51:47 2011 From: hvontres at gmail.com (Hans Henry von Tresckow) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:51:47 -0800 Subject: OO Writer in Kubuntu 10.10 '"freezes" often - sometimes impossible to restore a document. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Bas Roufs wrote: > Thanks for replying. > > 2011/1/11 MR ZenWiz >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Bas Roufs wrote: >> > >> > Ever since the upgrade to Kubuntu 10.10, I am experiencing weird >> > problems with OpenOffice.org Writer. At least once per week, this >> > package "freezes" while I am working on a document. This means: in the >> > middle of some intense working session, the whole system stops working >> > altogether. At such a moment, I even am not able to "kill" OpenOffice >> > Writer via Control-Alt-Esc or to stop in some way the whole system, because >> > EVERYTHING stagnates. >> >> Have you tried posting this on the OOo users' list?  It may not be a >> specific issue with Ubuntu. > > The "freeze" problems I wrote about in my previous message have become > manifest after the upgrade to Maverick. That's why I address the > questions about them to the Ubuntu and Kubuntu user lists. However, > your idea to also write to some OO user list or forum, is also a good > one. > >> Also, which release of OO are you using?  3.2.1 seems to be fairly >> stable, whereas 3.3 (which was just released) may not be. > > I am using 3.2.1. - the "stable" release that has come with the > regular edition of Kubuntu Maverick. > > Respectfully yours, > > Bas. You might want to keep an eye on memory usage while using OO. It may be that with Maverik something else has a larger memory footprint and your netbook is running out of memory. Do you have swap space enabled? -- Henry von Tresckow (hvontres) From g.lip at gmx.com Thu Jan 13 01:11:38 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:11:38 +0800 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D2E0D59.4070304@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D2DF27C.9060208@swbell.net> <4D2E0D59.4070304@swbell.net> Message-ID: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:21:45 +0800, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/12/2011 01:48 PM, Goh Lip wrote: >> Then it's not the apt cache lock but the dpkg lock. >> However, I'll be careful to do the recommended method per >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/fixing-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock >> I'd rather try the following first ..... >> >> sudo dpkg --configure -a >> sudo apt-get -f install > > When you do the first of those commands it hangs on the grub configure. > Never finishes. I left it for a whole day and it just sat there. > Okay, understand. Start with..... sudo grub-install /dev/sda (assuming it's sda) If in error, you may have to use '-f' (force) sudo apt-get install -f grub-pc then..... sudo apt-get -f install sudo dpkg --configure -a Hope this is better, if still not okay proceed to.... http://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/fixing-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock Good luck again. - Goh Lip ps: I assume you're on grub2 and have not removed it and use grub-legacy instead. -- From bilwalsh at swbell.net Thu Jan 13 01:45:24 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:45:24 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> Message-ID: <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: > there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run > sudo apt-get update or > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give the proper > filename and path. > > clay > Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages then comes up with this: "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem." So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in the first place. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Thu Jan 13 20:32:32 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:32 +0000 Subject: maverick won't play videos Message-ID: <4D2F6160.20201@btinternet.com> Has anybody out there got any pointers, none of the media players will play my videos in Maverick - did in Lucid OK. I've added the medibuntu repository, I've added all the codec libraries I can find, but....... All the media players complain in a similar way - below is the output with dragon player: ---------------------------------------- %\ dragon dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "aspect_ratio_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "audio_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "subtitle_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/brian/.config/ibus/bus Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon ------------------------------------------------------- what starts the 'ibus-daemon', what is this daemon doing? what would happen if I invented .config/ibus/bus? brian From claydoh at claydoh.com Thu Jan 13 21:46:34 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:46:34 -0500 Subject: maverick won't play videos In-Reply-To: <4D2F6160.20201@btinternet.com> References: <4D2F6160.20201@btinternet.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Brian Wootton wrote: > Has anybody out there got any pointers, none of the media players will play > my videos in Maverick - did in Lucid OK. > I've added the medibuntu repository, I've added all the codec libraries I > can find, but....... > All the media players complain in a similar way - below is the output with > dragon player: > ---------------------------------------- > The error message isn't giving any useful info as to why the videos are not playing. The ibus related warnings are concerning multilingual input switching and can be ignored. maverick is still using the Xine backend for Phonon, so I would check that you have the package libxine-extracodecs installed as well as kubuntu-restricted-extras clay > %\ dragon > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "aspect_ratio_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "audio_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "subtitle_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No > such file or directory > QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/brian/.config/ibus/bus > Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. > IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > what starts the 'ibus-daemon', what is this daemon doing? what would happen > if I invented .config/ibus/bus? > brian > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 14 12:44:06 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:44:06 +0000 Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D304516.1010101@btinternet.com> On 14/01/11 12:00, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Subject: > Re: maverick won't play videos > From: > Clay Weber > Date: > Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:46:34 -0500 > > To: > Kubuntu user technical support > > > > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Brian Wootton > > wrote: > > Has anybody out there got any pointers, none of the media players > will play > my videos in Maverick - did in Lucid OK. > I've added the medibuntu repository, I've added all the codec > libraries I > can find, but....... > All the media players complain in a similar way - below is the > output with dragon player: > ---------------------------------------- > > > The error message isn't giving any useful info as to why the videos > are not playing. The ibus related warnings are concerning multilingual > input switching and can be ignored. > > maverick is still using the Xine backend for Phonon, so I would check > that you have the package libxine-extracodecs installed as well as > kubuntu-restricted-extras > > > clay > > %\ dragon > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "aspect_ratio_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "audio_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > dragonplayer(2205)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction > "subtitle_channels_menu" with KXMLGUIFactory! > QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch > failed: No such file or directory > QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/brian/.config/ibus/bus > Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. > IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > what starts the 'ibus-daemon', what is this daemon doing? what > would happen > if I invented .config/ibus/bus? > brian > Thanks Clay This turned out to be my old enemy - libdvdcss - ha. What a memory I haven't got. As soon as I installed libdvdcss2 from the repos all the media players started working. My next project is to find out how to convert a camera video file to a VIDEO-TS dvd so that it will play on a TV video player - you may wish me luck. brian From gheskett at wdtv.com Sat Jan 15 13:45:21 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:45:21 -0500 Subject: Possibly dumb question re inotify Message-ID: <201101150845.21199.gheskett@wdtv.com> Greetings all; I have a need to detect the creation of a file, and gather stat data on it so that appropriate action can then be taken. That means inotify I believe, so my question is 2 parts: 1. Can I use it from a bash script? If yes, then: 2. Where might I find a tut on how? Thanks all. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 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When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.04 on sda5 I get: 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: wicd initializing... 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: --------------------------- 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: wicd is version 1.7.0 552 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting backend to external 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: trying to load backend external 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: successfully loaded backend external 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: trying to load backend external 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: successfully loaded backend external 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan1 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting wireless interface wlan1 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting wired interface eth0 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting wpa driver wext 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting use global dns to False 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting global dns 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: global dns servers are None None None 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: domain is None 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: search domain is None 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Setting dhcp client to 0 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Wireless configuration file found... 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Wired configuration file found... 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: chmoding configuration files 0600... 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: chowning configuration files root:root... 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Using wireless interface...wlan1 2011/01/16 14:16:38 :: Using wired interface...eth0 2011/01/16 14:16:44 :: Autoconnecting... 2011/01/16 14:16:46 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2011/01/16 14:16:48 :: trying to automatically connect to...NETGEAR-JL 2011/01/16 14:16:48 :: Connecting to wireless network NETGEAR-JL 2011/01/16 14:16:52 :: Putting interface down 2011/01/16 14:16:52 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2011/01/16 14:16:52 :: Setting false IP... 2011/01/16 14:16:56 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2011/01/16 14:16:56 :: Flushing the routing table... 2011/01/16 14:16:56 :: Putting interface up... 2011/01/16 14:16:58 :: Generating psk... 2011/01/16 14:16:58 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2011/01/16 14:17:02 :: Running DHCP with hostname laptop2 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: dhcpcd.sh: interface wlan1 has been configured with new IP=10.1.1.6 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: DHCP connection successful 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: not verifying 2011/01/16 14:17:03 :: Connecting thread exiting. 2011/01/16 14:17:07 :: Sending connection attempt result Success When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.10 on sda6 I get: 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: wicd initializing... 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: --------------------------- 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: wicd is version 1.7.0 552 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting backend to external 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: trying to load backend external 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: successfully loaded backend external 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: trying to load backend external 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: successfully loaded backend external 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Automatically detected wireless interface wlan1 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting wireless interface wlan1 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: automatically detected wired interface eth0 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting wired interface eth0 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting wpa driver wext 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting use global dns to False 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting global dns 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: global dns servers are None None None 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: domain is None 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: search domain is None 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection drops True 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Setting dhcp client to 0 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Wireless configuration file found... 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Wired configuration file found... 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: chmoding configuration files 0600... 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: chowning configuration files root:root... 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Using wireless interface...wlan1 2011/01/16 15:15:32 :: Using wired interface...eth0 2011/01/16 15:15:37 :: Autoconnecting... 2011/01/16 15:15:37 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2011/01/16 15:15:37 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect 2011/01/16 15:15:42 :: Autoconnecting... 2011/01/16 15:15:42 :: No wired connection present, attempting to autoconnect to wireless network 2011/01/16 15:15:44 :: trying to automatically connect to...NETGEAR-JL 2011/01/16 15:15:44 :: Connecting to wireless network NETGEAR-JL 2011/01/16 15:15:48 :: Putting interface down 2011/01/16 15:15:48 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2011/01/16 15:15:48 :: Setting false IP... 2011/01/16 15:15:52 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2011/01/16 15:15:52 :: Flushing the routing table... 2011/01/16 15:15:52 :: Putting interface up... 2011/01/16 15:15:54 :: Generating psk... 2011/01/16 15:15:55 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2011/01/16 15:16:30 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2011/01/16 15:16:30 :: connect result is Failed 2011/01/16 15:16:30 :: exiting connection thread 2011/01/16 15:16:30 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass 2011/01/16 15:16:56 :: Connecting to wireless network NETGEAR-JL 2011/01/16 15:17:00 :: Putting interface down 2011/01/16 15:17:00 :: Releasing DHCP leases... 2011/01/16 15:17:00 :: Setting false IP... 2011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant 2011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Flushing the routing table... 2011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up... 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk... 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate... 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same password. Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10? -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= The Procrastinator's Meeting has been postponed. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Mon Jan 17 07:38:46 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:38:46 -0500 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101170238.46616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Monday, January 17, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: > 011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up... > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk... > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate... > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass > > It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same > password. Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10? Check for two copies of WPA_supplicant running. Or check if you also have networkmanager installed. These two conflict because they each bring up a copy of WPA-sup.... and that just doesn't work. If networkmanager is installed, purge it. From jeff_barish at earthlink.net Mon Jan 17 15:16:05 2011 From: jeff_barish at earthlink.net (Jeffrey Barish) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:16:05 -0700 Subject: No taskbar entry for kmail Message-ID: I used to have an entry in the taskbar that indicated whether or not kmail had any unread messages. It has disappeared. Under Settings | Configure Notifications, "Mark taskbar entry" is checked. I tried restarting kontact. I tried running kmail by itself. I tried rebooting. I tried reinstalling kmail. Any idea how to get the indicator back? -- Jeffrey Barish From jeff_barish at earthlink.net Mon Jan 17 15:29:19 2011 From: jeff_barish at earthlink.net (Jeffrey Barish) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:29:19 -0700 Subject: No taskbar entry for kmail References: Message-ID: Jeffrey Barish wrote: > I used to have an entry in the taskbar that indicated whether or not kmail > had any unread messages. It has disappeared. Under Settings | Configure > Notifications, "Mark taskbar entry" is checked. I tried restarting > kontact. > I tried running kmail by itself. I tried rebooting. I tried reinstalling > kmail. Any idea how to get the indicator back? Never mind. I had to turn on Message Indicator on System Tray Settings (right click on system tray). -- Jeffrey Barish From pascal at francq.info Mon Jan 17 16:41:20 2011 From: pascal at francq.info (Pascal Francq) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:41:20 +0100 Subject: Kontact and Google Message-ID: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> Hi, I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store my calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this password in Kontact. Thanks. -- Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq BELGIUM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Mon Jan 17 17:23:30 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:23:30 -0500 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> Message-ID: <201101171223.30760.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Monday, January 17, 2011 11:41:20 am Pascal Francq wrote: > Hi, > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store my > calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this password > in Kontact. > Thanks. > Bring up the settings window: Settings --> Configure Kmail Pick Accounts (second one down in the left section). Make sure the Receiving tab is active. Highlight the account you wish to change the password in then click the Modify button on the right. The password is in the middle. Alan From paul at lemmons.name Mon Jan 17 17:29:00 2011 From: paul at lemmons.name (Paul Lemmons) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:29:00 -0700 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D347C5C.7050809@lemmons.name> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? From: Jerry Lapham To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com Date: 01/16/2011 10:41 PM > I have a laptop with Kubuntu 10.04 on sda5. I wanted to upgrade to Kubuntu > 10.10 so I wouldn't have to configure everything from scratch, but I also > wanted to keep 10.04 intact. So I cloned 10.04 on sda6 and upgraded that. It > had worked fine on my desktop and it mostly works on the laptop except for wifi. > > When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.04 on sda5 I get: > > > When I attempt to connect to my router from 10.10 on sda6 I get: > > I do not know if this is the case here but 10.10 does not work with 802.11-N. If that is what you are trying to do, try connecting at 802.11-G and see if you have better luck. From pascal at francq.info Mon Jan 17 17:32:27 2011 From: pascal at francq.info (Pascal Francq) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:32:27 +0100 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101171223.30760.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <201101171223.30760.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <201101171832.28099.pascal@francq.info> My problem is to configure Kontact to read my e-mails on GMail, but to configure the accounts used by the Calendar and Contact parts. On lundi 17 janvier 2011, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: > On Monday, January 17, 2011 11:41:20 am Pascal Francq wrote: > > Hi, > > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store > > my calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this > > password in Kontact. > > Thanks. > > Bring up the settings window: Settings --> Configure Kmail > Pick Accounts (second one down in the left section). Make sure the > Receiving tab is active. Highlight the account you wish to change the > password in then click the Modify button on the right. The password is in > the middle. > > Alan -- Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq BELGIUM From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Mon Jan 17 17:43:46 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:43:46 +0200 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> Message-ID: <4D347FD2.90206@whamra.com> On 01/17/2011 06:41 PM, Pascal Francq wrote: > Hi, > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store my > calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this password > in Kontact. > Thanks. > not sure about kontact, but i would assume it must use a similar behavious to thunderbird. in thunderbird, if the google password is changed, TB tries logging in and fails, so prompt me for a password, if the login succeeds using new password, it saves it, replacing the old. hope this helps. -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From rjlapham at gmail.com Mon Jan 17 22:15:13 2011 From: rjlapham at gmail.com (Jerry Lapham) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:15:13 -0500 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <201101170238.46616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101170238.46616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101171715.13489.rjlapham@gmail.com> On Monday, January 17, 2011 02:38:46 am Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Monday, January 17, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: > > 011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up... > > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk... > > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate... > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass > > > > It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same > > password. Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10? > > Check for two copies of WPA_supplicant running. Nope, just one. > > Or check if you also have networkmanager installed. These two conflict > because they each bring up a copy of WPA-sup.... and that just doesn't > work. > > If networkmanager is installed, purge it. It's not installed. -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= "Given our monstrous, overgrown government structure, any three letters chosen at random would probably designate an agency or part of a department that could be profitably abolished." ---Milton Friedman From pascal at francq.info Mon Jan 17 22:59:28 2011 From: pascal at francq.info (Pascal Francq) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:59:28 +0100 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <4D347FD2.90206@whamra.com> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <4D347FD2.90206@whamra.com> Message-ID: <201101172359.28264.pascal@francq.info> Kontact just does not update the calendar, but does ask any password. On lundi 17 janvier 2011, Waleed Hamra wrote: > On 01/17/2011 06:41 PM, Pascal Francq wrote: > > Hi, > > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store > > my calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this > > password in Kontact. > > Thanks. > > not sure about kontact, but i would assume it must use a similar > behavious to thunderbird. in thunderbird, if the google password is > changed, TB tries logging in and fails, so prompt me for a password, if > the login succeeds using new password, it saves it, replacing the old. > hope this helps. -- Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq BELGIUM From gkourtev at gmail.com Tue Jan 18 10:10:14 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:10:14 +0200 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101172359.28264.pascal@francq.info> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <4D347FD2.90206@whamra.com> <201101172359.28264.pascal@francq.info> Message-ID: <201101181210.14840.gkourtev@gmail.com> On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 00:59:28 Pascal Francq wrote: > Kontact just does not update the calendar, but does ask any password. > > On lundi 17 janvier 2011, Waleed Hamra wrote: > > On 01/17/2011 06:41 PM, Pascal Francq wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to store > > > my calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can change this > > > password in Kontact. > > > Thanks. > > > > not sure about kontact, but i would assume it must use a similar > > behavious to thunderbird. in thunderbird, if the google password is > > changed, TB tries logging in and fails, so prompt me for a password, if > > the login succeeds using new password, it saves it, replacing the old. > > hope this helps. I think you should change the pass in the Akonadi setting. Press Alt+F2type Akonadi Configuration and then look at your resources there -- address book and calendar. gk From pascal at francq.info Tue Jan 18 10:17:32 2011 From: pascal at francq.info (Pascal Francq) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:17:32 +0100 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101181210.14840.gkourtev@gmail.com> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <201101172359.28264.pascal@francq.info> <201101181210.14840.gkourtev@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101181117.32673.pascal@francq.info> In fact, I use the Akonadi Configuration tu remove all the existing resources and to create two new ones with the correct passwords. Its Works. But, in Kontact, I still "see" the two old Google resources and I do not know how to delete them. On mardi 18 janvier 2011, Georgi Kourtev wrote: > On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 00:59:28 Pascal Francq wrote: > > Kontact just does not update the calendar, but does ask any password. > > > > On lundi 17 janvier 2011, Waleed Hamra wrote: > > > On 01/17/2011 06:41 PM, Pascal Francq wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have to change the password of my Google account which I use to > > > > store my calendar and my contacts. But, I do not find where I can > > > > change this password in Kontact. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > not sure about kontact, but i would assume it must use a similar > > > behavious to thunderbird. in thunderbird, if the google password is > > > changed, TB tries logging in and fails, so prompt me for a password, if > > > the login succeeds using new password, it saves it, replacing the old. > > > hope this helps. > > I think you should change the pass in the Akonadi setting. Press > Alt+F2type Akonadi Configuration and then look at your resources there -- > address book and calendar. > gk -- Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq BELGIUM -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From gkourtev at gmail.com Tue Jan 18 10:49:10 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:49:10 +0200 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101181117.32673.pascal@francq.info> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <201101181210.14840.gkourtev@gmail.com> <201101181117.32673.pascal@francq.info> Message-ID: <201101181249.10847.gkourtev@gmail.com> On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:17:32 Pascal Francq wrote: > In fact, I use the Akonadi Configuration tu remove all the existing > resources and to create two new ones with the correct passwords. Its > Works. But, in Kontact, I still "see" the two old Google resources and I > do not know how to delete them. Go to the calendar for example and on the left pane you will see the resources. Right click on top -- and you will see menu with many options, delete included. gk From pascal at francq.info Tue Jan 18 12:41:01 2011 From: pascal at francq.info (Pascal Francq) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:41:01 +0100 Subject: Kontact and Google In-Reply-To: <201101181249.10847.gkourtev@gmail.com> References: <201101171741.20663.pascal@francq.info> <201101181117.32673.pascal@francq.info> <201101181249.10847.gkourtev@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101181341.01286.pascal@francq.info> In fact, it does not work. In the Calendar, I can of course delete the Akonado Agenda, but when I create a new one, the old resource is still there. And in the contacts panel, I can even remove the old resource. Only the new one can be removed. Very strange. Perhaps something which is still in the database used by Akonadi ? On mardi 18 janvier 2011, Georgi Kourtev wrote: > On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:17:32 Pascal Francq wrote: > > In fact, I use the Akonadi Configuration tu remove all the existing > > resources and to create two new ones with the correct passwords. Its > > Works. But, in Kontact, I still "see" the two old Google resources and I > > do not know how to delete them. > > Go to the calendar for example and on the left pane you will see the > resources. Right click on top -- and you will see menu with many options, > delete included. > gk -- Dr. Ir. Pascal Francq BELGIUM -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 19 14:28:30 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:28:30 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> Message-ID: <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> On 01/12/2011 07:45 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >> there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run >> sudo apt-get update or >> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >> if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give >> the proper >> filename and path. >> >> clay >> > > Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages > then comes up with this: > > "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure > -a' to correct the problem." > > So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then > hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill > it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in the > first place. > Still trying to figure out what's going on. Is there a command that tells you what process is running in the background? How do you kill a process running in the background? I'm sure it's been posted a bunch of times but I've never needed to know till now. And, I have no idea what to search for in the archive. The reason I ask is because doing a "kdesudo dolphin" command to bring up Dolphin in admin mode and removing either apt/lock or dpkg/lock does no good because they just pop right back. This makes me wonder if dpkg is still running but never completing it's business, so to speak. When you try to remove the lock it reinstates it immediately. I tried the "dpkg --configure -a" command again and just left it sit for about twenty-four hours and it was still hung on grub configure. I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with some part of grub install that dpkg can't resolve. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From cbell44 at cfl.rr.com Wed Jan 19 16:57:06 2011 From: cbell44 at cfl.rr.com (Tom Bell) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:57:06 -0500 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> Message-ID: <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> On 1/19/2011 9:28 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/12/2011 07:45 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >>> there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run >>> sudo apt-get update or >>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >>> if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give >>> the proper >>> filename and path. >>> >>> clay >>> >> >> Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages >> then comes up with this: >> >> "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg >> --configure -a' to correct the problem." >> >> So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then >> hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill >> it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in the >> first place. >> > > Still trying to figure out what's going on. > > Is there a command that tells you what process is running in the > background? > > How do you kill a process running in the background? > > I'm sure it's been posted a bunch of times but I've never needed to > know till now. And, I have no idea what to search for in the archive. > > The reason I ask is because doing a "kdesudo dolphin" command to bring > up Dolphin in admin mode and removing either apt/lock or dpkg/lock > does no good because they just pop right back. This makes me wonder if > dpkg is still running but never completing it's business, so to speak. > When you try to remove the lock it reinstates it immediately. > > I tried the "dpkg --configure -a" command again and just left it sit > for about twenty-four hours and it was still hung on grub configure. > I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with some part of grub > install that dpkg can't resolve. > ps -A at the command prompt will list all processes running. Then you can use: kill -15 "process number" to stop the offending process from running. Remember that "process number" is a number without the quote marks and it will be listed beside the offending process when you run "ps". Good luck! Tom -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? -- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal), Roman Poet, late 1st, early 2nd century AD ("Who will protect us from the protectors?") From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 19 17:29:52 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:29:52 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> On 01/19/2011 10:57 AM, Tom Bell wrote: > On 1/19/2011 9:28 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> On 01/12/2011 07:45 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >>> On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >>>> there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run >>>> sudo apt-get update or >>>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >>>> if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give >>>> the proper >>>> filename and path. >>>> >>>> clay >>>> >>> >>> Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages >>> then comes up with this: >>> >>> "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg >>> --configure -a' to correct the problem." >>> >>> So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then >>> hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill >>> it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in >>> the first place. >>> >> >> Still trying to figure out what's going on. >> >> Is there a command that tells you what process is running in the >> background? >> >> How do you kill a process running in the background? >> >> I'm sure it's been posted a bunch of times but I've never needed to >> know till now. And, I have no idea what to search for in the archive. >> >> The reason I ask is because doing a "kdesudo dolphin" command to >> bring up Dolphin in admin mode and removing either apt/lock or >> dpkg/lock does no good because they just pop right back. This makes >> me wonder if dpkg is still running but never completing it's >> business, so to speak. When you try to remove the lock it reinstates >> it immediately. >> >> I tried the "dpkg --configure -a" command again and just left it sit >> for about twenty-four hours and it was still hung on grub configure. >> I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with some part of >> grub install that dpkg can't resolve. >> > ps -A > at the command prompt will list all processes running. > Then you can use: > kill -15 "process number" > to stop the offending process from running. Remember that "process > number" > is a number without the quote marks and it will be listed beside the > offending process when you run "ps". > Good luck! > > Tom > Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Wed Jan 19 17:36:00 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:36:00 +0200 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> Message-ID: <4D372100.303@whamra.com> On 01/19/2011 07:29 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: > On 01/19/2011 10:57 AM, Tom Bell wrote: >> On 1/19/2011 9:28 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: >>> On 01/12/2011 07:45 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >>>> On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >>>>> there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run >>>>> sudo apt-get update or >>>>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >>>>> if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give >>>>> the proper >>>>> filename and path. >>>>> >>>>> clay >>>>> >>>> >>>> Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages >>>> then comes up with this: >>>> >>>> "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg >>>> --configure -a' to correct the problem." >>>> >>>> So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then >>>> hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill >>>> it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in >>>> the first place. >>>> >>> >>> Still trying to figure out what's going on. >>> >>> Is there a command that tells you what process is running in the >>> background? >>> >>> How do you kill a process running in the background? >>> >>> I'm sure it's been posted a bunch of times but I've never needed to >>> know till now. And, I have no idea what to search for in the archive. >>> >>> The reason I ask is because doing a "kdesudo dolphin" command to >>> bring up Dolphin in admin mode and removing either apt/lock or >>> dpkg/lock does no good because they just pop right back. This makes >>> me wonder if dpkg is still running but never completing it's >>> business, so to speak. When you try to remove the lock it reinstates >>> it immediately. >>> >>> I tried the "dpkg --configure -a" command again and just left it sit >>> for about twenty-four hours and it was still hung on grub configure. >>> I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with some part of >>> grub install that dpkg can't resolve. >>> >> ps -A >> at the command prompt will list all processes running. >> Then you can use: >> kill -15 "process number" >> to stop the offending process from running. Remember that "process >> number" >> is a number without the quote marks and it will be listed beside the >> offending process when you run "ps". >> Good luck! >> >> Tom >> > > Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be > running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like > a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. > htop might be easier. as long as you *can* install something :\ you can see the processes in a tree, branching from one another, then you can look for apt-get, and follow its tree to find the process hanging on grub, and kill it from within htop. -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 19 17:47:24 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:47:24 -0600 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D372100.303@whamra.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <201101121756.51809.claydoh@claydoh.com> <4D2E5934.20701@swbell.net> <4D36F50E.5050806@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> <4D372100.303@whamra.com> Message-ID: <4D3723AC.8040700@swbell.net> On 01/19/2011 11:36 AM, Waleed Hamra wrote: > On 01/19/2011 07:29 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> On 01/19/2011 10:57 AM, Tom Bell wrote: >>> On 1/19/2011 9:28 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: >>>> On 01/12/2011 07:45 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >>>>> On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Clay Weber wrote: >>>>>> there is more than one place for a lock file, if you run >>>>>> sudo apt-get update or >>>>>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >>>>>> if there is a so-called stale lock file the error message will give >>>>>> the proper >>>>>> filename and path. >>>>>> >>>>>> clay >>>>>> >>>>> Running sudo apt-get update goes through a bunch of reading packages >>>>> then comes up with this: >>>>> >>>>> "E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg >>>>> --configure -a' to correct the problem." >>>>> >>>>> So you run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and it does some stuff then >>>>> hangs on grub config. Sits there for hours or until you finally kill >>>>> it or shut off the computer. That's how the system got stuffed in >>>>> the first place. >>>>> >>>> Still trying to figure out what's going on. >>>> >>>> Is there a command that tells you what process is running in the >>>> background? >>>> >>>> How do you kill a process running in the background? >>>> >>>> I'm sure it's been posted a bunch of times but I've never needed to >>>> know till now. And, I have no idea what to search for in the archive. >>>> >>>> The reason I ask is because doing a "kdesudo dolphin" command to >>>> bring up Dolphin in admin mode and removing either apt/lock or >>>> dpkg/lock does no good because they just pop right back. This makes >>>> me wonder if dpkg is still running but never completing it's >>>> business, so to speak. When you try to remove the lock it reinstates >>>> it immediately. >>>> >>>> I tried the "dpkg --configure -a" command again and just left it sit >>>> for about twenty-four hours and it was still hung on grub configure. >>>> I'm beginning to think there is something wrong with some part of >>>> grub install that dpkg can't resolve. >>>> >>> ps -A >>> at the command prompt will list all processes running. >>> Then you can use: >>> kill -15 "process number" >>> to stop the offending process from running. Remember that "process >>> number" >>> is a number without the quote marks and it will be listed beside the >>> offending process when you run "ps". >>> Good luck! >>> >>> Tom >>> >> Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be >> running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like >> a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. >> > htop might be easier. as long as you *can* install something :\ > you can see the processes in a tree, branching from one another, then > you can look for apt-get, and follow its tree to find the process > hanging on grub, and kill it from within htop. > I can't do anything that requires access to the software installation/updating. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Wed Jan 19 19:00:32 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:00:32 -0500 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D372100.303@whamra.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> <4D372100.303@whamra.com> Message-ID: <201101191400.32189.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Waleed Hamra wrote: > > Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be > > running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like > > a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. > > > > > > htop might be easier. as long as you can install something :\ > you can see the processes in a tree, branching from one another, then > you can look for apt-get, and follow its tree to find the process > hanging on grub, and kill it from within htop. If you really think there is a process running that is preventing you from updating, then a reboot should kill it. I think it must be something else.... From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Wed Jan 19 19:09:42 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:09:42 -0500 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> Message-ID: <201101191409.43016.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Billie Walsh wrote: > Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be > running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like > a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. You might try rebuilding the package database. A google of "rebuild dpkg database" should give you the commands. -- From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Wed Jan 19 19:36:16 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:36:16 +0200 Subject: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <201101191409.43016.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> <201101191409.43016.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <4D373D30.5090404@whamra.com> On 01/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Billie Walsh wrote: >> Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be >> running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like >> a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. > > > You might try rebuilding the package database. > > A google of "rebuild dpkg database" should give you the commands. > > but that's not the problem. her problem is that there's a package, related to grub, not completely installed. as you can imagine, in such a case, there were lots of other packages waiting to be processed as well, but never got installed properly. so dpkg is in lock mode until all pending packages, that are half-configured, get fully configured and installed. the problem is... this grub-related package always hangs while being configured, preventing the rest of the dpkg process to continue. -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From bilwalsh at swbell.net Wed Jan 19 20:06:39 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:06:39 -0600 Subject: SOLVED Re: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D373D30.5090404@whamra.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D3717E2.7020701@cfl.rr.com> <4D371F90.8060900@swbell.net> <201101191409.43016.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <4D373D30.5090404@whamra.com> Message-ID: <4D37444F.4000703@swbell.net> On 01/19/2011 01:36 PM, Waleed Hamra wrote: > On 01/19/2011 09:09 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote: >> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Billie Walsh wrote: >>> Thank you. I didn't see anything that didn't look like it should be >>> running. I'm far from any sort of expert but I didn't see anything like >>> a package handler running. Well, it was an idea. >> >> You might try rebuilding the package database. >> >> A google of "rebuild dpkg database" should give you the commands. >> >> > but that's not the problem. her problem is that there's a package, > related to grub, not completely installed. as you can imagine, in such a > case, there were lots of other packages waiting to be processed as well, > but never got installed properly. so dpkg is in lock mode until all > pending packages, that are half-configured, get fully configured and > installed. > the problem is... this grub-related package always hangs while being > configured, preventing the rest of the dpkg process to continue. > I was playing round in Konsole and just typing relevant stuff and reading help files. Came across "dpkg -r -a" so I tried that and the lock went away. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From rjlapham at gmail.com Wed Jan 19 20:19:09 2011 From: rjlapham at gmail.com (Jerry Lapham) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:19:09 -0500 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <201101171715.13489.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101170238.46616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101171715.13489.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101191519.09580.rjlapham@gmail.com> On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:15:13 pm Jerry Lapham wrote: > On Monday, January 17, 2011 02:38:46 am Bruce Marshall wrote: > > On Monday, January 17, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: > > > 011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up... > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk... > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate... > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread > > > 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass > > > > > > It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same > > > password. Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10? > > > > Check for two copies of WPA_supplicant running. > > Nope, just one. > > > Or check if you also have networkmanager installed. These two conflict > > because they each bring up a copy of WPA-sup.... and that just doesn't > > work. > > > > If networkmanager is installed, purge it. > > It's not installed. Shortly after this reply I noticed that an icon for networkmanager appeared (I hadn't seen it before) and it finally connected. Then wicd also showed it connected. They both connected then dropped intermittently as though they were fighting each other. Since I didn't seem to be able to uninstall networkmanager, I decided to give up and uninstall wicd. But when I tried "apt-get remove wicd" it said it wasn't installed. I ended up renaming "/usr/share/wicd" to keep it from loading and now networkmanager connects and stays connected. Kind of crude, but it worked. -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= Why the ticket? The sign says "Fine for Parking". From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Wed Jan 19 21:11:18 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:11:18 -0500 Subject: SOLVED Re: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <4D37444F.4000703@swbell.net> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D373D30.5090404@whamra.com> <4D37444F.4000703@swbell.net> Message-ID: <201101191611.18868.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Billie Walsh wrote: > I was playing round in Konsole and just typing relevant stuff and > reading help files. Came across "dpkg -r -a" so I tried that and the > lock went away. A standard fix for some things is to: dpkg -a --configure Might want to write that down. From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Wed Jan 19 23:06:36 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:06:36 +0200 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <201101191519.09580.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101170238.46616.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101171715.13489.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101191519.09580.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D376E7C.3040501@whamra.com> On 01/19/2011 10:19 PM, Jerry Lapham wrote: > On Monday, January 17, 2011 05:15:13 pm Jerry Lapham wrote: > >> On Monday, January 17, 2011 02:38:46 am Bruce Marshall wrote: >>> On Monday, January 17, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: >>>> 011/01/16 15:17:04 :: Putting interface up... >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Generating psk... >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:06 :: Attempting to authenticate... >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: connect result is Failed >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: exiting connection thread >>>> 2011/01/16 15:17:41 :: Sending connection attempt result bad_pass >>>> >>>> It's the same wicd version talking to the same router using the same >>>> password. Why does it work on 10.04 and not on 10.10? >>> >>> Check for two copies of WPA_supplicant running. >> >> Nope, just one. >> >>> Or check if you also have networkmanager installed. These two conflict >>> because they each bring up a copy of WPA-sup.... and that just doesn't >>> work. >>> >>> If networkmanager is installed, purge it. >> >> It's not installed. > > Shortly after this reply I noticed that an icon for networkmanager appeared (I > hadn't seen it before) and it finally connected. Then wicd also showed it > connected. They both connected then dropped intermittently as though they > were fighting each other. > > Since I didn't seem to be able to uninstall networkmanager, I decided to give > up and uninstall wicd. But when I tried "apt-get remove wicd" it said it > wasn't installed. I ended up renaming "/usr/share/wicd" to keep it from > loading and now networkmanager connects and stays connected. > > Kind of crude, but it worked. > glad that things worked. if you want to clean wicd correctly, rename the folder back correctly, and copy/paste this in a terminal: dpkg --get-selections | grep wicd this will list the wicd related packages, which you can then remove, because "wicd" is just a virtual package. the real wicd is installed as wicd-gtk or wicd-client, etc... depending on what was chosen for the interface. -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Thu Jan 20 00:23:30 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:23:30 -0500 Subject: Why won't 10.10 connect? In-Reply-To: <4D376E7C.3040501@whamra.com> References: <201101170041.31191.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101191519.09580.rjlapham@gmail.com> <4D376E7C.3040501@whamra.com> Message-ID: <201101191923.30916.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Waleed Hamra wrote: > glad that things worked. if you want to clean wicd correctly, rename the > folder back correctly, and copy/paste this in a terminal: > > dpkg --get-selections | grep wicd > > this will list the wicd related packages, which you can then remove, > because "wicd" is just a virtual package. the real wicd is installed as > wicd-gtk or wicd-client, etc... depending on what was chosen for the > interface. A much handier method in my view would be: aptitude search wicd which would show: i python-wicd - wired and wireless network manager - Python modul i wicd - wired and wireless network manager - metapackage p wicd-cli - wired and wireless network manager - scriptable c v wicd-client - p wicd-curses - wired and wireless network manager - Curses clien i wicd-daemon - wired and wireless network manager - daemon i wicd-gtk - wired and wireless network manager - GTK+ client The "i" means installed From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Thu Jan 20 02:21:04 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:21:04 +0200 Subject: Sound Problems Message-ID: <4D379C10.3080104@whamra.com> i am not sure when, or after what upgrades this problem started, it has been a while since i played any of these games. i tried playing half life 2 through wine, the sound was good, but in about 2 minutes, it went off, and didnt come back, until i restarted the game. i figured it's a wine issue. specially since different other games, under wine, did the same thing. i tried running doom3 (native linux version, no wine), the sound seemed fine at first, but after few minutes it goes off for a little while, and comes back laggy. no stuttering, no noise, perfect sound, just 30 to 60 seconds late. i googled for this one first, and i saw a suggestion to add: +set s_alsa_pcm plughw:0 +set NumberOfSpeakers 2 as parameters to doom3, and the result was perfect. all sound problems in doom3 went away. so i am guessing, it's some recent change in the sound architecture. i have alsa installed, and in linux game (apart from doom3), i have no sound problems whatsoever. i just don't know how to start debugging the wine problem. wine shows OSS and alsa. selecting OSS produces no sound in games. the "test sound" always produces sound. any pointers to what changed recently, would much appreciated. wine version: wine-1.3.5-388-gf216dba (compiled from source) KDE 4.6 RC2 (from PPA) kubuntu maverick -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From bilwalsh at swbell.net Thu Jan 20 16:38:28 2011 From: bilwalsh at swbell.net (Billie Walsh) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:38:28 -0600 Subject: SOLVED Re: Update Locks Package Handling In-Reply-To: <201101191611.18868.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <4D2D22D9.7000907@swbell.net> <4D373D30.5090404@whamra.com> <4D37444F.4000703@swbell.net> <201101191611.18868.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <4D386504.7070202@swbell.net> On 01/19/2011 03:11 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Billie Walsh wrote: >> I was playing round in Konsole and just typing relevant stuff and >> reading help files. Came across "dpkg -r -a" so I tried that and the >> lock went away. > A standard fix for some things is to: > > dpkg -a --configure > > Might want to write that down. > That just hangs and sits there for however long I decide to leave it running. There's something broken in configuring grub for the newest kernel on this computer. I set up anther 10.04 clean install on another computer and did all the updates to the latest and greatest and everything works just fine. On this computer, also a clean install of 10.04 last spring, it doesn't. -- "A good moral character is the first essential in a man." George Washington _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ From dotancohen at gmail.com Fri Jan 21 13:50:41 2011 From: dotancohen at gmail.com (Dotan Cohen) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:50:41 +0200 Subject: Opening Nautilus changes KDE plasma desktop to Gnome desktop In-Reply-To: <201012290013.24154.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> References: <201012282111.46162.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> <201012290013.24154.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 01:13, Isak Enström wrote: > If it's working you might want to change the Exec line in > /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop (unless there already exists a > nautilus-no-desktop file there, or if you have multiple desktop environments > installed) > Sorry for the late reply. Yes, the flags that you mentioned helped. Instead of altering the system wide setting, I wrapped /usr/bin/nautilus in ~/bin/nautilus with the flags and "$@". Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com From helder.earth at gmail.com Fri Jan 21 14:08:45 2011 From: helder.earth at gmail.com (Helder Terra) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:08:45 -0200 Subject: Desktop effects disabled Message-ID: <003f01cbb974$b930f750$4501a8c0@R161> Ever since I installed Kubuntu Mavrick, I noticed that the desktop effects come disabled by default. If I go to system settings and click to activate them, I get a message telling me that its being block by other applications, and that I should press alt+shift+F12 to re-activate the effects. Also, whenever I chanced the color mode of KDE, the effects turned back on by automatically (but turned off too once the computer as restarted). So, by the time it happened, I thought it was because of my computer configuration somehow, or that maybe it was some program I've installed. But this week, I've installed it in another computer (at work instead of my personal at home), one that is far newer than my home's, and I've got the same message again. Is there a way turn the effects on by default on startup? Thanks. Helder Terra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Fri Jan 21 18:37:36 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:37:36 +0200 Subject: Desktop effects disabled In-Reply-To: <003f01cbb974$b930f750$4501a8c0@R161> References: <003f01cbb974$b930f750$4501a8c0@R161> Message-ID: <4D39D270.7000006@whamra.com> On 01/21/2011 04:08 PM, Helder Terra wrote: > Ever since I installed Kubuntu Mavrick, I noticed that the desktop effects come disabled by default. If I go to system settings and click to activate them, I get a message telling me that its being block by other applications, and that I should press alt+shift+F12 to re-activate the effects. Also, whenever I chanced the color mode of KDE, the effects turned back on by automatically (but turned off too once the computer as restarted). > > So, by the time it happened, I thought it was because of my computer configuration somehow, or that maybe it was some program I've installed. > > But this week, I've installed it in another computer (at work instead of my personal at home), one that is far newer than my home's, and I've got the same message again. > > Is there a way turn the effects on by default on startup? > > Thanks. > > Helder Terra > if you are absolutely sure your graphic card is recognized and working properly, and that with your current configuration, desktop effects should not have any problems loading, you can try this: systemsettings --> desktop effects --> advanced in there, place a tick beside "disable functionality checks". this *could* be your problem, i can't be sure. but sometimes, if the system checks your system, and thinks your hardware is too weak for effects, it disables them. this checkbox disables those checks, and hence, your settings stick. if this doesnt work for you... tell us, and post some info about your graphic card, and its installation. -- Waleed K. 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URL: From g.lip at gmx.com Sat Jan 22 05:06:21 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:06:21 +0800 Subject: keyboard not working In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:22:24 +0800, rajubhai ramvani wrote: > dear sir, > when i start kubuntu 9.04.my keyboard not working any key.i > think i make some changes so keyboard is going disable .so advice me how > i can keyboard enable > rajuramvani, dear raju, first make absolutely sure keyboard is working. if the problem is due to changing language for the keyboard, say to urdu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocaleConf goh lip, From gkourtev at gmail.com Sat Jan 22 23:17:29 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:17:29 +0200 Subject: Kalendar and Google calendar Message-ID: <201101230117.30303.gkourtev@gmail.com> Dear all, I know that many things have been discussed on the issue, but I couldn't find the correct solution for my case. I've been using Korganiser with akonadi std.ics resource to store my calendar items. Now I would also like to use Google calendar. I've added it as a resource, but it seems that all items I've got in the std.ics resource are not merged/synced with Google cal. How can I merge or sync the entries between the two resources? Thanks. gk From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 01:37:59 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:37:59 +1000 Subject: USB Drives Message-ID: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Hi Guys, I had a usb drive (160GB) connected to a machine running KUbuntu 10.10!! It was formatted as NTFS. I copied the data from it then went to format it to ext4. This I could not do because it was mounted!!!! So I unmounted it and tried again, but this time the drive did not exist so I could not format it. Could you please explain in simple language so a 74 YO can understand how to format a usn device? Gerald From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sun Jan 23 01:56:20 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:56:20 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101222056.20334.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > Hi Guys, > I had a usb drive (160GB) connected to a machine running KUbuntu 10.10!! > It was formatted as NTFS. I copied the data from it then went to format it > to ext4. > This I could not do because it was mounted!!!! So I unmounted it and tried > again, but this time the drive did not exist so I could not format it. > Could you please explain in simple language so a 74 YO can understand how > to format a usn device? > Gerald The device should be given a /dev/xxx name when it is plugged into the USB port. Such as /dev/sdg1 do a tail /var/log/message right after plugging in to find out what the /dev/ is. Then mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdg1 (or whatever) From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 02:01:48 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:01:48 +1000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222056.20334.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222056.20334.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101231201.49624.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:56:20 am Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I had a usb drive (160GB) connected to a machine running KUbuntu 10.10!! > > It was formatted as NTFS. I copied the data from it then went to format > > it to ext4. > > This I could not do because it was mounted!!!! So I unmounted it and > > tried again, but this time the drive did not exist so I could not format > > it. Could you please explain in simple language so a 74 YO can > > understand how to format a usn device? > > Gerald > > The device should be given a /dev/xxx name when it is plugged into the USB > port. > > Such as /dev/sdg1 > > do a tail /var/log/message > > right after plugging in to find out what the /dev/ is. > > Then mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdg1 (or whatever) Hi... Thanks for that, I did not unplug the usb device. I just unmounted the drive then tried to format it. Big slap on hand. Thanks, Gerald From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sun Jan 23 02:09:39 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:09:39 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231201.49624.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222056.20334.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101231201.49624.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101222109.39717.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > Hi... > Thanks for that, I did not unplug the usb device. > I just unmounted the drive then tried to format it. > Big slap on hand. That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... /dev/??? From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 02:14:58 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:14:58 +1000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222109.39717.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101231201.49624.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222109.39717.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101231214.58635.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:09:39 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > Hi... > > Thanks for that, I did not unplug the usb device. > > I just unmounted the drive then tried to format it. > > Big slap on hand. > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... > /dev/??? /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. Gerald From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Sun Jan 23 02:22:51 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:22:51 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231214.58635.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222109.39717.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101231214.58635.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101222122.51663.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... > > /dev/??? > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > Gerald That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 02:29:49 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:29:49 +1000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222122.51663.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101231214.58635.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222122.51663.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101231229.49777.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... > > > /dev/??? > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > Gerald > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) Thank you 72YO from 74YO Gerald From gheskett at wdtv.com Sun Jan 23 04:06:23 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:06:23 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231229.49777.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222122.51663.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <201101231229.49777.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... > > > > /dev/??? > > > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > > Gerald > > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > Gerald Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? -- J.M. Barrie From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 04:18:48 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:18:48 +1000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101231229.49777.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it is... > > > > > /dev/??? > > > > > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > > > Gerald > > > > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > > > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > > Gerald > > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be catching hime up. Gerald From gheskett at wdtv.com Sun Jan 23 04:26:10 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:26:10 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:25:17 pm GeraldCC did opine: > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it > > > > > > is... /dev/??? > > > > > > > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > > > > > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > > > Gerald > > > > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) > > It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the > background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be catching > hime up. Gerald 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a warranty. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If at first you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment. From g.lip at gmx.com Sun Jan 23 05:34:46 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:34:46 +0800 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:26:10 +0800, gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:25:17 pm GeraldCC did opine: > >> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: >> > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: >> > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: >> > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: >> > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it >> > > > > > is... /dev/??? >> > > > > >> > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. >> > > > > Gerald >> > > > >> > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) >> > > >> > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO >> > > Gerald >> > >> > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) >> >> It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the >> background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be catching >> hime up. Gerald > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > warranty. > Hey you old farts, can you quit boasting how old you guys are? :) Take out the damn garbage if you have nothing else better to do. And let the dogs out. Not quite an old fart myself. - Goh Lip -- I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out. From gheskett at wdtv.com Sun Jan 23 06:56:56 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:56:56 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101230156.56431.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 01:56:04 am Goh Lip did opine: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:26:10 +0800, gene heskett wrote: > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:25:17 pm GeraldCC did opine: > >> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: > >> > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > >> > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > >> > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > >> > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev > >> > > > > > it is... /dev/??? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > >> > > > > Gerald > >> > > > > >> > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > >> > > > >> > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > >> > > Gerald > >> > > >> > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) > >> > >> It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the > >> background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be > >> catching hime up. Gerald > > > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > > warranty. > > Hey you old farts, can you quit boasting how old you guys are? :) > Take out the damn garbage if you have nothing else better to do. And let > the dogs out. > > Not quite an old fart myself. - Goh Lip Like Andy Capp would say, Ahh, shadup. So I will. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Fairy Tale, n.: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers. From gcsgcatling at bigpond.com Sun Jan 23 08:00:47 2011 From: gcsgcatling at bigpond.com (GeraldCC) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:00:47 +1000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101231800.47955.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:26:10 pm gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:25:17 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev it > > > > > > > is... /dev/??? > > > > > > > > > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > > > > > > > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > > > > Gerald > > > > > > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) > > > > It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the > > background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be catching > > hime up. Gerald > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > warranty. 75 in October!!! Gerald From barnaby at drofle.com Sun Jan 23 08:49:23 2011 From: barnaby at drofle.com (Neil Winchurst) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:49:23 +0000 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222306.23450.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101231418.49369.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <4D3BEB93.7030301@drofle.com> On 23/01/11 04:26, gene heskett wrote: >>> Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) >> >> It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the >> background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be catching >> hime up. Gerald > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > warranty. > 78 in May. Anyone beat that? Nice to know that I am not the only old fogey on the list. Neil From gheskett at wdtv.com Sun Jan 23 14:31:23 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:31:23 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <201101231800.47955.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101231800.47955.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> Message-ID: <201101230931.23373.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 09:29:59 am GeraldCC did opine: > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:26:10 pm gene heskett wrote: > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:25:17 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 02:06:23 pm gene heskett wrote: > > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:05:23 pm GeraldCC did opine: > > > > > On Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:22:51 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > > > > > > On Saturday, January 22, 2011, GeraldCC wrote: > > > > > > > > That would not be a problem as long as you know which dev > > > > > > > > it is... /dev/??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /dev/sdd and the partition would have been sdd1. > > > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > > > > > That should do it.... (from a 72 YO) > > > > > > > > > > Thank you 72YO from 74YO > > > > > Gerald > > > > > > > > Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) > > > > > > It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the > > > background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be > > > catching hime up. Gerald > > > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > > warranty. > > 75 in October!!! > Gerald Yea, lets here it for us old farts (who often have to ask the younger folks how the hell do you make this new can opener work) ;-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If you put it off long enough, it might go away. From gheskett at wdtv.com Sun Jan 23 14:32:54 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:32:54 -0500 Subject: USB Drives In-Reply-To: <4D3BEB93.7030301@drofle.com> References: <201101231137.59972.gcsgcatling@bigpond.com> <201101222326.10050.gheskett@wdtv.com> <4D3BEB93.7030301@drofle.com> Message-ID: <201101230932.54386.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 09:31:46 am Neil Winchurst did opine: > On 23/01/11 04:26, gene heskett wrote: > >>> Gene here has got you both beat, 76. ;-) > >> > >> It is good to know there are REAL OTers still ticking away in the > >> background. But unless 76 has a birthday this year 74 will be > >> catching hime up. Gerald > > > > 77 in October. If I don't fall over first. Diabetics don't have a > > warranty. > > 78 in May. Anyone beat that? Nice to know that I am not the only old > fogey on the list. > > Neil Chuckle, but I think we've been here before Neil. If my wet ram can be trusted, its getting rusty. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? -- Lily Tomlin From rjlapham at gmail.com Mon Jan 24 00:33:30 2011 From: rjlapham at gmail.com (Jerry Lapham) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:33:30 -0500 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? Message-ID: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> Does GRUB "Error 15: File not found." ever mean anything other than it can't find the file? On my laptop with Kunbuntu 10.10, the GRUB menu.list shows title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-24-generic on sda6 uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic quiet and title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.32-27-generic on sda6 uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic quiet When I select the first one I get "Error 15: File not found." When I select the second, it boots. I don't have any trouble find ing it: jerry at laptop2:/boot$ ls -l total 59108 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 528310 2009-09-09 08:56 abi-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 629853 2010-05-27 00:21 abi-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 651949 2010-12-01 19:48 abi-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705861 2010-12-02 02:07 abi-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96804 2009-09-09 08:56 config-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111349 2010-05-27 00:21 config-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116048 2010-12-01 19:48 config-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128614 2010-12-02 02:07 config-2.6.35-24-generic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-01-09 20:57 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7020671 2010-07-16 16:38 initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7232898 2010-07-16 16:24 initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9645859 2011-01-09 20:33 initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10754688 2011-01-09 20:51 initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165084 2010-09-24 13:14 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167264 2010-09-24 13:14 memtest86+_multiboot.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1450680 2009-09-09 08:56 System.map-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1668340 2010-05-27 00:21 System.map-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1690473 2010-12-01 19:48 System.map-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1831358 2010-12-02 02:07 System.map-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2009-09-09 08:58 vmcoreinfo-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1196 2010-05-27 00:23 vmcoreinfo-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1196 2010-12-01 19:50 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1192 2010-12-02 02:10 vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3491312 2009-09-09 08:56 vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3900960 2010-05-27 00:21 vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4038016 2010-12-01 19:48 vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4294032 2010-12-02 02:07 vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic Why can't GRUB? -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= "There's no mystery about why the U.S. Supreme Court threw the Ten Commandments out of the courthouse. You can't engrave 'thou shalt not steal' or even 'thou shalt not commit adultery' and certainly not 'thou shalt not lie' on the walls inside a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians without creating a hostile work environment." --Wesley Pruden From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Mon Jan 24 00:52:21 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:52:21 -0500 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? In-Reply-To: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101231952.21443.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: > Does GRUB "Error 15: File not found." ever mean anything other than it > can't find the file? > > On my laptop with Kunbuntu 10.10, the GRUB menu.list shows > > title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-24-generic on sda6 > uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- > bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic > quiet > > and > > title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.32-27-generic on sda6 > uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- > bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic > quiet > > When I select the first one I get "Error 15: File not found." > > When I select the second, it boots. > > I don't have any trouble find ing it: > > jerry at laptop2:/boot$ ls -l > total 59108 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 528310 2009-09-09 08:56 abi-2.6.28-15-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 629853 2010-05-27 00:21 abi-2.6.31-22-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 651949 2010-12-01 19:48 abi-2.6.32-27-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705861 2010-12-02 02:07 abi-2.6.35-24-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96804 2009-09-09 08:56 config-2.6.28-15-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111349 2010-05-27 00:21 config-2.6.31-22-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116048 2010-12-01 19:48 config-2.6.32-27-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128614 2010-12-02 02:07 config-2.6.35-24-generic > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-01-09 20:57 grub > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7020671 2010-07-16 16:38 > initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7232898 2010-07-16 > 16:24 initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9645859 > 2011-01-09 20:33 initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 10754688 2011-01-09 20:51 initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root > root 165084 2010-09-24 13:14 memtest86+.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167264 2010-09-24 13:14 memtest86+_multiboot.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1450680 2009-09-09 08:56 > System.map-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1668340 2010-05-27 > 00:21 System.map-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1690473 > 2010-12-01 19:48 System.map-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 1831358 2010-12-02 02:07 System.map-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root > root 1074 2009-09-09 08:58 vmcoreinfo-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 > root root 1196 2010-05-27 00:23 vmcoreinfo-2.6.31-22-generic > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1196 2010-12-01 19:50 > vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1192 2010-12-02 > 02:10 vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-24-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3491312 > 2009-09-09 08:56 vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3900960 > 2010-05-27 00:21 vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4038016 > 2010-12-01 19:48 vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4294032 > 2010-12-02 02:07 vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic > > Why can't GRUB? I can't see any reason... If I were troubleshooting this I would: Edit the 2nd entry, and substitute the 35-24 into the entries.... might even do that one at a time.... Doing it one at a time might not give you a valid boot since the files would be mis-matched but it would at least show you which file it can't find. From rjlapham at gmail.com Mon Jan 24 03:12:28 2011 From: rjlapham at gmail.com (Jerry Lapham) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:12:28 -0500 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? In-Reply-To: <201101231952.21443.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101231952.21443.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101232212.28331.rjlapham@gmail.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 07:52:21 pm Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Sunday, January 23, 2011, Jerry Lapham wrote: > > Does GRUB "Error 15: File not found." ever mean anything other than it > > can't find the file? [snip] > > When I select the first one I get "Error 15: File not found." > > > > When I select the second, it boots. > > > > I don't have any trouble find ing it: > > [snip] > > Why can't GRUB? > > I can't see any reason... If I were troubleshooting this I would: > > Edit the 2nd entry, and substitute the 35-24 into the entries.... might > even do that one at a time.... > > Doing it one at a time might not give you a valid boot since the files > would be mis-matched but it would at least show you which file it can't > find. Substituted the first one. Got the same error message. -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= 47% of all statistics are made up on the spot. From g.lip at gmx.com Mon Jan 24 04:30:54 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:30:54 +0800 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? In-Reply-To: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:33:30 +0800, Jerry Lapham wrote: > Does GRUB "Error 15: File not found." ever mean anything other than it > can't > find the file? > On my laptop with Kunbuntu 10.10, the GRUB menu.list shows > title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-24-generic on sda6 > uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- > bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic > quiet > and > title Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.32-27-generic on sda6 > uuid fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d-bd2d-2cf858629e1b > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=fe69ca55-d3a8-4b6d- > bd2d-2cf858629e1b ro quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic > quiet > When I select the first one I get "Error 15: File not found." > When I select the second, it boots. > I don't have any trouble find ing it: I think you may have grub-legacy reinstalled and remnants from grub2 that boots 2.6.35-24 uncleared. Suggest that you completely purge both grub-legacy and grub2 (don't reboot at this stage!) and install only one grub system. Even after installation, do "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" again (assuming sda). Regards - Goh Lip -- I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out. From rayburke30 at gmail.com Tue Jan 25 00:04:05 2011 From: rayburke30 at gmail.com (ray burke) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:04:05 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting Message-ID: I have just installed U 10.04 on a spare 20gb ide drive to test if I like, and when I boot it boots diredtly to U 10.04, and I want to boot dirct into the grub screen to select either 10.04 or recovery, can anyone help with the right procedure as hiting the escape key when booting does nothing? ray From blchupin at iinet.net.au Tue Jan 25 03:51:34 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:51:34 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D3E48C6.1050406@iinet.net.au> On 25/01/2011 11:04, ray burke wrote: > I have just installed U 10.04 on a spare 20gb ide drive to test if I > like, and when I boot it boots > diredtly to U 10.04, and I want to boot dirct into the grub screen to > select either 10.04 or recovery, > can anyone help with the right procedure as hiting the escape key when > booting does nothing? > > ray Hit the SHIFT key at boot. BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From kassube at gmx.net Tue Jan 25 05:29:20 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:29:20 +0100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <4D3E48C6.1050406@iinet.net.au> References: <4D3E48C6.1050406@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> Basil Chupin wrote: > On 25/01/2011 11:04, ray burke wrote: > > I have just installed U 10.04 on a spare 20gb ide drive to test if > > I like, and when I boot it boots > > diredtly to U 10.04, and I want to boot dirct into the grub screen > > to select either 10.04 or recovery, > > can anyone help with the right procedure as hiting the escape key > > when booting does nothing? > > Hit the SHIFT key at boot. And if that's not what you were looking for, have a look at . Nils From blchupin at iinet.net.au Tue Jan 25 06:11:14 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:11:14 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> References: <4D3E48C6.1050406@iinet.net.au> <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: > Basil Chupin wrote: >> On 25/01/2011 11:04, ray burke wrote: >>> I have just installed U 10.04 on a spare 20gb ide drive to test if >>> I like, and when I boot it boots >>> diredtly to U 10.04, and I want to boot dirct into the grub screen >>> to select either 10.04 or recovery, >>> can anyone help with the right procedure as hiting the escape key >>> when booting does nothing? >> Hit the SHIFT key at boot. > And if that's not what you were looking for, have a look at > . > > > Nils Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I have noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never noticed this behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which it appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen pages down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your post. I wonder why this is so? I can see that you are using Kmail for your mail but don't know what you are using as a browser. Is this where the answer lies :-) ? (I use FF as the browser.) BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From rrumberger at web.de Tue Jan 25 06:49:13 2011 From: rrumberger at web.de (Reinhold Rumberger) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:49:13 +0100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101250749.14197.rrumberger@web.de> Am Dienstag 25 Januar 2011, um 07:11:14 schrieb Basil Chupin: > On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: > > And if that's not what you were looking for, have a look at > > . > > > > > > Nils > > Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I have > noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never noticed this > behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). > > Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the > BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which it > appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen pages > down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your post. > > I wonder why this is so? That's basic HTML. It's the link from the table of contents and uses a feature of HTML which allows linking to a certain point in a page denoted in the HTML source by the id attribute (in this case) or a named a-tag. The URL "https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring%20GRUB%202" tells the browser to go to the page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 and scroll to whichever portion is named "Configuring GRUB 2". --Reinhold From kassube at gmx.net Tue Jan 25 06:51:20 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:51:20 +0100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> Basil Chupin wrote: > On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: > > . > > Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I > have noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never > noticed this behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). > > Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the > BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which > it appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen > pages down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your > post. > > I wonder why this is so? There is no magic involved - have a closer look at the URL. Everything before the "#" character is the URL for the page and the part after the "#" is the pointer within that page. At the beginning of the page there are some links to individual paragraphs and I used one of those links. I simply copied the link from the address bar to the mail. > I can see that you are using Kmail for your mail but don't know what > you are using as a browser. Is this where the answer lies :-) ? (I > use FF as the browser.) Usually I use konqueror sometimes rekonq and seldom FF - but it has nothing to do with the browser. Nils From jacobventegodt at gmail.com Tue Jan 25 12:08:39 2011 From: jacobventegodt at gmail.com (Jacob Ventegodt) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:08:39 +0100 Subject: Error installing new HP Deskjet 1000 printer In-Reply-To: <201101071901.41306.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <201101071103.25008.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> <201101071901.41306.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <201101251308.39552.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> Lørdag den 8. januar 2011 01:01:41 skrev Alan Dacey Sr.: > On Friday, January 07, 2011 05:03:24 am Jacob Ventegodt wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System > > Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and > > when I try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just > > processes and then disappears. > > > > When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer. > > > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) > > System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0 > > > > Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > > > > warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. > > Exiting. > > > > Can anyone guide me through this > > > > /Jacob > > What version of hplip do you have? if you look here [1] it says that your > printer has been added in version 3.10.9. I only see version 3.10.6 in > the maverick packages. You will probably have to install the correct > version from here [2]. You can find out what version you have in > KpackageKit. Search for hplip then right-click on it to see the versions. > The download is a .bin file so you just run it to install. Need help > with that? Sorry for the late reply. I installed the 3.10.9 printer driver successfully but when I try to print out a test page it says: "cups-missing-filter". In the printer configuration module under Printer status it says: Filter "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip-hplip" for printer "Deskjet_1000_J110" not available. No such file or directory. The is a file called /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip but apparently that is not the correct file? I tried to manually copy foomatic-rip-hplip from the extracted installation file to /usr/lib/cups/filter/ and then the error message disappeared, but when I print a page (both test page from printer setup and from a document) the job is correctly spooled and can be seen in the printer applet, but is immediately stopped. /var/log/cups/access_log says: localhost - - [25/Jan/2011:12:58:31 +0100] "POST /printers/Deskjet-1000-J110- series HTTP/1.1" 200 275 Create-Job successful-ok localhost - - [25/Jan/2011:12:58:31 +0100] "POST /printers/Deskjet-1000-J110- series HTTP/1.1" 200 718097 Send-Document successful-ok which looks OK. /var/log&cups/error_log reports nothing suspecious: localhost - - [25/Jan/2011:12:58:31 +0100] "POST /printers/Deskjet-1000-J110- series HTTP/1.1" 200 275 Create-Job successful-ok localhost - - [25/Jan/2011:12:58:31 +0100] "POST /printers/Deskjet-1000-J110- series HTTP/1.1" 200 718097 Send-Document successful-ok I'm all out of ideas now - can anyone help? Jacob Ventegodt From jacobventegodt at gmail.com Tue Jan 25 13:08:13 2011 From: jacobventegodt at gmail.com (Jacob Ventegodt) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:08:13 +0100 Subject: Error installing new HP Deskjet 1000 printer In-Reply-To: <201101251308.39552.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> References: <201101071103.25008.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> <201101071901.41306.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <201101251308.39552.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101251408.14313.jacobventegodt@gmail.com> Tirsdag den 25. januar 2011 13:08:39 skrev Jacob Ventegodt: > I'm all out of ideas now - can anyone help? BTW: I'll attach the output from hp-check -r Jacob Ventegodt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: hp-check.log Type: text/x-log Size: 8726 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jgomezdans at gmail.com Tue Jan 25 15:08:04 2011 From: jgomezdans at gmail.com (Jose Gomez-Dans) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:08:04 +0000 Subject: Panel spacer missing in 10.10/KDE 4.5.5 Message-ID: Hi, I wanted to insert a panel spacer plasmoid in a panel (click the panel's cashew -> Add Spacer), and all I get is a red button telling me of "unknown widget". When the mouse hovers over, it says: "could not find requested component: panelspacer_internal" Does anyone have any clues whether this is a KDE or a Kubuntu bug? Or am I missing something really obvious? there seems to be something in /usr/lib: /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_panelspacer_internal.so, but I don't know whether it's relevant or not. Thanks! Jose From basroufs at gmail.com Tue Jan 25 19:07:47 2011 From: basroufs at gmail.com (Bas Roufs) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:07:47 +0100 Subject: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. Message-ID: Hello everybody At present, I am looking for a new "smartphone" up to max. €200. The device must be able to: * at least easily exchange data with Kubuntu 10. * if possible, "synchronise" with the calandar/ agenda and contacts of Kontact; * share an internet connection (like a modem) with my laptop via "thethering" - via USB, Bluetooth or Wifi; * easily import and export contacts: in vCard and/or via Google/GMAIL. Does anybody have experience with a smart phone that meets these demands? One of the phones I am considering, is a "HTC Wildfire A3333", with an Android OS. Specifications: http://www.mobiles-world.com/mobile-phone/htc/htc-wildfire-a3333-2gb-unlocked-mobile-phone-black-brown Does anybody have experience with this specific phone together with Kubuntu and Kontact? Respectfully yours, Bas. From paul at lemmons.name Tue Jan 25 21:17:31 2011 From: paul at lemmons.name (Paul Lemmons) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:17:31 -0700 Subject: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D3F3DEB.1030105@lemmons.name> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. From: Bas Roufs To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions Date: 01/25/2011 12:07 PM > Hello everybody > > At present, I am looking for a new "smartphone" up to max. €200. The > device must be able to: > * at least easily exchange data with Kubuntu 10. > * if possible, "synchronise" with the calandar/ agenda and contacts of Kontact; > * share an internet connection (like a modem) with my laptop via > "thethering" - via USB, Bluetooth or Wifi; > * easily import and export contacts: in vCard and/or via Google/GMAIL. > Does anybody have experience with a smart phone that meets these demands? > > One of the phones I am considering, is a "HTC Wildfire A3333", with an > Android OS. Specifications: > http://www.mobiles-world.com/mobile-phone/htc/htc-wildfire-a3333-2gb-unlocked-mobile-phone-black-brown > Does anybody have experience with this specific phone together with > Kubuntu and Kontact? > > Respectfully yours, > > Bas. > I use an Android phone (DROID) that does all of the above with a little setup. * at least easily exchange data with Kubuntu 10. It mounts as a USB drive. You can easily move files to and from it using normal file management programs. You can also set it up to work with Amarok. * if possible, "synchronise" with the calandar/ agenda It automatically syncs with Google Calendar. You can setup kontact to sync your calendar with google calendar. * and contacts of Kontact; It automatically syncs with google contacts. I *think* you can sync kontact contacts with google contacts but am not sure. * share an internet connection (like a modem) with my laptop via "thethering" - via USB, Bluetooth or Wifi; In the states the option is made available but costs extra every month. If you root the phone you can download an APP that does this for free. * easily import and export contacts: in vCard and/or via Google/GMAIL. Already built in. It syncs updates to your contacts on your phone to the contacts in gmail. I don't think any of these things are phone specific, as they are Android features. I will tell you, though, as you look for a phone pay attention to a number of things: 1) Battery life. See if anybody has anything good to say about the battery. This is the number one complaint of smart phone owners. 2) Processor speed. Don't get anything running slower than 800mhz 3) Internal memory. At least 256mb 4) How large of an SD card is supported and if you have a choice, at least 8G if you don't want to use it as an MP3 player and 16-32GB if you do. From blchupin at iinet.net.au Wed Jan 26 05:07:12 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:07:12 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> On 25/01/2011 17:51, Nils Kassube wrote: > Basil Chupin wrote: >> On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: >>> . >> Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I >> have noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never >> noticed this behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). >> >> Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the >> BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which >> it appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen >> pages down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your >> post. >> >> I wonder why this is so? > There is no magic involved - have a closer look at the URL. Everything > before the "#" character is the URL for the page and the part after the > "#" is the pointer within that page. At the beginning of the page there > are some links to individual paragraphs and I used one of those links. I > simply copied the link from the address bar to the mail. > >> I can see that you are using Kmail for your mail but don't know what >> you are using as a browser. Is this where the answer lies :-) ? (I >> use FF as the browser.) > Usually I use konqueror sometimes rekonq and seldom FF - but it has > nothing to do with the browser. Most interesting..... Something to do with UFOs perhaps (Unidentified Firefox Operations)? :-) I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on various pages of various articles on various online news sources, sent the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL using Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case what appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the page where I copied the URL. BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Wed Jan 26 05:47:19 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:47:19 +0200 Subject: OT: html anchors (was Re: Grub screen when booting) In-Reply-To: <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <4D3FB567.1060008@whamra.com> On 01/26/2011 07:07 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 25/01/2011 17:51, Nils Kassube wrote: >> Basil Chupin wrote: >>> On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: >>>> . >>> Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I >>> have noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never >>> noticed this behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). >>> >>> Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the >>> BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which >>> it appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen >>> pages down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your >>> post. >>> >>> I wonder why this is so? >> There is no magic involved - have a closer look at the URL. Everything >> before the "#" character is the URL for the page and the part after the >> "#" is the pointer within that page. At the beginning of the page there >> are some links to individual paragraphs and I used one of those links. I >> simply copied the link from the address bar to the mail. >> >>> I can see that you are using Kmail for your mail but don't know what >>> you are using as a browser. Is this where the answer lies :-) ? (I >>> use FF as the browser.) >> Usually I use konqueror sometimes rekonq and seldom FF - but it has >> nothing to do with the browser. > > Most interesting..... Something to do with UFOs perhaps (Unidentified > Firefox Operations)? :-) > > I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on > various pages of various articles on various online news sources, sent > the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test > (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL using > Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case what > appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the page where I > copied the URL. > > BC > i dont think you understood anchors. it's not about where *you* were browsing when you copied the URL. it's about what you copied. go to some ubuntu tutorial, anyone, like the grub one above, or some other similar page. and copy the link from the INDEX. there's an index in every ubuntu page, somewhere in the upper part of the page. copy the URL to one of the sections, or click it, to see its effect immediately. another example is wikipedia, all wikipedia pages have such index with links to the various sections of the page. for a better understanding, visit this link http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html -- Waleed K. 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Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From kassube at gmx.net Wed Jan 26 05:51:05 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:51:05 +0100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> References: <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> Basil Chupin wrote: > I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on > various pages of various articles on various online news sources, > sent the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test > (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL > using Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case > what appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the > page where I copied the URL. Even Firefox can do it - it's not _that_ shoddy. I just tried it with the URL I sent in the previous mail. Firefox shows the URL with spaces instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar. If I highlight the URL with the mouse I can then paste it in Kmail. But maybe your Thunderbird is broken and shortens the URL to the top of the page when you paste it? Nils From blchupin at iinet.net.au Wed Jan 26 07:23:41 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:23:41 +1100 Subject: OT: html anchors (was Re: Grub screen when booting) In-Reply-To: <4D3FB567.1060008@whamra.com> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> <4D3FB567.1060008@whamra.com> Message-ID: <4D3FCBFD.8020809@iinet.net.au> On 26/01/2011 16:47, Waleed Hamra wrote: > On 01/26/2011 07:07 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: >> On 25/01/2011 17:51, Nils Kassube wrote: >>> Basil Chupin wrote: >>>> On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: >>>>> . >>>> Now, this is a most interesting thing which I don't believe that I >>>> have noticed before (I often check my own posts and have never >>>> noticed this behaviour, or, at the least, paid attention to). >>>> >>>> Clicking on the URL you provided above doesn't take *me* to the >>>> BEGINNING of that Ubuntu doco. entry but to the point/spot at which >>>> it appears that you *copied*/saved the URL and which is some screen >>>> pages down from the beginning of the article you quote above in your >>>> post. >>>> >>>> I wonder why this is so? >>> There is no magic involved - have a closer look at the URL. Everything >>> before the "#" character is the URL for the page and the part after the >>> "#" is the pointer within that page. At the beginning of the page there >>> are some links to individual paragraphs and I used one of those links. I >>> simply copied the link from the address bar to the mail. >>> >>>> I can see that you are using Kmail for your mail but don't know what >>>> you are using as a browser. Is this where the answer lies :-) ? (I >>>> use FF as the browser.) >>> Usually I use konqueror sometimes rekonq and seldom FF - but it has >>> nothing to do with the browser. >> Most interesting..... Something to do with UFOs perhaps (Unidentified >> Firefox Operations)? :-) >> >> I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on >> various pages of various articles on various online news sources, sent >> the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test >> (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL using >> Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case what >> appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the page where I >> copied the URL. >> >> BC >> > i dont think you understood anchors. Obviously not.... > it's not about where *you* were > browsing when you copied the URL. it's about what you copied. Oh, it's not *where* I was but what I copied, eh? > go to some > ubuntu tutorial, anyone, like the grub one above, or some other similar > page. and copy the link from the INDEX. there's an index in every ubuntu > page, somewhere in the upper part of the page. copy the URL to one of > the sections, or click it, to see its effect immediately. > another example is wikipedia, all wikipedia pages have such index with > links to the various sections of the page. Well let me tell you something... I went to the Wikipedia and 'asked' for the details of the American Constitution (I've been there before when arguing with red-necks), went to the very last page at which point I took a copy of the URL and then sent it to myself to see what I would see when I clicked on the URL in Thunderbird. This is the URL I copied at the end of the Wikipedia entry and sent myself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America Guess what I saw, and what you will see, when you click on this URL? The claim was made that it has nothing to do with the browser. If it is not the browser, then what is it which is causing the results I am getting? And I do not keep arguing a point without doing some testing to prove the results I get. > for a better understanding, visit this link > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html "...a better understanding" or not, I get the results which I keep detailing here. BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From kassube at gmx.net Wed Jan 26 07:34:01 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:34:01 +0100 Subject: OT: html anchors (was Re: Grub screen when booting) In-Reply-To: <4D3FCBFD.8020809@iinet.net.au> References: <4D3FB567.1060008@whamra.com> <4D3FCBFD.8020809@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101260834.01661.kassube@gmx.net> Basil Chupin wrote: > Well let me tell you something... > > I went to the Wikipedia and 'asked' for the details of the American > Constitution (I've been there before when arguing with red-necks), > went to the very last page at which point I took a copy of the URL > and then sent it to myself to see what I would see when I clicked on > the URL in Thunderbird. This is the URL I copied at the end of the > Wikipedia entry and sent myself: You probably did it wrong. :) On that Wikipedia page about the American Constitution scroll to the Contents section and click on one of those links, e.g. "13 External links". Then the URL in your address bar should have changed including the pointer within the page. Use this URL and it should work. Nils From blchupin at iinet.net.au Wed Jan 26 07:45:36 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:45:36 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> References: <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4D3FD120.9020700@iinet.net.au> On 26/01/2011 16:51, Nils Kassube wrote: > Basil Chupin wrote: >> I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on >> various pages of various articles on various online news sources, >> sent the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test >> (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL >> using Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case >> what appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the >> page where I copied the URL. > Even Firefox can do it - it's not _that_ shoddy. I just tried it with > the URL I sent in the previous mail. Firefox shows the URL with spaces > instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar. If I highlight the URL with the > mouse I can then paste it in Kmail. But maybe your Thunderbird is broken > and shortens the URL to the top of the page when you paste it? Sorry Nils. Your response is a collection of mix-and-match. And then you introduce the slur on Thunderbird :-) . OK, you mention above that in your case your Firefox shows "the URL with spaces instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar." Why is this so when mine does no such thing? I note that this discussion is occurring here in kubuntu, which is the KDE orientated list. Is it the case, then, that KDE produces different results to what occurs in the gnome environment (which is what I use)? If so, then why should there be such differences? BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Wed Jan 26 10:56:56 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:56:56 +0000 Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 33 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D3FFDF8.1070609@btinternet.com> On 25/01/11 21:17, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > Lørdag den 8. januar 2011 01:01:41 skrev Alan Dacey Sr.: >> > On Friday, January 07, 2011 05:03:24 am Jacob Ventegodt wrote: >>> > > Hi >>> > > >>> > > I'm trying to install a new HP Deskjet 1000 J110 printer via System >>> > > Settings/Printer Configuration. The printer is detected all right and >>> > > when I try to print a test page it seems to print, but the job just >>> > > processes and then disappears. >>> > > >>> > > When running the hp-systray app it cannot find the printer. >>> > > >>> > > HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6) >>> > > System Tray Status Service ver. 2.0 >>> > > >>> > > Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP >>> > > This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. >>> > > This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it >>> > > under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. >>> > > >>> > > warning: No hp: or hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. >>> > > Exiting. >>> > > >>> > > Can anyone guide me through this >>> > > >>> > > /Jacob >> > If your printer is USB, then kubuntu should find it and set it up without you having to do anything - but.... When I have had trouble with running my HP printers on a new computer I go to this URL answer its questions and download the .deb or .bin it points me to. I then compare this filename with what I can find in KPackageKit and decide which package I'm going to install: have a look around for what non-working printers are installed and remove/un-install them. Un-install any hplip that may be there. Install your choice of hplip and run hp-setup from the command line, this has always eventually worked for me though with a some cursing because HP software can be a little frustrating at times. Do hp-setup first before trying K>hardware>printer_configuration because of conflicts with cups which might force you to have one printer with two separate names, e.g. brian From kassube at gmx.net Wed Jan 26 12:23:41 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:23:41 +0100 Subject: OT: html anchors (was Re: Grub screen when booting) In-Reply-To: <4D3FD120.9020700@iinet.net.au> References: <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FD120.9020700@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <201101261323.41703.kassube@gmx.net> Basil Chupin wrote: > On 26/01/2011 16:51, Nils Kassube wrote: > > Basil Chupin wrote: > >> I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing > >> on various pages of various articles on various online news > >> sources, sent the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox > >> for each test (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), > >> clicked on the URL using Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in > >> each and every case what appeared in FF was the beginning of the > >> article and not the page where I copied the URL. > > > > Even Firefox can do it - it's not _that_ shoddy. I just tried it > > with the URL I sent in the previous mail. Firefox shows the URL > > with spaces instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar. If I highlight > > the URL with the mouse I can then paste it in Kmail. But maybe > > your Thunderbird is broken and shortens the URL to the top of the > > page when you paste it? > > Sorry Nils. Your response is a collection of mix-and-match. And then > you introduce the slur on Thunderbird :-) . Hmm, and you don't mind the slur on Firefox? ;) > OK, you mention above that in your case your Firefox shows "the URL > with spaces instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar." Granted, that wasn't important - the important part is that there is the "#" and the pointer within the page displayed in the address bar. > Why is this so when mine does no such thing? > > I note that this discussion is occurring here in kubuntu, which is > the KDE orientated list. Is it the case, then, that KDE produces > different results to what occurs in the gnome environment (which is > what I use)? No, it works the same with Ubuntu. And yes, I even fired up Ubuntu to test it, i.e. the LiveCD of Ubuntu 10.04.1. Could it be some Firefox addon on your machine that causes that unusual behaviour? Nils From kubuntu-users at whamra.com Wed Jan 26 14:26:35 2011 From: kubuntu-users at whamra.com (Waleed Hamra) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:26:35 +0200 Subject: OT: html anchors (was Re: Grub screen when booting) In-Reply-To: <4D3FCBFD.8020809@iinet.net.au> References: <201101250629.20975.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3E6982.6000008@iinet.net.au> <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> <4D3FB567.1060008@whamra.com> <4D3FCBFD.8020809@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <4D402F1B.6040200@whamra.com> On 01/26/2011 09:23 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 26/01/2011 16:47, Waleed Hamra wrote: >> On 01/26/2011 07:07 AM, Basil Chupin wrote: >>> On 25/01/2011 17:51, Nils Kassube wrote: >>>> Basil Chupin wrote: >>>>> On 25/01/2011 16:29, Nils Kassube wrote: > Well let me tell you something... > > I went to the Wikipedia and 'asked' for the details of the American > Constitution (I've been there before when arguing with red-necks), went > to the very last page at which point I took a copy of the URL and then > sent it to myself to see what I would see when I clicked on the URL in > Thunderbird. This is the URL I copied at the end of the Wikipedia entry > and sent myself: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America > > > Guess what I saw, and what you will see, when you click on this URL? > > The claim was made that it has nothing to do with the browser. > > If it is not the browser, then what is it which is causing the results I > am getting? > well, take a look at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America#Criticism_of_the_Constitution notice any difference between this link and the one above? yes, the last part of it, after the hash character. i did NOT copy the address bar while looking at that section. i looked the table of contents in the upper part of the page. i right-clicked on the phrase "5 Criticism of the Constitution", and clicked "copy link location", and i pasted it here. another method. go to table of contents. left-click on one of the sections mentioned in the table, and notice the URL in the address bar changing. copy the new/changed URL, which should include the hash "#" character followed by the name of the section. hope this explains. -- Waleed K. 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You can setup kontact to sync > your calendar with google calendar. > Do you, Paul, or anybody else, have practical experience with synching Google Calendar with the one of Kontact? > > * and contacts of Kontact; > > It automatically syncs with google contacts. I *think* you can sync kontact > contacts with google contacts but am not sure. Can anybody confirm this via his or her practical experience with synching Kontact address book with the one at GMAIL of Google Mail? Thanks, respectfully yours, Bas. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blchupin at iinet.net.au Thu Jan 27 03:17:06 2011 From: blchupin at iinet.net.au (Basil Chupin) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:17:06 +1100 Subject: Grub screen when booting In-Reply-To: <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> References: <201101250751.20267.kassube@gmx.net> <4D3FAC00.8020907@iinet.net.au> <201101260651.06405.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4D40E3B2.8040805@iinet.net.au> On 26/01/2011 16:51, Nils Kassube wrote: > Basil Chupin wrote: >> I have now done at least 10 tests taking a copy of the URL showing on >> various pages of various articles on various online news sources, >> sent the URLs to myself in e-mail(s), shutdown Firefox for each test >> (shutting FF clears its cache on my set-up), clicked on the URL >> using Thunderbird I just sent myself - and in each and every case >> what appeared in FF was the beginning of the article and not the >> page where I copied the URL. > Even Firefox can do it - it's not _that_ shoddy. I just tried it with > the URL I sent in the previous mail. Firefox shows the URL with spaces > instead of the "%20"s in the URL bar. If I highlight the URL with the > mouse I can then paste it in Kmail. But maybe your Thunderbird is broken > and shortens the URL to the top of the page when you paste it? > > > Nils OK, I can now see what you are talking about. It's that I do not recall ever going to any sites where I copied the URL after selecting a specific chapter/"index" to read and quote- I have always started from the beginning and read thru the text before finding what I wanted and then copying the URL which then, of course, copied the URL as it was at the beginning of the article. "Problem" solved, and I learnt something :-) . BC -- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. From o.sinclair at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 04:42:09 2011 From: o.sinclair at gmail.com (O. Sinclair) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:42:09 +0200 Subject: KDE 4.6 packages Message-ID: <4D40F7A1.8040703@gmail.com> Kubuntu has released 4.6 packages in backport ppa. Has anyone installed and can share some experience on how it works? Kind regards, Sinclair From gkourtev at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 07:34:03 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:34:03 +0200 Subject: [kdepim-users] Re: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. In-Reply-To: References: <4D3F3DEB.1030105@lemmons.name> Message-ID: <201101270934.04649.gkourtev@gmail.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 02:06:34 Bas Roufs wrote: > Thanks for all the useful replies so far! > > It automatically syncs with Google Calendar. You can setup kontact to sync > > > your calendar with google calendar. > > Do you, Paul, or anybody else, have practical experience with synching > Google Calendar with the one of Kontact? > > > * and contacts of Kontact; > > > > It automatically syncs with google contacts. I *think* you can sync > > kontact contacts with google contacts but am not sure. > > Can anybody confirm this via his or her practical experience with synching > Kontact address book with the one at GMAIL of Google Mail? > > Thanks, respectfully yours, > > Bas. I recently got a HTC phone. I do sync successfully contacts with google calendar, as well as gmail. The only major issue I have is that I have used for about 2 years the PIM Kalendar and I have quite many items stored there (such as important anniversaries or birthdays). Now I cannot find a way to sync my standard Kontact calendar with google calendar. So on my phone I am missing all items that were saved in std.ics. gk From aylin.kant at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 07:41:01 2011 From: aylin.kant at gmail.com (Aylin Kantarci) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:41:01 +0200 Subject: Kubuntu & multicore processor Message-ID: Hello, I have a multicore i7 950 processor. Do you recommend kubuntu for it? If so, on the download page, it is written that the recommended version is 32 bit version. However, i7 950 is an 64 bit processor. Which version of Kubuntu do you recomend? 32 bit or 64 bit? Regards -- Doç. Dr./Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aylin KANTARCI Bilgisayar Muhendisliği Bölümü/Computer Engineering Department Ege Universitesi/Ege University Tel: 232-3115316 Fax: 232-3399405 http: efe.ege.edu.tr/~kantarci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From tanghus at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 08:20:52 2011 From: tanghus at gmail.com (Thomas Olsen) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:20:52 +0100 Subject: [kdepim-users] Re: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. In-Reply-To: <201101270934.04649.gkourtev@gmail.com> References: <201101270934.04649.gkourtev@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101270921.00434.tanghus@gmail.com> On Thursday 27 January 2011 08:34:03 Georgi Kourtev wrote: > The only major issue I have is that I have used for about 2 years the PIM > Kalendar and I have quite many items stored there (such as important > anniversaries or birthdays). Now I cannot find a way to sync my standard > Kontact calendar with google calendar. So on my phone I am missing all > items that were saved in std.ics. You can just import the std.ics file into Google Calendar. And BTW: Birthdays are better stored in the Contacts. -- Best regards / med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen Dropbox and my thumb drive had an epic battle. 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Has anyone installed > and can share some experience on how it works? > > Kind regards, > Sinclair I upgraded from RC2 to final yesterday and can't really see/feel any difference from the RC - still works great :-) I get bitten by this bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261593 but it is a problem in kdepimlibs which most likely wont be resolved until a new KDEPIM is released. -- Best regards / med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen Dropbox and my thumb drive had an epic battle. Dropbox won. http://db.tt/T0p6d6L -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Thu Jan 27 14:11:56 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:11:56 -0500 Subject: Kubuntu & multicore processor In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101270911.57635.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 02:41:01 am Aylin Kantarci wrote: > Hello, > > I have a multicore i7 950 processor. Do you recommend kubuntu for it? If so, > on the download page, it is written that the recommended version is 32 bit > version. However, i7 950 is an 64 bit processor. Which version of Kubuntu do > you recomend? > 32 bit or 64 bit? > > Regards > > You should have no problem running Kubuntu on that. Intel does contribute to the kernel and I have never had a problem with any cpu running any distro. As for the 64 bit question: That should depend on how much memory you have. A 32 bit system can only address about 3.[something] gigs of memory. The usable memory is less subtract your graphics card memory and various other things. If you're running an i7 950 I really hope you have more than 4 gigs. If you have 8 gigs then you want the 64 bit version. There used to be a lot of problems with a 64 bit architecture but that is in the past. The flash problem is fixed when you install the package from the repositories. Alan From fsunoles at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 17:12:02 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:12:02 -0700 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia Message-ID: I find a lot of hits with google, but I'm not seeing a solution yet that I think is right for my situation. I just ran an update and the kernel updated from 2.6.32-27 to 2.6.32-28. On reboot I was dumped to a command prompt. Rebooting to the older kernel still works. Some pertinent messages in Xorg.0.log are: (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages. (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) (EE) No drivers available. What is the most straightforward way to deal with the nvidia module/drivers after kernel updates? From fsunoles at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 17:14:02 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:14:02 -0700 Subject: Moving a window sometimes maximizes it Message-ID: Often when I am positioning a window to an upper corner, it maximizes just as I've about got it in position. How can I turn off this behavior? From jgomezdans at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 17:37:44 2011 From: jgomezdans at gmail.com (Jose Gomez-Dans) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:37:44 +0000 Subject: Panel spacer missing in 10.10/KDE 4.5.5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 26 January 2011 21:34, Michael W. Holdeman wrote: > I keep having to re-add the spacer to my panels when upgrading stuff over > the last couple of months, the spacer disappears. > Hi, After a couple of shutdown cycles, it appears that it is now working fine. J -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Thu Jan 27 17:51:20 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:51:20 -0500 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:12:02 pm Homer wrote: > I find a lot of hits with google, but I'm not seeing a solution yet > that I think is right for my situation. I just ran an update and the > kernel updated from 2.6.32-27 to 2.6.32-28. On reboot I was dumped to > a command prompt. Rebooting to the older kernel still works. Some > pertinent messages in Xorg.0.log are: > > (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so > (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" > compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your > (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages. > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) > (EE) No drivers available. > > What is the most straightforward way to deal with the nvidia > module/drivers after kernel updates? > > What probably happened is there is no nvidai driver for the new kernel. Did you install the nvidia-current package or did you install it manually? If you installed it manually, you have to manually update it to the new kernel, the exact command escapes me at the moment but it's not hard to find (?? nvida-xconfig ??). If you installed the ubuntu package then make sure that dkms is also installed, that will compile all nessesary apps for new kernels such as VirtualBox, Nvidia drivers, etc. I believe that it will run automagically on installation. Alan From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Thu Jan 27 17:54:32 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:54:32 -0500 Subject: Moving a window sometimes maximizes it In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101271254.33807.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:14:02 pm Homer wrote: > Often when I am positioning a window to an upper corner, it maximizes > just as I've about got it in position. How can I turn off this > behavior? > > System Settings --> Window Behavior --> Screen Edges Look under the Window Management part and uncheck 'Maximize windows by dragging.....' Alan From fsunoles at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 18:29:02 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:29:02 -0700 Subject: Moving a window sometimes maximizes it In-Reply-To: <201101271254.33807.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <201101271254.33807.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:14:02 pm Homer wrote: >> Often when I am positioning a window to an upper corner, it maximizes >> just as I've about got it in position.  How can I turn off this >> behavior? >> > > System Settings -->  Window Behavior -->  Screen Edges >        Look under the Window Management part and uncheck 'Maximize windows by dragging.....' > > Alan Thank you Alan. I should have mentioned I'm running 10.04. The path I took to get to the setting is: System Settings -> Desktop -> Screen Edges From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Thu Jan 27 18:58:31 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:58:31 -0500 Subject: Moving a window sometimes maximizes it In-Reply-To: References: <201101271254.33807.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <201101271358.31777.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 01:29:02 pm Homer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Alan Dacey Sr. > wrote: > > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:14:02 pm Homer wrote: > >> Often when I am positioning a window to an upper corner, it maximizes > >> just as I've about got it in position. How can I turn off this > >> behavior? > >> > > > > System Settings --> Window Behavior --> Screen Edges > > Look under the Window Management part and uncheck 'Maximize windows by dragging.....' > > > > Alan > > Thank you Alan. I should have mentioned I'm running 10.04. The path > I took to get to the setting is: > System Settings -> Desktop -> Screen Edges > > At least it wasn't changed too much in the newer KDE :-) Alan From fsunoles at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 19:15:34 2011 From: fsunoles at gmail.com (Homer) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:15:34 -0700 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote: > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:12:02 pm Homer wrote: >> I find a lot of hits with google, but I'm not seeing a solution yet >> that I think is right for my situation.  I just ran an update and the >> kernel updated from 2.6.32-27 to 2.6.32-28.  On reboot I was dumped to >> a command prompt.  Rebooting to the older kernel still works.  Some >> pertinent messages in Xorg.0.log are: >> >> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" >> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so >> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" >>         compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 >>         Module class: X.Org Video Driver >> (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your >> (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages. >> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" >> (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so >> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) >> (EE) No drivers available. >> >> What is the most straightforward way to deal with the nvidia >> module/drivers after kernel updates? >> > > What probably happened is there is no nvidai driver for the new kernel. > > Did you install the nvidia-current package or did you install it manually?  If you installed it manually, you have to manually update it to the new kernel,  the exact command escapes me at the moment but it's not hard to find (?? nvida-xconfig ??). > > If you installed the ubuntu package then make sure that dkms is also installed, that will compile all nessesary apps for new kernels such as VirtualBox, Nvidia drivers, etc.  I believe that it will run automagically on installation. > > Alan Thanks again for your input on my posts. The nvidia-current package was already installed. Was it installed manually? I'm not sure. I had some issues with X working soon after a fresh install (10.04), so I may have installed it with aptitude. I have also verified that dkms is installed. I also ran the nvidia-xconfig command while booted into the new kernel, and that didn't work. Now, your comments got me considering something. I renamed xorg.conf to xorg.conf_ and tried booting with the new kernel. That worked. I recalled reading something several weeks ago that indicated it is best to not have a xorg.conf file and just let the system figure things out. That has worked in my case. Until the next update anyway... From tanghus at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 19:19:18 2011 From: tanghus at gmail.com (Thomas Olsen) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:19:18 +0100 Subject: Moving windows unintentionally Message-ID: <201101272019.19662.tanghus@gmail.com> Hi I sometimes maintain a Kubuntu installation at a friend of mine. A couple of days ago I wanted to copy the text from an error message in a dialog and noticed that instead of selecting the text I was moving the entire dialog; exactly as if I had held down the ALT key. I have never seen this behaviour before and couldn't find a place to disable it. Any clues? -- Best regards / med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen Dropbox and my thumb drive had an epic battle. Dropbox won. http://db.tt/T0p6d6L From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Thu Jan 27 19:23:03 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:23:03 -0500 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 02:15:34 pm Homer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Alan Dacey Sr. > wrote: > > On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:12:02 pm Homer wrote: > >> I find a lot of hits with google, but I'm not seeing a solution yet > >> that I think is right for my situation. I just ran an update and the > >> kernel updated from 2.6.32-27 to 2.6.32-28. On reboot I was dumped to > >> a command prompt. Rebooting to the older kernel still works. Some > >> pertinent messages in Xorg.0.log are: > >> > >> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" > >> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so > >> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" > >> compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 > >> Module class: X.Org Video Driver > >> (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your > >> (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages. > >> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" > >> (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so > >> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) > >> (EE) No drivers available. > >> > >> What is the most straightforward way to deal with the nvidia > >> module/drivers after kernel updates? > >> > > > > What probably happened is there is no nvidai driver for the new kernel. > > > > Did you install the nvidia-current package or did you install it manually? If you installed it manually, you have to manually update it to the new kernel, the exact command escapes me at the moment but it's not hard to find (?? nvida-xconfig ??). > > > > If you installed the ubuntu package then make sure that dkms is also installed, that will compile all nessesary apps for new kernels such as VirtualBox, Nvidia drivers, etc. I believe that it will run automagically on installation. > > > > Alan > > Thanks again for your input on my posts. The nvidia-current package > was already installed. Was it installed manually? I'm not sure. I > had some issues with X working soon after a fresh install (10.04), so > I may have installed it with aptitude. I have also verified that dkms > is installed. I also ran the nvidia-xconfig command while booted into > the new kernel, and that didn't work. > > Now, your comments got me considering something. I renamed xorg.conf > to xorg.conf_ and tried booting with the new kernel. That worked. I > recalled reading something several weeks ago that indicated it is > best to not have a xorg.conf file and just let the system figure > things out. That has worked in my case. Until the next update > anyway... > > I did not know about the xorg.conf thing. That's my new thing I learned today. Alan From oeyrvin at hagan.no Thu Jan 27 19:50:25 2011 From: oeyrvin at hagan.no (Ole-Erik Yrvin) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:50:25 +0100 Subject: [kdepim-users] Re: Looking for a "smartphone" that can cooperate with Kubuntu 10.10. In-Reply-To: <201101270921.00434.tanghus@gmail.com> References: <201101270934.04649.gkourtev@gmail.com> <201101270921.00434.tanghus@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101272050.26835.oeyrvin@hagan.no> Is it even possible to import outlook calender info to K organizer? Ole-Erik Yrivn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please check your >> >> (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages. >> >> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" >> >> (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so >> >> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0) >> >> (EE) No drivers available. >> >> >> >> What is the most straightforward way to deal with the nvidia >> >> module/drivers after kernel updates? >> >> >> > >> > What probably happened is there is no nvidai driver for the new kernel. >> > >> > Did you install the nvidia-current package or did you install it manually?  If you installed it manually, you have to manually update it to the new kernel,  the exact command escapes me at the moment but it's not hard to find (?? nvida-xconfig ??). >> > >> > If you installed the ubuntu package then make sure that dkms is also installed, that will compile all nessesary apps for new kernels such as VirtualBox, Nvidia drivers, etc.  I believe that it will run automagically on installation. >> > >> > Alan >> >> Thanks again for your input on my posts.  The nvidia-current package >> was already installed.  Was it installed manually?  I'm not sure.  I >> had some issues with X working soon after a fresh install (10.04), so >> I may have installed it with aptitude.  I have also verified that dkms >> is installed.  I also ran the nvidia-xconfig command while booted into >> the new kernel, and that didn't work. >> >> Now, your comments got me considering something.  I renamed xorg.conf >> to xorg.conf_ and tried booting with the new kernel.  That worked.  I >> recalled reading something several weeks ago that indicated  it is >> best to not have a xorg.conf file and just let the system figure >> things out.  That has worked in my case.  Until the next update >> anyway... >> > > I did not know about the xorg.conf thing.  That's my new thing I learned today. Well, it seems that wasn't the perfect "fix." I've just noticed I'm getting strange artifacts. For example, on the on the top left of each window the small icon and push pin are severely scrambled. Some icons on the panel are also scrambled beyond recognition. Those issues wouldn't be too bad, but I'm also getting random "blocks" showing up when a new window/application is opened. I can get rid of those by opening and closing a window over them, but that isn't a good solution. I tried running nvidia-xconfig again just to see, and I get dumped to a login prompt with the xorg.conf file in place. I ran the hardware drivers app and it claims I'm running the correct Nvidia driver. I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm really running the nvidia drive with the most current kernel. From ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk Thu Jan 27 21:30:40 2011 From: ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk (Mark Fraser) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:30:40 +0000 Subject: Moving windows unintentionally In-Reply-To: <201101272019.19662.tanghus@gmail.com> References: <201101272019.19662.tanghus@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101272130.40623.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> On Thursday 27 Jan 2011 19:19:18 Thomas Olsen wrote: > Hi > > I sometimes maintain a Kubuntu installation at a friend of mine. A couple > of days ago I wanted to copy the text from an error message in a dialog > and noticed that instead of selecting the text I was moving the entire > dialog; exactly as if I had held down the ALT key. > I have never seen this behaviour before and couldn't find a place to > disable it. > > Any clues? Yes, Alt-F2 and enter oxygen-settings. You should see the option "Windows' drag mode", change this to "Drag windows from titlebar only". -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org From ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk Thu Jan 27 21:33:18 2011 From: ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk (Mark Fraser) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:33:18 +0000 Subject: KDE 4.6 packages In-Reply-To: <201101270924.59335.tanghus@gmail.com> References: <4D40F7A1.8040703@gmail.com> <201101270924.59335.tanghus@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101272133.18596.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> On Thursday 27 Jan 2011 08:24:58 Thomas Olsen wrote: > On Thursday 27 January 2011 05:42:09 O. Sinclair wrote: > > Kubuntu has released 4.6 packages in backport ppa. Has anyone installed > > and can share some experience on how it works? > > > > Kind regards, > > Sinclair > > I upgraded from RC2 to final yesterday and can't really see/feel any > difference from the RC - still works great :-) > > I get bitten by this bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261593 but it > is a problem in kdepimlibs which most likely wont be resolved until a new > KDEPIM is released. That bug and the bug with Digikam 1.8 causing it not to start in KDE 4.6 are two reasons why I haven't upgraded my main computers to it yet. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org From tanghus at gmail.com Thu Jan 27 23:56:41 2011 From: tanghus at gmail.com (Thomas Olsen) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:56:41 +0100 Subject: Moving windows unintentionally In-Reply-To: <201101272130.40623.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> References: <201101272019.19662.tanghus@gmail.com> <201101272130.40623.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> Message-ID: <201101280056.42595.tanghus@gmail.com> On Thursday 27 January 2011 22:30:40 Mark Fraser wrote: > On Thursday 27 Jan 2011 19:19:18 Thomas Olsen wrote: > > Hi > > > > I sometimes maintain a Kubuntu installation at a friend of mine. A couple > > of days ago I wanted to copy the text from an error message in a dialog > > and noticed that instead of selecting the text I was moving the entire > > dialog; exactly as if I had held down the ALT key. > > I have never seen this behaviour before and couldn't find a place to > > disable it. > > > > Any clues? > > Yes, Alt-F2 and enter oxygen-settings. You should see the option "Windows' > drag mode", change this to "Drag windows from titlebar only". Thanks :-) -- Best regards / med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen Dropbox and my thumb drive had an epic battle. Dropbox won. http://db.tt/T0p6d6L From tanghus at gmail.com Fri Jan 28 00:01:04 2011 From: tanghus at gmail.com (Thomas Olsen) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:01:04 +0100 Subject: KDE 4.6 packages In-Reply-To: <201101272133.18596.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> References: <4D40F7A1.8040703@gmail.com> <201101270924.59335.tanghus@gmail.com> <201101272133.18596.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> Message-ID: <201101280101.05510.tanghus@gmail.com> On Thursday 27 January 2011 22:33:18 Mark Fraser wrote: > On Thursday 27 Jan 2011 08:24:58 Thomas Olsen wrote: > > On Thursday 27 January 2011 05:42:09 O. Sinclair wrote: > > > Kubuntu has released 4.6 packages in backport ppa. Has anyone installed > > > and can share some experience on how it works? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Sinclair > > > > I upgraded from RC2 to final yesterday and can't really see/feel any > > difference from the RC - still works great :-) > > > > I get bitten by this bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=261593 but > > it is a problem in kdepimlibs which most likely wont be resolved until a > > new KDEPIM is released. > > That bug and the bug with Digikam 1.8 causing it not to start in KDE 4.6 > are two reasons why I haven't upgraded my main computers to it yet. Which bug is that? I had Digikam crash because I had a version libmarblewidget10 which was used by Digikam instead of libmarblewidget11. -- Best regards / med venlig hilsen Thomas Olsen Dropbox and my thumb drive had an epic battle. Dropbox won. http://db.tt/T0p6d6L From claydoh at claydoh.com Fri Jan 28 00:42:58 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:42:58 -0500 Subject: Moving a window sometimes maximizes it In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101271942.59335.claydoh@claydoh.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:14:02 PM Homer wrote: > Often when I am positioning a window to an upper corner, it maximizes > just as I've about got it in position. How can I turn off > behavior? System Settings >> Workspace behavior >> Screen Edges Uncheck Maximize windows by dragging them to the top os the screen" Clay Weber http://kubuntuforums.net http://flyballmaine.com http://emacdogsports.com From g.lip at gmx.com Fri Jan 28 02:59:22 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:59:22 +0800 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:48:56 +0800, Homer wrote: > Well, it seems that wasn't the perfect "fix." I've just noticed I'm > getting strange artifacts. For example, on the on the top left of > each window the small icon and push pin are severely scrambled. Some > icons on the panel are also scrambled beyond recognition. Those > issues wouldn't be too bad, but I'm also getting random "blocks" > showing up when a new window/application is opened. I can get rid of > those by opening and closing a window over them, but that isn't a good > solution. I tried running nvidia-xconfig again just to see, and I get > dumped to a login prompt with the xorg.conf file in place. I ran the > hardware drivers app and it claims I'm running the correct Nvidia > driver. > I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm really > running the nvidia drive with the most current kernel. Alan made a suggestion about dkms in some earlier thread. It may be good to check if the nvidia module is also set up in your new kernel by "dkms status". For example in my system, this appears.. pop at timon:~$ dkms status nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed pop at timon:~$ If the module does not appear in your new kernel, set it up then. But sorry, since I do not have any problem and hence not done this, I am unable to help further, but "man dkms" may help. Of course, please let us know how you do it so we can learn from you. :) If it is not any problem with dkms, it may help to "sudo update-initramfs" and see if this helps. Finally, if nothing works, remove the new kernel "sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-28-* when you boot up to the old kernel 2.6.32-27 and then update to new kernel one more time. Regards - Goh Lip -- I used to have an open mind, but my brains kept falling out. From rameijer at gmail.com Fri Jan 28 06:53:24 2011 From: rameijer at gmail.com (Raymond A. Meijer) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:53:24 +0200 Subject: KDE 4.6 packages In-Reply-To: <201101280101.05510.tanghus@gmail.com> References: <4D40F7A1.8040703@gmail.com> <201101270924.59335.tanghus@gmail.com> <201101272133.18596.ubuntu@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> <201101280101.05510.tanghus@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 28 January 2011 02:01, Thomas Olsen wrote: > > That bug and the bug with Digikam 1.8 causing it not to start in KDE 4.6 > > are two reasons why I haven't upgraded my main computers to it yet. > > Which bug is that? I had Digikam crash because I had a version > libmarblewidget10 which was used by Digikam instead of libmarblewidget11. Updating Digikam to the latest PPA version (digikam 2:1.8.0-maverick~ppa1kde46) solved any issues I had in KDE 4.6. Regards, Ray -- *Raymond A. Meijer* You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It may be good to > check if the nvidia module is also set up in your new kernel by "dkms > status". For example in my system, this appears.. > > > pop at timon:~$ dkms status > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed > pop at timon:~$ > > If the module does not appear in your new kernel, set it up then. But sorry, > since I do not have any problem and hence not done this, I am unable to help > further, but "man dkms" may help. Of course, please let us know how you do > it so we can learn from you.  :) > > > If it is not any problem with dkms, it may help to "sudo update-initramfs" > and see if this helps. > > > Finally, if nothing works, remove the new kernel "sudo apt-get remove > --purge 2.6.32-28-* when you boot up to the old kernel 2.6.32-27 and then > update to new kernel one more time. > > Regards - Goh Lip name at computer:~$ dkms status nvidia-current, 270.18, 2.6.32-28-generic, i686: installed I ended up following suggestions here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3107406.0 I first tried option #3, the Nvidia proprietary way. The description claims it is a bit complicated, but works every time. I followed all the steps, but it didn't work for me. I'm sure with effort I could get it to work, but I moved directly to option #2 instead. I have the Nvidia driver working, and the random blocks don't appear. There is one scrambled part of the panel though, but I can live with it. The button that maximizes the system tray looks like random pixel blocks. When expanded, the minimize button looks fine. So at this point I'm just moving on. Thanks for all the suggestions. From Brian.Meg at btinternet.com Fri Jan 28 14:16:55 2011 From: Brian.Meg at btinternet.com (Brian Wootton) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:16:55 +0000 Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 72, Issue 38 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D42CFD7.4040401@btinternet.com> On 28/01/11 02:59, kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:48:56 +0800, Homer wrote: > >> Well, it seems that wasn't the perfect "fix." I've just noticed I'm >> getting strange artifacts. For example, on the on the top left of >> each window the small icon and push pin are severely scrambled. Some >> icons on the panel are also scrambled beyond recognition. Those >> issues wouldn't be too bad, but I'm also getting random "blocks" >> showing up when a new window/application is opened. I can get rid of >> those by opening and closing a window over them, but that isn't a good >> solution. I tried running nvidia-xconfig again just to see, and I get >> dumped to a login prompt with the xorg.conf file in place. I ran the >> hardware drivers app and it claims I'm running the correct Nvidia >> driver. >> I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm really >> running the nvidia drive with the most current kernel. > > > Alan made a suggestion about dkms in some earlier thread. It may be > good to check if the nvidia module is also set up in your new kernel > by "dkms status". For example in my system, this appears.. > > > pop at timon:~$ dkms status > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed > pop at timon:~$ > > If the module does not appear in your new kernel, set it up then. But > sorry, since I do not have any problem and hence not done this, I am > unable to help further, but "man dkms" may help. Of course, please let > us know how you do it so we can learn from you. :) > > > If it is not any problem with dkms, it may help to "sudo > update-initramfs" and see if this helps. > > > Finally, if nothing works, remove the new kernel "sudo apt-get remove > --purge 2.6.32-28-* when you boot up to the old kernel 2.6.32-27 and > then update to new kernel one more time. > > Regards - Goh Lip You should know what NVidia chip set you have, so go to > -- *http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us* and answer the questions, this should at least tell you what package you need to have downloaded and installed whether from the repos or the above URL, if you then go to 'K>Applications> System>NVidia settings and do what it tells you all should then be OK. brian From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Fri Jan 28 14:20:30 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:20:30 -0500 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201101280920.30565.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Thursday, January 27, 2011 09:59:22 pm Goh Lip wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:48:56 +0800, Homer wrote: > > > Well, it seems that wasn't the perfect "fix." I've just noticed I'm > > getting strange artifacts. For example, on the on the top left of > > each window the small icon and push pin are severely scrambled. Some > > icons on the panel are also scrambled beyond recognition. Those > > issues wouldn't be too bad, but I'm also getting random "blocks" > > showing up when a new window/application is opened. I can get rid of > > those by opening and closing a window over them, but that isn't a good > > solution. I tried running nvidia-xconfig again just to see, and I get > > dumped to a login prompt with the xorg.conf file in place. I ran the > > hardware drivers app and it claims I'm running the correct Nvidia > > driver. > > I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm really > > running the nvidia drive with the most current kernel. > > > Alan made a suggestion about dkms in some earlier thread. It may be good > to check if the nvidia module is also set up in your new kernel by "dkms > status". For example in my system, this appears.. > > > pop at timon:~$ dkms status > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed > pop at timon:~$ > > If the module does not appear in your new kernel, set it up then. But > sorry, since I do not have any problem and hence not done this, I am > unable to help further, but "man dkms" may help. Of course, please let us > know how you do it so we can learn from you. :) > > > If it is not any problem with dkms, it may help to "sudo update-initramfs" > and see if this helps. > > > Finally, if nothing works, remove the new kernel "sudo apt-get remove > --purge 2.6.32-28-* when you boot up to the old kernel 2.6.32-27 and then > update to new kernel one more time. > > Regards - Goh Lip > Before removing a kernel, I'd purge the nvidia driver , reboot into a command line, install nvida-current, then reboot into the usual graphical interface and see if that fixes it. I've never had much luck messing with the kernel but then I haven't had to do that in quite a while. Glad you got it working good enough for you, Homer Alan From gkourtev at gmail.com Sat Jan 29 14:51:55 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:51:55 +0200 Subject: Strigi not running Message-ID: <201101291651.56118.gkourtev@gmail.com> Hi all, I noticed from awhile that I don't have the search desktop icon in my tray. In System settings Nepomuk is running. Also I have the Strigi enabled but under it I have message that Strigi service is not running. How can I make it running? gk From isak.enstrom at gmail.com Sat Jan 29 15:25:35 2011 From: isak.enstrom at gmail.com (Isak =?iso-8859-1?q?Enstr=F6m?=) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:25:35 +0100 Subject: Strigi not running In-Reply-To: <201101291651.56118.gkourtev@gmail.com> References: <201101291651.56118.gkourtev@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101291625.35929.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> On Saturday 29 January 2011 15.51.55 Georgi Kourtev wrote: > Hi all, > > I noticed from awhile that I don't have the search desktop icon in my tray. > > In System settings Nepomuk is running. Also I have the Strigi enabled but > under it I have message that Strigi service is not running. How can I make > it running? > gk Is it possible to start it from System settings > Startup and shutdown > Service manager? -- // Isak From gkourtev at gmail.com Sat Jan 29 16:01:36 2011 From: gkourtev at gmail.com (Georgi Kourtev) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:01:36 +0200 Subject: Strigi not running In-Reply-To: <201101291625.35929.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> References: <201101291651.56118.gkourtev@gmail.com> <201101291625.35929.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101291801.37160.gkourtev@gmail.com> On Saturday, January 29, 2011 17:25:35 Isak Enström wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 15.51.55 Georgi Kourtev wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I noticed from awhile that I don't have the search desktop icon in my > > tray. > > > > In System settings Nepomuk is running. Also I have the Strigi enabled > > but under it I have message that Strigi service is not running. How can > > I make it running? > > gk > > Is it possible to start it from System settings > Startup and shutdown > > Service manager? In there I have Nepomuk searching module running. Cannot see references to Strigi, nor option to add it. gk From grokit at ajinfosearch.com Sat Jan 29 23:10:53 2011 From: grokit at ajinfosearch.com (Alan Dacey Sr.) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:10:53 -0500 Subject: Where can I find openclipart-libreoffice package for Lucid? In-Reply-To: <4D4292A3.5070207@fastwebnet.it> References: <4D4292A3.5070207@fastwebnet.it> Message-ID: <201101291810.54755.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:55:47 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Hi all, > I have Lucid 64bit and I have installed the libreoffice PPA. > > I was no able to find/install the openclipart-libreoffice package. > > Altough it is in the suggested packages in the libreoffice package. > > Have I to add other PPA? > > Any help is greately appreciated. > > Thanks > Mirto Busico > > > Installing the openclipart package from the repositories gets a lot of clipart that you can add as files from /usr/share/openclipart/. I haven't figured out how to get it to appear in the galary with all the others yet. I'm going to look at the danger signs libre office plugin and see if I can devine what that uses to get itself in the gallery. Alan From mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it Sun Jan 30 10:21:18 2011 From: mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it (Mirto Silvio Busico) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:21:18 +0100 Subject: Where can I find openclipart-libreoffice package for Lucid? In-Reply-To: <201101291810.54755.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <4D4292A3.5070207@fastwebnet.it> <201101291810.54755.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <4D453B9E.5080508@fastwebnet.it> Il 30/01/2011 00:10, Alan Dacey Sr. ha scritto: > On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:55:47 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have Lucid 64bit and I have installed the libreoffice PPA. >> >> I was no able to find/install the openclipart-libreoffice package. >> >> Altough it is in the suggested packages in the libreoffice package. >> >> Have I to add other PPA? >> >> Any help is greately appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Mirto Busico >> >> >> > Installing the openclipart package from the repositories gets a lot of > clipart that you can add as files from /usr/share/openclipart/. I haven't > figured out how to get it to appear in the galary with all the others yet. > I'm going to look at the danger signs libre office plugin and see if I can > devine what that uses to get itself in the gallery. > > Alan > Well, I've found a workaround. If I copy the directory content of /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/ (all the *-thm *.sdg *.sdv) in the corresponding libreoffice directory (I cannot verify in this moment but it should be /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ ) all the galleries are shown. Mybe the dconf file of openoffice-clipart can be modified to copy the gallery files also in the libreoffice directory? Thanks Mirto -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <4D453B9E.5080508@fastwebnet.it> References: <4D4292A3.5070207@fastwebnet.it> <201101291810.54755.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <4D453B9E.5080508@fastwebnet.it> Message-ID: <201101300850.06298.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> On Sunday, January 30, 2011 05:21:18 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Il 30/01/2011 00:10, Alan Dacey Sr. ha scritto: > > On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:55:47 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> I have Lucid 64bit and I have installed the libreoffice PPA. > >> > >> I was no able to find/install the openclipart-libreoffice package. > >> > >> Altough it is in the suggested packages in the libreoffice package. > >> > >> Have I to add other PPA? > >> > >> Any help is greately appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Mirto Busico > >> > >> > >> > > Installing the openclipart package from the repositories gets a lot of > > clipart that you can add as files from /usr/share/openclipart/. I haven't > > figured out how to get it to appear in the galary with all the others yet. > > I'm going to look at the danger signs libre office plugin and see if I can > > devine what that uses to get itself in the gallery. > > > > Alan > > > Well, I've found a workaround. > > If I copy the directory content of > /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/ (all the *-thm *.sdg *.sdv) > in the corresponding libreoffice directory (I cannot verify in this > moment but it should be /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ ) > all the galleries are shown. > > Mybe the dconf file of openoffice-clipart can be modified to copy the > gallery files also in the libreoffice directory? > > Thanks > Mirto > That's the ticket! I thought that if the openclipart package gets updated you would not have any updates show up in LibreOffice since you did a copy. So here is the command to link the folders so that you can get the latest clipart (if the package ever gets updated, I don't remember ever seeing it, but I don't exactly try to remember /every/ update) sudo ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/* /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ This works (or is it works-around ??) Alan From kovalamjk at gmail.com Sun Jan 30 16:45:04 2011 From: kovalamjk at gmail.com (JK) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:15:04 +0530 Subject: Problem on updating to KDE 6.0 Message-ID: I have Maverick 10.10 installed in my laptop and everything was running fine. Yesterday I have added backports and updated the KDE from 5.5 to 6.0. All the updates were applied. But on restart it says it could not open the theme file. I am in a dilemma. This is being sent using my PC/windows. Anybody please suggest how can I login bypassing the theme loading as said or using/installing another desktop other than KDE -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ From rsavagejr at hotmail.com Sun Jan 30 17:10:29 2011 From: rsavagejr at hotmail.com (R. John Savage Jr.) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:10:29 -0800 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: , <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com>, , <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com>, , Message-ID: Hi AllI am running Kubuntu 10.04 and after the last kernel update I am also having video issues. I have an HP notebook and it has an all Intel MOBO. I have started to boot off of the previous kernel and this has solved all issues. I may want to remove the new kernel per you instructions. Is it safe to do so? ThanksJohn S. > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Kernel update broke Nvidia > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:59:22 +0800 > From: g.lip at gmx.com > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:48:56 +0800, Homer wrote: > > > Well, it seems that wasn't the perfect "fix." I've just noticed I'm > > getting strange artifacts. For example, on the on the top left of > > each window the small icon and push pin are severely scrambled. Some > > icons on the panel are also scrambled beyond recognition. Those > > issues wouldn't be too bad, but I'm also getting random "blocks" > > showing up when a new window/application is opened. I can get rid of > > those by opening and closing a window over them, but that isn't a good > > solution. I tried running nvidia-xconfig again just to see, and I get > > dumped to a login prompt with the xorg.conf file in place. I ran the > > hardware drivers app and it claims I'm running the correct Nvidia > > driver. > > I'm certainly no expert at this stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm really > > running the nvidia drive with the most current kernel. > > > Alan made a suggestion about dkms in some earlier thread. It may be good > to check if the nvidia module is also set up in your new kernel by "dkms > status". For example in my system, this appears.. > > > pop at timon:~$ dkms status > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed > nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed > pop at timon:~$ > > If the module does not appear in your new kernel, set it up then. But > sorry, since I do not have any problem and hence not done this, I am > unable to help further, but "man dkms" may help. Of course, please let us > know how you do it so we can learn from you. :) > > > If it is not any problem with dkms, it may help to "sudo update-initramfs" > and see if this helps. > > > Finally, if nothing works, remove the new kernel "sudo apt-get remove > --purge 2.6.32-28-* when you boot up to the old kernel 2.6.32-27 and then > update to new kernel one more time. > > Regards - Goh Lip > -- > I used to have an open mind, > but my brains kept falling out. > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Savage Jr.) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:06:48 -0800 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: , <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com>, , <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com>, , , Message-ID: Is this the exact command "sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-28-*" and is it correct ? ThanksJohn S. > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Kernel update broke Nvidia > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:36:36 +0800 > From: g.lip at gmx.com > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:10:29 +0800, R. John Savage Jr. > wrote: > > > Hi AllI am running Kubuntu 10.04 and after the last kernel update I am > > also having video issues. I have an HP notebook and it has an all Intel > > MOBO. I have started to boot off of the previous kernel and this has > > solved all issues. I may want to remove the new kernel per you > > instructions. Is it safe to do so? > > ThanksJohn S. > > Yes. > > Regards - Goh Lip > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From regcity at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 04:30:23 2011 From: regcity at gmail.com (Andrew Otte) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:30:23 +1000 Subject: Kubuntu 4.6 and 5.1 sound? Message-ID: <4D463ADF.7000002@gmail.com> Just upgraded to kubuntu 4.6 onto kubuntu 10.10. Now my sound only comes out of 2 of my 6 speakers. Was working up until the upgrade. Can't find anywhere to set the number of channels on the output. Can anyone help? -- ----------------------- Andrew Otte Laidley, Australia regcity at gmail.com Phone: (07) 5465 2172 Mobile: 04 2380 4620 ----------------------- From g.lip at gmx.com Mon Jan 31 05:18:55 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:18:55 +0800 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:06:48 +0800, R. John Savage Jr. wrote: > Is this the exact command "sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-28-*" and > is it correct ? > ThanksJohn S. Yes, it is. But to add, Alan has a good suggestion earlier if you want to follow, that is Before removing a kernel, I'd purge the nvidia driver , reboot into a command line, install nvida-current, then reboot into the usual graphical interface and see if that fixes it. I've never had much luck messing with the kernel but then I haven't had to do that in quite a while. meaning...at a command prompt sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-common sudo apt-get install nvidia-common but please check if you have nvidia-common or nvidia-current installed and use the right one. Also it may also work if you put in "nomodeset" at the linux line of the grub entry and boot-up. This will take you to a non-driver setting (vesa) and you can then install the nvidia-current or nvidia-common. But if these appear too daunting, then you just go back to the old kernel. Good luck - Goh Lip From rjlapham at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 05:20:22 2011 From: rjlapham at gmail.com (Jerry Lapham) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:20:22 -0500 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? In-Reply-To: References: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: <201101310020.22827.rjlapham@gmail.com> On Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:30:54 pm Goh Lip wrote: > Suggest that you completely purge both grub-legacy and grub2 (don't > reboot at this stage!) and install only one grub system. Even after > installation, do "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" again (assuming sda). That seems to have done it. Thanks. -Jerry ============================================= Jerry Lapham Monroe, OH 45050 rjlapham at gmail.com ============================================= Walk to Emmaus: Fueling station for a spirit-filled church From g.lip at gmx.com Mon Jan 31 05:26:28 2011 From: g.lip at gmx.com (Goh Lip) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:26:28 +0800 Subject: Believe GRUB or your lying eyes? In-Reply-To: <201101310020.22827.rjlapham@gmail.com> References: <201101231933.30966.rjlapham@gmail.com> <201101310020.22827.rjlapham@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:20:22 +0800, Jerry Lapham wrote: >> Suggest that you completely purge both grub-legacy and grub2 (don't >> reboot at this stage!) and install only one grub system. Even after >> installation, do "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" again (assuming sda). > That seems to have done it. Thanks. Great! Welcome. Regards - Goh Lip -- From mailers at oranged.to Mon Jan 31 05:43:34 2011 From: mailers at oranged.to (Jimmy Stewpot) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Kopete and MSN/WLM Message-ID: <1263924371.572.1296452614617.JavaMail.root@webmail> Hello, I have had a look around the kde bug list and the launchpad with no luck so I wanted to see if anyone else has had problems lately. The specific problem that I am having is, I can login to WLM, I can see users but when I message them they don't get the messages and they cannot see me on-line, they can also not see me on-line. If I login with other clients my account works perfectly well. Has anyone else recently been having similar issues? It's got me stumped. I have not changed anything in terms of router/internet etc, however the problem has been going on for about a month or so. Regards, Jimmy. From mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it Mon Jan 31 08:48:34 2011 From: mirtosilvio.busico at fastwebnet.it (Mirto Silvio Busico) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:48:34 +0100 Subject: Where can I find openclipart-libreoffice package for Lucid? In-Reply-To: <201101300850.06298.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> References: <4D4292A3.5070207@fastwebnet.it> <201101291810.54755.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <4D453B9E.5080508@fastwebnet.it> <201101300850.06298.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <4D467762.4090401@fastwebnet.it> Il 30/01/2011 14:50, Alan Dacey Sr. ha scritto: > On Sunday, January 30, 2011 05:21:18 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: >> Il 30/01/2011 00:10, Alan Dacey Sr. ha scritto: >>> On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:55:47 am Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> I have Lucid 64bit and I have installed the libreoffice PPA. >>>> >>>> I was no able to find/install the openclipart-libreoffice package. >>>> >>>> Altough it is in the suggested packages in the libreoffice package. >>>> >>>> Have I to add other PPA? >>>> >>>> Any help is greately appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Mirto Busico >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Installing the openclipart package from the repositories gets a lot of >>> clipart that you can add as files from /usr/share/openclipart/. I haven't >>> figured out how to get it to appear in the galary with all the others yet. >>> I'm going to look at the danger signs libre office plugin and see if I can >>> devine what that uses to get itself in the gallery. >>> >>> Alan >>> >> Well, I've found a workaround. >> >> If I copy the directory content of >> /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/ (all the *-thm *.sdg *.sdv) >> in the corresponding libreoffice directory (I cannot verify in this >> moment but it should be /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ ) >> all the galleries are shown. >> >> Mybe the dconf file of openoffice-clipart can be modified to copy the >> gallery files also in the libreoffice directory? >> >> Thanks >> Mirto >> > That's the ticket! I thought that if the openclipart package gets updated > you would not have any updates show up in LibreOffice since you did a copy. > So here is the command to link the folders so that you can get the latest > clipart (if the package ever gets updated, I don't remember ever seeing it, > but I don't exactly try to remember /every/ update) > > sudo ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/* /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ > > This works (or is it works-around ??) > > Alan > Thanks Alan. It worked Now I ended up with this script to install libreoffice and the cliparts: _____________________________ start ______________________________ #!/bin/bash # executet on Kubuntu Lucid sudo apt-get purge "openoffice*" sudo apt-get install openclipart-openoffice.org sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libreoffice sudo ln -s /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/* /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/ # install your language packs and preferred extensions sudo apt-get install libreoffice-help-it libreoffice-l10n-it libreoffice-pdfimport libreoffice-presenter-console libreoffice-style-oxygen mozilla-libreoffice _____________________________ end _______________________________ Regards Mirto -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Anybody please suggest how can I > login bypassing the theme loading as said or using/installing > another desktop other than KDE Sorry, I have no idea what to do about the theme file problem, but if you want to return to the older working KDE version, this is how I would do it: I'm not sure if you get the KDM screen - from there you can get a terminal to login with Ctrl-Alt-F2. Otherwise you could use the recovery mode from the grub menu. After login I would install the xubuntu desktop: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Then you should be able to login to the xfce desktop (change the session type in the display manager) and start the synaptic package manager. On the lower left select the "Origin" button and click on the line which should read something like "maverick-backports/main". Then you should see the new KDE packages on the upper right list. You can mark them all for complete removal and repeat it with packages from the other maverick-backports repositories. Then click on the "Custom filters" button at the lower left and select the "Marked Changes" line above. Check that no vital things for the xfce desktop are marked and finally hit the "Apply" button. After the packages are removed, go to the menu "Settings" -> "Repositories" and uncheck the backports repositories. Click the OK button, then click the reload button. Now search for the package "kubuntu-desktop" and mark it for installation. That should bring you back the older KDE version, if you finally hit the "Apply" button. Disclaimer: I didn't try this myself, so I may have forgotten something important. Nils From claydoh at claydoh.com Mon Jan 31 12:15:10 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:15:10 -0500 Subject: Problem on updating to KDE 6.0 In-Reply-To: <201101310952.55093.kassube@gmx.net> References: <201101310952.55093.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <201101310715.10800.claydoh@claydoh.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 03:52:54 AM Nils Kassube wrote: > JK wrote: > > I have Maverick 10.10 installed in my laptop and everything was > > running fine. Yesterday I have added backports and updated the KDE > > from 5.5 to 6.0. > > That's KDE 4.5.5 / 4.6.0, isn't it? > > > All the updates were applied. But on restart it > > says it could not open the theme file. I am in a dilemma. This is > > being sent using my PC/windows. Anybody please suggest how can I > > login bypassing the theme loading as said or using/installing > > another desktop other than KDE > > Sorry, I have no idea what to do about the theme file problem, but if > you want to return to the older working KDE version, this is how I would > do it: > > I'm not sure if you get the KDM screen - from there you can get a > terminal to login with Ctrl-Alt-F2. Otherwise you could use the recovery > mode from the grub menu. After login I would install the xubuntu > desktop: > > sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop > > Then you should be able to login to the xfce desktop (change the session > type in the display manager) and start the synaptic package manager. On > the lower left select the "Origin" button and click on the line which > should read something like "maverick-backports/main". Then you should > see the new KDE packages on the upper right list. You can mark them all > for complete removal and repeat it with packages from the other > maverick-backports repositories. Then click on the "Custom filters" > button at the lower left and select the "Marked Changes" line above. > Check that no vital things for the xfce desktop are marked and finally > hit the "Apply" button. After the packages are removed, go to the menu > "Settings" -> "Repositories" and uncheck the backports repositories. > Click the OK button, then click the reload button. Now search for the > package "kubuntu-desktop" and mark it for installation. That should > bring you back the older KDE version, if you finally hit the "Apply" > button. > > Disclaimer: I didn't try this myself, so I may have forgotten something > important. > > > Nils http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3115441.0 has quick instructions on fixing it without needing to install an whole extra desktop. Clay Weber http://kubuntuforums.net http://flyballmaine.com http://emacdogsports.com From kassube at gmx.net Mon Jan 31 13:44:18 2011 From: kassube at gmx.net (Nils Kassube) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:44:18 +0100 Subject: Problem on updating to KDE 6.0 In-Reply-To: <201101310715.10800.claydoh@claydoh.com> References: <201101310952.55093.kassube@gmx.net> <201101310715.10800.claydoh@claydoh.com> Message-ID: <201101311444.18614.kassube@gmx.net> Clay Weber wrote: > http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3115441.0 > has quick instructions on fixing it without needing to install an > whole extra desktop. Thanks Clay, I didn't google myself but expected that the OP had done that without success. As there was no reply here, I just wrote up how I would circumvent the problem, which is not necessarily the most efficient solution. ;) Nils From claydoh at claydoh.com Mon Jan 31 15:20:52 2011 From: claydoh at claydoh.com (Clay Weber) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:20:52 -0500 Subject: Problem on updating to KDE 6.0 In-Reply-To: <201101311444.18614.kassube@gmx.net> References: <201101310715.10800.claydoh@claydoh.com> <201101311444.18614.kassube@gmx.net> Message-ID: <201101311020.52569.claydoh@claydoh.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 08:44:18 AM Nils Kassube wrote: > Clay Weber wrote: > > http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3115441.0 > > has quick instructions on fixing it without needing to install an > > whole extra desktop. > > Thanks Clay, I didn't google myself but expected that the OP had done > that without success. As there was no reply here, I just wrote up how I > would circumvent the problem, which is not necessarily the most > efficient solution. ;) > > > Nils options are always good :) btw I didn't google the solution, as a mod on Kubuntuforums, I tend to see more posts from there, and it was a very recent one to boot :) Actually there is even another way to fix this: From grub, select recovery mode, then at the prompt select 'resume normal boot' or whatever it is labeled, which actually will boot you to a command prompt login (bypassing KDM). login with your username and password, and then enter 'startx' which will start kde manually. Then you can go into System Settings and adjust/fix the Login Screen settings When you log out, however, you will be back at the command prompt. So to restart KDM properly without having to reboot, you will have to enter: $ sudo service kdm start (or restart perhaps if it says kdm is already running) Clay Weber http://kubuntuforums.net http://flyballmaine.com http://emacdogsports.com From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 15:46:16 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:46:16 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA Message-ID: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> Greetings; I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, in a nice comfy heated house. My pair of Kubuntu installs are in the garage (rarely fired up in colder weather because the car is in the way) and in an outbuilding that is only heated enough to control the dew point and protect the machinery there from rust, as it likewise gets relatively little use when the temps go below about 45F. The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs share, and this is where the PIMA starts. Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an email received on this machine, directly to the /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 on this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Know Thy User. From rrumberger at web.de Mon Jan 31 16:22:42 2011 From: rrumberger at web.de (Reinhold Rumberger) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:22:42 +0100 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101311722.43149.rrumberger@web.de> Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 16:46:16 schrieb gene heskett: > Greetings; > > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, in a > nice comfy heated house. > > My pair of Kubuntu installs are in the garage (rarely fired up in colder > weather because the car is in the way) and in an outbuilding that is only > heated enough to control the dew point and protect the machinery there from > rust, as it likewise gets relatively little use when the temps go below > about 45F. > > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs > share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas the > rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the user gene on > both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the /home/gene tree on the > milling machines kubuntu install. > > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an email > received on this machine, directly to the /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory > on that *buntu box in the shop, what then is the std procedure to establish > that the user gene=500 on this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? from man mount.cifs: uid=arg sets the uid that will own all files or directories on the mounted filesystem when the server does not provide ownership information. It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. When not specified, the default is uid 0. The mount.cifs helper must be at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying the uid in non-numeric form. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more information. forceuid instructs the client to ignore any uid provided by the server for files and directories and to always assign the owner to be the value of the uid= option. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more information. Personally, I'd do it via groups, i.e. create a group on all machines that need a common set of permissions with the same GID (say, 1111), add the individual users of each machine to the group and make sure the files/directories you want to share all have read/write permissions set for that group (or for the group field, if cifs doesn't support ACLs - I don't really know cifs). BTW, the least hacky solution would be to make sure all the users share UID 1000, but that would require that all files belonging to the user which had to be changed are also moved to that UID, and that is quite a hassle. --Reinhold From nigel at prayingforisrael.net Mon Jan 31 16:44:03 2011 From: nigel at prayingforisrael.net (Nigel Ridley) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:44:03 +0200 Subject: Opening Nautilus changes KDE plasma desktop to Gnome desktop In-Reply-To: References: <201012282111.46162.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> <201012290013.24154.isak.enstrom@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D46E6D3.7050107@prayingforisrael.net> On 01/21/2011 03:50 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 01:13, Isak Enström wrote: >> If it's working you might want to change the Exec line in >> /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop (unless there already exists a >> nautilus-no-desktop file there, or if you have multiple desktop environments >> installed) >> > > Sorry for the late reply. Yes, the flags that you mentioned helped. > Instead of altering the system wide setting, I wrapped > /usr/bin/nautilus in ~/bin/nautilus with the flags and "$@". Thanks! > > Dotan, Could you share exactly what you did -- I'm going to install Ubuntu 10.10, then kubuntu-desktop (to overcome sound issues) on my daughter's box and I don't want her to accidentally open Nautilus....... From tomh0665 at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 16:51:24 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:51:24 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, in a > nice comfy heated house. > > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs > share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas the > rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the user gene on > both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the /home/gene tree on the > milling machines kubuntu install. > > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an email > received on this machine, directly to the /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory > on that *buntu box in the shop, what then is the std procedure to establish > that the user gene=500 on this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in "/etc/login.defs". If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option with /path/to/file/users.map. From mad.hatter13 at yahoo.com Mon Jan 31 16:58:14 2011 From: mad.hatter13 at yahoo.com (Stephen Newman) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:58:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: ubuntu 10.4 not reading my wireless In-Reply-To: <201101311020.52569.claydoh@claydoh.com> Message-ID: <305608.762.qm@web55801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> I have a Presario V2000 that is running both Ubuntu 10.4 and Windows XP Pro, here is my issuse my wireless card works great from Windows, but not on Ubuntu, and its a broadcom 4318. So what I need is step by step instructions on how to make it work and need them to be very detailed, thank you!     SMN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 18:39:28 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:39:28 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311722.43149.rrumberger@web.de> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311722.43149.rrumberger@web.de> Message-ID: <201101311339.28534.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 01:05:15 pm Reinhold Rumberger did opine: > Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 16:46:16 schrieb gene heskett: > > Greetings; > > > > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, > > in a nice comfy heated house. > > > > My pair of Kubuntu installs are in the garage (rarely fired up in > > colder weather because the car is in the way) and in an outbuilding > > that is only heated enough to control the dew point and protect the > > machinery there from rust, as it likewise gets relatively little use > > when the temps go below about 45F. > > > > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs > > share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > > > > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas > > the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the > > user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the > > /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. > > > > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an > > email received on this machine, directly to the > > /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, > > what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 on > > this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? > > from man mount.cifs: > uid=arg > sets the uid that will own all files or directories on the > mounted filesystem when the server does not provide ownership > information. It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. > When not specified, the default is uid 0. The mount.cifs helper must be > at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying the uid in non-numeric > form. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS > below for more information. > > forceuid > instructs the client to ignore any uid provided by the server for > files and directories and to always assign the owner to be the > value of the uid= option. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY > OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more information. > My machine didn't have this mount.cifs file, so I stole it from another defunct install, then following these instructions, I did an umount and a remount as root like this: mount -t cifs -o user=gene,passwd=XXXXXXX,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid //shop.coyote.den/shop-slash /mnt/shop Which did not throw an error, but I still can't save that email to the kubuntu box. Something about a repeating .mbox problem this time. copy/paste from the error window: Could not write to /mnt/shop/home/gene/emc2/nc_files/gcode/[Emc-users] Repeating Code.mbox.part I had been using 'security = share' in all my smb.conf files so I changed that to 'user' but now I have no permissions to mount it, so back to 'share' I guess. > Personally, I'd do it via groups, i.e. create a group on all machines > that need a common set of permissions with the same GID (say, 1111), > add the individual users of each machine to the group and make sure the > files/directories you want to share all have read/write permissions set > for that group (or for the group field, if cifs doesn't support ACLs - > I don't really know cifs). Maybe this is something I could fix in the smb.conf file here, and in the smb.client file there? That sound a little like a mine field. But I may have to try it since the above didn't appear to work. > BTW, the least hacky solution would be to make sure all the users share > UID 1000, but that would require that all files belonging to the user > which had to be changed are also moved to that UID, and that is quite a > hassle. That would be more than just a 'hassle' I imagine. ;-) Thanks Reinhold. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You can now buy more gates with less specifications than at any other time in history. -- Kenneth Parker From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 19:19:38 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:19:38 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 02:18:25 pm Tom H did opine: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, > > in a nice comfy heated house. > > > > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs > > share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > > > > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas > > the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the > > user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the > > /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. > > > > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an > > email received on this machine, directly to the > > /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, > > what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 on > > this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? > > The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in > "/etc/login.defs". > As that is set at install time, from read-only media, that doesn't sound practical to do now. > If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option > with /path/to/file/users.map. Now this I'll have to look up, thank you! -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I'm very old-fashioned. I believe that people should marry for life, like pigeons and Catholics. -- Woody Allen From rrumberger at web.de Mon Jan 31 20:17:00 2011 From: rrumberger at web.de (Reinhold Rumberger) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:17:00 +0100 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311339.28534.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311722.43149.rrumberger@web.de> <201101311339.28534.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101312117.01268.rrumberger@web.de> Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 19:39:28 schrieb gene heskett: > On Monday, January 31, 2011 01:05:15 pm Reinhold Rumberger did opine: > > from man mount.cifs: > > uid=arg > > sets the uid that will own all files or directories on the > > mounted filesystem when the server does not provide ownership > > information. It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. > > When not specified, the default is uid 0. The mount.cifs helper must be > > at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying the uid in non-numeric > > form. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS > > below for more information. > > > > forceuid > > instructs the client to ignore any uid provided by the server for > > files and directories and to always assign the owner to be the > > value of the uid= option. See the section on FILE AND DIRECTORY > > OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more information. > > My machine didn't have this mount.cifs file, Depending on the install it might be contained in man mount (search for the cifs section). > so I stole it from another > defunct install, then following these instructions, I did an umount and a > remount as root like this: > > mount -t cifs -o > user=gene,passwd=XXXXXXX,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid > //shop.coyote.den/shop-slash /mnt/shop Assuming (from the path below) that that refers to the root directory on the server machine, this is really dangerous as every single directory is now writable to your gene user (probably, anyway). Does the method Tom H posted not work for you? (I didn't know this was possible in samba): Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 17:51:24 schrieb Tom H: > If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option > with /path/to/file/users.map. > Which did not throw an error, but I still can't save that email to the > kubuntu box. Something about a repeating .mbox problem this time. > copy/paste from the error window: > > Could not write to /mnt/shop/home/gene/emc2/nc_files/gcode/[Emc-users] > Repeating Code.mbox.part I don't seem to know this particular error, so you'll have to google it yourself... :-P > I had been using 'security = share' in all my smb.conf files so I changed > that to 'user' but now I have no permissions to mount it, so back to > 'share' I guess. > > > Personally, I'd do it via groups, i.e. create a group on all machines > > that need a common set of permissions with the same GID (say, 1111), > > add the individual users of each machine to the group and make sure the > > files/directories you want to share all have read/write permissions set > > for that group (or for the group field, if cifs doesn't support ACLs - > > I don't really know cifs). > > Maybe this is something I could fix in the smb.conf file here, and in the > smb.client file there? I try to avoid samba where I can, so I don't really know about this. > That sound a little like a mine field. But I may have to try it since the > above didn't appear to work. If ACLs are supported, it is quite easy and safe. If not, this might lead to group hell and could have some *really* annoying side effects. I'd first try Tom's solution and give serious thought to the changing UID for the user (either all to 1000 or to 500, whichever is less work) before I tried using groups without ACLs. > > BTW, the least hacky solution would be to make sure all the users share > > UID 1000, but that would require that all files belonging to the user > > which had to be changed are also moved to that UID, and that is quite a > > hassle. > > That would be more than just a 'hassle' I imagine. ;-) Well, depends on whether you still know all the paths that would need to be adapted. For the home directory it would be as simple as as executing "chown -R 1000 ~/". Do the same for any ext* or reiserfs partitions that contain data the user has access to (multimedia drives come to mind). It really depends on your setup, for me this would take all of five minutes... --Reinhold From samorris at netspace.net.au Mon Jan 31 20:20:03 2011 From: samorris at netspace.net.au (Steve Morris) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:20:03 +1100 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> On 01/02/11 06:19, gene heskett wrote: > On Monday, January 31, 2011 02:18:25 pm Tom H did opine: > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: >>> I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, >>> in a nice comfy heated house. >>> >>> The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs >>> share, and this is where the PIMA starts. >>> >>> Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas >>> the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the >>> user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the >>> /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. >>> >>> So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an >>> email received on this machine, directly to the >>> /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, >>> what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 on >>> this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? >> The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in >> "/etc/login.defs". >> > As that is set at install time, from read-only media, that doesn't sound > practical to do now. > >> If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option >> with /path/to/file/users.map. Hi Gene, if you are going down this path you may want to look at installing Webmin, which is a browser based system configuration tool. I haven't looked at this for a while but earlier versions provided an interface to build this mapping for you, with the main intent of translating from windows usernames to linux usernames, but the same concept applies here. regards, Steve > Now this I'll have to look up, thank you! > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: samorris.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 126 bytes Desc: not available URL: From samorris at netspace.net.au Mon Jan 31 20:28:31 2011 From: samorris at netspace.net.au (Steve Morris) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:28:31 +1100 Subject: Kernel update broke Nvidia In-Reply-To: References: <201101271251.21504.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> <201101271423.04257.grokit@ajinfosearch.com> Message-ID: <4D471B6F.2070605@netspace.net.au> On 31/01/11 16:18, Goh Lip wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:06:48 +0800, R. John Savage Jr. > wrote: > >> Is this the exact command "sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-28-*" >> and is it correct ? >> ThanksJohn S. > > Yes, it is. > But to add, Alan has a good suggestion earlier if you want to follow, > that is > > > Before removing a kernel, I'd purge the nvidia driver , reboot into a > command line, > install nvida-current, then reboot into the usual graphical interface > and see if > that fixes it. I've never had much luck messing with the kernel but > then I haven't > had to do that in quite a while. > > meaning...at a command prompt > > sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-common > sudo apt-get install nvidia-common > > but please check if you have nvidia-common or nvidia-current installed > and use the right one. > > Also it may also work if you put in "nomodeset" at the linux line of > the grub entry and boot-up. This will take you to a non-driver setting > (vesa) and you can then install the nvidia-current or nvidia-common. > > But if these appear too daunting, then you just go back to the old > kernel. > > Good luck - Goh Lip > Hi Goh, just one question on this front. I assume the instructions for uninstalling/re-installing the nvidia driver are to cause dkms to rebuild the kernel module. Has the bug that was in 10.04 where dkms would remove the nvidia entries for all kernels and then only rebuild the entry for the currently active kernel, been fixed? regards, Steve -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: samorris.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 126 bytes Desc: not available URL: From samorris at netspace.net.au Mon Jan 31 20:36:25 2011 From: samorris at netspace.net.au (Steve Morris) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:36:25 +1100 Subject: Kubuntu 4.6 and 5.1 sound? 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Name: samorris.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 126 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 21:40:50 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:40:50 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101312117.01268.rrumberger@web.de> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311339.28534.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101312117.01268.rrumberger@web.de> Message-ID: <201101311640.50928.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 04:18:06 pm Reinhold Rumberger did opine: > Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 19:39:28 schrieb gene heskett: > > On Monday, January 31, 2011 01:05:15 pm Reinhold Rumberger did opine: > > > > > from man mount.cifs: > > > uid=arg > > > > > > sets the uid that will own all files or directories on the > > > mounted filesystem when the server does not provide ownership > > > information. It may be specified as either a username or a numeric > > > uid. When not specified, the default is uid 0. The mount.cifs > > > helper must be at version 1.10 or higher to support specifying > > > the uid in non-numeric form. See the section on FILE AND > > > DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more information. > > > > > > forceuid > > > > > > instructs the client to ignore any uid provided by the server > > > for files and directories and to always assign the owner to > > > be the value of the uid= option. See the section on FILE AND > > > DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS below for more > > > information. > > > > My machine didn't have this mount.cifs file, > > Depending on the install it might be contained in man mount (search for > the cifs section). > Not having seen them merged like that before, Mount options for cifs See the options section of the mount.cifs(8) man page (samba-client package must be installed). Seems to be the only reference in my copy. > > so I stole it from another > > defunct install, then following these instructions, I did an umount > > and a remount as root like this: > > > > mount -t cifs -o > > user=gene,passwd=XXXXXXX,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=1000,forcegid > > //shop.coyote.den/shop-slash /mnt/shop > > Assuming (from the path below) that that refers to the root directory on > the server machine, this is really dangerous as every single directory > is now writable to your gene user (probably, anyway). Does the method > Tom H posted not work for you? (I didn't know this was possible in > samba): The actual mount command in my rc.local file has that wrapped in an su - gene -c "mount etc" so theoretically the whole mount is mine, not roots. I know I can't write just any old place, its been tried by accident. > Am Montag 31 Januar 2011, um 17:51:24 schrieb Tom H: > > If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option > > with /path/to/file/users.map. > > > > Which did not throw an error, but I still can't save that email to the > > kubuntu box. Something about a repeating .mbox problem this time. > > copy/paste from the error window: > > > > Could not write to /mnt/shop/home/gene/emc2/nc_files/gcode/[Emc-users] > > Repeating Code.mbox.part Looking at that again, that [Emc-users].part, maybe the [] aren't legal filenames? However, a retry w/o the [Emc-users] didn't effect it, still 'access denied' I guess I'll have to copy/paste it between 2 copies of vim. And that worked. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) All your people must learn before you can reach for the stars. -- Kirk, "The Gamesters of Triskelion", stardate 3259.2 From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 22:15:30 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:15:30 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> Message-ID: <201101311715.31291.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 04:57:56 pm Steve Morris did opine: > On 01/02/11 06:19, gene heskett wrote: > > On Monday, January 31, 2011 02:18:25 pm Tom H did opine: > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: > >>> I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy > >>> chair, in a nice comfy heated house. > >>> > >>> The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a > >>> cifs share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > >>> > >>> Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, > >>> whereas the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I > >>> am the user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in > >>> the /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. > >>> > >>> So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an > >>> email received on this machine, directly to the > >>> /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, > >>> what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 > >>> on this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? > >> > >> The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in > >> "/etc/login.defs". > > > > As that is set at install time, from read-only media, that doesn't > > sound practical to do now. > > > >> If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option > >> with /path/to/file/users.map. > > Hi Gene, if you are going down this path you may want to look at > installing Webmin, which is a browser based system configuration tool. I > haven't looked at this for a while but earlier versions provided an > interface to build this mapping for you, with the main intent of > translating from windows usernames to linux usernames, but the same > concept applies here. > > regards, > Steve > > > Now this I'll have to look up, thank you! Looked it over after installing 1.490 on this box, but don't see anything cifs/samba related, and its attempt to update after calling home wasn't successful, dns lookup failure. I'd assume that where I need to be running it is on the shop box, right? This was on this box after installing it. Trying it pointed at the shop.coyote.den:10000 address would seem to indicate webmin is not installed on that machine. And, synaptic cannot find that package, do the buntu's call it something else? Thanks Steve. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Fast ship? You mean you've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? -- Han Solo From tomh0665 at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 22:30:45 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:30:45 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:19 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Monday, January 31, 2011 02:18:25 pm Tom H did opine: >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: >> > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy chair, >> > in a nice comfy heated house. >> > >> > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a cifs >> > share, and this is where the PIMA starts. >> > >> > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, whereas >> > the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though I am the >> > user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs in the >> > /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. >> > >> > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an >> > email received on this machine, directly to the >> > /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, >> > what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 on >> > this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? >> >> The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in >> "/etc/login.defs". >> > As that is set at install time, from read-only media, that doesn't sound > practical to do now. You can boot into single user mode and do either of the following: 1. Delete the user created at install, modify "/etc/login.defs", and re-create the user. (Only useful at first boot!) 2. Modify the uid of the user, modify "/etc/login.defs", and chown the user's home directory recursively with the new uid. (You may also have to edit "/etc/adduser.conf" if you use adduser rather than useradd.) >> If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option >> with /path/to/file/users.map. > > Now this I'll have to look up, thank you! You're welcome. From tomh0665 at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 22:33:56 2011 From: tomh0665 at gmail.com (Tom H) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:33:56 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> Message-ID: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Steve Morris wrote: > > Hi Gene, if you are going down this path you may want to look at > installing Webmin, which is a browser based system configuration tool. I > haven't looked at this for a while but earlier versions provided an > interface to build this mapping for you, with the main intent of > translating from windows usernames to linux usernames, but the same > concept applies here. webmin's not in the ubuntu repos so you'll have to install a deb with dpkg and figure out the dependencies or add webmin's repo to "/etc/apt/sources.list". Installing webmin solely to create one user map (gene-to-gene) seems OTT. From yogeshp08 at gmail.com Mon Jan 31 22:36:54 2011 From: yogeshp08 at gmail.com (Yogesh) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:36:54 -0500 Subject: Disk space problem for Ubuntu using Wubi on Windows Message-ID: Hello, I installed Ubuntu using Wubi on Windows 7. Initially assigned on small amount of space. Now I want to assign more space to Kubuntu on my Windows HDD. How do I do it? Thanks, - Yogesh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 23:21:00 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:21:00 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311419.38697.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101311821.00378.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 05:54:33 pm Tom H did opine: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:19 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > On Monday, January 31, 2011 02:18:25 pm Tom H did opine: > >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:46 AM, gene heskett wrote: > >> > I do the 99.999999999% of my email activities from a nice comfy > >> > chair, in a nice comfy heated house. > >> > > >> > The machine in the shop runs 24/7 though, so it is 'mounted' as a > >> > cifs share, and this is where the PIMA starts. > >> > > >> > Because the *buntu's start their user number schemes at 1000, > >> > whereas the rest of the known universe starts at 500, even though > >> > I am the user gene on both boxes, I have no write perms via cifs > >> > in the /home/gene tree on the milling machines kubuntu install. > >> > > >> > So that I can save a useful bit of rs-274 nc code directly from an > >> > email received on this machine, directly to the > >> > /home/gene/emc/nc_files directory on that *buntu box in the shop, > >> > what then is the std procedure to establish that the user gene=500 > >> > on this box, is the user gene=1000 on that box? > >> > >> The "UID_MIN 1000" setting is a Debianism that you can modify in > >> "/etc/login.defs". > > > > As that is set at install time, from read-only media, that doesn't > > sound practical to do now. > > You can boot into single user mode and do either of the following: > > 1. Delete the user created at install, modify "/etc/login.defs", and > re-create the user. (Only useful at first boot!) > That was 6 months and a lot of carved steel before. :) > 2. Modify the uid of the user, modify "/etc/login.defs", and chown > the user's home directory recursively with the new uid. In this order? I am currently ssh -Y'd into that box and I'd hate doing half of it and being locked out. So, I first modified /etc/adduser.conf, then /etc/group, finally /etc/passwd (all as sudo -i), then cd'd to /home and did the chown -R gene:gene gene bit. A couple of ls -l's seem to indicate it all worked. Backed out of the sudo with a ctrl-d. But emc wouldn't run, something about a BadWindow error. Sudo reboot, & close the link. Waited for a ping to work then it took 3 passes before it bought my password again, but I'm back in with an "ssh -Y shop" as gene on this box. But, emc still has a tummy ache over X and exits. Humm, that box was sitting at a local login prompt when I started, and is sitting there again as I doubt my ssh login starts the x server. Does that fit with this error exit on emc's part? gene at shop:~$ cd emc2 gene at shop:~/emc2$ emc -l EMC2 - 2.4.6 Machine configuration directory is '/home/gene/emc2/configs/genes-mill' Machine configuration file is 'genes-mill.ini' Starting EMC2... X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GetWindowAttributes) Resource id in failed request: 0xffffffff Serial number of failed request: 749 Current serial number in output stream: 750 Shutting down and cleaning up EMC2... Cleanup done EMC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log: /home/gene/emc_debug.txt and /home/gene/emc_print.txt as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal Or have I royally screwed the moose here? > (You may also have to edit "/etc/adduser.conf" if you use adduser > rather than useradd.) > >> If you're using samba, you can use the "username map" smb.conf option > >> with /path/to/file/users.map. I am still studying on this. Thanks Tom. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The nicest thing about the Alto is that it doesn't run faster at night. From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 23:23:05 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:23:05 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <4D471973.4050403@netspace.net.au> Message-ID: <201101311823.05923.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 06:21:58 pm Tom H did opine: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Steve Morris wrote: > > Hi Gene, if you are going down this path you may want to look at > > installing Webmin, which is a browser based system configuration tool. > > I haven't looked at this for a while but earlier versions provided an > > interface to build this mapping for you, with the main intent of > > translating from windows usernames to linux usernames, but the same > > concept applies here. > > webmin's not in the ubuntu repos so you'll have to install a deb with > dpkg and figure out the dependencies or add webmin's repo to > "/etc/apt/sources.list". > > Installing webmin solely to create one user map (gene-to-gene) seems > OTT. After looking at that swiss army knife on this box, I think I am agreeing. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) lisp, v.: To call a spade a thpade. From bmarsh at bmarsh.com Mon Jan 31 23:34:49 2011 From: bmarsh at bmarsh.com (Bruce Marshall) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:34:49 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311823.05923.gheskett@wdtv.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311823.05923.gheskett@wdtv.com> Message-ID: <201101311834.49608.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > Installing webmin solely to create one user map (gene-to-gene) seems > > OTT. > > After looking at that swiss army knife on this box, I think I am agreeing. You're a big boy and can clean up your own messes. Why not just run your sessions as root and be done with it. That's what I do in this household. KDE runs as user, but maintenance is done as root. From gheskett at wdtv.com Mon Jan 31 23:59:18 2011 From: gheskett at wdtv.com (gene heskett) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:59:18 -0500 Subject: Permissions problems are being a huge PIMA In-Reply-To: <201101311834.49608.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> References: <201101311046.16681.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311823.05923.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201101311834.49608.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> Message-ID: <201101311859.18986.gheskett@wdtv.com> On Monday, January 31, 2011 06:54:33 pm Bruce Marshall did opine: > On Monday, January 31, 2011, gene heskett wrote: > > > Installing webmin solely to create one user map (gene-to-gene) seems > > > OTT. > > > > After looking at that swiss army knife on this box, I think I am > > agreeing. > > You're a big boy and can clean up your own messes. Why not just run > your sessions as root and be done with it. That's what I do in this > household. > > KDE runs as user, but maintenance is done as root. Its a bad habit that I've been catching hell about on various lists since about RH5.1 IIRC. And I'm gradually getting away from it. Typu's can't do near as much damage if one is a normal user. The debian derivatives will do everything but pee on your shoes to discourage it. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Every cloud engenders not a storm. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"