Feedback on Ubutu after 2 weeks

[nocturn]

Joaquin Cuenca Abela Wrote: 
> 
> Restarted rythmbox, tried to play a mp3 file, no sound. Fiddled a bit
> with alsa configuration, and to make a long history short, it didn't
> work. Unplugged the USB hub (with the headset/webcam), restarted, and
> now sound works. Is this headset supported at all? Any help debugging
> this problem?
> 

Did you check if your headset was supported in Linux?  try google with
the brand and type.  If it is, then it might be related to
Debian/Ubuntu.

> 
> USB Mass storage devices appear automatically on the desktop when
> plugged, but have several problems using an iBead mp3 player. Even if
> df reports ~120 M free on that unit, a cp fails saying that there is
> not enough free space. In fact, I can only copy files to the iBead if
> I delete some previous contents. It seems that it only sees as free
> the space that has been deleted after the last mount. Anyone else with
> this problems? Agains which module should I report it?
> 

Are there any messages regarding this in /var/log/messages?
If so, please post them.

If not, what is the total capacity of the player?  Which fat system
does it use?
Maybe try to reformat the unit.

> 
> Using a usb hard disk, the transfer throughput was less than half the
> theoretical throughput of USB1 (ie, it was a pita to copy something).
> 

How fast were the transfers?
Where there any other USB devices working at that moment.

> 
> Tried to use the printer. Added my printer to the gnome-cups-manager,
> send something to print with openwriter. The printer prints rubbish
> (random ascii characters). Cancelled printing operations, stopped and
> restarted the printer. Keeps printing rubbish. Stop cups (the printer
> icon on the gnome-cups-manager disappears, nice touch!), restart cups
> (the gnome-cups-manager segfaults), restart the printer... keeps
> printing rubbish.
> 

Ok, the reason it does not stop printing is because there is buffered
data somewhere (either in the printer memory or in the 'parallel'
backend process left running by cups).
I actually have had this error with cups on FreeBSD, Mandrake and
Gentoo.  It has something to do with your driver and driver settings
(resolution and color/greyscale).
What driver are you using?

> 
> Created two extra users, and changed the default language to
> fr_FR at UTF-8 on one of them (called "adel"). When "adel" tries to do
> anything that involves gsudo, nothing happens (ie, when you click on
> the menu "run as another user", or click on something that needs root
> rights, as synaptic).
> 

That is because only the first user created is in the sudoers file
(this is documented).
You can add additional users with root access by editing
/etc/sudoers.conf.


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