Floppy drive

Ross D smoothrt at gmail.com
Tue Oct 26 18:09:51 UTC 2004


Can someone post newbie-friendly directions to fix this (exactly which
files we need to edit and how, etc.) or at least post a link that says
so.  It'd be nice to finally have my floppy working, thanks.


On Tue Oct 26 04:27:09 PDT 2004, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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>    4. Re: Synaptic "universe" repository error (Colin Watson)
>    5. Re: an shell script I made for Ubuntu (Senectus .)
>    6. Re: Evolution not filtering spam (rjl)
>    7. Re: Floppy drive (jeremy)
>    8. Re: Floppy drive (jdong)
>    9. Re: Proc FS Read Only? (jdong)
>   10. Re: Evolution not filtering spam (Erik B?gfors)
>   11. Making inetd listen on localhost only (Ecmel Ercan)
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>   13. Re: Evolution not filtering spam (drunken-wallaby)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:08:45 +0200
> From: Antonio Memo <antonio.memo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: rhythmbox: hangs on loading radiostation
> To: Ubuntu Bug Tracking System <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <d8c63f2d041026030812d71469 at mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:58:25 -0700, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> > Package: rhythmbox
> > Version: 0.8.5-1ubuntu2
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > ACTIONS:
> >
> > I go to click on any of the radio stations (Magnatune Rock, say). The current
> > track playing appears, but the application appears to hang (eventually I have
> > to force quit).
> >
> 
> This typically happends to me with mp3 or ogg channels choosed by
> myself, while radio enclosed in rhythmbox all appear to run smoothly.
> 
> bye
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:26:17 +0100 (BST)
> From: "Chris Jones" <cmsj at tenshu.net>
> Subject: Re: Need Help with DVD burning and AMD64 question
> To: "Lord Cantenberry" <lordcantenberry at gmail.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
>         <36643.213.208.66.213.1098786377.squirrel at webmail.tenshu.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-15
> 
> Hi
> 
> On Tue, October 26, 2004 1:33, Lord Cantenberry said:
> > Secondly I have an AMD64 processor and was wondering what kind of
> > speed differences there are with the 64 bit version of Ubuntu and the
> > 32bit version?
> 
> Truthfully it's a bit hard to tell, so much of what a desktop does is
> waiting for input from you or a disk or a network that the raw speed of
> computation isn't all that important. The 64bit version should be slightly
> faster, more so on things that actually do lots of maths (e.g. gimp
> filters).
> 
> > I am currently running the 32bit version, mostly due
> > to the fact that from what I hear there are some problems with
> > application availability in the 64 bit version
> 
> There are indeed, although some things seem to work fine. Ubuntu/Debian
> don't yet have as seamless 32bit compatibility as, say, Fedora, but they
> are working on it.
> 
> > whether or not it is worth upgrading to the 64bit version.
> 
> I'd say it's worth it, but I don't mind breaking a few things to take
> advantage of my new system ;)
> 
> > Thirdly I need some good suggestions on DVD burning and copying
> > applications available for Linux in general or good ones for Gnome.
> 
> There aren't any good gnome ones. k3b seems to be pretty decent, but it
> will need KDE libraries installed.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Chris Jones
>   cmsj at tenshu.net
>    www.tenshu.net
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:38:32 +0100
> From: Colin Watson <cjwatson at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Proc FS Read Only?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: Can Sar <csar at stanford.edu>
> Message-ID: <20041026103832.GA20327 at riva.ucam.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 05:40:15AM -0700, Can Sar wrote:
> > I'm not currently on the Ubuntu list, so please CC me directly. I wrote
> > a ProcFS module, that I need to write to (the file it creates), but it
> > says I don't have permissions (this is with sudo).
> 
> You probably did:
> 
>   sudo echo foo > /proc/blah
> 
> However, when you do this, the "sudo-ness" only applies to the 'echo
> foo', not to the '> /proc/blah', because of the way the shell works. In
> order to get root privileges to apply to the redirection, you need to do
> either this:
> 
>   sudo sh -c 'echo foo > /proc/blah'
> 
> ... or this:
> 
>   sudo -s
>   echo foo > /proc/blah
>   exit
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:41:57 +0100
> From: Colin Watson <cjwatson at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Synaptic "universe" repository error
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20041026104157.GB20327 at riva.ucam.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 07:11:25PM -0400, Todd Chambery wrote:
> > I'm trying to setup Ubuntu to play mp3s and avi files, and read
> > something in the FAQ about using the "Universe" repository to fetch the
> > mp3 decoder for rhythmbox or apps with the functionality built in.
> > However, after selecting the Universe repository under , I get this
> > error:
> >
> > Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com
> > warty/universe Packages
> > (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_warty_universe_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> 
> Did you hit "Reload" after enabling universe?
> 
> --
> Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:52:10 +0800
> From: "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: an shell script I made for Ubuntu
> To: Ubuntu list <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <d12e5c904102603525a4e701b at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:56:58 +0000, netdur <durnet at menara.ma> wrote:
> > Hey,
> > this script should be executed in every boot, it should detect
> > partitions and mount it, I think this script is better than edit fstab
> > statically... because may people re-partition HD or change file system
> > of an partition... also this can be helpful for none-technical users,
> > this is actually my first shell script I code, so don't laugh at me if
> > you find it poor code
> 
> I'm not sure that this would be a great idea.. I could be wrong but if
> you mount a partition that has been used to "hibernate" or "suspend" a
> system, I'm pretty sure you will irreversibly corrupt that file
> system... (i'm sure I've heard that somewhere)
> If this is true, most "average" users will not be aware of that and it
> may automatically destroy their windows data..
> 
> --
> Nothing dies faster than a new idea in a closed mind.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:53:12 -0500
> From: rjl <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Evolution not filtering spam
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <rjl.1eqcpm at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> I set up universe and installed spamassassin, but evolution still does
> not seem to be filtering spam.
> 
> Evolution mail is set to "check incoming mail for spam" and to "include
> remote tests", but still no filtering.
> 
> Is there something I have to do to start spamassassin?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> rjl
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:55:47 -0500
> From: jeremy <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Floppy drive
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <jeremy.1eqd6a at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> I had to modify my fstab line to read;
> /.dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0
> (added the . before dev)
> 
> --
> jeremy
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:56:50 -0500
> From: jdong <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Floppy drive
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <jdong.1eqd6c at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> was the floppy module loaded? This shows problems with udev if the
> floppy driver's loded but not showing off.
> 
> Verify that the floppy module was loaded. If yes, file a bug.
> 
> --
> jdong
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:55:47 -0500
> From: jdong <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Proc FS Read Only?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <jdong.1eqd6b at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> better yet, echo "foo" | sudo tee /proc/blah
> 
> --
> jdong
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:08:51 +0200
> From: Erik B?gfors <Zindar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Evolution not filtering spam
> To: rjl <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Cc: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <521fb2a70410260408589639dc at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> No, but it takes time for SA to learn your mail.  So just keep hitting
> that junk-button and it will start to do it's job after a while
> 
> Better yet is if you have a saved spam-folder? Mark it all and hit "junk"
> 
> /E
> 
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:53:12 -0500, rjl <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> >
> > I set up universe and installed spamassassin, but evolution still does
> > not seem to be filtering spam.
> >
> > Evolution mail is set to "check incoming mail for spam" and to "include
> > remote tests", but still no filtering.
> >
> > Is there something I have to do to start spamassassin?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > rjl
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> >
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> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:12:51 +0300
> From: Ecmel Ercan <ecmel at ercansoy.com>
> Subject: Making inetd listen on localhost only
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <pan.2004.10.26.11.12.49.395643 at ercansoy.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using http://hotwayd.sourceforge.net/ on my Ubuntu system. It
> requires an /etc/inetd.conf entry for pop3 port 110 to function.
> 
> I also modified /etc/hosts.deny and .allow to let only localhost.
> 
> But now, port 110 is open on my system.
> 
> Is there a way to run inetd services only for localhost and keep the ports
> closed to the outside?
> 
> Regards,
> Ecmel
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:22:27 +0100
> From: Jo?o In?cio <inacio at promoloures.pt>
> Subject: Re: Firestarter from Gnome
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <417E3373.8080006 at promoloures.pt>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Thanks,
> that one was bugging me!
> 
> João Inácio
> 
> de Selby wrote:
> 
> >I recently asked a question about problems with running Firestarter
> >firewall from Gnome and the unanimous suggestion was to right click on
> >the Firestarter menu icon -> Properties -> Command: change "gksu" to
> >"gksudo". However, I found that the entry is reset back to gksu after
> >each reboot, so I thought I'd post the permanent solution here for
> >anyone who's been having trouble running Firestarter from Gnome:
> >
> >Basically, edit the file:  /usr/share/gnome/apps/Internet/firestarter.desktop
> >(you might need root privileges for this)
> >Near the bottom of this file you'll see the following line:
> >Exec=gksu /usr/sbin/firestarter
> >
> >Change this to read:
> >Exec=gksudo /usr/sbin/firestarter
> >
> >Pretty simple, but not obvious to us new linux users.
> >
> >Regards,
> >deSelby
> >
> >
> >
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:19:40 -0500
> From: drunken-wallaby <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: Evolution not filtering spam
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <drunken-wallaby.1eqe3m at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> hi there. is it somehow possible to estimate when evolution + sa start
> filtering spam mails well? i've trained sa with at least 200 spam
> mails, however only about 5 per cent of new arriving spam mails are
> marked as spam correctly. even though the mails are previously filtered
> on the server and marked with [spam: high], [spam: medium].... in the
> about field of the email.
> 
> i'm wondering because i prevously used kmail with sa and it worked way
> better and faster than evolution + sa.
> 
> Erik Bågfors Wrote:
> > No, but it takes time for SA to learn your mail.  So just keep hitting
> > that junk-button and it will start to do it's job after a while
> >
> > Better yet is if you have a saved spam-folder? Mark it all and hit
> > "junk"
> 
> --
> drunken-wallaby
> 
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