ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 12, Issue 240

Yusuf Maulana linux.geek77 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 24 14:35:48 UTC 2005


On 8/24/05, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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>    1. Re: Tranferring vinyl records to dvd (Duncan Anderson)
>    2. Re: NVidia binary driver for card unsupported in current
>       driver (Henning Kilset Pedersen)
>    3. Re: Ubuntu Installer Test Report: To Whom (Ali Milis)
>    4. Re: Karamba on Gnome? (Steve Torrefranca)
>    5. Re: NVidia binary driver for card unsupported in current
>       driver (tseliot)
>    6. Re: Ubuntu Installer Test Report: To Whom (Vincent Trouilliez)
>    7. Re: Crashing with Dell (Matthias Heiler)
>    8. PHP4 - (Celson Aquino)
>    9. Java in PPC Ubuntu (Luca Ceccarelli)
>   10. Working Firefox Flash Plugin in Ubuntu PPC (Luca Ceccarelli)
>   11. Re: PHP4 - (garfield_berlin at gmx.de)
>   12. USB scanner (John French)
>   13. Re: /etc/ permissions (ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:33:40 +0200
> From: Duncan Anderson <duncangareth at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Tranferring vinyl records to dvd
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <430C30E4.60507 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Totzo wrote:
> 
> >try using audacity, it's the best open source sound editing prog I've
> >come across.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Another program that works very well is gramofile. You need something
> else to edit the WAV files though, such as gnoise, and then you have to
> encode them to ogg or mp3, but that's a different subject. I use
> gramofile a lot. Audacity is cool, but sometimes the elegant simplicity
> of gramofile speeds things up for me. (Life is too short for all that
> mouse-clicking)
> 
> cheers
> Duncan
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:15:37 +0200
> From: Henning Kilset Pedersen <henning at mopo.no>
> Subject: Re: NVidia binary driver for card unsupported in current
>         driver
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1124874937.12840.1.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> man, 22,.08.2005 kl. 06.08 -0400, skrev volvoguy:
> > On 8/22/05, codejunkie <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> >
> > > you need to install the build-essential package and the linux-headers
> > > package for your kernel for the nvidia installer to work.
> >
> > Yep. I've already mentioned comparing different versions of gcc
> > installed, so I have the build-essentials and appropriate kernel
> > headers installed.
> 
> You might wish to do
> 
>  # export CC=gcc-3.4
> 
> instead of the symlinking you have done previously. I think it changes
> more stuff in the build environment than just gcc itself (automake etc).
> 
> I can't really see any *real* errors in the build log from the driver,
> so can't help much there.
> 
> Regards,
> Henning Pedersen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:21:39 +0700
> From: Ali Milis <almilis at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Installer Test Report: To Whom
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Cc: debian-boot at lists.debian.org
> Message-ID: <3613560050824022171e29192 at mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> >> May I know where to report Ubuntu Installer test?
> > If you tested the Breezy Colony #3 installer, then you will be
> > welcome on the 'devel' mailing list, where we were explicitly
> > asked for feedback.
> 
> Thank you. I was not aware of the Colony series.
> They do not come with jigdo files like the daily ones?
> 
> BTW: to where should I report the problems of the debian-installer
> itself (eg. typos): ubuntu-devel or debian-boot?
> 
> regards,
> 
> --
>  Ali Milis.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:24:34 +0800
> From: Steve Torrefranca <javacide at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Karamba on Gnome?
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <9f7cb73a050824022461bf6f5c at mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> i have kubuntu and compiled superkaramba (0.37-RC1) and installed
> stable version of liquid weather theme.   superkaramba eats up 40%-80%
> or my cpu.  anyone experiencing this problem?  is it because of my
> theme or superkaramba itself?
> 
> thanks
> 
> steve
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:34:48 -0400
> From: tseliot <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: NVidia binary driver for card unsupported in current
>         driver
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <tseliot.1u9ikm at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> 
> 
> You can try my HOWTO. But REMEMBER to use the right driver for your card
> instead of the one recommended in my guide:
> 
> 
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=57368
> 
> 
> --
> tseliot
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:47:37 +0200
> From: Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Installer Test Report: To Whom
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <1124876858.6514.5.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> > Thank you. I was not aware of the Colony series.
> 
> He ? Colony 3 was just released... so that's what the devs are most
> interested in currently I think ! ;o)
> 
> > They do not come with jigdo files like the daily ones?
> 
> No idea, I don't know what jigdo files are.
> 
> > BTW: to where should I report the problems of the debian-installer
> > itself (eg. typos): ubuntu-devel or debian-boot?
> 
> If you are not testing Colony #3, then don't send a report on the devel
> list, simply use bugzilla to file all the problems/bugs you found (if
> they aren't already filed of course).
> 
> 
> --
> Vince
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: 24 Aug 2005 11:49:37 +0200
> From: Matthias Heiler <heiler at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: Crashing with Dell
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <36wpss3mzpq.fsf at hundertwasser.ti.uni-mannheim.de>
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> 
> Matt Patterson <matt at v8zman.com> writes:
> 
> > Hard lockups are generally a hardware issue. Turn off graphics
> > acceleration (and if you are using the nvidia binary drivers also
> > disable the agp support). The ram is a good place to look as well, try
> > running the memtest feature that is on the boot menu. I always start
> > by pulling all unimportant cards (that includes pulling all but one
> > memory stick) and all unimportant accessories and then seeing if I can
> > reproduce the problem. Also see if there is a way you can cause the
> > problem to occur regularly, like starting and stopping glxgears, or
> > running the bonnie++ hard disk and io tests.
> 
> Just want to let you know that I had tried that (doing much IO, doing
> graphics, changing graphics drivers and acceleration modes) with my
> D610 and did not succeed making the problem appear deterministically.
> 
> Since Win works perfectly, I guess it's a strange timing/scheduling
> error in the kernel.  The fact that moving from 2.6.10 to 2.6.12
> improved the situation seems to confirm that.  (Note that the D610 has
> a relatively new chip set and it's not unlikely that the kernel guys
> have still some bugs sitting in their code.)
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no idea how one would debug such a problem: When
> the machine locks, it locks completely.  No kernel messages, no error
> screen, no ssh.  It's dead.
> 
> Yours,
> 
>   Matthias
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:11:02 +0000
> From: Celson Aquino <celson.aquino at gmail.com>
> Subject: PHP4 -
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <b303b5c050824031113c62d02 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> I use a tool developed in PHP4 and when I try to restore a backup (a
> zip file) I see the following error:
> 
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: zip_open() in
> /home/celson/web/scriptcase/devel/lib/php/functions.inc.php on line
> 1422
> 
> Developer says I need PHP4 with an extension called zziplib.
> 
> What do I do? It appears Ubuntu Linux does not have this extension
> available to PHP4.
> 
> --
> Celson Aquino
> http://braziliancoder.multiply.com
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:29:19 +0200
> From: Luca Ceccarelli <l.ceccarelli at tiscali.it>
> Subject: Java in PPC Ubuntu
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <430C4BFF.4080601 at tiscali.it>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Hi all :-)
> 
> Has someone figured how to get a java plugin for Firefox in Ubuntu PPC?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Luca.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:35:28 +0200
> From: Luca Ceccarelli <l.ceccarelli at tiscali.it>
> Subject: Working Firefox Flash Plugin in Ubuntu PPC
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <430C4D70.2010305 at tiscali.it>
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I tried to install several flash plugins for Firefox via Synaptic
> (Ubuntu PPC) but no luck.
> 
> The flashplugin crashes Firefox after a short time, while gplflash only
> produces black boxes where Flash movies are.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> Luca.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:39:09 +0200
> From: garfield_berlin at gmx.de
> Subject: Re: PHP4 -
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <430C4E4D.1010701 at gmx.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Celson Aquino schrieb:
> > What do I do? It appears Ubuntu Linux does not have this extension
> > available to PHP4.
> 
> There is a package called zziplib-bin available in Universe. Have you
> tried using that?
> 
> Dario.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:24:22 +0100
> From: John French <cjf at tow.org.uk>
> Subject: USB scanner
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <430C4AD6.2080209 at tow.org.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Where can I find some advice on how to manage my Epson 4870 USB scanner?
> 
> As a user, I don't seem to have permission to use it, although I am
> listed in the "scanner" group.  I would like to adjust its permissions,
> but I can't identify it in /dev, and I am told udev doesn't deal with
> scanners.
> 
> I found the advice to run "mknod /dev/usbscanner c 180 48" in a
> magazine, which did generate /usbscanner, but it's gone again after a
> reboot. What would make it stick?
> 
> John French
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:54:10 +0300
> From: "ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY" <zamb at saudi.net.sa>
> Subject: Re: /etc/ permissions
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1124884450.11788.9.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:28 +0800, Charles Yao wrote:
> > im trying to add i855crt to /etc/ and i855crt to /usr/local/sbin/ but
> > ubuntu will not let me saying i do not have eough permissions. how can
> > i change the permissions on my file system? it keeps saying that i am
> > not the owner and therefore cannot change permissions.
> >
> What are you trying to do exactly?  Doing something wrong in "/etc" or
> "/usr" might render your system useless or even worse, vulnerable to
> security risks!
> 
> In general in Linux/BSD/Unix, only "root" (also known as "super user")
> can change system files (like those in "/etc" and "/usr").  If you still
> want to change those files despite the security risks involved, you
> could use "sudo" and supply your password.
> 
> Example: say you want to copy a file named "my_file" from the current
> directory to "/etc", you would run:
>         sudo cp my_file /etc
> and when asked for a password, enter your own password (the one you use
> to login to Ubuntu).
> 
> If you need any more inquiries or information, just ask here again, and
> we'll be glad to help.
> Ziyad.
> 
> 
> 
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