ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 270
zhihang wang
zhihang.wang at gmail.com
Sat Jun 17 13:26:27 UTC 2006
My graph card is ati x200M
and the x server failed when I install ubuntu on my notebook.
the error message is:
failed to start the x server(your graphical interface)
It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the xx
server output to diagonse the problem?
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> 1. help about xserver (zhihang wang)
> 2. Re: sources.list for debian sid source code (Cameron Hutchison)
> 3. Re: setting proxy for apt-get (kokimunchter)
> 4. Re: subseven? (Waleed Harbi)
> 5. Re: help about xserver (Waleed Harbi)
> 6. What eats battery power? (Harold Johnson)
> 7. Re: Website design : what to use ? (Adriano Varoli Piazza)
> 8. Re: Website design : what to use ? (Adriano Varoli Piazza)
> 9. Re: Website design : what to use ? (OOzy Pal)
> 10. Re: What eats battery power? (loell)
> 11. Re: What eats battery power? (x64Jimbo)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:26:16 +0800
> From: "zhihang wang" <zhihang.wang at gmail.com>
> Subject: help about xserver
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> When I install the ubuntu to my notebook, I can't install the xserver. My
> xserver version is 6.8.2. My video card is ati x200M and my notebook is
> ASUS
> a6716cr-dr.
> Would anyone help me?
>
> --
> Best Regards
> zhihang wang
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> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:33:06 +1000
> From: Cameron Hutchison <camh at xdna.net>
> Subject: Re: sources.list for debian sid source code
> To: ben at cvrse.com, Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1150518786.0 at imladris>
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> ben wrote:
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> >Cameron Hutchison <lists at xdna.net> wrote:
>
> >> I'm trying to figure out how to set up my /etc/apt/sources.list so
> >> that I can add a deb-src line for Debian unstable. But I only want to
> >> fetch sources from that source when explicitly specified.
> >>
> >> So if I do an
> >> $ apt-get source foo
> >> it should pull the sources for foo from dapper sources (as I currently
> >> habe it set up).
> >>
> >> I'd like to do
> >> $ apt-get source xterm/sid
> >> or something like that to get the sources for xterm from Debian sid.
> >>
> >> I want to be able to selectively backport sources from debian
> >> unstable. At the moment I only need to do this with xterm (xterm-208
> >> in dapper has a bug that affects me that was fixed in xterm-210) -
> >> and I understand the potential problems that may arise given that
> >> Ubuntu is not Debian.
> >>
>
> >sudo apt-get source -t sid xterm
>
> That does it, after adding:
> APT::Default-Release "dapper";
> to my /etc/apt/apt.conf and the deb-src line to my sources.list
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:51:00 +0100
> From: kokimunchter <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: setting proxy for apt-get
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <kokimunchter.29j5m0 at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
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>
> just wanted to say thanks for taking some time, this one helped me :p
>
>
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> kokimunchter
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:20:59 +0300
> From: "Waleed Harbi" <waleed.harbi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: subseven?
> To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> install rkhunter via single mode though Grub you will not need root
> password.
> but i think the old version from sub7 works only on windows i don't know
> about the new version.
>
> On 6/16/06, loell <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > i see, i stand corrected :)
> >
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:05:45 +0300
> From: "Waleed Harbi" <waleed.harbi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: help about xserver
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> which Ubuntu you try to install?
> and first use Live CD for Ubuntu to test your hardware, as i know ATI it
> should works.
>
> On 6/17/06, zhihang wang <zhihang.wang at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I install the ubuntu to my notebook, I can't install the xserver.
> My
> > xserver version is 6.8.2. My video card is ati x200M and my notebook is
> > ASUS a6716cr-dr.
> > Would anyone help me?
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> > zhihang wang
> >
> > --
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> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
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> >
> >
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> --
> :.Best Regards
> --------------------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:40:46 -0700
> From: "Harold Johnson" <harold.johnson at gmail.com>
> Subject: What eats battery power?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering which apps and processes typically eat up laptop battery
> power. (I'm sure this doesn't make a difference, but I'm running
> Xubuntu a Mac PowerBook G3.) I'm running a very old machine, and it
> probably wouln't run multimedia very well anyway, so I'm thinking of
> staying away from that type of stuff altogether. The Internet,
> however, is something I can't keep away from, even though I know that
> wireless connections burn battery power fairly well. Browsers don't,
> though, do they? Or *do* they? I haven't installed Flash in Firefox
> yet, for this very reason; I suspect Flash would eat up my battery
> fairly quickly. I've even switched my Gmail view to basic HTML,
> hoping this might save battery power.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Harold
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:56:26 +0200
> From: "Adriano Varoli Piazza" <moranar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Website design : what to use ?
> To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 2006/6/17, Tobias Baldauf <robin.goodfellow at gmx.net>:
> > > Vim or Emacs anyone? :D
> >
> > omg ... Virulent-Instant-Messmaker ... ;-)
> >
> > Seriously, VI/M is not from this planet! If it wasn't for things like
> Since it only took me a few days to learn to use it, I call. It's not
> that it's unbearable, it's just that sane defaults aren't set by
> Ubuntu. With just three or four options in your .vimrc, vim stops
> being frustrating.
>
> Honestly, I know that it's shipped this way because it's more
> portable, but when Ubuntu aims squarely at desktop users and takes
> pride on polish and usability, it makes no sense to leave Vim as it
> is. Mandriva provided a much better default.
>
> After you've configured vim, it becomes a great tool to code in, with
> stuff like excellent indenting, tag and word colorization (programming
> in C is so easy now), many clipboards and multiple windows. Nice.
> --
> Adriano Varoli Piazza
> The Inside Out: http://moranar.com.ar
> ICQ: 4410132
> MSN: moranar at gmail.com
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:04:12 +0200
> From: "Adriano Varoli Piazza" <moranar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Website design : what to use ?
> To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID:
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> To further push vim, here's my .vimrc:
> -------------------------------
> "Place your systemwide modification here.
> "/usr/share/vim/ files will be overwritten on update
>
> source /usr/share/vim/vimrc
> " 4 space indent
> set sts=4
> set shiftwidth=4
>
> " colorset for the terminal
> :colorscheme evening
> set hlsearch
>
> if !exists("syntax_on")
> syntax on
> endif
> :set nu!
> let c_comment_strings=1
>
> set mousehide
>
> set ch=2
>
> "line numbers
> set nu!
>
> "Indent css files.
> autocmd FileType css set smartindent
>
> ------------------
> Enjoy
> --
> Adriano Varoli Piazza
> The Inside Out: http://moranar.com.ar
> ICQ: 4410132
> MSN: moranar at gmail.com
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:18:22 +0300
> From: "OOzy Pal" <oozypal at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Website design : what to use ?
> To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 6/17/06, Adriano Varoli Piazza <moranar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > To further push vim, here's my .vimrc:
> > -------------------------------
> > "Place your systemwide modification here.
> > "/usr/share/vim/ files will be overwritten on update
> >
> > source /usr/share/vim/vimrc
> > " 4 space indent
> > set sts=4
> > set shiftwidth=4
> >
> > " colorset for the terminal
> > :colorscheme evening
> > set hlsearch
> >
> > if !exists("syntax_on")
> > syntax on
> > endif
> > :set nu!
> > let c_comment_strings=1
> >
> > set mousehide
> >
> > set ch=2
> >
> > "line numbers
> > set nu!
> >
> > "Indent css files.
> > autocmd FileType css set smartindent
> >
> > ------------------
> > Enjoy
> > --
> > Adriano Varoli Piazza
> > The Inside Out: http://moranar.com.ar
> > ICQ: 4410132
> > MSN: moranar at gmail.com
> >
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>
> The original post is also a concern for me. Currently, I am using
> Qunata. But really, every question I have seen similar to the original
> post gets a vi as an answer. Is vi that popular?
>
> Can someone educate me about vi and vim and the difference between
> them. Is there a nice tutorial for vi/vim
>
> --
> OOzy
> Kubuntu-Dapper
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:12:58 +0100
> From: loell <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: What eats battery power?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <loell.29jc3b at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
>
>
> i think all apps that moves in the screen somehow eats battery power..
>
>
> --
> loell
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:14:20 +0100
> From: x64Jimbo <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
> Subject: Re: What eats battery power?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <x64Jimbo.29jc3b at gs1.ubuntuforums.org>
>
>
> This might seem intuitive, but have you tried turning down the
> brightness on your screen? I find that to be the biggest battery hog
> for me. Also, programs that access the hard disk are quite battery
> hungry. You should make sure you turn off caching in firefox and that
> will decrease writes to the hdd. With your wireless card, you should
> try finding a way to turn down your transmission rate/range if you
> don't need it. You can get by quite well on a 2Mb connection if you're
> just surfing.
>
>
> --
> x64Jimbo
>
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