Livecd distro or alternative required

Thu Oct 5 12:40:47 UTC 2006

Hi all,

I hit a bug in the Live CD of ubuntu 6.06 LTS.

I already had a linux on my system and of course, some free space.

When I boot from the live CD, it mounts the existing swap partition on
my hard disk.

Then, if I click on install and during partitioning, if I choose to
manually edit partitions, system hangs.

My take is that system hangs cos it unmounts the swap when I choose to
manually edit partitions.

Either the live CD should not mount the existing swap or if it mounts,
it should not try to unmount it.

Regards,
Raghu

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   1. Re: Livecd distro or alternative required (maman durahman)
   2. Re: cddb/freedb for existing collections of wav files? (Ulf Rompe)
   3. Re: Remove Kubuntu and Edubuntu (Clive Menzies)
   4. Re: Where is the package manager (stude.list at googlemail.com)
   5. Re: image manipulation tool question (Eric S. Johansson)
   6. Re: Where is the package manager (Tchize)
   7. What's with GDMSETUP ? (Frank McCormick)
   8. OpenOffice2 on specified display? (Karl Auer)
   9. Re: File associations, firefox (Karl Auer)
  10. Re: Livecd distro or alternative required (ruscook)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 06:56:12 -0400
From: "maman durahman" <durahman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Livecd distro or alternative required
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
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why dont you chose linux which can install permanently in your hdd so
you can work there, save linux seting, save your file etc.

Personaly i don't like live cd. First it takes time when booting. Second
we gona loose our seting when computer turn off. third it's slow because
often access cdrom drive.

But if you like to try there are varios live cd distro include ubuntu
dapper which run live cd first before pemanently install. These are
puppy, damnsmall linux, slax, knoppix, etc.

On 05/10/06, ????? <freeninad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I am working from a hotel room and have good amount of spare time on
> weekends.
> Can anyone suggest a suitable linux live cd whereby i can work on
> linux and save documents on to my laptop and most important learn
> programming. I am on a ibm t41 laptop. I have some books from where I
> can learn programming
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:00:37 +0200
From: Ulf Rompe <Ulf.Rompe at icem.com>
Subject: Re: cddb/freedb for existing collections of wav files?
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Am Donnerstag, den 05.10.2006, 11:12 +0200 schrieb James Leifer:
> My question: Is there any tool (preferably command line) that can take

> a directory containing the complete set of tracks:
>
>    track001.wav
>    track002.wav
>    ...
>    track009.wav
>
> and perform a cddb lookup, renaming the tracks accordingly?

Maybe easytag can help you. It's gui tool, but I found it very powerful
in looking up and assigning several collections of MP3 files that I lost
track of somehow.

[x] ulf

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:40:02 +0100
From: Clive Menzies <clive at clivemenzies.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Remove Kubuntu and Edubuntu
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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On (05/10/06 14:57), Sameera Shaakunthala wrote:
>     I have installed Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Kubuntu on my box.
>     First I installed Ubuntu on /dev/hda1. Then I installed Edubuntu
on
> /dev/hda6. Finally I installed Kubuntu on /dev/hda5.
>     I think that if I format /dev/hda5, the GRUB may confused.
>     So I think that first I need to 'repair' the existing Ubuntu
> installation without losing any data. (I hope Ubuntu will overwrite
the
> GRUB to make itself default). Then I will format the other EXT3
volumes
> to remove existing other operating systems.
>     Do you have any ideas about my "genius";-) plan?
>     Please tell me how to repair Ubuntu without losing any data and
updates?
>
>     Please consider that I am new to Linux.
> I understood that I should learn one-by one. If I take all at once,
> nothing will be completely done.

If I were planning to keep Ubuntu and dispense with the other two
systems, I'd boot into Ubuntu.

$ sudo grub-install /dev/hda

then

$sudo update-grub (this may be superfluous)

Check the menu.lst:

$ less /boot/grub/menu.lst

and make sure the Ubuntu system is the default.

reboot to check and then deal with the remaining partitions as planned.

Regards

Clive

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:51:08 +0100
From: stude.list at googlemail.com
Subject: Re: Where is the package manager
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Hi

On 05/10/06, Tchize <tchize at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> > Synaptic Package Manager
> >
> >
> Thanks, i forgot a part of sentence. I found synaptic, but it doesn't
> show in gnome application menu, i have to run gksudo synaptic
manually.
Should be there, its under the System menu.
System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:01:25 -0400
From: "Eric S. Johansson" <esj at harvee.org>
Subject: Re: image manipulation tool question
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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Chanchao wrote:

> GThumb.

hmmm. does it hurt when you hit it with a GHammer ?
>
>> She's tried gimp and run away screaming. 
>
> Smart woman. Keeper. :)

probably.  Kept her so far for 26 years.  Although, when I turned 50, I
told her I wanted either a mistress or a motor scooter.  So far all but
two people recommend the motorscooter.  After all, it's far safer, more
consistent ride, can be ignored for months and it will still be there,
can be started easily and is ready to go in minutes.  You can even ride
another scooter and not hurt anyone's feelings.

Yes, a scooter (Suzuki Burgman 400) is definitely in my future.

>> Any  suggestions of what picture applications would be friendly
>  > for a magic  user?
>
> GThumb.  Note that for some reason...

that is curious but should be okay in this context.

>> Additionally, are there any tools one could use to perform a
>> batch conversion on a set of images. 
>
> Yes, GThumb.   Let me know when I get repetitive. :) 

hey, it's no worse than myself when people simply mention anti-spam and
I start going on about proof of work systems.  Worse yet, I pull out the

mathematics behind proof for work systems and adoption rates.  or when
talking about really simple web frameworks and I start talking about
Akasha.

Boy oh boy, do the eyeballs glaze.  Then when I mention I could use some

help, they head for the doors.

> Gthumb.  And it'll even generate the web page for you!!!!!!!

can I make it use a Akasha format instead of HTML?  (see, what did I
tell you)

> Gimme a G, gimme a T, gimme a U....   etc.

how are you at Python and do you have any spare time?  :-)

Seriously, I'll have to take the suggestions I've been given, set them
up for her and stand back.  ever since the infamous "what do you mean
you can't spell Emacs" incident from the spring of 91, I'm very careful
about when to offer help.

---eric

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:06:43 +0200
From: Tchize <tchize at myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Where is the package manager
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
	<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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stude.list at googlemail.com a ?crit :
> Hi
>
> On 05/10/06, Tchize <tchize at myrealbox.com> wrote:
>  
>>> Synaptic Package Manager
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>> Thanks, i forgot a part of sentence. I found synaptic, but it doesn't
>> show in gnome application menu, i have to run gksudo synaptic
manually.
>>    
> Should be there, its under the System menu.
> System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
>
>  

Nope, i only have devices, printing, screens, network and system logs,
no package manager (note, those names might not be exactly the correct
one, it's French version here)

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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:22:03 -0400
From: Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca>
Subject: What's with GDMSETUP ?
To: ubuntu <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Message-ID: <20061005082203.d516fb43.fmccormick at videotron.ca>
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My Edgy system is almost back to normal...save for the following
problem.
This is the output of sudo gdmsetup in a terminal:

Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 2 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 3 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 4 of 5.
  Failed to connect to socket, sleep 1 second and retry
  Trying failed command again.  Try 5 of 5.
  Command failed 5 times, aborting.
Could not access GDM configuration file.

Anybody have any solutions ? I don't think it's a bug as it started
after I used BUM once to check services. I think BUM crashed and it may
have taken something
with it.

Cheers

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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:20:36 +1000
From: Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>
Subject: OpenOffice2 on specified display?
To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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This is a bit esoteric, but maybe someone has an answer :-)

I have a dual head system (two desktops, not Xinerama). I can start an
OpenOffice application on either desktop by either setting the DISPLAY
variable or using the "-display" option to ooffice2.

BUT: Once one OpenOffice2 window is open, all subsequent windows will
open on the same display. OpenOffice2 seems to pay no further attention
to the DISPLAY variable or to the "-display" command line option. I've
been through all the configurable options I can find in OpenOffice, no
joy.

Does anyone know how I can have one OpenOffice2 window on one display
and another window on another display?

Regards, K.

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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:24:53 +1000
From: Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>
Subject: Re: File associations, firefox
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
	<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 03:19 +1000, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > Yeeees - except that I still can't delete anything and (much more
> > importantly) I still can't ADD anything! I want Firefox to
> > run /usr/bin/javaws when I click on a file with a ".jnlp" extension.
>
> Erm - are we on the same page? "Download Actions - Remove Action -
Change
> Action "

Yes, we are on the same page. Try it - can you add a new item to the
list displayed? If you can, please tell me how, click by click, because
if it IS possible, it is highly non-obvious to me.

During my experimentation I change the setting for PDF from "use this
plugin/AcroRead 7.0" to "run this program/acroread", and now PDF is not
in the list any more - and I have no way to add it.

> to get a choice is to delete all the options - then whenever you click
on
> something you should get a choice, and be able to specify what you
want.

The choices I get are download and open with. That's it. No plugins on
offer.

> This is a bit of a pain though.  You can try it with a new profile of
FF
> so that you don't break anything important:

That's a good tip, thanks.

> observation. I will note your name, and ensure that I make no attempt
to
> answer your questions in future ;-P

Now now, there WAS a smiley :-)

Regards, K.

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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:27:10 +1000
From: ruscook <ruscook_oz at yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: Livecd distro or alternative required
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general discussions"
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Have a look at Puppy. It is a less than <70MB distro that can boot from
USB stick or CD and save data to the USB stick (or multi session CD).
Also at only 70MB it will load into RAM and therefore run reasonably
fast for a live CD style distro.

 On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 05:50 -0400, ????? wrote:

> Hi
> I am working from a hotel room and have good amount of spare time on
> weekends.
> Can anyone suggest a suitable linux live cd whereby i can work on
> linux and save documents on to my laptop and most important
> learn programming. I am on a ibm t41 laptop. I have some books from
> where I can learn programming
>
> any other alternative similar to livecd also will be useful
>
> Ninad

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