ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 46, Issue 77
Nicolae Ghimbovschi
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Fri Jun 6 10:56:55 UTC 2008
I think that this depends on the web page design.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Kelly Alford <alford_kell at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am having a very difficult time understanding. I am very new to Ubuntu.
> does anybody know how I can make the web pages fit my screen? My monitor is
> a 22 inch lcd! In plain english?
>
> --- On Fri, 6/6/08, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:19 AM
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. using a launcher to run a script (marc jackson)
> 2. Re: Eee PC os install advice (Dave Hall)
> 3. amaya: When I try to start Amaya the program closes itself
> after 1 second (gian)
> 4. upstart: no equivalent to 'init q' (jasen)
> 5. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS installation on ServerWorks failed to read
> CD-ROM (John Mok)
> 6. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS installation on ServerWorks failed to read
> CD-ROM (John Mok)
> 7. Ubuntu and 3ds max (sandrs)
> 8. alacarte
> (ike)
> 9. help (ghan ghan)
> 10. Regression: Since the last update the USB mouse is
> deactivated after resume (from suspend) (Roland Lezuo)
> 11. Re: Web GUI for server administration (Onno Benschop)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:36:46 +0000
> From: marc jackson <dechon at hotmail.com>
> Subject: using a launcher to run a script
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <BLU110-W28F784573BBF4BA222A936C4BA0 at phx.gbl>
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>
> I'm trying to run a shell script on 7.04 & 7.10.
>
> The script is kept in /etc/init.d. Let's call it foo.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/foo stop
>
> rm -rf /var/tmp/*
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/foo start
>
> # end of script
>
> This script runs fine from the command line. It doesn't from a launcher.
> Yes,
> I've told it to run in a terminal.
>
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:15:47 +1000
> From: Dave Hall <ubuntu at skwashd.com>
> Subject: Re: Eee PC os install advice
> To: James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>, ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <1212538547.20751.23.camel at noby>
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> On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 09:31 +1000, James Takac wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> Currently I have gutsy on both the internal 4gig drive and on a 16gig
> flash
>> drive. I'm looking at scrubbing gutsy from the internal and installing
>
>> something else as I mainly boot from the flash drive at the moment.
> I'm
>> guessing that will require some changes to my grub file on my part so the
>> flash drive wont throw up errors when gutsy ain't there on the 4gig
> drive?
>> Would I be better off scrubbing the lines relating to the internal drive
> and
>> installing on it and then just using the bios to switch between internal
> and
>> external boots? Would rather the dual boot facility. How much work would
> that
>> entail? I'm guessing likely not that hard just not used to this my end
> as of
>> yet
>
> I installed eeexubuntu on my partner's eee pc. It was the best
> solution
> I could find. She has since left it out in the rain and it aint working
> so well atm. I will leave that story for another day.
>
> You can do the manual BIOS hack, or you can just leave /boot and MBR
> intact on the SSD and just remove the entries for the SSD. I personally
> found using SSD for the OS and the SD card for /home and some other
> mount points great - except when the thing went to sleep and woke up and
> would allocate a new block device for ?the SD card.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> PS Cross posting probably isn't the best approach getting a good
> response from people.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:35:30 +0200
> From: gian <progjava2 at yahoo.it>
> Subject: amaya: When I try to start Amaya the program closes itself
> after 1 second
> To: Ubuntu Bug Tracking System <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID:
> <20080604033530.9148.12202.reportbug at gian-laptop>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Package: amaya
> Version: 9.55~dfsg.0-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Amaya is unusable because it ends as soon as you try to open
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers hardy-updates
> APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'),
> (500, 'hardy')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages amaya depends on:
> ii amaya-data 9.55~dfsg.0-1 Web Browser, HTML Editor and
> Testb
> ii libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii libexpat1 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 XML parsing C library - runtime
> li
> ii libfreetype6
> 2.3.5-1ubuntu4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
> ii libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7 GCC support library
> ii libgl1-mesa-glx 7.0.3~rc2-1ubuntu3 A free implementation of the
> OpenG
> ii libglu1-mesa [li 7.0.3~rc2-1ubuntu3 The OpenGL utility library
> (GLU)
> ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's
> JPEG
> ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-3 PNG library - runtime
> ii libraptor1 1.4.16-1 Raptor RDF parser and
> serializer l
> ii libstdc++6 4.2.3-2ubuntu7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii libwww-ssl0 5.4.0-11build2 The W3C-WWW library (SSL
> support)
> ii libwxbase2.6-0 2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4 wxBase library (runtime) -
> non-GUI
> ii libwxgtk2.6-0 2.6.3.2.2-2ubuntu4 wxWidgets Cross-platform C++
> GUI t
> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-7ubuntu1 compression library - runtime
>
> Versions of packages
> amaya recommends:
> pn amaya-doc <none> (no description available)
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:08:51 +1200 (NZST)
> From: jasen at nikita.treshna.com (jasen)
> Subject: upstart: no equivalent to 'init q'
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20080604040851.1F53B471CF6 at nikita.treshna.com>
>
>
> Package: upstart
> Version: 0.3.9-2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> no obvious way to make upstart re-read and retry /etc/event.d entries
> sysvinit does something similar with `telinit q`
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers hardy-updates
> APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'),
> (500, 'hardy')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8
> (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages upstart depends on:
> ii libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii sysvutils 2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45 System-V-like utilities
>
> Versions of packages upstart recommends:
> ii startup-tasks 0.3.9-2 definitions of essential tasks
> to
> ii system-services 0.3.9-2 definitions of essential system
> se
> ii upstart-compat-sysv 0.3.9-2 compatibility for System-V-like
> in
> ii upstart-logd 0.3.9-2 boot logging daemon
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:34:03 +0800
> From: John Mok <john at sml.citizen.co.jp>
> Subject: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS installation on ServerWorks failed to read
> CD-ROM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> <4846375B.7060900 at sml.citizen.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install 8.04 LTS server on Tyan S2518 motherboard :-
>
> - ServerWorks ServerSet III LE chipset
> - Dual PIII CPU 1.26 GHz
> - 3 GB RAM
> - IDE CD-ROM
>
> The installation continued without problems, until the steps of reading
> installer components from CD-ROM. The installation stopped and prompted
> an error of "failing to read from CD-ROM....". I tried the options to
>
> disable ACPI and the problem remained the same.
>
> The installation process of 6.02.2 LTS server on the same server
> completed without any problem. Can anyone advise what went wrong and how
> I can install 8.04 LTS server successfully?
>
> Thank you, John Mok
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:34:45 +0800
> From: John Mok
> <john at sml.citizen.co.jp>
> Subject: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS installation on ServerWorks failed to read
> CD-ROM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <48463785.50207 at sml.citizen.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install 8.04 LTS server on Tyan S2518 motherboard :-
>
> - ServerWorks ServerSet III LE chipset
> - Dual PIII CPU 1.26 GHz
> - 3 GB RAM
> - IDE CD-ROM
>
> The installation continued without problems, until the steps of reading
> installer components from CD-ROM. The installation stopped and prompted
> an error of "failing to read from CD-ROM....". I tried the options to
>
> disable ACPI and the problem remained the same.
>
> The installation process of 6.02.2 LTS server on the same server
> completed without any problem. Can anyone advise what went wrong and how
> I can install 8.04 LTS server successfully?
>
> Thank you, John
> Mok
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:00:33 +0300
> From: "sandrs" <sandrsi at mail.ru>
> Subject: Ubuntu and 3ds max
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <900EF7A741DC4AF6BE9E8B0E427D5B1D at sandrs>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r"
>
>
> Hello
> During the last 4 years I have worked with 3ds max (on windows). But I want
> to
> use OS Linux (Ubuntu). However I can't do it. Becous 3ds max is
> incompatible with Linux. I have a lot of friends who work with 3ds max and
> want
> also to work in Linux.
>
> May be new Ubuntu 8.04 and 3ds max compatible now? Or when you project this?
> And do you project it generally?
> Or please give me a note to read about it.
>
> Best
> Alexander
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:08:32 +0100
> From: "ike" <bryan19574 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: alacarte
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <BLU110-DS45DC08E48EC7BFCDEC60697B50 at phx.gbl>
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>
> hi,
>
> I just installed ubuntu 8.04 but when I tried to launch alacarte in order to
> modify my main menu preferences, it does not respond. I logged in as root
> and tried again but it failed to open. I got a message indicating a crash.
> please how do I resolve the issue.
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:33:45 +0200
> From: "ghan ghan" <amachahoo at gmail.com>
> Subject:
> help
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID:
> <54054d20806041833vca3d408n21c3923334b75c8d at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> sir;
> I have received a free cd from you (ubuntu 8.04 desktop edition) thank
> you for that. so after the installation it show this message in the
> monitore "out of range h: 74,6khz v: 59hz". please help me to resolve
> the probleme else how can I use ubuntu.
> thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:13:17 +0200
> From: Roland Lezuo <roland.lezuo at chello.at>
> Subject: Regression: Since the last update the USB mouse is
> deactivated after resume (from suspend)
> To: Ubuntu Bug Tracking System <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <20080605071317.6611.21639.reportbug at balkon>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Package:
> linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic
> Version: 2.6.24-18.32
> Severity: normal
>
>
> This system always work fine with many suspend/resume cycles. But since the
> last update
> after the system woke up from suspend (if it even does, it sometimes
> crashes)
> the USB mouse
> is deactivated (it does not turn on it's lights). In addition the whole
> system feels
> slugish.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers hardy-updates
> APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'),
> (500, 'hardy')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic depends on:
> ii coreutils [fileutils] 6.10-3ubuntu2 The GNU core utilities
> ii dpkg 1.14.16.6ubuntu3 package maintenance system
> for Deb
> ii initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu36 tools for generating an
> initramfs
> ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu5 tools for managing Linux kernel
> mo
>
> Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic recommends:
> ii grub 0.97-29ubuntu21 GRand Unified Bootloader
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:38:05 +0800
> From: Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au>
> Subject: Re: Web GUI for server administration
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <484797DD.6080701 at itmaze.com.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On 29/05/08 06:33, Onno Benschop wrote:
>> I'm a member of the Ubuntu Server team and I'll raise this issue
> at our
>> next weekly meeting (we just had our meeting 30 minutes
> ago).
>>
>> If there are specific concerns that you wish to raise, can you please
>> email me with the concern and a reference and I'll endeavour to put
>> together a statement which I'll post here before I take it to the
> Ubuntu
>> Server team
> This issue was raised in today's ubuntu-server meeting.
>
> The discussion was fruitful in that a number of items were discussed:
>
> 1. Webmin is a tool that works, but it has the capacity for shooting
> yourself in the foot. It is very powerful, but the user base for a
> web GUI is generally not the same as a low-level administrator,
> which means that while it's fine for an experienced administrator,
> it's not too careful to protect others. It's options are very
> detailed and require lots of skill with little or no way to
> recover from mistakes.
> 2. eBox is a tool that has a higher level view of administration
>
> tasks. It was acknowledged that it is still not feature complete,
> but many essential tasks can be accomplished today. Further
> development by the ubuntu-server team and others is already under
> way. It was suggested that eBox is more of a Ubuntu-like tool.
> 3. A side by side comparison has not been made to date and a simple
> summary does not yet exist to our knowledge. Some team members
> expressed interest in furthering that.
> 4. A Debian package is distributed from the webmin site, but you
> should be aware that it is *not* a Ubuntu package and it will and
> cannot be supported.
> 5. Debian's webmin maintainer asked to remove the packages back in
> December of 2005 and it was removed from Debian unstable in
> January 2006. It was last published in Ubuntu as version 1.230-1
> in Dapper in December 2005.
>
> I am personally not aware of any discussions that were
> had about webmin
> vs. eBox, but I'm confident that at some level they were had. While the
> ubuntu-server team existed during that time, I believe that it only
> became active when Canonical hired a bunch of developers a year ago and
> became responsible for a server product.
>
>
> This won't answer all your questions, but I hope it provides some
> background to your discussions and considerations.
>
> Personally I would encourage you to investigate eBox and to log any bugs
> for missing or faulty functionality. If you are a developer, please feel
> free to submit patches.
>
> Note that due to the high level of traffic on this list, I am no longer
> subscribed. Please CC me if you require any response. I'll endeavour to
> monitor this particular thread for the next week.
>
> --
> Onno Benschop
>
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