ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 46, Issue 194
arun singh
arun.arwachin at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 01:41:35 UTC 2008
11)..Installtion of compiz-fusion+ Identification of drives
>>Arun asks about compiz fusion
Hi i am trying to install the compiz fusion but unable to do it.......
please guide me how can i install it....Step by step procedure......
>>Regarding Hard disk
My windows installation drives(NTFS partitions) are not being identified by
Linux partitions.I cant resolve the issue .please educate me ont this topic.
waiting for ur Solutions
Arun k. Singh
Computing systems UG student
Ping me :arun.arwachin at hotmail.com
Ring me :00-91-9873-465-526
Thanx
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> 1. Re: Forget Hardy (Mario Vukelic)
> 2. Re: What's happening on ubuntu-users , and why it's normal
> (Thilo Six)
> 3. Re: Forget Hardy (Karl Larsen)
> 4. Ubuntu Gaming/Vista Partition (Joel)
> 5. Re: Vista (running ubuntu) (Nils Kassube)
> 6. Re: How to be helpful (Gilles Gravier)
> 7. Re: Ubuntu Gaming/Vista Partition (Jonathan Hirschman)
> 8. [Resolved] Re: urgent+ubuntu 8.04 desktop+post installation
> trouble (NoOp)
> 9. Re: Forget Hardy (Karl Larsen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:49:12 +0200
> From: Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>
> Subject: Re: Forget Hardy
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1213296552.6728.44.camel at chronic.localdomain>
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> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 11:04 +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> >
> > i want my mother (or yours if she does use ubuntu) to be able to get
> > support on this list if she doesnt get along with ubuntu.
> >
> > ask yourself if she would understand the tech slang if you answer
> > somebodies mail ...
>
> Oliver, with all respect, if you read the list (which you probably do
> from time to time) you will know that this whole complaint is largely
> pulled from thin air.
>
> Non-obnoxious people practicall always get treated with a lot of respect
> even if they barely mention their actual problem, post in HTML color
> choices that are very hard to read, and so on. And even Karl has been
> accommodated as long as possible.
>
> I would appreciate if you would speak an open and kind word with him,
> too, because frankly, he's 90% of the problem and I've had it.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:50:04 +0200
> From: Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: What's happening on ubuntu-users , and why it's normal
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <g2rr4s$q7d$1 at ger.gmane.org>
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> Peter Garrett wrote the following on 12.06.2008 11:33
>
> </snip>
>
> nice read. thank you.
>
> --
> bye Thilo
>
> key: 0x4A411E09
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:07 -0600
> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
> Subject: Re: Forget Hardy
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <48517183.8020702 at zianet.com>
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> Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> > Avi Greenbury wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:30:09 -0400
> >> Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just in case, and since it only takes a few minutes to do, run the MD5
> >>> sum against your .iso image and compare it to the website's stated MD5.
> >>>
> >> I've just been trying to find these. They're rather cunningly hidden,
> apparently.
> >>
> >> Searches on ubuntu.com for 'md5' 'md5sum' 'checksum' 'checksums' and
> 'md5s' yielded nothing.
> >>
> >> Though I never seem to find what I'm after first time there, anyway.
> Difference of intuition, I imagine.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > It's not as obvious as it should be, probably to keep from confusing new
> > users I'd imagine. But it's at
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
> >
> > From the download page, there's a line telling you how to verify your
> > image, and the link is the one I put up above.
> >
> >
> >
> Thank you Bart. I went to that page and ran the test and my .iso
> file is correct. That doen't mean it all got on the cd-rom but I saw no
> errors or unusual things when I recorded it. And it runs fine. It boots
> and lets you install, but it never completes.
>
> Karl
>
>
> --
>
> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> Linux User
> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:01:15 +0100
> From: "Joel" <joelfrost at live.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu Gaming/Vista Partition
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hi All,
>
> Gaming:-
>
> I understand that Linux based OS' can run windows games using certain
> software. I know where to find this software but my question is: Even though
> GTA San Andreas won't work on my laptop while running vista (Even though I
> have almost double the required specs) do you think that it will run on
> Ubuntu?
>
> Partition:-
>
> Ok, considering the amount of money I wasted on Vista, does anybody know
> how I could partition my hard drive and instill Ubuntu on this partition. I
> have searched around a bit and I found that you can partition with a built
> in tool with Vista. But sadly it will only let me partition 71 MB even
> though I have roughly 39 GB free space on my hard drive.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Joel Frost
> New Ubuntu User
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:02:53 +0200
> From: Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>
> Subject: Re: Vista (running ubuntu)
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200806122102.53380.kassube at gmx.net>
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>
> pat decampos wrote:
> > Would this method work if I would like a static IP address on the host?
>
> Yes, static IP address works without a problem even if the network isn't
> available during bootup. Then you should use a different entry
> in /etc/network/interfaces like this:
>
> auto br0
> iface br0 inet static
> address 192.168.1.123
> network 192.168.1.0
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> broadcast 192.168.1.255
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> bridge_ports eth0
>
> Where you should modify the values for address, network, broadcast and
> gateway according to your needs.
>
>
> Nils
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:13:36 +0200
> From: Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>
> Subject: Re: How to be helpful
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <48517560.8050209 at Gravier.org>
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>
> I'm French. "menu" is something I look at while imagining the great meal
> I'm about to have. :D
>
> Gilles.
>
> Jeffrey Tooker wrote:
> > Alan Milnes wrote:
> >
> >> Gilles Gravier wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Teaching by example is a VERY (if not THE MOST) efficient way to teach.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Absolutely - that's why most man pages are useless if you don't know how
> >> to run the basic command. Once you've got the hang of
> >>
> >> /usr/sbin/flibbler then the man pages can be very helpful but very few
> of them will help you if you are really struggling to get the basic command
> going.
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Alan:
> >
> > It is a language problem. As a newbie it is one of the reasons I stay on
> > this list. As I read various postings the "language" and structure
> > starts to make sense. Even the definitions common words are different.
> > Take menu as an example.
> >
> > Jeffrey
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:19:57 -0400
> From: Jonathan Hirschman <jonathan at hirschman.net>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Gaming/Vista Partition
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <485176DD.9080501 at hirschman.net>
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>
> Joel wrote:
> > Partition:-
> >
> > Ok, considering the amount of money I wasted on Vista, does anybody
> > know how I could partition my hard drive and instill Ubuntu on this
> > partition. I have searched around a bit and I found that you can
> > partition with a built in tool with Vista. But sadly it will only let
> > me partition 71 MB even though I have roughly 39 GB free space on my
> > hard drive.
> >
> >
> See this:
>
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
>
> and this...
>
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-gparted-to-resize-your-windows-vista-partition/
>
> I've used the gparted bootable ISO, and it works very, very well. That
> being said, there is always a chance of losing your data during a
> partition resizing - it is not 100% foolproof. Make sure that you have
> your data backed up, and that you can re-install your OS and other
> programs if need be. Since you're coming from the Windows world, you may
> want to look into using Ghost or similar to do a full imaging of your
> hard drive, so that you can restore it if need be. Note that Linux
> offers tools to do the same thing, but I wouldn't recommend them to a
> newbie.
>
> Alternately, you could look into buying a copy of Partition Magic or
> Acronis Partition Manager, which do the same thing, and may be less
> troublesome with Vista.
>
> Good luck, and be careful.
>
> jh
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:22:07 -0700
> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Resolved] Re: urgent+ubuntu 8.04 desktop+post installation
> trouble
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On 06/12/2008 11:48 AM, Donny George wrote:
> > hello
> >
> >
> > yes finally its up
> >
> > i defined the gateway and then i could ping the webstes and then i did
> the
> > sudo apt-get upgrade and update
> >
> > and now its all back to where it has to be :)
> >
> > thank you Noop, thankyou so much for all the help
> >
> > but truly ubuntu behaves even more weird than people sometimes :( but
> still
> > i love it
> >
> > thanks all
> >
> > donny
>
> Cool! Glad you finally have _both_ up and running. Now we'll wait until
> you install compiz desktop effects, samba, and all the other stuff that
> generates loads of questions :-)
>
> BTW: it's more helpful if you bottom post (put your response at the end
> of what you are responding to).
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:25:26 -0600
> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
> Subject: Re: Forget Hardy
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <48517826.2090104 at zianet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> >
> >> Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> >>
> >
> >
> >>> Just in case, and since it only takes a few minutes to do, run the MD5
> >>> sum against your .iso image and compare it to the website's stated MD5.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Sorry I have forgot how to do that, or I never knew :-)
> >>
> >
> > md5sum <filename>
> > md5sum should be installed already, if not you'd probably just do
> > sudo apt-get install md5sum
> > to install it. Once run it'll spit out a hash. Match that to the md5sum
> > listed off the website. If they don't exactly match, you don't have the
> > same file.
> >
> >
> >>> You're saying it's *starting* to boot from the CD, then quits? So this
> >>> confirms that the computer sees it and starts booting from it?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Your reading the wrong thing into what I wrote.
> >>
> >
> > :-p you wrote the wrong thing for me to read.
> >
> >
> >>> I don't know what you mean when you say that it "drops back to the CD".
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> OK here is the whole story. I made and tested the cd-rom. It tested
> >> good.
> >>
> >
> > Okay, definitely not a "I burned the file onto the CD instead of the
> > image" issue.
> >
> >
> >> Reboot and when the cd-rom comes up I select English and then
> >> click on Install. This is very slow.
> >>
> >> Then a panel comes up and says there are 6 o7 steps to do and I do
> >> them an then a panel comes up and says loading software. Then it loads
> >> and sets up APT and then it gets a lot of things from the Internet at
> >> about 82% complete. Then it starts to go towards 100% and stops.
> >>
> >> Then it drops back to the Live-cd image after not doing a thing. But
> >> if I find the partition it made I find a complete hardy load but no
> >> /boot/grub/ installed. It IS consistant. It has done this every time.
> >>
> >
> > Very odd. You mean that you can run the livecd just fine, install goes
> > most of the way, but then quits abruptly? Are there any error logs
> > temporarily kept in the liveboot that could be checked?
> >
> >
> I do not know. Not sure the LiveCD has a /var or anything like it.
> But can do it again and see if any logs are there.
>
> Karl
>
>
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