Ubuntu magic (Karl Larsen)
Arvind K
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Wed Mar 12 16:42:01 UTC 2008
Use sudo apt-get remove totem and then use the settings in VLC to make it
the default player
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> 1. Update and proxy question (Bart Silverstrim)
> 2. Evolution and screen size (Sridhar M.A.)
> 3. shorten "exit" !? (SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux)
> 4. Ubuntu magic (Karl Larsen)
> 5. Re: VNC conections from multiple remote achines (stan)
> 6. Re: Locale settings (SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux)
> 7. RE: shorten "exit" !? (Robert Sweetnam)
> 8. Re: Locale settings (Lea Gris)
> 9. Re: shorten "exit" !? (Ulf Rompe)
> 10. Re: shorten "exit" !? (Owen Townend)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:08:41 -0400
> From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com>
> Subject: Update and proxy question
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> The organization I'm in has moved to using what I believe is a Bess
> filter behind a PIX firewall, and it authenticates users before allowing
> access to http and https sites. It tries to automatically authenticate
> users to a Windows Active Directory domain.
>
> The boss said I can manually configure my web browser to use the proxy.
> I set it up in Firefox to go to the correct port and address, and it
> prompts me to log in then I can web browse. But auxiliary services...my
> weather applet, my system updates...are blocked still. Even if I set my
> network settings to use that proxy and use authentication, the filter is
> blocking everything except for my Firefox browser.
>
> Is there a client-side solution to this??
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:45:32 +0530
> From: "Sridhar M.A." <mas at mylug.org>
> Subject: Evolution and screen size
> To: Ubuntu Users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hello,
>
> Wanted to try hardy-alpha6. Downloaded the iso. As I did not want to
> burn a cd and install it, thought o trying it as a VM.
>
> * Tried kvm to run it and got a blank screen. The command I used was
>
> kvm -cdrom hardy-desktop-i386.iso -boot d
>
> * Tried VirtualBox. could boot and play around. But, could not change
> the screen resolution.
>
> The overall look and feel of the distro is quite good.
>
> I tried running evolution and was frustrated. The window size is bigger
> than the screen res and I cannot resize it. The same patter continues
> and it is impossible to do anything. Is there a way to get round this
> problem? IMHO, this is a bad UI design :-(
>
> Regards,
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:15:43 +0800
> From: SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>
> Subject: shorten "exit" !?
> To: Ubuntu User List <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hi Linux / Ubuntu experts & users
> How and where can I add a short version of "exit" ?
>
> I am used to short versions of
> x for exit and
> q for quit or
> sd for shutdown or
> sb for setboot !!!
>
> Your advise and hints are very appreciated. ;-)
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:18:07 -0600
> From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu magic
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Have a friend who uses Windows but wants to use Linux. Over about
> 4-5 years I got him to use Fedora whatever version I was on at that
> time. He had nothing but troubles and I would try to help him but it
> just never worked and he gave up.
>
> A couple of weeks ago he asked again and I told him ubuntu and he
> got the live cd and it ran fine on his computer. So he loaded it onto
> the computer and everything works. He (and me) were amazed. His biggest
> problem is deleting Totem so VLC will come up as the prefered viewer.
> The printer works, the Internet works it all works.
>
> He is now a happy Linux user
>
>
> Karl
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:20:37 -0500
> From: stan <stanb at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: VNC conections from multiple remote achines
> To: Bernard Peek <bap at shrdlu.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:08:13AM +0000, Bernard Peek wrote:
> > stan wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 11:09:14AM -0500, John DeCarlo wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I would like to set up a machine so that multiple remote machines
> can
> > >>> connect and use VNC sessions on this machine. To do this I need some
> way
> > >>> of
> > >>> managing then "session ID" (as in machine_name:1 where 1 is the
> display
> > >>> number) dynamically.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> I am also not sure what you want to do. You don't want the remote
> machines
> > >> to have to know their session id?
> > >
> > > The remote machines are windows boxes, and are administered by people
> who
> > > are not all that familiar with what they are ding. I want to be able
> to just
> > > tell them run (for example) vncviewer machine_name:10 and accept
> multiple
> > > simultaneous connections, each of which will get their own desktop but
> as a
> > > defined "guest"user.
> > >
> > > Does this make it clearer?
> > >
> > Let me see whether I understand the requirement clearly.
> >
> > As I understand it you want a number of Windows users to be able to
> > connect to a multiuser Ubuntu server system. Users would be able connect
> > at any time and would have access to a GUI desktop. You don't want these
> > users to have their own login ID on the Ubuntu machine, but you do want
> > each logged in user to see a different desktop rather than all of the
> > users sharing access to a single VNC display.
> >
>
> Yes, your application differs from mine. In my case I want the windows
> users to access a generic login ID that will provide certain services for
> them. These will be started up on the host machine automatically when that
> generic user logis in.
>
> --
> One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking
> zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C
> programs.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:23:56 +0800
> From: SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>
> Subject: Re: Locale settings
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 12:44 +0100, Lea Gris wrote:
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> > August Karlstrom a ?crit :
> > | Hello everyone,
> > |
> > | What I would like to have is a swedish locale but with messages in
> > english.
> > | I probably need something like
> > |
> > | export LANG="sv_SE.UTF-8"
> > | export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> > |
> > | but to which file do I add these lines? I also want the settings to
> > take effect
> > | only for a local user.
> >
> > /etc/environment
> >
> > cat /etc/environment
> >
> PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
> > LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
> > LANGUAGE="fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en"
> > LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
> > LANGUAGE="fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en"
> > ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION FOR localeconf
> > # Do not edit within this region if you want your changes to be
> preserved
> > # by debconf. Instead, make changes before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF
> SECTION
> > # FOR localeconf" line, and/or after the "### END DEBCONF SECTION FOR
> > # localeconf" line.
> > LANG="fr_FR.UTF-8"
> > ### END DEBCONF SECTION FOR localeconf
>
>
> Hi Lea,
> Merci / Thanks for your sample !
> Leo's explanations were quite great but how can I as newbie
> follow !? ;-(
> with your sample I see you are bilingual FR and EN and your locale is
> F ! ;-)
>
> Can I just copy and paste your sample into my environment and remove
> all entries of FR ... and replacing 'fr_FR' with the Swiss German one
> and
> how does the Swiss German look: de_CH ???
>
> TIA for advise and guidance !
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:30:00 -0000
> From: "Robert Sweetnam" <robert at ops.sweetnam.eu>
> Subject: RE: shorten "exit" !?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of SYNass IT
> Ubuntu / Linux
> Sent: 12 March 2008 12:16
> To: Ubuntu User List
> Subject: shorten "exit" !?
>
> Hi Linux / Ubuntu experts & users
> How and where can I add a short version of "exit" ?
>
> I am used to short versions of
> x for exit and
> q for quit or
> sd for shutdown or
> sb for setboot !!!
>
> Your advise and hints are very appreciated. ;-)
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
> --
>
> Hi, You need to edit your .bashrc file which is under your home
> directory.
>
> If you scroll down, you will see a line like the following:
>
> # some more ls aliases
>
> After the examples below this line add your own entries. For example to
> use sd for shutdown you would add:
>
> Alias sd='shutdown -now'
>
> You need to logout and back in again for the changes to take effect.
>
> Hope this helps
> Robert
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:33:03 +0100
> From: Lea Gris <lea.gris at noiraude.net>
> Subject: Re: Locale settings
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux a ?crit :
>
> | Hi Lea,
> | Merci / Thanks for your sample !
> | Leo's explanations were quite great but how can I as newbie
> | follow !? ;-(
> | with your sample I see you are bilingual FR and EN and your locale is
> | F ! ;-)
> |
> | Can I just copy and paste your sample into my environment and remove
> | all entries of FR ... and replacing 'fr_FR' with the Swiss German one
> | and
> | how does the Swiss German look: de_CH ???
>
> Yep! :)
>
> You can copy modify as your wishes. It was pasted here in public mailing
> list on purpose.
>
> By the way, read carefully the english comments about debconf for where
> to place your custom variables.
>
> Regards,
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:36:47 +0100
> From: Ulf Rompe <Ulf.Rompe at icem.com>
> Subject: Re: shorten "exit" !?
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Am Mittwoch, den 12.03.2008, 20:15 +0800 schrieb SYNass IT Ubuntu /
> Linux:
> > How and where can I add a short version of "exit" ?
> >
> > I am used to short versions of
> > x for exit and
> > q for quit or
> > sd for shutdown or
> > sb for setboot !!!
>
> I assume you are referring to the shell. To exit a shell, you may send
> an EOF character. To do that, just press Ctrl-d. No need for a special
> shortcut.
>
> The other shortcuts may be set as shell aliases; Robert Sweetnam already
> explained how to do that.
>
> [x] ulf
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:38:09 +1100
> From: "Owen Townend" <owen.townend at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: shorten "exit" !?
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 3/12/08, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Linux / Ubuntu experts & users
> > How and where can I add a short version of "exit" ?
> >
> > I am used to short versions of
> > x for exit and
> > q for quit or
> > sd for shutdown or
> > sb for setboot !!!
> >
> > Your advise and hints are very appreciated. ;-)
> > Cheers, svobi
> >
> >
> >
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> Hey,
> `alias` is your friend.
> You can set alias's in your ~/.profile or .bashrc
> Something like this should work.
> `alias x='exit' q='quit' sd='shutdown -h now' sb='shutdown -r now'`
> or just
> `alias kthxbye='shutdown -h now kthxbye; exit'
>
> cheers,
> Owen.
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