Video problems with Ubuntu 8.1
Nay Myo Win
rim.riaz at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 05:02:32 UTC 2009
what type of video clips? extension please!!
Tommy
2009/4/9 <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 1. A few questions... (Roy Smith)
> 2. Re: New to ubuntu (NoOp)
> 3. Re: A few questions... (J. Limon)
> 4. Logitech MX5000 not working properly (Amedee Van Gasse)
> 5. Re: [Jfs-discussion] JFS filesystem corruption and jfs_fsck
> (Dave Kleikamp)
> 6. re:usb flash drive (JASON)
> 7. Re: how can I tell which patches I have applied? (Aryan Ameri)
> 8. Video problems with Ubuntu 8.1 (raymond house)
> 9. Re: Potential School Wide Linux Implementation (Tommy)
> (Nay Myo Win)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Roy Smith <rasmith1959 at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:00:55 -0500
> Subject: A few questions...
> Hi Everyone! Being fairly new to Ubunto and Linux in general, I've got a
> few questions. I've been using computers for a long time, started out with
> a C-64, then progressed to an Amiga, and for the past 11 years I've been
> using various versions of Windows. Over the years I've gotten accustomed to
> having to do various maintenance tasks with the computer, such as checking
> the file system for errors, defragmenting the drives and so on. I've found
> a few programs to do some of the things I'm accustomed to doing except I
> can't find where you would defragment the drives. Is it necessary?
>
> --
>
> Roy Smith
> Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
> Registered Linux User #488144
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:08:14 -0700
> Subject: Re: New to ubuntu
> On 04/08/2009 04:21 PM, Brian McKee wrote:
>
> >
> > especially
> >
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailingListFAQs/AVopinionsOnTheMailingList
>
> Wow... that's a pretty broad statement:
>
> <quote>
> Don't install A/V to protect your Ubuntu system. The possiblity of it
> doing harm is higher than the possibility of it helping you.
> </quote>
>
> I agree somewhat with the first sentence, under many circumstances, but
> the second is (IMO) pure... From where do you base your opinion that
> installing an AV on an Ubuntu system creates a larger possibility of
> creating harm than helping?
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "J. Limon" <jlimon at eml.cc>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:10:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: A few questions...
> Roy Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone! Being fairly new to Ubunto and Linux in general, I've got a
>> few questions. I've been using computers for a long time, started out with
>> a C-64, then progressed to an Amiga, and for the past 11 years I've been
>> using various versions of Windows. Over the years I've gotten accustomed to
>> having to do various maintenance tasks with the computer, such as checking
>> the file system for errors, defragmenting the drives and so on. I've found
>> a few programs to do some of the things I'm accustomed to doing except I
>> can't find where you would defragment the drives. Is it necessary?
>>
>>
> As long as you are using ext3 (which is the standard filesystem in Ubuntu),
> defragging is unnecessary.
>
> --
> "If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't
> be solved, worrying will do no good."
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Amedee Van Gasse" <amedee at vangasse.eu>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:43:53 +0200
> Subject: Logitech MX5000 not working properly
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) 64bit. I have a multiboot
> configuration with OpenSuse and Gentoo already installed. Other
> distributions can be installed if needed.
>
> I have a Logitech MX5000. This is a bluetooth keyboard/mouse combination
> with an usb bluetooth dongle. The keyboard has an LCD that shows when it's
> (dis)connected.
>
> It's a gift from my dear wife so because of emotional value I can't
> replace it if I really don't need to. This is of course irrelevant. :-)
>
>
> The symptoms:
>
> * Turn the computer on, with the dongle plugged in.
> * The keyboard becomes responsive after a few seconds, just in time to use
> it for "Press F1 to enter setup", "Press F8 to enter boot menu" -->
> typical BIOS messages.
> * After the usual hardware checks, I get the GRUB menu. I can use the
> keyboard.
> * I can use the keyboard during the init scripts.
> * I have automatic login. (I'm the only user)
> * The keyboard and the mouse do not work in Gnome.
> * There is a bluetooth icon in the top bar.
> * I unplug and replug the usb dongle.
> * Bluetooth icon disappears.
> * The keyboard and mouse work.
> * Bluetooth icon doesn't come back.
>
>
> What I already did:
>
> The symptoms are identical with an Ubuntu livecd (tested with 8.10 and
> 9.04 beta).
> I compared with OpenSuse, Gentoo (installed on hd) and several other
> distros on livecd, and Ubuntu is so far the only distro where I have
> encountered this problem.
>
> I searched Launchpad for "mx5000", and I found a lot of bug reports, but
> they go back to Ubuntu 6.06 or earlier. Shirley those bugs must already be
> fixed, I cannot imagine that a bug stays unfixed for 3 years. Not in the
> excellent Ubuntu. My problem simply cannot be related to those bugs. It's
> probably not a bug at all but some misconfiguration that I did.
>
>
> I would like to hear about further troubleshooting that I could do to
> investigate this problem.
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Amedee Van Gasse
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> To: Michael Peek <peek at tiem.utk.edu>
> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:46:05 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Jfs-discussion] JFS filesystem corruption and jfs_fsck
> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 16:48 -0400, Michael Peek wrote:
> > Hi gurus,
> >
> > I have a server with a JFS filesystem on it that's gotten corrupted.
> > Maybe I just don't know how to use jfs_fsck, but it doesn't seem to be
> > doing the trick. It prints out lots of filesystem errors but apparently
> > doesn't repair them. Attached is a log of the output from jfs_fsck.
> > The exit code from jfs_fsck is 134.
>
> You seem to be using jfs_fsck correctly, but it's finding something it
> can't handle. I don't know why it was written this way, but jfs_fsck
> likes to find all the errors first and then fix them all at the end.
> Unfortunately, something is preventing it from finishing.
>
> rc=-268 in phase 0 indicates that the journal superblock is
> unrecognized. This could mean that a large part of the volume could be
> corrupted. Could this be caused by a RAID problem, such as a disk going
> offline?
>
> I think exit code 134 means that the program was killed by a SIGABRT
> signal. I'm not sure where that's coming from. Is there anything at
> the end of the output that gives a clue? Is there anything unusual in
> the syslog?
>
> > Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this?
>
> If we can't figure out why jfs_fsck is failing, or can't find a way
> around it, you could try mounting the volume read-only to recover as
> much as you can.
>
> > I'm using the version of jfs that is shipped with ubuntu 8.10 server
> > amd64: 1.1.12-1
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Michael
>
> --
> David Kleikamp
> IBM Linux Technology Center
>
>
>
>
>
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> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:39:26 +0800
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Aryan Ameri <aryan at ameri.me>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:07:45 +1000
> Subject: Re: how can I tell which patches I have applied?
> On Tue Apr 07 2009 01:41:50 GMT+1000 (EST) Glenn Holmer
> <gholmer at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> Subject says all, is there a list on my machine somewhere or a GUI tool
>> that can show what I've applied? I'm on 8.04 with GNOME.
>>
>>
> What do you mean by 'patch'? Do you mean other packages that you've
> installed
> on your system? Or have your applied custom patches to your kernel?
>
> If this is about software development and you are using 'patch' in its
> original meaning, then diff or any version control system should show you
> the
> development of your application.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Aryan Ameri
> public at ameri.me
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 11:22:32 -0400
> Subject: Video problems with Ubuntu 8.1
> Hello, My name is Ray House and I have been using Ubuntu for a couple of
> weeks, I could get the video clips in the news to work at first but now when
> I click on one the window goes blank. Also I noticed that my webcam is "ON"
> all the time. I have tried several solutions from the community forum and
> none seem to apply to this problem. Any help will be
> appreciated, Thank you.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nay Myo Win <rim.riaz at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:01:06 +0630
> Subject: Re: Potential School Wide Linux Implementation (Tommy)
> Hey buddy,
>
> Instead of using gradebook, use moodle instead.
> it support in Ubuntu.
>
>
> thanks
> Tommy
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:39 PM, <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:
>
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>> Today's Topics:
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>> 1. Re: Potential School Wide Linux Implementation (Christopher Chan)
>> 2. Re: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers (Leonard Chatagnier)
>> 3. Re: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers (Ray Parrish)
>> 4. Re: 3GiB ram, gnome-system-monitor now says 2.9GiB
>> (Matthew Flaschen)
>> 5. Re: /home partition (Matthew Flaschen)
>> 6. Re: problem with chmod (Bret Busby)
>> 7. Re: problem with chmod (Bret Busby)
>> 8. Re: /home partition (Ray Parrish)
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>
>> To: tholmes at mcaschool.net, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
>> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:39:50 +0800
>> Subject: Re: Potential School Wide Linux Implementation
>> Hello Tim,
>>
>> I am also an one man IT shop for a school.
>>
>> Tim Holmes wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Folks:
>>>
>>> I am the One Man IT shop for Medina Christian Academy, and am facing a
>>> potential situation that i am trying to avert in the future. I am currently
>>> a largely Windows XP (fully patched and updated) network built on a Windows
>>> Server 2003 Active Directory domain. I have some samba servers for file
>>> servers and an APACHE web development server. We have ~150 desktops spread
>>> between the classrooms, offices and computer lab. The computers are mostly
>>> roughly 5 year old Pentium 4 gateways mostly have 40 gb hdd, onboard sound
>>> and video cards and between 512 and 1024 mb memory
>>>
>>> I take it that the samba servers share the same RID database?
>>
>>>
>>> -- Printing -- we have a number of printers across the network -- couple
>>> of which are all in one type units by keyocera - and all stations/users need
>>> to be able to print -- so that means samba print server -- again -- probably
>>> take some development work but i am pretty sure it can be done.
>>>
>> If you switch to Linux, you drop samba for all but remaining Windows
>> hosts.
>>
>>>
>>> -- domain (or whatever its called in linux) -- users need to be able to
>>> sign in on any computer, and have their files accessable similar to what
>>> happens when a user logs into a windows domain.
>>>
>> Been there, done that. You need to configure kerberos and in my case,
>> winbind and add pam authentication via winbind and user info lookup via
>> winbind. Then you can keep the AD if that makes user management easier for
>> you or you do not wish to migrate user accounts or you will still have some
>> Windows clients left.
>>
>>>
>>> -- Our School management software / gradebook -- not available in linux,
>>> but im wondering about using crossover office / wine or possibly VMWARE --
>>> i'll need input on that -- its a client server app sort of the gradebook
>>> writes out text files that are imported into the main application which is
>>> based on microsoft access databases with a custom written interface -- might
>>> have to run a Virtual windows 2003 server to run the server portion of it --
>>> and like wine or something for the users to access it -- i dont know
>>>
>> Best if it works with wine...otherwise, you will still need them XP
>> licenses to run in a kvm guest or something.
>>
>>>
>>> -- backup -- we have a quantum loader, so one way or another we'll need
>>> to be able to back stuff up
>>>
>> You can choose to have one or more online (and maybe offsite) backup
>> server loaded with big fat disks. I do not have tape backup anymore. With
>> 500GB of data and growing, the tape backup system is no joke. Might as well
>> just do HA and have multiple backup servers.
>>
>>>
>>> -- file servers -- ive got a couple linux file servers now -- but they
>>> are running samba i dont know how to share stuff via linux
>>>
>> NFS, Gluster, lots of choices...all depend on how you want to manage your
>> data. But first, you first need to make sure that uids/gids are identical
>> across all Linux boxes...whether servers or desktops. If you will still have
>> a few Windows desktops for office staff, then it is best you keep the AD if
>> you need group policies on the remaining desktops or you could consider
>> converting over to NT style domains instead of AD.
>>
>>>
>>> im sure there are things that i have forgotten so if anyone has ideas /
>>> suggestions please chime in.
>>>
>>> I am tentatively planning to use kubuntu, for the desktop environmen, and
>>> this project (if it goes) at least for now would be deployed summer of 2010
>>> for use beginning in the fall of 2010
>>>
>> Do you use group policies to limit what the kids can see? If so, the only
>> easy to use equivalent on desktop environments available in Linux is KDE 3.x
>> using the kiosktool. With that, you can assign desktop profiles to groups
>> and control what the different users can see or use on their box.
>>
>> Christopher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
>> Subject: Re: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
>>
>> > From: sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net>
>> > Subject: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers
>> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:06 PM
>> > I'm back to using the open drivers right now because the
>> > latest update
>> > crashed the nvidia video on reboot. Downgrading the
>> > proprietary
>> > drivers from 180 to 173 doesn't help. I see that this
>> > xorg issue has
>> > been reported with ATI. Has anyone else experienced this
>> > vith nvidia?
>> >
>> This may help:
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=jaunty+nvidia+drivers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a
>>
>> The first hit said the 108.11 driver was the latest recommended driver.
>> Sorry, haven't installed jaunty yet so can't comment on it. However, it's
>> not too uncommen having to install a newer driver
>> especially after a new kernel is installed or perhaps it's a bug. If it
>> were me I'd do an 'aptitude search nvidia' to see what is availabe in the
>> proprietary drivers that might suit you needs. Also, reboot in recovery
>> mode and select xfix, let it run to completion, then continue the boot and
>> it might fix X. I assume that xfix is still there in Jaunty beta. You might
>> also google for your video chip+jaunty and perhaps locate the specific
>> nvidia module recommended for our card/chip. there are lots of googling
>> possibilities that may help solve your problem. HTH,
>> Leonard Chatagnier
>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:26:42 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers
>> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
>>
>>> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net>
>>>> Subject: Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers
>>>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>>>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:06 PM
>>>> I'm back to using the open drivers right now because the
>>>> latest update crashed the nvidia video on reboot. Downgrading the
>>>> proprietary drivers from 180 to 173 doesn't help. I see that this
>>>> xorg issue has been reported with ATI. Has anyone else experienced this
>>>> vith nvidia?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This may help:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=jaunty+nvidia+drivers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a
>>>
>>> The first hit said the 108.11 driver was the latest recommended driver.
>>> Sorry, haven't installed jaunty yet so can't comment on it. However, it's
>>> not too uncommen having to install a newer driver
>>> especially after a new kernel is installed or perhaps it's a bug. If it
>>> were me I'd do an 'aptitude search nvidia' to see what is availabe in the
>>> proprietary drivers that might suit you needs. Also, reboot in recovery
>>> mode and select xfix, let it run to completion, then continue the boot and
>>> it might fix X. I assume that xfix is still there in Jaunty beta. You might
>>> also google for your video chip+jaunty and perhaps locate the specific
>>> nvidia module recommended for our card/chip. there are lots of googling
>>> possibilities that may help solve your problem. HTH,
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Leonard,
>>
>> I haven't heard of xfix before, and there isn't a man page for it on my
>> system, nor a binary of that name in my path, and when I searched for it in
>> Synaptic, I only came up with libxfixes3, and it's companion packages of
>> libfixes-dbg, and libfixes-dev, no binary named xfix.
>>
>> You say that it is accessible from within recovery console, where I've
>> never been before, so I'm assuming it is a menu entry within recovery
>> console somewhere. Is this right? I guess I really should boot into the
>> recovery console at least once, just to see what's there, can't learn
>> anything if I don't explore. 8-)
>>
>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>
>> --
>> Human reviewed index of links about the computer
>> http://www.rayslinks.com
>> Poetry from the mind of a Schizophrenic
>> http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:58:18 -0400
>> Subject: Re: 3GiB ram, gnome-system-monitor now says 2.9GiB
>> J. Limon wrote:
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > Previous to using the Jaunty beta, I had been using whatever the latest
>> > version of Linux Mint is (6.x I think?) and their version of
>> > gnome-system-monitor had always correctly displayed my RAM as being
>> > 3.0GiB but ever since switching to Ubuntu, it is now 2.9GiB.
>> >
>> > While I fully acknowledge that this is superficial and absolutely
>> > frivolous - I'm just curious as to why this could be, maybe a new patch
>> > to gnome-system-monitor which handles the rounding up and down of these
>> > numbers?
>>
>> I doubt it's a rounding issue. One possibility is you have different
>> drivers, and an Ubuntu one is reserving some memory.
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:00:03 -0400
>> Subject: Re: /home partition
>> Allen Meyers wrote:
>>
>> > have goggled a bunch on this home partition
>> > thing and I did not accept it originally on the live CD option.
>>
>> I do highly recommend a home partition.
>>
>> >Please advise and if it a re-install and accept from live CD well
>> advise as well, but I do want
>> > a functioning home partition and do what I must do to maintain it's
>> > functionality.
>>
>> Backing up and reinstalling would certainly be easiest for a new user.
>> My theory on repartitioning is that lossless repartitioning is possible
>> (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/04/01/095755.php) but it's never
>> guaranteed. So, you have to backup first, and if you're going to backup
>> first...you might as well blow everything away.
>>
>> As far as advice, not sure exactly what you're asking. It always helps
>> to paste in your current partition layout when asking such questions.
>> Run:
>>
>> sudo parted /dev/sda print
>>
>> That will print your partition table. Then, we can give more informed
>> advice.
>>
>> Matt Flaschen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Bret Busby <bret at busby.net>
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:59:14 +0800 (WST)
>> Subject: Re: problem with chmod
>> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Thorny wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:55:14 +0800, Bret Busby posted: [...]
>>>
>>>> :~$ cat /etc/fstab
>>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount
>>>> point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc
>>>> proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sda8
>>>> UUID=3bb93d1c-1875-4036-90c7-846e954ceb45 /data ext3 defaults
>>>> 0 0 # /dev/sda5
>>>> UUID=cb771616-3630-4139-9b1d-c3fb499d9949 /debian_home ext3 defaults
>>>> 0 0 # /dev/sda7
>>>> UUID=1b72f837-17e1-4af9-9f22-31dc9a191657 / ext3
>>>> relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda6
>>>> UUID=b421ce00-c5cc-4df1-9102-65b0b256376d none swap sw
>>>> 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660
>>>> user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 /dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1
>>>> udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 /dev/fd0
>>>> /media/floppy0
>>>> auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well Bret, assuming you have the correct UUIDs, those partitions should
>>> be
>>> mounted in the filesystem, however, you don't mention where you expect
>>> them to be mounted, what are you trying to achieve?
>>>
>>>
>> I want to be able to access what is in those two partitions - read and
>> write access, from the Debian partition.
>>
>> [...]
>>>
>>>> [Thorny] So, list the two partitions you want to mount at boot so we can
>>>>> compare them to your fstab.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [Bret] The two partitions that I want to be able to mount at system
>>>> bootup in
>>>> the Ubuntu system, are sda8 and sda5, as shown in the fstab file above.
>>>> sda5 is the /home partition of my Debian system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> sda5 is not the /home of your filesystem, the way you have the fstab
>>> written it is the /debian_home in your filesystem, your filesystem will
>>> not see that as home.
>>>
>>>
>> I do not ant that partition to be used as the /home partition for Ubuntu.
>>
>> >From what I understand, it is dangerous to share /home directories or
>>>
>> partitions, between different OS installations, whether they be different
>> distributions, or, different versions of the same distribution, as, amongst
>> other things, incompatibilities can occur.
>>
>> I want to b able to access with read/write permissions, what is in the
>> Debian /home partition, fromn within the Ubuntu partition.
>>
>> sda8 is to be mounted at /data in your filesystem, nothing wrong with
>>> that, however, remember because it's mounted in the root of your
>>> filesystem, as a regular user, you will have limited permissions on that
>>> folder. It's only in your home that you have permissions necessary to
>>> write, that's part of the security model of the nix filesystem
>>>
>>>
>> But I have previously been able to access /mnt/data partitions and
>> underlying directory hierarchies, as a user, with Debian 3.1, with
>> read/write access, and so I assumed that I would be able to similarly access
>> these partitions from Ubuntu.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>> you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>> Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>> A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>> written by Douglas Adams,
>> published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
>> ....................................................
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Bret Busby <bret at busby.net>
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:00:40 +0800 (WST)
>> Subject: Re: problem with chmod
>> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009, Thorny wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:52:53 -0700, Thorny posted:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> I just thought of something I haven't yet asked you. You did create the
>>> mount points in your filesystem before trying to mount them, didn't you,
>>> or are you expecting them to be created from the info in fstab?
>>>
>>>
>> No.
>>
>> I figured that that would be done on rebooting, after putting the new
>> entries in the fstab file.
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>> you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>> Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>> A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>> written by Douglas Adams,
>> published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
>> ....................................................
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net>
>> To: chef11994 at sbcglobal.net, "Ubuntu user technical support, not for
>> general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:08:49 -0700
>> Subject: Re: /home partition
>> Allen Meyers wrote:
>>
>>> The great thing about support from a list like this is one is inspired
>>> to grow and change. I have goggled a bunch on this home partition
>>> thing and I did not accept it originally on the live CD option.
>>> However on reflection I decided to give it a shot via my gparted live
>>> CD, but now I must mount/fill and activate. Please advise and if it a
>>> re-install and accept from live CD well advise as well, but I do want
>>> a functioning home partition and do what I must do to maintain it's
>>> functionality.
>>> As always my thanks from little old Wortham Texas
>>> My recent one and only venture into site design for my town of 1000
>>> http://www.worthamtx.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Allen Meyers
>>> texas.chef94 at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I checked out your town on it's web site. I was pretty much raised in
>> small towns like that. [32 different ones by the time I was a sophomore in
>> High School, as my Dad followed heavy construction jobs, wherever they
>> popped up, for a living.]
>>
>> I like your door icons for your links. 8-) That's a pretty intuitive
>> navigation artifice. My last two years of high school I finally got to spend
>> the rest of, in one school in a very small Indian reservation town, and my
>> graduating class consisted of 32 graduates, so I'm no stranger to your sort
>> of town.
>>
>> I did notice that on your front page, the description text lines with the
>> black backgrounds beneath the picture of the town, are arranged in four
>> overlapping rows, with each lower row partially obscuring the text in the
>> line above it.
>>
>> Oh yeah, I just remembered that that is probably my fault, as I have the
>> font sizes in my browser set larger than the defaults, to make it easier to
>> read web pages, as so many web masters these days seem to be using tiny
>> difficult to read text for some reason. Old eyes need big text! 8-)
>>
>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>
>> -
>> Human reviewed index of links about the computer
>> http://www.rayslinks.com
>> Poetry from the mind of a Schizophrenic
>> http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
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