ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 76, Issue 207

zaheer abbas abbas.ubuntu at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 04:37:32 UTC 2011 

happy new year every body......
abbas........

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 6:08 AM, <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>wrote:

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>   1. Happy New Year (Basil Chupin)
>   2. Re: File sharing setup (Colin Law)
>   3. Happy New Year Everyone (Stephen)
>   4. Re: recursively count the words occurrence in the text files
>      (Cybe R. Wizard)
>   5. Re: Happy New Year Everyone (Pete)
>   6. Nikon D40 and gphoto2 (Matthias Andersson)
>   7. Re: converting from win7 (Verde Denim)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:28:14 +1100
> From: Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Happy New Year
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> Happy New Year 2011 to everyone.
>
> May the New Year bring Health, Happiness, and Wealth to all.
>
> BC
>
> --
> A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and
> won't change the subject.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:41:30 +0000
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: File sharing setup
> Message-ID:
>        <AANLkTimJcJQPHebzSB++iExOyaHTj4-BS+cv1E0x8LPp at mail.gmail.com<AANLkTimJcJQPHebzSB%2B%2BiExOyaHTj4-BS%2Bcv1E0x8LPp at mail.gmail.com>
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> On 30 December 2010 23:22, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> > On 12/30/2010 04:33 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> >>
> >> On 30 December 2010 17:54, Bill Stanley<bstanle at wowway.com> ?wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ...
> >>> By the way, is there any advantage to installing the samba server on
> >>> every machine or does this just complicate the setup?
> >>
> >> It won't do any harm if you install it on a machine that is not
> >> required to serve files, but there is no point. ?It will just sit
> >> there doing nothing much, consuming a small amount of resources (I
> >> guess), in the vain hope that it might be asked to do something at
> >> some point. ?I just install it on machines that I setup shares on.
> >
> >
> > I now am able to share the document directory on computer two (the
> computer
> > that had the ping problem) and access files on computer one. Computer two
> is
> > now acting as a server. ?However this is not exactly what I want. I want
> > computer one to be the server since it is newer, faster and has a much
> > larger hard drive.
> >
> > What is happening is this. ?Smbfs has been installed on both computers.
> > When I try yo set file sharing on the documents directory I get an error.
> >
> > 1. I click on places/home folder. ?(it opens correctly)
> > 2. I right-click on the documents folder and I choose the
> > ? "Sharing Options" item.
> > 3. A dialog box opens (titled Folder Sharing) and I check the
> > ? "Share this folder" item.
> > 4. I check the item saying "Allow others to create..."
> >
> > At this point everything seems OK.
> >
> > 5. I choose "Create Share" and I get an error.
> >
> > The line saying Share name ?Documents now is displayed
> > in red and and an error the message saying
> >
> > Failed to execute child process
> > "testparm" (no such file or directory.
>
> Google shows this could be a problem on Ubuntu 9.10.  Are you using
> 9.10?  If so have you made sure the system is up to date?  If so then
> it might be worth looking through
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q=Failed+to+execute+child+process+%22testparm%22+%28no+such+file+or+director+samba&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB320GB320&ie=UTF-8
> to see if they are of any help.
>
> Colin
>
>
> >
> > I tried the same with other directories and even tried
> > creating a guest account and I get the same error.
> >
> > The directory definitely exists and has files in it.
> > I thought the permissions were wrong but they appear to be correct.
> > they are...
> >
> > Owner ? ? ? ? ? ?bill
> > Folder access ? ?Create and delete files
> > file access ? ? ?-- ? ?NOTE: I tried to change this item and
> > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? can't because it is a folder?
> >
> > The same permissions are set for GROUP and OTHERS.
> >
> > In short I have partial success but I can't make the new computer
> > (comp one) the server.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:45:53 -0500
> From: Stephen <stephen_o at rogers.com>
> To: Ubuntu Users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Happy New Year Everyone
> Message-ID: <4D1D9841.90900 at rogers.com>
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> I know this is a little off topic, but you people have helped me
> immensely in the past, so I want to wish the best of the new year to all
> of you.
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:04:50 -0600
> From: "Cybe R. Wizard" <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: recursively count the words occurrence in the text files
> Message-ID: <20101231030450.3cbf2cd0 at WizardsTower>
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> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:16:53 -0500
> Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 16:51 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Jonesy <gmane at jonz.net> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:15:58 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> This is why I frequently answer with what most others consider
> > > >> obnoxious comments like STFW, RTFM, DYOH (that's Do Your Own
> > > >> Homework) and the like, or just ignore the postings.
> > > >
> > > > Speaking as an ex-adjunct professor in "Computer Science", I
> > > > would urge folks to answer such homework questions with 400-500
> > > > level solutions. Even the most oblivious instructor in the
> > > > 100-200 level classes will see that it is not Original Work.
> > > >
> > > Ooh, that's mean!
> > >
> > > I like it.
> >
> > GREAT MINDS! I was just about to reply that it was fiendish, and that
> > I liked it! <evil cackles> Ric
> >
> Heh, as you will see, I did the same.
> It's the prefect solution.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
> --
> Software efficiency halves every 18 months, compensating Moore's Law.
>        May's Law
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:02:59 +0000
> From: Pete <psmouty at live.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Happy New Year Everyone
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> On 31/12/10 08:45, Stephen wrote:
> > I know this is a little off topic, but you people have helped me
> > immensely in the past, so I want to wish the best of the new year to all
> > of you.
> >
> OT I know but all the best to you and everyone on this list and thanks
> for your help!
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:04:12 +0200
> From: Matthias Andersson <matthias.andersson at pp1.inet.fi>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Nikon D40 and gphoto2
> Message-ID: <4D1DD4CC.5040108 at pp1.inet.fi>
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>
> Hi!
>
> I have tried to control a Nikon D40 using the gphoto2 application as
> shown at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KLIGlc3tS0 but without success.
>
> Gphoto2 says Error-6, the camera doesn't support the capture function.
>
> Cheers,
> Matthias
>
> Happy new year!
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:08:35 -0500
> From: Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: converting from win7
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> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi, all
> > > Hope the holidays are going well for everyone. My girlfriend asked me
> put
> > a
> > > trial of ubuntu on her desktop system so she have a go at it to see if
> > > switching to Ubuntu would work for her. She has a Sony Vaio All-In-One.
> I
> > > grabbed 10.10 from the Ubuntu site and burned it.
> > > When I loaded the disc it asked me automagically to run wubi (never
> seen
> > > that before). I tried booting from the disc, but first got a kb
> failure,
> > and
> > > then, after the initial bootup sequence, the screen simply goes black.
> I
> > > went back and took the Wubi option, which, after the install, asked to
> > > reboot to complete the installation. I got the same results. Since the
> > > graphic card seems to be compatible (checked both ubuntu and
> > linuxhardware),
> > > I'm wondering about this box. I've never seen a system that Ubuntu
> > couldn't
> > > be installed on, live cd or otherwise. Has anyone gotten Ubuntu
> installed
> > on
> > > an all-in-one system and was there anything different that I'd need on
> > the
> > > boot line to get this started? Thanks, as always, for the input...
> > > If it matters, the model is Sony VAIO PCV-A1111L.
> > >
> > > Jack
> >
> > - Do you intend to run Ubuntu from inside Windows with Wubi or
> > repartition the disk to install Ubuntu in its proper partitions?
> >
>
>
> > The ultimate intention is to repart the drive and run Ubuntu.
> >
>
>
> > - Do you have access to memtest and CD test? Have you tested them?
> > Yes and Yes. Memtest passes all tests and the CD integrity test passes.
> >
>
>
> > - Have you set the BIOS to try to boot from the CD first?
> > The system is set to boot first from CD, then primary hard drive
> >
>
>
> > - Are you sure you can't run Ubuntu from the live CD? (It would
> > indicate hardware incompatibility.)
> > When I put the CD in with Win7 running, Wubi is the program that comes
> up.
> > If I put the CD in the drive and reboot the machine so that it runs a
> warm
> > boot, Ubuntu does begin to load, but then goes to a black screen. I can
> try
> > and capture the last messages before this happens to tell you
> approximately
> > where this occurs.
> >
>
>
> > - Have you tried to startup Ubuntu with different parameters?
> > Such as?
> >
>
>
> > - Have ou googled the computer name plus "ubuntu" to check issues with
> > his kind of hardware?
> > Yes. A couple of sites in addition to Ubuntu (linuxhardware, etc). The
> > specific system is not mentioned although a number of Sony Vaio products
> > are.
> >
>
>
> > - Have you considered running Ubuntu on a virtual machine like
> VirtualBox?
> > Not at the moment, since my GF isn't all that savvy, and ultimately, I'd
> > like to see her get away from Win7 and go to Ubuntu as her primary OS.
> > L.
> >
> > --
> > L M Nicolosi, Eng.
> > Ubuntu AMD64
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