Re: help needed with printers

[Peter Goggin]

On 07/05/12 06:40, Chris Robinson wrote:



From: Peter Goggin
To: Chris Robinson
Cc: "ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com"
Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2012 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: help needed with printers
I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung 
colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera FS1010.  
I am using 12.04 ubuntu.

By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared

 printer the ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.

Any suggestions welcome.

Regards


Peter Goggin


Can you connect to the Windows workgroup from the Ubuntu Box?  Add a printer 
and see if the Workgroup shows up.  You should be able to see the Windows 
machine and the printer connected to it.  (Set the workgroup name in 
/etc/samba/smb.conf and reboot)

I've played with installing the Kyocera drivers here and it seems to work OK - 
I just don't have a Kyocera to test it properly.

The reason I suggested the purge when removing cups was because it seems that 
there may be a problem with the Kyocera drivers - corrupted or unreadable.  
Cups is working because you can install the Samsung driver, but it's bombing on 
the Kyocera.  I had hoped that if this was the case -purge and complete 
re-install would fix it, but if it's re-using a bad file in the archives rather 
than downloading it again...

Maybe get rid of the .deb archives and try again?

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
sudo apt-get purge cups
sudo apt-get install cups.

You should see the gutenprint drivers removed and then re-installed after 
downloading


Chris

Having reinstalled CUPS I can get the Samsung Printer (connected via the 
network) and the Kyocera (connected to my windows box) to work with the 
Linux box.
I can get the Samsung printer to work as a USB printer on the Linux box, 
but the Kyocer fails with the CUPS internal error when connectd to the 
Linux box usb port.
I am getting a couple of usb to network print servers and will try to 
connect the kyocera via the network print server..

I will let you know if this works.

Regards

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Re: help needed with printers

[Paul Gear]

On 07/05/12 00:08, Peter Goggin wrote:
> On 06/05/12 21:55, Jared Norris wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>> Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a
>> clue as to what is the actual issue.
>>
> The message is: There was an error during the CUPS operation:
> 'server-error-internal-error'.

What are the last few lines in /var/log/cups/error_log?

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Re: help needed with printers

[Chris Robinson]

> From: Peter Goggin 
>To: Chris Robinson  
>Cc: "ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com"  
>Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2012 9:41 PM
>Subject: Re: help needed with printers

>I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung 
>colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera FS1010.  
>I am using 12.04 ubuntu.
>
>By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared
printer the ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.
>Any suggestions welcome.
>
>Regards
>
>
>Peter Goggin


Can you connect to the Windows workgroup from the Ubuntu Box?  Add a printer 
and see if the Workgroup shows up.  You should be able to see the Windows 
machine and the printer connected to it.  (Set the workgroup name in 
/etc/samba/smb.conf and reboot)

I've played with installing the Kyocera drivers here and it seems to work OK - 
I just don't have a Kyocera to test it properly.

The reason I suggested the purge when removing cups was because it seems that 
there may be a problem with the Kyocera drivers - corrupted or unreadable.  
Cups is working because you can install the Samsung driver, but it's bombing on 
the Kyocera.  I had hoped that if this was the case -purge and complete 
re-install would fix it, but if it's re-using a bad file in the archives rather 
than downloading it again...

Maybe get rid of the .deb archives and try again?

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
sudo apt-get purge cups
sudo apt-get install cups.

You should see the gutenprint drivers removed and then re-installed after 
downloading


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Re: help needed with printers

[Peter Goggin]

On 06/05/12 21:55, Jared Norris wrote:

I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung
colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera
FS1010.  I am using 12.04 ubuntu.

By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer the
ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.
Any suggestions welcome.

Regards


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Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a
clue as to what is the actual issue.

The message is: There was an error during the CUPS operation: 
'server-error-internal-error'.



Regards


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Re: help needed with printers

[Jared Norris]

> I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung
> colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera
> FS1010.  I am using 12.04 ubuntu.
>
> By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer the
> ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Regards
>
>
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Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a
clue as to what is the actual issue.

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Re: help needed with printers

[Peter Goggin]

On 05/05/12 07:04, Chris Robinson wrote:
It sounds like cups is broken in some way.  Try stopping the process 
and starting it again:


sudo stop cups
sudo start cups

Try installing the printer again.

If that fails then you could try removing cups completely and 
installing it again in case there's something not quite write with it:


sudo apt-get -purge cups
sudo apt-get install cups

When you do the purge, look at see what it is going to remove.  
Removing some of these low level modules can take out more than you 
expect.


How did you install Ubuntu (wubi, whole disk, alongside)?  From a 
LiveCD or did you do an on-line install/upgrade?.  Are you running 
32bit or 64 bit?


Test the drivers and the cups program by installing the Kyocera 
printer as a parallel port printer.  Does it still fail?
I'm really impressed with cups and the drivers in 12.04.  You might 
consider a full upgrade to the new release.



*From:* Peter Goggin 
*To:* ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
*Sent:* Friday, 4 May 2012 11:15 AM
*Subject:* help needed with printers

I have a Kyocera FS1010 laser printer.  I have tried attaching it
to my ubuntu box using the usb port. Ths system finds the printer
and tries to load the drivers but then comes up with a CUPS Server
internal error.
Originally the kyocera was attached to my windows box as a shared
printer and I could see it form the ubuntu box, but following the
upgrade to 10.04  I started getting the CUPS error.

How can I fix it so that I can use the kyocera as a usb printer on
the ubuntu box?

Regards



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I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my 
Samsung colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe 
Kyocera FS1010.  I am using 12.04 ubuntu.


By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer 
the ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera.

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Regards


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Re: help needed with printers

[Chris Robinson]

It sounds like cups is broken in some way.  Try stopping the process and 
starting it again:

sudo stop cups
sudo start cups

Try installing the printer again.

If that fails then you could try removing cups completely and installing it 
again in case there's something not quite write with it:

sudo apt-get -purge cups
sudo apt-get install cups

When you do the purge, look at see what it is going to remove.  Removing some 
of these low level modules can take out more than you expect.


How did you install Ubuntu (wubi, whole disk, alongside)?  From a LiveCD or did 
you do an on-line install/upgrade?.  Are you running 32bit or 64 bit?


Test the drivers and the cups program by installing the Kyocera printer as a 
parallel port printer.  Does it still fail?
I'm really impressed with cups and the drivers in 12.04.  You might consider a 
full upgrade to the new release.




>
> From: Peter Goggin 
>To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com 
>Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 11:15 AM
>Subject: help needed with printers
> 
>I have a Kyocera FS1010 laser printer.  I have tried attaching it to my ubuntu 
>box using the usb port. Ths system finds the printer and tries to load the 
>drivers but then comes up with a CUPS Server internal error.
>Originally the kyocera was attached to my windows box as a shared printer and 
>I could see it form the ubuntu box, but following the upgrade to 10.04  I 
>started getting the CUPS error.
>
>How can I fix it so that I can use the kyocera as a usb printer on the ubuntu 
>box?
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>Peter Goggin
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Re: Help adapting poster for aussie use.

[Tom Sparks]

I would like to see a group of flyers that I can put around my house :)

Framed Ubuntu art work?

this house runs on ubuntu based computers :)

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you hear them speak


> > On 23 July 2010 16:09, MoLE
> > 
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> Afternoon all.
> >>
> >> I'd like to do some subtle promotion in my local
> area (community
> >> nocticeboards etc), so I had a look at the
> spreadubuntu site, which
> >> has a decent list of resources.
> >>
> >> I had my eye on this one, which clearly was made
> for the ubuntu-uk LoCo.
> >>
> >>
> >> http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/poster/your-free-alternative-v2-ink-saving
> >>
> >> Unfortunately I am cursed with major FAIL using
> scribus.  I can't
> >> figure out how to change the text layers. 
> Given that it supposedly
> >> has a multilingual text layer file, I thought that
> the best way to do
> >> it would be to add another text layer (en-au) and
> modify the contact
> >> details to suit our LoCo.
> >>
> >> Are there any scribus gurus out there who can
> point me in the right
> >> direction or help me out?  Obviously this
> would help all of us who
> >> want to promote ubuntu locally.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >>
> >> MoLE


  

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Re: Help adapting poster for aussie use.

[MoLE]

Many thanks for your suggestions so far.  I was hoping we could
leverage the spreadubuntu resources to create our own set of
promotional material.  Perhaps for the next mtg agenda.

On 7/23/10, Andre Mangan  wrote:
> Good for you, MoLE,
>
> If you save the document as a JPEG you can alter it in GIMP.  If you do not
> know how to do that nor want to learn Scribus, the easiest solution is to
> contact the author (you will have to send him a copy anyway).  Send your
> request with details of what changes you need to tord.jans...@gmail.com
> He has volunteered to assist (see the text file in the source package).
> Another option is to write a new document and copy and paste the images.
>
> If you really get stuck, contact me off-list and I will help you with the
> graphics.
>
> Andre
>
> .
>
> On 23 July 2010 16:09, MoLE
> 
>> wrote:
>
>> Afternoon all.
>>
>> I'd like to do some subtle promotion in my local area (community
>> nocticeboards etc), so I had a look at the spreadubuntu site, which
>> has a decent list of resources.
>>
>> I had my eye on this one, which clearly was made for the ubuntu-uk LoCo.
>>
>>
>> http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/poster/your-free-alternative-v2-ink-saving
>>
>> Unfortunately I am cursed with major FAIL using scribus.  I can't
>> figure out how to change the text layers.  Given that it supposedly
>> has a multilingual text layer file, I thought that the best way to do
>> it would be to add another text layer (en-au) and modify the contact
>> details to suit our LoCo.
>>
>> Are there any scribus gurus out there who can point me in the right
>> direction or help me out?  Obviously this would help all of us who
>> want to promote ubuntu locally.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>> MoLE
>>
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Re: Help adapting poster for aussie use.

[Andre Mangan]

Good for you, MoLE,

If you save the document as a JPEG you can alter it in GIMP.  If you do not
know how to do that nor want to learn Scribus, the easiest solution is to
contact the author (you will have to send him a copy anyway).  Send your
request with details of what changes you need to tord.jans...@gmail.com
He has volunteered to assist (see the text file in the source package).
Another option is to write a new document and copy and paste the images.

If you really get stuck, contact me off-list and I will help you with the
graphics.

Andre

.

On 23 July 2010 16:09, MoLE

> wrote:

> Afternoon all.
>
> I'd like to do some subtle promotion in my local area (community
> nocticeboards etc), so I had a look at the spreadubuntu site, which
> has a decent list of resources.
>
> I had my eye on this one, which clearly was made for the ubuntu-uk LoCo.
>
>
> http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/en/material/poster/your-free-alternative-v2-ink-saving
>
> Unfortunately I am cursed with major FAIL using scribus.  I can't
> figure out how to change the text layers.  Given that it supposedly
> has a multilingual text layer file, I thought that the best way to do
> it would be to add another text layer (en-au) and modify the contact
> details to suit our LoCo.
>
> Are there any scribus gurus out there who can point me in the right
> direction or help me out?  Obviously this would help all of us who
> want to promote ubuntu locally.
>
> TIA
>
>
> MoLE
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Re: help

[Robert Farrar]

Kym Mickan wrote:
/is this where I can ask for help as I'm new at this ubuntu stuff and 
having some headaches./


Hello Kym,

Yes you sure can...

Fire away.

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Re: help

[Daniel Sobey]

On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 11:21 +0930, Kym Mickan wrote: 
> is this where I can ask for help as I'm new at this ubuntu stuff and
> having some headaches.

This is one of the channels you can ask for help.
if you would like more real time help you can join us in irc at
#ubuntu-au on the freenode network.


What problems are you having?
Feel free to speak up and describe your issues.


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Re: help

[Basil Chupin]

On 07/05/10 11:51, Kym Mickan wrote:
/is this where I can ask for help as I'm new at this ubuntu stuff and 
having some headaches./


Yep, at least one of the places. One other would be the ubuntu mail list 
(to which you need to subscribe here: 
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists ).



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Re: help loading Ubuntu

[David Fawcett]

Hahaha! All Daves. What a stereotype eh?

I felt exactly the same way about it which is why I didn't post publicly.

I couldn't agree more that good techs shouldn't work cheap and I don't lower
my prices because my competitors may be cheaper.

I'd imagine you find many of the same situations that I do, client initially
goes with someone cheap, they ends up getting charged them more than they
expected because it takes longer and the cheap tech either doesn't fix the
problem or causes more problems than they fix. Then they come to someone
like us. It may sound good because I almost always keep clients like that
(and this business is all about repeat business) but it still drives me nuts
how many cowboys there are out there.

Anyway, good luck to you.

Dave.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Dave Hall  wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 01:11 +1100, David Fawcett wrote:
> > I just responded to David off list
>
> I did too.
>
> >  but out of curiosity for the future is it OK for IT companies to
> > reply on this list with their rates and services?
>
> I have no issue with people doing it, so long as it is in directly
> response to a post from a user.
>
> I personally don't do it as you can end up with people continuing the
> conversation on the list.  I also have little interest in races to the
> bottom on pricing.  Even though I know I'm not cheap I believe my rates
> represent good value for my clients.  Also 1:1 email provides more
> opportunities for going into detail from the first response.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:59 PM, david egan  wrote:
> > hi Melissa,
> > Is there any1 that can help me load Ubuntu onto my computer in
> > Melbourne ...n not 2 expensive?
> > regards
> >
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Re: help loading Ubuntu

[Dave Hall]

On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 01:11 +1100, David Fawcett wrote:
> I just responded to David off list

I did too.

>  but out of curiosity for the future is it OK for IT companies to
> reply on this list with their rates and services?

I have no issue with people doing it, so long as it is in directly
response to a post from a user.  

I personally don't do it as you can end up with people continuing the
conversation on the list.  I also have little interest in races to the
bottom on pricing.  Even though I know I'm not cheap I believe my rates
represent good value for my clients.  Also 1:1 email provides more
opportunities for going into detail from the first response.

Cheers

Dave

> 
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:59 PM, david egan  wrote:
> hi Melissa,
> Is there any1 that can help me load Ubuntu onto my computer in
> Melbourne ...n not 2 expensive?
> regards
> 
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Re: help loading Ubuntu

[David Fawcett]

I just responded to David off list but out of curiosity for the future is it
OK for IT companies to reply on this list with their rates and services?

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:59 PM, david egan  wrote:

> hi Melissa,
> Is there any1 that can help me load Ubuntu onto my computer in Melbourne
> ...n not 2 expensive?
> regards
>
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re: help loading Ubuntu

[david egan]

hi Melissa,
Is there any1 that can help me load Ubuntu onto my computer in Melbourne
...n not 2 expensive?
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Phil in the scrub]

Good news for you .
Now you can load up extreme tux racer  (its in synaptic)
and goe bob sledding and skiing

slightly addictive   btw :)

On Nov 13, 3:35 pm, "OPM595"  wrote:
> Many thanks for that kind offer, Phil.
> I'm actually on the other side of the Island (South Western Sydney).
> I'll most certainly check out those links though - thanks.
>
> To be honest, I bit the bullet and took the easy way out.
> Meaning I spent a couple of bucks and purchased a Gigabyte GeForce 8400 GS
> (has Nvidia onboard).
> Problem solved! It worked right out of the box. I can actually view
> everything now in it's correct resolution. Phew!
>
> Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their time and effort on this
> one.
>
> Regards,
> Rob
> ===
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> Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au
> PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia
>
> Aude aliquid dignum  - "Dare Something Worthy"
> ===
>
> On Thu, November 12, 2009 11:32 am, Phil in the scrub wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Rob ,
> > What  monitor brand and model do you have ?
> > As I mentioned earlier  had similar problem with the Samsung
> > (beautiful screen by the way )
> > and after loading the samsung install disc   TWICE ?    problem went
> > away .
> > If your in WA  can lend you a couple of screens and software to try
> > Sync master  dell or samsung
> > The dell gave me a bit of heartburn  also similar to yours on 9.10
> > but since reverting back to an earlier version no worries.
> > What helped me back in the early days  was these threads  (I save them
> > in bookmarks )
> >  http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/screen-resolut...
> > or maybe it was this one
> >http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138524-stuck-800x600-res...
>
> >  caveat 1
> > when I had the Dell problem I was operating Ubuntu that I installed
> > via wubi
> > it used to  give me the irits on a few things  until I ditched the
> > Wubi type install
>
> > But even non wubi the dell played up  on a dell machine something
> > horrible under 8.10
> > the second url solved that problem and at last could see google earth
> > properly
>
> > Caveat 2
>
> > I am only VERY new to Linux  so I sort of muck about with little
> > knowledge to fix problems
> > others may have easier ways  .
> > Cheers P
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[OPM595]

Many thanks for that kind offer, Phil.
I'm actually on the other side of the Island (South Western Sydney).
I'll most certainly check out those links though - thanks.

To be honest, I bit the bullet and took the easy way out.
Meaning I spent a couple of bucks and purchased a Gigabyte GeForce 8400 GS
(has Nvidia onboard).
Problem solved! It worked right out of the box. I can actually view
everything now in it's correct resolution. Phew!

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their time and effort on this
one.

Regards,
Rob
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Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au
PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia

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===

On Thu, November 12, 2009 11:32 am, Phil in the scrub wrote:
> Hi Rob ,
> What  monitor brand and model do you have ?
> As I mentioned earlier  had similar problem with the Samsung
> (beautiful screen by the way )
> and after loading the samsung install disc   TWICE ?problem went
> away .
> If your in WA  can lend you a couple of screens and software to try
> Sync master  dell or samsung
> The dell gave me a bit of heartburn  also similar to yours on 9.10
> but since reverting back to an earlier version no worries.
> What helped me back in the early days  was these threads  (I save them
> in bookmarks )
>  
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/screen-resolution-problem-in-ubuntu-362160/
> or maybe it was this one
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138524-stuck-800x600-resolution-dell-1100-a.html
>
>  caveat 1
> when I had the Dell problem I was operating Ubuntu that I installed
> via wubi
> it used to  give me the irits on a few things  until I ditched the
> Wubi type install
>
> But even non wubi the dell played up  on a dell machine something
> horrible under 8.10
> the second url solved that problem and at last could see google earth
> properly
>
> Caveat 2
>
> I am only VERY new to Linux  so I sort of muck about with little
> knowledge to fix problems
> others may have easier ways  .
> Cheers P




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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Paul Gear]

OPM595 wrote:
> My problem precisely is that I can not get a screen resolution other then
> 800 x 600. On a 19" monitor, this is a real headache.
> In Preferences > Display there is nothing detected and the only display
> size listed to choose from is 800 x 600.
>
> Anyway, I think this thing has caused enough stress. And for what ever the
> problem is I'm not too confident I'll discover an easy fix for it. I think
> the best bet now, is to leave it at that and just buy a compatible card.

One thing you need to do is make sure your monitor is turned on and
attached when the machine boots. If not, it will not be detected
correctly and will give you incorrect resolutions.

But i second what the other guys say - if you can't get an Intel card
working, you're having a bad day.  They have the BEST Linux driver support.

Paul

P.S.  Back in the bad old days when my motherboard was too new (and the
drivers weren't recent enough), i whacked in a $38 PCIe ATI X300 and it
worked perfectly on the free drivers.

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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

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On 12 Nov, 07:23, "OPM595"  wrote:
> My problem precisely is that I can not get a screen resolution other then
> 800 x 600. On a 19" monitor, this is a real headache.
> In Preferences > Display there is nothing detected and the only display
> size listed to choose from is 800 x 600.

Hi Rob ,
What  monitor brand and model do you have ?

As I mentioned earlier  had similar problem with the Samsung
(beautiful screen by the way )
and after loading the samsung install disc   TWICE ?problem went
away .

If your in WA  can lend you a couple of screens and software to try
Sync master  dell or samsung

The dell gave me a bit of heartburn  also similar to yours on 9.10
but since reverting back
to an earlier version   no worries  .

What helped me back in the early days  was these threads  (I save them
in bookmarks )
 
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/screen-resolution-problem-in-ubuntu-362160/
or maybe it was this one
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138524-stuck-800x600-resolution-dell-1100-a.html

 caveat 1
when I had the Dell problem I was operating Ubuntu that I installed
via wubi
it used to  give me the irits on a few things  until I ditched the
Wubi type install

But even non wubi the dell played up  on a dell machine something
horrible under 8.10
the second url solved that problem and at last could see google earth
properly

Caveat 2

I am only VERY new to Linux  so I sort of muck about with little
knowledge to fix problems
others may have easier ways  .
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[OPM595]

My problem precisely is that I can not get a screen resolution other then
800 x 600. On a 19" monitor, this is a real headache.
In Preferences > Display there is nothing detected and the only display
size listed to choose from is 800 x 600.

Anyway, I think this thing has caused enough stress. And for what ever the
problem is I'm not too confident I'll discover an easy fix for it. I think
the best bet now, is to leave it at that and just buy a compatible card.

Many thanks for everyones time and input on this one.
I'm off to Dickie's to get a VGA card!
Have a great day,
Rob


On Thu, November 12, 2009 9:56 am, Chris Debenham wrote:
> So what is not working then?

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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Chris Debenham]

So what is not working then?

2009/11/12 OPM595 :
> Thanks Chris,
> Just checking, and no, I do not have an xorg.conf file at all. Could this
> possibly be my problem?
> I don't see any errors when the machine boots-up. Loads grub, then the
> splash screen, login and so forth, but no errors that I can see.
> Should I create an xorg.conf file, or could this make matters worse?
>
> regards,
> Rob
>
> On Thu, November 12, 2009 8:00 am, Chris Debenham wrote:
>> No extra drivers/changes to xorg should be needed - intel graphics
>> should work 'out-of-the-box'.  In fact you can probably just remove
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have created one.
>> Since you are asking this I'm guessing that Xorg did not load up
>> properly - what did come up when you booted?
>> Were there any errors displayed?
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[OPM595]

Thanks Chris,
Just checking, and no, I do not have an xorg.conf file at all. Could this
possibly be my problem?
I don't see any errors when the machine boots-up. Loads grub, then the
splash screen, login and so forth, but no errors that I can see.
Should I create an xorg.conf file, or could this make matters worse?

regards,
Rob

On Thu, November 12, 2009 8:00 am, Chris Debenham wrote:
> No extra drivers/changes to xorg should be needed - intel graphics
> should work 'out-of-the-box'.  In fact you can probably just remove
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have created one.
> Since you are asking this I'm guessing that Xorg did not load up
> properly - what did come up when you booted?
> Were there any errors displayed?
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Chris Debenham]

No extra drivers/changes to xorg should be needed - intel graphics
should work 'out-of-the-box'.  In fact you can probably just remove
/etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have created one.
Since you are asking this I'm guessing that Xorg did not load up
properly - what did come up when you booted?
Were there any errors displayed?

2009/11/12 OPM595 :
> Oh, Ok. So, according to the last few responses, I maybe able to resolve
> the problem with what I currently have?
> Games? No. Unless, there's a 3D  shoot 'em version of Sudoku. I have my
> doubts. :)
> So, where to from here? Make changes to my Xorg or something along those
> lines? Download additional drivers? As mentioned, I'm a little
> inexperienced in this area.
>
> As always, any assistance is very much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
>
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[OPM595]

Oh, Ok. So, according to the last few responses, I maybe able to resolve
the problem with what I currently have?
Games? No. Unless, there's a 3D  shoot 'em version of Sudoku. I have my
doubts. :)
So, where to from here? Make changes to my Xorg or something along those
lines? Download additional drivers? As mentioned, I'm a little
inexperienced in this area.

As always, any assistance is very much appreciated.

Regards,
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Aryan Ameri]

On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 18:38 +1100, Chris Debenham wrote:
> Yes - you would see a reference to nvidia if you had a nvidia graphics card.
> The output shows that you have an onboard intel grapihcs card.
> The G31 should be good enough for web/work/video stuff - but may be a
> bit low-power for 3d games.
> If you don't need fancy 3D then you'll probably be right to stick with
> the onboard graphics
> 

I'll second this. You don't need a discreet video card unless you are
playing games, or doing some sort of graphics rendering or something.
For normal usage, like youtube/web/even Compiz, you should be fine with
the Intel onboard card. 

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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Chris Debenham]

Yes - you would see a reference to nvidia if you had a nvidia graphics card.
The output shows that you have an onboard intel grapihcs card.
The G31 should be good enough for web/work/video stuff - but may be a
bit low-power for 3d games.
If you don't need fancy 3D then you'll probably be right to stick with
the onboard graphics

2009/11/11 OPM595 :
> Thanks for the reply, Guys.
> Sorry about the lack of info in my initial post.
>
> Opening a terminal and doing "lspci | grep VGA"  gives me the folowing:
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 10)
>
> Now, I'm a little green on this, but if there was a Nvidia Geforce
> installed would there not be some sort of reference to it here (terminal
> output), proving it's existence?
>
> And adding to this, when I took delivery of the machine, the first thing I
> did was to go to the Nvidia site, and downloaded:
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run
> believing the Nvidia Geforce was supplied as advertised.
> I got to the point of running the install after doing the chmod +x and
> then running, and so forth but, unsurprisingly received:
>
> WARNING: You do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the
> 185.18.36 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver installed in this system.
>
> I think from the feedback on this, my crystal ball is telling me to save
> the stress and just buy a compatible card. I think most Nvidia cards are
> pretty safe, aren't they? I'm not hoping to do anything special. It's just
> getting a bit frustrating when doing things like browsing in Fox and you
> have to scroll like eighteen meters to the right to read the whole page (a
> little exaggerated, but you get my point).
>
> Once again, many thanks for the response on this. It is very much
> appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[OPM595]

Thanks for the reply, Guys.
Sorry about the lack of info in my initial post.

Opening a terminal and doing "lspci | grep VGA"  gives me the folowing:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 10)

Now, I'm a little green on this, but if there was a Nvidia Geforce
installed would there not be some sort of reference to it here (terminal
output), proving it's existence?

And adding to this, when I took delivery of the machine, the first thing I
did was to go to the Nvidia site, and downloaded:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run
believing the Nvidia Geforce was supplied as advertised.
I got to the point of running the install after doing the chmod +x and
then running, and so forth but, unsurprisingly received:

WARNING: You do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the
185.18.36 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver installed in this system.

I think from the feedback on this, my crystal ball is telling me to save
the stress and just buy a compatible card. I think most Nvidia cards are
pretty safe, aren't they? I'm not hoping to do anything special. It's just
getting a bit frustrating when doing things like browsing in Fox and you
have to scroll like eighteen meters to the right to read the whole page (a
little exaggerated, but you get my point).

Once again, many thanks for the response on this. It is very much
appreciated.

Regards,
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Phil in the scrub]

On 11 Nov, 10:24, "OPM595"  wrote:
> Hi Guy's,
>
> I did post this to the main forums, but been a bit light  on replies. So
> thought I'd just pass it bye the list, hoping to get a bit of advice, if
> possible, from the smart, good-looking and intelligent Ubuntu users here.
> :)
>
> I have just purchased a new machine with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard
> and installed Koala 9.10 amd64. The Alt ISO image installed fine, and
> everything seems Ok except my graphics resolution, which has the only
> single option of 800 x 600.
>
> There is a longer version to my story, but to cut it short; I purchased
> the machine off Ebay, advertised as having a Nvidia Geforce 7050 VGA
> inside, which is, according to my research, Ubuntu happy. It didn't (have
> the Nvidia GeForce), and surprisingly the seller has all but left for
> Brazil. Talk about Caveat Emptor, and that which is said of deals too good
> to be true. Guess I'll never learn.
>
> Anyway, should I just bite the bullet on this and just purchase a
> compatible graphics board, or is there another solution?
>
> Any advice or suggestions on this would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> rob
>
Good day Rob

I assume you have loaded up the drivers
if not this one may help  came out I think about Aug/sept
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.36.html

same kit on another machine here Asus board  Intel 8400 chipset
with same card as you difference however,is running 32 bit

So looked up the 64 bit version for you above
HTH

Oh, one more thing I found I had to reload twice for some reason the
samsung screen install disk  ?
now its fine  running tyhe syncmaster 2243 on that older box
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Callan Davies]

> Well, you didn't mention what is actually in the box? What sort of
> graphics driver does it have? None? Integrated? If integrated, what
> chipset is it? Most integrated graphics cards are made by Intel, which
> is very Linux friendly. 



Howdy,

Just regarding the above, in case you don't know, go to terminal, 
maximise the screen, and type in 'lspci' then enter.

This should give you an indication of what is in your machine. For 
example mine here says 

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated 
Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Either way, my advice is going to be - new graphics card. I've built 
several machines now and just picked any random nVidia card from a name 
brand, something decent but not super high-end, and they have always 
worked 100%.

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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Aryan Ameri]

On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 13:24 +1100, OPM595 wrote:
> Hi Guy's,
> 
> I did post this to the main forums, but been a bit light  on replies. So
> thought I'd just pass it bye the list, hoping to get a bit of advice, if
> possible, from the smart, good-looking and intelligent Ubuntu users here. 
> :)
> 
> I have just purchased a new machine with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard
> and installed Koala 9.10 amd64. The Alt ISO image installed fine, and
> everything seems Ok except my graphics resolution, which has the only
> single option of 800 x 600.
> 
> There is a longer version to my story, but to cut it short; I purchased
> the machine off Ebay, advertised as having a Nvidia Geforce 7050 VGA
> inside, which is, according to my research, Ubuntu happy. It didn't (have
> the Nvidia GeForce), and surprisingly the seller has all but left for
> Brazil. Talk about Caveat Emptor, and that which is said of deals too good
> to be true. Guess I'll never learn.
> 
> Anyway, should I just bite the bullet on this and just purchase a
> compatible graphics board, or is there another solution?
> 
> Any advice or suggestions on this would be very much appreciated.

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graphics driver does it have? None? Integrated? If integrated, what
chipset is it? Most integrated graphics cards are made by Intel, which
is very Linux friendly. 

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Re: Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner

[Scott Evans]

Thanks for posting your findings... I have an Epson all-in-one to get
working I'll see if this method will work for my case, its better than
what its NOT doing currently! 

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 22:53 +1100, Peter Goggin wrote:

> I finally got my epson scanner working.  The answer was in a french
> document.   
> 
> In english the steps are:
> 1. Place the scanner distribution disk in the dvd drive.
> 2. Open a terminal and execute the folowing commands:
> cd /tmp
> mkdir dossier_cab
> cd dossier_cab
> cp /cdrom/ESCAN/ModUsd.cab .
> cabextract ModUsd.cab
> 3. Move the correct file to the erc/sane.d directory
> sudo cp Esfw52.bin /etc/sane.d
> 
> 4. Modify the snapscan.conf file
> sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf
> 
> 5. Replace the line 
> firmware /path/to/your/firmware/file.bin
> 
> with:
> 
> firmware /etc/sane.d/Esfw52.bin
> 
> The scanner now works.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Peter Goggin
> 
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Re: Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner

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I finally got my epson scanner working.  The answer was in a french
document.   

In english the steps are:
1. Place the scanner distribution disk in the dvd drive.
2. Open a terminal and execute the folowing commands:
cd /tmp
mkdir dossier_cab
cd dossier_cab
cp /cdrom/ESCAN/ModUsd.cab .
cabextract ModUsd.cab
3. Move the correct file to the erc/sane.d directory
sudo cp Esfw52.bin /etc/sane.d

4. Modify the snapscan.conf file
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf

5. Replace the line 
firmware /path/to/your/firmware/file.bin

with:

firmware /etc/sane.d/Esfw52.bin

The scanner now works.

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[Fwd: Re: Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner]

[Scott Evans]

Sorry forgot to reply to all!

 Forwarded Message 

> From: Scott Evans 
> Reply-to: sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.org
> To: Peter Goggin 
> Subject: Re: Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner
> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:08:05 +1100
> 
> Sorry but I can only answer the second half of your question, the
> reason it stopped working after the reboot, was due to when it was
> working, this remained in memory, so once you rebooted it was no
> more!... I will keep track of your issue as I have a friend who also
> has an Epson printer that I'm getting an error with the scanner.  Oh I
> may be able to answer your first half, try reinstalling the printer
> driver (for your model) from the Epson website... see how you go, but
> if you get an error after completing that like no permission (to use
> the scanner) then you have struck the issue I have... 
> 
> I'm a HP guy so I'm not really that familiar with the Epson stuff,
> only what I've read from the web
> 
> Sorry if I'm zero help on this...
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 17:32 +1100, Peter Goggin wrote: 
> 
> > When I upgraded to the latest ubuntu release and connected my usb
> > scanner Xsane found it and I was able to scan some pages. I restarted my
> > computer today and Xsan does not find the scanner and I get the message:
> > Failed to open device 'snalscan:libusb:001:005': invalid argument.
> > 
> > What does this mean and why has shutting the ccomputer down and
> > restarting caused the problem?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards 
> > 
> > 
> > Peter Goggin
> > 
> > 
> 
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Unconfigured packages (was Re: Help!)

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SuperGeek wrote:
> ...
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a'
> to correct the problem.
>
> E: _cache-> open() failed, please report.
>
> I might have only installed Ubuntu last week, and it was my first ever
> Linux distro, but I at least recognized the command  'dpkg --configure
> -a' as a Terminal command, which seems to be the Linux version of the
> DOS prompt. I put in the terminal command and it comes up with this:
>
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
>
> So what's a superuser? I set up this computer, and I gave my user
> account full access to everything. So why is it telling me this?
> Help!
>   
Don't panic!  Everything is probably fine.  The superuser is called
'root', and is the equivalent to administrator on Windows.

Normally on Ubuntu the way people access the root account is by using
the sudo command.  I usually just "sudo bash", which runs a command
shell as root, then all subsequent commands don't need the sudo in front.

Anyway, to fix your problem, just run
sudo dpkg --configure -a

You may be prompted with a couple of questions, depending on the
package.  Make your best guess if you're not sure - you can always come
back later and do it again after you've posted your results to the
mailing list.

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Paul Gear]

Peter Williams wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Folk,
> 
> Problem SOLVED. I did a total re-install of my OS... wiping out the old OS.
> 
> I'm now using Mint Ubuntu (Elyssa)... and it is the only OS on this pc. It
> was quite straight-forward to install (over-writing the old system).

That's the proverbial sledge-hammer approach.  A better way would have
been to expand your file system to match the size of the disk.
Depending on your configuration, you may have been able to do this
on-line, or booted from the Ubuntu live CD - both methods should have
resulted in no data loss.

And as has frequently been requested previously, if you're running Mint
Linux, please use the appropriate mailing list for that distribution.

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Peter Williams]

Dear Ubuntu Folk,

Problem SOLVED. I did a total re-install of my OS... wiping out the old OS.

I'm now using Mint Ubuntu (Elyssa)... and it is the only OS on this pc. It
was quite straight-forward to install (over-writing the old system).

Best Regards,
PEW   ;-)))


Fond Regards,
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from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675

My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com

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might be better to change the locks."

2009/2/12 David Gillies 

> David Gillies wrote:
> > Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT
> >> the problem. Something else is taking all of the space.
> >>
> >
> > 
> >
> >> 32G.
> >>
> > So looking at your computer, I see that you've allocated a total of 43G
> > for your Ubuntu install:
> >
> > r...@user-desktop:/home/user# df -h
> > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/sda1  43G   38G  3.7G  92% /
> >
> > And your home directory is using 32Gb, which leaves another 6Gb outside
> > of your directory, which is probably the Ubuntu install itself and other
> > miscellania. Your problem seems to be more that you haven't
> > allocated/partitioned any of the rest of your drives.
> >
> I had a look at your fdisk -l output (sorry, I didn't before) and I saw
> that /dev/sda1 is almost all of the disk, definitely a lot more than the
> 43G that df is reporting. That's quite bizarre.
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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[David Gillies]

David Gillies wrote:
> Peter Williams wrote:
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT 
>> the problem. Something else is taking all of the space.
>> 
>
> 
>   
>> 32G.
>> 
> So looking at your computer, I see that you've allocated a total of 43G 
> for your Ubuntu install:
>
> r...@user-desktop:/home/user# df -h
> FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda1  43G   38G  3.7G  92% /
>
> And your home directory is using 32Gb, which leaves another 6Gb outside 
> of your directory, which is probably the Ubuntu install itself and other 
> miscellania. Your problem seems to be more that you haven't 
> allocated/partitioned any of the rest of your drives.
>   
I had a look at your fdisk -l output (sorry, I didn't before) and I saw 
that /dev/sda1 is almost all of the disk, definitely a lot more than the 
43G that df is reporting. That's quite bizarre.

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Stewart Johnston]

Just a quick look:

DVD_iso_images is taking up 11Gb worth of space.
Music is taking up 6Gb worth
Pascal, 2Gb
Videos, 8Gb
Archives, 2Gb

There's 29Gb of room taken up right there


Peter Williams wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT 
> the problem. Something else is taking all of the space.
>
> Below are the results of 'du -h -x --max-depth=1' command  in the home 
> folder.
>
> r...@user-desktop:/home/user# du -h -x --max-depth=1
> 34M./tmp
> 4.3M./Documents
> 556K./.compiz
> 16K./.adobe
> 604K./.macromedia
> 884K./.nautilus
> 96K./.transmission
> 4.0K./.icons
> 28K./GNUstep
> 876K./.buoh
> 20K./.eric4
> 600K./.mcop
> 123M./.mozilla
> 32K./.sane
> 8.0K./.mplayer
> 1.8M./.purple
> 108K./.scribus
> 16K./.pulse
> 171M./cvsroot
> 20M./New2HelpMultiTabbed
> 31M./PDF
> 464K./.clamtk
> 64K./.winefish
> 3.7M./xlogo
> 12K./.xarchive
> 1.6M./.gconf
> 12K./.themes
> 7.0M./.cache
> 6.1G./Music
> 40K./.dvdcss
> 20K./.AbiSuite
> 12K./.ripoff
> 71M./Delphi.7.Second.Edition.v7.2
> 44K./.xine
> 12K./.openinvaders
> 12K./MP3_Shoutcast_Playlists
> 12K./.pdfedit
> 51M./Lazarus_1.4_alpha
> 38M./commodore
> 36M./vice-1.22
> 102M./.thumbnails
> 488K./.spumux
> 316K./.config
> 20M./.kde.old
> 32K./csv_comma_seperated_values
> 12K./.update-manager-core
> 1.9M./.local
> 213M./Photos
> 1.8G./pascal
> 4.0K./.egoboo
> 3.7M./.openoffice.org2
> 113M./OpenOffice stuff
> 4.0K./.gnome2_private
> 4.2M./.kompozer
> 12M./font_zip_files
> 8.0K./.kpackage
> 700M./Public
> 8.0K./.deb-gview
> du: cannot access `./.gvfs': Permission denied
> 20K./FrostWire
> 4.8M./.gnome2
> 260K./Sitemap_generator
> 712K./Torrents
> 208M./Pictures
> 3.8M./.mozilla-thunderbird
> 220K./.frostwire4.17
> 2.5M./txt_files
> 464K./.gimp-2.4
> 72M./websites
> 25M./.streamtuner
> 11G./DVD_iso_images
> 92K./.gconfd
> 364K./.vlc
> 48K./.inkscape
> 649M./.wine
> 131M./.fr-SIsVP8
> 48K./.screem
> 16K./.qt
> 9.4M./.fonts
> 12K./.dbus
> 224K./.metacity
> 132K./.tomboy
> 98M./Desktop
> 164K./.bluefish
> 8.1G./Videos
> 4.0K./Templates
> 4.0K./.wapi
> 1.8G./Archives
> 8.0K./.update-notifier
> 127M./Misc stuff
> 1.5M./.kde4
> 132K./.fontconfig
> 380K./.evolution
> 3.4M./html
> 395M./OLD HDD
> 11M./.kde
> 81M./starlogo-linux-build-i386-nosound.
> 3.5M./.klamav
> 1.3M./liogo
> 132K./kdesvn_repository
> 4.0K./.ssh
> 576K./.gstreamer-0.10
> 8.0K./.cups
> 4.0K./.bogofilter
> 12K./.alsaplayer
> 40K./.subversion
> 218M./Lazarus_source_code
> 12K./Logo
> 208K./.lazarus
> 12K./.gnupg
> 7.3M./.java
> 32G.
>
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or) 
> http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
>
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
> Marlene Dietrich  - "Most women set out to try to change a man, and 
> when they have changed him they do not like h...
>
> 2009/2/12 Morgan Storey mailto:m...@morganstorey.com>>
>
> I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
> du -h --max-depth=1
>
> This will tell you what folder is using what.
>
> --
> Regards
> Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security.
> IT Security Specialist.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Hall  > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Can you please run "df -h" (without the quotes) and post the
> output to
> the list.
>
> Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place,
> it wastes
> resources having multiple people answering the same question
> in multiple
> places.  Dropped yahoo group from CC
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu
> with Gnome
> > DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition
> (see line
> > 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
> >
> > I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't
> think it's
> > the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging
> most of the
> > HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
> >
> > Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB
> HDD). I
> > will provide more technical details as requested as long
> as you
> > explain how I'm to obtain this info.
>

Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[David Gillies]

Peter Williams wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT 
> the problem. Something else is taking all of the space.


>
> 32G.
So looking at your computer, I see that you've allocated a total of 43G 
for your Ubuntu install:

r...@user-desktop:/home/user# df -h
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1  43G   38G  3.7G  92% /

And your home directory is using 32Gb, which leaves another 6Gb outside 
of your directory, which is probably the Ubuntu install itself and other 
miscellania. Your problem seems to be more that you haven't 
allocated/partitioned any of the rest of your drives.

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Peter Williams]

Hi All,

Note my user name is 'user'. The home folder totals 32GB so it's NOT the
problem. Something else is taking all of the space.

Below are the results of 'du -h -x --max-depth=1' command  in the home
folder.

r...@user-desktop:/home/user# du -h -x --max-depth=1
34M./tmp
4.3M./Documents
556K./.compiz
16K./.adobe
604K./.macromedia
884K./.nautilus
96K./.transmission
4.0K./.icons
28K./GNUstep
876K./.buoh
20K./.eric4
600K./.mcop
123M./.mozilla
32K./.sane
8.0K./.mplayer
1.8M./.purple
108K./.scribus
16K./.pulse
171M./cvsroot
20M./New2HelpMultiTabbed
31M./PDF
464K./.clamtk
64K./.winefish
3.7M./xlogo
12K./.xarchive
1.6M./.gconf
12K./.themes
7.0M./.cache
6.1G./Music
40K./.dvdcss
20K./.AbiSuite
12K./.ripoff
71M./Delphi.7.Second.Edition.v7.2
44K./.xine
12K./.openinvaders
12K./MP3_Shoutcast_Playlists
12K./.pdfedit
51M./Lazarus_1.4_alpha
38M./commodore
36M./vice-1.22
102M./.thumbnails
488K./.spumux
316K./.config
20M./.kde.old
32K./csv_comma_seperated_values
12K./.update-manager-core
1.9M./.local
213M./Photos
1.8G./pascal
4.0K./.egoboo
3.7M./.openoffice.org2
113M./OpenOffice stuff
4.0K./.gnome2_private
4.2M./.kompozer
12M./font_zip_files
8.0K./.kpackage
700M./Public
8.0K./.deb-gview
du: cannot access `./.gvfs': Permission denied
20K./FrostWire
4.8M./.gnome2
260K./Sitemap_generator
712K./Torrents
208M./Pictures
3.8M./.mozilla-thunderbird
220K./.frostwire4.17
2.5M./txt_files
464K./.gimp-2.4
72M./websites
25M./.streamtuner
11G./DVD_iso_images
92K./.gconfd
364K./.vlc
48K./.inkscape
649M./.wine
131M./.fr-SIsVP8
48K./.screem
16K./.qt
9.4M./.fonts
12K./.dbus
224K./.metacity
132K./.tomboy
98M./Desktop
164K./.bluefish
8.1G./Videos
4.0K./Templates
4.0K./.wapi
1.8G./Archives
8.0K./.update-notifier
127M./Misc stuff
1.5M./.kde4
132K./.fontconfig
380K./.evolution
3.4M./html
395M./OLD HDD
11M./.kde
81M./starlogo-linux-build-i386-nosound.
3.5M./.klamav
1.3M./liogo
132K./kdesvn_repository
4.0K./.ssh
576K./.gstreamer-0.10
8.0K./.cups
4.0K./.bogofilter
12K./.alsaplayer
40K./.subversion
218M./Lazarus_source_code
12K./Logo
208K./.lazarus
12K./.gnupg
7.3M./.java
32G.

Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675

My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs

(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
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2009/2/12 Morgan Storey 

> I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
> du -h --max-depth=1
>
> This will tell you what folder is using what.
>
> --
> Regards
> Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security.
> IT Security Specialist.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Hall  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you please run "df -h" (without the quotes) and post the output to
>> the list.
>>
>> Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place, it wastes
>> resources having multiple people answering the same question in multiple
>> places.  Dropped yahoo group from CC
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome
>> > DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line
>> > 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
>> >
>> > I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's
>> > the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the
>> > HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
>> >
>> > Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I
>> > will provide more technical details as requested as long as you
>> > explain how I'm to obtain this info.
>> >
>> > I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate
>> > myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of
>> > chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat
>> > forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-(
>> > sudo fdisk -l
>> > results below
>> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/
>> >
>> >
>> > ls -lah ~/
>> > results below
>> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
>> >
>> > df -h
>> > results below
>> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Fond Regards,
>> > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
>> >
>> > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>> >
>> > My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it

Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Paul Gear]

Joel W Shea wrote:
> 2009/2/12 Dave Hall :
>> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 09:24 +1100, Morgan Storey wrote:
>>> I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
>>> du -h --max-depth=1
>>>
>>> This will tell you what folder is using what.
>> I was initially more interested in what his overall usage was, then I
>> would suggest he uses filelight which is just a fancy GUI frontend for
>> du
>>
> 
> I usually do a "du -sk * | sort -rn | head", to get the top ten space hogs
> in the current working dir, then drill down from there.

An easier alternative is the GNOME disk space analyser: Applications ->
Accessories -> Disk Usage Analyzer.  It can scan your system or specific
parts of it, and give you some great little graphs that make it clear
where the most space is used.  I'm personally rather fond of the
exploded pie chart it produces - great for tracking down big stuff quickly.

Paul

P.S.  For those who like having cross-platform alternatives, check out
http://jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/
Note that it's not Free Software in the GNU sense, but it is
unrestricted to use, and works on any platform with a Java stack.
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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Joel W Shea]

2009/2/12 Dave Hall :
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 09:24 +1100, Morgan Storey wrote:
>> I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
>> du -h --max-depth=1
>>
>> This will tell you what folder is using what.
>
> I was initially more interested in what his overall usage was, then I
> would suggest he uses filelight which is just a fancy GUI frontend for
> du
>

I usually do a "du -sk * | sort -rn | head", to get the top ten space hogs
in the current working dir, then drill down from there.

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Dave Hall]

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 09:24 +1100, Morgan Storey wrote:
> I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
> du -h --max-depth=1
> 
> This will tell you what folder is using what.

I was initially more interested in what his overall usage was, then I
would suggest he uses filelight which is just a fancy GUI frontend for
du

> 
> --
> Regards
> Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security.
> IT Security Specialist.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Hall 
> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can you please run "df -h" (without the quotes) and post the
> output to
> the list.
> 
> Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place,
> it wastes
> resources having multiple people answering the same question
> in multiple
> places.  Dropped yahoo group from CC
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu
> with Gnome
> > DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition
> (see line
> > 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
> >
> > I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't
> think it's
> > the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging
> most of the
> > HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
> >
> > Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB
> HDD). I
> > will provide more technical details as requested as long
> as you
> > explain how I'm to obtain this info.
> >
> > I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I
> rate
> > myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the
> result of
> > chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in
> #ubuntu chat
> > forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively
> ignored ;-(
> > sudo fdisk -l
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/
> >
> >
> > ls -lah ~/
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> >
> > df -h
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> >
> >
> >
> > Fond Regards,
> > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> >
> > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> >
> > My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think
> about it.)
> > Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the
> same people restoring the Statue of Liberty."ls -lah ~/
> >
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> > df -h
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> >
> > Fond Regards,
> > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> >
> > My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> >
> > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think
> about
> > it.)
> > Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the
> same people
> > restoring the Statue of Liberty."
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Ross]

2009/2/12 Peter Williams :
>
> Hello All,
>
> My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome DE...
> and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line 9
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
>
> I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's the
> Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the HDD and
> leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
>
> Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I will
> provide more technical details as requested as long as you explain how
> I'm to obtain this info.
>
> I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate myself as
> only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of chats in
> #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat forum but it
> was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-(
>
> sudo fdisk -l
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/
>
>
> ls -lah ~/
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
>
> df -h
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/

The du command should help here. It will tell you which files are
taking up space on the disk. Try 'man du' for information on the
command, or for the lazy: 'du -h -x --max-depth=1' should tell you
what top level directories are taking up space (as long as you run it
from /) without looking through other mounted drives. It'll take a
while to complete, and you'll probably have to run it as root (ie:
sudo du) or it wont be able to look at all files on the disk. You may
want to hunt around from there to find which directories have blown
out. If you're not sure from there send back the output of that
command.

Regards,

Ross

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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Morgan Storey]

I'd suggest doing the below in /home/username
du -h --max-depth=1

This will tell you what folder is using what.

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IT Security Specialist.


On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Hall  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can you please run "df -h" (without the quotes) and post the output to
> the list.
>
> Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place, it wastes
> resources having multiple people answering the same question in multiple
> places.  Dropped yahoo group from CC
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome
> > DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line
> > 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
> >
> > I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's
> > the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the
> > HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
> >
> > Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I
> > will provide more technical details as requested as long as you
> > explain how I'm to obtain this info.
> >
> > I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate
> > myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of
> > chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat
> > forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-(
> > sudo fdisk -l
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/
> >
> >
> > ls -lah ~/
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> >
> > df -h
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> >
> >
> >
> > Fond Regards,
> > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> >
> > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> >
> > My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
> > Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people
> restoring the Statue of Liberty."ls -lah ~/
> >
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> > df -h
> > results below
> > http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> >
> > Fond Regards,
> > Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> >
> > My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> >
> > (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about
> > it.)
> > Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people
> > restoring the Statue of Liberty."
>
>
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Re: Help!!! Something is using most of my HDD space!!!

[Dave Hall]

Hi,

Can you please run "df -h" (without the quotes) and post the output to
the list.

Also please don't cross post, ask your question to one place, it wastes
resources having multiple people answering the same question in multiple
places.  Dropped yahoo group from CC

Cheers

Dave

On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 08:48 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> My problem is with this pc (this desktop) running Ubuntu with Gnome
> DE... and the Home space is around 37 GB. The main partition (see line
> 9 http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/)
> 
> I don't know what is taking up most of my space... I don't think it's
> the Ubuntu installation itself. But something is hogging most of the
> HDD and leaving me with only 3.2GB free hard disc space.
> 
> Note that the HDDs in this pc is one terabyte (as 2 x 500 GB HDD). I
> will provide more technical details as requested as long as you
> explain how I'm to obtain this info.
> 
> I should NOT be running out of HDD space!!! Note also that I rate
> myself as only a Ubuntu Beginner!!! The links below are the result of
> chats in #beginners-help chat forum ... I tried to ask in #ubuntu chat
> forum but it was so very busy that I was effectively ignored ;-(
> sudo fdisk -l
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/117016/
> 
> 
> ls -lah ~/
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> 
> df -h
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> 
> 
> 
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS 
> 
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> 
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
> Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people 
> restoring the Statue of Liberty."ls -lah ~/
> 
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116901/
> df -h
> results below
> http://paste.ubuntu.com/116880/
> 
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS 
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> 
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com
> 
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about
> it.)
> Bob Hope  - "I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people
> restoring the Statue of Liberty."



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Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

[Dejai]

Well if you log into the terminal as you normally would using first
your username, then your password. You can run the command: startx
this will start xserver and boot you into your default windows manager
from where you can make the necessary changes from there using the
gui. Maybe you should try the other peoples advice first though
because if you have kde4 as your default and its sort of half deleted
its advisable to install ubuntu-desktop.. Sorry I couldn't be more
help.


On Jan 23, 8:36 pm, Peter Williams  wrote:
> Hello Ubuntu people,
>
> nb -- I will happily provide system specs as requested and if I can figure
> out how to find them out. My computer is an extremely new and fast computer.
> It has Dual Core Processor (not sure what speed), 4 Gigabytes of memory and
> a one terabyte HDD.
>
> I urgently need help to fix my computer. I have previously had Kubuntu 8.04
> installed and it seemed to be working okay. Then I decided that I did not
> want to use KDE 4 and only use the Gnome Desktop Manager with KDE 3.5. I
> used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove much of the KDE 4 with the
> intention of keeping KDE 3.5 and using the Gnome Desktop Manager.
>
> I am currently booted from a Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot CD-ROM and that is
> allowing me to access the internet (as you can see) and I can send emails.
>
> If I boot my computer WITHOUT the Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot disk -- then I
> get dumped at the terminal login screen for Kubuntu 8.04 (I think). The
> terminal login screen confuses me no-end This is undoubtedly because I'm
> a Linux Beginner and I still have problems with the commands. I still cannot
> get the hang of using the 'man' command ;-(
>
> Previously, I have had my pc working fine with different Linux OSes. I do
> NOT use Micro$oft Windowz of ANY version and I honestly don't want to even
> consider installing Windoze.
>
> I read on some website (???) to do the following:
>
> quote: ---
>
> System Settings / Advanced / Autostart -- click Add Program. Type in
> nm-applet which is the Gnome one. From then on it should start with the KDE
> Session.
>
> end quote.
>
> This means nothing it mean and it's all double-dutch. ;-(
>
> Earlier today I was very happy because I thought that I'd finally got
> Kubuntu working okay. There was a problem that I had shit-loads of programs
> installed -- probably too many... And the newer KDE 4 programs were
> conflicting with the older KDE 3.5 programs.
>
> I joined the ##beginner-help forum and #ubuntuforums-beginners -- however,
> I've forgotten how to use pidgin (the messenger program I use) to access
> these forums.
>
> Would one of you lovely Ubuntu GURUs please help this poor Linux newbie?!?
>
> I urgently need help to fix my computer. I have previously had Kubuntu 8.04
> installed and it seemed to be working okay. Then I decided that I did not
> want to use KDE 4 and only use the Gnome Desktop Manager with KDE 3.5. I
> used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove much of the KDE 4 with the
> intention of keeping KDE 3.5 and using the Gnome Desktop Manager.
>
> I am currently booted from a Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot CD-ROM and that is
> allowing me to access the internet (as you can see) and I can send emails.
>
> If I boot my computer WITHOUT the Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot disk -- then I
> get dumped at the terminal login screen for Kubuntu 8.04 (I think).
>
> Previously, I have had my pc working fine with different Linux OSes. I do
> NOT use Micro$oft Windowz of ANY version and I honestly don't want to even
> consider installing Windoze.
>
> I read on some website (???) to do the following:
>
> quote:
>
> System Settings / Advanced / Autostart -- click Add Program. Type in
> nm-applet which is the Gnome one. From then on it should start with the KDE
> Session.
>
> end quote.
>
> This means nothing it mean and it's all double-dutch. ;-(
>
> Earlier today I was very happy because I thought that I'd finally got
> Kubuntu working okay. There was a problem that I had shit-loads of programs
> installed -- probably too many... And the newer KDE 4 programs were
> conflicting with the older KDE 3.5 programs.
>
> I joined the ##beginner-help forum and #ubuntuforums-beginners -- however,
> I've forgotten how to use pidgin (the messenger program I use) to access
> these forums.
>
> Would one of you lovely Ubuntu GURUs please help this poor Linux newbie?!?
>
> Yours Optimistically and With Much Love,
> PEW aka PetethePoet
>
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>
> My free website is:http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or)http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
>
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
>
> Emo Philips  - "I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the
> exterminator."
>
> Yours Optimistically and With Much Love,
> PEW aka PetethePoet
>
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>
> 

Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

[Peter Williams]

G'day Matthew and All (K)ubuntu folk,

And also to the Ubuntu-au list and
the ubuntuli...@yahoogroup.com

G'day All

(my comments are below)

Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675

My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs

(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)

George Burns  - "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get
old."

2009/1/25 Matthew Flaschen 

> Peter Williams wrote:
> > This website help me a lot:
> >
> > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnomehardy
> >
> > I ended up using the *Remove Kubuntu*
> > Pasting the command (in the black box) into the terminal shell (which is
> > an extremely long command!!!)
>
> The remove Kubuntu part obviously didn't give you a GUI (it just removes
> various KDE packages, and a lot of packages that aren't KDE-related at
> all), but it also has sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop at the end,
> which installs GNOME.
>

I'm happily using a very complicated GNOME system WITH KDE also. I *seems*
to be extremely stable and I'm very happy with it.


>
> > I'm now happily using AMAROK fantastic music playing program and
> > listening to some of my ripped music -- The Beatles!
>
> You realize Amarok is a KDE application, right?
>

Yes I know that. I don't really know what point you're trying to make. I
have GNOME DE happily co-existing with KDE (not sure what version). AMAROK
is working flawlessly!!!

I'm very happy with my desktop pc (I'm using now)

Yours Faithfully, Optimistically and With Much Love,
PEW aka PeterThePoet


> Matt Flaschen
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Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

[Peter Williams]

Hello All Fellow Ubuntu and Kubuntu people.

and to the Ubuntu-Australian list

Hello All,

And hello to all of the nice and friendly ppl I met at the
Linux.conf.auOpen Day yesterday @ the Hobart Wrest Point - Tasman
Rooms. I was really
pleased to finally met so very many friendly faces... everyone was very
nice!!! (of course!)

My system now seems to be quite stable.

This website help me a lot:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnomehardy

I ended up using the *Remove Kubuntu*
Pasting the command (in the black box) into the terminal shell (which is an
extremely long command!!!)

Fingers-crossed it seems to have worked. I now have a Gnome DE with Ubuntu
8.04 - the Hardy Heron - released in April 2008 (according to the help
page).

I'm now happily using AMAROK fantastic music playing program and listening
to some of my ripped music -- The Beatles!

I'm still gradually tweaking my system -- but it seems to be working fine!!!
;-)

Yours Faithfully, Optimistically and With Much Love,
PEW aka PeteThePoet from Hobart, Australia

Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675

My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs

(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
Robert Benchley  - "Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I
said nothing."

2009/1/25 Matthew Flaschen 

> Peter Williams wrote:
> > I urgently need help to fix my computer. I have previously had Kubuntu
> > 8.04 installed and it seemed to be working okay. Then I decided that I
> > did not want to use KDE 4
>
> Can you explain further?  Kubuntu 8.04 (which I'm using) comes with KDE
> 3.5.  Did you install the kde4 package?
>
> > and only use the Gnome Desktop Manager with
> > KDE 3.5.
>
> Why not just use KDE 3.5?
>
> > I used the Synaptic Package Manager to remove much of the KDE 4
> > with the intention of keeping KDE 3.5 and using the Gnome Desktop
> Manager.
>
> You probably removed KDE 3.5.
>
> > If I boot my computer WITHOUT the Mint Linux 5.1 Live Boot disk -- then
> > I get dumped at the terminal login screen for Kubuntu 8.04 (I think).
> > The terminal login screen confuses me no-end
>
> As Eberhard said, you should be able to just enter the same user name
> and password you used for the graphical login.  If you can successfully
> login, do:
>
> sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop --reinstall
>
> That should install Kubuntu again.  It may take a long time.  When it
> completes, do
>
> sudo reboot
>
> Your computer will restart, and KDE (3.5) should be up and running again.
>
> If you can't login, post the actual prompt you're looking at.
>
> > quote: ---
> >
> > System Settings / Advanced / Autostart -- click Add Program. Type in
> > nm-applet which is the Gnome one. From then on it should start with the
> > KDE Session.
> >
> > end quote.
>
> That's information about NetworkManager.  It won't help you get your GUI
> back.
>
> > And the newer KDE 4 programs were conflicting with the older KDE 3.5
> programs.
>
> Yes, a beginner really shouldn't be using kde4 on 8.04.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>
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Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

[Karl Goetz]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:47:34 +1000
Simon Ives  wrote:

> If you can reach a terminal then enter:
> 
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
> 
> This will install the Gnome desktop environment for you.

Also, `sudo tasksel`.
Then install "Kubuntu desktop" or "Ubuntu desktop" as you desire.
kk

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Re: HELP NEEDED - Kubuntu 8.04 will not boot to login screen. What do I do now???

[Simon Ives]

If you can reach a terminal then enter:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

This will install the Gnome desktop environment for you.
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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Paul Shirren]

Peter Williams wrote:
> I went to the above mentioned link and found this webpage:
> 
> http://keysigning.org/event/lca2009

Don't worry about the keysigning Peter. That is for developers attending 
the conference.

The Open Day is on Saturday 24th January at the University of Tasmania, 
Sandy Bay campus. It is free and open to the general public if you are 
interested.

Still waiting for details on the start and finish time. When there is 
more info it will probably appear here: 
http://linux.conf.au/programme/open_day

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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hi Dave and Everyone,

2009/1/7 Dave Hall 

> Hi,
>
> I am not sure if you are aware that linux.conf.au will be in Hobart
> later this month.  This is one of the best Linux conferences around -
> although it is quite technical.
>
> If you can't afford the time (or ticket price)  you should try to make
> it along to the openday - see
> http://linux.conf.au/programme/about_programme#OpenDay
>

I went to the above mentioned link and found this webpage:

http://keysigning.org/event/lca2009

quote from the website
---

This keysigning will use the
'Sassaman-Projected'
method, which is well suited to large groups.

*Getting Ready*

To participate in the LCA 2009 keysigning you will need to submit your
public key prior to *2009-01-16 16:00:00*. NB: that's according to the
system time of this server, which is currently 2009-01-07 01:20:30. It's *
not* relative to your local time.

The simplest way to do this is to export your public key in ascii-armored
format and email it to 'lca2009-k...@keysigning.org'. On a typical Linux
system you can do this by typing:

gpg --export-options export-minimal --export -a *KeyID* | mail -s
"keysigning" lca2009-k...@keysigning.org

where *KeyID* is actually your unique key ID, something like '64011A8B'.

After your key has been processed and added to the event keyring you will
receive an email confirmation.

Further instructions will be posted here closer to the event.

*Keys accepted into the event keyring:* check this
listto see if your key has
been added. The list is updated in real time.
---
Now please bear in mind that I'm still a Mint Ubuntu newbie... I'm using
Gnome Desktop 2.22.3.

I eventually worked out that I needed to do was select the menu:
Applications / System Tools / Terminal Program - Super



> I am not sure about the Mint crew, but there will be people from
> Australian Ubuntu community.  There will also be other projects and
> distros represented at the open day.  It might be a good chance for you
> to meet some more local Linux geeks.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:43 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*
> >
> > & thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*
> >
> >
> > 2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> >
> > Peter Williams wrote:
> > To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my
> > Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost
> > perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> > GRIN**!!!
> >
> >
> > Well done.
> >
> > Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint
> > and Ubuntu are two separate projects with their own
> > developers, forums and mailing lists.
> >
> > Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its
> > correct name; "Mint Linux".
> >
> > I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the
> > Mint Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems
> > to be quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not
> > that I'm objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of
> > information and facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing
> > the Mint Linux project -- well, it's information overload!! Too much
> > for me to know where to begin looking. *SIGH*
> >
> > Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many
> > different computer systems over my life... since I was a young
> > teenager (or even younger!). Our family's first computer was a
> > Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM
> > expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually, it was a pretty good machine -- it
> > had a 6502 processor and it communicated with peripherals with a
> > IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user port' !!! It was
> > amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was Commodore PET
> > BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of BASIC
> > programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
> > powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! -
> > e.g. circa the 1970's ]
> >
> >
> >
> > We are all in the same big happy open source family but there
> > are issues
> > of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by
> > Canonical
> > and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure
> > the Mint
> > people are proud of their work and feel the same.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS -
> > although it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people
> > at Canonical are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ###
> > HAPPY GRIN ###
> >
> >
> > Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> >

Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Dave Hall]

Hi,

I am not sure if you are aware that linux.conf.au will be in Hobart
later this month.  This is one of the best Linux conferences around -
although it is quite technical.  

If you can't afford the time (or ticket price)  you should try to make
it along to the openday - see
http://linux.conf.au/programme/about_programme#OpenDay

I am not sure about the Mint crew, but there will be people from
Australian Ubuntu community.  There will also be other projects and
distros represented at the open day.  It might be a good chance for you
to meet some more local Linux geeks.

Cheers

Dave

On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:43 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*
> 
> & thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*
> 
> 
> 2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> 
> Peter Williams wrote:
> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my
> Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost
> perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> GRIN**!!!
> 
> 
> Well done.
> 
> Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint
> and Ubuntu are two separate projects with their own
> developers, forums and mailing lists.
> 
> Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its
> correct name; "Mint Linux". 
> 
> I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the
> Mint Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems
> to be quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not
> that I'm objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of
> information and facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing
> the Mint Linux project -- well, it's information overload!! Too much
> for me to know where to begin looking. *SIGH*
> 
> Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many
> different computer systems over my life... since I was a young
> teenager (or even younger!). Our family's first computer was a
> Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM
> expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually, it was a pretty good machine -- it
> had a 6502 processor and it communicated with peripherals with a
> IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user port' !!! It was
> amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was Commodore PET
> BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of BASIC
> programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
> powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! -
> e.g. circa the 1970's ]
>  
> 
> 
> We are all in the same big happy open source family but there
> are issues
> of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by
> Canonical
> and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure
> the Mint
> people are proud of their work and feel the same.
> 
> 
> Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS -
> although it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people
> at Canonical are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ###
> HAPPY GRIN ### 
>  
> 
> Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint
> (Elyssa) ones.
> 
> 
> I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding
> that Ubuntu and Mint are two separate projects.
> 
> Yes, it probably is!!! (SMILE). I'll admit that I'm still a newbie
> beginner at Mint Linux; although I'll admit that I've been 'learning'
> Linux for more than one year!!! I'm just happy to get help from the
> those wonderfully clever and friendly Linux users!!!
>  
> 
> I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace
> suspension and engine parts with Mazda parts but other would
> have been to Ford specs. A person in that situation might ask
> about after market accessories on a Mazda forum and get
> friendly and useful advice but might also get completely
> misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.
> 
> That's an interesting analogy, and I think I understand. Thanks for
> that. #SMILE#
> 
> Yours Sincerely, 
> PEW - poet, computer geek, amiable human being and Christian 
> 
> -- 
> Fond Regards,
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> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> 
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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*

& thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*


2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 

> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter Williams wrote:
>
>> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa)
>> OS is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
>> GRIN**!!!
>>
>
> Well done.
>
> Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint and Ubuntu are
> two separate projects with their own developers, forums and mailing lists.


Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its correct
name; "Mint Linux".

I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the Mint
Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems to be
quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not that I'm
objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of information and
facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing the Mint Linux project
-- well, it's *information overload!! **Too much for me to know where to
begin looking*. *SIGH*

Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many different
computer systems over my life... since I was a young teenager (or even
younger!). Our family's first computer was a Commodore PET (Personal
Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually,
it was a pretty good machine -- it had a 6502 processor and it communicated
with peripherals with a IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user
port' !!! It was amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was
Commodore PET BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of
BASIC programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! - e.g.
circa the 1970's ]


>
>
> We are all in the same big happy open source family but there are issues
> of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by Canonical
> and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure the Mint
> people are proud of their work and feel the same.
>

Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS - although
it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people at Canonical
are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ### HAPPY GRIN ###


 Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones.
>

I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding that Ubuntu and
> Mint are two separate projects.
>

Yes, it probably is!!! (SMILE). I'll admit that I'm *still a newbie beginner
* at Mint Linux; although I'll admit that I've been 'learning' Linux for
more than one year!!! I'm just happy to get help from the those wonderfully
clever and friendly Linux users!!!


>
> I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace suspension and
> engine parts with Mazda parts but other would have been to Ford specs. A
> person in that situation might ask about after market accessories on a Mazda
> forum and get friendly and useful advice but might also get completely
> misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.
>

That's an interesting analogy, and I think I understand. Thanks for that. *
#SMILE#*

Yours Sincerely,
PEW - poet, computer geek, amiable human being and Christian

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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Paul Shirren]

Hi Peter,

Peter Williams wrote:
> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint 
> (Elyssa) OS is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> GRIN**!!!

Well done.

Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint and Ubuntu 
are two separate projects with their own developers, forums and mailing 
lists.

We are all in the same big happy open source family but there are issues
of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by Canonical
and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure the Mint
people are proud of their work and feel the same.

> Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones.

I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding that Ubuntu 
and Mint are two separate projects.

I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace suspension and 
engine parts with Mazda parts but other would have been to Ford specs. A 
person in that situation might ask about after market accessories on a 
Mazda forum and get friendly and useful advice but might also get 
completely misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.

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SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hi Fellow Ubuntu Folk :-)))

Just a quickie to say... I've fixed my problems with Amarok music player &
also some other problems too.

### Problem SOLVED !!! ###

I ended up doing lots of things... & I'm not exactly sure which thing I did
actually worked !!! *SMILE*

One thing I did was to reboot to a Gnome terminal shell (not sure if that's
exactly the correct term). And I used the command (which I found one a
Ubuntu help website)

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restartsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were pointing to
Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones. I used the Package
Manager to change them to Mint one's. Actually I managed get them all wrong!
E.g I had Mint 8 Repositories in the Package Manager... but they were not
correct.

SO ... I reboots and chose the Mint Recovery mode. And I then chose all 3
options for fixing problems!!! One of the boot up recovery options was to
fix the broken repositories... and I did that.

To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS
is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY GRIN**!!!

So now Ubuntu Amarok seems to work fine!

Yours with Love,
PEW

signing off from North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


2009/1/4 Peter Williams 

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Firstly, I'll like to wish everybody here a sincerely Happy New Year for
> 2009 and all "Yuletide Seasons Greetings" *BIG HAPPY SMILE!!!*
>
> Okay.. here's my problem. I'm using Linux Mint Operating System & I think
> that its great!!! I also use Amarok music player and I have a lot of music
> files which I've 'ripped' from my music cds which I own. I returned home
> yesterday afternoon (3rd January 2009) from having a great holiday with my
> mum & dad in Victor Harbour, South Australia.
>
> My dad has a new computer system and he uses M$ Windowz XP Professional OS.
> He's having quite a few problems with it -- but I've tried to help him.
> *SMILE*
>
> Anyway... last night I switched on my computer and started Amarok (latest
> version, I think). And I had my computer play music thru' my Dell brand 2 x
> speakers and "harmon/kardon" sub-woofer (which I have from my old Dell
> computer I purchased many years ago).
>
> I was succesfully able to play music thru my speakers and subwoofer...
> while I was in bed sleeping. It was very pleasant!!! :-)))
>
> However, Amarok had some message about not being about to do something
> because "dcopserver" was not there!?!?!?
>
> Question: What Do I need to do on my computer to make Amarok work again?
>
> This morning (Sunday, 4th Jan 2009) I rebooted my pc a few times... then I
> rebooted into the recovery mode. And fixed some things. It seemed to improve
> some things.
>
> I then used the menu on the screen "System / Administration / Synaptic
> Package Manager" and I think I found the correct files to install the
> "dcopserver" and also some files for Amarok's "libvisual" thing! I then let
> Synaptic Package Manager do it's thing... And it downloaded and installed
> something! (I don't really understand what!)
>
> Anyway I've switched off my pc and rebooted it etc.
>
> Now when I try to start Amarok it does not start and I get a window with
> the following error message:
>
> Amarok Error Message
> 
>
> DCOP communications error (Amarok)
>
> There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The
> message returned by the system was:
>
> Could not open network socket
>
> Please check that the "dcopsever" program is running!
>
> [OK] button
>
> nb - I will happily provide extra 'system specs' or details if requested...
> but I'll admit that I don't really understand what type of computer it is. I
> know that it is quite new and I really like my pc... but I don't really
> understand what processor speed or whatever it has!!! :-)
>
> It's rate myself as still a beginner at learning and using Linux Ubuntu
> Mint OS -- even thro' I've been using Linux Mint since sometime last year.
>
> also... I don't like using the 'terminal' console command ... because it's
> new and I don't really understand how it works. *SMILE* I'll use the
> terminal command line when I need to... but I don't really like it :-)
>
> *Yours PEW -- a little bit baffled as to why my favourite music player,
> Amarok, is not working!!!  *SMILE*
> *
> *from North Hobart, Tasmania.
> *
> --
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
> http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
>
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
>



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Re: HELP

[James Takac]

Hi Charmaine

On Tuesday 24 June 2008 20:56:22 Mark & Charmaine wrote:
> hello there i have one of those computers and have no idea how to use it
> could you  please email me the info  to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> which company does support the computer as we tried to get the internet on
> it and they say they dont do it
>
> you can also contact me on 0437532811 thank you heaps



Problem above is that you gave us nothing to work with. What is one of those 
computers for example. Could be any system available. Are you using dialup or 
broadband? What modem are you using. Which version of ubuntu? etc. The more 
specific you can be the more likely people will be able to help you. If 
you're using a broadband modem then which one? They're generally setup via 
the browser in ubuntu and setting will in part depend on you internet service 
provider so we may well need that info as well. Even isp techies that don't 
know ubuntu can get you there with a broadband setup if you can start your 
browser, i.e. firefox

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Re: HELP

[squareyes]

Mark & Charmaine wrote:
> hello there i have one of those computers and have no idea how to use 
> it could you  please email me the info  to 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>  
> which company does support the computer as we tried to get the 
> internet on it and they say they dont do it
>  
> you can also contact me on 0437532811 thank you heaps
Hi,
I haven't run across any Internet service providers that won't allow you 
access if you
are using Ubuntu Linux, you may have problems with internal modems though.
If you live North of Adelaide I would be happy to give you any help I am 
able. Your welcome to email me off list
if you do live north of Adelaide..

I suggest you try clicking on the Help icon (the small lifebelt) on top 
of the screen and do some reading.

Hope this helps.
Take Care
Winton


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Re: HELP

[Null Ack]

Charmaine, like Windows you can get paid support or free community
support. Ubuntu most certainly can and does "get the internet", in
fact much of the internet runs on Linux and other Unix like OS's. :)

As you seem to be new at Ubuntu, if you want the easiest option Id
look in the paper for ads on your local computer helpers, ring them
up, ask if they know Linux. Getting a consultant in from the local
paper can cost less than getting your lawn mowed by the hour :)

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Re: Help- First Time User

[Mark M Lambert]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:15:08 -0800 (PST), "Suejh"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Thought I would try out my Live CD Version 5.04 on my IBM Laptop.
> Pleased with the initial set up but panicked when it came to loading
> some important software (Cashflow Manager) and removed live CD.
> Have notice some problems when I have restarted laptop. EG a number of
> software programs are not functioning properly and "Folder Names" eg
> "my Documents', 'My Pictures' are not showing on the Start Menu. The
> Icons are there but not the names.
> Can someone please help.

Hi Sue,

2 questions:

1) Are the "folder names" missing from Windows or Ubuntu?
2) Did you install Ubuntu to your harddrive or just try out the Live CD?

Cheers
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Re: Help- First Time User

[Gabriel Noronha]

On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 00:15 -0800, Suejh wrote:
> Thought I would try out my Live CD Version 5.04 on my IBM Laptop.

5.04 is nearly 3 years old. try updating to a newer version of ubuntu
for starters. 7.10 is the latest and only 2 more months before 8.04 is
released. 



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