[Bug 1614958] [NEW] package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Public bug reported: Upgrade from 14.04.5 Mythbuntu to 16.04.1 Mythbuntu. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-42.49~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt12 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 19 08:12:49 2016 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-02 (109 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1) Logs.var.log.daemon.log: MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysql.cnf: [mysql] MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf: [mysqld_safe] syslog MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mysqldump.cnf: [mysqldump] quick quote-names max_allowed_packet = 16M MySQLConf.etc.mysql.conf.d.mythtv.cnf: [mysqld] bind-address=:: max_connections=100 MySQLConf.etc.mysql.mysql.conf.d.mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf: [mysqld_safe] syslog MySQLVarLibDirListing: ['ib_logfile1', 'ib_logfile0', 'ibdata1', 'mythconverg', 'debian-5.5.flag', 'mysql', 'performance_schema', 'mysql_upgrade_info'] ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-42-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=df62c60a-287d-44ae-8569-fed1d8da7eca ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 SourcePackage: mysql-5.7 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-19 (0 days ago) ** Affects: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614958 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1614958/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 CDs
Hi Jared, I'm in the process of cleaning up around the house and have lots of old Ubuntu CD's... I'm thinking that rather than throw them all out, the printed sleeves can be reused (maybe with a suitable 'updated' sticker on the outside for CD's that are burnt on demand. Would you like them? Anyone else printing Ubuntu CD's on demand? (I'm happy to dispose of the old CD's) Regards, Paul On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Joel Pickett jlkpc...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like a good idea - any ideas for the poster, link to ubuntu.com / the AU Loco or both... I'm sure there's stuff on spreadubuntu we could use. Joel P PS. FWIW, I bought and held 5 11.04 CD's at my workplace and a colleague picked one up and sent it to his grandson. I don't actively promote it in my workplace but I have a few stickers and run it on my laptop so at least have it out there. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:53 PM, David da...@kvr.com.au wrote: Heya! I'm interested in 5 CD's for a trial run of a small single a4 page poster at a local library, would that be ok? - David - Original Message - From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 21 October, 2011 4:50:02 PM Subject: Ubuntu 11.10 CDs Good news team, Now that we are an official LoCo again one of the support functions is that we are entitled to some pressed CDs for each version - described here including what type and how many [0]. So in the interests of transparency if anyone has any requests for batches of them (10 - 50) please submit a request to the mailing list for discussion. I don't want them sitting around collecting dust either here or anywhere else but I can't really afford to post them all out individually either. So I'm looking for ideas that will see them USED. Ideas anyone? [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: dovecot-postfix
Hi Mattias, Can you take a copy of your /etc directory before (eg. cp -l /etc /etc.orig) then run dpkg-reconfigure postfix Any changes will be reported with: diff -Nuar /etc/orig /etc If there are no changes, then it may be something services not starting correctly and dpkg-reconfigure triggering a restart of something. Regards, Paul On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:55 AM, mattias m...@mjw.se wrote: have anyone this problem after every reboot of my server i must run dpkg-reconfigure postfix to get it recive mails? if i not do this postfix cant recive mail domian not found -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: South Australia (Adelaide) release party for Maverick?
Hi Sam, Just looking up the date, and October 10 appears to be the date (10.10 released on 10/10/2010). I will (most likely) be in Perth at the time.. so I'll be looking for the Party there. Bill will not be coming with me, so if anyone is interesting in babysitting a large inflatable emperor penguin (who likes to attend Ubuntu release parties) please let me know. For those looking for a location in Adelaide.. please which have been tried in the past: - Belgian Beer Cafe - Good but students complained about the beer prices. - Another hotel on Rundle St (can't remember the name) - Excelent turn up (good beer prices), but someone complained about the fact that it was at a pub. - Adelaide Hacker Space in Peel St, of Hindley Street (BYO everything) - Lacked the appeal of previous locations and had a small turnout. (We did have internet though.) It's worth having Internet at chosen location, just so the #ubuntu-party IRC channel can be watched.. and for taunting the partybot with Is it out yet? (with the response Just because you've asked, it's been delayed another hour.). If you are in the Adelaide area and none of this makes a whole lot of sense to you, then probably haven't been to a Ubuntu Release Party. I make no apologies :-) Regards, Paul On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Sam thelando...@gmail.com wrote: G'day all, I am thinking it'd be swell for any Adelaide based LoCo members to get together for a 10.10 release party. I noticed Paul Schulz ran one for Lucid, not sure if there's a plan to run one again? Cheers, - Sam -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe
You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick and boot from that. - unetbootin - General tool for putting an ISO image onto a USB stick - usb-createor-gkk (or -kde) - Ubuntu specific tool. so.. if you have an iso (CD or DVD) that does what you want, you can get to boot from from a USB stick (and possibly also a hard drive). This might help but tit isn't the whole solution. On the other hand, you could sell the Ubuntu-on-a-stick (4GB is apparently sufficient) and then they can take it away with them. Cheers, Paul On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au wrote: On 14/06/10 16:34, Paul Gear wrote: On 14/06/10 16:31, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Deep Freeze is available for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, so it's likely that it could be hacked (possibly only with Faronics' involvement) to work with Ubuntu: http://www.faronics.com/en/Products/DeepFreeze/DeepFreezeLinux.aspx Paul In the second reference I gave Tom there is actually a statement that Faronics is soliciting info from Linux users re Deep Freeze; so it seems that getting in touch with Faronics would be an excellent idea. The part of the second reference that talks about that is over 3 years old. Since then, Faronics have actually released their Linux version (for Novell SLED). Ah, OK3 years old :-) . But I hardly think that SLED is something which normal users would install where Deep Freeze would be needed. Novell claims that, in the corporate world, they are second to Red Hat in popularity, but Ubuntu outshines anyone of these (ie, or their derivatives) combined when it comes to the great unwashed, let them eat cake, punters. BTW, this is not intended to be a your thingie is smaller than my thingie thingie :-) . BC -- Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. James Madison -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Australian Digital Education Revolutionbeing a BIG blow for Linux.
Greetings, On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Ubuntu Lists kar...@scentient.com.au wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:31 -0700 (PDT) bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that you are not allowed to change the operating system in the contract with the DET until you leave school. I go to a public ... kids get a bag full of DRM in a box and if they try disable it they get punished by the school system. So it is a huge blow not having if you mean the punishment is the netbook/lappy is disabled I don't really see how that is punishment. it is not yours 'til you leave so what's your problem? are you forced to supply personal or even incriminating details? do they beat you with an iron bar? A LoCo has no capacity to interact with governing or authoritative bodies because it cannot make statements or representations on behalf of Canonical. While this is true.. Ubuntu-AU can take an active role in poking Linux Australia who can make statements on behalf of a whole bunch of Linux users and developers in Australia. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Review of the Projects Page
Greetings, On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:26 PM, bwright bwright...@gmail.com wrote: As we move towards restructuring our Loco and creating a more active community I thought we could take at least some time to reconsider the current projects page for our team see (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ AustralianTeam/Projects). At the moment the page seems rather static and quite generic listings of Ubuntu in schools with a very broad aim etc. In my opinion we need to get more content flowing through the page and have active projects at the top of the list with links to other articles or other pages where we have very detailed descriptions and planning. Two examples might be the Bug Jam and the Free Software Day both of which are getting a lot of attention by members of the community right now so those should be the first two links discussed on that page and should then link to other pages with more detailed information. As for the rest of the content on the page it should probably be deleted or at least reformatted since it doesn't seem to reflect what the community is actually doing ( though they certainly look like things we are aiming towards). Anyway these are just some suggestions please tell me what you think. I just believe we need more content running through the page with links to projects we are actually working on so community members can easily find out what is going on and how they can help out within the loco. Cheers. Feel free to remove the 'Ubuntu for Not-for-profit' references, unless they can be moved to an 'archive page'. I have been quiet up to now, but I would love to see more relevant (and interesting) information posted to this page. Cheers, Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Query: 3 Prepaid Mobile Broadband USB Dongles..
Greetings, I would like to know if anyone can recommend any of the Wireless USB Modems currently available from 3's prepaid service. I currently have a Internst Key Modem - MF627. It works on a laptop, but it has a 'shared' card slot, which needs to be unmounted, and the device reset, before things work smoothly. (so it can't be used to give internet access to a server, for instance.) So.. I'm looking for recommended alternatives. (The simpler the better). Cheers, Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Any Adelaide people on this list?
Hi Steve, Welcome.. Yes there are a few Adelaide people about. :-) As mentioned,lookout for the Lucid release party. Cheers, Paul On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Steve Thomas st3v3th0...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. I'm new to this list. Just wondering if there are other members in or near Adelaide, interested in meetups? Also, any people at Adelaide University? Cheers! Steve -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and e-tax
Hi Geoff, (and others) I've just had a go at installing e-tax 2009 (etax2009_1.msi) under Ubuntu 9.10 and wine (wine-1.0.1-0ubuntu8), and unfortunately it doesn't work.. For those that might be interested.. - Opening the msi goes through the installation process OK, but then running etax gives a E-tax 2009 No data loaded window, with a pretty 'Australian Government etax 2009' popup/splash window, but no (obvious) way to progress.. other than closing the main window, Doing this then produces the error.. Exception EExternalException in module etax2009.exe at 6973F409. External exception C025. Running the 'eTax Help' pops up a window with: Access violation at address in module 'etaxHelp.exe'. Write of address I'm struggling to avoid making any 'propriety' vs 'FLOSS' commentary. Anyway.. I'm having another go with Ubuntu 10.04 which uses wine1.2. Watch this space. Cheers, Paul On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Thanks Dave (Wine) and Angus (VirtualBox) for the advice. I've been told about both but have yet to study them. It would be nice to be able to run a couple of other Windows programs that I have on Ubuntu. Meanwhile I'm hoping that the ATO live up to their promise and write e-tax for Linux sometime in the near future. Geoff -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and e-tax
Greetings, Looks like etax2009 works under Ubuntu 10.04(beta) :-) (with wine1.2).. Installation instructions: - Install Ubuntu 10.04 - 'apt-get install wine' - Download etax2009_1.msi from Tax Dept., and put it on the desktop (this seems to be the easiest). http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/32234.htmpc=001/002/014/014/002mnu=mfp=st=cy=1 - Make the file executable.. chmod 775 etax2009_1.msi - Click on the icon.. and run it. I don't have my 2009 file handy to test futher.. (on a Windows Box) but it runs. Cheers, Paul On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Paul Schulz p...@mawsonlakes.org wrote: Hi Geoff, (and others) I've just had a go at installing e-tax 2009 (etax2009_1.msi) under Ubuntu 9.10 and wine (wine-1.0.1-0ubuntu8), and unfortunately it doesn't work.. For those that might be interested.. - Opening the msi goes through the installation process OK, but then running etax gives a E-tax 2009 No data loaded window, with a pretty 'Australian Government etax 2009' popup/splash window, but no (obvious) way to progress.. other than closing the main window, Doing this then produces the error.. Exception EExternalException in module etax2009.exe at 6973F409. External exception C025. Running the 'eTax Help' pops up a window with: Access violation at address in module 'etaxHelp.exe'. Write of address I'm struggling to avoid making any 'propriety' vs 'FLOSS' commentary. Anyway.. I'm having another go with Ubuntu 10.04 which uses wine1.2. Watch this space. Cheers, Paul On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Thanks Dave (Wine) and Angus (VirtualBox) for the advice. I've been told about both but have yet to study them. It would be nice to be able to run a couple of other Windows programs that I have on Ubuntu. Meanwhile I'm hoping that the ATO live up to their promise and write e-tax for Linux sometime in the near future. Geoff -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ham Radio Stuff
Hi Norm, No personal experience, but have a look at qemu.. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Running_Microsoft_Windows_inside_Debian_qemu It's a little dated.. but should work. On newer/faster machines, I would recommend VirtualBox. Cheers, Paul On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Norm, VK3XCI vk3...@aanet.com.au wrote: Good afternoon, I want to run a DOS/Windows based program under Ubuntu on an old laptop. It's called Track, a packet Radio program which outputs to a TNC via the serial port. It runs from a command line and as far as I can see has no entries in the Windows registry. I have nil experience here, what are the options? -- 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Reapproval time
Almost forgot.. (thanks to Scott Evan for remonder) In 2009: - 'Organised'(announced/coordinated) Ubuntu release party for Jaunty Karmic in Adelaide. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Paul Schulz p...@mawsonlakes.org wrote: Hi Melissa, In the last year: - Manned a booth for Ubuntu at the linux.conf.au Open day in Wellington NZ. (Generally answering questions from 'Ms Jo Public', and providing a way for LCA attendees to re-gift their Ubuntu 9.10 CD's is they didn't require them.) - Looked into promoting Linux to University Computer Science Students with ShipIt CD's. Asked for 200 CD's. 10 approved and received. Project canned. Planned/discussed for 2010 and beyond: - Software Freedom Day 2010 - Event for Adelaide - Man Ubuntu booth at Linux.Conf.Au in Brisbane, in March or February 2011 - Looking to organise a both together with 'Linux Australia', at the Education Expo 2011 (Adelaide and Sydney). [Work in Progress] - Would like to organise a promotion to Ubuntu to 1st Year Computer Science students at University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus (again). Require 200 Ubuntu CD's. Other activities... - Member of Ubuntu Ham Radio (ubuntu-hams). There may be an opportunity to link this in with ubunut-au activities at some stage. Regards, Paul On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Melissa Draper meli...@meldraweb.com wrote: Greetings, Apparently some time next month (TBA) the team will be going through an approval process with the LoCo Council. Since we've not had proper meetings for a while and I've not been the type to micromanage, you all tend do your thing under the auspices of the team without any documentation. So this thread is your invitation to note what you've done as a participant of this team. While converted acquaintance/friend/relative to ubuntu are good things, they're really not useful here. Trade shows, expos, talks, demos, etc are the kinds of things I'm guessing that the LoCo Council will be looking for. -- Melissa Draper w: http://meldraweb.com http://geekosophical.net p: +61 4 0472 2736 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: (Business) Applications software
Hi Brett, Norm, (and Hamish if you're on this list), and everyone else. Brett..thank you for your follow up email. There is also a good list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software I would list to follow-up on a couple of things. I have used GNUCash in the past, and even compiled it up myself on one occasion. The current version uses 'SQLite' as it's backed. (Think of the MSAccess JET Engine but implemented properly.) It wouldn't be impossible to create another front end to GNUCash which made data entry a lot easier far a particular environment (eg. POS). The topic of Accounting Software for Linux was raised at the recent Linux.Conf.Au conference in Wellington New Zealand. It is certainly an area that could do with some attention. Jethro Carr of Amberdms (http://www.amberdms.com) was pulling together interested parties interested in FOSS solutions to accounting software. Regards, Paul On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Brett brettma...@yahoo.com wrote: I need to find business applications that run on Linux. Can someone suggest where I can find suppliers of such apps as: G/L, Inv, POS, Drs, Crs etc I am an accountant and have looked in vain for a decent accounting program that runs on linux (I have downloaded and checked about 20 of them). GnuCash is a close as you will get, unless you want to use CRM software. If setting up some sort of CRM client/server system is not going to be too big a project for your client, I would recommend going straight to OpenERP or similar, and not bothering with standalone accounting apps. One of the few areas where linux cannot match windows! -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? (jared)
Greetings, In Australia we are seeing the I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea advertisement campaign, where people (actors?) are put in fron of the camera to explain that they had a feature that that they wanted their computer to do, which Windows Vista didn't do, and which is now included in Windows 7. The ad. ends with I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my Idea. After a quick browse on YouTube I suspect that we are only seeing a selected portion on the Ads, or they were pulled, as we certainly haven't seen all of them. but.. this got me thinking. How could this idea be applied to the Ubuntu community? We could actually create a video if the developers themselves and say I'm Ubuntu and feature blah was my Idea, or get Mark saying I'm Ubuntu and Ubuntu was my Idea. How else can we play to our strengths. On another note..I feel that these ads. are somehow missing the point, as I don't really understand what they are trying to achieve. Are they trying to position Windows 7 as a competitor to Ubuntu? Ubuntu might give you blah but remember we gave you what you wanted last time when you asked for it?.. so why not stick with Windows. Just my $0.02 worth.. Regards, Paul On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:51 AM, markusmu...@yahoo.co.uk markusmu...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Couldn't agree more Jared, this assumption is one I get really sick of: yes, but how CAN it be better if no one wants to fleece me for it? The profile of this type is a man; 30something; who knows computers (windoze) because he can use one at work; drives a frequently modded car with hundreds of expensive extras he doesn't need and who wears last season's designer everything. He has entrenched small c conservative views and would have defended Vista all the way up to the release of 7. He is emphatically NOT about early uptake of new tech unless produced by established companies with a lot of existing market-presence. I s'pose he's basically the bad parts of both characters in the i'm a PC/Mac ads. Is he really the guy we want to reach? He's not going to be an Ubuntu user until it is SOLD to him in the traditional sense of the word, money and all. Unless the landscape changes around him and he sees other people getting more from their machines for less. I was thinking we need to work out, say five specific types of users we want to aim at and make specific ads that are tailored for them. Any ideas? --- On *Sun, 7/2/10, ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com* wrote: From: ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6 To: ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sunday, 7 February, 2010, 12:00 Send ubuntu-marketing mailing list submissions to ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.comhttp://mc/compose?to=ubuntu-market...@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.comhttp://mc/compose?to=ubuntu-marketing-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com You can reach the person managing the list at ubuntu-marketing-ow...@lists.ubuntu.comhttp://mc/compose?to=ubuntu-marketing-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of ubuntu-marketing digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? (jared) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:12:28 -0700 From: jared ubduc...@gmail.com http://mc/compose?to=ubduc...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? To: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.comhttp://mc/compose?to=aecl...@candt.waitrose.com Cc: ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.comhttp://mc/compose?to=ubuntu-market...@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 1265472748.31645.18.ca...@krypton Content-Type: text/plain The problem with some people is that they might think It's so good it cannot be free. So possibly part of the message may need to be HOW something so good can be free. Maybe highlight the volunteers around the globe. Speaking of globe, it might also be good to highlight that it's not just the OS that is so good, it's the global movement that users get to be a part of that's also good. Jared On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 18:36 +, alan c wrote: Make a humorous fantasy advert for a computer system, so good it cannot be true. (But in fact it is true it is Ubuntu!) -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.comhttp://mc/compose?to=ubuntu-market...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing End of ubuntu-marketing
Re: Thanks
Hi Dave, If you are up to it, it would be excellent f you could blog about your experience. If there is one thing we need it's more voices from people 'starting down' the Ubuntu road. Cheers, Paul Schulz On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Dave Powell davepowell...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks heaps for your welcome and friendleness. I will be looking into the suggestions made in both replies to my post. It is reasuring that there is help available. It will take me some time but I'll get there. I think I saw that there was a new version of Ubuntu coming out soon. Is that correct? If so, I might wait till that arrives and start everything fresh. I use Komposer to do out web site. I need something simple. Is that the best out there. (I guess that is a bit of a realitive question, sorry). In one other reply to my post it was said that I need to look at what I want to do in unbuntu rather than learning Unbuntu - Good advice. That same advice was given to me back in the early 90's re learning Windows. Amazing how we forget good advice. In the coming weeks I hope to be pestering you all with some questions. Thanks again Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Debugging init scripts.
Hi Jarl, Have a look into the 'upstart' scripts, located in /etc/init for examples of new upstart configuration scripts. see: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/ On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Jarl Friis j...@gavia.dk wrote: Hi. I am using Karmic Koala I have written some innit scripts to start and stop some virtual machines. The top of the file looks like this. #!/bin/sh # # Init script for one libvirtd domain # # (c) 2009 Jarl Friis j...@gavia.dk # based on http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/stop-script-running-vms-using-virsh#comment-511 # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: kvm-rcs-poseidon # Required-Start: $kvm $qemu-kvm $libvirtd # Required-Stop: $kvm $qemu-kvm $libvirtd # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Starting/Saving, Stopping/Restoring kvm-rcs-VIRSH DOMAIN KVM guest. # Description: Starting/Saving, Stopping/Restoring KVM guest. ### END INIT INFO# I can send the whole file if you are interested. I have put in into /etc/init.d/ and the run update-rc.d apropriately, so I have $ ls -l /etc/rc*.d/*kvm-rcs-poseidon* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc0.d/K19kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc1.d/K19kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc2.d/S21kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc3.d/S21kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc4.d/S21kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc5.d/S21kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-11-27 12:18 /etc/rc6.d/K19kvm-rcs-poseidon - ../init.d/kvm-rcs-poseidon However the scripts does not seem to run at boot. How can I debug to figure out what is going on. There seems to be a problem that prevents logging of startup activity, hence I can see no trace of problem in this script. What is the best approach forward to find the problem? Jarl -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: Information
Hi Peter, Re. Genealogy programs.. 'gramps' seems to be the 'best of breed' $ apt-cache show gramps (snip) escription: Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Program GRAMPS, the Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System, is an Open Source genealogy program written in Python, using the GTK/GNOME interface. GRAMPS has the ability to import GEDCOM files exported from many proprietary genealogy programs and can produce reports in various formats such as the popular AbiWord and OpenOffice.org formats as well as HTML and PDF. Homepage: http://www.gramps-project.org/ On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Peter Goggin petergog...@bigpond.com wrote: Is this the right list to ask for help on such topics as cutting video dvds and genealogy under linux? Regards Peter Goggin -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: work around for loading qlogic fibre channel card firmware in initramfs
Hi James,
This should only be necessary if you need access tot he qlogin fibre
attached storage during the boot process.
Once the system has booted, the 'regular' qlogic driver will then be
available in the usual place. (Whether it work or not in another
question.)
I have machines that have qlogic cards in them and I will have the
same issue when I get around to using ubuntu on them. (Test machines..
yeah!)
Cheers,
Paul
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:16 AM, James Dinkeljdin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:09 PM, James Dinkel jdin...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm getting ready to use Jaunty on a Dell server with QLogic fibre channel
cards in it. I'm getting the firmware error described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/328550. The workaround
says this:
You can trivially add support by creating your own file in
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks that copies /lib/udev/firmware.sh and the
/lib/firmware/ql2400_fw.bin file into the initramfs
(In my case the firmware would be ql2300_fw.bin ). But I don't
understand, how do I copy a file into the initramfs. I have no idea what
that means.
James
with a little digging and experimentation, I've figured out that the file in
the hooks directory probably has to be made executable, and I think this
might be close to what needs to go in the hooks file (I called mine
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/qlogic_firmware):
cp /lib/udev/firmware.sh ${DESTDIR}/lib/udev/
cp /lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin ${DESTDIR}/lib/firmware/
cp /lib/udev/rules.d/50-firmware.rules ${DESTDIR}/lib/udev/rules.d/
However this does not work, the files do not get copied into the initrd
image.
James
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Re: ShipIt Local
Hi Chris, How about a 'postage paid' shipping service? eg. First CD set is free + postage Subsequent CD sets are free if the cd shipper is returned with a reply paid envelope or credit. You would need to come up with a suitable cd shipper (cardboard? plastic?) As mentioned, you could also have different sets of CD's - single CD (eg. i386, x64) - multiple CD's (eg. i386 + additional packages, multiple architectures) - complete set It would be nice to get printable CD's and have a nice Australian Logo on them... .. or screen printed, but this adds to the effort/cost. Cheers, Paul On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au wrote: Ubuntu Australia Mailing List and AU LoCo Team Members: I've been pondering on this idea since the release of Intrepid. And if I get enough community support, I will go ahead with it. Let me explain. Over the course of the several years that I've been using Ubuntu, I've taken a lot from the Ubuntu community, but feel that I have not given much in return. The official Ubuntu ShipIt service is great. But sometimes I can't help but feel that it constantly gets abused by greedy users who order more copies than what's really required. Obviously, if the Shuttleworth Foundation feel that the service is being abused by certain members, then they can/will cancel any orders that exceed what's considered as a normal quantity ordered. This can be hard for the Shuttleworth Foundation to police. One of the main purposes of my concept was to not only help out the Shuttleworth Foundation, but also help out the Ubuntu Community by giving back something that has given me so much over the years. My concept included providing large quantities of Ubuntu install media to users who require them, but have no means of downloading and burning them themselves for whatever reason. And I said large quantities, not massive quantities! I was thinking about quantities approximately 10, 20-25 and possibly 50 or even 100 for special requests. Install media would generally be the x86 or x64 Live CD. And possibly even the Alternate CD if that is required. Or perhaps even a mish-mash of different architectures. But my concept not only includes providing the media, but for free. Or next to no charge. Or, maybe getting the user to cover the shipping cost only and not the cost of the media. I am happy to cover that part. But perhaps if any large orders were placed, the user can pay for shipping and a small percentage of the media. I haven't really got that far yet as to work out the specifics of it all. But if I get enough interest after this announcement, then I'll get right onto it. And I'll be able to start shipping out orders of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) hopefully within the next 10 days or so. I can also ship copies of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) if required. --Plus, over the years I have accumulated quite a supply of official Ubuntu stickers, which I will include with any orders (assuming I have enough stock at the time). The most important thing to know though, is that the media is not official Ubuntu pressed media, but copies written on an optical drive using quality generic media and checked via MD5. But whether it be to distribute locally at a convention or to distribute via your next lan party, it's up to you. Please let me know your opinions/comments or to put forth any other ideas that could improve my concept. And perhaps if it all gets off the ground, I could start a web page with all the information on it. Or maybe even talk to the Ubuntu AU LoCo Team Leader, Melissa Draper, and get the info posted onto the Ubuntu Australia website. It's still early days. Thanks in advance for your support. My email chrisjo...@comcen.com.au Regards -- Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Laptops
Hi David, On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:49 AM, David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: (snip) So, I ask the list, is it true that all notebooks will work with Ubuntu 8.04 (+?) including the camera, mic, Skype for Ubuntu, Ekiga, ethernet adapter to my router, Seagate FreeAgent 500 usb drive, wi-fi internet?? Apologies for asking but I was under the impression notebooks were not so simple? David My experience says that in general, older models will do better with a default Ubuntu install as new fangled chipset problems get sorted out over time. The 32bit compatibility layer on 64bit seems to work well now (for Skype and World of Goo). -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Hard links
Hi David, On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM, David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi, I have not been able to find an explanation why: 1. hard links are not allowed for directories, and At a file system level, a directory contains a list of inodes, which then point to file data. A hardlink is a duplicate inode, which points to the same file data as another inode. Directories are not inodes, so can't be 'hard linked'. [1] 2. soft links to directories are not automatically removed if the target is deleted. The link to the directory remains and is obviously useless so why doesn't 'nix delete them too? Um.. good question. Same goes for softlinks to files. The underlying reason is that a softlink is a 'reference in a directory' to another 'directory entry'. When you delete a file or directory, the filesystem has no 'local' record of who else may be pointing to (referencing it). So, it stops there, rather than scanning the entire filesystem when you delete each file to look for possible floating softlinks. Many thanks to anybody who can tell me why or point me to unix documentation explaining why - it is very elusive to find, methinks. The following might be useful.. see The File System section http://tldp.org/LDP/tlk/tlk.html Notes: [1] Oddly enough, I did actually manage to create what looked like a hard link to a directory in SunOS as the result of a 'fsck'. Unfortunately 'rm' didn't work. The OS error was something along the lines of.. you can't remove this as hard linked directories don't exist'. I ended up just moving it out of the way... David Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Gramps Genealogy
Hi Anthony, I have used Gramps, but only to view the .ged file produced on a program on a Windows machines. There should definitely be a way to do what you're asking.. I believe that there is some 'trick' to make it work. Sorry, I couldn't be more helpful. ( I am interested in the answer as well..) Cheers, Paul On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Anthony J. Brow tb...@internode.on.net wrote: Omniwoof, thank you for the tip on Geni.com. Yes I have tried that, It may run well in Microsoft, but is useless in Ubuntu. In my opinion, publishing one's family genealogy on the net should be done after one is finished and after it has been checked for errors. This can be done with Gramps as well. But surely, there must be other people on this list, that use Gramps. Please let me know how it runs for you and if you have any problems. Thanks -- Anthony J. Brow tb...@internode.on.net -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: New partition
Hi Simon, Have you installed the drive yet? Specifically, what device does it come up as? To list available disks, use.. # fdisk -l It should be something like /dev/sdb The steps to setup what you're after are: 0. Partition new drive (fdisk /dev/sdb) 1. Format new drive (mke2fs) 1a. Adjust filesystem parameters (tune2fs) 2. Mount drive in a temporary location (/mnt/sdb1) 3. Copy /home (tar cf - -C /home . | tar xpf - -C /mnt/sdb1) 4. Remount disk at /home (umount /mnt/sdb1; mount /dev/sdb1 /home) 5. Make mounting automatic.. edit '/etc/fstab' A couple of tips: - Enable root logins before testing. (Add a root password) - When happy, login as root, unmount /home and delete any of the unwanted data in the mow hidden /home When you're happy that you've done everything correctly, you can disable root logins. Ann alternative, which I feel works better.. skip step 4, and remount the new disk at /users, (or some other new location) then edit /etc/password to make the users's home directory to be '/users/username' rather than '/home/username'. This has the benefit of keeping everything accessible, and obvious, particularly is anything should go wrong. Cheers, Paul On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Simon Ives si...@simonives.info wrote: I've just purchased a new hard drive that I would like to have contain my /home directory. How do I go about migrating my current /home directory to the new partition so that my system will recognise the new /home directory on the new partition as the only /home partition and automount the new partition on Boot? Thanks. -- Simon Ives si...@simonives.info www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Optus wireless broadband
Hi Glenn, (Not exactly the answer you're after but..) It worked easily with the EEEPC configuration tool With the 3G USB dongle, should be detected up as a GPRS/UMTS modem. Use: Username: web Password: web You could probably even waltz into a Optus store plug in a demo unit and get connected within 30 seconds. Cheers, Paul On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:14 AM, glenn murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The approaching closure of telstra's ISDN home network will cause problems for those of us in regional Australia who have no access to adsl and are unwilling to submit to the vagaries and cost of satellite. Has anyone successfully used Optus Wireless Broadband with Ubuntu? If so, what particular Optus modem is compatible? thanks glenn -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Questions about Fonts (in particular: can I use M$ Windows True Type Fonts) with Linux Kubuntu?
Hi Peter, To make a new TrueType font available in Ubuntu, just copy the ttf file into a '.fonts' directory in your home directory. It them becomes available to you in Inkscape, OpenOffice and (I assume) other Gnome applications. Cheers, Paul On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: Ubuntu-au discussion e-list and the ubuntulinux yahoo! group Hi All, I have been looking at the About.com website and found lots and lots of info about Linux, and in particular: Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux http://linux.about.com/od/fnt_howto/a/hwtfnt11.htm But before I rush and install Linux software for managing Fonts, I'd like to ask ppl here: 1) What font manipulation (eg installing viewing) software is BEST for me, in particular, I may want to self-publish some small 'chap-books' 2) What fonts are good with Desktop Publishing Software (for Linux). 3) What Desktop Publishing software will allow me to print A5 size chap-books on A4 paper. e.g. so that the A4 document can then be folded in into an A5 sized book. This simply requires that the A4 size document is printed with the number of pages being a multiply of four (4). 4) I have a number (2 or 3 dozen) public domain free Micro$oft Windows True Type (I think) fonts... these are on the Download page of my googlepages website. Actually, they've been on there for years. I'd really like to install some or all of these (in Linux Kubuntu). What is the best approach for me to go about doing this. I'd like to use my fonts with OpenOffice.org also with Desktop publishing software and other programs too. -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS 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.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Procmail and global mail archive.
Greetings, Hopefully someone can help, or can make a suggestion on what I am doing wrong. I am using postfix and procmail (3.22-16ubuntu3) on a Ubuntu(7.10) system to create a global email archive (/var/backup/mail_archive_date/user) of all received email. It is generally working well, except every I've been seeing 'procmail' segfaults in the logs. The sender gets a 'failed to deliver' messages, while the recipient receives no message at all.. (This is not how I would like it work.. failure of my archiving setup shouldn't affect delivery.) I need a fix, and/or a suggestion on how to make it more robust, as it 'feels' like it is message dependant. (I see nothing for days, then a stack of errors.) Ok.. some more information.. The original message received be the sender contained.. Command died with signal 11: /usr/bin/procmail. Command output: procmail: Exceeded LINEBUF I up'ed the LINEBUF setting in the /etc/prcomailrc file (see below) but I'm now seeing segfaults for procmail in the logs. eg. ... [17752114.220056] procmail : 1 Time(s) [17752131.406728] procmail : 1 Time(s) [17752749.103770] procmail : 1 Time(s) [17752766.292519] procmail : 1 Time(s) [17753383.952322] procmail : 1 Time(s) [17753401.133164] procmail : 1 Time(s) NOTE: The users reporting the errors, don't have their own .procmailrc file. Here is the global file. --[/etc/procmailrc]-- LINEBUF=32768 MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir/ LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog LOGABSTRACT=no VERBOSE=off DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ COMSAT=no :0 c * ^Delivered-To: \/[EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/backup/mail_archive_20080603/$MATCH/ --- Cheers, Paul -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: Workstation Productivity
Simon, One 'work flow' that I recently heard about for doing reasonably complicated diagrams (from Glen Turner, via LinuxSA) - draft in Dia - annotate in Inkscape - present in OpenOffice. There would probably be other cases where a chain of tools could be used a better job that any alternative single tool. Cheers, Paul On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is strange, are you a recent uni graduate yourself? I ask because I am currently studying and my experience has been that reports could be written in anything and had to be submitted basically in a format that the lecturer could read. Most of the letcturers were open to installing standard/free software if need be. To me .doc, .sxw, .ppt etc are formats for authoring, but why would you submit a report in one when the marker has _no_ need to edit your work? PDF is a format that is ideally suited to the job and this is what I submitted in. Formats for assessment are an issue, but more so with Windows than with Linux. I've done a fair bit of external study and submitting your assessment items through web systems such as blackboard (or whatever that weird one is that UniSA use) often requires Microsoft formats. What's good about Open Office (for example) is that you can save in .DOC if you must, but you also have access to quite a range of other formats. If your T.A. wants .DOC then you can do that, if another T.A. wants .PDF then you can do that too. Aside from a list of alternate programs, which is a necessary requirement, I'm also interested specifically in productivity and usability benefits that come with using Ubuntu. For example, can a particular student perform a particular task as easily, or easier, on Ubuntu. Can a particular task be done quicker? What program options are available in Linux that aren't available in Windows? Simple case study. Student A is provided the task of undertaking a research project and needs to submit a literature review. This review should be presented in .PDF format with links between the table of contents and the relevant headings. A title page should be attached. The page numbers should be as follows: Cover Page: No Number Table of Contents: Roman Numerals (IVX etc.) Content: Standard Characters (0-9) Appendix: Roman Numerals (IVX etc.) It should include at least 50 references presented in the text and a list of references at the end in Harvard format. The table of contents should also provide a list of illustrations/images. Now, if the student were to undertake such a project in Ubuntu where would he or she start? What tools are available? How do they compare to any commercially available Windows alternatives? The list of recommended programs so far includes: a) Open Office.org b) Gimp c) Makefile d) Gcc e) Open-jdk f) Mozilla Firefox g) Zim (personal wiki) h) Eclipse i) gedit j) RapidSVN k) Pidgin -- Simon Ives E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] M - [EMAIL PROTECTED] W - www.simonives.info Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Promoting Ubuntu at libraries?
Hi Dylan, On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Dylan McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) ...The obvious /realistic/ fix: Occasional promotion of Ubuntu at community events, and with friends. I for one am personally helping people with their Linux questions in the store I work at, which seems to have developed a quiet increase in Linux-seeking customers... Interestingly, even the people just looking in to Linux for the first time - usually Ubuntu - seem quite excited about the idea, which I find very cool. For Ubuntu in Australia, the following page hasn't been updated for a while, but the plan was to encourage those computer shops which where doing the right thing (by us, and the community). https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyComputerShops Then, I realized that I should really think about promoting Ubuntu properly (in an environment where promoting free software does not get frowned upon) if I am so keen on it! One of few other local, popular places keen on free knowledge is a library. Libraries around here (in South Australia) purchase all their resources through a central service[1] which is not particularly interested in Free and Open Source Software, or Creative Commons material. They seem to be all about 'value for money'.. which is really odd. Regardless.. magazines that are published with the lastest Ubuntu CD are carried[2], and are very useful, but the concept of being able to make copies to keep or distribute is not actively promoted. Something about being stuck in a copyright model that doesn't include a license to copy. One particular success was with Software Freedom Day[3]. The local library staff was more than happy to put out a display of Free and Open Source Software Books.. although I had to keep my eye on in to stop the MS Excel manual sneaking in. I will try and do the same this year, and include Ubuntu CD's as give-a-ways. (snip) Lots of libraries hold small workshops and classes. There are computers, and classes, but they have all been installed with non-free software. The classes that are run are 'sponsored' by the software vendor at a 'reduced rate' as a 'community service'. The one in my area even has an open bulletin board set up, which could prove useful, if there was something worth posting there that didn't look like spam... All good ideas. So, before I meander way off topic: I can't possibly be the only one who has pondered promoting Ubuntu, in some way, at a public library. Any experiences, examples, related stories, screams of terror or links? Feel free to share! :-) From the Ubuntu Wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam/CommunityLibrary?highlight=%28library%29 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OregonTeam/TeamProjects/LibraryDistribution?highlight=%28library%29 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PNWTeam/projects/LibraryDist?highlight=%28library%29 Bye, -Dylan McCall Cheers' Paul -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: GRUB breakdown
Hi Victor, Yes.. this helps. Windows has 'helpfully' reinstalled your 'Master Boot Record' on it's first disk. Unfortunately what it has reinstalled is not correct. (I'm not exactly sure why this would be the case, but if the Windows install took a copy of this data when it was first installed, it may have just been blank anyway.. if the disk was originally unformatted.) There was an option to the MSDOS fdisk tool, /mbr which allowed the boor sector to be rewritten/reset, but I don't know how that works with windows these days. .. plus you should'nt need to worry about this. Grub needs to be re-installed. If you can boot from the Ubuntu disk again... you can fix the install with something like the following: - Bring up a command line console/terminal - mount the '/dev/sdb1' (ubuntu partition) # mkdir /mnt/ubuntu; mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ubuntu - Re-install grub # cd /mnt/ubuntu # chroot . # grub-install # exit This should re-install GRUB on your hard drives boot sector again. (The 'chroot .' step above allows you to run commands from your system as if you were directly booted into it. The 'grub-install' step is the only one that can cause issues.. but it can't mess up your system any more than it currently is.. eg. it won't delete any of your files.) Cheers, Paul On Feb 11, 2008 9:38 AM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Paul, thank you for your response. When I re-started Ubuntu to get to Grub to click on Microsoft Windows, at that point it was giving me a signal (I don't remember), to continue, but every time I wanted to continue it went back to Grub, whether clicking Ubuntu or Windows. So, I inserted the Windows XP Installation Disk to repair and to see if there is any thing wrong with Windows. All my files were ok in Windows. When i restarted my computer it stopped at that signal: error Loading Operating System. I hope this will help. thanks again, Victor On Feb 11, 2008 9:33 AM, Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Victor, Just a quick question.. do you know at what point the system stopped booting? Cheers, Paul On Feb 11, 2008 8:55 AM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Paul, I am un-able to boot into my computer from the start. It stops at: error Loading Operating System, so I cannot boot into Ubuntu. when I go to SystemAdministrationPartition Editor I can see both Window's (/dev/sda) and Ubuntu's (/dev/sdb) Partitions. Below is a copy of the response email I sent to Andre, just to keep you informed. As i am only using Ubuntu 7.10 Installation Disk to get to Firefox and Gmail. Looking at /boot/grub/menu.lst In the bottom of the file I found: # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 titleMicrosoft Windows XP Professional root(hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader+1 Being an un-educated person (lol), I can copy and paste the whole file for your perusal, but again will changes affect after re-booting the Ubuntu Installation Disk? I am sorry, please bare with me. thank you, Victor. Dear Sir, Thank you for your help and support, To be able to operate my PC, the only way I have, is to use the Ubuntu 7.10 Installation disk, with which I can get Firefox and Gmail. When I start my computer it stops at: error Loading Operating System...I cannot go any further... Being a 68 year old person, speak, read and write 7 languages, still Ubuntu is totally foreign to me, please accept my apologies. If I get the off-list email, how would I transfer it into a floppy using the Ubuntu 7.10 Installation Disk, which doesn't function properly? and if you can send me the file to a friend's email, where I can transfer it into a floppy, will just inserting the floppy at the start-up of my computer will fix the problem? Realising your suggestion being the best solution, please guide me. I have been using Ubuntu since the 7.04 version and updated to 7.10 with no problem and I have immense data stored. This incident froze me to death. Windows and Ubuntu are on separate Hard Disks. On the Ubuntu Hard Disk I had 160G of which there was only 40G used, so yesterday I attempted to re-install Ubuntu 7.10 hoping that GRUB will work. I can recognise the volumes in Places Computer, even the Windows volume. I hope I am making some sense in my description of the problem and wait for your suggestions. Again Please accept my apologies and I appreciate your help. On Feb 10, 2008 10:13 PM, Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Victor, You don't (shouldn't) need to reinstall grub. Boot into Ubuntu. - do you know which partition your Wondows OS is on? Have a look at /boot/grub/menu.lst You need to edit this file, and add something
Re: GRUB breakdown
Hi Victor, You don't (shouldn't) need to reinstall grub. Boot into Ubuntu. - do you know which partition your Wondows OS is on? Have a look at /boot/grub/menu.lst You need to edit this file, and add something like the following. - title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 - There are plenty of comments in this file, so have a good read. :-) You may need to change the '(hd0,0)' to something like (hd0,1) if the windows partition is the second one on the disk, for example. Cheers, Paul On Feb 10, 2008 8:40 PM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once a week I re-start my Ubuntu 7.10 to boot into Windows XP to update my anti-virus, and update FoxMarks for my Bookmarks. To day, GRUB didn't come on to select Microsoft and I was stuck with a request of an operating system. I need help. I dont know what to do. I am using the Ubuutu Disc. How can I re-install GRUB throught the Disc. I appreciate all the help I can get. Much obliged in advance. Victor Kevorkian -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: GRUB breakdown
Hi Victor 'root' - This is the 'Administrator' account on a Linux system. Ubuntu is set up to allow the first user to become root, using their own password. (This means that there is indeed no root password on the machine, and removes a possible security issue.) To get root access, prepend the command with 'sudo', and then enter your command. eg. sudo mkdir /mnt/ubuntu (the ';' separates commands) Another option, is to do 'sudo su', which will allow you to 'switch user' to root until you type 'exit', type Ctl-D or close the window, Be ware that the 'root' user is all powerful. There is nothing that this user cannot do if it is possible, including removing all your files or reformatting your hard-drive[1], while the system is still running. Cheers, Paul Notes: [1] - Experience is a wonderful teacher. On Feb 11, 2008 12:32 PM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you Paul, I really appreciate your help, but as i said, I don't understand this language. what do you mean by mount? I am sorry. when I entered: mkdir /mnt/ubuntu; mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ubuntu Only root can do that was the answer, but this is the Installation disk and I have no root nor password yet accepted. Andre sent me a tar.bz format of the Boot/Grub, that I transfered it to a floppy, I will try that starting my computer and Let's see what happens. I let you know. Again thank you, Victor On Feb 11, 2008 12:56 AM, Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Victor, Yes.. this helps. Windows has 'helpfully' reinstalled your 'Master Boot Record' on it's first disk. Unfortunately what it has reinstalled is not correct. (I'm not exactly sure why this would be the case, but if the Windows install took a copy of this data when it was first installed, it may have just been blank anyway.. if the disk was originally unformatted.) There was an option to the MSDOS fdisk tool, /mbr which allowed the boor sector to be rewritten/reset, but I don't know how that works with windows these days. .. plus you should'nt need to worry about this. Grub needs to be re-installed. If you can boot from the Ubuntu disk again... you can fix the install with something like the following: - Bring up a command line console/terminal - mount the '/dev/sdb1' (ubuntu partition) # mkdir /mnt/ubuntu; mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ubuntu - Re-install grub # cd /mnt/ubuntu # chroot . # grub-install # exit This should re-install GRUB on your hard drives boot sector again. (The 'chroot .' step above allows you to run commands from your system as if you were directly booted into it. The 'grub-install' step is the only one that can cause issues.. but it can't mess up your system any more than it currently is.. eg. it won't delete any of your files.) Cheers, Paul On Feb 11, 2008 9:38 AM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Paul, thank you for your response. When I re-started Ubuntu to get to Grub to click on Microsoft Windows, at that point it was giving me a signal (I don't remember), to continue, but every time I wanted to continue it went back to Grub, whether clicking Ubuntu or Windows. So, I inserted the Windows XP Installation Disk to repair and to see if there is any thing wrong with Windows. All my files were ok in Windows. When i restarted my computer it stopped at that signal: error Loading Operating System. I hope this will help. thanks again, Victor On Feb 11, 2008 9:33 AM, Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Victor, Just a quick question.. do you know at what point the system stopped booting? Cheers, Paul On Feb 11, 2008 8:55 AM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Paul, I am un-able to boot into my computer from the start. It stops at: error Loading Operating System, so I cannot boot into Ubuntu. when I go to SystemAdministrationPartition Editor I can see both Window's (/dev/sda) and Ubuntu's (/dev/sdb) Partitions. Below is a copy of the response email I sent to Andre, just to keep you informed. As i am only using Ubuntu 7.10 Installation Disk to get to Firefox and Gmail. Looking at /boot/grub/menu.lst In the bottom of the file I found: # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 titleMicrosoft Windows XP Professional root(hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader+1 Being an un-educated person (lol), I can copy and paste the whole file for your perusal, but again will changes affect after re-booting the Ubuntu Installation Disk? I am sorry, please bare with me. thank you, Victor. Dear Sir, Thank you for your help and support, To be able to operate
Re: Downloading Ubuntu 7.10 To EHD New User.
Greetings Tatian, A couple of questions? - Is EHD - External hard drive? - Can you boot from this harddrive? (This would be a BIOS setting. Most modern computers can.) - What sort of computer do you have? If you have ordered the 32bit 7.10 CDRom you can boot from the CD itself, and have a play without actually installing anything directly. This is called a 'liveCD'. - Whare do you live? Are you in Australia? (ubuntu-au is the Australian Ubuntu Team) It might be able to get some to help you who's closer to where you live, or point you to a local Linux User Group (LUG). Cheers, Paul On Feb 9, 2008 11:20 PM, Tatian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am ordering Ubuntu 7.10 and will download it in my free time to my EHD. I need some advice or links, or files to explain how it is done. I am not sure if I want to partition my EHD or have it only for Ubuntu. Do I need a partition utility? Afterwards I will want to get software such as Gnome Sword and others. So I want to get the graphics right, partitions too, learn how to start up from my EHD, through F2, or F8... and learn how to download or buy CDs and where from... both sites for downloads and contacts for CDs. I'll need set up my broadband modem with Ubuntu, my printer/copier/ scanner, mobile phone... will this need Wine? Also I am unfamiliar with Ubuntu and the net, explorers and alternative to windows operating of programs. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Urban Terror friendly clan!
Hi Toma, On Feb 7, 2008 3:05 PM, Toma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) We're mostly new to the game aswell so dont worry if youre terrible :) If youre interested, reply here or simply to my mailing list so I can get an idea of numbers. o/ /| /\ Thanks! Toma. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Multimedia with ubuntu / kdenlive
Hi Daniel, Would you be able to give a brief list of the software you used, codec's and/or any tips,lessons or pointers? :-) I know there are lots of other people who would find this a very useful (known) starting point. Cheers, Paul On Jan 5, 2008 1:13 AM, Daniel Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all I thought you guys might be interested in my spare time project. I've been working on making a short comedy sketch show with my mates. I edited and produced the whole thing on my Ubuntu box. I've heard a few people say you can't do multimedia editing on linux, so I just wanted to prove that's bollocks :-) You can stream/download at http://midnight-haircut.com/site/episodes if you're interested (slight language warning, blah blah blah) cheers, Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Questions about swapping in hardware (disaster recovery) solution..
Some follow-up... The problem appears to be that the 'sysklogd' service is hanging, as I only have to kill the service (/etc/init.d/sysklogd stop) and the system startup process continues, and then everything works again. On Dec 4, 2007 2:07 PM, Paul Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all! I have an interesting server problem.. We (at work) are installing a new server and at the same time preparing backup hardware should something go wrong.. The plan is to do nightly backups to a disk in such a way that should something go wrong we can then swap in replacement hardware and/or disk, and take off from where the backup was done. So.. I trying to create a Ubuntu-server system which is portable across identical hardware, but where serial-numbers/MAC addresses will have changed. It is almost there, with just a couple of snags.. - grub and fstab need to refer to device names rather than UUID's (easy to fix). - 'udev' wants to keep network device names around (looks easy to fix) - sysklogd does not start up properly, which causes logins to stop working (interesting to debug). Restarting sysklogd allows logins to occur.. but I get the following error: syslogd: unknown priority name exec It's the last one I need to get to the bottom of (hence my question), but other than this.. the idea, as a concept works quite well for us (details below). Does anyone have any suggestions? [Hardware is DELL 1950 1U servers with 2x 72GB SAS drives (non-RAID)] Cheers, Paul -- Disaster recovery methodology -- Two servers (S1,S2, geographically separated), with two disks in each (diskA, diskB and diskC, diskD) + a couple of spare identical drives. Main server: - S1-diskA, S2-diskC are Ubuntu-server installs - S1-diskA is the main server disk (sda) - On S1, diskB is a copy of diskA - 'dd' is used initially, then regular rsync to maintain the copy. (Initial dd is also done to diskD to setup partitioning.) Backup server: - S2-diskC is a basic install, but is used to regularly copy S1-diskB to S2-diskD across the network. - S2-diskD can be swapped for a spare drive to keep rolling system backups. Scenarios - Should the disk (diskA) fail in S1, then diskB can be swapped in and system rebooted. - Should hardware in S1 fail, S2 can be moved in with diskA and system rebooted. - These operations can be tested independently on S2 hardware. -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: Server Documentation Roadmap
Greetings all, I have the following proposal which I have dubbed 'micro-manuals'. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/micro-manuals https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaulSchulz/UbuntuServerDocumentation I don't think the idea is radically different than what is currently being done, but the information would fit between Community Wiki Documentation and the Official Guides and serve a specific purpose (see blueprint). The sections in the Ubuntu Server Guide would be suitable candidates, particularly the one discussing installation of system services. The following are some that that I have started preparing for myself: http://community.mawsonlakes.org/mediawiki/index.php/Category:Micro-manual I also have some ideas on how to get this documentation written and maintained and supported by the community, but I would just like to float the concepts past everyone first. Cheers, Paul On 11/5/07, Nicolas Valcarcel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Jesse wrote: Good evening Doc Writers and Server Team, At UDS-Boston in the server meeting area we discussed the spec Improve Ubuntu Server Documentation, found at this link: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-documentation. We had several ideas that I would like to share with the group and would like feedback: 1. Update the server guide for each release (specifically focus on 8.04as it is a long term release) a. Make sure it is posted on help.ubuntu.com in html and available for download in PDF b. Ship it in raw text so that it can be read on the server without a GUI We can pack the docs like 'maint-guide' on Debian, and add it to the default packages of debian-server so everyone has the docs on his/her system :D 2. keep help.ubuntu.com/Community full of How-To's that have been vetted by someone from the Server Team One of things we also discussed is increasing communications between the Server Team and the Documentation Team to make sure the guides on both help.ubuntu.com/Community and the ServerGuide are both accurate and up to date. I've copied the server team so they can add to the discussion as well and also if there is someone from the Server Team who is willing to be a point to help increase the communication between the server team and the documentation team. Please feel to respond with comments and suggestions. Thanks, Jontahan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHLiOy0i4vtKm6aHcRAikGAKCKucdTl3wN1ruTIDKBYx/TnAf5gwCfU7p2 YKAf05I7hd/LPeN9ZToUrgo= =IUe3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: Server Team 2007-09-27 meeting minutes
On 9/26/07, Scott Kitterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 September 2007 22:06, Dan Trevino wrote: As part of the reporting project, I'd like to go through the minutes and replace irc nicks with real names. Although this is all public information, I want to make sure nobody has any specific complaints before I put full names on the ReportingPage in the wiki. For example, in the notes below 'dantalizing' would be replaced by 'Dan Trevino', etc, etc. I, for one, would have no idea who you were talking about in many cases if you did that. Perhaps you could have the IRC nick parenthetically after the first use of the name so we could translate. or include a 'translation table' at the end. Cheers, Paul Schulz (aka. pschulz01) Scott K -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu leaflet in SVG format.
Greetings, I have reporduced the 'original' A4 Ubuntu leaflet in SVG format. There are two sides, and they can be download in SVG, pdf and png (for preview) at: http://community.mawsonlakes.org/ubuntu Please feel free to copy, distribute.. subject to all the usual FOSS conditions :-) I am more than happy for them to be made available from the 'diy' website. Cheers, Paul Schulz -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
