Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSH Problems
On 21 August 2013 17:05, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 August 2013 15:43, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 21 August 2013 15:36, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: I am on the lookout for a bit of advice on using SSH/SFTP to transfer large files between devices on my home network. Have a look at rsync, it is generally much quicker than ftp. Remember that rsync uses ssh as its transport and if there are issues rsync might still be affected by them. A common issue with ssh is having name lookups enabled when DNS isn't available so adding 'UseDNS no' to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config should help there. If there are genuine issues with connectivity then adding 'ServerAliveInterval 60' may help. You could try using ssh/sftp with the -v for verbose or -vv for even more verbose messages. This might help you getting some debug information (you'll have to use the terminal) which might help you find what's going on, example command: sftp -v user@192.168.0.10 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Imagine if Linux become massively popular?
Hi folks, In light of some recent discussions I've seen on this list it seems a lot of folks are keen to promote Linux and see it deployed and used more especially on the desktop. I've been using Ubuntu daily (plus some other distros on and off) for a few years now. I love it and wouldn't switch back, however I have no real gripe against windows. I have been wondering on one thing though, would we really want to see a greater uptake of Linux by the general population? I think we can agree that partially the success of windows has made it a target for criminals and malware. So if for whatever reason tomorrow we saw a massive uptake then where would that leave us? Would it really be a good thing? -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imagine if Linux become massively popular?
On 13 June 2013 14:11, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 June 2013 11:25, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: I think we can agree that partially the success of windows has made it a target for criminals and malware. So if for whatever reason tomorrow we saw a massive uptake then where would that leave us? Would it really be a good thing? I think this is possibly /the/ single greatest red herring and straw man put up by Windows advocates and I'm really sorry to see it repeated on a Linux list. Hey don't tar me with that brush, im no windows advocate! I just thought if I were a crim (and im not) I'd look at the most popular platform. * Apple's OS X is hugely popular. Are you a Mac fan by any chance ;-) * OS X is a Unix. BSD if im correct no? * OS X has not been compromised. There are no OS X viruses in the wild. (Yes, there are Trojans, but that's different - they don't spread unaided.) You sure about that? I had a quick google and found this for example http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/OSX~Sabpab-A/detailed-analysis.aspx * Apple owners are richer than PC owners because Apple kit is more expensive than PCs. I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement there? * Why? Because OS X is secure by design. Windows is not. I dont disagree there, unix and linux have way better security. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Cloning and moving Win8 OS into a VM
I recently cloned a winXP image into a VM and then can run up the VM from a Linux host. The Linux host is running on fairly new hardware which is UEFI compatible but the Linux OS as far as I know is using legacy BIOS and grub. Would I have problems with running the Win8 image considering its coming from a machine thats running UEFI boot machine? To give you all the idea of the process its quite simple, but just take a long time 1. Grab a raw image (mount win8 HDD in a caddy): dd if=/dev/sdb of=/path/to/image 2. Convert the image from Raw http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp22252528 Has anyone done this successfully on a UEFI image? Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloning and moving Win8 OS into a VM
On 13 June 2013 16:27, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: This isn't really an Ubuntu question, What I should have said was: The host machine would be converted from Win8 to Ubuntu and Ubuntu does support UEFI after 12.04 right? Im hoping to basically image the machine and then flatten / rebuilt with Ubuntu and run the orignal Win8 in a VM, reason: if the user messes things up its easy to roll back with a snapshot but I don't believe UEFI is supported in Virtualbox as yet so it's unlikely that a Windows 8 image will boot. It looks like the evaluation version of Windows 8 Enterprise will and there's the cloud edition of 2012 server. Apparently there is a setting: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#efi s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imagine if Linux become massively popular?
On 13 June 2013 16:33, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 June 2013 14:56, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 June 2013 14:11, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Hey don't tar me with that brush, im no windows advocate! I just thought if I were a crim (and im not) I'd look at the most popular platform. This *is* the red herring. It's what I attempted to logically demonstrate as false with the reasoning that followed. Ok we'll agree to disagree :-P * OS X has not been compromised. There are no OS X viruses in the wild. (Yes, there are Trojans, but that's different - they don't spread unaided.) You sure about that? I had a quick google and found this for example http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/OSX~Sabpab-A/detailed-analysis.aspx #1 It's a Trojan, not a virus. Trojans do not cannot infect on their own; they need to be installed. #2 It's based on a flaw that's now fixed it no longer works. * Apple owners are richer than PC owners because Apple kit is more expensive than PCs. I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement there? Falsify it, then? I'd say it's a valid general observation. Again we should agree to disagree :-) * Why? Because OS X is secure by design. Windows is not. I dont disagree there, unix and linux have way better security. They /can/ have. It can be turned off or not configured, as in Puppy Linux. I thought it was just me, I tried puppy linux a little while ago on an old PC and after I install it I noticed everything running as root and had a bit of a wtf moment. Definitely not a good distro imo for that reason -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imagine if Linux become massively popular?
On 13 June 2013 17:22, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 June 2013 17:04, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Ok we'll agree to disagree :-P As I said: falsify it, then. Refute me. In other words, provide a reasoned case as to why I am incorrect. Please. If I am wrong, I want to know about it, so that I can correct the flaws in my thinking. So please, tell me, show me, how I am wrong. Liam, i'm not saying you are wrong, im just disagreeing, there's a difference. My opinion is that if Linux becomes more popular will get it more attention from the criminal element, there are security flaws in every OS. You have told me why you think this is not true and that's fair enough, but I still think that I have a point. I dont want to convert your thinking, im no evengelist! Again we should agree to disagree :-) If I am wrong, then please show me how. On the matter of what you said about richer people own Macs, Im pretty sure there are plenty of well off people out there who arent IT savvy so they just go into PC world and buy a new Windows PC just as easy as they would buy a Mac. Just because they have a lot of cash to throw around doesn't make them buy the most expensive product, in fact they might be more careful with their money than most. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] MPD question
Hi Folks, I tried a couple of Linux forums, but not had much joy, so I was wondering if someone on this list might know: Im running mpd on Ubuntu Server and for the most part it works ok, however to get it to work after its been idle for a time or the home router gets switched off, you have to login to the server in order to actually list the playlists and get it to play a song or stream. I thought perhaps its something I got wrong with configs etc, once you login you can play mpd all day, and we often use it to play the radio or mp3 files. (Its actually quite funny when you show people how it works and you happen to be using a iPad or iPod client for example because they think its some expensive apple solution and they are suprised when I tell them it costs £0 to setup and runs on a 12 year old laptop with a missing screen :-) ) ...anyway... I digress... so I have another machine at home here and that runs mpd too, I used it to set it up and test it before I setup the server and it was still on there. I noticed I have the same problem. I can connect to mpd when the machine is on but only when I login to a user account locally I can play the song. Its almost as if something isn't quite started until you login. Has anyone seen this kind of problem? It would be great to get this sorted because is a great example of how you can recycle an old PC and its not just windows / apple devices that just work Thanks! Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] VIA Neheima CPU and Ubuntu Server
Hi All, has anyone tried to boot a Ubuntu Server live DVD / CD for the above CPU, I managed to get knoppix to boot and I see the following details on the CPU (using lscpu): Architecture: i686 CPU(s): 1 Threads: 1 Cores: 1 CPU sockets: 1 Vendor Id: CentaurHauls CPU family: 6 Model: 9 Stepping: 5 CPU Mhz: 1002.291 A bit of googling shows older release like 9.04 were ok with supporting this but not later versions. Im thinking maybe I could boot the server DVD and then go on to install it if I had the right kernel parameters? Any advice would be appreciated Thanks Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The problem with Bug #1
On 10 May 2013 10:02, James Tait james.t...@wyrddreams.org wrote: On 09/05/13 23:04, SuperEngineer wrote: just one final word (sentence)- my word educate was deliberate... get the kids using Linux, let them think it's 'normal'. I'm sure my boys' response to that would be Why, isn't it? JT Kids are impatient, they dont want to wait for things to happen, and generally they dont want to be bothered with installing a package or searching out equivalent application to get what they want, so when they google how to do something invariably the answers will all come back based on the most widely used operating system so they will say why cant we just have a windows machine like our school / my mate steve etc I can only speak from my personal experience, my kids are no strangers to different interfaces but they are not interested in bringing up a command shell to solve a problem and as this is not something seen commonly in the schools, so we'll end up with a lot of the next generation being more technology consumers than creators ... thats only my thoughts though. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Websites and your PC hardware details
On 3 February 2013 23:19, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/02/13 18:09, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 3 February 2013 16:00, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com mailto:brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: That makes sense in context - failed logins combined with the changed hardware would trigger an alert. From a service point of view it's very frustrating for a bank to freeze an account without some kind of notification - my bank have frozen my account after a detecting a fraudulent transaction in the past, but they do have the courtesy of phoning to tell me that they're going to do it. Well, yes. When their fraud engine is properly configured, they should only block your card when there is a very serious fraud risk. Any other situation, they should notify you of the dodgy transactions and let you confirm whether they are legit or not. It would be interesting to know if this system is able to extract something from Firefox, Chrome and other browsers available to Ubuntu. That's exactly what I wanted to know too :-) Most if not all online banking services now work on Linux-based systems although we're still the poor cousin in terms of support. Not quite. All banks I've worked with run on UNIX, typically AIX or Solaris. Some are considering Linux and in particular RHEL but purely as an exercise to reduce costs and benefit from commodity x86 hardware (as opposed to IBM PPC or Oracle SPARC). Similarly, banks are very benefits focused in terms of what they support and as long as the Linux share of their web server stats is low, they won't (explicitly) support it. If I take the example of the one I work with, their logic is very simple: any browser + OS combination that shows more than 1% share will be explicitly supported. Interestingly, the result of this is that the recent rapid version changes in Firefox have meant that the reported share of FF has dropped because the logs have shown a fragmentation between different versions. Add to this that you have many different browsers on Linux and there is absolutely no chance that any given combination would reach 1% for the time being. On the other hand, such simple rules have meant that we've recently been able to drop explicit support for IE6! With regards to what device fingerprinting is able to extract, this depends on the browser but there are things that all of them expose. I suppose also it depends on what plugins the browser has too? Panopticlick [1] is a good way to get an idea of the sort of information that this technique can extract. To come back to the original BBC article, something as simple as screen size and colour depth could have changed as a result of changing the motherboard. No I agree, its probably like Simon mentions, the machine might have been running some local applications which would have had access to this information and fed it back to their servers, thats why the author likely had trouble. [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/ Bruno Bruno, thanks for the link above and the Digital fingerprinting wiki page, very useful to bookmark. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Websites and your PC hardware details
Hi all, just wanted to get the Ubuntu UK list take on this story from the BBC below http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21304049 Yes the guy was using windows, but will our browsers also give up this sort of info down to the hardware level when running a Linux box too? I know we can use a user a agent switcher on some browsers, but I'm wondering what is given up by default. Perhaps it's just something particular to windows? Thanks Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Websites and your PC hardware details
oops! I posted the wrong link, it was from a related link at the bottom of that page http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994 On Feb 3, 2013 10:24 AM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 3 February 2013 10:16, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, just wanted to get the Ubuntu UK list take on this story from the BBC below http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21304049 Yes the guy was using windows, but will our browsers also give up this sort of info down to the hardware level when running a Linux box too? I know we can use a user a agent switcher on some browsers, but I'm wondering what is given up by default. Perhaps it's just something particular to windows? I am not sure how your question relates to the twitter article, am I missing something at the link you posted? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Websites and your PC hardware details
On Feb 3, 2013 10:53 AM, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 February 2013 10:34, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: oops! I posted the wrong link, it was from a related link at the bottom of that page http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994 That's almost certainly specfically related to Windows as Windows is the only OS that I'm aware that binds its licencing to machine components. The article is far too vague (and was factually incorrect but was corrected) to really say anything concrete about the phenomenon but the screenshot indicates that they were having issues with some Blizzard games, so it's probably a DRM issue with game clients rather than browsers. That's what I was thinking it is a vague article. I just wondered what kind of information our browsers gave up about us when running Linux s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome flickering in Ubuntu 10.04
Hi Alan, Im running 10.04 on a Dell E6400, and using 18.0.1025.151 (Developer Build 130497 Linux) Ubuntu 10.04. I dont seem to have the flickering problem but Ive only seen problems on Ebay. I used quite a variety of sites and ebay is the only one. I have contacted ebay support but suspect they'll just say the usual linux isnt a supported OS I like you used firefox and completed my listing ok. The problem seemed to be around some of the javascript elements on the page (im guessing thats what they are im not a web developer). The category listing shows but you cant select it and the same for payment methods. General ebay browsing works ok. Did you install Chromium from the general Ubuntu software center? -Mark On 18 July 2012 17:34, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: The last couple of updates to Chrome on my Ubuntu 10.04 have been well nigh unusable. If I move the mouse over the screen the whole thing starts flickering and redrawing itself. The latest release (Version 20.0.1132.57) is a lot better and I'm now only having problems with eBay. In particular if I scroll the page all the graphics go berserk and it continues to do this even after I move the mouse out of the window. Has anyone else experienced this? And does anyone have a cure? Firefox and Opera work OK but I really prefer Chrome... -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hamachi
Sorry I was slow to reply. Some very good points for an against here. It seems a lot of kids are getting advice from you tube sites to use Hamachi. Yes it does create a VPN tunnel, I suppose the best thing to do would be setup a machine configure Hamachi and then go find yourself a good (friendly) hacker somewhere and ask them to join your hamachi network and see if they can access things you dont want to be accessed. Its a tricky balance between being a grumpy dad who wont let us setup a mineraft server to being cautious and trying to protect other machines and our home network. Ive tried explaining that even if you had a fantasic minecraft server at home with lots of CPU and memory, the incoming players will only get a shared connection speed of your upload bandwidth which is usually quite slow on ADSL broadband and will affect their overall responsiveness. So its probably better to investigate online minecraft server hosting packages. All of this is usually met by blank vacant stares anyway... -Mark On 4 July 2012 17:27, kasperd nab...@kmhhh.04.jul.2012.kasperd.net wrote: I will recommend that you don't use Hamachi as long as it is using 5.0.0.0/8 addresses. Those addresses were never supposed to be used by Hamachi. There are now legitimate users of those addresses. The people behind Hamachi have known for years that this was going to happen. And though they have repeatedly been asked in their own forum, what they were going to do about it, they remained silent. If you install Hamachi, you will cut off your own access to parts of the Internet. Servers are now being deployed with legitimate addresses from the 5.0.0.0/8 range. Hamachi users are unable to access those servers. It is not clear if using Hamachi or using a port forwarding will be best from a security point of view. With a port forwarding it is quite clear what traffic is permitted into your network and what is not. However usually a port forwarding will be accessible to anybody on the Internet. So anybody can connect to the server, if the server has a vulnerability, then it can be exploited. If you use Hamachi, I believe Hamachi has a feature to let you decide who gets to communicate with you using Hamachi. That way it will be restricted to only certain people. However those people who can connect will still be able to exploit any vulnerabilities which might exist in that server. Moreover, unless you explicitly filter it, they will be able to access other ports on your computer as well. Additionally you have to trust Hamachi. It means another piece of software that could potentially have vulnerabilities. Those are the arguments for and against. You get to decide which you find more important. Overall I think avoiding Hamachi sounds like the best solution. If you are worried about letting a port forwarding remain open for the entire world, there is a few things you can do to reduce the risk: - Keep up with updates for the server software running on the port being forwarded to. - Put the server software on a separate computer on a different segment of your network. - Put the port forwarding on a non-standard port where it is less likely to be found by port scanning. - Restrict the port forwarding to only work for specific client IPs. Each of those four suggestions will help even if you don't follow all four. You are welcome to send follow up questions to kasp...@zcwvd.04.jul.2012.kasperd.net, but do it before that address get flooded with spam. -- View this message in context: http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/Hamachi-tp4980068p4982504.html Sent from the ubuntu-uk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Hamachi
Hello folks, One of my kids like playing minecraft and he asked about setting up a server using Hamachi. Now I know we could setup a machine and open a port on the home router, but I wasn't too keen on the idea. I'm not sure if any incoming connections to a minecraft server couldn't be used as a hop off onto the local network. I don't know enough about the minecraft server to say if there are any vulnerabilities. So Hamachi can be used to get around the port forwarding etc. but I'm not sure how secure it is. It's seems to add a route into the routing table for 5.0.0.0/8 and could it mean that even if you aren't hosting the server but connected into the Hamachi network other users could possibly gain access to your machine and even your local network? Doors anyone have any experience of this? Thanks, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing
On May 1, 2012 12:10 AM, David Smith d...@p3computers.com wrote: At the risk of someone having had a similar problem, I'm struggling to install Ubuntu on my desktop. My netbook accepted Xubuntu absolutely fine, and I am getting to grips it. My desktop however won't accept Ubuntu x86. I have tried with a CDROM and unetbootin, with the live CD and with the alternative installler. The best I have got is for it to install using the alternative, but not boot up -- it just hangs indefinitely after GRUB. Intel E7300 CPU 3GB RAM ECS GF7050VT-M5 motherboard Nvidia 1GB 550 Ti (Asus) SATA 0 is 1TB Seagate NTFS Windows 7 x64 SATA 1 is 160GB Maxtor NTFS data (2x 80GB partitions for some reason). SATA 3 is TSST DVDRW IDE Primary Master is EXT4 Ubuntu, Linux swap and GRUB loader. The only thing I have seen like this is where a friend had a machine that done a similar thing, he also had some random freeze ups on the Windows side, it turned out too be the graphics card, luckily he had a VGA output on three mother board so we're just pulled the graphics card and it worked ok. It's a long shot but worth a try if you can do this -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: Strange notification message on desktop
On Apr 17, 2012 11:12 AM, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: On 03/04/12 12:34, Alan Pope wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/04/12 11:18, David King wrote: I am running Ubuntu 10.10. The message appeared again, and it was actually Semantic Disk Storage, but the message gives me no clue as to whether it is an error or a notification, or what it is trying to tell me. Can you take a screenshot of it next time it appears? Just press the Print Screen or PrtSc key on your keyboard and save the picture. Then we can take a look and maybe get a clue what's generating it. The message had not appeared for some time, but today it made an appearance again. Here is what it looks like: And of course it says Semantic Data Storage rather than what I wrote before, having not remembered it correctly. I looked at the syslog and this is what was there from booting to getting into the desktop (just the last few entries): (Someone mentioned Ubuntu One, and there is a warning about that near the end, with the client not being found, although I have had no problems uploading files to Ubuntu One lately) gnome-session[3061]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'alarm-clock.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process alarm-clock (No such file or directory) Apr 16 09:41:38 avourastudio gnome-session[3061]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'ubuntuone-client-applet.desktop': Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process ubuntuone-client-applet (No such file or directory) Looks like somethings gone wrong with the panel applets. I remember something about deleting the .gnome2 and/or .gconf directories under your home directory can reset the panels to default. It's just an idea, obviously backup first :) ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing
We're collating this round of testing at 07:00 UTC on Monday but if you do find any bugs over the next few weeks, do please let us know. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope I run as many of the test I could. I installed a spare drive into a Dell latitude D610 laptop and installed from DVD. I have run all previous versions of Ubuntu on this machine since 8.04 and its always seen my wireless card and compiz has always worked ok. I know its not a powerful machine by a long shot but it seemed to be running real slow. It turns out compiz kept crashing which meant the desktop would freeze up completely. I had to drop to the console and kill X and checkbox to restart. I got cheesed off after a while so skipped the last bunch of tests. So my question is, when compiz dies is it expected the desktop just freezes? In gnome on my work machine which still runs 10.04 all windows clutter onto one workspace and at least you can get a terminal and issue the compiz --replace command to rescue your desktop, and save any work. I did get a error pop up when compiz died but it said something along the lines that its not a core ubuntu component and so I couldn't submit a error report. Do I just submit a separate manual bug for the desktop issue? Cheers Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing
Just giving this a spin.. I downloaded a 32bit desktop ISO of beta 2, booting from USB connected HDD and running like a live CD. I can see my home network in the network manager wireless networking list but can't select it to connect. I bet I'm missing something obvious here, but it seems it only allowing selection of open networks. Is this a problem? On Apr 7, 2012 5:10 PM, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/04/12 15:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: I would like to have a go but need a little helpful advice, please. I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop computer and wondered if there is a simple way to install the version of Ubuntu to be tested along side the version I use. There is. Download the ISO, use USB startup disk creator to put it on a USB stick, or burn the ISO to a CD/DVD. Boot off the USB stick or CD/DVD and then follow the prompts. one of the options is to install side-by-side with your existing installation. Choose that, job done. Other options will allow you to upgrade or overwrite. Don't choose those if you absolutely want dual boot. Once installed the grub boot menu will show both installs. Cheeers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPgGbiAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wPdMH/0c0sjwShFT6qT9SlMcJbUcZ 4zL0yCA3lB6MGTauvxkrdekdQAbSsNIzxu+xP7xo+XQNDC+2gY60PqLt3buwimEP +fbjQ5f/qTLNBR4dBz8Qg5ulpQZqDMnIQ/FJR73ZSCsWR1xZI540kUyjeda2+yuW 7MjSMTk0kn0FNTc4YGmdIHsK7c9pojceRcPqMYbAYI8aScm0ORyMVMQMqPtoXlOh JJSu0fEmSz3Z+KwFr4yXFjtMpj2qv1lxRJhu/76pETtO72DG9miYtU2wkEgVwf+3 IGioaa6aqG/jsnrIleIiHT2D06YevOuZ0Y/6Me+BUQh+okXVRhqIcGE1vwD/OMI= =qvFL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Home networks, running different devices, OSes and backing up
Hi Everyone, Id like to hear opinions, experience and advice from those of you who have a home network with multiple devices from iPods to PCs, and what you do to back them up and centralise the data but also make the data available in places where you need it. Also when it comes to backing up, lets say you have a server that runs weekly backups of devices on the network, how do you avoid it backing up and overwriting a file if a user has infected some files on one of the devices with malware? If you have incremental backups, how much more space will you need? Id just like to hear some ideas as Im sure some folks have some good suggestions here. Thanks Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Which boot options on the live CD?
Hi, I was looking ar a PC for a neighbour and tried to boot from a live CD to backup some data for them. The Ubuntu and Xubuntu live CDs wont boot, but a Knoppix DVD will boot and run just fine. How can I tell what if any boot options the knoppix system booted with? Heres the output of lspci and lscpu on the machine in question: knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2) 00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) 00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) 00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ lscpu Architecture: i686 CPU op-mode(s):64-bit CPU(s):1 Thread(s) per core:1 Core(s) per socket:1 CPU socket(s): 1 Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD CPU family:15 Model: 95 Stepping: 2 CPU MHz: 2410.764 Virtualization:AMD-V L1d cache: 64K L1i cache: 64K L2 cache: 512K knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?
Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this happens sometimes is that the school simply arent aware of alternatives. Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback to the school? Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?
On 06/07/2011, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:56:29 +0100, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this happens sometimes is that the school simply arent aware of alternatives. Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback to the school? Thanks -Mark Just having a quick look at the site, what is it that you are objecting to? -- Its the cost, apparently we are told its £800 a year for a license Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?
On 06/07/2011, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: On 06/07/11 08:56, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this happens sometimes is that the school simply arent aware of alternatives. Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback to the school? Thanks -Mark I think you need to look out side the box here, I clicked on the news report for the moon landing and it really helps the user with what to put in their article, pictures are drag and drop, but it is scaffolding the user by asking questions and suggesting what to include, normal software does not do this, with Openoffice, libreoffice, scribus you have blank canvas and are expected to know what to type and how to write stuff for it. It is also web based which means the school does not have to install software, (less time fixing software issues for IT co-ordinators) I am using firefox and it works fine, or seems to, I would have an issue if it was written specifically for IE in which case your argument would be more about web standards, etc Paul Quoting from the site: An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of this range. Does this seem expensive if there are foss alternatives? -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Open Mic nights - Wednesday 8pm to 11pm (14+) Free entry Breakin' Ground - Street dance for young people (8+) Wednesday 6pm (starts May 11th) The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail i...@devonmusiccollective.com for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends
Heres an interesting update to this. I was testing on a machine at home before I configure ddclient at my the location I want it to run. I wondered about if it would renew the IP address mapping when a new WAN ip was configured; When you configure ddclient it always seems to setup a config file like so: pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid protocol=dyndns2 use=if, if=eth0 server=members.dyndns.org login=username password='password' myhostname.dyndns.org It wasnt updating the WAN ip when I power cycled the router. I wasnt sure if it would or not. Anyway a quick google yielded the following change pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid protocol=dyndns2 use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.org, web-skip='Current IP Address: ' server=members.dyndns.org login=username password='password' myhostname.dyndns.org Then when ddclient re-checks, it shows the following, when you check for the process, its configured to run as a daemon. $ ps -ef | grep ddclient root 1717 1 0 09:46 pts/100:00:00 ddclient - connecting to checkip.dyndns.org port 80 $ ps -ef | grep ddclientroot 1717 1 0 09:46 pts/100:00:00 ddclient - reading from members.dyndns.org port 80 $ ps -ef | grep ddclientroot 1717 1 0 09:46 pts/100:00:00 ddclient - sleeping for 300 seconds My /var/log/daemon.log shows Mar 29 09:51:07 Bart ddclient[1717]: SUCCESS: updating myhostname. dyndns.org: good: IP address set to 1.2.3.4 What settings do you folks use in your /etc/ddclient.conf files? Do you run the client as a daemon? On 25 March 2011 12:55, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 25 March 2011 12:47, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: It seems if you add a new ssh key into seahorse it always generates a file called id_rsa.pub and id_rsa, renaming old ones to .1 etc, is that correct? No idea. I don't use Seahorse. When you generate your keys is it always done as the user you are logged in as? For example my user name on my machine might be curtis but I may want to create a username login on my friends machine as support is that possible and still able to generate a key? I generate my key as me, my user ID, they are stored in .ssh in my home directory. If I want to logon to a remote machine which has a different user ID then I put my public key in that users folder on the remote machine. E.g. in /home/support/.ssh/authorized_keys - on the _remote_ machine. I can then do:- ssh supp...@remotehost.example.com or vncviewer -via supp...@remotehost.example.com localhost Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends
Thanks, couple of questions: On 24 March 2011 17:00, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 24 March 2011 07:42, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Do any of you have friends and family not living nearby, who use Ubuntu and you provide remote support to them. What do you use? Teamviewer, VNC, webex? What would you recommend and whats your experiences? At mums house when I installed the Ubuntu PC:- 1) Install ssh-server, create my user account, add my ssh key so I can logon remotely Ive not done much in the way of ssh keys, I looked at the guide on the Ubuntu wiki here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Keys and it seems the you always generate a id_rsa.pub file, this is the one you put onto your mums machine and copied it into the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file? It seems if you add a new ssh key into seahorse it always generates a file called id_rsa.pub and id_rsa, renaming old ones to .1 etc, is that correct? When you generate your keys is it always done as the user you are logged in as? For example my user name on my machine might be curtis but I may want to create a username login on my friends machine as support is that possible and still able to generate a key? 2) Enable remote desktop sharing in Ubuntu via the usual GUI options 3) Register a dynamic hostname with dyndns.org 4) Install and configure ddclient to connect and register with dyndns.org for the chosen hostname Total time spent: 5 minutes, plus 1 hour mostly drinking tea, chatting to my mum. At my house 1) Phone rings! Hello Alan, it's Mum, can you help me? Sure, one moment 2) Open a terminal and type:- vncviewer -via mums.dynamicdyns.org localhost *bam* I see her desktop over an encrypted ssh tunnel. No ports exposed her end other than ssh, and only key-based logon allowed. Win! Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends
Thanks Jon On 25 March 2011 09:41, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: SSH keys are created by producing a pair of cryptographically equivelent numbers with a size of (usually) 1024 or 2048 bits (I think!) long. When performing a complex equation, the result of encrypting one with the other returns the same value. It is not linked to a hardware value. You can share the same private key around all the machines you own and trust, and put the public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the accounts you are trusted to access. Typically, I create a new account with my username the same everywhere, but you may want to set it up differently. So Id need the private key on each machine in doing the accessing *from?* Remember, network access (such as port forwarding the VNC port) does not require you to be in the same account as the user. If you need to act as the user, you can login with your account and type sudo su - USERNAME Id need to create a user called support on one of my machines, to generate a private / public key pair for the support user? where username is the person you are supporting. The hyphen in the su command means pretend I just logged in as them. If you are supporting a lot of machines, I'd start looking at creating a ~/.ssh/config file, but from the sounds of things, that's a while off yet! All the best, -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs On 25 Mar 2011 08:51, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe ssh keys are generated from hardware I'd's, things like mac address etc. So I would expect if you created a new users, the old key would still work. Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:47:38 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends
Sorry just repeating my question as it might have got lost in the thread: It seems if you add a new ssh key into seahorse it always generates a file called id_rsa.pub and id_rsa, renaming old ones to .1 etc, is that correct? When you generate your keys is it always done as the user you are logged in as? For example my user name on my machine might be curtis but I may want to create a username login on my friends machine as support is that possible and still able to generate a key? Thanks On 25 March 2011 11:04, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 10:22 +, Alan Pope wrote: On 25 March 2011 09:41, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: You can share the same private key around all the machines you own and trust, That's not wise. If you put your private key on all your machines you trust then I only need to break into one of them to gain access to every machine your public key is on, and you will have to revoke that one key, meaning you can't ssh to anywhere until you generate new keys. Indeed. Seconded. Concur, wholeheartedly. Just put all the keys in one authorized_keys file and copy that around. Regards, Tyler -- Privacy has to be viewed in the context of relative power. For example, the government has a lot more power than the people. So privacy for the government increases their power and increases the power imbalance between government and the people; it decreases liberty. Forced openness in government – open government laws, Freedom of Information Act filings, the recording of police officers and other government officials, WikiLeaks – reduces the power imbalance between government and the people, and increases liberty. -- Bruce Schneier -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Remote support for family friends
Hi All, Do any of you have friends and family not living nearby, who use Ubuntu and you provide remote support to them. What do you use? Teamviewer, VNC, webex? What would you recommend and whats your experiences? Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials
On 19 January 2011 22:07, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/01/11 09:00, Byte Soup wrote: Hi Jacob, I have a small amount of experience using Sun's LDAP, see my comment below -Mark On 14 January 2011 22:31, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I have been trying to set up an LDAP server for some time now. when I finally found an up-to-date tutorial at http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the first step of this has worked fine however when running the command ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=cyberkingsolutions,dc=co,dc=up -W -f base.ldif try using the -w switch followed by a password. For example this is a command I used to import a schema ./ldapmodify -v -c -a -e /opt/schema_rejects -h localhost -p 390 -D cn=dmanager -w dmanager -f /path/to/schema/ldif-file I am prompted for a password. I enter the password I have used at all other points tn the tut and are met with a fail message: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49) when not entering a password at the prompt (just hitting return) I get ldap_bind: server is unwilling to perform (53) additional info: unauthenticated bind (DN with no password) disallowed. please help me get LDAP working, and thanks in advance (I know all of you awsome guys (and gals (or gales according to auto-correct)) will find the problem and help me fix it) -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I ran: root@megacat:~# ldapmodify -v -c -a -x -D cn=admin -w MyPassWord -f base.ldif and got: ldap_initialise( DEFAULT ) ldap_bind: Invalid Credentials (49) so it didn't work, unless I got it wrong When you installed LDAP you must have had to give the admin user name and password? Try specifying the host and port too? -Mark -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials
On 20 January 2011 10:41, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: when I installed LDAP it didn't ask for anything, and running dpkg-reconfigure didn't ask for those anyay, like I said I followed the tutorial at http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the first to set it up as it is the only one I could find that doesn't say to edit /etc/ldap/slapd.conf When you created the file db.ldif you used the same hashed password or did you generate your own own one using slappasswd? And you used the 1234 password throughout previous steps as outlined in the tutorial? -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials
On 20 January 2011 14:33, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I used the same hashed password that I created using slappsswd it's not the same one that's in the tut Jacob Mansfield Programmer Can you try ldapddd -v -x -D cn=admin,dc=cyberkingsolutions,dc=co,dc=up -w your password -f base.ldif So its just adding a -v and a -w (instead of the -W) switch from your original one as per the tutorial -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials
Im trying my best to help here, but Im not sure how much more I can be of use, bear with me though :-) On 20 January 2011 17:51, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/01/11 17:22, Byte Soup wrote: On 20 January 2011 14:33, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I used the same hashed password that I created using slappsswd it's not the same one that's in the tut Jacob Mansfield Programmer Can you try ldapddd -v -x -D cn=admin,dc=cyberkingsolutions,dc=co,dc=up -w your password -f base.ldif So its just adding a -v and a -w (instead of the -W) switch from your original one as per the tutorial -Mark same error as before. I have attached the previous ldiff I ran and the new one I'm trying to run I noticed in the example when they set up the minumum configuration they use this olcSuffix: dc=example,dc=com olcRootDN: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com In your one you have olcSuffix: dc=cyberjacob,dc=co.cc olcRootDN: cn=admin,dc=cyberjacob,dc=co.cc Then in the example base.ldif they use # LDAP admin dn: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com In your one # LDAP admin dn: cn=admin,dc=cyberkingsolutions,dc=co,dc=uk So your using a different dn. Is this a problem or is this correct? -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all
Is it possible to swap your device out for a spare router? Im not sure about virgin media as I think you have the cable modem and then the wireless router connected to that, or is it all in one unit? It sure sounds like the router rather than your netbook. What happens is your run large downloads on other machines using the connection? -Mark On 17 January 2011 22:38, andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been looking for this for some time but I think I'm not doing the right word search in google. I don't even know how to report it if it's a bug... might not even be an OS problem so sorry. I have an ubuntu netbook 10.04 acer aspire one zg5 (same as AO110 I think but with SSD). I get yelled at because I am downloading files (podcasts, software, distros, ...) this for some reason disconnects my wifi but also all other kit that is connected to the router. Then my wifi recovers connection and slowly all the other stuff in the house gets connected (w7, itouch, internet radio). But if I continue downloading it will disconnect everything again. I've been able to see that this happens at when I reach a certain download speed. I use a netgear routher and my broadband is virgin. Any pointers are welcome! Andres -- Correo enviado desde mi ubuntu netbook -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nintendo Wifi USB Connector (Ralink rt2500) woes
One more thing to check actually, because this caught me out before, do you have another device on your LAN that might be running a DHCP server, like a NAS drive? On 18 January 2011 18:35, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 January 2011 13:41, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Liam, Ive seen some odd behaviour with Ubuntu on a Toshiba laptop, not sure what hardware, but I set the wireless connection to use a static IP and the owner says that they havent had hardly any connection drops. I think some drivers have a problem with DHCP sync with some routers. Im sorry its not very specific, but my point is, sometimes its worth trying static IP to rule out DHCP issues. -Mark Hi mark, I think it must be a problem with my router settings rather than the chipset. The reason i say that is because a friend popped round the other day with his Acer aspire ZG8 netbook, and although he was able to establish a connection, he wasn't able to send or recieve any data until the router was - like before - switched off and on again. I'll look into it, anyway. Thanks! -- Liam Wilson On 16 January 2011 00:41, Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com wrote: Well I managed ti fix it by turning the router off then on again, that worked somehow, but yeah, they are all runing 10.10. Thanks for the reply though, DaveG! :) On 13 January 2011 23:53, da...@boavon.plus.com wrote: Hi all; I have a Desktop PC here running Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to connect to my Wireless internet connection through a Nintendo Wifi USB connector (A re-branded Buffalo/Ralink rt2500 chipset). I know you can connect to wireless networks with it, because I've given it to other people to use as one, and they've done it just fine. When I plug it into my desktop and turn it on, I click on the network icon in the panel, and I can see all of the available wireless networks, so I click on mine and i get the whole enter the password stuff. Then, when it attempts to connect to the network, the icon gets to the '2nd stage' (Where instead of going up and down, it goes just up), and then disconnects. Any idea what this could be so I can at least try to fix it? I've searched on google and such, and there doesn't seem to be this problem... P.s: I've also tried the connector in other Ubuntu-powered PC's, and get the same result... Thanks! -- Liam Wilson You dont say whether every instance of your trying is using the same update of Ubuntu - 10.10 but I'm guessing it may be. It may be worth a shot disabling the current network manager and trying wicd insead. I have just found it more accepting to various networks, connectors and routers. You dont have a lot to lose by trying. DaveG -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Liam Wilson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all
On 18 January 2011 20:36, andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: I checked the light: both wireless and adsl light where on during disconnection. I tried to check the temperature but I think I need to upgrade my router first: i cannot find the option. Plus I don't think it is the case as I reboot every day: it's off for most of the day. Though maybe i'm wrong. my router is: http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/family/a_id/1296 about traffic shaping. Don't know what that is. tried to understand wikipeida article still don't know what that is. But I'll keep trying. Traffic shaping put simply is just a way of profiling the type of traffic across a link. ISPs will mark (like a tag) the packets going through and then it will apply restrictions maybe on an outgoing interface or even at another router to restrict the traffic if its considered a lower priority. So for example your bit torrent traffic may arrive at your ISP router and they mark it as a low priority, if the link becomes congested they may even drop some packets in favour of other traffic marked higher priority. But I think my case is different because even I disconnect. Not only everybody else. Did not try the wired connect. will need to do that some other day. if it is the router, why doesn't my wife have problems with her w7? I don't think it's virgin or the modem as the light stays on... Thanks for the help. I'll try to saturate via the eth0 to router. -- Correo enviado desde mi ubuntu netbook -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu sync to iP[a|o]d - Apple ios4.2
Hi Folks, Im running Ubuntu 10.04, 64bit with libimobiledevice package installed as per default. I used to be able to plug in an iPhone/Pod running Apple ios 4.1.x and see files on the device sync music etc. However since upgrading the iPod and iPhone to ios4.2 this is no longer possible. Ive tried googling around but not found much in the way of information apart from a few mentions that ios4.2 has changed some things with the internal DB and the linux side of things is yet to reverse engineer this. Is this correct and if so has anyone else had this problem? I can see the devices in lsusb but they dont seem to mount: iPhone: Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05ac:1294 Apple, Inc. iPhone 3GS iPod: Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05ac:1293 Apple, Inc. iPad: Bus 002 Device 006: ID 05ac:129a Apple, Inc. Is there anything I need to change or alter to get these devices back to a state where I can pull files off them? It was useful being able to drag photos and music off of them rather than jumping through all the hoops you need to with iTunes etc. Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] GnackTrack
An ubuntu based distro with quite a few extra tools for penetration testing http://www.gnacktrack.co.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I turn off viewing all windows zoomed out?
On 3 December 2010 14:38, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: ian pettitt (RRes-BB) wrote: That sounds like the scale plugin in Compiz. One way of changing the settings and the shortcut/mouse corner activation is to use the Compiz manager. Thanks, that was it. I disabled Scale in Compiz and now I can put my mouse where I want without zooming out to all windows. By default I think im right in saying hitting the super (windows) key and w will scale all windows on your current workspace and super and a will do the same but for all windows on all desktops, this is of course as long as you dont have desktop effects turned off in appearance preferences. -Mark David -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform
On 20 September 2010 21:51, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm not quite sure where this should be asked as it is a cross-platform thing. I am fed up of listening to my (Windows XP) gaming computer through headphones so I want to get it hooked to the stereo. Rather than use a heck of a lot of wire, I can sit my Ubuntu 9.10 netbook on top of the stereo and stream the audio across WiFi. So, ideally what I am after is something to capture the outgoing audio on the Windows computer, stream it across the wifi to the Ubuntu netbook and finally play it through the speakers. I will of course need it to be cross-platform too, does anybody have any ideas? I would say VLC on both machines? You should be able to stream from the windows machine to the Ubuntu one, not tried it, but quickly looking at the options on VLC it sure seems like its possible. I used to use a app called edcast and also winamp with the shoutcastDSP plugin in windows to stream to a shoutcast server, but thats a bit over the top for what you need. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Icons
On 21 August 2010 16:46, Neville Crook nevi...@thecrookfamily.co.uk wrote: No not a new Dan Brown book but a problem with my latest update of 10.04. I have two systems working 10.04 one on a partitioned HDD Desktop and one on an external HDD connected to my laptop. Both systems loaded via Wubi, the desktop does not always load cleanly but after a couple of soft reboot manages OK. Now I have a further problem with the desktop. A couple of days ago the normal Ubuntu update manager message appeared. When I maximised it the page was blank. I thought nothing of it and loaded from the menu Update Manager and updated the recommended updates. After rebooting I noticed that a number of the Icons in the menus had gone missing. For instance under Graphics the icon is there for Picasa and Open Office .org Drawing, but not Document viewer and F-Spot viewer. When I opened Chrome the little tab icons for closing and adding another tab (x and +) were replaced by a red square. Firefox is not affected and whilst I have not tried every other piece of software. This problem does not seem to affect any other programs. The vid driver is Nvidia accelerated graphics driver (version current) Whilst I have some knowledge of using Terminal I have mostly used the easy way of adding program and trouble shooting. The computer also has Win 7 and this works perfectly so probably not a hardware issue. Any ideas? Hi, you could try re-installing the desktop, as a precaution backup your data first. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Shredding HDD data
Hi Folks, One of my family wants to shred some HDDs before discarding them, or giving them away on freecycle. What application would you all recommend to do this? I have used shred to remove files, but I dont think it can do an entire disc (i.e. some previously deleted files) Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shredding HDD data
On 11 August 2010 13:36, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: I'd also recommend DBAN, I've used it quite a bit, personally and also for companies getting rid of machines. I believe it'll even do multiple drives at once if you want to erase a few drives (although as mentioned elsewhere, make sure you disconnect any drives you don't want to be erased). Rob This is the only reason Im not to keen on DBAN as I want something to run from my laptop here, and then I can just plug the HDD(s) into a caddy and point and shoot! It looks like with DBAN you have to nuke the internal drive correct? -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Update manager showing base files
Hi, I see my update manager this morning showing a update to base-files, when going to install these are listed as uncertified. It seems odd how the changes doesnt list here but on other packages they do, my connection is fine. Im a bit suspicious *Changes tab shows* Changes for the versions: 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.1 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2 Failed to download the list of changes. Please check your Internet connection. *Description tab shows* This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update manager showing base files
That's certainly the latest version according to packages.ubuntu.com. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=base-files Looks like a security update:- http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2/changelog Cheers, Al. Thanks Al, :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Dell on Ubuntu - the register
Did anyone see this yesterday? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/dell_ubuntu_windows_security/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming to a shoutcast server
Hi Guys, Thanks for your advice, Ive found that Ice2 only streams to a icecast server, at least thats what I was told on #icecast irc. Ive found darkice and darksnow in the repos, but i seem to be having problems with them, hopefull its just a config problem. Has anyone used darkice successfully? Mark On 11 June 2010 20:44, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 June 2010 19:58, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, A coupe of years back, I was using WinXP and winamp with the shoutcast plugin, or Edcast to stream to a shoutcast server for live feed to an internet radio station. Id like to find out how I could do the same thing in Linux. Does anyone acheive the same thing, or know what apps / packages id need to do that? I was simply routing a sound feed into the PC from a mixer and then out to the shoutcast server. The encoding was 96K mp3 Try icecast, from Xiph.org. VLC from videolan.org will stream directly to an Icecast server. There is a wizard for simple streaming and it is basically a case of setting up an icecast server and pointing the VLC output at it via a wizard. s/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and Flash
Hi Mark On 9 June 2010 20:13, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: Just tried watching Jono's stream on my wife's computer using Firefox. For some reason although the video works fine, I get an 'install flash' icon where the chat box is supposed to be. On my computer both are working fine. Any ideas on what could be causing this? What version of flash do you have when you type about:plugins into your browser url? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Streaming to a shoutcast server
Hi Folks, A coupe of years back, I was using WinXP and winamp with the shoutcast plugin, or Edcast to stream to a shoutcast server for live feed to an internet radio station. Id like to find out how I could do the same thing in Linux. Does anyone acheive the same thing, or know what apps / packages id need to do that? I was simply routing a sound feed into the PC from a mixer and then out to the shoutcast server. The encoding was 96K mp3 Thanks Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries
Tried that, now I get: Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/Release.gpg Could not connect to archive.getdeb.net:80 (81.92.203.249). - connect (110: Connection timed out) Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/games/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net: http: Failed to fetch http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/games/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to archive.getdeb.net: http: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Im not sure what getdeb.net is, is it another repository? I noticed getdeb.net was down recently, so that may be the problem? If its down then I would say that error message makes sense, can you install any other packages from the regular archives? Try installing zsync for example sudo apt-get install zsync Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] ISO testing: Kubuntu test points to image not avail?
Hi, I was going to start some ISO testing today, and I thought Id run some tests on Kubuntu seeing as there looked like a few needed doing there. I visited this link listing the tests im looking to do http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/test/4221 On the tests you have a link to the image required, however this generates the following error which is correct as this image does not exist This build wasn't found on http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/20100602/maverick-desktop-i386.iso(may no longer exists). There are images here though: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/ Is it ok to proceed with tests using the images under the current directory? Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages
Just out of interest, which bit solved the problem? It was this bit apt-get clean apt-get autoclean Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
Hi On 3 June 2010 13:31, micheal harker micheal.har...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H #1 is the one Id prefer. The others the text seems grainy, but it might just be me Thanks Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages
Hi Neil Do you get error messages about missing keys when updating the list of packages on the command line (i.e. using either 'sudo apt-get update' or 'sudo aptitude update')? No I dont, this is what it looks like when i use the command line: cur...@homer:~$ sudo apt-get install p7zip-full Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: p7zip-rar The following NEW packages will be installed p7zip-full 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. Need to get 1,419kB of archives. After this operation, 3,662kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! p7zip-full Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe p7zip-full 9.04~dfsg.1-1 [1,419kB] Fetched 1,419kB in 4s (291kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package p7zip-full. (Reading database ... 154608 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking p7zip-full (from .../p7zip-full_9.04~dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up p7zip-full (9.04~dfsg.1-1) ... Thanks - Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
