Re: Need Help.. BAD!
ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, renders the desktop all but unusable. Ray, I am not quite sure of what you mean by clear blocks. You seem to be directing your difficulties at all GUI screens/sub-screens, so I am wondering if your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file might need to be adjusted a little bit in order to work properly with your monitor? When Feisty Fawn (7.04) came out, I had troubles with getting it to properly recognize my laptop's LCD screen so it ended up producing three vertical sections of the desktop (and each section was only 1/3 of the width of the desktop that it represented), and was completely unusable. I found that I could boot into the live CD of the previous version of *buntu that I had been running, save the xorg.conf file on my flash drive, then boot back into my new OS build, replace the xorg.conf file with the one on my flash drive, and then everything was fine. As newer versions of operating systems come out, they are having to support the newer equipment that is currently available and probably some of the support for older hardware ends up getting left out (I am assuming...). I wonder if replacing (or adjusting) your xorg.conf file could be a solution for you? I am no expert and I am not sure that I fully understand your difficulty, but I can say that this solved my GUI troubles on all of my older laptops. Try creating a backup of your existing xorg.conf file, then boot into a 6.06 live CD and save your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Then boot back into your current OS and replace your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with the one that you saved in the 6.06 version. If your GUI is completely unusable (as you stated), then you may need to use CTRL + ALT F1 to get to a command prompt. Mount to your flash drive, replace your existing xorg.conf file with the one on your flash drive. Then CTRL + ALT F7 will get you back to your GUI; to restart X, you can use CTRL + ALT + Backspace, which will use the settings in your new xorg.conf file. Good luck! Feel free to holler if you have problems or questions. - Darrin On Jan 25, 2008 3:22 PM, Ray Edester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if this is the proper forum... But, I have upgraded my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Studio 7.1 using a CD brought to me by a friend. (Former friend??) :-) ALL works very well except; ALL GUI screens/sub-screens have TEXT shown only as clear blocks. ie; 3x6 (5x9?) pixelations(?) Icon names and Kicker Line. This, of course, renders the desktop all but unusable. The SET command shows the path as; PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin I would certainly hate to have to reinstall 6.06 and lose a lot of work put into the OS over the year(s) If anyone has some ideas I could surely use them as this has gone on for nearly a week and I have gotten nowhere, so far. Tks, Ray -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- . __o ._ \ , (*)/,(*) ^--^^-^---^--^^-^^^ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: More feature-rich burning app for Ubuntu Studio-Hardy. (Update)
You need to have an DVD-ISO made by a capable application. QDVD-author can do this and others too but I would encourage the use of Cinelerra for this to make the needed VOB-files. Afterwards one my use some DVD-Authoring tool like the above mentioned QDVD-author to make an ISO that can be burned to DVD by Brasero, K3B or whatever etc etc. Surely I must be missing something here. K3B will burn DVD ISO's. It's what I use when I download a Linux distro and burn to DVD as an ISO image. Is there something different about burning video as an ISO? I am assuming that the video-to-be-burned has already been encoded and that the burning software is only burning the ISO, and not performing any encoding duties. Also, I stumbled across this interesting blog entry a while back about ManDVD. Apparently, you can create menus, chapters, etc. with ManDVD, and then use your favorite burning application to burn the video to CD/DVD (I have no experience with using this tool). Not sure if that helps anyone out or not. http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/11/20/create-video-dvds-with-mandvd/ Look and feel is *not* irrelevant. Try telling that to any marketing/design firm. Unfortunately, you can't please everyone. No matter what you choose to package with the OS, there will be someone out there who will prefer using some other tool for CD/DVD burning. Isn't that one of the many reasons why we use Linux though... we have almost unlimited freedom to configure our machines just the way we like them and add/remove whatever software that we wish. Although I enjoy using Gnome (and Gnome apps) over KDE (and KDE apps), I do prefer using K3B over any other burning application that I have seen thus far. Regarding K3B vs. Gnomebaker vs. something else: Until just now, I had never before used Gnomebaker. I have used Nautilus occasionally in the past to burn CD's, but I primarily use K3B for all of my burning needs. I just installed Gnomebaker and can say that in my unbiased opinion, K3B is immediately more intuitive to me. The initial K3B menu gives more options in terms of what-do-you-wish-to-do? than what I see under Gnomebaker, and I don't see anything about ISO burning capabilities in Gnomebaker (whereas K3B does burn ISO images). Just my $.02. - Darrin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: More feature-rich burning app for Ubuntu Studio-Hardy. (Update)
Thanks Cory, I appreciate the clarification. Unfortunately, you can't please everyone. And you *might* end up being one of these people here. Ha! I'm not sure how I could possibly ever be disappointed. If the tool that I want is not there, I'll install it (after all, I've got opposable thumbs...). There's no way I could possibly be disappointed. Thanks to you and everyone involved for all of the hard work! - Darrin On Dec 27, 2007 10:01 AM, Cory K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darrin Goodman wrote: You need to have an DVD-ISO made by a capable application. QDVD-author can do this and others too but I would encourage the use of Cinelerra for this to make the needed VOB-files. Afterwards one my use some DVD-Authoring tool like the above mentioned QDVD-author to make an ISO that can be burned to DVD by Brasero, K3B or whatever etc etc. Surely I must be missing something here. I think you are like I was. He means creating the structure. K3B will burn DVD ISO's. It's what I use when I download a Linux distro and burn to DVD as an ISO image. Is there something different about burning video as an ISO? I am assuming that the video-to-be-burned has already been encoded and that the burning software is only burning the ISO, and not performing any encoding duties. Also, I stumbled across this interesting blog entry a while back about ManDVD. Apparently, you can create menus, chapters, etc. with ManDVD, and then use your favorite burning application to burn the video to CD/DVD (I have no experience with using this tool). Not sure if that helps anyone out or not. http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/11/20/create-video-dvds-with-mandvd/ Look and feel is *not* irrelevant. Try telling that to any marketing/design firm. Unfortunately, you can't please everyone. And you *might* end up being one of these people here. Regarding K3B vs. Gnomebaker vs. something else: Until just now, I had never before used Gnomebaker. I have used Nautilus occasionally in the past to burn CD's, but I primarily use K3B for all of my burning needs. I just installed Gnomebaker and can say that in my unbiased opinion, K3B is immediately more intuitive to me. The initial K3B menu gives more options in terms of what-do-you-wish-to-do? than what I see under Gnomebaker, and I don't see anything about ISO burning capabilities in Gnomebaker (whereas K3B does burn ISO images). Just my $.02. - Darrin I think to some degree you're missing my point as I still have not received and technical reasons why K3B is the best app for Ubuntu Studio's needs. This goes for anyone actually. At this point, I'm more inclined to use Gnomebaker, Brasero or even just stick with Nautilus. But, out of this chat has come ideas about DVD authoring software. So thats good. -Cory \m/ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- . __o ._ \ , (*)/,(*) ^--^^-^---^--^^-^^^ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: My single quote key is misbehaving
Nice! Thank you all for your help. I will check this out further when I get home tonight. Although I studied French and German in my younger years, English is really the only language that I am typing these days; I don't often need to type accents, but I am frequently needing to use an apostrophe or needing a single quote when writing code. Since I didn't find this feature in Ubuntu, I made the incorrect assumption that this was a bug. Thanks again for all of your help! - Darrin On Nov 28, 2007 5:33 AM, Luis de Bethencourt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine is below the ? key. ' - without shift ? - with shift Spanish keyboard. No clue why they make the international keyboards so different from each other. All the latin languages should have a similar one and they don't. Portuguese isn't that different from spanish. Luis On Nov 28, 2007 1:24 PM, Fernando M Lacerda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there! Seems like you don't want the key composing feature. If you want to type ´ and get ´ with only one move, then you should disable key composing on your keyboard preferences. But you will be unable to easily type the composed characters á é í ó ú à è ì ò ù ä ë ï ö ü ã õ ñ... If this feature means nothing to you at all, this is all up to you. But Luis is right, you should know the actual single quote is not the ´ key, but the ' (mine is left from #1, I use a brazilian keyboard layout). Cheers! Fernando M. Lacerda On Nov 28, 2007 1:32 AM, Darrin Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I´ve been using Ubuntu since Dapper (and have also used Kubuntu, Fluxbuntu, Nubuntu...) and have been using Ubuntu Studio now since it came out under Feisty last year. Never before have I seen this sort of behavior, but when I installed the Gutsy version of Ubuntu Studio, my single quote key on my laptop keyboard started misbehaving. Essentially, when I hit the single quote key, on the first click, nothing happens, or sometimes my computer will beep at me but it won´t print the quote. Usually, the single quote appears after the second click of the key. Also, the single quote is not the standard tick mark, but is rather a very sloped single quote. Not sure if the slope comes across or not in this email. ( ´ ) The machine is a Thinkpad X60. Anyone have any ideas? This is strange behavior. Thanks! - Darrin -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá luisbg [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: B0ED1326 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- . __o ._ \ , (*)/,(*) ^--^^-^---^--^^-^^^ Personally, I'd argue that MS is the dark side. Linux is enlightenment. Obi-won would have used Linux. Yoda probably BSD without GUI. Han would have used Sabayon (lots of glitz). Luke would have used a Mac :) -- Jim Hutchinson -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Automatic launching of programs for removable media/connected devices.
Agreed. My vote is to mount the device and display a desktop icon, and let the user decide what to do. However, I do appreciate that when I open up Nautilus that the mounted drive(s) are displayed on the left side (lower half of left side) where the aliases are listed. I would still like to see this functionality when a drive is mounted. Also, (I think that the initial thread mentioned using K3B...) KB3 is my CD/DVD burning tool of choice for both audio and data media (but again, I do not want for the tool to open unless I tell it to open). Thanks! - Darrin On Nov 21, 2007 7:16 AM, Christopher Stamper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make it act like Mac OS X. Mount it, of course, and show a drive on the desktop. Unlike Mac, allow the user to choose the rest. Silent, no irritating windows, etc. Make it simple. On Nov 21, 2007 7:48 AM, greg emond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no problemprovided the right click menu is still available, and all the applicable goodies are there, I dont mind. One change we would really like to make, is when removable drives or disks are inserted, they will only appear on the desktop, and a nautilus window will not open. We are also considering disabling all the automatic running of applications for things like blank disks, audio CDs, DVDs, cameras, etc. Envoie un sourire, fais rire, amuse-toi! Employez-le maintenant! -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Christopher Stamper [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tinyurl.com/39h3eg -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- . __o ._ \ , (*)/,(*) I want virgin turns in creamy powder, way up on the mountain with a bright yodel singing out through my toothy grin. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: ubuntu studio and ubuntu 7.10
Matt, I'm glad that it worked out for you. If you are interested, here is a great resource (one of many I'm sure) for Linux commands (this is associated with bash, but most of these commands will also work with other shells too): http://www.ss64.com/bash/ Cheers! - Darrin On 10/26/07, Matt Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Darrin, Well, I downloaded the regular Ubuntu Gutsy live CD, installed it clean and tested it out - I don't think Compiz Fusion is terribly interesting, so I reinstalled from the Ubutu Studio CD (clean install again) and tested with just the laptop, then with the 22 widescreen attached. If I use the 'intel' driver, it works great on the laptop screen, but doesn't allow me to turn off the internal display when using the external monitor, this is the same situation I had in Feisty, so I switched to i810 and put in a shell script to set both modes, now the switch is transparent. Then I started tackling the wifi issue - The clean install works great, it's after I connect and apply the current updates that it breaks down, so this time while I was online, before applying any updates, I went out and got a program called WICD and installed it. After I applied the updates, I tested on reboots, etc and it's working fine. I was also able to install the screens and graphics package, and that works too, although I won't be doing much with it at this time, I'm hoping they come up with a new intel driver that solves the rest of the video issues with Intel chipsets. Looks like everything is good right now, thanks for your help, I'm just not familiar enough with all the Linux commands to be at the level I was at with Windows. I've printed out a few manuals and I keep them handy when I start crashing the system and X won't load. The good thing I've noticed about Gutsy is that it does seem to run cooler on my Dual Core laptop, it used to get pretty hot under Feisty. Anyway, thanks for your help, I'll save those commands in case I get stuck again. - Original Message From: Darrin Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:04:22 PM Subject: Re: ubuntu studio and ubuntu 7.10 Oops, I forgot to include starting up dhcp into the commands. Got ahead of myself. Here it is again (also, this is assuming that your wireless interface is ath0; it could easily be something else, like ra0, or eth1. etc to see what your interface is, use iwconfig): $ sudo su $ ifconfig ath0 up $ dhclient ath0 $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey Also, in place of the second and third line, you could instead use: $ ifdown ath0 ifup ath0 This will bring down your wireless interface, bring it back up, and will start dhcp. If the Network Manager is not cutting it for you, try out Wifi Radar; it can be installed with Synaptic. http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/ Good luck! - Darrin On 10/24/07, Matt Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Darrin, Thanks for the info, I'll give this a try. My issue was that I could see the network, but was unable to connect beyond just to the local access point. I use the internet from wifi hotspots, so typically I connect to a webpage, log in, and then that grants me access to the outside world. I was getting the local login prompt, but after putting in my info, I never got the response back. I've seen the same problem reported on the forums, but I didn't see anyone post a clear fix or workaround. I did see one person suggest removing network manager and using a different tool - so I'm also going to get the details on that and give Gutsy one more try. Darrin Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of you have mentioned wifi issues with Gutsy. When I upgraded to 7.10, when I added the Network Manager to my top panel, I noticed that it did not give me any wireless options, which means that I was not able to use the gui in order to connect to a wireless network. Not sure why this was the case since I am assuming that things generally only get better with upgrades, rather than digress. I was able to manually connect to wifi with the following: $ sudo su $ ifconfig ath0 up $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey However, now my Network Manager seems to be properly displaying my wifi networks and allows me to connect/disconnect to/from them as needed. The only thing that I changed was that I installed wifiradar, although I have not used it yet. Perhaps there was an update that was pushed out that solved the Network-Manager issue. For those of you who stated that you cannot connect to wifi, I wonder if you mean that your Network Manager is not working properly, or if you cannot manually connect to wifi using the commands that I listed above? - Darrin On 10/24/07, Pietro Bergamo wrote: Thank you
Re: ubuntu studio and ubuntu 7.10
Oops, I forgot to include starting up dhcp into the commands. Got ahead of myself. Here it is again (also, this is assuming that your wireless interface is ath0; it could easily be something else, like ra0, or eth1. etc to see what your interface is, use iwconfig): $ sudo su $ ifconfig ath0 up $ dhclient ath0 $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey Also, in place of the second and third line, you could instead use: $ ifdown ath0 ifup ath0 This will bring down your wireless interface, bring it back up, and will start dhcp. If the Network Manager is not cutting it for you, try out Wifi Radar; it can be installed with Synaptic. http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/ Good luck! - Darrin On 10/24/07, Matt Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Darrin, Thanks for the info, I'll give this a try. My issue was that I could see the network, but was unable to connect beyond just to the local access point. I use the internet from wifi hotspots, so typically I connect to a webpage, log in, and then that grants me access to the outside world. I was getting the local login prompt, but after putting in my info, I never got the response back. I've seen the same problem reported on the forums, but I didn't see anyone post a clear fix or workaround. I did see one person suggest removing network manager and using a different tool - so I'm also going to get the details on that and give Gutsy one more try. Darrin Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of you have mentioned wifi issues with Gutsy. When I upgraded to 7.10, when I added the Network Manager to my top panel, I noticed that it did not give me any wireless options, which means that I was not able to use the gui in order to connect to a wireless network. Not sure why this was the case since I am assuming that things generally only get better with upgrades, rather than digress. I was able to manually connect to wifi with the following: $ sudo su $ ifconfig ath0 up $ iwconfig ath0 essid yourRouterNameHere key routerWepKey However, now my Network Manager seems to be properly displaying my wifi networks and allows me to connect/disconnect to/from them as needed. The only thing that I changed was that I installed wifiradar, although I have not used it yet. Perhaps there was an update that was pushed out that solved the Network-Manager issue. For those of you who stated that you cannot connect to wifi, I wonder if you mean that your Network Manager is not working properly, or if you cannot manually connect to wifi using the commands that I listed above? - Darrin On 10/24/07, Pietro Bergamo wrote: Thank you for the hints. Best regards, Pietro Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Chicken Little only has to be right once. - Firestone's Law of Forecasting -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
