Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-default driver
I don't understand instruction 2. Is it one long line? What is the > doing there, and is it single spaced in between the two long strings? Or did it creep in when the email was transmitted? sed 's/blacklist r8169/#blacklist r8169/' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist Sean Miller wrote: > Hi Rowan, > > What is it you don't understand? > > They appear to be giving you two options :- > > a. revert to the default Ubuntu driver > > >> 1. mv /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak >> 2. sed 's/blacklist r8169/#blacklist r8169/' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak > >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist >> 3. reboot >> > > So you go into shell and switch to root, which you can do by typing > "sudo bash" and then entering your password. You then take what's > written in 1 and 2 above and type them into the shell exactly as > shown. After that you shutdown and restart the computer, either by > using "shutdown -rf" from the shell or from the desktop. > > b. update their driver > > >> 1. cd /root/lc2000/r8168-8.008.00 >> 2. make clean modules >> 3. depmod -a >> 4. reboot" >> > > Same principle as above... type exactly what's written in 1-3 and then > restart. > > Best, > > Sean > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-default driver
Hi Rowan, What is it you don't understand? They appear to be giving you two options :- a. revert to the default Ubuntu driver > 1. mv /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak > 2. sed 's/blacklist r8169/#blacklist r8169/' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak > > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > 3. reboot So you go into shell and switch to root, which you can do by typing "sudo bash" and then entering your password. You then take what's written in 1 and 2 above and type them into the shell exactly as shown. After that you shutdown and restart the computer, either by using "shutdown -rf" from the shell or from the desktop. b. update their driver > 1. cd /root/lc2000/r8168-8.008.00 > 2. make clean modules > 3. depmod -a > 4. reboot" Same principle as above... type exactly what's written in 1-3 and then restart. Best, Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP
Jai Harrison wrote: > ...(I'm thinking Skype). > Can anyone point me in the direction of a headset they've used with > Ubuntu and provide me with any tips setting something like this up? I've successfully used all sorts of mike/headset/speaker combinations with Skype. Basic kit that plugs directly into the mic and headphone sockets is simplest and cheapest, as Pete and Sean have said. But to be fair, I've also used usb Plantronics headsets (which have their own external sound cards - brilliant with laptops, but very expensive); and I've used a Logitech Quickcam S7500 Webcam - usb - with an integral mic, and a Creative Labs 2.1 speaker system. With the usb kit, you do have to turn on the mic, and adjust the gain (as well as un-muting the speakers). With an 8.xx Ubuntu, this seems quite easy: double click the speaker icon on the task bar, to open the volume control panel, and in Preferences select the appropriate combination of digital/recording/input devices to dispaly, as well as the bits of the Playback system you want. (This is easier to understand when your looking at the Preferences list and playing with the adjustments screen!) You also have to open the Skype 'Options' when you've got your headset or other kit plugged in. Select the appropriate Sound Devices to use for Sound In and Sound Out. A bit of experimentation usually lets you get this right quickly. But I find it helps NOT to let Skype auto-adjust the mixer levels - so I untick that box. Finally - pace RMS - if you're going to use Skype proprietary software, I'd get their own latest version direct from them. So edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to include Skype's repo: deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free and then do an update, safe-upgrade, and install skype Sorry if this is more detail than you need. HTH Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-default driver
Could people kindly amplify the following cryptic instructions from LinuxCertified's engineers so that a complete ignoramus like me can follow them? I have reproduced the lines of code EXACTLY as transmitted. My current machine is getting rather wonky, so I need to get all this on paper pronto. "r8168 only applies to the Ethernet controller, and r8168 is the only non-default driver module that will be affected by updates. If you want to use r8169 make sure to unblacklist it and remove r8168. Since your interface is inoperable due to the fact that Ubuntu itself auto-updated the kernel, you will need to do one of the following in a terminal as the root user. To use the ubuntu default r8169 driver: 1. mv /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak 2. sed 's/blacklist r8169/#blacklist r8169/' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.bak > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist 3. reboot To use the r8168 driver, which we installed for preference: 1. cd /root/lc2000/r8168-8.008.00 2. make clean modules 3. depmod -a 4. reboot" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Pete Stean wrote: > The Creative HS Fatal1ty "just works" as it plugs into the mic and > audio out sockets on your soundcard - £30 though which may be more > than you're willing to spend. You might just need to fiddle with the > mic gain a bit in the audio panel but thats about it. Just to clarify on what I said earlier, the Tesco one (which they were selling at £4.99 last time I looked) works perfectly fine for exactly this reason. Just goes into the mic and audio sockets... no "rocket science" there at all... guess it's "analogue vs. digital", eh? USB? Avoid like the plague :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP
The Creative HS Fatal1ty "just works" as it plugs into the mic and audio out sockets on your soundcard - £30 though which may be more than you're willing to spend. You might just need to fiddle with the mic gain a bit in the audio panel but thats about it. I'd be careful with some of the USB solutions however - I'd imagine that, given that they bypass your soundcard altogether, some of them will have driver issues... Hope that helps Pete > Hey, > > I'm interested in talking with a friend who uses Windows over the > internet. I'm going to have to buy a headset and use a service that's > available on Windows and GNU/Linux (I'm thinking Skype). I also need a > headset that works with GNU/Linux fine so that I can talk to and hear > the person on the other end. They live in Sweden so talking to them > over the internet seems like the cheapest option (as the only cost is > me buying the headset). > > Can anyone point me in the direction of a headset they've used with > Ubuntu and provide me with any tips setting something like this up? > > Thanks, > > Jai > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' RIP Billy M 1957-1997 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP
I think pretty much any, if it's on the mic socket... more complicated with USB. The Tesco basic headset works very well with Skype for me - the one with the jack plug. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Headsets & VOIP
Hey, I'm interested in talking with a friend who uses Windows over the internet. I'm going to have to buy a headset and use a service that's available on Windows and GNU/Linux (I'm thinking Skype). I also need a headset that works with GNU/Linux fine so that I can talk to and hear the person on the other end. They live in Sweden so talking to them over the internet seems like the cheapest option (as the only cost is me buying the headset). Can anyone point me in the direction of a headset they've used with Ubuntu and provide me with any tips setting something like this up? Thanks, Jai -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] HELP: How to install the Ubuntu in one of the existing partition in a hard disk?
2009/2/27 Alan Pope : > 2009/2/27 Liam Proven : >> 2009/2/26 Joseph Walton-Rivers : >>> if you install gparted, you will be able to see where each partition is, and >>> you'll be able to remove any partition you wish, it will appear under >>> system->administration->Partition editor >> >> >> He wants to install Ubuntu. To do this, he wants to get rid of his D: >> partition. Until he does that, he can't install Parted, so that >> suggestion is really not much help, is it? >> > > Steady on there Liam. Keep off the grumpy pills. > > It's a valid suggestion. Gparted can be installed onto a running live > cd (as can any other app if you have enough ram to hold it) and then > the disk can be partitioned at will. This is assuming it's not already > installed on the Live CD. But it is already there - that's my point! And I was actually seriously trying to be polite and constructive! > It's not hard at all. You click each drive in turn and the one with > the partition type NTFS is likely to be the one. In addition he has > (as I understand) a C: with Windows installed and an empty (formatted > NTFS) D:. In gparted the C: drive will show up as being partially full > up whereas the D: will be empty. But it won't tell you drive letters or let you move stuff between the two, which Windows itself will... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat, Yahoo & Skype: liamproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
