Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ideas for sharing folders

[Stephen Garton]

2009/7/13 Alan Lord (News) :
> On 13/07/09 22:21, Stephen Garton wrote:
>> Evening All,
>>
>> Just want to canvas for ideas...
>>
>> What is the best way to share a folder with multiple users over
>> multiple machines?
>>
>> To put into context, I have been playing with UbuntuOne. I have a
>> Photos directory which is now [in the process of being] syncronised
>> for my user across 3 PC's. I have shared this folder with my wife, who
>> can now view, modify, edit and add to the collection. I would like to
>> expand this to both of our parents too (mainly for baby photos).
>>
>> Does anyone else have anything set up like this? I am thinking
>> primarily for photos, but would like to keep away from traditional web
>> apps (Facebook, flickr, picasaweb etc). I've thought of setting up a
>> directory on my web hosting that all the users/PC's could access/have
>> mounted.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Steve Garton
>> http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I set up a "dropbox" type system at home on my Ubuntu server using Samba.
>
> It lets everyone add stuff to the shared areas (I have three now,
> Pictures, Music and Video) but not delete [or edit]. As I have two
> younger kids this works well. Every so often I go in and delete the rubbish.
>
> I wrote about how to set this up here:
> http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/17/a-shared-drop-box-using-samba/
>
> I reckon though, with some further tweaking it might be possible to add
> edit (read/write) but still not be able to delete. This apparently
> happens at one of our customers Samba shares, but I am not sure how I
> did it :-)
>
> Food for thought.
>
> Of course you didn't say if this was "local" sharing or you needed it to
> be publicly available. If the latter then I wouldn't use Samba. (You
> could look at sshfs for mounting directories over the 'net and use key
> pairs so you don't need passwords.)
>

Yea, I was planning on it not being publicly available, but available
wherever I am, and for other people who I deem suitable ;). The
problem I have with my current set up is that the directory is
duplicated several times, sometimes on the same PC! Space isn't an
issue on any of the machines, but it does seem inefficient. I suppose
what I could do is set up UbuntuOne (or Dropbox to use a directory
that is accessible to all users on the machine.

Oh well, just wondering how others do this sort of thing.

Steve Garton
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[William Anderson]

David King wrote:
> I did not read the whole of the page at
> http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Log_host
> 
> but it does seem to say that there are Tardises out there that run on Linux.

Oh tardis, how i miss thee ... I had a tardis.ed.ac.uk account way back
in the day, until they cracked down on usage, and only permitted
ed.ac.uk students, staff and alumni to have accounts (I went to gla.ac.uk).

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

[ged byrom]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:09:23 +0100, Larry Wright   
wrote:


>>
>>
> Have a toot at this Might do what you want
> Regards Larry
>
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=224226&C=brilliant1&U=P8%2009%20Hot&T=slide%20scanner&gclid=CNWuiOTY05sCFc0B4wodJgnKJA
> 
>

I've got one of these and couldn't get it working in linux.

It shows as: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05a9:1550 OmniVision Technologies,  
Inc. VEHO Filmscanner

Have a google to see if anyone has got it working yet. I haven't tried for  
a while.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to a network

[David King]

I eventually got it to work by changing the sharing settings on the Asus 
Eee PC, to not require a password, then it worked. (I had set up a 
username of user on the Ubuntu PC, as that is the name used on the Asus, 
with the same password, although I do not know why it did not work.)

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will have to look at NFS and SSH - I 
have heard of these but never learnt them. Sometimes I find it easier 
just to do things the old way I am used to, i.e. the Windows way. I am 
not a fan of Windows nor Microsoft, but using it for so long makes some 
Linux things still seem too alien.

I will have to get my best Dalek onto it!


David King



William Anderson wrote:
> Paul Roach wrote:
>   
>> To be honest, the quickest way to access networked data between linux
>> boxes is to ensure ssh is enabled, and to open nautilus - in the
>> [snip]
>> 
>
> but at least with smb/cifs, you're not encrypting/decrypting your
> traffic as you would with ssh/sftp, so if you're confident your
> underlying network is secure, you get increased throughput.
>
> -n
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[Paul Roach]

Hi John,

Other useful commands could include

df (shows disk usage)
pwd (print working directory)
mkdir (makes a directory)

I also find lynx really useful for testing websites from remote
locations and for W3C compliance - just apt-get install lynx then you
should be able to use

lynx http://www.example.com

I pretty much permanently have a copy of o'reillys pocket linux
command line reference attached to me... It's a really useful book,
and you can pick up a copy on ebay for next to nothing...

You can of course also look at the man page to find out command
usages... Just type in

man command

To get an idea of how best to use a command :-)

P

On 13/07/2009, John Matthews  wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> Yay, that has helped immensely, I have managed to get into the server
> and can see all the files using sftp. Brilliant. Its really helped
> because I have just noticed why something isnt working.
>
> Amazing, agian you all have been really helpful. I hope I can ask more
> questions.
>
> @Sean.I have added you to my AIM, hope that is ok.
>
> John.
>
> Alan Bell wrote:
>> Hi John,
>> ssh is a secure way of communicating with a remote server. At the most
>> basic level it is like having a terminal session on the remote computer,
>> you can use commands such as "cd" to change directory, "ls" to view the
>> contents of your current directory (same as "dir" in dos) "pwd" to print
>> your current working directory location. "nano index.html" to edit the
>> file called index.html in the current directory.
>> You can also pass other things over the secure tunnel. If you use "sftp
>> j...@remote.host.com" instead of "ssh j...@remote.host.com" then you get
>> a secure ftp-like session where you can put and get files to and from
>> the server. You can also do this graphically in Ubuntu by going to the
>> places menu then connect to server and select ssh from the dropdown. Put
>> in your details then you will be able to browse the remote server over
>> the ssh session and do pretty much anything on it as if it were local.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
>> John Matthews wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be
>>> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website
>>> via a terminal.
>>>
>>> I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it
>>> easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to
>>> start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> John.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[David King]

I did not read the whole of the page at
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/Log_host

but it does seem to say that there are Tardises out there that run on Linux.


David King


John Levin wrote:
> Tim Dobson wrote:
>
>   
>>  From
>> http://dalek.microsoft.com/en-us/ultimate/FX101674081033.aspx :
>>
>> 
>
> Getting a 404 Server not found. Does this mean the Doctor has finally 
> and definitively defeated them?
>
> John
>
>   

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

[Larry Wright]

Rob Beard wrote:

Matt Jones wrote:
  

I have been volunteered to help my gran to scan all her old
slides/negatives etc for safekeeping and as a way of getting cheaper
prints. My current scanner isn't up to the task, despite working
beautifully with Ubuntu. Does anyone have any recommendations for a
suitable unit that will work out of the box? It needs to deliver a
reasonable quality and also cope with quite a lot of material! Cost
isn't too important, but sub £100 would be nice, used is fine if they
don't make the model anymore.

Thanks in advance,
Matt.

  


Hi Matt,

A while ago one of the guys in my local LUG said he got a slide scanner 
which was an "Imagelabs Instant Slide Copier" from ThinkGeek which 
supposidly scans to SD Card.  Not sure if it scans to Linux too.


You can find it here: 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/digital-conversion/b070/


Problem is, it appears that they don't ship outside the US.  Not sure if 
you might be able to find one on eBay or alternatively a UK supplier for 
this sort of thing?


Rob


  

Have a toot at this Might do what you want
Regards Larry

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC sound

[David King]

Norman, can you send us a link to the web page you are having 
difficulties with?


David King



Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> Is it a Flash-based streaming media?
>> 
>
> I am sorry, but I do not know. There are no messages to indicate a fault
> or a need for other software it all happens so quickly. You might even
> say, in a flash.
>
> Norman
>
>
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

[Rob Beard]

Matt Jones wrote:
> I have been volunteered to help my gran to scan all her old
> slides/negatives etc for safekeeping and as a way of getting cheaper
> prints. My current scanner isn't up to the task, despite working
> beautifully with Ubuntu. Does anyone have any recommendations for a
> suitable unit that will work out of the box? It needs to deliver a
> reasonable quality and also cope with quite a lot of material! Cost
> isn't too important, but sub £100 would be nice, used is fine if they
> don't make the model anymore.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Matt.
>
>   
Hi Matt,

A while ago one of the guys in my local LUG said he got a slide scanner 
which was an "Imagelabs Instant Slide Copier" from ThinkGeek which 
supposidly scans to SD Card.  Not sure if it scans to Linux too.

You can find it here: 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/digital-conversion/b070/

Problem is, it appears that they don't ship outside the US.  Not sure if 
you might be able to find one on eBay or alternatively a UK supplier for 
this sort of thing?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ideas for sharing folders

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 13/07/09 22:21, Stephen Garton wrote:
> Evening All,
>
> Just want to canvas for ideas...
>
> What is the best way to share a folder with multiple users over
> multiple machines?
>
> To put into context, I have been playing with UbuntuOne. I have a
> Photos directory which is now [in the process of being] syncronised
> for my user across 3 PC's. I have shared this folder with my wife, who
> can now view, modify, edit and add to the collection. I would like to
> expand this to both of our parents too (mainly for baby photos).
>
> Does anyone else have anything set up like this? I am thinking
> primarily for photos, but would like to keep away from traditional web
> apps (Facebook, flickr, picasaweb etc). I've thought of setting up a
> directory on my web hosting that all the users/PC's could access/have
> mounted.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Steve Garton
> http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk


Hi Steve,

I set up a "dropbox" type system at home on my Ubuntu server using Samba.

It lets everyone add stuff to the shared areas (I have three now, 
Pictures, Music and Video) but not delete [or edit]. As I have two 
younger kids this works well. Every so often I go in and delete the rubbish.

I wrote about how to set this up here: 
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/17/a-shared-drop-box-using-samba/

I reckon though, with some further tweaking it might be possible to add 
edit (read/write) but still not be able to delete. This apparently 
happens at one of our customers Samba shares, but I am not sure how I 
did it :-)

Food for thought.

Of course you didn't say if this was "local" sharing or you needed it to 
be publicly available. If the latter then I wouldn't use Samba. (You 
could look at sshfs for mounting directories over the 'net and use key 
pairs so you don't need passwords.)

HTH

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[ubuntu-uk] Ideas for sharing folders

[Stephen Garton]

Evening All,

Just want to canvas for ideas...

What is the best way to share a folder with multiple users over
multiple machines?

To put into context, I have been playing with UbuntuOne. I have a
Photos directory which is now [in the process of being] syncronised
for my user across 3 PC's. I have shared this folder with my wife, who
can now view, modify, edit and add to the collection. I would like to
expand this to both of our parents too (mainly for baby photos).

Does anyone else have anything set up like this? I am thinking
primarily for photos, but would like to keep away from traditional web
apps (Facebook, flickr, picasaweb etc). I've thought of setting up a
directory on my web hosting that all the users/PC's could access/have
mounted.

Any thoughts?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[John Matthews]

Hi Alan,

Yay, that has helped immensely, I have managed to get into the server 
and can see all the files using sftp. Brilliant. Its really helped 
because I have just noticed why something isnt working.

Amazing, agian you all have been really helpful. I hope I can ask more 
questions.

@Sean.I have added you to my AIM, hope that is ok.

John.

Alan Bell wrote:
> Hi John,
> ssh is a secure way of communicating with a remote server. At the most 
> basic level it is like having a terminal session on the remote computer, 
> you can use commands such as "cd" to change directory, "ls" to view the 
> contents of your current directory (same as "dir" in dos) "pwd" to print 
> your current working directory location. "nano index.html" to edit the 
> file called index.html in the current directory.
> You can also pass other things over the secure tunnel. If you use "sftp 
> j...@remote.host.com" instead of "ssh j...@remote.host.com" then you get 
> a secure ftp-like session where you can put and get files to and from 
> the server. You can also do this graphically in Ubuntu by going to the 
> places menu then connect to server and select ssh from the dropdown. Put 
> in your details then you will be able to browse the remote server over 
> the ssh session and do pretty much anything on it as if it were local.
>
> Alan.
>
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be 
>> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website 
>> via a terminal.
>>
>> I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it 
>> easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to 
>> start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> John.
>>
>>   
>> 
>
>
>   


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

[David Jones]

I have an Epson 1240U which is an old scanner, that came with an 
attachment for film scanning.  Effectively, I take the lid off the 
scanner change it for a film scanning unit and that highlights the are 
that the film negative is and directs the scanning light through it.

I've never tried using it on Ubuntu, but it may be worth keeping an eye 
out for a scanner that had a specific film scanning attachment.

Dave

Matt Jones wrote:
> I have been volunteered to help my gran to scan all her old
> slides/negatives etc for safekeeping and as a way of getting cheaper
> prints. My current scanner isn't up to the task, despite working
> beautifully with Ubuntu. Does anyone have any recommendations for a
> suitable unit that will work out of the box? It needs to deliver a
> reasonable quality and also cope with quite a lot of material! Cost
> isn't too important, but sub £100 would be nice, used is fine if they
> don't make the model anymore.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Matt.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[Alan Bell]

Hi John,
ssh is a secure way of communicating with a remote server. At the most 
basic level it is like having a terminal session on the remote computer, 
you can use commands such as "cd" to change directory, "ls" to view the 
contents of your current directory (same as "dir" in dos) "pwd" to print 
your current working directory location. "nano index.html" to edit the 
file called index.html in the current directory.
You can also pass other things over the secure tunnel. If you use "sftp 
j...@remote.host.com" instead of "ssh j...@remote.host.com" then you get 
a secure ftp-like session where you can put and get files to and from 
the server. You can also do this graphically in Ubuntu by going to the 
places menu then connect to server and select ssh from the dropdown. Put 
in your details then you will be able to browse the remote server over 
the ssh session and do pretty much anything on it as if it were local.

Alan.

John Matthews wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be 
> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website 
> via a terminal.
>
> I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it 
> easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to 
> start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it.
>
> Thank you
>
> John.
>
>   


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[ubuntu-uk] Film scanning

[Matt Jones]

I have been volunteered to help my gran to scan all her old
slides/negatives etc for safekeeping and as a way of getting cheaper
prints. My current scanner isn't up to the task, despite working
beautifully with Ubuntu. Does anyone have any recommendations for a
suitable unit that will work out of the box? It needs to deliver a
reasonable quality and also cope with quite a lot of material! Cost
isn't too important, but sub £100 would be nice, used is fine if they
don't make the model anymore.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[John Matthews]

William Anderson wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be 
>> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website 
>> via a terminal.
>> 
>
> Echoing others, knowing more about what you mean by "running a website"
> would be useful in helping you :)
>
> -n
>
>   
Hi everybody,

thank you so much for the help, I have kept those commands and will try 
them out.

I have a website on a server, and know very little about running a 
console. I want to learn, but reading the websites is confusing. I am 
old school and not good at learning from written work, I'm better being 
shown. I do learn quick though.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[William Anderson]

John Matthews wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be 
> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website 
> via a terminal.

Echoing others, knowing more about what you mean by "running a website"
would be useful in helping you :)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[Matthew Wild]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Paul Roach wrote:
>

> Then you will have a console on the remote machine. From there, you
> can edit files using nano
>
> nano filename
>
> There are prompts at the bottom of the screen.
>
> When editing a file, it's recommended to copy the file first.
>
> cp file.txt file.txt.backup
>
> Then you can edit the file without worries...
>

Tip: Create a .nanorc file: nano ~/.nanorc
Write the lines:
set backup
set backupdir /home/yourusername/backups/nano

and save and exit. Obviously set the backupdir path to something which
exists, or make it.

Every time you save a file, a copy of the original will automatically
go into the backup directory you specified. This feature has saved me
multiple times :)

Some other options which I have in my .nanorc which make nano more comfortable:

set nowrap
set smarthome
set autoindent
set multibuffer
set smooth
set suspend

Apologies for going a little off the thread topic, but I figured these
might be useful, I find that even many people who use it daily don't
know that nano can be customised in these ways, so I like to spread
the knowledge. It can even accept mouse clicks... more help at "man 5
nanorc" :)

Regards,
Matthew

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[Sean Miller]

Got IM, John?

If so, send msg to s...@seanmiller.net on MSN or seanofavalon on AIM.
If I'm around happy to help if I can.

Best,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[Paul Roach]

When you say running a website? Doi you mean going to a website via
the command line, using say, lynx, or are you looking to set up a
site.

To ssh, just

ssh u...@ipaddress

Then you will have a console on the remote machine. From there, you
can edit files using nano

nano filename

There are prompts at the bottom of the screen.

When editing a file, it's recommended to copy the file first.

cp file.txt file.txt.backup

Then you can edit the file without worries...

Does this help to get you started..

P

On 13/07/2009, John Matthews  wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be
> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website
> via a terminal.
>
> I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it
> easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to
> start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it.
>
> Thank you
>
> John.
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[ubuntu-uk] Help needed with ssh

[John Matthews]

Hi everybody,

I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be 
willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website 
via a terminal.

I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it 
easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to 
start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

[Liam Proven]

2009/7/13 David Jones :
> I've not bothered with installing the driver manually, I was just
> pointing out that jockey-gtk doesn't pick up that an nvidia legacy
> adapter is present.
>
> At some point when I need it, I'll get round to installing.
>
>  From memory, I had to use the 7186 driver with 8.10 to get desktop
> effects working.

Ah. I see.

Well, perhaps the step-by-step instructions that I looked up and
carefully typed in will be of use to someone else, if they find this
thread via Google.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

[David Jones]

I've not bothered with installing the driver manually, I was just 
pointing out that jockey-gtk doesn't pick up that an nvidia legacy 
adapter is present.

At some point when I need it, I'll get round to installing.

 From memory, I had to use the 7186 driver with 8.10 to get desktop 
effects working.

Dave

Liam Proven wrote:
> 2009/7/13 David Jones :
>> I'm not sure whether the drivers in Jaunty will work with a TNT2 card,
> 
> Well, I looked up which ones would work first.
> 
>> thats slightly older than the Geforce2 cards I've got in my laptop and
>> desktop and for both of them I can't get 3D working, hardware drivers
>> tool doesn't detect that an nvidia card is installed so won't
>> automatically check for a better driver.
> 
> Did you check to see what driver you need? nVidia's now are split into
> about 4 or 5 editions.
> 
>> The machines both work fine using the standard nv driver, I'm just
>> unable to enable desktop effects.
> 
> I also found things like window dragging and resizing to be very slow
> and jerky with nv.
> 
>> There is a bug filed about this, whether its the same problem, I'm not
>> sure.  The bug I've filed
>> ishttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/363380
> 
> May I suggest that you check which drivers you need first?
> 
> Go to nVidia's website:
> 
> http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
> 
> Enter your model of GPU. Pick Linux 32-bit (assuming that's what
> you're running.)
> 
> For my Riva TNT2, I picked "legacy" as it's not in any other category.
> This took me to here:
> 
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html
> 
> So I need the v71.86.11 drivers.
> 
> So I went into Synaptic and searched for "nvidia-glx". This shows all
> the nVidia drivers. I just picked v71, installed it and rebooted.
> 
> Simples!
> 
> But you need to install the right one. Try it!
> 

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

[Liam Proven]

2009/7/13 David Jones :
> I'm not sure whether the drivers in Jaunty will work with a TNT2 card,

Well, I looked up which ones would work first.

> thats slightly older than the Geforce2 cards I've got in my laptop and
> desktop and for both of them I can't get 3D working, hardware drivers
> tool doesn't detect that an nvidia card is installed so won't
> automatically check for a better driver.

Did you check to see what driver you need? nVidia's now are split into
about 4 or 5 editions.

> The machines both work fine using the standard nv driver, I'm just
> unable to enable desktop effects.

I also found things like window dragging and resizing to be very slow
and jerky with nv.

> There is a bug filed about this, whether its the same problem, I'm not
> sure.  The bug I've filed
> ishttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/363380

May I suggest that you check which drivers you need first?

Go to nVidia's website:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Enter your model of GPU. Pick Linux 32-bit (assuming that's what
you're running.)

For my Riva TNT2, I picked "legacy" as it's not in any other category.
This took me to here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html

So I need the v71.86.11 drivers.

So I went into Synaptic and searched for "nvidia-glx". This shows all
the nVidia drivers. I just picked v71, installed it and rebooted.

Simples!

But you need to install the right one. Try it!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clearlooks

[Liam Proven]

2009/7/13 Daniel Drummond :
> Liam Proven wrote:
>> And finally a more general question.
>>
>> What is the difference between the display themes Human and
>> Human-Clearlooks? I've tried Google with no resulting enlightenment at
>> all...
>>
>>
>>
> Look closely at the widgets (controls), especially the checkboxes.
>
> Dan

Blimey. I've tried both and I couldn't tell. I'll have another look.

Does this mean normal "Human" doesn't use Clearlooks? I thought
Clearlook's Cairo-based rendering was meant to be the future...

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

[Neil Greenwood]

2009/7/11 Wulfy :
> Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> 2009/7/11 Wulfy :
>>
>>> I tried to do that but with a 32-bit WinXP guest.  The problem is that
>>> VirtualBox wouldn't pass the USB through, even though I'd downloaded the
>>> version that's supposed to do that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Did you install the guest additions? They're needed to get USB working, IIRC.
>>
>> Cofion/Regards,
>> Neil.
>>
>>
> Yes.  I could see the USB in the Device menu but it was greyed out and I
> couldn't click it.
>

I think you need to shut down the VM in order to make changes, not
just suspend it. Did you do this?

Cofion/Regards,
Neil.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia-legacy drivers on Jaunty

[David Jones]

I'm not sure whether the drivers in Jaunty will work with a TNT2 card, 
thats slightly older than the Geforce2 cards I've got in my laptop and 
desktop and for both of them I can't get 3D working, hardware drivers 
tool doesn't detect that an nvidia card is installed so won't 
automatically check for a better driver. 

The machines both work fine using the standard nv driver, I'm just 
unable to enable desktop effects.

There is a bug filed about this, whether its the same problem, I'm not 
sure.  The bug I've filed 
ishttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/363380

Regards

Dave


Liam Proven wrote:
> I'm just setting up an old PC for a friend of a friend, and naturally,
> I have put Ubuntu on it. It's an Athlon XP 700+ with 768MB of RAM and
> an nVidia Riva TNT2 AGP card.
>
> Interestingly, Hardy failed to boot. It installed cleanly from a live
> CD, but the resultant system never got past GRUB. Jaunty worked fine,
> 1st time.
>
> The Hardware-drivers tool is unable to detect this old graphics card,
> but I googled for more instructions. I checked what version of
> nVidia's drivers support a Riva TNT2 and it's the v71 build.
>
> So, I installed nvidia-glx-71. This went smoothly. On reboot, there is
> no nVidia logo, but the display seems a lot snappier. Scrolling is now
> lightning fast, windows move quickly if a little jerkily, and resizing
> them is smooth.
>
> But as some posts led me to fear, the Display applet now can't change
> screen resolution. Neither will nVidia's X Settings tool, which merely
> says that I'm not using an nVidia driver. No OpenGL screensavers work
> and I can't enable desktop effects.
>
> How can one tell if one is or isn't using the nVidia driver? My
> xorg.conf file is empty. And if, as I suspect, I am, then why won't
> OpenGL work?
>
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