Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Neil Perry wrote:
> Panic over issue is fixed. Thanks guys!
> Neil Perry
Out of interest, what was it?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Steve
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:32:52 -, Neil Perry  wrote:


>
>
> 2010/1/25 Rob Beard 
>
>> Quoting Neil Perry :
>>
>> > Hello guys,
>> >
>> > On my net book last week I connected a pair of vuzix glasses to see if
>> view
>> > worked out of box with ubuntu.  They worked fine, however when I
>> unplugged
>> > them I lost my main screen so restarted the net book.  And got a x  
>> error
>> > saying no screen so I reconfigured my conf file,  to no avail. I've
>> plugged
>> > back in the glasses and even this doesn't give an output. Live cd is
>> > working, anyone got any ideas on how to fix this.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Neil Perry
>> >
>>
>> Have you tried removing the xorg.conf file, or at least renaming it to
>> see if it works without any configuration file?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>> Panic over issue is fixed. Thanks guys!
> Neil Perry

Just for future reference. How?
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings

2010-01-25 Thread keith
I have tried all sorts, including the suggestions in the parallel thread.  I 
have been able to save an xorg.config file with the correct settings and yet 
Ubuntu still boots up in 800x600 resolution.  Strangley enough, however, as it 
is booting with the chocolate screen the resolution is correct. then shortly 
after I sign in the screen blanks for a second or so then changes to 800x600.  
Strange!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Neil Perry
Panic over issue is fixed. Thanks guys!
Neil Perry


2010/1/25 Rob Beard 

> Quoting Neil Perry :
>
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > On my net book last week I connected a pair of vuzix glasses to see if
> view
> > worked out of box with ubuntu.  They worked fine, however when I
> unplugged
> > them I lost my main screen so restarted the net book.  And got a x error
> > saying no screen so I reconfigured my conf file,  to no avail. I've
> plugged
> > back in the glasses and even this doesn't give an output. Live cd is
> > working, anyone got any ideas on how to fix this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neil Perry
> >
>
> Have you tried removing the xorg.conf file, or at least renaming it to
> see if it works without any configuration file?
>
> Rob
>
>
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Neil Perry
I have deleted the Conf file and rebooted however same issue.

On 25 Jan 2010 16:31, "Rob Beard"  wrote:

Quoting Neil Perry : > Hello guys, > > On my net book last
week I connected a pai...
Have you tried removing the xorg.conf file, or at least renaming it to
see if it works without any configuration file?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Neil Perry
No have not tried that yet,  will try in an hour when I finish work.  Tried
replacing with a back up which was exactly the same.

On 25 Jan 2010 16:31, "Rob Beard"  wrote:

Quoting Neil Perry : > Hello guys, > > On my net book last
week I connected a pai...
Have you tried removing the xorg.conf file, or at least renaming it to
see if it works without any configuration file?

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[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Hackerspace in South Wales

2010-01-25 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Hi all,

I'm looking into starting a hackerspace in South East Wales  
(Newport/Monmouthshire area) and thought I'd see if anyone here was in  
the area and/or interested.

I realise that there are hackerspaces in Birmingham (1hr 1/2 away) and  
Bristol (45 minutes and £££'s for the bridge away), however I can't  
travel easily to either of those places so thought I'd start my own!

I've setup the obligatory google-group to foster interest at the  
following location:

http://groups.google.com/group/monmouthhackerspace

Please pass this on to anyone that you feel may be interested.

Kind regards,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Neil Perry :

> Hello guys,
>
> On my net book last week I connected a pair of vuzix glasses to see if view
> worked out of box with ubuntu.  They worked fine, however when I unplugged
> them I lost my main screen so restarted the net book.  And got a x error
> saying no screen so I reconfigured my conf file,  to no avail. I've plugged
> back in the glasses and even this doesn't give an output. Live cd is
> working, anyone got any ideas on how to fix this.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil Perry
>

Have you tried removing the xorg.conf file, or at least renaming it to  
see if it works without any configuration file?

Rob




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[ubuntu-uk] Manchester Global Jam - Lucid Lynx 10.04 - Call to arms

2010-01-25 Thread Gordon Allott
Hi All :)

So the Manchester global jam is tentatively planned for the weekend of
26th - 28th March 2010 at Madlab Manchester, 36-40 Edge Street (Northern
Quarter) - see the wiki page for more info -
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ManchesterJam10-04

Madlib has plenty of space so don't hesitate to invite as many people as
you want and of course, everyone is welcome, no matter what your level
of expertise is :)

What we are really interested in planning now is the general outline of
the jam, Does anyone have expertise in
translations/bugs/testing/packaging/documentation writing/advocacy or
anything else, that could possibly do a small presentation to get the
rest of the people up to speed? does anyone want to make a presentation
about anything else?

Also if there is anything you would like to ask or bring up, now would
be the time/place.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings

2010-01-25 Thread Guy Thouret
On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 15:39 +, keith wrote:
> 
> 
> Over the weekend, however, I had the bright idea of using a TP-Link wireless 
> dongle.  This works a treat and now I have 9.10 up and running /almost/ 
> perfectly.
> 
> There is one fly in the ointment, though, and that is the display.  Ubuntu 
> defaults to 800x600 every time I boot up.  Naturally I reset the display to 
> the monitor's preferred mode, 1920x1080 but on trying to save this setting I 
> receive the error message "Failed to parse existing X config file 
> '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!".
> 
> I wonder if anyone can advise me how I can save the configuration permanently.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Keith.

I had this myself once, I think the issue was either:

Need root privileges to edit xorg.conf - use sudo nvidia-settings.

There is no xorg.conf - create one with sudo nvidia-xconfig then use
sudo nvidia-settings to modify and save with the desired screen
resolution.

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[ubuntu-uk] Xorg screen error

2010-01-25 Thread Neil Perry
Hello guys,

On my net book last week I connected a pair of vuzix glasses to see if view
worked out of box with ubuntu.  They worked fine, however when I unplugged
them I lost my main screen so restarted the net book.  And got a x error
saying no screen so I reconfigured my conf file,  to no avail. I've plugged
back in the glasses and even this doesn't give an output. Live cd is
working, anyone got any ideas on how to fix this.

Thanks,
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[ubuntu-uk] NVIDIA X Server Settings

2010-01-25 Thread keith
A couple of months ago I treated myself to an All-in-One PC with a large 
touchscreen monitor.  I couldn't use Ubuntu on it because it has a Realtek 
wireless card which Ubuntu doesn't recognise and, as far as I can tell, nobody 
has been able to get around this.  Also, as the PC's OS is Windows 7, wubi 
won't install either.

Over the weekend, however, I had the bright idea of using a TP-Link wireless 
dongle.  This works a treat and now I have 9.10 up and running /almost/ 
perfectly.

There is one fly in the ointment, though, and that is the display.  Ubuntu 
defaults to 800x600 every time I boot up.  Naturally I reset the display to the 
monitor's preferred mode, 1920x1080 but on trying to save this setting I 
receive the error message "Failed to parse existing X config file 
'/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!".

I wonder if anyone can advise me how I can save the configuration permanently.

Many thanks,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] PS3?

2010-01-25 Thread Andrew Williams
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:42:29PM +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> We have a media server with all our crap on, and mediatomb installed
> on it, which our ps3 can connect and stream from; works a treat.

+1, recently moved away from our MythTV setup (as we realised we never watch 
live TV and iPlayer fulfilled our needs).

mediatomb can be a challenge to get working correctly with the PS3 
(transcoding files and such). If anyone is interested my config is available 
in a git repo[1].

[1] http://git.tensixtyone.com/?p=config/mediatomb.git;a=summary

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread javadayaz
will testdisk let me do a search file type at a time? so for example i can
search for mp.3 files in one search, .doc in the next and so on?

2010/1/25 Rob Beard 

> Quoting javadayaz :
>
> > The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the
> > 300gb...i could try and use that!
>
> Ahh, problem is, it won't fit on the 300GB drive.  dd will copy
> everything on the drive regardless of if there is data there or not.
>
> You'd need a 400GB or larger hard drive, ideally possibly larger
> unless it's an identical model drive (I've found in the past that some
> drives from different manufacturers despite being listed as the same
> size, they can be slightly different in capacity).
>
> If you're really stuck you could possibly use gzip to create a backup
> image of the drive to your 300GB drive...
>
> dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -9 > /media/harddrive/backup.img.gz
>
> where /media/harddrive is the location of where the 300GB drive is
> mounted, if you mount it from Gnome then it's likely to be mounted on
> a folder in /media
>
> To be honest though if you can afford it, you could well be worth
> getting another drive to back it up on to just in case.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting javadayaz :

> The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the
> 300gb...i could try and use that!

Ahh, problem is, it won't fit on the 300GB drive.  dd will copy  
everything on the drive regardless of if there is data there or not.

You'd need a 400GB or larger hard drive, ideally possibly larger  
unless it's an identical model drive (I've found in the past that some  
drives from different manufacturers despite being listed as the same  
size, they can be slightly different in capacity).

If you're really stuck you could possibly use gzip to create a backup  
image of the drive to your 300GB drive...

dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -9 > /media/harddrive/backup.img.gz

where /media/harddrive is the location of where the 300GB drive is  
mounted, if you mount it from Gnome then it's likely to be mounted on  
a folder in /media

To be honest though if you can afford it, you could well be worth  
getting another drive to back it up on to just in case.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread javadayaz
The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the
300gb...i could try and use that!

2010/1/25 Paul Roach 

> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM, javadayaz  wrote:
> > Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the
> partition
> > table?
>
> I'd strongly recommend getting another drive of the same size or
> larger and dd'ing the broken drive.  Then you can work on a copy if
> the drive without touching the original data.
>
> Working with a borked drive is dangerous in that in trying to recover
> the data, it's very easy to make matters worse
>
> Get another drive before proceeding and install in the machine.then
>
> sudo dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=4k conv=noerror,sync
>
> (where hda in the example is the original broken disk and hdb is the
> new blank disk).  You can then work with a copy of the disk without
> worries...
>
> Good luck
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Paul Roach
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM, javadayaz  wrote:
> Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition
> table?

I'd strongly recommend getting another drive of the same size or
larger and dd'ing the broken drive.  Then you can work on a copy if
the drive without touching the original data.

Working with a borked drive is dangerous in that in trying to recover
the data, it's very easy to make matters worse

Get another drive before proceeding and install in the machine.then

sudo dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=4k conv=noerror,sync

(where hda in the example is the original broken disk and hdb is the
new blank disk).  You can then work with a copy of the disk without
worries...

Good luck

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting javadayaz :

> Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition
> table?
>

Have a look at this: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

It's the TestDisk site.  I'm unable to provide much more at the moment  
as I'm at work using restricted internet access.  There is a guide on  
there for recovering deleted NTFS partitions, not exactly what you  
need, but it's a start.

IIRC you should find testdisk on the Ubuntu Live CD.

I'd also recommend as suggested elsewhere, go into the Ubuntu-UK IRC  
chat room and ask for advice in there, someone might be able to talk  
you through recovering your partition using testdisk on there (it's  
been a good couple of years since I used it so my memory is very hazy).

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread javadayaz
Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition
table?

2010/1/25 Rob Beard 

> Quoting "Alan Lord (News)" :
>
> > On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote:
> >> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
> >> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!
> >
> > You do not want to mount it!
> >
> > The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions
> > on /dev/sda so you can't mount it anyway.
> >
> > I'm not sure of the applications you'll need, but follow the advice of
> > previous posters:
> >
> > Boot from a LIVE CD and then install the system tools you need to try
> > and repair the disk. You *might* just need to re-create the partition
> > table for that drive.
> >
> > My first suggestion would be to download the System Rescue CD and try
> > some of the tools on that: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
> >
> > (I tend to keep a recent copy of this tool lying around at all times).
> >
>
> If it was me, and the data was important, then I'd be looking at doing
> a copy of the drive too just in case, maybe using dd to a file on an
> external hard drive.  Better safe than sorry I say :-)
>
> Having done something similar a couple of times in the past I would
> also suggest maybe re-creating the partition table, although I think
> you're going to need some more assistance than can be provided on just
> the mailing list.
>
> Rob
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting "Alan Lord (News)" :

> On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote:
>> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
>> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!
>
> You do not want to mount it!
>
> The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions
> on /dev/sda so you can't mount it anyway.
>
> I'm not sure of the applications you'll need, but follow the advice of
> previous posters:
>
> Boot from a LIVE CD and then install the system tools you need to try
> and repair the disk. You *might* just need to re-create the partition
> table for that drive.
>
> My first suggestion would be to download the System Rescue CD and try
> some of the tools on that: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
>
> (I tend to keep a recent copy of this tool lying around at all times).
>

If it was me, and the data was important, then I'd be looking at doing  
a copy of the drive too just in case, maybe using dd to a file on an  
external hard drive.  Better safe than sorry I say :-)

Having done something similar a couple of times in the past I would  
also suggest maybe re-creating the partition table, although I think  
you're going to need some more assistance than can be provided on just  
the mailing list.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread javadayaz
I will try the live CD instruction as most of you have pointed me in that
direction.


2010/1/25 Alan Lord (News) 

> On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote:
> > The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
> > fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!
>
> You do not want to mount it!
>
> The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions
> on /dev/sda so you can't mount it anyway.
>
> I'm not sure of the applications you'll need, but follow the advice of
> previous posters:
>
> Boot from a LIVE CD and then install the system tools you need to try
> and repair the disk. You *might* just need to re-create the partition
> table for that drive.
>
> My first suggestion would be to download the System Rescue CD and try
> some of the tools on that: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
>
> (I tend to keep a recent copy of this tool lying around at all times).
>
> HTH
>
> Alan
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote:
> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!

You do not want to mount it!

The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions 
on /dev/sda so you can't mount it anyway.

I'm not sure of the applications you'll need, but follow the advice of 
previous posters:

Boot from a LIVE CD and then install the system tools you need to try 
and repair the disk. You *might* just need to re-create the partition 
table for that drive.

My first suggestion would be to download the System Rescue CD and try 
some of the tools on that: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

(I tend to keep a recent copy of this tool lying around at all times).

HTH

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Dan Attwood
It also might be worth checking out your local LUG - If you take your system
down to their next meeting their might well be someone who can help you
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Alan Bell
javadayaz wrote:
> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even
> though fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!
>
you might find IRC is a better way to discuss this and get it sorted out
more interactively than on a mailing list
on a different computer, or on a live CD on the dead one, go to this web
page http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-uk and tell us about
your situation there.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread Neil Greenwood
2010/1/25 javadayaz :
> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!
>

It won't be mounted correctly, since it's lost the details of the
partition table (i.e. the list of partitions on the drive).

Do what Matthew Daubney suggested - use a liveCD and install TestDisk.
IIRC you can point TestDisk just at the drive (/dev/sda), it doesn't
need to be mounted. Trying to mount it might cause further damage.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010-01-25 Thread javadayaz
The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though
fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!!



2010/1/24 Matthew Daubney 

> On 24/01/10 22:48, javadayaz wrote:
> > yes it does give me this:
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3
> >
> >Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x03e803e7
> >
> >Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdb1   *   11120 8996368+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sdb211211369 292+  82  Linux swap /
> > Solaris
> > /dev/sdb31370499829149942+  83  Linux
> >
> > Disk /dev/sdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x000f27c1
> >
> >Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sdc1   112451431   83  Linux
> >
> > When i boot the hard drive..it goes through the loading bar, but then
> > drops me into some sort of shell. a black screen.
> >
> > hope this makes sense!
> >
> > and thank you for responding.
> >
> Boot from a livecd, DON'T BOOT FROM THE HD UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THIS
> RECOVERY STUFF!
>
> Have a look at a program called testdisk (sudo apt-get install testdisk)
> , it runs from a terminal (sudo testdisk) but does have a terminal based
> gui to lead you through recovering stuff. I've used it several times to
> recover lost partitions. It can take a while to run though.
>
> But seriously, everytime you try and boot from the HDD and it fails you
> risk damaging what remains of the data. So boot from a CD to do this.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Matt Daubney
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Low power server

2010-01-25 Thread Andrew Seyes
Thanks to all who replied for the all information and suggestions.
Plenty for me to think about there.

Cheers,
Andrew

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