Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 13 June 2011 17:27, Philip Newborough corenomi...@corenominal.org wrote: I am not a gamer, but I would like it to perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some screencasts. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853 Is the one I recently bought. I previously ran Ubuntu Natty perfectly well on a 7900GT. I too am not a gamer but do play Portal 2, Minecraft and a few others. Basically any nVidia card you can buy these days will eat your onboard Intel for breakfast. Assuming you use the non-free driver or the unsupported nouveau experimental 3d one. I have tried the onboard Intel 4500MHD and it is generally fine when playing back most HD content, either x264 or webm. Admittedly, the video content is decoded by the CPU, so in that case it's a combination of CPU + GPU. For your specific onboard graphics card, I believe that you are on the limits of what the hardware can do and what the current driver offers. If you have Ubuntu 11.04, run /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p to verify the state of the driver you are using. For the screencasts, a good graphics card is not a requirement. The capturing of the frames is mostly a CPU task. Therefore, you can get away with an entry level graphics card from AMD/ATI or NVidia, especially if your budget is around £30-40. Phoronix, http://www.phoronix.com/ does a good job benchmarking graphics cards on Linux. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lenovo N500: further gremlins
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Rowan Berkeley rowan.berke...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, people. Two more gremlins today: sound card vanished, i.e. not just no sound, but 'internal audio' not found in audio hardware; and 'shut down' vanished from main user menu. Did a hard shut down using the power button, restarted, everything back to normal. This is undoubtedly hardware, isn't it - and the machine just one month out of guarantee... The typical thing for sound is to run the alsa-info.sh utility that grabs all the hardward info of your sound card and helps in figuring out what went wrong. To do this, run wget www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh -O alsa-info.sh bash alsa-info.sh You will be prompted to send the report to www.alsa-project.org; answer Yes and write down the URL given. Finally, post the URL here in the reply so we can help. In addition to this, you should be somewhat wary when people ask you to run command on your computer. The command I mention above is referenced in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting and the website I mention is the official Alsa website (http://www.alsa-project.org). Normally you do not get anymore a 'Shutdown' menu option under the System menu, since the Indicator Applet has the Shutdown functionality. Which version of Ubuntu do you use? There is a difference in the shutdown button between 10.04 and previous versions. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:42 PM, A J Binnie gus.bin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, On 26 April 2010 14:53, Jonathon Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: It's all good; I've been running 64-bit for over a year. Just make sure you download the 64-bit Flash player from Adobe rather than using the version in the repos (which drags in the 32-bit version and a wrapper). I've tried downloading the 64-bit plugin from Adobe, but I can't get it to work. It took me ages to get it to work on Karmic (and I'm damned if I can find the how-to that eventually worked for me). Firefox simply exits if I try to load a page with flash on it. Chromium is a bit more polite - it will load the page, but it tells me that the plugin has crashed. Flash was installed already (I'm assuming that it was the 32-bit version. It worked with some flash pages, but not with BBC iPlayer (or YouTube, IIRC), but I removed this prior to installing the 64-bit version. Any suggestions? Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. With the latest 64-bit Flash from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45”. You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit flash plugin and iPlayer (Was 64 bit lucid install)
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM, A J Binnie gus.bin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Simos, Thanks for your reply. On 26 April 2010 16:27, Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com wrote: Verify what you have at the moment, at 'about:plugins'. With the latest 64-bit Flash from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html (follow link for 64-bit Linux version), you should have “Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45”. Checked about:plugins in Firefox and Chromium and they both show up with the correct version. You would normally dump libflashplayer.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ and Firefox will pick it up automatically when you restart it. That is, sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Yup. I copied it to that location and did a search to see where else it might be. It came up with: /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer, and /opt/Adobe AIR/Versions/1.0/Resources To verify whether a random 'libflashplayer.so' is 32 or 64 bit, run ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so If it is 64-bit, it should show /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 This should be lots of output and a single line should be that one above. You can use the command ldd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so | grep lib64 which filters and shows you only any lines that have the 'lib64' string in them. If it is 32-bit, it should show many references to 'lib32'. I got a page full of gobbledegook, so I'm assuming it's the latter situation! The frustrating thing is that I've copied the new file to all the locations that came up in the search. There is also a file called npwrapper.libflash.so, with various links to it - I'm thinking this might have something to do with it, but I'm not sure. If I decide to completely remove all flash-related stuff and start from scratch, is it safe to delete all these files? Everything worked out of the box with 32-bit versions, but 64-bit is doing my head in. Never let it be said that I don't like a challenge!!! The proper way to remove the 32-bit flash is to remove the package with sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree. Some more tips at http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 Hope this helps, Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler crackling, idle=halt in Grub.cfg
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: HI I have picked up the flash image from dysentry referenced in http://www.joggler.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33t=235 and it works fine. In http://www.jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Ubuntu_Netbook_Remix it is suggested the the crackling sound can be fixed by adding idle=halt to Grub.cfg. I can't find the file to edit. Can anyone help? From discussion on this previously on the list, I think we concluded that the issue is most likely related to the powersaving of the audio chipset. That the audio chipset driver (ALSA) is not able to resume when the kernel decides to put the system in power saving mode. The workaround would be to indicate to ALSA not to enter in powersaving at all. The problem solution would be to contact the alsa-devel mailing list and ask for some help on this issue. See more for both at http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com/msg23128.html Daniel Case (from this list) sent an e-mail to alsa-devel, http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2010-April/026774.html but sadly there have been no reply. I do not own a Joggler (though I would really love to) so I can only give you guidance on how to solve. One way to solve the problem within this list would be to get the source code of the Joggler (see http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2010-April/026774.html ) and example the Linux kernel source code (includes ALSA). Then, identify the version of the kernel, grab the official stock Linux kernel from www.kernel.org, and perform a 'diff -r linus_kernel joggler_kernel' between the two directories (with source code). Any differences in the ALSA subdirectories would be changes that Joggler (OpenPeak) did to get sound working. These should be a few lines of changes, which should be easy to update to the latest Linux kernel. You can post these changes to the list. For a similar situation with audio driver support, see http://simos.info/blog/archives/984 Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/04/10 14:36, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Ahhh i see, i have uploaded the tutorial to my blog: http://www.newforumnetwork.com/joggler Daniel, just to clarify is that working *with* sound? I'm tempted to give this a go next week, but have been enjoying using the upnp playback that works out of the box on the joggler and I'm loath to do anything with it until the sound issues are resolved! You are not affecting the Joggler itself at all. Just booting it from an external stick. The base OS and bootloader are still on the system. Take your stick out and you have a Joggler back. Al On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Not quite working with sound yet, doesnt work out of the box... i have quite an annoying crackling sound if i take the last line out of /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf but thats what im working on now :) Re: sound, could you please get http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh and run the script? The script produces detailed info for the audio card. Then, this info can be used to resolve the audio problems. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote:
I have fixed the problem with the help of some guys in #mer
Sound, does not work out of the box but will work once the last line has
been removed from /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
However in order to fix the crackling you must plug the USB stick into a
host computer, and change the name of
/etc/lib/KERNALVERSION/kernal/drivers/acpi/processor.ko on the second
partition.
I have added it to the wiki and the Etherpad :)
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I managed to obtain a new USB stick and run the ALSA tester, i uploaded
the results to my new wiki page:
http://www.jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Alsa
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Thomas Ibbotson
thomas.ibbot...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 April 2010 16:12, Dan Fish danf...@nhs.net wrote:
I got UNR 9.10 working OK last night.
http://www.ossmedicine.org/joggler1.jpg
That screenshot alone has now made me want one, but I really can't
justify getting one, even though it's only £50. It is my birthday on
Saturday, but I've already ordered myself a new computer and all my
family presents have been bought :(
Tom
Thanks!
Looking through the alsa-info output, we see that the Sigmatel
STAC9202 chip is being used, with Vendor Id: 0x83847632. The dmesg
output does not show something significant.
Looking at the source code of the Linux kernel and the sound subsystem
(Alsa), we notice:
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5095)
case 0x83847632: /* STAC9202 */
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5096)
case 0x83847633: /* STAC9202D */
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5097)
case 0x83847636: /* STAC9251 */
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5098)
case 0x83847637: /* STAC9251D */
f6e9852a (Takashi Iwai 2007-10-16 14:27:04 +0200 5099)
spec-num_dmics = STAC925X_NUM_DMICS;
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5100)
spec-dmic_nids = stac925x_dmic_nids;
1697055e (Takashi Iwai 2007-12-18 18:05:52 +0100 5101)
spec-num_dmuxes = ARRAY_SIZE(stac925x_dmux_nids);
1697055e (Takashi Iwai 2007-12-18 18:05:52 +0100 5102)
spec-dmux_nids = stac925x_dmux_nids;
2c11f955 (Tobin Davis 2007-05-17 09:36:34 +0200 5103)
break;
8e21c34c (Tobin Davis 2007-01-08 11:04:17 +0100 6225)
{ .id = 0x83847632, .name = STAC9202, .patch = patch_stac925x },
which means that the 'quirk' code for this specific chipset was added
in 2007 and did not change since. Thus, there might be something in
this newer chipset that needs an update in Alsa.
You mention that you need to remove the 'last' line in alsa-base.conf.
Is it this line?
# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
If so, then the driver is not able to wake up properly from the power
saving state.
So, what if you want to give back to the Linux community :-), you may
1. Get a full alsa-info.sh output in a text file (the one at the wiki
does not have the first lines, which include the alsa driver version,
etc).
2. Send an e-mail to the alsa-devel mailing list at
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Mailing-lists
saying something like
===
Hi All,
I have an O2 Joggler with the alsa-info output file attached in this message.
The sound does not work unless I remove the following line from
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
I believe this means that the chipset is not able to wake up from
power saving, and what I get is crackling sound.
What can be done so that this issue is fixed (the device works with
power saving)?
The device came with a special version of Ubuntu Linux 8.04, and the
source code (included Alsa) is available at
http://lists.gpl-violations.org/pipermail/legal/2009-December/001755.html
Thanks!
Since you are doing a big investment in this device, it's good to push
it further and get it to work out of the box in newer versions of
Linux.
Simos
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] C64 running Ubuntu?
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Is this real? http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html A revamped C64 running Win7 or Ubuntu. Think of it as a modern computer in the C64 form factor (shape). Does this form factor have any technical advantages over modern desktops? I cannot think of any technical advantages. It mentions a Core Duo CPU (instead of Atom), which means it's rather heavy duty instead of an eco friendly computer. The market they are looking into is those who want to revive their old C64 memories. Simos -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is there an mp3 tag editor in the repositories?
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Farran Leefazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 16:16 +0100, Simos Xenitellis wrote: Try 'easytag'. There is also an 'easytag-aac' which relates to some special MP3 files. If easytag does not work on your MP3 files, look into 'easytag-aac'. Simos easytag-aac adds the function of editing m4a tags and most of the ones that go with it :) just so you know. I think it might add a couple of other things, but that's the upshot of it. I think. Correct me if not :p That should be the case. An advantage of easytag is that it allows to convert tags from legacy encodings to UTF-8 in a powerful way. May not be very important for English; it's a requirement when you have at least accents in those tags. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is there an mp3 tag editor in the repositories?
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Rowan Berkeleyrowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, people. Banshee doesn't edit tags in mp3 files, only the copies of these tags in its own Music Library. Also, it doesn't seem to be able to recognise new additions to the mp3 archive except by recompiling its Music Library completely via 'Import Media', thereby losing any file-name changes I have made each time I add new files. So I need to edit the tags at source. I would prefer something self-installing, which is why I ask whether there is anything in the repositories. Try 'easytag'. There is also an 'easytag-aac' which relates to some special MP3 files. If easytag does not work on your MP3 files, look into 'easytag-aac'. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, jakewc2 jake...@sky.com wrote: Who is Bill Weinburg? Is he something high up in the Linux world, I came across this article which has cropped up from the article I posted. It seems thigns are hotting up because of that article. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5658010765.html I do not know about this Bill, however he starts his article with «A well-known Linux analyst has published a blog saying that Linux is failing in the once-promising netbook market.», which is an EPIC FAIL by itself. Let's examine this first sentence, 1. The information does not come from the analyst's blog (it's a result of interview/contact). 2. The analyst did not say that 'Linux is failing in the once-promising netbook market' (the analyst make a prediction) 3. That 'analyst' is not a 'Linux' analyst. In http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2009/04/21/lenovo-analyst-linux-on-netbooks-is-doomed/ we see that the said analyst has very low grasp of what open-source and Linux is about. 4. The analyst is actually only now 'well-known' in the open-source community because of the blorge.com articles that expose him as an uninformed person. Simos http://simos.info/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:44 PM, John jake...@sky.com wrote: Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM, jakewc2 jake...@sky.com wrote: Who is Bill Weinburg? Is he something high up in the Linux world, I came across this article which has cropped up from the article I posted. It seems thigns are hotting up because of that article. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5658010765.html I do not know about this Bill, however he starts his article with «A well-known Linux analyst has published a blog saying that Linux is failing in the once-promising netbook market.», which is an EPIC FAIL by itself. Let's examine this first sentence, 1. The information does not come from the analyst's blog (it's a result of interview/contact). 2. The analyst did not say that 'Linux is failing in the once-promising netbook market' (the analyst make a prediction) 3. That 'analyst' is not a 'Linux' analyst. In http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2009/04/21/lenovo-analyst-linux-on-netbooks-is-doomed/ we see that the said analyst has very low grasp of what open-source and Linux is about. 4. The analyst is actually only now 'well-known' in the open-source community because of the blorge.com articles that expose him as an uninformed person. Simos http://simos.info/blog/ Ah, it seems we get back to that article again, I dont know, but it seems to me that a lot of negative stuff is going round, but all based on one article. It still doesnt bode well, even if the guy is misinformed. I cannot argue about individual bloggers. One thing I would keep through reading those articles is the article Intel: Some Netbook resellers saw 30% return rate http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10239390-64.html Most of us would be quick to jump and say 'Oh noes, it's due to Linux'. If you read the article, it does not mention Linux, nor Windows at all. The issue that the article tackles is that consumers have high expectations, at least in terms of performance, when using netbooks. In this respect, netbooks with Windows XP would be at a disadvantage here since the interface is identical with that of your desktop computers with XP. Thus, consumers would expect to install the same heavy applications, which now would be quite slow. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John jake...@sky.com wrote: Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netbooks-goodbye-linux-hello-windows-7/ John, there is some broken telephone situation here. The original statement is about the belief of an analyst that Windows 7 (when it appears!) will take over Linux on the netbooks. Netbooks loosing (sic) Linux for Windows 7 is not a precise summary of the original article. Regarding the same analyst, please read the following interview, and user comments: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2009/04/21/lenovo-analyst-linux-on-netbooks-is-doomed/ Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards hricka...@l33tmyst.com wrote: On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I was watching the BBC News 24 TV programme Click broadcast this weekend. When they were testing a 100 Mbit/s broadband connection, they used it to download two copies of Ubuntu 9.04 simultaneously. A good advert for Ubuntu. Just out of interest, how long did it take? It showed only a short segment of the download, demonstrating that the download speed was about 77Mbps. It appeared that the issue of choosing the Ubuntu ISO had to do with the availability of a fast distribution server, so one can put together a simple benchmark. Still, this was good. If you get 'get_iplayer' (http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer), then you can download the episode with get_iplayer --get 128 (expires on the 10th May) Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)
2009/3/31 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum one for my Dad, and both are Windows machines. So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also require remote administration, and was wondering about the best way to set that up. Unfortunately, LogMeIn.com only works for Mac and Windows. Could anyone offer any advice? LogMeIn offers a Linux version of their VPN software. Look for Hamachi VPN from the same website. You can configure Hamachi to start automatically on the target computer and thus establish a secure VPN with your computer. Then, on the target computer go to System/Preferences/Remote desktop and enable the remote desktop feature. The Remote Desktop will be enabled obviously for the local network, however you can access through Hamachi. Hamachi is not open-source software. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nonsensical jack sensing - A bug day idea
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Philip Wyett philwy...@gmx.com wrote: Hi all, Users of Linux with ALSA on laptops and other mobile devices have for years often been presented with the fun and games of sound working great but then plugging in headphones leaves you with no sound or sound coming out of speakers and headphones etc. This annoys many and makes distros look poor to the new user in some cases. Could we have a bug day for and in conjunction with ALSA to collect as much per user hardware and what they set to fix it i.e. the 'options' in alsa-base to maybe allow the ALSA project to make things better for all. Your thoughts would be appreciated? This would be great to look into. The 'options' parameters can be submitted to Alsa so that new distro releases will work out of the box. There is little knowledge among users on how to do this. Mainly on Ubuntu, the big issue is to make the integration of Pulseaudio as good as possible. VirtualBox, Skype and others do not work well out of the box. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: The engineers at LinuxCertified just drew my attention to this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkAdmin which is the relevant section of the official online Ubuntu manual, of which I had until now not been informed, so I guess I will find my solutions there. The HomeHub (Speedtouch) has this feature that when you reset the settings (you keep pressed the button on the router for 15 seconds), the device enters a special state that it tries to find a firmware update. During this state, the DHCP server on the HH is not working. In some cases, the HH is locked into this state, and you cannot use it unless to perform a firmware update. This looks to me the most plausible reason for your troubles. If the HH was working properly, any computer should just connect by plugging the ethernet cable. If this is your case, then there is a special set of steps to solve the problem. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: That's interesting, Simos, but the Hub has recognised and connected quite normally (via Ethernet) the Windows machine I am using now, since its last hard reset. However, in any case, please tell me where can I find the 'special steps'? To judge by the results from the Terminal that I posted just now, my problem is in the computer. Since you can connect with another computer successfully, then there is no need to perform a firmware update. You can google for 'homehub firmware update' if you want to read more about this. If you google for 'homehub firmware tftp', you can find Linux-specific instructions. When troubleshooting such issues, it is important to have diagnostic tools. I am not sure if this mailing list is suitable to go into that much detail. You may want to try ubuntuforums.org, or the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode (google for 'freenode ubuntu'). If I were in your case, I would run a Terminal command (open Terminal from Applications/Accessories): sudo tcpdump -n -s 1500 -i eth0 This should show any network traffic that goes through your network card. Each line is a packet. You should be able to deduce the requests of your computer to obtain an IP address, and the reply (if any) from the HH with an IP address. Another issue to mention is which distribution version you have, and the type of network card (use 'lspci'). You may have an exotic Ethernet card. It is quite weird you have these issues. When you have a proper vanilla installation of Ubuntu, you should not get these issues. Simos Simos wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: The engineers at LinuxCertified just drew my attention to this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkAdmin which is the relevant section of the official online Ubuntu manual, of which I had until now not been informed, so I guess I will find my solutions there. The HomeHub (Speedtouch) has this feature that when you reset the settings (you keep pressed the button on the router for 15 seconds), the device enters a special state that it tries to find a firmware update. During this state, the DHCP server on the HH is not working. In some cases, the HH is locked into this state, and you cannot use it unless to perform a firmware update. This looks to me the most plausible reason for your troubles. If the HH was working properly, any computer should just connect by plugging the ethernet cable. If this is your case, then there is a special set of steps to solve the problem. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: lshw -C network yielded lots of suggestive data: * -network UNCLAIMED description: Ethernet Controller product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express This helps (the product line). The part above 'UNCLAIMED' is a bit weird. A google search for 'RTL8111/8168B Intrepid' reveals the following bug report https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/285430 that includes a workaround to make it work. Have a go at it and report back. I did not notice the version of Ubuntu you have, so I assume you have 8.10. Simos vendor: Realtek physical ID: 0 bus info: p...@.14.00.0 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33 MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 Simos wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: That's interesting, Simos, but the Hub has recognised and connected quite normally (via Ethernet) the Windows machine I am using now, since its last hard reset. However, in any case, please tell me where can I find the 'special steps'? To judge by the results from the Terminal that I posted just now, my problem is in the computer. Since you can connect with another computer successfully, then there is no need to perform a firmware update. You can google for 'homehub firmware update' if you want to read more about this. If you google for 'homehub firmware tftp', you can find Linux-specific instructions. When troubleshooting such issues, it is important to have diagnostic tools. I am not sure if this mailing list is suitable to go into that much detail. You may want to try ubuntuforums.org, or the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode (google for 'freenode ubuntu'). If I were in your case, I would run a Terminal command (open Terminal from Applications/Accessories): sudo tcpdump -n -s 1500 -i eth0 This should show any network traffic that goes through your network card. Each line is a packet. You should be able to deduce the requests of your computer to obtain an IP address, and the reply (if any) from the HH with an IP address. Another issue to mention is which distribution version you have, and the type of network card (use 'lspci'). You may have an exotic Ethernet card. It is quite weird you have these issues. When you have a proper vanilla installation of Ubuntu, you should not get these issues. Simos Simos wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: The engineers at LinuxCertified just drew my attention to this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkAdmin which is the relevant section of the official online Ubuntu manual, of which I had until now not been informed, so I guess I will find my solutions there. The HomeHub (Speedtouch) has this feature that when you reset the settings (you keep pressed the button on the router for 15 seconds), the device enters a special state that it tries to find a firmware update. During this state, the DHCP server on the HH is not working. In some cases, the HH is locked into this state, and you cannot use it unless to perform a firmware update. This looks to me the most plausible reason for your troubles. If the HH was working properly, any computer should just connect by plugging the ethernet cable. If this is your case, then there is a special set of steps to solve the problem. Simos -- 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] BBC Iplayer download on Linux
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: David King wrote: I found this as well http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=941093 for installing Adobe AIR on 64bit Ubuntu David King Great thanks. I'm going to be installing Ubuntu on my new laptop later on. Not sure if I should install the i386 or AMD64 version. I run the AMD64 version on my desktop due to having 4GB of ram, the laptop has 2GB at the moment although I am considering upgrading to 4GB on that too (it also runs *cough* Vista *cough*). What I do need on my laptop though is Java support (for Logmein). Not sure if I should just stick to the 32-bit version and just live with only about 3.25GB when in the 32-bit OS. Since recently (a few days ago) there has been 64-bit Java plug-in support. For installation hints, see http://simos.info/blog/archives/846 Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Iplayer download on Linux
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Steve Garton wrote: On intrepid, there's a package called adobe-flashplugin which I had to install to get the iplayer installer to work. My problem is now there is nothing in iplayer to download. I'll RTFM on it tonight I think! Steve Is this adobe-flashplugin available for Intrepid AMD64? I think not. 'apt-cache show' on the flash plugin shows that it depends on nspluginwrapper. You can want to install the 64-bit version manually. For some help, see http://simos.info/blog/archives/804 Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Andrew Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted wrote: I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK I have a 1Meg USB pen-drive with Mandriva One booting from it. Obviously the machine will need to be capable of booting from USB. I can't remember how I did it, it was quite involved, but a quick Google on the subject was all I did. I found a very good page with lead-by-the-hand instructions that worked. I suppose you mean 1GB pen-drive. It all depends on the process you use to create the bootable USB disk. If you do manually, it may or may not work. In Ubuntu 8.04, you can install the 'liveusb' package (search Add/Remove...), which adds a tool at System/Administration/Install Live USB It requires to have an Ubuntu 8.04 installation CD in the drive. I think that in Ubuntu 8.10 there is a tool already there for the job. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire
Many people make the mistake to install the stock Ubuntu on the EEE. The specialised version that Yishay mentions below is what people should be installing instead. Advanced users would stick to the stock Ubuntu on the EEE. Simos On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Yishay Mor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an eeePC running http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ I imagine that should work for the Aspire as well. I would do the standard procedure: - burn a USB stick image - boot live from USB - if all goes well, install ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 2008/11/5 keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday I splashed out on a new toy - the Acer Aspire One netbook, the Linpus Lite version with 1GB ram, and a 120GB Hard Drive. It's a very nice little machine and ideal for a first time user, but the OS is rather limited. I've checked the Howto install Ubuntu on it at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne and at face value it looks pretty daunting. If it all goes pear shaped it seems that I've got no means of recovering the original OS because of the lack of CD drive on the machine. So before I commit myself, can any of our readers who may have already accomplished the feat tell me how successful/useable the installation has proved to be. Many thanks, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. (Still using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine.) -- 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] ubuntu 8.10
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:48 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having read of some of the woes stemming from the upgrade I thought I had better take the plunge and see what happens. So, this morning I did the necessary to my laptop, and all went like a charm. I am now having a rest from trying out various applications that I would expect to use and, so far, most things work very well. One most peculiar fault which I have not been able to correct is with Evolution Mail. I cannot send or receive mail because the button to send/receive is greyed out. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Otherwise, Ubuntu does it again. I did a search for 'evolution mail send receive greyed' and I got this relevant result, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=793930 I hope it helps, Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 8.10
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 5:19 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One most peculiar fault which I have not been able to correct is with Evolution Mail. I cannot send or receive mail because the button to send/receive is greyed out. Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Otherwise, Ubuntu does it again. I did a search for 'evolution mail send receive greyed' and I got this relevant result, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=793930 Thank you very much. Why is it I always forget the fund of information available from Google? In some cases it is an issue of picking the suitable keywords. The above URL has the workaround. The canonical way to deal properly with this is a bug report at launchpad.net, with an issue 'Evolution Mail switches to Offline mode after distro upgrade', and then look for a bug report at the Evolution Mail bug management website, at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=evolution Finally, link the bugzilla.gnome.org report to the Launchpad page. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intrepid release party, Waxy O'Connors, London - who's coming?
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Seif Attar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Oakley wrote: Prior to the Hardy release party, I kept up-to-speed over IRC. Unfortunately my new employer blocks IRC so I've no idea what social arrangements are being made. Who's coming to the Canonical-organised Intrepid release party at Waxy O'Connors, London on Thursday night? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseParties#Europe Shall I bring Hello My Name Is... stickers like last time? I'm taking the train this time, as I rather underestimated how busy the traffic in London was at 6pm. The Cotswolds are a lot quieter... I should be there at around 8! hoping there will be some cake left! :) See you there. I'll make it as well. I did not see a time at the announcement of the release party. Is it the usual 6pm? Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
