Ubuntu 7.04

NTFS-3G has offered safe write support for quite a while and is available for most distros.

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

Looks like Ubuntu is getting overwhelmed:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

7.04 seems to be up on the mirrors.

:-D

On the download site list includes torrent servers. These will be flying at the moment!!

Hey Linux, do you have a link to a detailed guide or a tutorial on how to setup a dual boot with Ubuntu and XP?

Thanks in advance

Well the servers seem to be back up and responding well. Much to my surprise the new look site no longer seems to have links to torrents on the main download pages.

I've just pulled my copy down at ~320Kb/s from the UK mirror. Guess its time to take that last backup and get round to the long overdue clean install / rebuild..

Awesome :-D

Remember aptitude is your friend and we are here to answer any questions you may have :-D

Well I thought you could get MATLAB on Linux.. www.mathworks.com

Never used it myself but I was a post on the ubuntu forum that said they had gotten it going following the client install guide on the site: Client installation

The guide is a bit duff as it keeps referring back to the server install guide but you should be able to follow the steps. On ubuntu you might well have to prefix the commands with

[code:1:4a286b1461]sudo[/code:1:4a286b1461]

to run them as root to ensure you have permissions. I suspect the b man might be in the know on this one..

EDIT: The original Ubuntu form thread here

As for the games you can install WINE through the package manager and then take it from there. I'm sure some of the crew here will be able to help with tweaking for a given game.

I've now joined the 7.04 club. Fresh install and moved over my preferences / mail from my old 6.10. One day MS will make their installations this easy... Whole process less than 40 mins on an old AthlonXP and just the one re-boot. I've even treated myself to a visit to the Gnome artwork site and I've got a snazzy new theme going to increase the shinny newness factor to the max..

I've been on Ubuntu since 5.04 and in the last two years those guys and the FOSS community in general have moved mountains. Quality piece of software that I just can not recommend enough.

Hey does anyone know how to enable the desktop effects for Feisty?
I can get the wobbly windows but not the cube

Thanks in advance

Nice..

Now if only I had a decent graphics card

I finally got to test the codec finder/installer for 7.04. Works great!!!! No more chasing down links from google 8)

Also, previously in 6.10, NTFS-3G didn't work for me (Linux_0, you remember the crap message I was getting) and now with the install of 7.04, it all works!!!

Ubuntu... I love you

Hey :-D


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man grub-install

/sbin/grub-install --help

/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda

# or

/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda --recheck

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assuming /dev/sda is your SATA drive

then set your BIOS to boot from your SATA drive rather than the PATA drive.

GL :-D

hi linux_0!

well, I managed to fix it by doing

sudo grub

find /boot/grub/stage2

root (hd0,2)

setup (hd0,2)


it all worked fine

now I'm having some trouble with clvm...

when I try to install some packages it says that there was a fatal error in apt and "installation unsuccessful", it has given me errors 1 and 3

It happened when I was installing some packages from synaptic and with automatix (most of the packages installed by autopmatix had this issue)

funny thing is, the installed apps work fine, but the error persists when installing additional packages...

also, I'd like to know how to use a USB net card on this pc
ubuntu does not have the drivers for it and I think that the driver cd has the fedora drivers, but I'm not sure...

so, with NDISWrapper I could do it, but is there an easier way to do it?

I need it because my other PC has only eth connection to internet so while I'm using this pc, the other one does not have access to internet , that's why I need to have the usb net card working under ubuntu, to let the other pc have internet

Good job fixing GRUB :-D

I am not sure about the apt errors. Have you checked the log files in /var/log for details?


Some USB ethernet adapters are very difficult to work with.

Run dmesg before you plug it in and after along with /sbin/lsusb -vv and /sbin/lspci -vvv and post or PM me the output

Have to find out what chipset it is using and look for the appropriate driver or find you a $5 PCI NIC, unfortunately the international shipping may cost a small fortune.

GL :-D

PS A more technical way to find out why it's not working is to run the [code:1:e787be4110]?trace[/code:1:e787be4110] commands

Let me know if you want to hear more

well, I managed to uninstall clvm by doing

sudo rm /etc/init.d/clvm

and then

sudo apt-get remove clvm

It was here
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5799

the net card...Ill give it a try this weekend if I can, I have thermodynamics test tomorrow, thremodynamics lab test on thursday and materials for engineering lab test on friday, so it'll be a busy week from now on...

btw, do you know of any software that runs on linux for finite element analysis, preferably compatible with some format used by the ones that work in windows like ansys or autodesk inventor?

Thanks I'll try it today and post the results

I typed cowbell in the terminal and this is what I got

[code:1:3c0beab2f9]dunklegend@dunklegend-desktop:~$ cowbell

** (/usr/lib/cowbell/cowbell.exe:7938): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib/cowbell/cowbell.exe could not be loaded:
Assembly: glib-sharp (assemblyref_index=4)
Version: 2.10.0.0
Public Key: 35e10195dab3c99f
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/usr/lib/cowbell).


** (/usr/lib/cowbell/cowbell.exe:7938): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'glib-sharp, Version=2.10.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f' or one of its dependencies.

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'glib-sharp, Version=2.10.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f' or one of its dependencies.
at <0x00000> <unknown method>
at Cowbell.Runtime.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000]
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Well, I decided to take the plunge and migrate from FC6 over to ubuntu to give it a fair chance, and thus far I think I like what it has been able to do with a few minor dislikes included as well.

For the most part, everything I have installed (including graphics drivers, linux_0 ) has worked on the first try without any hassle, which is VERY nice. At the moment I am trying to make beryl work under this 'feisty' new environment (pardon the pun).

I know this would seem like a kind of stupid question, but how to I make changes to my command line prompt permanent? I have read the man page and a couple of pages online and they suggest sticking the following line in my .bashrc

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export PS1= " INSERT PROMPT OF CHOICE HERE"

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I have followed this advice and added a line like that in my .bashrc, but for some reason, it doesn't apply the changes. Additionally, I know this may be unchangeable behavior on ubuntu's part, but is there any way for me to force it to ask for the root password for major changes instead of asking me 'for my password to do administrative tasks'? The fact that it wants me to do sudo for everything is a little unnerving...

I guess the final test that will see whether ubuntu swims or sinks for me is if I can finally play StarCraft via wine and not have evil slowdowns (due to graphics card issues). Wish me luck gentlemen!

-Zorak

Hey :-D

You definitely can make changes to the prompt permanent

Make sure your syntax is correct and your .bashrc is saved in your home directory

The system wide bashrc is in /etc/bashrc you may want to compare your changes in ~/.bashrc to /etc/bashrc

Editing /etc/bashrc is not recommended unless you have a good backup.

Any errors or problems in /etc/bashrc could potentially break bash for all accounts.

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echo $PS1

man bash

# /PS1

# search for PS1

# you can also change terminal colors

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Glad to hear you like Ubuntu thus far :-D

hi linux_0

well, everything going ok over here, except the other day, I don't know why, when I started ubuntu, it didnt mount any of my NTFS/FAT partitions , but nothing a couple of good ol restars wouldnt fix

right now I'm having troubles with amule/firestarter

I have already opened the ports that I set on amule to work but it doest connect to any server...and when I shutdown the firewall it connects to ed2k but kad semms to be firewalled...

I've searched on the net, but everything I've found is exactly the same that other people have done, except it works for them, not for me

also, is there a flash player pluigin (amd64) for firefox?

Open a terminal


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cd $HOME

mkdir backup

mv ~/.??* backup

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these commands will move your configuration files under your home directory to the backup directory

then log out and log back in

the gui should re-create them automatically and you should get your windows back.

GL :-D

I recommend using Kilz' script, which you can download from [url=http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202537]this thread[/ulr] over at the ubuntu forums. I use this every time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu 64-bit. It will get firefox, flash, java, and the mplayer plugin working for you. You select which components you want.

Cheers!