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Screen goes blank on Xubuntu 9.10

harioke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:19 GMT

ok i tried what was instructed by ricardo. nothing seems to happen. i'll give all the details.
mine is xubuntu karmic on my pc. it initially shows a mouse like creature(the logo) then the screen goes black; i also have an XP installed in another drive. 384 mb ram 64 mb graphics card. plz answer this one quick;

ps : when i boot using cd , it does load the os. then loads completely normally each time i reboot untill switched off

See posts in Ubuntu, loads then goes to blank screen! BAHHH!!!!!

VMware Workstation 7.0/Ubuntu server networking problems

Erndog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:40 GMT

I posted this in networking trouble but think it might need be here in forums.
Host pc os= Xp pro SP2
Guest pc os = Ubuntu 8.04

I'm trying to get a Perfect world game server to network on VMware Workstation 7.0. The .VHD was a download from this site http://forum.ragezone.com/f452/perfe...eastie-547832/
With a fully operational server running on Ubuntu 8.04. So I got the VMware to run it but i cannot figure out how to get the server or even Ubuntu to access the internet. If some one can help me out it would be awsome.
I'm not to sure what the issue is ive got the VMware set to bridged setting and it auto configs its self around bridging to my real network. The problem is in Ubuntu settings i believe but this is the first time ive ever mess with this typ of OS.
I am total noob with Ubuntu but ive looked at the nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
file that has SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

setting. there is a fix mentioned in the tut and ive dont that allso ive checked nano /etc/network/interfaces with the ip's witch displays this
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.51
gateway 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255

address 192.168.0.51 <----This is the address that the server is using for http://192.168.0.51/register/ to register a game account so i think this should stay the same as its in a lot of config files for the server .

and i believe this is where i need to fix it up but im not sure if some one with Linux or Ubuntu exp could help me out and take a look at this site and or get me configed i would go nuts with joy.
and i have a router if this is useful to solving this.
this is my ip's configs from CMD----
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>netstat -n

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 127.0.0.1:3698 127.0.0.1:3699 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:3699 127.0.0.1:3698 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:3700 127.0.0.1:3701 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:3701 127.0.0.1:3700 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1718 24.143.196.41:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1740 66.249.80.148:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1741 24.143.196.18:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1745 66.249.80.154:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1748 66.249.80.164:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1750 72.52.248.159:80 LAST_ACK
TCP 192.168.100.50:1751 66.249.90.100:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1753 66.249.90.100:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1754 66.249.90.100:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:1768 24.143.196.82:80 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.100.50:3685 206.220.42.147:25999 ESTABLISHED

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

this is a fix for the server that is stated on the site if you go to that link but ill Ctrl+V it for you as well as it might clue you in on something it states

* eth0 doesn't start

Edit the following file by typing this..
Code:

nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

and change the line
Code:

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:0c:29:68:9e:a3", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

to
Code:

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

and remove any line concerning eth1, once done, save and reboot server

and i did this fix.

I want to run Ubuntu 9.04 on my Dell Studio Desktop and still use touchscreen

skunk8709 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:58 GMT

I want to run Ubuntu 9.04 on my Dell Studio One 19 Desktop and still retain the touchscreen function. I do have a disk of drivers, but if they are the proper drivers I am still unsure. Any ideas or similar problems?

How to send sms using UNIX program "smsclient"?

sabarigr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:14 GMT

I have installed a simple command line utility called smsclient in ubuntu 9.04
started sending sms with the following syntax,

sms_client 0099******* 'hello'

and i am getting this error,

Dialing SMSC 0640900139...
WARNING: MODEM: Failed tcgetattr() errno 5
WARNING: MODEM: Failed tcgetattr() errno 5
WARNING: MODEM: Failed to toggle DTR
ERROR: MODEM: MDM_init() Failed
Total Elapsed Time: 2 Seconds

what i need to send sms from my pc? any other suggestions for sms client programs are welcomed..
thanks in advance..:wave:

Compaq evo n800c ... OS Choices

danzuran — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:53:13 GMT

Hi all
just wonderin if anyone has any ideas for an easy os that i could run on my laptop
Specs:
Win xp
1gb ram
30gb hdd
pentium 4 1.70 GHz
mobility radeon 7500 graphics card

Thanx

Editing Wine Registry.

M3guy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:37:39 GMT

Hi it has recently come to my attention that I need to make a few tweaks to my wine registry in order to play cod4. Basically I need to do this 6.

on console run �wine regedit� and then:

- in HKEY_CURRENT_USER-Software-Wine create, if it's doesn't already exists, a new key named Direct3D

- in Direct3D create the following strings with teh following values:

string: DirectDrawRenderer value: opengl

string: Nonpower2Mode value: repack

string: OffscreenRenderingMode value: fbo

string: RenderTargetLockMode value: auto

string: UseGLSL value: readtex

string: VideoMemorySize value: (memory size of your graphic card)

taken from the winehq website and I dont really know what to do once I enter the registry so that wine recognizes and uses everything properly.

I need a step by step guide to making these adjustments work, thanks.

FlashPlayer Plungin Ubuntu 9.1

jgagauth — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:48:18 GMT

Good day all,

Not much experience with Linux.

At home, I tried running ubuntu 9.1 as a vmware appliance (VM Player 3.0). When using the Firefox browser (3.5.3) in ubuntu, there is no flashplayer plugin installed.

So far, here is what I've done:

- I downloaded the "flashplayer".deb file and attempted to install but end up with a dependency error.

- I downloaded the "flashplayer".tar.gz and extract the file hoping to get an flashplayer installer file, but all I got is one file with a .so extensions (no directory)

- I attempted to "update software" using ubuntu software center menu but no success.

- I googled the problem (searching for dependency with filename error etc..) and everywhere I go either I have no clue what the solution is or the "attempted resolution" steps do not work for me...!

NOTE: I don't have exact filename as I am sitting on a different conputer as I am writing this.

I even re-downloaded the VM Appliances just to eliminate a variable. I tried other appliance (i.e. Mandriva based) but the works involved in getting flash player to work is even more complicated (for me...!)

Has anyone have a precise and clear step by step instructions on how to install flash player for firefox?

Any help would be much appreciated.

In the meantime, I will still "google" to find a solution, but I am getting near to abandon this idea (someone told me that Linux was fun, well let's say that this has not been fun for me...!)

Thanks,

problem with internet speed due to packet drops in gateway/proxy linux server

anilonet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:12:33 GMT

We are facing a problem with internet speed due to packet drops at the gateway server.
We have 1Mbps Internet Leased Line (ILP).
We are using Fedora 7 as gateway which runs Iptables with NAT and Squid proxy.This server has two NICs � eth0 connect to internet and eth1 to LAN.Another Linux machine runs a Samba server as domain controller. All the clients in are Windows XP Pro but laptops running XP Home,Vista are there connecting thru a Wireless.
Server runs Apache,dhcpd,named,mysql,openvpn,knowledgetree services also other than Squid and Iptables/NAT but they are not resource intense

I made a settings change in gShield.conf and Squid.conf file so that now everybody has to use the proxy settings in browser.This is for http traffic only and other traffic(POP,SMTP,FTP,Torrent,HTTPS) is not affected by this proxy.
We made some policy to regulate usage such as download,torrents etc
These measures improved the performance very well but still I can see 1-3% packet drops while pinging to a server on internet say DNS server of ISP..This happens when internet traffic is more. Maximum simultaneous users will be <50.

This packet drop causes slow browsing speed as well as breakup Skype call,web conference etc

I tried pinging the default gateway of internet port 'eth0' for one minute a from the server itself :
#ping -f xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
13450 packets transmitted,13383 received,0% packet loss,time 60291ms

I disabled the LAN port 'eth1' and again pinged the default gateway for one minute:
#ping -f xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
15263 packets transmitted,15262 packets received,0% loss, time 60660ms

Similar results got when same test is repeated .This is done when all the services are still running.This matches with experience that when users on LAN are idle, packet drops are few.

Is this infers that some client/setup on the LAN eth1 interfere with the packet drops on server?
Or the server cannot handle the traffic when both NICs are active?
Is WirelessLAN Vista/XP Home clients causing disturbance

It is sure that ISP or the line doesn�t have a problem as we tried by changing the line also.

I connected another internet connection to a Netgear Wireless router and made as the default gateway.When I pinged ISP's DNS server using ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -t option there is not a single packet drop observed even though both Wireless router and the clients are in the same network which contains Linux gateway server which had the reported problem. The packet drops occurs when client configured to use the Linux server as default gateway.

an issue with fedora11

Remya — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:03:57 GMT

i'm using fedora11.i v drained the battery fully in fedora 11 OS.bt after that,wen i switchd my laptop ON,it has booted(fedora) but not proceeding to the next stage...........i mean instead of showing the desktop,it is showing a black blank screen n got stucked............can anyone plz suggest a solution..........................

somewhat ASAP: Convert Unix Flatfile Database to MDB

ChemicalAfinity — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:06:54 GMT

hi all

first of all, im not too familiar with linux distros so you may have to bear with me.

currently we have a redhat server that hosts a flatfile database (unsure of the type), which we need to convert to a MBD database or somthing similar. the reason is that the server has to be sent back to the company and we still need to have access to the data for records (less than once a month).

can you help?? it is a little bit urgent as we need to return the server asap.

cheers in advance
Murray

Firefox Add ons For Prism under Jolicloud

Zatara214 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:47 GMT

Title says it all. Is there a way to get add ons to work under my web apps that I installed? They use Prism, and I've heard that it's possible. In particular, I'd like to install the Google Redesigned add on in my Gmail, Greader, and Gdocs apps. And maybe Ad Block Plus under a couple of other ones.

Posting this under the Linux section because the Windows tutorials obviously don't help.

Identify talk bar widget? and how to use?

dlabanca — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:12:23 GMT

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I'd like to know what this widget is and what it does? I can't seem to get any info from right clicking it to open it, or how to use it. When I hover mouse over it, there is no id about it, and then when I right click it says' open, copy, or save image'. But when I click on one of them...nothing happens.

I am new to Linux and Kubuntu...have Ubuntu on another computer and never saw this widget there?

Thank you for your help
dlabanca

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dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu

ohokthanks — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:52:14 GMT

I have an Xubuntu installation disc and want to dual boot my computer which is currently running Windows 7 Professional. I read somewhere I have to create a partition using a 3rd party software because xubuntu doesnt recognize windows 7 as an OS? Does anyone have a step-by-step process in creating a dual boot system with xubuntu and windows 7 without messing with my windows 7 installation?

MBR/Grub Issue

itendo — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:53:58 GMT

My windows install crashed on my dual boot system. I reinstalled and it wiped out my karmic koala loader. They are on separate hard drives, and now the ubuntu partition and loader seem unable to be recovered. any assistance on how to make the Grub loader my default instead of the windows one?

as an aside, does anyone know how to make /ext4 partitions/disks visible to windows? my second and third appear not to exist to the windows install.

any help is appreciated, thanks mfg

Cento in Virtual Machine

phil1ooo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:46:08 GMT

hello

I would like to know if centos works in a virtual machine on my vista desktop.

I have it installing ok, but when compleded and rebooted the Centos OS is all black and yellow lines. I can log in and it looks like it works but it's all balck and yellow horizonyal lines.

I deleted and restarted the whole process 4 times and it does exactly the same thing everytime.

The virtual machine works as I run quite a few of them with different OS in them.

Any linux experts out there that can help me please.