the goss :: Category http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/index.php/c4 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:12:52 +1000 ARTICLE @ XOOPS powered by FeedCreator http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/images/planet.png the goss :: Category http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/ 88 31 XML for category Linux News en admin at thegoss dot com dot au admin at thegoss dot com dot au RSS Feeds [ubuntu] Multiple Networks http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2044 I'm having a problem getting my computer to connect to 2 networks at once. Basically, my PC will connect to wireless and Ethernet (separately) but not at the same time and my laptop isn't connecting to wireless, but will work with a wired connection. So how do I get my PC to connect to the wireless while also connecting to the laptop?


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947322&goto=newpost jazen]]> jazen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [xubuntu] synaptic package manager isnt working http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2043 today i connected the internet to install something on synaptic package manager and when i opened it, it came up with E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

so i disconnected from the internet and it didnt go away. i went on terminal and typed in dpkg --configure -a and it came up with

dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privelidge



what do i do?


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947321&goto=newpost skater-dude]]> skater-dude Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [ubuntu] Blocked ports... http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2042 Hi, question:



at univ. they blocked the quake3 ports in the network (that's port 27'960 etc.)



Is it possible to circumvent this, eg. detour the traffic via another non-blocked port?


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947320&goto=newpost WitchCraft]]> WitchCraft Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [ubuntu] what is the difference http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2041 What is the difference between the available interfaces ubuntu, fodora, redhat and others

Thank you


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947319&goto=newpost esmailgad]]> esmailgad Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [ubuntu] Run Skype with video on intrepid 64-bit with wrapper script http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2040 Hi to all 64-bit beta testers,



some may have already experienced, that using the recommended LD_PRELOAD hack ends up in the following error:




Quote:








ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

This is cause the wrong lib is used. Install lib32v4l-0 packet instead and use




Quote:








LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

I have automated this by doing the following steps:



1. Rename skype to skype.bin

Code:

sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype.bin

2. Make an executable script with the following content an put it to /usr/bin


Code:

#!/bin/bash



SKYPE_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin"

LIBV4L="/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so"



LD_PRELOAD=${LIBV4L} skype.bin



exit 0

(BTW: Improvements always welcome.)



3. Start skype as usual.



HTH


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947316&goto=newpost b.q.wemer]]> b.q.wemer Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 Help on making a web page... http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2039 Hey!



I have no experience making web pages at all!



But I would like to make one for my soccer team, such that everyone can log in with its name and password and make a click somewhere, that he is coming to the training.



So that there would come a list of people, who would be coming.





So my questions would be:



1. Would it be a too difficult undertaking for a beginner?

2. How are those features - "log in" and "click, that I am coming" called?

3. Which program would support these features, which would you recommend?





Thank You so much in advance!



Greetings...


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947314&goto=newpost Margus81]]> Margus81 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 Wubi downloads wrong bersion. http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2038 Hey everybody!



I am trying to install ubuntu with Wubi (after had problems with MBR and all that...).



The thing is that Wubi downloads AMD64 version instead of the 32bit version, which of course causes Wubi to crash while installing...



Anything I can do with that?


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947313&goto=newpost GreenFuze]]> GreenFuze Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [ubuntu] MX900 button configuration problem http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2037 Im having a problem with my MX900 bluetooth mouse on my laptop running Hardy. Im trying to get the back and forward buttons working. My current xorg.conf section for the mouse looks like this:


Code:

Section "InputDevice"

  Identifier  "Configured Mouse"

  Driver      "mouse"

  Option      "CorePointer"

  Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

  Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "false"

  Option      "Buttons" "7"

  Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

  Option      "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"

As it is there, the wheel works but the back and forward buttons doesnt. If i swap the 4-5 and 6-7 pairs, so that ZaxisMapping is 6 7. then the back/forward buttons scroll and the wheel goes back and forward. Im not sure why it works when the weel is back/forward and the back/forward buttons are scrool, and doesnt work the other way around. Any ideas? I dont know what output you guys would need but just tell me and ill post it.


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947312&goto=newpost SilverAdder]]> SilverAdder Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [all variants] VMWare host poor disk performance http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2036 Hi all,



I am experiencing extremely poor HDD performance when resuming virtual machines. Here are some stats:



Dual C2D Xeon 5160 @3.04GHz, 4GB RAM

Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS 64-bit




Code:

avg-cpu:  %user  %nice %system %iowait  %steal  %idle

          0.57    0.00    7.41  23.05    0.00  68.97



Device:        rrqm/s  wrqm/s    r/s    w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz  await  svctm  %util

sda              58.80    1.50  455.70    9.20  2604.00    82.00    11.56    6.97  15.10  1.28  59.30



ppopov@faiella:~$ w

 12:46:00 up 20 days, 21:02,  1 user,  load average: 2.15, 2.07, 1.22

USER    TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE  JCPU  PCPU WHAT

ppopov  pts/0    10.191.10.36    12:41    0.00s  0.03s  0.00s w

This box is currently doing nothing but resuming a VMWare box (on VMWare Server 1.05). Why the load average and high I/O times? For comparison, here's how it looks with the VMWare guest already restored:




Code:

ppopov@faiella:~$ sudo hdparm -t -T /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

 Timing cached reads:  6502 MB in  2.00 seconds = 3252.93 MB/sec

 Timing buffered disk reads:  196 MB in  3.03 seconds =  64.60 MB/sec



ppopov@faiella:~$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/vmware/machines/temp bs=1048576 count=1024

1024+0 records in

1024+0 records out

1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 52.279 s, 20.5 MB/s

Has anyone seen such an issue?



Thanks,

Peter


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947311&goto=newpost Xianath]]> Xianath Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000 [ubuntu] Printer issues - Canon LBP3000 http://www.thegoss.com.au/modules/planet/view.article.php/2035 Hi all,



I just installed 8.0.41 and am trying to install the linux drivers for my Canon LBP3000 printer. I found this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...9&postcount=17 and have been following it as best I can.



I had some difficulties with libglib and libgtk, however I downloaded some olderversions from previous Ubuntu versions (found through searching the Ubuntu site). So I was able to keep going with the install. However I get stuck at Step 4. I entered the comand and get the error, so I tried to mkdir, and got the following.




Code:

studycomp@studycomp:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p LBP3000 -P CNCUPSLBP3000CAPTK.ppd -v ccp:/var/ccpd/fifo0 -E

lpadmin: No such file or directory

studycomp@studycomp:~$ sudo mkdir /usr/sbin/lpadminmkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/sbin/lpadmin': File exist

I'd really appreciate any help!


Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947310&goto=newpost AvvY]]> AvvY Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +1000