My video card writes the CRT in one of two "modes". High intensity ("bright chars") and low intensity ("dim chars"). How do I set vim in order for him to use only low intensity?
View 2 RepliesI can't seem to get Ubuntu to run on my old Dell Dimension 2300. It boots to a purple screen then it goes to a black screen with a load of writing nothing else happens after this screen. [URL] Could someone advise how I can get it to work?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm currently in the process of seeing if I can finally make the switch to linux from windows. So far everything is good, except for my MP3 Player. I use a Samsung Intensity with a 16gb microsdhc card, connected to my computer through a USB. The problem is that Ubuntu doesn't recognize it. Now rhythmbox will recognize it if I have it set to MTP mode, but you ubuntu itself never mounts it. I need it to mount so I can drag and drop files into specific folders on the card. Otherwise I doubt rhythmbox will know where to put the files. The addition of another person to the linux family depends on it. Since I only want to use windows for certain games and not any more than that.
View 2 Replies View RelatedTrying to install the drivers for my blackmagic intensity pro capture device and I cannot get the driver to install I get an error in the ubuntu software center saying:
There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at [URL] and retry.
Details:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 768, in simulate
return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 851, in _simulate_helper
size = int(deb["Installed-Size"]) * 1024
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
I have the latest ubuntu fully up-to-date.
Kernel 2.6.21.5, slackware 12.0
When you do 'man bash', you'll see some words are highlighted. I'll say that the video card has used high intesity in these instances. How do I disable this video card capability? Can this only be done by recompiling the kernel? Of course, I am talking about the text consoles, i.e., the video card in text mode.
I've put a new hdd into my old comp to try it out, I am using a usb to try and install. When I install I get writing scrolling down the screen then it flicks to a black screen and just stays there. Am i doing it wrong?
View 2 Replies View Relatedjust installed ubuntu on my win 7 laptop using the wubi.. after the install it said restart,so i restatred and booted up ubuntu which went sound,it then says finishing installation.. ubuntu comes up does the partions then started copying files then once it had done this the screen went black with loads of writing on it..it seems to just stay like this.. i left it 30 mins the restarted laptop again..laptop working sound booted ubuntu again and the same thing happened..
View 1 Replies View RelatedI rebooted and my normal splash screen with the ubuntu and 4 white dots doesn't show up. instead I see something Islamic with the words allah the merciful. I am looking back at any new software I installed or updated and see nothing out of the usual, is there a way i check to see if everything is on the up & up and revert back to my normal splash screen?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy VPN is behaving funny sometimes, and I have to restart it often.I wanted to write a script which does that for me.It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a shortcut for the commands I have to type into the terminal. More specifically: it will look at the running processes.If it finds a running vpnc process, it will kill it. Then it will start vpnc.I've written bash scripts of similar complexity,but now I don't have a bash,only an ash. Until now, the only difference I noticed is that there are much less commands available, but then, I don't use it very often.So I have some questions.
Is writing ash scripts different than writing bash scripts?
Is there something specific to consider when doing it?
When the script is ready, how can I deploy it? For bash, I just put the executable file under /usr/lib and run it by typing the file name into the command line, will this work with ash?
Are there any special pitfalls to watch out for in the script I want to write? I think that the killing process part may get hairy, if I write something that kills the wrong process, but even then running the script shouldn't break anything permanently, right?
i am having a the following line in a file
<property name="connection.password"></property>
i have to give password in this line, like this
<property name="connection.password">XXXXXX</property>
Is this possible to acheive this using sed command
Beause i have to do this for n number files. so if i have option in sed for this the i will be doing this using script.
user@user-laptop:~$ sudo dd if=sd_backup of=/dev/sdd bs=4M conv=noerror,sync
205520896 bytes (206 MB) copied, 28.564 s, 7.2 MB/s
247463936 bytes (247 MB) copied, 57.1285 s, 4.3 MB/s
260046848 bytes (260 MB) copied, 73.2388 s, 3.6 MB/s
289406976 bytes (289 MB) copied, 104.121 s, 2.8 MB/s
[Code]....
How come dd gets slower after copying this 8GB file? What can I do about it?
When you are performing time consuming operations in bash like installing new software, is it possible to write text that will appear at the prompt when the operation has finished.
E.g
Imagine running:
apt-get install eclipse-platform
Then it will use quite a while to finish while you see the installation log, meanwhile I want to create new folders (workspaces) which Eclipse later will use.
Is this possible without opening a new terminal (or tab)?
When I login I always do:
ssh myuser@111.111.111.111
Is it possible to do something like:
ssh myuser@server1
I would like to use a name, not an IP address, is it possible?
Basically I have a USB flash drive currently formatted under vfat. I can log in as root and the system automatically picks it up and automounts the drive successfully. What needs to happen is that a non-root user needs to be able write to this device while root has mounted this device. Due to other program constraints, I can not mount the device using another user so I have to do it with root.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhen i Write commands in terminal it does nothing
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow can we write arrayValues in file? Lets say arrayName=(1 2 3 4 5) Now if i want to write these arrayValues into file
In first line in file :1
In second line in file :2
In third line in file :3
In fourth line in file :4
In fifth line in file :5
I need to write an else-if condition in a makefile, and though the format is posted on several websites, nothing seem to be working, andI get an error everytime. Could anybody please write a small example with an else-if conditional in a maekefile?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am using Grass GIS
I have written a script which outputs a list of numbers to a file
code snippet:
r.stats -1 fs=, input=Bones_AVE > /home/gary/AVE_monte_carlo/rstats_AVE$i.csv
so this makes acsv file with one column. I want to run it again but rather than outputing to a new csv i want to add it to this one as the next column. For this example there will be 100 rows per column.
the 1st one will make the file
[grassGIS code]> /home/gary/AVE_monte_carlo/rstats_AVE.csv
add ',' after each value
the next one
[grassGIS code] open file /home/gary/AVE_monte_carlo/rstats_AVE.csv
[Code]....
I am trying to write input to a shell and get the shell to parse the input that I am writing to it as if a user was typing in commands.
Thus far I have tried echoing some text into the shell's FD for STDIN in /proc/<pid>/fd Whilst this displays the text that I echo, the shell that I am writing to never tries to execute the command that I pass to STDIN. What is the difference between a shell taking STDIN from the user and data written to STDIN by another process e.g. echo ? It appears I am missing something fundamental.
I'm writing a script that among other things partitions and formats disks using SW RAID and LVM. I've read somewhere that for older versions of Linux it was a good idea to use the dd command to zero the first couple of blocks od a device before partitioning it (or formatting it?) Is this practice still recommended? To what end?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've seen the trackpad tool to write chinese characters on macs, is there any such linux clone? Or are there any projects that anyone knows of which are trying to create that for linux?
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to write ksh script in the spec file? The target is after I perform
rpm -i my_rpm.rpm
According to the spec file, ksh script will do some installation & configuration. For example run other script and edit some files.
I have custom software that writes to a sensitive large file when the user does something. I would like to make backup copies of The file that gets written to, but if I make a gzip of the file at the same time someone is changing something, it will corrupt the backup because some of the data will be missing, as its backed up during being written to.
a) Is there a way to detect if a file is currently being accessed/written to?
That way if its currently being accessed, I can just make the script wait until its done and then finally back it up.
b) Instead of backing up the large file while it has potential to get written to, would it be better to make a copy of the file first, then gzip the copy? This idea comes from the fact that gzipping the original takes 5-10 seconds, whereas making a copy only takes 1-2 seconds. The less time, the less chance of corruption.
c) Is there anyway to freeze a program or a file to stop it from being written to for an amount of time?
With a, b, and c together. The best solution I have to my problem would be a script that first detects rather the file is being accessed. If not, it would then freeze the file/program and then make a quick copy of it. Once the copy is created, it will unfreeze the original file/program and then go about gzipping the copy.
I tried writing zreos to my HD but it denied permission. How do I get around that ?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've used ext2ifs drivers to mount my ext3 partition in winxp, but I don't have write acces, it's mounted in a read-only mode, and i didn't check the rad-only box during the installation of the drivers.I've used help from the official site http://www.fs-driver.org/and this tutorial http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/l...s-windows.html
It's a straithfoward proces so I dont understand what I did wrong.I'm using fresh xp install with (more or less) all the updates and ubuntu 10.04Also the partition is mounted at /home, so I dont know if that makes any diferance.
I left the linux world for a few years and now i am trying to re-learn my shell scripting basics. I am writing a script for an alarm clock, but i seem to be running into a few issues.
declare -i H
declare -i M
declare -i currentH
declare -i currentM
declare -i minutesLeft
[code]....
My script, instead of doing what it should, produces the following errors:
./alarm: line 19: echo 11: No such file or directory
./alarm: line 26: 6: command not found
[code]....
and if i choose the time 11:06, files called 11 and 6 are creating in the working directory. I am sure it is something really simple, but i haven't used linux or scripting on my computers in around 6 years.
My name is Barry and I have lost my job as a plumber because of the ecomony. I have been going to school for two years now at Ivy Tech in Indiana. Myself, along with other vets in my Linux System Administrator Class are in need of a tutor for this class. I go to school in Valporaiso, Indiana. The V.A. is willing to pay $60.00 per hour per person. We are all are willing to be tutored as individuals or as a group.
Tutoring 5 or so people at a time is $300.00 an hour, if you know what I mean! There are no tutors in this area we know about. This problem has been a on going problem with the school. You would have to sign up with V.A. so that you could get payed. You would get paid once a month. There are serveral vets in this area that need help and it would generate alot of money for someone out of work. You must be qualified by having experience, you don't have to be a teacher with a teaching degree.
I am using a new install of Kubuntu 10.04 LTS. My system is a 64-bit AMD desktop.
I use a small partition for my entire Kubuntu install, and use separate, larger partitions for my media and work files.
I opened up Dolphin (my KDE file manager) via GUI, navigated to my media partition, and attempted to create a new folder by
right-click->
Create New->
New Folder-> etc
The Create New in the menu is ghosted out, as if I have no permission to access it.
How can I write files to the drive?
I have two servers, 82 and 70.My exports file on 82 reads /...70(rw)on 70 I have a mountpoint called mnt_for_82I execute on 70mount -t nfs -o rw ...82:/ mnt_for_82I go to server 70 and indeed can read and travers the mounted subdirectories. However, I try to create a file or subdirectory under the mount point on 70 and I get a *Permission Denied* error.I'm sure there is a simple explanation for this issue as well as a correct nomenclature for what I'm trying to do in nfs
View 4 Replies View Relatedbut I won't get any better at this unless I dive in, so here is the question in full that I am having trouble with and I'm sure you can all get a good laugh at:Write a shell script called nbin. First the script changes to the home directory. Then if there is a bin directory under the current directory, display the message bin has XX files". (Note: the XX will be substituted with the actual number of files in your bin directory)
So far I have done:
vi nbin
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/bin:$HOME/bin