Just like many other posts begin, I'll begin by mentioning that I have no idea where exactly my question would fit in. Apologies if there is another place this should be in. And then to my silly tiny tweak question.
Being the kind of japanified nerd I am, I often use the "^__^" smileys and "~" as I chat around with my friends. Which is 90% of what I do all the time. And after using many distros in the past, I've always been annoyed how I must press the "^" key twice to print one of them. As in windows I can press ^ and then the next key, _
This makes me a succesful ^__^ face very effectively.
Same goes for the ~ key, which is not such a problem however, as I'll press space after it most of the time. Sometimes I want to put many ~ beind a sentence or stupid word, to make it very...nice. This is very annoying cause I have to press ~ key twice every time, when in windows I can press it twice and I get two. Or once, and then the spacebar, which sill come out as ~ and a space.
Now, yes, this is all sounds extremely stupid and small detail, and I believe many will think I can't be serious - but for someone this detail is somewhat important, and has always annoyed me in every linux distro I have used. I have no idea how to search for something like this, and I don't expect anyone to reply, nor do I expect anyone to really know how to change this. Currently I am running Xubuntu on my laptop most of the time. And I use it for instant messaging etc. - thus using these smileys would be very fundamenta.
I'm new to programming under linux (not new to programming). Before that I have written c++ codes in Visual Studio under windows for some years. I read some tutorials and learned editing codes with vim and compile codes with g++ or make tool. And I tried gdb.
But I think compared to my coding experience in Visual Studio, these steps are very ineffective. With VS, after I wrote codes, I just press ctrl+f7 to compile and ctrl+f5 to run the codes. If I want to debug, press f5, and I can see every variable in a 'watch' window.
Under linux, after I write codes, I need to quit vim, type make to compile. If I have some mistakes, I have to remember the line numbers and re-open vim to check the errors. And I think debugging with gdb is so hard.
I think as a newbie to programming under linux, maybe I haven't find the right tools. Or programming under linux is just so hard so a programmer who can overcame these could be strong enough to do programming without some IDE tools?
I have an Ubuntu box, and there are two another PCs with Windows XP at my home.There is a TP-Link WR340GD wireless broadband router, and a Motorola SB5101E cable modem. Maximum download speed of the Internet connection is about 6 Mbit/sec.While I'm starting some download processes on the Ubuntu box, the other two PCs get only small bandwidth according to their users, although download speed on my computer does not often exceed its maximum.
More precisely: I usually download files at approx. 1 Mbit. The other users complain about that I slow down the Internet connection at their computers, and tell me to stop using the Internet.Is it possible to improve the usage of internet bandwidth, and share the connection fairly between computers
I did it as the tutorial on the Ubuntu website showed and I can get it to boot from a Live CD, but on my computer, different things are shown than in the tutorial when I attempt to actually install it. I am not prompted to enter my location or my keyboard layout, and my screen for the allocation of the hard drive is different. Please help me. I am not that tech-savvy and do not want to mess my computer up.@ corps - The Live CD version gives me the option of actually installing it directly from the Live CD.
I am trying to make an app launcher for Ubuntu which replaces the top bar (default) in gnome. It will be a menu system in the middle of the screen which you would click on parts to bring up lists of apps and locations. What would be the easiest way to do this, and in which code?
I'm having issues creating a share with 10.04 - but those I'll try and sort out by myself, how Ubuntu creates samba shares these days?
On a test machine I can create shares, but am having some permission issues. I go to the smb.conf file but can't find the created share? Where does Ubuntu store the new config file for creating samba shares? I assume I can just override by creating a share by hand in the smb.conf file like a always do, but I'd rather try and work with, rather than against 10.04.
if anyone knows any trick to create a folder that deletes its contents on every boot, like "/tmp" but on a different hard drive since i have 2 internal hdd's.
[For saving massive temporary cache files, to increase overall speed (1 hdd for use, 1 hdd for storage/temp storage).]
i have backed up a dvd on my hard driveit is in the standard videots/.vob formation & plays fine using vlc / movie player.how do i transfer it to a dvd disc to play on an external dvd player?i have tried using k9copy / brasero / k3b but none have produced a playable dvd. the dvd's produced fail to load on the dvd player connected to my tv.
I was in the process of registering with the ubuntu bug squad. As i was finishing the UbuntuCodeofConduct agreement form, I ran this command to create a signature key to sign the form.
#sudo gpg --clear UbuntuCodeofConduct-1.1.txt
After the program ran I got this message.
gpg: no default secret key: secret key not available gpg: UbuntuCodeofConduct-1.1.txt: clearsign failed: secret key not available
Apparently, I don't have a default secret key. How do I create one?
I want to make a script to create a videos , photos, and documents folder in all of my (or anyone's) user's home folder. Wildcards don't seem to work if I try to put in: sudo mkdir /home/WILDCARD/videos here is my error.
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/*/videos1': No such file or directory
and just to clarify i want all user's to have there own seperate folders not shared.
P.S. I tried with the -p switch and no luck. I just got a new home folder for * with the videos folder inside.
I recently created a new user account in ubuntu linux, and created a file called xsession so that I can boot directly into xmbc when I log into that account. Is there anyway to delete the home folder for that account. I can view the file but when I try to delete it is says I do not have apporite permisions to delete the file.
I removed the account and deleted the group but it still shows up when I type in the address /home/xmbc
Is there anyway I can delete this file. It also will not let me create any new user accounts is there any way I can fix these prolbems without totaly reinstalling the system.
Is it possible to create a new command prompt in Ubuntu? I have a assignment and I don't fully understand it. I have to make c files and then open them in the command prompt. Would this happen in a new command prompt or I'd have to use the already existing one? Is this even possible?
I have a scheduled backup that runs via anacron, and I currently am writing the output to a log file and mailing the output to root via local mail, see I have tried implemented a notification using libnotify, see Two problems:) I don't get a notification when anacron runs the backup script, I get a notification (sent to my primary user) when root runs a "test" notification script (I strip out the rsync command)) I don't think that this notificication will get delivered if another user is logged in when the backup script is run.I have become accustomed to the notifications that I get from evolution calendar, and I know that if the computer is off when the alarm is to be triggered I still get the notification next time I log in.For what its worth, I am running a Jaunty desktop computer for househould use, and there are two users.
Is there a guide on creating a package from PHP scripts or something? Example: if I've developed a system and I want to make it to a deb file to deploy to my friends and such. I've tried looking for one but I have not been lucky so far.
I am in the tasks section of the following tutorial [URL] I did the list package thing to see what packages there are. However now I cannot leave the list in order to run the purge command. How can I get back to the previous section so I can remove packages from the custom live cd. I want to make sure I am editing the live cd and not the current install. I am going to make two images. One cd that will still have a gui but I plan to build as a recovery tool. The other one is a dvd and will be for installing everything I want on any machine. I am doing the tutorial with Karmic. Also I have cursors, themes and icons I installed from gnome look. I then went to customize and created my own personal mix I like. I would like to make this a standalone theme and come as the default theme on the live cd and dvd. I have no clue what I am doing, however wish to learn to build my own custom live cd. Also I would like to know how to ad repositories to the live cd and how to add programs pre installed that are not usually included.
I need to print some documents I created in OO (.odt), but our printers are not Linux compatible, which means I somehow need to transfer the files to a Windows computer. I can't use the .odt files because MW can't open them (I can't install OpenOffice on the machines), and saving in either .doc or .docx does not work either because it totally messes up the document. So I tried print to file and created several pdfs, but again Adobe Reader on Windows can not open them. I am sort of running out of ideas, and the other thing is I am not really sure if the files I created are pdfs at all. When you open them in gedit they all start with %!PS-Adobe-3.0 which to me looks more like a post script file.
I mounted the new drive with the newly created partitions on the current system and extracted the tar backup to the new sda1 partition. I then recreated all the directories which were excluded in the tar backup (mnt, media, home, proc, sys, etc).
I then shut down, unplugged the old OS hard drive, plugged the new hard drive into the same cable as the old OS HD and powered it up. It told me that there was a GRUB error.
I did some looking around and found that I could use an Ubuntu Live CD to fix/install Grub on that hard drive. I burnt a 9.10 desktop CD, booted, installed Grub and here I am.
I am having a difficult time figuring out the GRUB commands.
This is what I was planning on doing:
Code: 1. Pop in the Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop. 2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty. 3. Type "grub"
I recently downloaded Storybook, and using the default storybook.sh from the terminal, or from nautilus works fine launching the application. The command being ./storybook.sh. I have the file set to allow executing the file as a program.The various combinations I've tried in the launcher include:
Code: /home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh sh /home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh
To install ubuntu 10.04, I've tried to create partitions on my hard drive, and an external hard drive. Both have failed. I have apparently exceeded the max number of partitions on my hard drive (came with 4 on it. Recovery, OS, and 2 others I don't want to mess with.), and the external hard drive won't let me shrink the NTFS volume to create space for a new partition. Can I get steps to create a new partition, preferably on the external drive (it has more space). My computer is a dell inspiron 1525 with a 225 Gb hard drive, And my external drive is a windows system Seagate 1 Tb Hard drive (I've checked, external drive works with ubuntu).
I have a Dell Vostro 1400 with the Nvidia GPU running ubuntu 10.04. There is a problem with the GPU and dell has recommended that you upgrade your BIOS. I have the executable that can run from either dos or windows. The problem is, I can't boot the system long enough before the screen goes blank on me, my option is to boot from a USB disk to a dos command prompt and then execute the update. I have the file, I just need instructions on how to create a bootable dos disk using a USB pendrive.
Installed 10.04 as a LAMP. I want to be able to create a new intranet site for testing purposes.
When creating a new site with in apache, what is the recommendation for the folder? With in the var/www? Everything appears to want a domain address and since its local only, what do I use as a domain?
I have webmin installed and I would think creating a virutual server would be my first step, but I am getting hung up on the domain address.
I've spent the past several hours trying to determine how I can mount a Windows 7 ISO onto my USB drive using Ubuntu. I have followed this post, as it is the only thing that came up on Google after hours of searching (mostly it shows how to make a Ubuntu USB drive on Windows, not vice versa.)
Using the method in that post, it seems like I was successful. However, after a few seconds it gave me an error like this.
Code: Load Driver
A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.
Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD dive, you can safely remove it for this step.
I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 for awhile now, and I wish to create a partition for Windows 7 so that I can dual-boot. I know you all are cursing me right now, but I have no choice. I run too much high-end software for business purposes that I need to.
I have dual-booted before, but that was when I had windows xp on a primary partition, and I seem to recall that was necessary. I dual-booted ubuntu afterwards as a trial basis, and then I completely switched to Ubuntu 100% for the last couple years. Unfortunately I need to go back. Is it possible to create a file partition for windows as a secondary partition without wiping all my data?
First Question: I have a very big volume (20+TB). When I try formatting it as ext4, I get the error message:
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) mkfs.ext4: Size of device /dev/sdc1 too big to be expressed in 32 bits using a blocksize of 4096. I understand that ext4 has a limit of 1EB (about a million terabytes), but a 32-bit limitation in e2fsprogs prevents me from creating a partition > 16TB.
Until e2fsprogs is updated to use 48-bit block addressing, it appears my choices are:Break up the volume into smaller volumes < 16TB, or Use xfs or zfs (I have already created a test xfs partition, and it works fine).
Does anyone have any opinions about which option is preferable? I have never used xfs before. Is it as robust as ext4? Is it as well supported by Ubuntu? What about zfs? Is it worth downloading from the ppa?
Second Question: I now have a huge amount of data to back up. In the old days, I remember making a full backup of a "big" 10 MB hard drive by taking a stack of floppies and inserting them one at a time into my floppy drive while my backup program split the backup into 1.4 MB chunks small enough to fit on a floppy.
I now have the same problem, but at a different scale. I need to back up 20+TB onto a stack of external 2TB drives. Is there any software package that can fragment a backup in this way?
I don't want the 'Download' dir in my home. I don't have it in any other computer and there is no problem. But in my Desktop, every time i reboot there is one 'Downloads' dir in my home and I remove it every time (rmdir Downloads). But when I reboot, it is there again! So what is creating my Downloads dir?. I repeat, I have another laptop with the same ubuntu version (10.04) and I don't have this problem.
I'm trying to install XP Sp 3 on my comp which is running Ubuntu atm. But when I tried to create a partition after I clicked "Apply" I get this error :
GParted 0.6.2 Libparted 2.3 Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 74.50 GiB) on /dev/sda 00:00:01( ERROR ) create empty partition 00:00:01( ERROR )libparted messages( INFO ) Partition(s) 1, 5 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
