Ubuntu :: What Exactly Plymouth Do - Bootlogd Replacement?
Apr 20, 2010
I've been seeing a lot of posts on Plymouth and I was wondering a few things:
1) What exactly is Plymouth supposed to do? Is it supposed to make a fancy splash screen to replace the scrolling Kernel messages (Which is now just a blinking cursor at the top left), and for that matter...
2) Is it supposed to replace bootlogd (Which has been deprecated - by what, who knows?)? I've seen something about "Plymouth Logger" when I was running the updates on Lucid but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work.
3) I do see a splash screen for Kubuntu when I log off, is the same one supposed to be there when the computer is booting. Also is anyone here familiar with Backtrack? In Backtrack when you boot, you get a splash of the Remote Exploit logo, but in the middle there's a box with the kernel boot messages. Can something similar be implemented in Kubuntu? (Forgive my noobishness)
4) If indeed Plymouth has replaced bootlogd as the boot time logger, will it also fix the problem of incomplete boot logs that existed with bootlogd (And spare us from having to use serial consoles in order to check what modules or drivers are failing at boot time so we can optimize our kernels).
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Aug 3, 2011
really wish to customize my GDM for ubuntu 11.4 but failed to do so.....therefore i decided to use alt. such as SLiM.....I could install it properly in virtualbox but when i went to do it on my real ubuntu 11.4 ......the screen stops at plymouth theme or goes blank after loading plymouth theme......then i read further more blogs and made changes and now even if i configure SLim the GDM starts no matter what i do .........
PS : I am new to ubuntu and dont have any knowledge about scripting programming and stuff....
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Aug 10, 2010
I am going to be given an old "piece of junk" and would like to turn it into a speedy little "toy" to use for things, along with my os x and xp.The computer has windows 98 installed and only has 32MB RAM (could be 64, not sure until im given it) and a 1gig HDD. It also has a CD drive and a Floppy.I would like to speed it to the max, to make it perform (in comparison) as nearly as good as my mac. eg. when apps are opened, they only take a few seconds to pop up. I am looking at Linux distros but am struggling to find one suitable.
I was thinking of Puppy but DSL would probably be more suitable.I would like some recommendations to whether I should give windows a fresh install and try to delete whatever is unnecessary, or just clear it and download a linux and use WINE.
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Oct 1, 2010
I just got this message URL...nd so have decided to use firefox sync and chrome sync. Ive installed both of these but how do i go about checking whether or not my data is being backed up? I cant seem to find the servers to log in to.
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Jan 10, 2011
I am transtioning from Windows to Ubuntu 10.4 and I was surprised to see that Intuit does not have a Linux build of Quicken. What is the most capable Quicken replacement for Ubuntu? Thanks.
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Jul 29, 2010
I am looking for a FTP server replacement that is web based. Something like you see services have out there. I looked at a product called SynaMan from Synametrics Technologies and it really looked like it would do what I wanted but I could never get it to work with Ubuntu.Does anyone have any suggestions. This is for corporate use.Average users just don't get FTP
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Dec 5, 2010
There are two things that evince does not do that I need it to do:
1) In dual page viewing mode, it needs to know what to do with the first page. Sometimes the first page is a cover, and sometimes it is not. The facing pages are not correct if the first page is not a cover page, then evince does not place the facing pages on the same screen for me
2) I want to view pages using the best fit mode. I then click on a page in the side pane and the document suddenly changes back to fit page width mode. The "save current settings ad default" does nothing
Because of this, I would like either a fix or a recommendation for a better pdf reader.
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Apr 29, 2011
Anyone know of a possible replacement for the Gnome timer applet?
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May 4, 2011
I use Simple Backup to backup all my machines across my home network. I have just upgraded my test system to 11.04 with a clean install and want to restore all mt stuff from my backup, however, looking in the software centre Simple Backup no longer exists..
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Oct 22, 2010
I had a Huawei e1752c O2 Mobile Broadband dongle working fine in Ubuntu 9.04 using usb_modeswitch, with settings taken from After renewing an annual O2 contract, I have a new e1752c and it does not work in Ubuntu 9.04, even after installing the latest usb_modeswitch package and data. The new dongle does work perfectly on an identical laptop that has Ubuntu 10.04 with a freshly installed Network Manager and usb_modeswitch.I am guessing that there is a rule (udev or whatever) hanging over from somewhere that needs deleting, but I don't know where to look, and don't see any useful error messages - the device lists as Vendor 12d1, Product 1446 before and after usb_modeswitch runs, but becomes Product 140c in the Ubuntu 10.04 system.
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Nov 30, 2010
I'm running Nautilus in standard Ubuntu 10.10, but it lacks a feature that is very important for my usage. If there is a modification for Nautilus, that would be best, if there is another Linux file manager that provides the feature,When I save a file in a directory by starting to type what I want to name the file in the Windows file manager, at least from XP to current, then a list pops up below the typing line with a list of the files that match that string of characters. I don't know if or how Nautilus can be made to do this.
Why important: I use a Firefox add-on to download songs from some internet radio websites. Because I download so many, I follow the naming convention ARTIST- ALBUM- SONG. Because I've already got over 4000 songs so downloaded, I usually don't know if, when I hear a song, whether I've already downloaded it or not. By having the feature, I just start typing to name the file, and I quickly discover if I already have the song so I can skip the song until I get to one I have not downloaded.
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Dec 23, 2010
I am looking for an Ubuntu replacement program for MDBS, which is essentially a business management program that Matco uses for tool sales.I need a program that:
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Apr 4, 2011
Whatever I use, synaptic, update manager, apt-get it insists on upgrading GDM The upgrade just 'hangs' on the upgrade with'unpacking replacement gdm' message All 3 still try and upgrade gdm (why does it do this even when I do not want to upgrade/update) ?I've had this problem for nearly 3 days now and i am stuck can't do any package install my system is basically 'stuck' in no update/install mode until i solve this The gdm is: /var/cache/apt/archives/gdm_2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb even if i get a new copy from ANY repo it still has this problem, any solution, anyone come accross this yet?
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Aug 3, 2010
setting up a dual boot system and would like a gui replacement for grub
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Apr 19, 2011
present we have a folder shared between branches (Approx 10G of data) and we're using Windows 2003 with DFS but this has had a number of issues and thus is scheduled to be replaced with a Linux solution for various reasons.I would need a scalable system that will allow me to start off with 5 servers each having a samba?hare to Windows pc's. The 5 servers though must replicate any changes made to the folder. So if server 1 received a new file, it should replicate the change to servers 2-5 etc... Ideally I would also like the shares to allow for AD based permissions.Can anyone recommend a way forward with this? I am currently looking into GlusterFS and lsyncd as two options for the replication
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Feb 6, 2010
Just put my second customer on desktop Cent OS 5.4 (x64 this time). The only thing I can not substitute for is iTunes. All he wants to do it to control his iPod (he really does not listen to music on his computer).
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Feb 19, 2010
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Oct 7, 2010
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Rhythmbox - Great, but reports the wrong bitrate on all my songs. It is very important for me to know the correct bitrate for uploading to certain sites.
Audacious - Way to simple and winamp like.
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Feb 12, 2011
I need a replacement for Windows Movie Maker.Specifically, I need to combine STILL images with sound ...
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Mar 10, 2011
I have been trying to figure out a way to use a usb flash drive as a substitute for an ipod in my car... I have a female usb plug for the data, but it will not take a regular flash drive.
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May 9, 2011
The on-board NIC on my machine died this morning, so I've just gone out and bought a replacement PCI card. The card has been recognised by Karmic, but it's not working. /var/log/messages says:
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May 9 11:21:58 ian-desktop kernel: [ 2.082324] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
May 9 11:21:58 ian-desktop kernel: [ 2.082334] r8169 0000:04:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
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how I install the appropriate driver (noting that I have to sneakernet files across via usb stick), or any other diagnostics I should try?
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Jul 23, 2011
I use a text editor mostly for opening up and editing ascii text files that are used by the programs I write. For example, manually editing comma separated value data files.
I've been using Gedit for this, and it's been very frustrating because I started noticing new-line characters (hex 0A) were creeping into my CSV ascii data. It turns out that Gedit has an undocumented "feature" where it silently introduces a new line character at the end of any file you edit, and there is no way to turn this feature off! See this bug report. I installed GVim, and a quick test shows that GVim does the same thing.
I would like a recommendation for a more straightforward text editor, which:
1) Doesn't add extra bytes to the file (or if it does, this behavior can be turned off).
2) Allows you to force ASCII when opening a file (sometimes Gedit will make an incorrect assumption about encoding because of a stray non-printable character)
More advanced features would be nice, like regular expressions for search and replace, but I need this basic functionality first.
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Jul 26, 2011
What are the possible Ubuntu/Linux substitute software applications for Itunes program that is used by most M/S windows computer users. It is my understanding that "maybe", Itunes can be made to work under Ubuntu by going thru a process that resembles reinventing the wheel - am not interested in doing that. Just want an application that does basically the same thing that Itunes does under Windows but does it under Ubuntu. Looking for something that I can point potential Ubuntu converts to, when they ask how do I continue to use Itunes.
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Jan 31, 2010
I run a Squeeze system and have recently updated various packages. As far as I can tell one of the changes has deprecated HAL FDI files (used for, among other things, configuring various input devices). I am hence wondering how one should go about configuring such devices --- without having to resort to an xorg.conf file.The two devices in question, an TouchPad and TrackPoint can both be configured via XInput when I log-in, however, it is somewhat tedious. Writing a log-on script to do this also seems rather hacky.So my question is: what is the most elegant way of configuring XInput devices?
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Nov 25, 2009
One thing I was disappointed with Fedora 12 was the CD/DVD burning application Brasero. I used this application (version 2.6) on Fedora 11 and every time I created a video DVD, i would get an error 'You do not have the required permissions to use this drive'. Even though I was getting this message, it will burn the DVD successfully and I was able to watch the DVD on TV. But getting this error was annoying. I wrote to the developer Luis Medinas who didn't bother to reply. I posted question in Fedora forums and got no answers.
I came across a note on the internet that they have fixed this bug in version 2.8 that came with Fedora 12, so I installed a fresh copy of Fedora 12. But to my surprise this time Brasero came up with a different error.This time I wrote to another developer Philippe Rouquier and I haven't heard from him either. In next version of Fedora I would be very happy to see a "stable" CD/DVD burning application that won't throw errors.It is very annoying and a big turn off as a user. The only time I use Windows is to author DVD's TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 simply because in Linux there is no program that is sophisticated and stable enough.
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Jan 16, 2010
i'm currently using gmail as my general and main mail service provider and hotmail for my daily mailing!I hate yahoo, it's really unsecure!!I want a email service provide as secure as possible that shows i'm using linux!hotmail and microsoft and windows are chained together!
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Mar 21, 2011
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Jan 15, 2010
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Jan 21, 2011
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May 4, 2009
Since trying to upgrade from Centos 4.7 to Centos 5.2, I've noticed the message about 'initlog' being deprecated. I run the following and get:
> /sbin/initlog -q -c "$HOME/my_xmlrpc_server"
WARNING: initlog is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
I'm now trying to find a suitable replacement for it and have not found one. We use 'initlog' to run a background service from my own init script to output any abnormal stdout and stderr messages to syslogs. I can't find any other program that will do a similar job. These stderr output are really handy for quickly diagnosing some of the more difficult problems.
Should I be trying to do this in a completely different way. Maybe the way I have created the init script should be done differently to not require initlog at all. Here is a snippet from my init script:
start)
getpid;
if [ -n "${PID:-}" ]; then
echo "$SERVER_NAME is already running on [$PID].";
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