I am trying to install some piece of software on my machine that I need for my research.The installation instruction says I need to issue a "make" command in the main directory and that should do the trick. But it looks like there are some issues with this. The problem is that I cannot even see the earlier error messages. The terminal only shows the last ones but when I try to see where did the problem started I can only go back to a certain number of lines. I tried also to pipe the output of the make command into a text file but it only shows me the beginning and does not have the rest of the stuff ( is this normal for vi?
I've got an older graphics card I'm trying to use. It actually runs fine through the bios and even works when fedora is loading. But once fedora finishes loading half the screen turns into thousands of multicolored horizontal lines.
I've cross compiled busybox with buildroot for the mini2440 (configured: arm920t EABI) I compiled it dynamically. I use Ubuntu 9.10 on my build system. Doing the "ls -l"-command in the /bin directory I see that busybox is marked red. (This is still on my build system, not on my target system!) The background of the word busybox is marked red. And the word busybox is in default colour instead of yellow, even though all permissions have the executable sign. I was wondering what this means. Also whether it's a bad thing? Also could this mean this is why my mini2440 will not boot correctly after transferring this root file system? (It stops the booting process just after loading the root file system)
I'm using GNOME terminal to SSH into a Debian server and would really like a way to paste multiple lines of text into configuration files (using the nano text editor if possible).
So far whatever I try dumps all the text onto a single line meaning I have to manually go through inserting line feeds which is tedious and can introduce errors.
Is there a way to paste text with line feeds intact? Rather than copying each line individually?
I am pretty new to Suse Linux, coming from Sun Solaris. I have an issue with the "more" command. It highlights all the lines beyond the first terminal appearance; anyway I can kill this highlighting?
I've just installed Kubuntu 11.04, switched on wobbly windows effect. It runs very smooth on my Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS with dual screen twinview turned on. However, I get these lines when I drag/move the window upwards - see screenshot:
I have been experiencing a problem where the screen loads and after initial first few lines breaks up into multiple repetitions of lines. Reloading helps but has to be repeated when pageing down. Mail is no problem; it is supplied by my network provider. OS is openSUSE 11.2 which I update when advised. Below is a sample from the error console:
I've come across an unusual requirement for a service in my Ubuntu system.Simply put, I need to find a way to search for all instances of a term in a file, delete lines containing containing that term, and delete four lines below each instance of that term. ither that, or copy the entirety of a file to a new file and skip over all lines containing the term plus four below it.This sounds kinda weird, I know. Without going too far into detail, I either have to change the logfile format for a server I'm running which is a huge pain in the butt, or I can just run a script to edit an HTML report generated from said logs. (Said report is really just for managers to peruse, and I like my log format, so I'm pursuing option 2.)
I have this massive table file with some data in it and I want to replace some lines that are wrong with the correct ones that are in another table file of the same format. The wrong lines are not all together in a block but randomly distributed so I need to make a loop checking if the line is in the other file and if it is, replace it. I want to try and do it with sed or awk but I don't really know how to....
When I boot up ubuntu 10.10, at first it looks fine, but after just a few minutes the color scheme will change to look like older versions of ubuntu (like 9.04). By this I mean that the top and bottom bar turn light grey instead of dark grey, and that icons and scroll bars in open windows look old.
Here is a screen shot of what it looks like. Keep in mind that this is in fact 10.10[URL]... Another interesting thing is that when I go to system->preferences->appearance->visual effects, none of the three options are checked (though compiz and emerald are still working fine). The weird thing, though, is that just opening the appearance window seems to temporarily solve the problem.
I took the splash about 3 months ago when I picked up a cheap book on Ubuntu that came with the 6.0 release. I had an old clone PC that I built back around 2000-2002. My apologies, but I can't quite remember the hardware specs exactly. But anyway version 6.0 worked pretty good, and I soon after upgraded via the Synaptic manager to 8.04. Everything ran a bit better on this release.
I was working on upgrading to 9.10 eventually, so I went from 8.04 to 8.10 first. However, when I rebooted after the install the GUI failed to launch. I got a lot of text on the screen saying certain things were being checked and there was an [OK] next to all of them save one. Nvidia, my graphics card had a [FAIL] next to it. I'm inclined to think this is the problem. I'm guessing the hardware is a bit outdated for the version of Ubuntu I am using?
I tried a couple of reboots and got the same messages. Eventually found my way into the Recovery mode where all the options were recovering 8.10 - not my previous version. So my question is how do I roll back to 8.06, or is there a way to update the hardware drivers so it will run on 8.10 without buying new hardware? I did somehow manage to get to a Prompt where it was asking for my Linux Login and Password.. it let me login and now I have a "DOS" prompt... not sure about the terminology if you still call that DOS or not. I'm a noob and still trying to learn the new lingo.
I don't have much to lose.. some pictures, but I figured out how to navigate to those at the prompt so I'm going to save those to disk. If I have to wipe the drive and start over I don't care, but I thought I would throw out a post here and see if anyone had a recommendation.
I already know about Ubuntu Tweak but the list of kernels seems to show only my 9.10 kernels. I checked GRUB and the 9.10 kernels are linux 2.6.31-17 and 2.6.31-19 but (acording to GRUB) the ones I am looking for should be version 2.6.28-17.
how can i run old software versions in lucid. For example I have to run Postgresql 8.3 on lucid but if I do apt-get then I get Postgresql 8.4, which is not what I want.
I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an older PC (for some reason 10+ locks it up) and it takes a really long time for it to boot up. After the motherboard screen passes, I see the blinking cursor on the screen like it's loading, but it takes about five minutes until it finally boots to the OS. This isn't native to Ubuntu, it did the same thing with Mint. The PC was never this slow to boot up before, but I hadn't used it in about a year. Originally, I had WinXP and Ubuntu on it and it always started up pretty quick. Would this be a hardware problem or something else?
I have tried installing both 10.10 and 11.04 on a older motherboard . The install seems to go smooth till it gets to the "who are you" screen and then there is no forward button lite up.
So I've been trying to install 11.04 on my laptop for a couple days. I tried the USB install a countless amount of times, and I tried upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 to 11.04, but it never worked. I finally installing it from Windows by the wubi installer, and now it works perfectly.
What I want to do now is remove 10.04, as well as GRUB. GRUB first comes up, and I select my Windows partition. Then I choose Ubuntu to load, and then another GRUB comes up. how do I remove 10.04, as well as make loading Ubuntu more simple?
Is an older version of Ubuntu or other Linux OS available that would work well in my older computer?
I have a computer that is about 11 years old that I would like to put to use. It is not the only computer at my home. I would just like to use it since I still have it. It will run Windows ME that came installed in it very well. Problem with that is that I am not able to locate virus and firewell software that will run on old versions such as ME.
An upgrade to XP is just to slow to live with. I loaded the latest Ubuntu 11.04 that works just fine other than it is even slower than is XP.
The computer is a tower type of desktop that has an 800 mhz Celeron processor with the maximum memory possible that is 512 kb if I recall correctly. I am connected to a 512 kbit DSL.
I think that what I would like to do is to install a Linux OS along side the Win ME and only go on line with the Linux program. Then I can still run a couple of programs that I cannot run with the Linux OS. I would kind of like to stay with Ubuntu since I have used it for a couple of years in a different computer and am use to it.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu onto an older computer. It has 1GB of RAM.
I couldn't get the disc to boot up on start up so I got Ubuntu to fix that for me with the handy feature it has on the installation disc.
However, when trying to boot up Ubuntu from the disc, it gives me this error:
try (hd0,0): NTSF5: error: "prefix" is not set
Waiting for about two minutes seems to ignore this, however, as it goes straight into the Ubuntu start up screen. However, after being there for a moment the loading bar stops loading and it seems to stop working in general.
For me, Ubuntu 11.04 can only use "software rasterizer" with Open GL. I think this is possibly because I have to disable kernel mode-setting on my PC and the new drivers with 11.04 need KMS to work. Though that's just my guess. In Ubuntu 10.04 hardware accelerated OpenGL works fine with KMS off. So does anybody know how I can use those older drivers in 11.04? OR Does anybody know how to make Ubuntu 11.04's drivers work with KMS disabled?
My favorite IM application, Pidgin,have been causing me some problems with it's new release (2.9.0).More specifically I can't see friends which are visible in normal versions of MSN or hotmail web interface, even though I have searched any options available thoroughly. Also some of my contacts can see me online but cannot message me.
Therefore, I would like to install an older version to find out whether these problems are version or application related. However the only available version is 2.9.0 and I would like to downgrade to an older version,let's say 2.6.0 but I have no idea on how to do that.
my ubuntu version has changed from v.2.6.27-7 to 2.6.35.-- while i was trying to install my lxu800 modem.my modem was not intalled. this upgradation took place when i installed linux-image-2.6.27-7.deb files. now i want to get my older version of ubuntu. how can i do it.
I have Ubuntu 10.4 on one system and I like it very well for having it just a short time. I have installed Kubuntu 10.4 last night on a older system and so far I am having problems learning the OS. I think its just learning the KDE. Anyway my system has a 850 mhz processor, 765 ram and 128 mb GeForce 5200 graphics card. Just would like to confirm my system would run it suffecient or I should go with something lighter. So far I seem to like Ubuntus Gnome much better but am willing to give KDE some time.
I am looking for a Linux distro that runs on older machines and suitable for non-geeks (and geeks like myself, relatively innocent of Linux). I have tried Puppy, Xubuntu, and a few others, but have not been satisfied. Lubuntu has been suggested and sounds promising, but I am having trouble running or even installing this on several old machines. Specs suggest Pentium-200 and 128 Mb as a minimum. Most of the time the install bails out or leaves a blank screen. I could not find a Lubuntu thread. What experiences are those in the know willing to share?
I have problem installing a program (GTNets) since it requires an older version of g++ (3.3), while the current version of g++ is 4.4 in my ubuntu installation (vers 9.10). Can anyone give me recommendations on how to solve this?
I guess that there should be able to install an older version of g++ in addition to the current g++. Furthermore, the current should be the default, while the older is an optional version.
