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Mac theme

-Wiz!- — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:19:12 GMT

I download the theme but it does not install correctly. It is seen as custom and so I get the mac look but the windows bar stays the same. Anyone know how to change it? Is it something to do with Compiz?

Edit: Solved - Sort of...I just downloaded a separated bar and dropped it in the thme manager. :)

Hardly Heron DVD drama!

-Wiz!- — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:25:19 GMT

Downloaded relevant codecs but refuses to play? Help? :)

DNS Cache Poisoning

EdP — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:32:56 GMT

Can any IP/DNS guru who is familiar with the release of the 'apparent' details of the Kaminsky cache poisoning attack comment on the pros and cons of immediately setting up our own workstation DNS caches (as shown in link), to reduce the risk of these speculative details resulting in cache poisoning of 'harmless' sites e.g. the technology page on BBC or even MicroMart forum(horror of horrors!).

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-djbdns-setup-on-ubuntu8.04-amd64

In asking this question I make the assumption that we install (say) djbns and then rush around visiting all our favorite sites to build our own 'safe' cache, before the world and even our IP provider gets flooded with cache poisoning attempts.

Reading NTFS volumes.

cocorico — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:03:27 GMT

Hi All,

I've recently developed a problem with a windows machine and my only other working computer available to secure my date from is a PC running Fedora 5. What I want to do is put the hard drive out of the windows machine into a USB enclosure, attach it to the Fedora machine, and secure the data from it.
The Windows machine was running MS XP Home and is formatted to NTFS. Does anybody know how to get the Fedora to be able to read the NTFS volume?

Many Thanks John

wireless on xubuntu

asprilliasboat — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:40:53 GMT

hope someone may be able to help, i have an old toshiba tecra 8000, which i have just installed xubuntu on today, works great, but wifi is not, have tried 3com pcmia card (3crwe62092a), which was in the laptop while i installed, also tried us robotics usb dongle (usr805422), no dice with either, i am a complete linux noob and need some serious guidence.
I really don't know what to do now, i opened the terminal, and then closed it again!!! The main use for the laptop is browsing the web so i really want to crack this. There's no ethernet on the laptop so any stuff i need to download needs to be put on a cd and copied over, i guess.
Any help would be greatly apreciated, thanks

ubuntu vista

duc904red — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:18:40 GMT

Hi chaps and chapesses tried to install ubuntu lts along side vista the partitioner wont give me the resize option like it did with xp any ideas whats going on Steve

Fortify Your Day with FUD

Attercop — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:56:02 GMT

[quote]Listen up Open Sourcers: You're slackers! That's the latest word from Fortify Software, the result of [url=http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63875.html]a study by the security-software vendor into the security of Open Source Software[/url], an undertaking aimed at "informing" enterprise users of the "risks" associated with the Wild West of non-proprietary software.

The study, which presumably represents a startling advancement in scientific research, studied eleven Java-based Open Source offerings without commercial support and managed to extrapolate those results into a resounding condemnation of the entire community. [url=http://www.fortify.com/news-events/releases/2008/2008-07-21.jsp]According to Fortify[/url] "the most widely-used open source software packages for the enterprise are exposing users to significant and unnecessary business risk" and that "nearly all OSS communities fail to provide users access to security expertise to help remediate these vulnerabilities and security risks." Really? The most widely used Open Source packages are all Java-based and lack commercial support? The eleven projects you studied represent nearly all Open Source communities? And why, exactly, are the names of these projects noticeably absent from what is otherwise a press release just brimming with information?

Of course, Fortify doesn't want us to take it personally, telling Linux Insider they hope for a positive response. Still, there are "no real concerns about a negative reaction to the study findings." Hardly surprising. One has to wonder what kind of concerns they have about [url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/merchandising-mysql-scalping-skype-and-fuzz-facebook]certain high-profile proprietary software packages[/url] with documented history of [url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/google-wants-fly-netflix-grounded-and-mr-mozilla-hopping-mad]sweeping security breaches under the rug[/url], and if they're aware that while those "secure" producers are [url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/internet-down-so-microsoft-not-fox]busy practicing the maxim "Deny, Deny, Deny,[/url]" the Open Source community is [url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005781]busy patching the holes[/url].

Anyone who would like to read the report and learn just which projects compose the entirety of the Open Source community these days can [url=http://www.fortify.com/l/oss/oss_report.html]register at Fortify's website[/url] to receive a copy of the report. Of course, [url=http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fortify.com]it's on a Linux/Apache stack[/url], so no guarantees about the security...[/quote]
[url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fortify-your-day-fud]Full article here.[/url]

Ubuntu resolution again...

-Wiz!- — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:59:22 GMT

Put Ubuntu HH on the rig in the sig. The screen res is only 1024x768 though? I am trying to edit the xorg.conf file but it does not let me change even thought the file shows the res I want? :)

Rejected EULA refund

gn2 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:16:03 GMT

I bought a new Asus laptop this week from a well known E-tailer.

Due to the fact that I will never use the copy of Vista that came pre-installed, I am considering refusing the EULA and claiming a refund for the unused licence.

Does anyone have any experience of attempting this process and how did you get on?

Ubantu on my Son's laptop

idunno — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:41:57 GMT

Sometime ago, my Son decided to install Gutsy Gibbon (he thinks!) on his laptop - a HP Pavilion dv 8000 , and no he didn't do any backups etc before he started.
Unfortunately the install has now gone belly up, it had worked quite well for about a year. Which means that it gets given back to "Good old Dad" to try and fix.
So I have a feeling that this will be the first of several questions, as I have no idea about Linux - but happen to use the same forum as several guys who do!
I have managed to get it to run Gnome in safe mode, and it says.

Internal error.
failed to initialiaze HAL!

It is not speaking to its USB ports or its optical drive at the moment, but the ports do seem to be functioning as he can still charge his phone through them, and the working light on a stick drive does come on when one is inserted.

So I am clueless, any ideas?

Mac

Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:46:01 GMT

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

I have GeForce 7300 card in a ASUS A8V-VM SE motherboard running Ubuntu 8.04, the problem is my screen resolution at best is 640X480 @ 50Hz. I am using the Nvida accelerated graphics diver (latest cards) from Synaptic Package Manager, which is no better then the standard drivers.

Is there a way to increase my screen resolution with better drivers, and where can I get them.

Thanks

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

KDE4

Attercop — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:36:49 GMT

Even as a Gnome convert i have to admit that KDE4 looks very sexy, from the screenshots i have seen of it. Although i have read a lot of FUD about instability, functionality and the fact that it seems generally quite an unfinished release. It would be good to hear a few positives about it for a change.

What are your top 3 favourite things about Linux

wyliecoyoteuk — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:43:52 GMT

Hi I thought that we should try and be a bit more positive.....
And no mentioning the other popular OSes.....:D

Here's mine....
1. Flexibility - the choice and range means that there is a Linux to suit everyone.
2. log files - nothing better for trouble shooting, there are logs for everything!
3. [url=http://www.webmin.com/] Webmin[/url] - makes my job easier

Anyone tried Flock 2?

asininity — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:41:06 GMT

I'm using it to type this. Didn't even know it existed till last weeks mag. And even then I thought it was just for windows because linux wasn't mentioned in the system specs on the review, tut tut MM. You dont have to install it it comes in a tar archive and you just extract it anywhere you want and double click the "flock-browser" file and it runs. Imports bookmarks password and history from firefox and your done. So basically its a portable app for linux.

Wikipedia Vandalism

Attercop — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:29:27 GMT

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu[/url]

Looks like someone pulled their mouth off Bill's teat for long enough to visit Wikipedia.

Best ever windows or Linux cartoons

wyliecoyoteuk — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:20:10 GMT

With somw of the heated debate about "humour" lately, I thought a lighter note might be a competition between cartoons about the debate.

I'm off the net for a week in Cornwall, so here are a couple (fairly innocuous) to start it off:

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20071111

http://www.offthemark.com/search-results/key/microsoft+windows/

Free 'Powered by Ubuntu' stickers

Attercop — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:45:44 GMT

Show your Ubuntu pride and get a FREE strip of four 'powered by Ubuntu' stickers.

[img]http://system76.com/images/freeStuff/powered_by_ubuntu.jpg[/img]

Send a self addressed stamped envelope to:

The Linux Emporium
Bridge House
17a Maybrook Road
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham
B76 1AL UK

Thanks to the United Kingdom Ubuntu Team!

Original website link: [url=http://system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9]http://system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9[/url]

WPN111 USB wifi - wont work in ubuntu

PoWeR UsEr — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:42:20 GMT

i have just decided to install dual-boot Ubuntu on my main machine but i have a problem with the USB network device, Linux don't know how to make it work, i have had a look around on the internet for a fix to this but i cant fing a good clear instruction on what to do. i was hoping someone here might ba able to give me a hand. its the WPN111 USB adaptor

Cheers, calum

Mp3 burning software

Attercop — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:53:30 GMT

There are always too many tracks to fit on a regular audio cd, so i always end up having to use Nero in XP which means a reboot just for one task. Annoying. I assume the exclusion of this software on Ubuntu as standard is down to the legality/ethical issue. But is there a program i don't know about that will allow me to make an Mp3 disc? Preferably not k3b as i use Gnome and it would mean loads of KDE config files in addition to the burning software.

Your top 3 (or more..) all distro Linux niggles

Attercop — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:33:03 GMT

To kick things off mine are:

1. [b]Display related niggles.[/b] Native resolution and refresh is rarely detected and/or correct, and the display options GUI simply doesn't list the right resolutions/refresh rate to correct the error.

2. [b]Gaming niggles.[/b] Even the casual PC gamer like myself (still enjoying Black & White 2) is forced into an XP dual boot purely for gaming needs. Though Wine is much improved, it's still pretty dire compared to running games in Windows.

3. [b]Mounting niggles.[/b] All mounting should be done at boot time, with a nice simple GUI menu to change preferences related to permissions and what should and should not be mounting when and by whom.

Inspired by [url=http://www.linux.com/feature/139214]this article[/url] at Linux.com.

Edit: This isn't a "Windows niggles" thread, as we may well crash the forum server with that. Try and stick to Linux. And my definition of a "niggle" is something that's annoying but not the end of the world. Some people seem to be defining it as a fundamental world ending problem. It's nothing that dramatic guys.

Looks like the SCO mess is finally finished

wyliecoyoteuk — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:19:41 GMT

Is anybody actually [url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/17/sco_ordered_to_pay_novell/] surprised [/url] at the outcome?

What's the most obscure Distro You've tried?

malc_wright — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:21:54 GMT

Hi All,

Most of the Linux Forum is taken up with the usual Distro suspects, so I thought I just ask if anyone is exploring further a field?

Watching TV in Mint

Tippon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:38:01 GMT

I'm installing Mint onto what will be a media centre PC, with two TV tuners. How do I know if they've been detected and set up correctly, and what can I use to scan for channels and watch them?

If everything works ok, I'm going to try Myth TV with an MS MCE remote control and connect this to the TV in my living room, with music and videos streamed from another PC, so expect more questions ;)

Ubuntu 8.04.1 has now been released.

malc_wright — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:29:12 GMT

Hi All

Canonical announced the release of 8.04.1 here [url]https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-July/000112.html[/url]

Has anybody tried it yet and is it an improvement (i.e. have they sorted out the mixed IDE/Sata drive problem which would stop most newbies with such a set up dead in their tracks)?

I notice that my favourite Kubuntu wasn't part of the Long Term Support, so Mandriva 2008 is looking good to me.

I'm very tempted to give Slackware 12.1 a try particularly as Slackware is celebrating its 15th birthday, and its default desktop is KDE.

The last Long Term Support Distribution from Canonical was Dapper Drake which was held back for 2 months and became version 6.06, given that there are over 200 bug fixes from 8.04, in 8.04.1 maybe the second LTS issue might have been better received if it had been 8.06.

Am I alone in thinking the problems Hardy has had due to the April (04) launch, has somewhat tarnished an otherwise flagship product?

Sabayon Linux 3.5 has been released

mob453 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:54:55 GMT

www.sabayonlinux.org

4gb download but worth it in my opinion, Entropy the new package manager is fantastic.

Graphics card works, monitor works, 3d games work, wireless works, email works, update manager works.

roll on 4.0

ubuntu query

pete39 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:35:09 GMT

Tried running Ubuntu 7.04 on my old PC. It has now locked up completly.

Won't boot properly, it posts o. k. but the seizes up. Any ideas ?

Could it be because that Ubuntu seems to prefer NTFS,

whereas my pc with 98SE on it is Fat32

Top 5 New Features of Ubuntu 8.10

Attercop — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:32 GMT

[b][url=http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/07/03/top-5-new-features-of-ubuntu-810-interpid-ibex/]Top 5 New Features of Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex[/url][/b]

As the Intrepid Ibex (8.10) development gets going, many people will probably be wondering what new end-user features they can expect.

1. The new theme - Though it was planned for 8.04, the plan for a new theme was pushed back to 8.10, the upcoming release. While almost every new version has some visual changes and a new background, this release is supposed to have more radical changes to the theme. The basic color scheme will probably stay, but other than that, who knows? You can see some of the proposed art [url=http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/06/28/interesting-early-artwork-for-intrepid-ibex/]here[/url].

2. Encrypted “Private” Directory - While many OSs now offer whole hard-drive encryption, most people probably only have a small set of their files that they want to encrypt. Instead of offering an encrypt everything or nothing option, there will be a folder in each user’s home folder called “Private” that will be encrypted. This would be useful to store confidential documents and that sort of thing without slowing down access to less-confidential stuff, like your music. ([url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory]Full Blueprint[/url])

3. Improved Flash Experience - I thought that being prompted to click next a few times the first time you wanted to see Flash content was a good enough Flash experience, but apparently the Ubuntu developers want it to be even better. I think it is safe to expect absolutely seamless Flash viewing in Intrepid. ([url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashExperienceIntrepid]Full Blueprint[/url])

4. LiveCD Installer Updates - While the current installer is functional, there are a number of improvements that could be made. The ones I am looking forward to most are the visual representation of partitions and the slideshow introducing new users to Ubuntu while they are waiting for it to install, as I proposed in a [url=http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9248/]Brainstorm idea[/url] :-). ([url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbiquityVisualRefresh]Full Blueprint[/url])

5. LiveUSB Creator - Like Fedora has already done, it will become possible to use a GUI utility to create a “LiveUSB” disc. Basically, it will be very easy to install Ubuntu to a flash drive and carry it around. The main advantage of a flash drive over a CD is that you can save changes back to the drive. ([url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USBInstallationImages]Full Blueprint[/url])

If you are interested, you can find all the plans for Intrepid Ibex [url=https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid]on Launchpad[/url].

Keyboard layout in HH.

bigdaddy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:48:26 GMT

My keyboard has defaulted to US layout even though I have set UK in the preferences and deleted US.:crazy:
How do I make it obey my instructions?

Ubuntu 8.04.1 Live DVDs are out

Bruce R — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:57:12 GMT

The '1st July 2008, 8.04.1 Milestone' has been achieved. ;)
32-bit i386 and 64-bit LiveDVDs can now be downloaded from
[url]http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/release/[/url]

I downloaded the 3.9G, 32-bit version and the final 'CD' integrity check took fifteen minutes. :)

As one might expect, the default kernel is 2.6.24-19-generic and it still doesn't auto-detect and display drive icons as per Ubuntu 7.10, but 'NTFS Configuration Tool' ([i]ntfs-config[/i]) or 'Storage Device Manager' ([i]pySDM[/i]) can soon fix that so that they are restored after a Restart. I haven't yet found any real differences from a routinely Updated 8.04 installation, although obviously intermediate kernels are not installed. :cool:

(Edit - for 'newbies' this [url]http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download[/url] LiveCD link may be preferable.)

AVI playback problem in mint 5

fearthesmurf — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:28:51 GMT

Hi all I know i haven't been here for a while been busy taking over the world!! Hope you are all ok?

I have run into a small problem using Mint 5 that didnt exsist with mint 4 my digital camera take videos (like most) the play back under Mint5 is choppy at best, Totem movie player just crashes the whole system, where as Mplayer does it at varying speeds 1 sec normal and 1 sec accelerated very annoying. I have changed laptops between distros as well so that might be a cause I am using a Acer Centrino Duo now that only has 512Mb ram (until i get paided)

Anyone have a cure slash different player that I could use?

Many thanks

deleting Linux Mint

retro — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:43:03 GMT

i have been impressed with Linux Mint 5, so much i'm gonna build a comp dedicated to it. i already have a spare mobo, ram and cd-rw, this is where my problems start i want to use the 40gb ide drive i have in this system.

i also thought while i was at it i'd re-install windows (its easier than trying to fix it :)), but i have things i need to back up and i'd like to use the 40gb hdd. the files i want to save take up about 35gb, its easier to use the hdd than dvd's

to recap; i need to remove linux and still be able to use windows for the backing up of files, i'm under the impression that if i remove linux mint that windows wont boot, is this correct or not ?

Multi Monitor problems

Avenyet — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:49 GMT

ok my problem is i'm trying to run 2 monitors on PCLinuxOS using the latest Nvidia drivers (not beta) and i can set the monitors up great using the Nvidia control panel but I can only apply them I keep getting write error when trying to save it.

I've tried running it as root but still nothing the X.conf just doesn't want to play

oh and another thing is there anyway to set up the two monitors in a similar setup to windows (i'm assuming setting it up as a separate X) becasue the Twin view is a total pain the the **** when it comes to apps resizing themselves.

any help would be greatly appreciated because I don't really want to go back to windows for anything other than some games.

PCLinuxOS (mini me 2008 fully updated)
Geforce 8800 GT

so would manually editing the X.conf be the best way forward for this?

adding gcc on asus eee 701

MarcusC — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:54:27 GMT

Can anyone help me to install a gcc compiler on an Asus eee 701? I've never used Linux before so the guides I've found online are too hard for me to follow (I've just worked out you press Ctrl Alt T to open the command line - it took me a while!!)

Currently I'm using MinGW to compile C programs on Windows, but I'd really like to use the ASUS.

Thanks for any help out there. Marcus.

A bit of a success story for a change.

wanderjahre_ron — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:51:12 GMT

Hi folks, since I am normally on the cadge for information, I thought I would share a bit of Linux related success, just for a change.:)

After burning several DVDs for my daughter recently, I found her in the living room a couple of days ago playing a game on her recently bought PS3, nice looking machine, and her mention that it had a 40gb hard drive prompted me to look it up on the net since what I know about games machines could be successfully inscribed on a smallish stamp with room to spare.

The PS3 turned out to be quite a capable beatie indeed!

At first I thought I could copy some video files over to her machine, but on reading the specification on the machine it transpired that the machine could handle media streaming.

I did a bit more reading and installed Mediatomb on my Mint5 machine. The PS3 saw the server but none of the files I had shared. A bit more reading showed that the PS3 was pretty fussy about which video files it read. I played around with various GUI and apps but eventually found myself using ffmpeg to encode avi to mpeg1 which worked perfectly (and was pretty fast as well). The only downside is that the games machine cannot seem to handle pause/forward/back etc - but all in all a success; my reputation as "techy-dad" enhanced and a small saving on DVDs as well.

I have read that its entirely possible to install Linux on a partition on the drive which could be handy for hassle free browsing and email so possibly more experimentation (happy tinkering) to come! :D

software for easy driver instalation in ubuntu 8.4

k rayner — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:23:00 GMT

i am just wondering if anyone knows of any software for ubuntu 8.4 that handels driver instalation as i have not been able to install drivers using the read me files that come with the driver also i dont realy want to go into the command line if i can help it

thank you.

Defrag ext2/ext3

V-600 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:29:53 GMT

I have just had a thought regarding windows and defragging. If I am running a hard disk formatted ext3 (appears as ext2 on windows computer) in a computer running windows XP, will it need defragmenting?

Windows doesn't seem to want to touch it regarding this so does that mean it doesn't need done, or I will have to find some other way.

EDIT: Pretty much the next search turned up this

[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=552632[/url]

so I guess not.

Ubuntu 8.04

kopite — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:09:13 GMT

:blush:Hi Guys, I have installed The Hardy Heron, within windows; just to lean all about it. However when I go to System, Preferences, screen resolution it only shows two sizes, 640 x 480 and 320 x 240?. Subsequently the display is to large to do anything. Any ideas why this is guys Kopite

suse 11.0

Sparky — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:01:31 GMT

Just loaded it up now and i am impressed.
They have sorted out the package management system, now feels as fast as synaptic.
Adding the packman-videolan-nvidia repositories was a breeze, added on setting up update repos with one click.
When i installed opera flash worked straight away which is more then happened with kubuntu.
It also has a stand alone flash player installed and real player 10 as well.
It's a shame they did the linux review before it released because it's loads better then the previous version.
The only snag i hit was ipv6 is enabled by default and as my router does not support it-it would not connect to the net to set up update repos until disabled.
well worth a look.

Your Favourite Linux Distro

DJ — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:03:13 GMT

By popular insistence^H^H^H^Hdemand...

Uninstalling linux from dual boot set up

Mike Whitworth — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:30:07 GMT

Help please I am a total novice about linux and need the following help with my dual boot set up
I have just installed Linux Ubuntu as a dual boot on my windows XP home system . I did this from the Linux starter pack dvd and I mistakenly allowcated to much hard drive to Ubuntu and now have virtually no space left to work with XP. I have looked under "Add and remove software in XP but Ubuntu is not there. My Hard rive is now showing as being only 94 gb in size and full, all bar 500mb.
How can I uninstall linux and get back to my full 250gb HD I have tried the restore feature in XP but that did not work

Alternativly how can I reduce the partition size that I have allowcated to Linux
HELP I AM A COMPLETE NOVICE.
Thanks in advance for any help
Mike