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lwfitz wrote:nabilalk wrote:DVD movies are detected, as are CD-R's. However, I have been unable to have #! recognize my DVD+RW discs. I have tested these discs on a Windows 7, and they are recognized without issue. I have a Toshiba Satellite M35-S456 which has a DVD+RW burner. It could just be that my drive doesnt like TDK dics, however I'm wondering what else I could do to mount these discs? Thanks.
Did you ever find a fix for this? I am having the exact same issue!
Unfortunately, no
cobaltwolfe wrote:installing WICD will not automatically remove network-manager. I just installed wicd and had to manually (not really but through the synaptic) network-manager. so far working far better than the NM.
btw this is on a lenovo t60 laptop. don't know what the card it but working with minor things not happening such as icon in xfce4 panel. but can easily change that i believe.
EDIT: wicd automatically added itself to the autostart.sh from what i am seeing.
What are the advantages of WICD over NM?
anonymous wrote:Try this:
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Then rerun firefox.
That worked :-)
Thanks, disabled the conical entries. Although now it says
ex
Reading package lists... Done
N: Ignoring file 'dropbox.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'google.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'partner.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Which is odd, since those entries didn't create a problem before. Dropbox, Google, and Linux Mint for I think Firefox or something. What are these files with .save extension in /etc/apt/sources.list.d?
anonymous wrote:@nabilalk - whose instructions did you use? For cobaltwolfe's steps, did you try running /usr/bin/firefox?
I used cobaltwolfe and launching Firefox from there launches Iceweasel
Do I have to remove Iceweasel first? Also, it should say firefox-6.0.tar.bz2 not 3.0.5
Firefox installed, but I can't seem to launch it.
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages
Err http://archive.canonical.com squeeze/partner Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://archive.canonical.com squeeze/partner i386 Packages
404 Not Found
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/non-free i386 Packages
Fetched 227 kB in 0s (258 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/squeeze/partner/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/squeeze/partner/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
What should I update these sources to in order to fix them so as to not receive any future error messages?
Thanks.
anonymous wrote:Do you just download the .asf files or do you view them in browser? For the latter, try using gecko-mediaplayer (browser plugin).
I'm looking for something that will launch the video when the .asx file is executed. I will give the plugin a shot, thanks.
Hey all,
My school uses .asf for streaming lectures and I am able to download the .asx file which links to it. Is there any player that I can install that will play these streaming video files? I already have MPlayer and Win32codecs installed, and the video won't play. The file will open, but its just to a black screen. Thanks.
machinebacon wrote:And in Chrome?
Edit: tyop
Seems you have a preview/beta version of Flash - stable is 10.3.xxx
Its beta because Flash-Aid the Firefox addon installed the beta and it fixed the playback issue in Firefox, just not Chrome
Shockwave Flash 11.0 d1 in Chromium
same in Iceweasel
Chrome video playback for flash videos say on NBA.com or Youtube videos is choppy. The sound is fine, just the video. I had a similar problem with Firefox, but found an Addon called Flash-Aid which solved this problem. I'm on Statler, but i don't believe its a Statler-only issue.
I can use Iceweasel, but prefer Chrome since I use it on multiple platforms and it can sync between them. Thanks for the help.
Unia wrote:Upgrading to testing solved this. 
Thanks!
How do I switch to testing as I have the same error that you had?
Hey all,
I have an old Toshiba with a busted wifi card. I'm trying to install the drivers for a wireless USB adapter. I have two, to choose from but have been unable to find the drivers for either:
D-Link model No: DWA-130
Airlink+ model No: AWLL3025
In the Ubuntu-based #! all I had to do to install a USB wifi adapter was connect physically to the LAN, and then launch the Restricted Hardware manager. Statler doesn't seem to have a way to do that.
nka@reptile:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 21)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 21)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M] (rev a1)
02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 83)
02:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 33)
02:0d.0 System peripheral: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller (rev 05)
nka@reptile:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0e:7b:4e:4c:11
inet addr:192.168.1.121 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:7bff:fe4e:4c11/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:81 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7431 (7.2 KiB) TX bytes:6912 (6.7 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7e:76:e1:25:bb:e1
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:5a:0c:c3:a8
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:a3:00:77:02
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
What's the easiest way to accomplish this task in Statler? Thanks!
johnraff wrote:I use urxvt so my exec line was
which seemed to work fine. I just tried changing it to
Exec=terminator --command="htop"
which also worked, though opened a mysterious extra terminal window. Changing the "Terminal=true" line to
fixed that.
However, I haven't got debian menu installed so I don't know if there might be a problem there. Marchobmenu works pretty well.
That worked, thanks. And yes, I did change the line to "Terminal=false"
johnraff wrote:If you don't want to change default settings for other users, you can copy .desktop files from /usr/share/applications to your own ~/.local/share/applications folder and edit them there. Changes you make will affect you only. (I've just tried it with htop and it works in marchobmenu now.)
Problem is, I don't know what to add to the Exec line in the .desktop to make it work for the debian menu entries.
anonymous wrote:The Ctrl+Enter tells it to run the command in a terminal. Also if you don't like the extra key press (and just want to use Enter), you can just add this line:
And htop will always run in a terminal. Also to include more commands, just separate them with a space.
As for the Debian menu, I do not know how it works so I cannot help you there.
That worked thanks. Debian menu uses the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.
anonymous wrote:The Alt+F3 menu does NOT look at the desktop files. It just looks for executables. You first start typing the name of your terminal:
then press space and add the appropriate line like this:
For gmrun, you first create ~/.gmrunrc (if it doesn't exist already) and then you edit it and add these lines:
Terminal = terminator
TermExec = terminator --command
Now you run gmrun, enter htop and press Ctrl+Enter.
that worked. What does Ctrl+Enter do vs Enter? Also, what line should I add to the .Desktop entry so that this will launch via Debian menu? Thanks man.
Thanks anonymous. So the Alt+F3 menu looks for the .desktop entries in /usr/share/applications, correct? What do I put for the Exec line? and for gmrun both -x htop and -e htop did not work. I must be missing something.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Htop
Type=Application
Comment=Show System Processes
Terminal=true
Exec=terminator --command="htop"
Icon=htop
Categories=ConsoleOnly;System;
GenericName=Process Viewer
Hey all,
I can launch Htop from terminal via "htop" or from Openbox menu via "terminator --command="htop"" but I cannot launch it from Alt+F3 which is my preferred method to launch apps. I edited the Exceute line in the .Desktop entry of Htop in /usr/share/applications, but this didn't fix things.
Thanks.
Unknown wrote:Can't help you on my own, but found a quite helpful post, here is the final part which does (hopefully) the solving, hope it helps.
[SOLVED] OK, so you thought you were smart and installed Ubuntu with /var on its own partition so that way runaway log files can't take down your whole system. (wasn't this theory valid back when hard drives we measured in Megabytes?)
Well I am that smart guy and I got the readahead error.
Here is what I did to fix it. (it worked for me YMMV)
Boot to Ubuntu live CD
Mount /var partition and root partition from the Hard drive. (Just click the drive in Places to see the disks.)
Edit /etc/fstab on the hard drive root filesystem and comment out the line containing /var
Enter the /var partition on the root filesystem and rename the three existing directories appending ".old" (without quotes) to the end of the filename.
Copy the contents of the var partition to the /var folder of the root partition
Copy the contents of the three ".old" directories to their respective directories inside /var on the root partition.
Reboot.
Now in places you should see an unmounted disk which used to be the /var/ partition
Also you should not see the unreadahead error any more.
unfortunately I do not understand those instructions. What is the /var?
iann wrote:Grub should come up before those messages. In fact almost certainly Grub is executing, perhaps without you seeing it, or you wouldn't get to those messages,
I dont have any option. When I reboot, I get the #! splash and then the error I posted. I cannot boot in Windows or #!
Here is the error I'm getting:
init: ureadahead main process (477) terminated with status 5
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16
/dev/sda1: clean, 198765/684096 files, 1386965/2751123 blocks (check deferred; on battery)
init: ureadahead-other main process (517) terminated with status 4
udevd[500]: can not read "/etc/udev/rules.d/z80_user.rules'
I normally dual boot with #! and Win 7 and now I cannot even get to the GRUB menu. I'm at a loss and could use some help.
Update: I created a /etc/udev/rules file and uncommented it via nano text editor When rebooting, the errors are gone and I am asked to login to #! via the cmd prompt exclusively. No GUI can be accessed and I cannot dual boot into Windows 7.
Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Ermac ttyl
Ermac login:
Do I have to rebuild the MBR or will a reinstall of Grub2 fix this?
Thanks.
Unknown wrote:I'm not an expert but giving the command 'startx' should bring up the desktop or give you more iformations about the issue (probably regarding X).
From recovery mode if I update Grub, I can get to point where i am able to type startx, however, that does not give me any error. I think the swap issue is the biggest problem. I can still access my files via cmd, but I have no GUI
After reboot, I am getting a swap activation error
init: ureadahead main process (485) terminated with status 5
swapon: /dev/sda2: read swap header failed: Invalid argument
mountall: swapon dev/sda2 [504] terminated with status 255
mountall: Problem activating swap: dev/sda2
fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16
/dev/sda1: clean, 198765/684096 files, 1386596/2751123 blocks
init: ureadahead-other main process (526) terminated with status 4
udevd[509]: can not read '/etc/udev/rules.d/z80_user.rules''
* Starting init crypto disks.... [ OK ]
How can I fix this? Thanks:cool:
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