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alright, i just bought a 16gb lexar jump drive and want to install ubuntu 9.10 on it, making the jump drive a external computer, but having questions like, am i still able to use the jump drive when not using ubuntu and whether i will have tp repartition the drive and how to do it so i dont do any damage to to flash drive and be still able to erase ubuntu and use it as a normal flash drive again if ever needed. I have the LIVE CD of ubuntu so im ready just need instructions on how to do this and with all the questions above answered please.
thanks Quote from: comda on September 13, 2011, 08:25:44 PM

am i still able to use the jump drive when not using ubuntu

what im generally asking from you is if i install ubuntu 11.04 using universal USB installer and i plug my usb into a machine running on its hard drive will i still be able to use it as a jump drive and share the same partition with ubuntu and my personal files from when im not using ubuntu from the jump drive?

no, you have the ubuntu installer on your usb drive i actaully installed ubuntu like my jump drive is a hard drive, but it wont run as a slave when in using normal hard drive to boot os.

Recently found this:
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Introduction
UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux DISTRIBUTIONS without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.   ...
http://unetbootin.sourceforge

Has anybody tried it? ?

Hi EVERYBODY!

I want to change some lines of text with the sed command but not as usual. This are the lines I have:

south
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
WEST
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
east
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
NORTH
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
TOP
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
}


And these are the lines I want:

south
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
west
{
type            symmetryPlane;
}
east
{
type            symmetryPlane;
}
north
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
top
{
type            zeroGradient;
}
}

I'm working on CFD simulations and the number of lines depend on the grid... So I can't use: sed -i '22s/zeroGradient/symmetryPlane/g', because it won't be allways at the same line.

What can I do?

Thank you very much for helping me!

RogerYou use awk, not sed

Code: [Select]
awk -vRS="}" '/west|east/{ gsub(/zeroGradient/,"symmetryPlane"); }1' ORS="}" file

If so, does the calling/master program have full access to all lines of code in the CALLED file?

Problem:
Exiting application RUNS SQL commands.  The SQL command needs to be replaced.

My thought would be to include the SQL file (ie., include SQL.TXT)
Then when the SQL changes, the COMPLETE file, SQL.TXT would just be replaced.

the file SQL.TXT does have variable- for month and year.
the SQL command may or may not return rows. (That is acceptable, as the main application knows what to do- under both circumstances.)

Thanks for you help.
Doesn't sound like a Unix QUESTION to me.  Are you talking about bash scripting?  Making text files polymorphic?  Yes, using bash it is possible to process the content of other files.  I just can't tell from your description exactly what you're trying to do.

How do I import applications such as email, AT&T Communications Manager, etc. from Windows Vista to Linux?  I don't want to REMOVE them from Windows, just add the various things I want from Windows Vista to Linux.
Thanks.Well, to use Windows Applications on Linux, you would need to install a (free) PROGRAM that is called Wine. (http://www.winehq.org/)

It can emulate a wide-variety of applications that RUN under Windows (Including many games).

sudo apt-get install wine - For Ubuntu
yum install wine - For Fedora

Hope this helps. Cheers! Quote from: sherlock1212 on August 07, 2011, 10:55:25 AM

How do I import applications such as email, AT&T Communications Manager, etc. from Windows Vista to Linux?  I don't want to remove them from Windows, just add the various things I want from Windows Vista to Linux.
Thanks.

I am posting not to get a reply hacker boy.

hello,

I have bought a microSD card for my cell phone  . so that I can listen to some audio BOOKS on my phone. The card came with two adapters: one adapter fits into the SD/MMC slot of my machine: http://l.westfalia.eu/medien/scaled_pix/600/600/000/000/000/000/001/562/89.jpg on inserting this a diode starts blinking next to the slot.

The other adapter is a USB one although sort of weird looking: http://tnm.scene7.com/is/image/TNM/template_335x300?$plus_335x300$&$image=is{TNM/8600261800_89002_prod_002}.

Both are not recognized on my computer  .

A regular USB stick is no problem, it's recognized at once.

I've alread did some internet research but it really hasn't helped so far.





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Both are not recognized on my computer  .

i am using TAU and i am facing the problem of JNI error that JNI cannot FIND TAU_HOME ALTHOUGH i have imported all the paths.You might need to provide a bit more information about what TAU and JNI are... Quote from: Rob POMEROY on October 07, 2011, 02:52:50 AM

You might need to provide a bit more information about what TAU and JNI are...

I've heard about Linux for years but have never personally seen it in use or used it myself. However I've always heard people say how they thought it is better than Windows and have wanted to try it. I already used the distribution chooser to get a recommendation on which would be the best one for me and am considering getting a copy, partitioning my hard drive and installing the Linux on the partition.

However, I'm curious, is there any danger is using Linux instead of Windows? Is it more vulnerable to collecting any viruses or spyware when surfing the web? Does it come with or is it compatible with anti-virus software that commonly runs  in Windows OS? Is it compatible with programs that would have run in Windows? My laptop has Windows Vista 32-bit. Could I expect any clashes or issues with the hardware since the laptop was intended for Windows OS? Thank you Linux is not better than Windows.

Windows is a huge SUV with automatic trany.
Linux is a 4 wheel drive pickup with a stick shift.
Linux is free. Windows is not free.

IMHO, you really should start with Puppy Linux. It is a quick download and is easy for a Windows user to get the hang of it. It is a bard bones OS that gives you the very basic things and is a good way to get the 'feel' of Linux. Works with Ethernet, but not so great on Wi-Fi.
Puppy Linux Download.There is no need to install anti virus in Linux computer because windows viruses will not work in Linux.Linux is the safest OS in the world.There are plenty of free soft wares for Linux.you can install Linux along with windows by partitioning and it is also possible to install Linux(UBUNTU) in the windows OS.Once you use Linux after using windows for several years It will be difficult for you.with time and patience you can use it very well.Ubuntu is the best Linux Variant out there.You can download it here. http://www.ubuntu.com/thank you. I might try it but I have to resolve some other issues first atm... Quote from: mrlmohan on October 04, 2011, 12:21:47 AM

There is no need to install anti virus in Linux computer because windows viruses will not work in Linux.

Linux is the safest OS in the world.

Ubuntu is the best Linux Variant out there.

But I am using Ubuntu for 5 years.my computer is online 12 hrs a day.I didn't got a single virus infection in my computer.

But when it comes to using it as a server, Linux is still one of the safest operating systems out there. You can make a Linux server very hard to crack into. You just have to be willing to learn about it and make sure that you know what you are doing....

are you here for arguing or helping??..May be you have more knowledge than others.use your knowledge to help others.don't use it for unnecessary arguing.

I didn't say Linux is fully secure.

Every OS has a loophole.

but when compared to windows,Linux is better and secure.

If you don't know that why do u call yourself as a programmer??LOL.

I think you are addicted to windows.

are you here for arguing or helping??

is there any danger is using Linux instead of Windows?

Is it more vulnerable to collecting any viruses or spyware when surfing the web?

Does it come with or is it compatible with anti-virus software that commonly runs  in Windows OS?

Is it compatible with programs that would have run in Windows?

My laptop has Windows Vista 32-bit. Could I expect any clashes or issues with the hardware since the laptop was intended for Windows OS?

There are a number of reasons for a preference of one OS over another. And they go beyond the technical details, The concerns becomes more conflicts of perception and objective.

Personally I find people who are zealots for any OS (whatever it is) an utter bore. I know that computers, cars, planes, weapons, etc can have a kind of "toys for boys" fascination for a certain type of (generally male) personality. I like railway engines myself. But the people who get obsessed with, and zealous over, software such as operating systems or text editors or programming and scripting languages really get my goat. The most severe cases probably have some kind of medical condition or other, get-a-life-itis or maybe something else that they take Adderall for.

Hi everyone, i just installed Linux Redhat 9 on my machine with xp already installed. They are on separate partitions. After the installation, everything seems to work fine and i decided to restart the system only to have the Redhat hunging during bootup. It can hung for all you can think of without displaying anything and portraying a dark screen.
Any help to resolve this would be much appreciated.Looks like your using incorrect video driver. What GPU does your system have and what driver did you select when installing RH9? I am guessing you see the LIST of everything MOUNTING and then it just goes black? I had similar ISSUES with Red Hat from version 6.0 to 9.0. I have since left using Red Hat and am using Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora14, and MINT 11 these days.

I am not sure how to manually change the video driver in RH9, but when i had problems with RH, I usually just blew the install away and installed fresh and tried different drivers and resolutions until I found one that worked. Try using Generic Video Driver which I think is an option at 60hz. Unfortunately the one that worked was 800x600 and the 1024x768 would black screen on me a few years ago. I am impressed with the other modern free distros for the ability to autodetect the correct drivers on an install without issues.

Also, if your having a hard time trying to find a video driver, in the past I have used Knoppix 4.0 a Live Linux CD to boot off of and take note as to the video driver it uses since its auto detect is pretty good, works 90% of the time. So when it mounts the video driver you can write that down and hunt down the RedHat version of that driver which may not be the oem driver for your GPU, but another that works. I think Knoppix is at version 6 or 7 these days. The newer the version the better for graphics driver support with more modern systems.

If all else fails you can wrap a dos video driver for Linux, but thats complicated, and I have never done a video driver wrapping, only a NDIS2 network driver wrapped to work in Linux. And in the end I should have just bought a new Netgear NIC that had the Linux support vs forcing that old 3Com to work, but it was worth the experience and it worked, and although i spent about 3 hours working on it, I suppose I saved money but sacrificed time in exchange.

I am trying to list just the # of users logged in not name or username just NUMBER


$ who | WC -1
not the one that does it?
is thi the RIGHT area for this post or is it to basic, i'm wondering, just becausew i'm trying this out. ALONG trying LINUX. so any suggestions would be great.
Try:
Code: [Select]users | wc -w


You might like this:

http://ss64.com/bash/

for reference.

Thank You for the web SIGHT

hello  ,

yesterday I switched from VISTA to Ubuntu 11.04 and somehow I'm sure that I will never regret this  .

I've noticed however that on some websites (only few so far) there's text missing, sentences, paragraphs: on a German forum there were all the quotes text missing, the posts were there but the Quote

boxes with the quotes of other posts

Hi GUYS!
well...i have installed ubuntu 11.04 but was previously using windows 7 ultimate 64-bit and when installed the ubuntu OS in my computer i didn't replace windows
but installed it in a WAY that i  can switch to windows and ubuntu when login in.
But the problem comes when i start my computer it goes straight to ubuntu and never give me options of the OS to start up with!
Am using Hp pavilion dv7 - 4077 cl entertainment notebook!!..
please anyone who can help me!!? err... you have overwritten the master boot record to boot to only ubuntu. You should have used the Wubi installer to install Ubuntu under Windows 7 so you can dual boot without hassle.


What the Wubi installer is.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer


I would suggest this:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4836283_repair-mbr-windows.html
Repair the Windows installation so you can boot into windows 7, delete the ubuntu partition, then use Wubi under Windows which will AUTOMATICALLY setup a dual boot, considering that ubuntu is freshly installed and that you probably don't have any important files on ubuntu right now...Repairing your Windows Installation by using the Windows 7 DVD will do the job, like Transfusion had previously suggested.There is no reason to use the DVD. Install grub.What Mr Bisquit said.  The OP didn't say that the Ubuntu installation was to be nuked - this is a dual-boot scenario.  Go for Grub 2.  You may NEED to RTFM to get the entries correct for the Windows startup if it hasn't been detected automatically...GRUB should already be installed.

musamanyama, what happens if you hold down the Shift key as the computer is starting up?well...JJ 3000 i have hold shift and nothing really happened and i have try 2 download the software on the Transfusion link as he suggested and am expecting good results...i will notify 2 when it get done!!!Looks like there's a fix here:
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=45226Oops!!...that did it!!..hahaa...yeah i was trying 2 mess with ubuntu terminal but never went that good!!...thanks JJ!!Never thought combination of Ubuntu and Windows is that complicated , i haven't tried it i only have before the Windows 98 and Xp it is indeed easy to use.

I am a designer and wanted to put Drupal on my linux system (Ubuntu) just to muck around with. Which I have successfully done. But I can't add any modules to my files, I am coming up with permission problems. I have tried over and over to read what to do but am having no success I really need a walk through. I have USED the ls -al command to find the permissions which have come up as:
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    19 2011-02-06 07:52 sites -> /etc/drupal/6/sites
drwxr-xr-x   7 root root  4096 2011-09-14 13:47 themes
drwxr-xr-x  35 root root  4096 2011-09-14 13:47 modules   
So I gather it is a permission problem but I don't know where to GO from here. If anyone can help it would be great as I am about to give up.
It's a file ownership problem.  Your web server won't be running as root (at least I hope not!).  I think the Apache user is WWW-data on Ubuntu, usually.  From the same directory, you might try:

Code: [Select]chmod - R www-data:www-data *

Does that help?No such file or directory. I can't find any www folders anywhere either...You wouldn't get that error message if you typed the command exactly as set out above.

I'm running a VectorLinux box here, and X crashes every now and then. However, when it crashes, the console (physical console, as in keyboard and monitor) lock up, so I can't change to a text console. I am able to log in still through SSH, however.

I need to be able to recover from this without rebooting. Preferably, I should be able to execute a short script as root to fix it.

I do NOT have the magic SysRq compiled into my kernel.

Any ideas?

* I _am_ able to use kbd_mode to switch to XLATE, which fixes the keyboard problem. However, the display is still LOCKED up, in whatever mode my X uses.Have you checked the error logs to see if you can account for the crashing?  Seems to me that if the console is locking up, it's a driver issue.  Does VL offer a better driver for your GRAPHICS card, perhaps?

I'm assuming by "lock up" you MEAN that the Ctrl-Alt-F1 to F8 keys become unresponsive?I can't figure out what causes the crash. What's even more strange is that the most RECENT time, it 'hung up' on startup, and X kept running (though I couldn't see it or interact with it). However, even had I known the cause, I'd still need a means of recovery.

Yes, the 'lockup' is the KB being in raw mode (which is fixable using kbd_mode over SSH, or by magic sysrq if it had been compiled in), but the display remains as a full black screen, no matter if I change terminals or not (I can confirm that I can change terminals using the KB status LEDs). And X works usually (for example, right now).

I cannot say at the moment if there is an explicit driver availible for the chipset (as I'm using the built-in). I'll look into it. However, for what it's WORTH, the display is limited to 1024x768 right now, and I know that Windows 98 could use higher resolutions.

And my text terminal is the 80x25 "MS-DOS mode" (as I call it). I'm not using a framebuffer console.Might be worth booting off Knoppix or something like that and seeing how X behaves.  Sometimes the line of least resistance will be an alternative (but still lean and mean) distro.  Xubuntu might be worth a look - the Debian-based distros are pretty strong on hardware detection.Okay, I literally just got kernel panic from X. Numlock was off, caps lock and scroll lock blinking together, monitor in power saving mode. I had been updating a lot of things related to X recently (glib, etc.), so that might be part of the cause.

I have attached the full log file.

What should I go about doing?

[regaining space - attachment deleted by admin]I'm afraid I don't know what to suggest at this stage.  Sounds like you have a driver/kernel module/x module issue that, short of a reinstall, will be hard to fix.  See my previous comment though.

I run ubuntu 10.10 and I NEED to back up the GRUB bootloader to obtain the menu LIST. I wish to RESIZE my hard drive so as to enable me to install windows xp side by side.   I have tried the command for version 9.04 but this just gives me a blank screen. any help out there ?cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backupYou do realize that you will have to reinstall GRUB from the Ubuntu live CD. Right?

Also, if you're running Maverick Meerkat you should have GRUB2 which doesn't have a menu.lst, it has grub.cfg

Why do you want to make a backup of it anyway? You know it will change when you install a new OS right?

Check out the GRUB2 guide here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275


Edit:
I just noticed OPs POST was on August 31st. Boy is my face red

i use the DATE command to DISPLAY date and TIME but I WANT it in simple    oct 29 2011date "+%b %d %y"

Hi everyone,
I have an HP mini 210-2000 with an Intel ATOM  CPU N455  1.66GHz , 1666 Mhz, 1 core,
1 GB ram
running W7 starter edition.
The liitle thing is slow. As far as i know this is because of its frequencies...i am not an it guy at all...
I currently run it on original w7 starter edition, it works well but it's very slow.
My question is: would i benefit from installing linux? Would the little bugger get faster? Would there be any drawbacks to having linux on it?
Thanks in advance for replies.
G. Quote

The liitle thing is slow. As far as i know this is because of its frequencies..

My question is: would i benefit from installing linux? Would the little bugger get faster? Would there be any drawbacks to having linux on it?

would i benefit from installing linux?

Would the little bugger get faster?

Would there be any drawbacks to having linux on it?

Do you think the improvement ( speed and responsiveness) of it will be at least noticeable?

For better performance I downgraded from Windows 7 and 1GB Ram to Windows XP Pro SP3 and 1GB Ram and its a screaming machine now vs when it was running 7. 1GB of Ram is not enough for Windows 7 to perform well.

Just wanted to add that I tried Ubuntu 10.10 on my netbook that is running the dual-core atom CPU and it ran ok, but I had driver issues with trying to find a wifi driver.

Hi there,

CURRENTLY trying to write a backup/restore script but I'm having difficulty getting the restore/extract FUNCTION to work as desired.

My directory structure is;
/root/scriptfiles/backups

with the scripts being held in:
/root/scriptfiles/


I'm currently using this command, which isn't working and need help with!

Code: [Select]tar -xvf /root/scriptfiles/backups/"$FILENAME" /root/scriptfiles/backups/"$filename" > /root/scriptfiles/logfiles/"Restore-$filename"
I'm unsure as to the syntax to USE, just a beginner.

What I'm trying to achieve with this script is to take the backed up files from the backup folder and extract them to the /root/ directory and rename of the extracted backed up directory to have "Restore-" at the start of the name.
i.e. Restore-Pictures-backup from Pictures-backup.tar

I hope this makes sence, been doing my head in for a while haha.

Thanks in advance for any guidance

EmDo the extract first and the rename second; don't try and do it all in one line.  "man tar" is your command line friend.

So I was thinking about replacing Windows with Linux such as Ubuntu or Fedora and use WINE for my games that are mostly Win32 based.

Is it worth making the migration to Linux with WINE to run my games or do you think it will be more of a problem trying to get the Win32 games to run under Linux? I have heard of WINE being used to run Win32 applications, but I have never used it before to know just how good it is at running cross platform software and more specifically games.

I have heard of people playing World of Warcraft the game I play the most thru Linux and using Ubuntu and they claim to have used WINE, but this was just a conversation in chat channel. My system requirements shouldnt be a problem for drivers since I am using GeForce video etc.For the most part, getting Windows games WORKING on Linux through WINE is like trying to put a diaper on an incontinent buffalo. Most of the time it's just not possible and if you do succeed you will almost always be left with a gigantic mess.LOL on the buffalo analogy. Thanks for your input on this subject. Guess I will stick with Windows since I already am running Windows, but it would be neat to sever my dependency on Micro$oft and go FREE with Linux someday. Maybe some day some group will make a SuperWINE that is less like trying to put a diaper on a buffalo for games etc sort of like a DOSBOX for Linux, but for Win32 games vs DOS. Or even better... the game manufacturers start to make games that are LINUX READY for the larger more popular distros!!!

I can see a SuperWINE type project coming to be, but cant see game manufacturers putting in the extra effort to make their games run on Linux, in addition to the additional tech support issues this would cause them in lesser profit margins.You could buy an old PC used and put Linux on it.
 Have two monitors on your desk and two keyboards. No emulation needed. You can run Windows and Linux at the same time.
Linux the left hand-eye, windows on the right.
Or vice-versa.  Quote from: DaveLembke on October 17, 2011, 02:41:00 PM

but it would be neat to sever my dependency on Micro$oft and go FREE with Linux someday.

Maybe some day some group will make a SuperWINE that is less like trying to put a diaper on a buffalo for games etc sort of like a DOSBOX for Linux, but for Win32 games vs DOS. Or even better... the game manufacturers start to make games that are LINUX READY for the larger more popular distros!!!

I can see a SuperWINE type project coming to be,

And Windows is not everything.

It is when you are talking about modern games. it's either windows, or a console.

Why do people get it in their head that Linux is the only free alternative? What about ReactOS

You cannot be serious. 

Incorrect on point one - it is not a viable alternative at this stage.  It's barely alpha.

ReactOS is an open source computer operating system intended to be binary compatible with application software and device drivers made for Microsoft Windows NT versions 5.x and up (Windows 2000 and its successors). A spin-off of a previous attempt to clone Windows 95, development started in early 1998, and has continued with the incremental addition of features already found in Windows.
...
A claim was made on January 17, 2006 by now former developer Hartmut Birr on the ReactOS Developers mailing list (ros-dev) that ReactOS contained code derived from disassembling Microsoft Windows.
...
the software development tools was restored shortly afterward. In September 2007,
... Much of the assembly code that was allegedly copied have also been replaced

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

viable:Capable of working successfully

what is the syntax to creating columns  IE..                     name       time        dayWe need more information from you than that.that was an awful question on my part.  I am setting up a chart of the number of users logged in

who | cut -c1-8 | sort---this is my first column which displays user. I need to put a heading over I.E.       

users     time         date
joe        1:20         10/30
jack
john
               how do align the column headings to correspond to the  output                                                                                                                                      http://www.mysysad.com/2007/05/list-logged-in-users-on-system.html
this may help. I am by no means an expert on UNIX.What do you mean by "IE"?  The web browser Internet Explorer, or "that is" (i.e.)?

You might want to explorer the "-H" flag of who, which prints column headings.  You could for EXAMPLE do this:

Code: [Select]who -H | head -n 1; who | sort

For smarter processing of the output, consider using awk. QUOTE from: beginner 1 on October 30, 2011, 08:59:36 AM

that was an awful question on my part.  I am setting up a chart of the number of users logged in

who | cut -c1-8 | sort---this is my first column which displays user. I need to put a heading over I.E.       

users     time         date
joe        1:20         10/30
jack
john
               how do align the column headings to correspond to the  output                                                                                                                                     

I have a script that sends multiple files as attachments. When the user receives the email, the attachments are showing but when they try to open any attachment the file is empty... Any ideas?

here is the script.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 cd $DATAFILES
 files=`ls -1 `



for i in $files
   do
      echo "--NEXT_PART_1_1036183299_109_16707"       >> $EMAIL_FILE
      echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1" >> $EMAIL_FILE
      echo "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$i\"" >> $EMAIL_FILE
      echo " "                                        >> $EMAIL_FILE
      echo " "                                        >> $EMAIL_FILE
      
      cat $i                                          >> $EMAIL_FILE
      echo "."                                        >> $EMAIL_FILE
done

echo "--NEXT_PART_1_1036183299_109_16707"                       >> $EMAIL_FILE
echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1"             >> $EMAIL_FILE
echo "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"endofemails\"" >> $EMAIL_FILE
echo "."                                                        >> $EMAIL_FILE

#### S: is the drive assigned to handle email
 
cp $EMAIL_FILE s: Quote from: Jkeri on November 04, 2011, 12:35:12 PM

cp $EMAIL_FILE s:

According to my system architect guy, the email server for this type of application is configured on the server S: drive...

According to my system architect guy, the email server for this type of application is configured on the server S: drive...   

I want to send an attachment along with the email. The script is sending the email but there is no attachment. I cant find any HELP for SMTPMAIL

smtpmail -h 99.99.9.99 -s"direct attachment" -a file1.data [email protected]

it comes back with an error message that "mail: Unknown OPTION -a"

Anyone able to assist with this?
I don't know this command.  What OS/distribution are you using?  If smtpmail is a wrapper around the standard Unix mail PROGRAM, indeed that program does not (usually) have the ability to send attachments.  To do this at the command LINE, I would personally use mutt.  mutt HOWEVER will send via the LOCAL SMTP server, so that would need to be configured first.

Hello.  I'm new to *ix and am trying to pull a variable or two from an xml document.  The document is in the format:

Code: [Select]<NAME>7_3(A).mov</name>
      <description>Some description from a file</description>
      <updatename>7_3_A.mov</updatename>
      <updatepath>Dailies Released</updatepath>
      <playlist>Selects Day 5,Dailies Day 5</playlist>
What I need to do is take the value or values from inside the tags and assign them to variables.  So, for this example, I'd like to be able to set $playlist1 to "Selects Day 5" and $playlist2 to "Dailies Day 5."  The values in that xml TAG will always be comma separated and there can be any number of them.  I used grep to find the playlist LINES, but I'm not sure what OPTION is best to pipe grep's output to or how to assign it's output to variables.

There are many more lines for each item described in the xml and there will be other instances of the tag.  I'll need to ignore instances of any value already set so, for example, once I've got the values "Selects Day 5" and "Dailies Day 5" from the above example I will need to ignore any further instances of those values until the script is executed again.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks!

DanDan,

If it were me, I'd haul the XML file in with a PHP script and use regular expressions to parse out the necessary information.  If you don't want to do this in your favourite scripting language, you could try getting the hang of awk, which is very good at this kind of job.

Code: [Select]man awk
or, preferably,

Code: [Select]info awk
(where available), for more details.

awk is reasonably simple to learn initially, ESPECIALLY if you're already familiar with regex, but a bit of a swine to master.

Modify date-month program to CONVERT the output from the command "date" to
become the following format  like the example below :

$date
Tue April 1 23:30:21 EDT 2008

$date | date-month-convert
4/1/2008All these questions you have posted, they are school work assignments, right?
CODE: [Select]man awk
or

Code: [Select]man sed
Sorted. Quote from: Salmon Trout on NOVEMBER 30, 2011, 12:16:40 AM

All these questions you have posted, they are school work assignments, right?

I just bought a new MP3 player
it won't shuffle more than ONE folder at a time
I can COPY albums into a file
converting them into a single folder, with a bunch of files is time consuming

I'm on ububtu 10,10,
I've tried different players, which all respect the folder structure

I can generate a file, containing all the albums & within that the actual MP3 files
3 levels of nesting...So your portable MP3 does not shuffle the way you like? You want random shuffle? Or does the player respect a play list? Check your documentation for the player to see if it allows a global play lists.  It is NOT an Apple iPad? What brand?

Also, I don't know the standard MP3 MANAGER in Ubuntu 10.10 or are you using another?
Here is a list of POPULAR MP3 managers.
http://lindesk.com/2008/03/top-10-linux-mp3-players/
Check and see if any of these can manage your external USB player device.

Write a parent process and CHILD process  codes to satisfy the following conditions.

Parent  executes child in background.
Parent sends a signal 16 to child.
As soon as child receives the signal,child will print parent's PID.
Then child process will SEND a signal  to parent and then exits with exit status 5.
As soon as parent receives  the signal from the child, parent will print child's PID
and then exits with status 15.This is a BAD way to approach school work.

As I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY - we won't do your homework for you.

Modify the code below so that it will process input file roster to create files for

everybody in the file. The newly created files name are the FIRST name
(eg. Guy,Warren's first name is Warren) of each person.

sed -n                                                                                         file:  mkdb.sd
            /^Hassan,^/ , /^Heep , /  {
                       s / , //p
}        $1
while
                  read NAME GARBAGE
do
             sed -n  " / $NAME/  {
              s / [^ :] * / /w   $NAME
} " $1
done
I deleted the other post which contained your personal INFORMATION (including your phone number). Quote

I deleted the other post which contained your personal information (including your phone number).

I have Chrome OS, that is a distro of OpenSuse that I've downloaded. NOWADAYS, I WANT to MAKE my own theme for metacity, but can't understand how the files are DISPOSED between them (PNG files and resource files)...

hey I am doing something LIKE following:

VAR1='1 2 3 4 5'

for var in $var1 {Need to choose the variable randomly used rand($var1) but its not working }
do
echo $var
done

now as i print the $var i need this value should be removed from the variable $var1, how to do that ?

Thanks
RG Quote from: roohi on November 28, 2011, 01:46:09 AM

var1='1 2 3 4 5'

for var in $var1 {Need to choose the variable randomly used rand($var1) but its not working }
do
echo $var
done

Being NEW to UNIX, i want to combine 2 values into a 3RD value

value1='-a '

files='ls -l'
for i in $files
do
      i want $value1 and $i to end up in $value3 so that my value3 has '-a filename'

done
What shell/scripting LANGUAGE are you USING?

So I am attempting to run Open GL through ubuntu 10.10 and having trouble with it. I am using the spring engine to play certain games and I have had multiple problems. In the beginning, running the spring engine would cause spring to say GLX not found or something of that nature. After installing the libgl1-mesa, the game would not say GLX not found, hitting the start would do literally nothing though. Drivers for Linux are hard to find so I couldn't just update it. I did on the other hand run the application through the terminal so I could see the error. This is what I get when running the program:

springlobby

(springlobby:4176): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_window_resize: assertion `GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

(springlobby:4176): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_window_unmaximize: assertion `GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.82.5.1 (Headless Unitsync)
Build date/time: Sep 29 2010 13:07:54
Available log subsystems: ArchiveScanner, VFS-detail, VFS, unitsync
Enabled log subsystems: unitsync
Enable or DISABLE log subsystems using the LogSubsystems configuration key
  or the SPRING_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variable (both comma separated).
Using read-write data directory: /home/seth/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/share/games/spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/maps
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/base
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/mods
unitsync: loaded, 0.82.5.1 (Headless Unitsync)
Using read-write data directory: /home/seth/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/share/games/spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/maps
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/base
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/mods
unitsync: initialized, 0.82.5.1 (Headless Unitsync)
unitsync: hosting
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Central_Hub.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Corrupted_Core.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Data_Cache_L1.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/DigitalDivide_PT2.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Direct_Memory_Access_0.5c_beta.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Direct_Memory_Access_0.5e_beta.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Dual_Core.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Major_Madness3.0.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Marble_Madness_Map.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Palladium_0.5_(beta).sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Quad_Core.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Speed_Balls_16_Way.sdz
unitsync: archive checksum: /usr/share/games/spring/maps/Spooler_Buffer_0.5_beta.sd7
unitsync: archive checksum: Kernel_Panic_4.1.sd7
unitsync: initfindvfs: SAVES/*.ssf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
unitsync: initfindvfs: demos/*.sdf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
unitsync: initfindvfs: demos/*.sdf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
error = 2, MapOptions.lua, error = 2, maphelper/mapinfo.lua, [string "maphelper/mapinfo.lua"]:30: missing configFile argument

unitsync: error: GetMapOptionCount: luaParser.Execute() failed: error = 2, maphelper/mapinfo.lua, [string "maphelper/mapinfo.lua"]:30: missing configFile argument
error = 2, MapOptions.lua, error = 2, maphelper/mapinfo.lua, [string "maphelper/mapinfo.lua"]:30: missing configFile argument

unitsync: error: GetMapOptionCount: luaParser.Execute() failed: error = 2, maphelper/mapinfo.lua, [string "maphelper/mapinfo.lua"]:30: missing configFile argument
using configuration source "/home/seth/.springrc"
[CMyMath::Init] CPU SSE mask: 112, flags:
   SSE 1.0:  1,  SSE 2.0:  1
   SSE 3.0:  0, SSSE 3.0:  0
   SSE 4.1:  0,  SSE 4.2:  0
   SSE 4.0A: 0,  SSE 5.0A: 0
   using streflop SSE FP-math mode, CPU supports SSE instructions
OS: Linux
OS: 32bit native mode
LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.82.5.1
Build date/time: Sep 29 2010 13:10:01
Available log subsystems: CollisionVolume, unit, ArchiveScanner, VFS-detail, VFS, Sound
Enabled log subsystems: Sound
Enable or disable log subsystems using the LogSubsystems configuration key
  or the SPRING_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variable (both comma separated).
Using read-write data directory: /home/seth/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/share/games/spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/maps
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/base
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/mods
Supported Video modes: 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x450, 720x400, 680x384, 640x512, 640x480, 640x400, 640x350, 576x432, 512x384, 416x312, 400x300, 360x200, 320x240, 320x200, 320x175
Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) in spring 0.82.5.1
Stacktrace:
/usr/games/spring() [0x85d5a27]
[0xa46400]
# NOTE: above line shows no path -> not translating
/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1(XF86DRIQueryExtension+0x8e) [0x8b55a0]
Translated Stacktrace:
??:0
??:0
Spring crashed Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV)
X Error of failed request:  BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
  Major opcode of failed request:  65 (X_PolyLine)
  Serial number of failed request:  13
  Current serial number in output stream:  14
unitsync: initfindvfs: Saves/*.ssf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
unitsync: initfindvfs: demos/*.sdf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
using configuration source "/home/seth/.springrc"
[CMyMath::Init] CPU SSE mask: 112, flags:
   SSE 1.0:  1,  SSE 2.0:  1
   SSE 3.0:  0, SSSE 3.0:  0
   SSE 4.1:  0,  SSE 4.2:  0
   SSE 4.0A: 0,  SSE 5.0A: 0
   using streflop SSE FP-math mode, CPU supports SSE instructions
OS: Linux
OS: 32bit native mode
LogOutput initialized.
Spring 0.82.5.1
Build date/time: Sep 29 2010 13:10:01
Available log subsystems: CollisionVolume, unit, ArchiveScanner, VFS-detail, VFS, Sound
Enabled log subsystems: Sound
Enable or disable log subsystems using the LogSubsystems configuration key
  or the SPRING_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS environment variable (both comma separated).
Using read-write data directory: /home/seth/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/share/games/spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/maps
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/base
Scanning: /usr/share/games/spring/mods
Supported Video modes: 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x450, 720x400, 680x384, 640x512, 640x480, 640x400, 640x350, 576x432, 512x384, 416x312, 400x300, 360x200, 320x240, 320x200, 320x175
Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) in spring 0.82.5.1
Stacktrace:
/usr/games/spring() [0x85d5a27]
[0xaa9400]
# NOTE: above line shows no path -> not translating
/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1(XF86DRIQueryExtension+0x8e) [0xc195a0]
Translated Stacktrace:
??:0
??:0
Spring crashed Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV)
X Error of failed request:  BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
  Major opcode of failed request:  65 (X_PolyLine)
  Serial number of failed request:  13
  Current serial number in output stream:  14
unitsync: initfindvfs: Saves/*.ssf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
unitsync: initfindvfs: demos/*.sdf
unitsync: findfilesvfs: 0
unitsync: openfilevfs: SidePics/SYSTEM.bmp
unitsync: filesizevfs: 1
unitsync: readfilevfs: 1
 
The Open GL problem appears to come right at the end thought at this point I'm uncertain on if it is possibly my MONITOR. It does not like fullscreen at all. Computer specs are as follows:

Intel pentium 4 running at 2.53 ghz
Ubuntu 10.10
130 GB of hard drive space
100.6 GB left
748 mb of RAM
ATA maxtor 6Y160P0 hard drive
If you want info on the motherboard just tell me. I cannot tell what kind I have just a lot of different stuff on it that would be very annoying to type.
ATI technologies inc Rage 128Pro Ultra TF
Don't know what kind of monitor. It was made by the company emachines if that helps.Does the spring engine have a mailing list that you could ask the question on?
Have you contacted the Ubuntu maintainer of the application about the problem?
Are you using proprietary drivers or the free ones?

If you think that OpenGL/GLX is the problem, then test out ANOTHER application such as Blender or k3b to see what the results are. Monitor HorizSync and VertRefresh will only affect the modes not the performance of software or hardware.
I've tried the spring engine's faq. I'll try and see if someone has anything else on they're website. Also I've tried running Google earth for linux too but it wouldn't run for reasons not CLEAR to me. Google earth generally runs using Open GL though so I've tried running a different application(Though it was so out of date I should probably try again.) Thanks again I won't be back in awhile I'll post when I can.Sorry, I have not posted back in a long time. I am almost certain it is my monitor. A program that used to work fine with my older monitor gave me the same error in less words. The program also ran using open GL. I will try replacing the monitor and seeing if that works.

I want to put UNIX BSD on it, but I can't access the BIOS and I can't boot from the CD drive.
I've tried everything I know.
The current OS is a Win98.I was caught in the same quagmire before with a Compaq n400c laptop bought in 2002.
I had to install Ubuntu, but I didn't have the CD dock and it didn't support booting from USB.
http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2006/12/23/ubuntu-pxe-install-via-windows
Network Booting the INSTALLER is what succeeded. Quote from: maxum on December 14, 2011, 03:17:29 PM

I want to put UNIX BSD on it
 but I can't access the BIOS and I can't boot from the CD drive.
I've tried everything I know.
The current OS is a Win98.

It isn't booting!
Windows 7 (which burnt it) is definitely not great.
And my Open-SUSE can't detect blank disks. Help may be appreciated for this.

It booted properly with ReactOS (which stucks in the middle of the installation).

You do know that FreeBSD's CD images aren't bootable, right? You need to use a floppy or USB drive to start sysinstall, as far as I'm aware.

You do know that FreeBSD's CD images aren't bootable, right? You need to use a floppy or USB drive to start sysinstall, as far as I'm aware.

When a bootable cd is in the computer, it is asking wether I want to boot from the cd drive or not.

So, why is the extension .ISO?

I have the most stable version of Google Chrome that there is right now. I haven't switched to 11.10 since I'm not that enthusiastic about the Unity layout. I personally like the Gnome interface and haven't used Unity. Is there an option in 11.10 that allows you to switch to the Gnome interface? Because if there is, I would probably switch.

I tried to download Yahoo Messenger 11, Avast Antivirus, Malwarebytes, but this is what comes up.


Blocked: wine start/unix

The file is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run.

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Quote from: bravofan71 on October 18, 2011, 08:36:02 PM

I tried to download Yahoo Messenger 11, Avast Antivirus, Malwarebytes, but this is what comes up.

You cannot expect Windows programs to run seamlessly (or at all) on Linux, or vice versa.

I'd go so far as to say that if you are trying to run any windows program on Linux at all (and feel there is no "alternative"), it might be a good time to reevaluate why you are using Linux.

Avast Antivirus, Malwarebytes, but this is what comes up.

You don't use that on Linux. That's part of the reasons for using Linux.

That's hardly a reason to use Linux. It's just FUD to try to get people to use it.

It's not FUD. You don't need that software on Linux because windows malware doesn't work on Linux. That's not FUD, that's a fact.

No. Linux malware works on Linux.

Did I say it didn't? I said windows malware won't and the majority of malware is written for windows.

Yes. It is not safer by design, but because it is less popular.

but I doubt that this is the main reason that Linux is safer than Windows.

When I try to open some windows programs in ubuntu by using wine, This message comes in terminal..."wine:install windows version of Mono to run .net executables" what should i do?? please help me... Quote from: shimnas on January 01, 2012, 11:32:26 PM

When I try to open some windows programs in ubuntu by using wine, This message comes in terminal..."wine:install windows version of Mono to run .net executables" what should i do?? please help me...

$more TEL grep "^$1" <<-END
catherine 1234 567 890
marilyn 2345 678 901
susan 3456 789 012
christine 4567 890 123
 END
 $ tel caThis is you phone book?  Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 29, 2011, 09:42:50 PM

This is you phone book? 

His homework

Quote

The best Linux distro of 2011!
 August 4TH 2011
Fedora, Mint, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE go head-to-head - we've dropped the six most popular Linux distributions of the day into a cage fight for your affections. Read on to discover which distro comes up top for installation ease, customisation, performance, security and more. Which flavour of Linux gets the gold medal? You might very well be surprised, so read on for all the juicy details...

http://tuxradar.com/content/best-distro-2011

Anyway, only developers/programmers can find themselves in a Linux system. It is too complicated!

And Linux software is hard to find.

Compare the number of file of any Linux system with any Windows
os. Linux have like ~ 2000 files and windows have ~ 300 files.

And Linux software is hard to find.

If you're not a software specialist, take Windows or Mac.

Red Hat Linux has been around for a while and has acquired a reputation for consistency and reliability. It may not be the easiest to use or the most cutting-edge distribution, but it provides the type of high-quality support that is valued by companies, which made it the de-facto standard in corporate America.

Knoppix provides an excellent run-from-CD solution, with its powerful hardware detection features and pain-free set-up. If desired, the system can be optionally installed on the hard disk to improve performance. It also comes with plenty of software.

I prefer Knoppix myself http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Subject was 'Best Linux', hope that included BootCDs as well.

What I was saying lately is:
1- A bad file number evaluation.

Arduino board is an open source USB audio card.

Would you also recommend buying parts from eBay? There are many sellers (with positive feedback) who offer parts and they also look very cheap, but I'm not sure about the quality.

Beginner here.  Trying to get certain lines from an xml file to print with awk and/or sed and I need help.

I have an xml file like this:

Code: [Select]    <item id="26141427">
      <properties>
        <name>233D_camB_take02.mov</name>
        <path>/Dailies Released/VT096_DAY41_2011_10_27</path>
        <description>HI  CU AARON PREPPING CAMERA</description>
        <status></status>
        <approved />
        <created_by id="20184437">
          <name>Movie</name>
        </created_by>
        <created_timestamp>2011-10-28T21:04:51Z</created_timestamp>
        <modified_by id="17929743">
          <name>Some dude</name>
        </modified_by>
        <modified_timestamp>2011-10-31T14:59:54Z</modified_timestamp>
        <width>1280</width>
        <height>720</height>
        <timebase>24</timebase>
        <mime_type>video/quicktime</mime_type>
      </properties>
      <attributes>
        <attribute key="Camera">B</attribute>
        <attribute key="Description">HI  CU AARON PREPPING CAMERA</attribute>
        <attribute key="End">16:40:32:00</attribute>
        <attribute key="Name">233D-2B</attribute>
        <attribute key="Notes"></attribute>
        <attribute key="Scene">233D</attribute>
        <attribute key="Shoot_Date">10/27/2011</attribute>
        <attribute key="Shoot_Day">41</attribute>
        <attribute key="Start">16:37:52:00</attribute>
        <attribute key="Take">2</attribute>
        <attribute key="Tape">VT096</attribute>
      </attributes>
      <tags />
      <notes />
    </item>
What I need is to print the lines:

Code: [Select]    <item id="26141427">
        <name>233D_camB_take02.mov</name>
        <attribute key="Name">233D-2B</attribute>
In the end I need this in a document:

Code: [Select]item id="26141427"
233D_camB_take02.mov
233D-2BFollowed by a blank line and then the next item.  There are multiple items in the document.

Some things to NOTE, there MAY be multiple tags but I only need the ones with the string ".mov" present.  That string will always be present in every item but will only be present once in every item.

However, as can be seen in the example above, there may or may not be other lines like movie and Some dude.  These need to be ignored.  So while the other entries I'm looking for can be found by searching for their tags, it is probably better to find that entry by looking for the ".mov" string.

Also, there may or may not be a some value entry.  If it is there, I need it.  All other tags need to be ignored.

Lastly, because each item may or may not have certain entries, this cannot be done by a line number algorithm but needs to be done by search for patterns.

So, in summary:

- Will always be present and will only be present once per item.  I need the output: item id=123456
something.mov - Will always be present but only once with the ".mov" string.  May or may not be present with other strings.  I need the output: something.mov.  Other instances should be ignored.
something May or may not be present.  If it is there, I need the output: something

What I have so far is this:

Code: [Select]sed -n '/<item id="/,/>/p' marcherdailiescopy.xml |
awk '{sub("<properties>",""); print}' |
awk '{sub("<",""); print}' |
awk '{sub(">",""); print}'
My first problem is that the sed command returns the item id but also returns the tags ans the next tag followed by the next item like this:

Code: [Select]    <item id="27385774">
      <properties>

So I'm using awk to strip out the EXTRA strings and characters there, but I know there is a more efficient way to do this.  I also don't know how to get awk or sed to grab the strings I need in ORDER so it places them together.  I can get:

item id
item id
item id
...
...

value.mov
value.mov
value.mov
...
...
...

But I need:

item id
value.mov
name (if it is there)

item id
value.mov
name (if it is there)

...
...

I also don't know whether it would be more efficient to delete everything other than what I need or grab only what I need.  Any help would be Kool and the Gang! 

Thanks,

DanI should also add that each item will follow the format:
Code: [Select]<item id="123456">
a bunch of tags and values
</item>Try something like this

Code: [Select]grep '.mov|item_id|attribute key="Name"' xmlfile
You will get the required lines.

Then use sed to extract what ever the data you need.That worked!  Thanks so much.

Hello everyone, I just need help on how to run my Ubuntu 7.04 CD in my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

I did that before way back in 2006, and I forgot everything. I just wanna browse/re-explore again its GUI and browse Internet using Ubuntu. Can't find any instructions in GOOGLE also.

These are the instructions I found in the CD cover:

• To use Ubuntu as a Live CD, put this CD in the CD drive and turn on or restart your computer.
• To install Ubuntu, run the Live CD and double click on the "Install" icon. The default installation will erase all existing software and data from your computer.

PC (Intel x86) alternate install CD
    For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this if you are at all unsure.

First you boot then regular x86 distro  in the 'live' or 'demo' mode.

• Guided - Resize SCSI3 (0,0,0), Partition #3 (SDA) and use freed space
• Guided - Use entire disk
• Guided - Use entire disk and set up LVM
• Guided - Use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM
• Manual

Did you grab the latest version of Ubuntu yet?

How did you partition your harddrive under Windows and is it a SATA drive?

For those new to using GNU plus Linux systems,

Yes. Got it here: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Daily Build

My goal is: I want to run this Ubuntu DVD without flushing/erasing my current OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Nobody of importance actually calls it GNU/Linux. And there are very good reasons why.

Yes, I am nobody of importance. So I can call it GNU + Linux all day long and ignore the reasons for why not.

I GOT an Asus PCI xpress 1X network CARD. I can't get the Ubuntu 10.04 to RECOGNIZE the card. Can anyone tell me how to INSTALL the drivers and get Ubuntu 10.04 to recognize the card?

Hello,

I'm new to *ix.  Basically, I stumble through scripts that other people write and TRY to figure how they did things.  Right now I'm a little stumped and am hoping someone can write what would probably be a simple shell script for them.  What I need it to convert an excel doc (or tab delimited doc if excel is to crazy) into an xml format.  I know this sounds difficult, but it should be easy when you realize the format.

All I need is this format.  The first tags can read exactly as they are and do not require getting any outside info:

Code: [Select]<opening tag>
         <2ndopening tag>
                   <item=clip>
                             <attributes>

Now comes the part that REQUIRES getting info from the outside document:

Code: [Select]                                         <attribute key="value of column A">values of columns B, C and D</attributes>

The only trick would be that if the value of any columns is empty I'll need a space.  I'll need that to run until it reaches a POINT where there are no values in any column and then I'll need to close the tags from the first code part of this post.

If someone could help I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,

Dan
What have you got so far?  And what scripting language are you using?This actually works, but it's probably obvious to a pro that a beginner wrote this.  If I could get an evaluation it would be great.  There are also a couple parts MISSING that I'm stumped on.

Code: [Select]#First, let's create the document and write in the opening tags.

touch update.xml

#Let's make the file read and write only for everyone

chmod 666 update.xml

#Let's drop in the opening tags

echo "<xml version=1.1>" >> update.xml #xml tag

echo "    <items>" >> update.xml #items tag

echo "        <item name="test.mov">" >> update.xml #item name

echo "            <Attributes>" >> update.xml #Attributes tag

#let's get rid of some special characters

tr '\r' '\n' < /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/test/Continuity.txt  > sanitized.tmp

awk '{sub("&","and"); print}' /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/test/sanitized.tmp  > /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/Up_All_Night/sanitized2.tmp

awk '{sub(":","-"); print}' /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/test/sanitized2.tmp  > /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/Up_All_Night/sanitized3.tmp

#Let's create our xml file

awk -F "\t" '{if ($1!=""){printf "                <attribute key=\"" $1 "\">"; for (x=2;x<NF;x++) printf $x " "; print "</attribute>"}}' /users/ddow/Desktop/CLI_Workflows/test/sanitized3.tmp >> pix_update.xml

#Dropping in the closing tags

echo "            </Attributes>" >> update.xml #Close attributes

echo "        </item>" >> update.xml #close item

echo "    </items>" >> update.xml #close items

echo "</xml>" >> update.xml #close xml

#Let's get rid of our TEMP files

rm *.tmp

#EOF
I still need the code to move the value from row B to row A if row A is empty.

Looking for something LIKE this to use with Linux.lsusb, lspci? HardinfoIn the olden days, we used a torch, a screwdriver and a spiral-bound NOTEPAD... Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on January 17, 2012, 04:15:17 AM

In the olden days, we used a torch, a screwdriver and a spiral-bound notepad...

hi i have a IBM Thinkpad 600 and tried alot of linux distros and they all dont work
SPECS:IBM Thinkpad 600
Intel Pentinum 2 (300MHz I Think)
CD-ROM Installed
256 MB RAM
Windows XP Worked on it.
Help plzGoogle is your friend

First few...

Linux on IBM ThinkPad 600 http://www.levien.com/tp600.html

Installation INSTRUCTIONS for the ThinkPad 600 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_600 including links to:

    Installing Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) on an IBM ThinkPad 600 Model 2645-51U
    Mandrake 10.1 on a ThinkPad 600
    SUSE 7.2 on a ThinkPad 600
    UBUNTU 5.10 on a ThinkPad 600
    SUSE 8.2 and Kanotix on a ThinkPad 600
    Fedora Core 3 on a ThinkPad 600
    Alexander Krumeichs Red Hat 7.1 on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Raph Leviens Red Hat on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Bernard Reissbergs Linux on a ThinkPad 600 page
    OpenBSD on a ThinkPad 600
    Steve Grubbs Red Hat 7.3 on a ThinkPad 600 page
    Greg Watsons Linux on ThinkPad 600 page
    John Langfords Linux on a ThinkPad 600 page

Linux on a Thinkpad 600 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jcl/linux/thinkpad_600.html




YAY THX
my problem is with RAM But THEY WORK!!!
(Relied off of freedos for 8 Months now!!!)VectorLinuxI have an old medion computer that had 256 mb ram&LT; I upgraded it to 1 gb and it worked wonders! check out crucial or one of the other ram CHIP sellers it is worth the cost! linux runs great! check out ubuntu is is good for beginners!Puppy Linux. . . done.

I am currently building a SMALLER beowulf cluster (smaller than 16 nodes) and need help ditirmining a operating system for the main node.

I tried UBUNTU on the machine being used as the main, however, it failed, and i was wondering what other versions of linux would be SUFFICIENT in running a cluster.

Any help appreciated, and if you have any questions, please do ask. I don't know anything.
Here is a refer for the benefit of others.

Beowulf cluster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quote

A Beowulf cluster is a computer cluster of what are normally identical, commodity-grade computers networked into a small local area network with libraries and programs installed which allow processing to be shared ...
... name comes from the main character in the Old English epic poem Beowulf, which was bestowed by Sterling because the titular hero is described as having "thirty mens' heft of grasp in the grip of his hand".
... no particular piece of software that defines a cluster as a Beowulf. Beowulf clusters normally run a Unix-like operating system, such as BSD, Linux, or Solaris, normally built from free and open source software. Commonly used parallel processing libraries include Message Passing Interface (MPI) and Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM). ...
Currently there are a number of Linux distributions, and at least one BSD, that are designed for building Beowulf clusters. These include:
....
ClusterKnoppix, based on Knoppix
Kerrighed
Rocks Cluster Distribution
...
DragonFly BSD
...
A cluster can be set up by using Knoppix bootable CDs in combination with OpenMosix. The computers will automatically link together, without need for complex configurations, to form a Beowulf cluster using all CPUs and RAM in the cluster.
...
Beowulf systems are now deployed worldwide, chiefly in SUPPORT of scientific computing.

My computer just recently came up with an update to the mesa GL program. This was not odd except that the button to select it was grayed out, which did not allow me to select it for upgrade. I then went to the terminal WINDOW to install it manually. (possibly my first mistake) This is the output it gave me:
$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-swx11
[sudo] password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer REQUIRED:
  browser-plugin-gnash menu-xdg libkactivities5 ekiga gnuchess-book
  gnome-games-extra-data gtali glchess libkimproxy4 libclutter-gst-1.0-0
  gnome-video-effects libkdeclarative5 libdiscid0 gnome-games cheese gdebi
  quadrapassel gnobots2 libfolks-eds25 liferea-data cheese-common libcheese1
  gdebi-core python-lxml libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 kdelibs5-dbg gnibbles
  gedit-plugins libpt2.10.2 libqt4-dbg libboost-date-time1.46.1 gnotski
  gnome-backgrounds libkrossui4 libspandsp2 libcluttergesture-0.0.2-0
  libknewstuff2-4 iagno glines gnome-icon-theme-extras gir1.2-gucharmap-2.90
  libmagick++3 libmx-1.0-2 kdebase-runtime-dbg python-uniconvertor
  libopal3.10.2 liferea gnash gnotravex libcheese-gtk20 gnect python-evolution
  gnome-contacts libkunitconversion4 kde-runtime-dbg hamster-applet gnuchess
  gnash-common perlmagick libclutter-imcontext-0.1-0 inkscape dconf-tools
  libkutils4 sound-juicer libmusicbrainz3-6
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libgl1-mesa-swx11
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 910 kB of archives.
After this operation, 81.9 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libgl1-mesa-swx11 i386 7.11-0ubuntu3 [910 kB]
Fetched 910 kB in 8s (109 kB/s)                                               
(Reading database ... 231471 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fglrx-dev ...
Removing fglrx-amdcccle ...
Removing fglrx ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/pxpress/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdcccle because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdcccle (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amdcccle.desktop because associated file /usr/share/fglrx/amdcccle.desktop (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-amdccclesu.desktop because associated file /usr/share/fglrx/amdccclesu.desktop (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/amdxdg-su because associated file /usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdxdg-su (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libaticalcl.so because associated file /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/lib32/libaticalrt.so because associated file /usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so (of link group i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) doesn't exist.
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/pxpress/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
(Reading database ... 231239 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgl1-mesa-swx11 7.10.2-0ubuntu2.1 (using .../libgl1-mesa-swx11_7.11-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgl1-mesa-swx11 ...
Setting up libgl1-mesa-swx11 (7.11-0ubuntu3) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
$


I wouldn't be so worried except that I just recently tweaked Ubuntu 11.10 in certain ways that had possible errors in them such as rendering the OS incapable to booting. The instructions I got off a page I trust but I fear that RUNNING this update somehow might have done irreparable damage to my OS. I still would not be worried except that one, the "update" got rid of more programs than it installed/upgraded and TWO, created a new boot image on a seemingly inconsequential graphics package.


Computer:
Dell Dimension 4550 running Ubuntu 11.10
748 MB of RAM
Pentium IV Processor at 2.53 GHZ
Rage 128 Pro Ultra 32 MB graphics card
Maxtor Hard Drive


If there's anything else you need, please let me know! Thank you!

initrd contains insmod (amongst other things), for loading kernel modules.  My guess is that the upgrade to Mesa requires a slight change to this program.  If you're concerned though, your best bet is to take an image of your system using CloneZilla, immediately before the upgrade.  That way, you can roll back if anything goes wrong.Thank you! Got the issue fixed (though it really wasn't an issue) I rebooted my computer and all was okay. Thanks again!No problem, although I don't think I did anything!  Glad it's SORTED.

I know that this is a similar title to an earlier post, but is a different problem.

I am INSTALLING Ubuntu Desktop 64 bit for am AMD processor. Dell Inspiron 1526. The install seems to work until about halfway through, and it notifies me the fallowing:

"The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:

[Errno 5] input/output error"

It also goes on to tell me that cleaning the disk can prevent problems, but the disk is brand new and just freshly burned. I tried burning the ISO image again to another disk, but i still have the same result.

The install worked through my Inspiron 1525 (one model number away) and i am wondering why it would not work for one computer but for the other

THANKS for reading, and thanks to any help in advance. Probably because the laser lens is dirty.

Try installing from USB. Quote from: zeroburn on February 04, 2012, 04:44:52 PM

i am wondering why it would not work for one computer but for the other

when i could log in on normal, it would leave me at a blank desktop image, and a mouse.

I need to find my remote desktop IP but I have been unable to do this since all I can find is my router IP and my 192.168 address. How do I specify this so that I can, for example, access it from a computer not on the LAN?You fill out your WAN address in a remote desktop client and if necessary the port number the remote server is listening on (on your network) and your router does the rest.

You might be able to test it by just FILLING out your WAN IP where you normally fill out the LAN IP.By the way, this is what I do to remote connect: http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_Ubuntu_Linux_Remote_Access_using_SSH
Let me interject. 
FYI: There are some free PROGRAMS for remote desktop in Linux.
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20090529205342507/RemoteDisplay.html
Notice that different methods are used by different programs. The help of a server is NEEDED to establish a connection.
The following is a good start to understand how Remote Software WORKS. Better results are with commercial support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software

Hello all. I am PRETTY new to the scene of Ubuntu and linex. I have learned much about the systems from using the OS as my MAIN operating system, but i still have some questions.

I have a 1 TB external hard disk that i have plugged into a Dell Inspiron 1525 running Ubuntu Desktop 11.10 64 bit, and i am trying to share that disk across the network, primarily to another dell Inspiron model, 1526. The network is wireless, and the two laptops are sitting in my workstation both plugged into external displays for dual monitors on each. I would like to share the 1 TB drive, but all the options i have tried thus far end in the result of me finding the shared folder on the hard drive, and when i try to connect to the folder, a popup tells me that ubuntu was unable to mount to location.
I have tried two meat methods for the sharing, but NEITHER worked. and neither i remember the names for

Secondly, i have an HP Deskjet F4180 plugged into the same Inspiron 1525 LAPTOP. through a USB connection. My question with this one is how do i share it across the network to the Inspiron 1526 that is sitting across the desk.

All help appreciated, thanks. If the external hard drive will permanently be connected, I would do the following: mount it at boot (through /etc/fstab); share it using Samba, if it's a Windows network or through NFS is it's a Linux network.