Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
im using 6.10 and installed beryl, then switched to compiz then decided they were not stable and went back to a non accelerated desktop. i removed the nvidia beta driver and reinstalled the stable driver.
now to the problem:
ever since i installed compiz / beryl the xine control menu is transparent and unusable, its drawing the buttons on it to the screen but not the background. i tryed to reinstall xine. no avail. any ideas? i have rolled out all the compiz / beryl changes. i have not removed the packages though.
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
i did a dist-upgrade and the kernel along with several other things updated. now when i log into my xgl session there are no effects or anything. what should i do?
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
firefox in linux
greetings good people of the ubuntu community,
firefox has been a pain in the *** for me. i find it, really bloated. and i also have some major problems with the flash plugin.
first of all, i'm using gentoo linux, in a pc with 1gb of ram, and a processor of 3.2ghz, which is more than enough for my needs. anyway, so i'm having firefox, a konsole with irssi open and amarok. in firefox i have 3 tabs open, including one with a flash video. when i'm switching tabs or changing between programs, i get full 3 or more seconds of waiting. also, in digg.com, i'm getting a hueg lagfest, taking me a while to scroll, and pressing the links will freeze firefox for like 2secs.. is this normal? i mean... i'm getting less freezing in windows...
also, about the flash player...
i'm attaching the info from about: plugins here, before i describe my problem:
quote:
shockwave flash
file name: libflashplayer.so
shockwave flash 9.0 r31
mime type description suffixes enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash shockwave flash swf yes
application/futuresplash futuresplash player spl yes
so, well... the problem only appears in flash videos (like in youtube, metacafe etc.). the videos basicaly freeze. usually in the second or third second, but sometimes in the middle of it. to fix it, i'll have to kill firefox and start it again. also, flash is really laggy, and makes the whole page much more bloated than normally a flash application would.
any ideas?
thanks!
edit: you probably want to move this thread in "general help" :/
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
cobalt qube
i just bought a cobalt qube 3 (amd k6 450 mhz) and wondered if anyone had any experience installing ubuntu (or other distro) on the qube. i'd love to share notes.
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
cdcether module installation help
i have a smartax mt882 adsl router which requires cdcether module to be installed. i am not able to connect to internet. please help.
i tried 'sudo modprobe cdcether ' which gives an error module not found. how do i install this module?
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
hi all,
i just installed ubuntu 6.06 and it works fine on my p3 laptop, however, my gaim which comes together whem installing ubuntu keeps crashing. whenever i logon to gaim for my msn acct, it shows the buddy list and after a few seconds, it just closes. no error messages or whatever.
any way tht i can uninstall and reinstall gaim?
any help or advise is very much appreciated!
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
localepurge error in apt
greetings,
i'm having an interesting and annoying problem in apt.
when i'm trying to do any actions i get this:
"examples of actions and their output"
code:
~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
password:
reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
reading extended state information
initializing package states... done
building tag database... done
the following new packages will be automatically installed:
python-soappy
the following new packages will be installed:
python-soappy
the following packages will be upgraded:
apport apport-gtk cpio dbus dbus-1-utils deskbar-applet gnome-mag
gnome-orca gnome-pilot gnome-utils java-gcj-compat language-selector
language-selector-common libbeagle0 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev
libgnome-mag2 libgnome-pilot2 libjaxp1.2-java libnotify1 libssl-dev
libssl0.9.8 notification-daemon openssh-client openssl powernowd
python-apport-utils python-problem-report ssh-askpass-gnome usplash
30 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
need to get 11.6mb of archives. after unpacking 610kb will be used.
do you want to continue? [y/n/?] y
writing extended state information... done
get:1 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main cpio 2.6-17 [96.4kb]
get:2 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libssl-dev 0.9.8b-2ubuntu2 [2063kb]
...
blablablabla
....
get:30 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main usplash 0.4-30 [103kb]
get:31 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main gnome-pilot 2.0.14-0ubuntu2 [212kb]
fetched 11.6mb in 2m55s (66.5kb/s)
extracting templates from packages: 100%
preconfiguring packages ...
(reading database ... 144538 files and directories currently installed.)
preparing to replace cpio 2.6-16 (using .../archives/cpio_2.6-17_i386.deb) ...
unpacking replacement cpio ...
preparing to replace libssl-dev 0.9.8b-2ubuntu1 (using .../libssl-dev_0.9.8b-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
unpacking replacement libssl-dev ...
preparing to replace libssl0.9.8 0.9.8b-2ubuntu1 (using .../libssl0.9.8_0.9.8b-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
unpacking replacement libssl0.9.8 ...
preparing to replace openssh-client 1:4.3p2-2ubuntu5 (using .../openssh-client_1%3a4.3p2-4ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
unpacking replacement openssh-client ...
preparing to replace python-problem-report 0.22 (using .../python-problem-report_0.24_all.deb) ...
unpacking replacement python-problem-report ...
preparing to replace python-apport-utils 0.22 (using .../python-apport-utils_0.24_all.deb) ...
unpacking replacement python-apport-utils ...
preparing to replace apport 0.22 (using .../archives/apport_0.24_all.deb) ...
* stopping automatic crash report generation: apport [ ok ]
unpacking replacement apport ...
preparing to replace apport-gtk 0.22 (using .../apport-gtk_0.24_all.deb) ...
...
blablablalblalba
...
setting up notification-daemon (0.3.5-0ubuntu7) ...
setting up openssl (0.9.8b-2ubuntu2) ...
setting up powernowd (0.97-1ubuntu6) ...
installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/powernowd ...
* starting powernowd... /etc/init.d/powernowd: 156: cannot create /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: directory nonexistent
* cpu frequency scaling not supported
[ ok ]
setting up python-soappy (0.11.3-1.6) ...
compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/client.py ...
file "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/client.py", line 46
from __future__ import nested_scopes
syntaxerror: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/gsiserver.py ...
file "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/gsiserver.py", line 49
from __future__ import nested_scopes
syntaxerror: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/server.py ...
file "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/server.py", line 46
from __future__ import nested_scopes
syntaxerror: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/types.py ...
file "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/soappy/types.py", line 39
from __future__ import nested_scopes
syntaxerror: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file
setting up ssh-askpass-gnome (4.3p2-4ubuntu1) ...
setting up usplash (0.4-30) ...
update-initramfs: generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-8-generic
setting up gnome-pilot (2.0.14-0ubuntu2) ...
errors were encountered while processing:
localepurge
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
no /etc/locale.nopurge file present, exiting ...
e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
a package failed to install. trying to recover:
setting up localepurge (0.5.5) ...
cat: /tmp/filevrqr13.locale.gen: no such file or directory
dpkg: error processing localepurge (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
errors were encountered while processing:
localepurgealso:
code:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
setting up localepurge (0.5.5) ...
cat: /tmp/filewpbqao.locale.gen: no such file or directory
dpkg: error processing localepurge (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
errors were encountered while processing:
localepurgeand:
code:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: localepurge is broken or not fully installedand:
code:
~$ sudo aptitude reinstall localepurge
reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
reading extended state information
initializing package states... done
building tag database... done
the following packages will be reinstalled:
localepurge
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
need to get 0b of archives. after unpacking 0b will be used.
writing extended state information... done
setting up localepurge (0.5.5) ...
cat: /tmp/filefa0ehx.locale.gen: no such file or directory
dpkg: error processing localepurge (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
errors were encountered while processing:
localepurge
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
grep: /etc/locale.nopurge: no such file or directory
no /etc/locale.nopurge file present, exiting ...
e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
a package failed to install. trying to recover:
setting up localepurge (0.5.5) ...
cat: /tmp/file5jypl0.locale.gen: no such file or directory
dpkg: error processing localepurge (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
errors were encountered while processing:
localepurge
any ideas? i can do nothing at all!
i tried cleaning apt, i tried reconfiguring, installing and removing localepurge, reconfiguring it.
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
after installing kvpnc on ubuntu 6.10, i try to load it and get the following error:
could not launch menu item
failed to execute child process "su-to-root" (no such file or directory)
i have been using ubuntu for 2 weeks now, so sorry if this ranks as one of the dumber questions that arise.
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
poor rendering of windows fonts
after a lot of messing around i still cannot get windows fonts looking (what i consider) good on kubuntu dapper. overall the default fonts look ok in applications, but the windows fonts (installed from the msttcorefonts package) on webpages don't look quite right in multiple browsers. my main monitor is a lcd monitor connected using a dvi cable, so i need something to make fonts appear smoother otherwise they are really blocky (whereas you don't really need font smoothing with a lcd using an analogue connection).
you can see some of the problems in the attached images. in the first one the stem of the number two where it says "libcairo2-dev" almost looks like it has part of it missing, and i think the two lines coming off the upright part of the "k" on the last line look rather thin. in the second image where it says "12 2005" again i think part of the two appears to be missing. in the third image the capital bold "o" seems to be a bit furry at the top and bottom instead of being a sharp line. i'm using the default font rendering with anti-aliasing on, and using sub-pixel hinting and a hint style of full.i've tried the autohinter but that makes some bold text of windows fonts too bold.
i've tried the font patches here which i think do improve things, but still have the same problems such as part of the number two missing. if i enable the autohinter with these patches i think this gives the best font rendering and fixes the part of the "2" missing, but it brings other problems like some letters too close together and touching, or the vertical part of a capital "i" being to one side of the top and bottom parts.
i do a lot of surfing and want to use the windows fonts so i can view pages as the designer intended, but poor rendering of windows fonts is a real show stopper for me using kubuntu. i did install suse 10.1 but that had the same problems with windows fonts. i want to use kubuntu more, but having something so important not looking right is really annoying. i am used to cleartype in windows, but don't mind getting used to slightly different looking fonts if the letters are formed right (don't have bits missing etc).
so how can i improve this? do other users see these same problems? if so do you just put up with it? are other users with dvi connected lcd monitors happy with their font rendering of windows fonts, and if so how did you get good font rendering of windows fonts? thanks for any help on this issue.
attached imagesnumber 2 wrong, k stem.png (11.1 kb, 104 views)
times new roman 2 wrong.png (15.4 kb, 91 views)
bold o looks furry.png (8.5 kb, 88 views)
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
how to edit odt files from the command line
hi, i am looking for a way to edit my odt files (kword documents) from the command line. basically, i spend a lot of time off home, and i can connect to my pc through ssh. it would be nice if i could work on my home docs via ssh. i could download them and edit them locally, but i find it awkward.
is there a program to do that? perhaps a plugin for vim?
thanks for the help
regards
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