General Linux Chat and Small Questions - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;29979305]no even then it's pretty bad. [editline]22nd May 2011[/editline] the problem comes from the fact that NTFS doesn't properly support Linux's permissions system.[/QUOTE] ...What? I thought Wubi simply installed Ubuntu to a loopmounted filesystem and directed the bootloader to it..

it's installed within windows. It might be, but that's what I've read and I had problems with it when I tried it. I never really investigated what the problem was, just set up a proper dual boot

Oh cool Virtualbox finally fixed support for Mutter/gnome shell. [quote][url=http://i.imgur.com/zBFwR.jpg][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/zBFwR.jpg[/img_thumb][/url][/quote] (goddamnit garry why'd you break img_thumb)

I want to install FreeNX on a server which doesn't have a GUI installed. Which GUI should I install and does anything special need to be done?

[QUOTE=high;29980565]I want to install FreeNX on a server which doesn't have a GUI installed. Which GUI should I install and does anything special need to be done?[/QUOTE] Just install xorg and openbox and you should be fine. If you want a full DE, install lxde or xfce. Or you can attempt to compile e17 using easy_e17.sh but honestly it's too much trouble to be worth it. :v:

Fuck you Fedora, I'm using Kubuntu. At least I can get my wireless working on that.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29983936]Fuck you Fedora, I'm using Kubuntu. At least I can get my wireless working on that.[/QUOTE] Did you add the RPMFusion repository? It has all the non-free stuff that Fedora won't include.

[QUOTE=Ins4ne;29970334]Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I recently was given an hp dm4 1160us and I wanted to dual boot ubuntu alongside 7. I burned my iso popped it in and it gets to the splash screen which gives me options to install or run ubuntu without installing. Problem is when I select one of those options everything goes black and I have to shutdown. I've already created a 40 gig partition and i dont know if the cd is messed up or my laptop won't allow it.[/QUOTE] Still looking for some help. Is i because my partition is unallocated? How should that be setup?

[QUOTE=.enasnI;29990965]Still looking for some help. Is i because my partition is unallocated? How should that be setup?[/QUOTE] That explains. Unallocated space literally just sits there being useless. You'll want to split it into 2-3 partitions.

Partitions on the hard drive shouldn't affect your ability to just boot from the CD.

[QUOTE=.enasnI;29990965]Still looking for some help. Is i because my partition is unallocated? How should that be setup?[/QUOTE] maybe it's outputting the screen through your laptops monitor port?

How should I format the unallocated space. Hooking up a monitor right now to test it out. [editline]22nd May 2011[/editline] OK so hooking my laptop up to a monitor worked out in booting from cd. How should I format the unallocated space so I can install to it?

[QUOTE=Ins4ne;29992180]How should I format the unallocated space. Hooking up a monitor right now to test it out. [editline]22nd May 2011[/editline] OK so hooking my laptop up to a monitor worked out in booting from cd. How should I format the unallocated space so I can install to it?[/QUOTE] That depends. If you want your root and home on one partition, make one for those and a swap partition equal to your RAM. If you don't want root and home on one partition, make a root partition of roughly 8-10 gigs, a swap the size of your RAM and the rest home. Just in case this turns out to be wrong, this is what the Ubuntu forum told me.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29992822]That depends. If you want your root and home on one partition, make one for those and a swap partition equal to your RAM. If you don't want root and home on one partition, make a root partition of roughly 8-10 gigs, a swap the size of your RAM and the rest home. Just in case this turns out to be wrong, this is what the Ubuntu forum told me.[/QUOTE] One partition is root and home Two partitions would have them seperatley? What is the more common preference? Sorry, but the bit about ram does not make sense to me.

[QUOTE=Ins4ne;29993152]One partition is root and home Two partitions would have them seperatley? What is the more common preference? Sorry, but the bit about ram does not make sense to me.[/QUOTE] Think of the root and home as your windows folder and all your other stuff respectively. The major advantage you get from having them seperately is that should shit get fucked up or you want to swap distros later on, you don't have to back up your files first, you can just flag that partition as home again (but make sure NOT to format it). As for the swap partition, it basically functions as your pagefile. It's one of those things that really doesn't do any harm if you have it.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29993198] As for the swap partition, it basically functions as your pagefile. It's one of those things that really doesn't do any harm if you have it.[/QUOTE] And on the other hand, if you have at least 4GB of RAM, you might just as well skip swap.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29993198]Think of the root and home as your windows folder and all your other stuff respectively. The major advantage you get from having them seperately is that should shit get fucked up or you want to swap distros later on, you don't have to back up your files first, you can just flag that partition as home again (but make sure NOT to format it). As for the swap partition, it basically functions as your pagefile. It's one of those things that really doesn't do any harm if you have it.[/QUOTE] Ok I like the idea of having them separately. What's the best way I do that? Split my current unallocated partition into 10 and 30?

Also swap shouldn't be the size of your RAM, that makes no sense [editline]22nd May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Ins4ne;29993390]Ok I like the idea of having them separately. What's the best way I do that? Split my current unallocated partition into 10 and 30?[/QUOTE] That's a smart idea, yes.

[QUOTE=esalaka;29993398]Also swap shouldn't be the size of your RAM, that makes no sense [/QUOTE] Like I said, it's what I was told at the Ubuntu forums, don't blame me for believing that. [QUOTE=Ins4ne;29993390]Ok I like the idea of having them separately. What's the best way I do that? Split my current unallocated partition into 10 and 30?[/QUOTE] Yeah, make 2 seperate partitions. Then just label them as / and /home in the install.

Might give Fedora a go. Opinions?

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;29995406]Might give Fedora a go. Opinions?[/QUOTE] It's pretty good. I quite like YUM and the fact that it includes only FOSS repositories by default. The only real issue is that the lack of non-free drivers might make setup a bit difficult if you have certain hardware, but almost everything should be supported. Also, if you don't mind waiting 2 days, you'll get their latest version, which will have all of the latest stuff, including Gnome3 if you want it.

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;29995406]Might give Fedora a go. Opinions?[/QUOTE] I have fedora installed on an older computer. works well. installing was a breeze, with no issues.

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;29995406]Might give Fedora a go. Opinions?[/QUOTE] Fedora 15 is due to be released on Tuesday, so you might as well wait.

Another question. I'm having issues partitioning. The 500gb hard drive is currently split up as 400gb windows 24gb recovery and 100mb for hp tools. When I proceed to install it insists I select the whole drive and re-partition everything which would wipe my windows install. I don't see any other option like 10.04lte has. Does writing to the 400gb windows wipe that partition?

[QUOTE=Ins4ne;29997952]Another question. I'm having issues partitioning. The 500gb hard drive is currently split up as 400gb windows 24gb recovery and 100mb for hp tools. When I proceed to install it insists I select the whole drive and re-partition everything which would wipe my windows install. I don't see any other option like 10.04lte has. Does writing to the 400gb windows wipe that partition?[/QUOTE] Yes, but there should be some sort of option to resize the Windows partition and install it alongside the existing OS. There should also be options to do it manually. What is EVERYTHING on that screen?

[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;29998583]Yes, but there should be some sort of option to resize the Windows partition and install it alongside the existing OS. There should also be options to do it manually. What is EVERYTHING on that screen?[/QUOTE] On 11.04 or 10.04lts? 10.04 had other options 11.04 didnt. edit: instead of getting something like this: [IMG]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=install-step4b.png[/IMG] I only get the option to erase and use the entire disk and specify partions. Then when I try to change my windows partition it tries to wipe all the data.

You could always resize the windows partition within windows and then manually partition using the newly freed space. You might want to defrag before doing that tho. Also, the windows partitioner isn't very fond of giving you too much space when resizing. If it doesn't allow you the space you want you can always boot from the live CD (try Ubuntu or whatever they call it now a days) and start Gparted which should allow you to resize it. You should still defrag beforehand.

Hey guys, I installed a few grub packages on mint 10, but the apps don't show up on my menu. I searched the mint forums, to see if anyone had any viable advice, but of course no one did. As you can tell I'm a complete noob, but I'm eager to learn this stuff. I'm sure some of you have dealt with this before.

[QUOTE=The Riddler;30001637]Hey guys, I installed a few grub packages on mint 10, but the apps don't show up on my menu. I searched the mint forums, to see if anyone had any viable advice, but of course no one did. As you can tell I'm a complete noob, but I'm eager to learn this stuff. I'm sure some of you have dealt with this before.[/QUOTE] ...Why would GRUB show up on the menu? Why should it?

[QUOTE=esalaka;30001762]...Why would GRUB show up on the menu? Why should it?[/QUOTE] I didn't realise it wasn't supposed to, I saw it mentioned in a few of the mint forum threads, but I also installed an emulator and a few grub games I found while checking out the package list. Not to mention that nmap and openssh server don't show up in the menu either.