Alright, I got a Commodore 128 rom wget style and saved it as a binary file titled c128_cp_m_system_disk_dec_8_1985_622-580745.d64. Can anyone guide me through the install. I haven't really gotten the chance to cover all the Unix/Linux basics, as I have absolutely no money for reference books, otherwise I could just plow through a manual. Luckily, I'm gonna be able to resume my cs classes this summer though.
[editline]10:19[/editline] Alright, here's what I tried: [code]
wizard_of_quiz@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install c128_cp_m_system_disk_dec_8_1985_622-580745.d64
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
wizard_of_quiz@ubuntu:~$ sudo
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -L | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user name|#uid]
usage: sudo -l[l] [-AknS] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-U user name] [-u
user name|#uid] [-g groupname|#gid] [command]
usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-C fd] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user
name|#uid] [-g groupname|#gid] [VAR=value] [-i|-s] [<command>]
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-C fd] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user
name|#uid] file ...
wizard_of_quiz@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install c128_cp_system_disk_dec_8_1985_622-580745.d64
[sudo] password for wizard_of_quiz:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package c128_cp_system_disk_dec_8_1985_622-580745.d64
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'c128_cp_system_disk_dec_8_1985_622-580745.d64'[/code]
I came up with an idea for sudo, but it didn't work out... Thanks for the help on this guys, I really need it!
I'm trying to install Arch but I have no idea how to open .xinitrc to add Awesome so that Slim will actually start up Awesome instead of telling me that log in failed- uh, help please?
Is 2011 the year of Linux on the desktop
[QUOTE=Mr. Kobayashi;30452269]Is 2011 the year of Linux on the desktop[/QUOTE]
define 'year of linux on the desktop'
[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30452204]I'm trying to install Arch but I have no idea how to open .xinitrc to add Awesome so that Slim will actually start up Awesome instead of telling me that log in failed- uh, help please?[/QUOTE]
[code]
nano ~/.xinitrc
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Ctrl+X to exit
Ctrl+O to save
HNNNNG why does everything in linux have to be so non-straightforward? I'm trying to reinstall samba, and it doesn't create a new config file for me. It doesn't work at all either.
Doesn't samba install it's default config file as /etc/samba/smb.conf.default ?
Question... how would you go about setting up and configuring my wireless ethernet adaptor on my laptop during the Arch installation?
[editline]14th June 2011[/editline]
It's encrypted and password protected.
If it doesn't work out of the box you'll to do some things to get the device working.
Once the device is working you'll need to connect to the network. There are many ways of setting this up. The wiki goes in great detail to explain all the methods. If you're on a laptop I would suggest wicd (packages: wicd wicd-gtk) It provides a good lightweight interface to interact with the device. If you're using gnome or KDE it might be a better idea to use NetworkManage and its applet.
Here's all the documentation you'll possibly need:
[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless[/url]
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You'll also have to install the wireless_tools package. It's mentioned in the wiki. It contains all the utilities to fiddle with wireless devices. This includes connecting to networks.
Like Boris said just read the wiki article on it, I was lucky enough to have my device working out of the box so all I needed to do was use wpa_supplicant and I was away. I use the [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager]NetworkManager[/url] interface in my set up :biggrin:
[QUOTE=Boris-B;30456972]Doesn't samba install it's default config file as /etc/samba/smb.conf.default ?[/QUOTE]
I got the config back, but it still doesn't work.
When I was installing it, my phone crapped out and I had like no documentation whatsoever.
[QUOTE=raBBish;30394545]I recommend [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Clyde]Clyde[/url] instead. Yaourt is coded in Bash so it's very slow, but Clyde is Lua and much faster. Feature-wise it's almost exactly the same.[/QUOTE]
I just submitted a pull request for a like ~10 line patch to Clyde :P, it's kind of hacky though dunno if they'll merge it.
So inexplicably gThumb stopped working. It's my favorite image viewer.
I hadn't been changing settings or anything. It simply stopped working.
Opening in terminal (or attempting to) I get the following error
[code]stephen@spc:~$ gthumb
(gthumb:2075): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_get_path: assertion `G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(gthumb:2075): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(gthumb:2075): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_get_path: assertion `G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(gthumb:2075): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkTextMark being finalized while still in the buffer; someone removed a reference they didn't own! Crash impending
(gthumb:2075): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_file_get_path: assertion `G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(gthumb:2075): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Segmentation fault
stephen@spc:~$
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[b]EDIT:[/b]
It has inexplicably began to work again after I installed a few new programs to try them out.
Which distro would you recommend for a server? I'm building my own server, and have used CentOS on a VPS before, but am wondering if there are better alternatives?
Without some 20 000 step installation, please.
RHEL is the traditional server Linux.
I think CentOS is RHEL-based?
[QUOTE=esalaka;30495437]RHEL is the traditional server Linux.
I think CentOS is RHEL-based?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it is. Should that be fine then?
I'm used to CellOS and how it works, but if there are definite better choices, I'd be happy to move to those then.
Well if you want you could always try Arch but I hear CentOS is just fine
Alright, I'll keep using CentOS then.
Is software RAID difficult to set up with it? I'm thinking of having two 1TB drives in RAID 1, as I have a file hosting service and losing the files would be pretty bad for the users. And for my reputation.
I'd go with Scientific Linux, it's more up to date, and the developers aren't assholes like CentOS.
If you want up to date, I'd go with Debian stable.
So this may sound dumb because this is my first arch install. I have a problem where my wifi is ether eth0 or eth1 and when it is on eth0 it works fine but when it was on eth1 I had to use run dhcp on every startup. so I gave it a static IP like I did with eth0 and it just does not work now.
I did the static ip in rc.conf like so: eth0="eth0 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
and the only thing I changes w.as eth0 to eth1 and the IP.
Ahem, can I get some advice anytime soon? Please?
[QUOTE=raceingdemon;30511437]So this may sound dumb because this is my first arch install. I have a problem where my wifi is ether eth0 or eth1 and when it is on eth0 it works fine but when it was on eth1 I had to use run dhcp on every startup. so I gave it a static IP like I did with eth0 and it just does not work now.
I did the static ip in rc.conf like so: eth0="eth0 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
and the only thing I changes w.as eth0 to eth1 and the IP.[/QUOTE]
You should be using wlan0 for wifi. eth0 and eth1 are ethernet ports. The default network daemon is inconsistent when connecting; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I use [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg]netcfg[/url], since it's very easy to get working. Since your internet is not working, it could be likely that your router is denying you to lease that IP; dhcp is more easier to use in this case.
Hello! About 6 months ago, I became interested in Linux. While it could have gone much, MUCH worse, I ended up erasing Windows and about 10 years' worth of precious memories trying to install Ubuntu. Needless to say, my parents were pretty angry at me.
Fast forward about a month, and I re-install Ubuntu, and it works. However, I eventually take it off, due to my parents literal FEAR of it, but mostly because it slow and took up a bunch of space on my hard drive that I needed for my vidya games. During this period, I started trying to figure more about how the magical computarbot worked. I learned a decent amount, and burned a couple cds of different distros to try them out a bit, and figure out which one I wanted.
Unfortunately, before I could do anything, my cd drive decides it and the BIOS aren't very good friends anymore. It has a habit of doing this occasionally, but that's a story for another time. Anyways, I keep on learning small amounts, such as how Linux is a kernel, not an OS, and how much I should shut up.
Very recently, however, I learned about virtualization and all that good stuff. Right now, I'm running Arch and Crunchbang through VMware. It's been an interesting experience, learning to use an OS that isn't Windows. I've only used a Mac once before, and all I did was play crappy flash games for about half an hour.
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;30513119]You should be using wlan0 for wifi. eth0 and eth1 are ethernet ports. The default network daemon is inconsistent when connecting; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I use [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg]netcfg[/url], since it's very easy to get working. Since your internet is not working, it could be likely that your router is denying you to lease that IP; dhcp is more easier to use in this case.[/QUOTE]
In an ideal world maybe. I've seen wireless interfaces named wlanX, raX, wifiX, and ethX.
[QUOTE=raceingdemon;30511437]So this may sound dumb because this is my first arch install. I have a problem where my wifi is ether eth0 or eth1 and when it is on eth0 it works fine but when it was on eth1 I had to use run dhcp on every startup. so I gave it a static IP like I did with eth0 and it just does not work now.
I did the static ip in rc.conf like so: eth0="eth0 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
and the only thing I changes w.as eth0 to eth1 and the IP.[/QUOTE]
Here's how to fix this:
[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_Network#Interface_names_varying[/url]
The second option is better IMO. The part after the [B]-OR-[/B]
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I would also recommend using eth0 for your lan and wlan0 for your wireless.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SyWit.png[/IMG]
"Shit was so cash" is actually rather hilarious when done properly
After I decided that I didn't want to use Vista anymore on my older PC, I tried Ubuntu for the first time, rather liked it after getting used to it.
It's something fresh that I can try out for awhile.
Just one question, is there any simple way of running .Run files? Can't find it anywhere for some reason.
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