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jesse stephen | 1 Dec 2009 01:00
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games?

I have not been able to run any off the games I have installed on the software center. I am running Ubuntu 9.10. I may need to reinstall the graphics card I really don't know computers well. My pc is a hp Pavilion Slimline s3020n PC. graphics powered  nvidia. The screen just slowly turns white when I try to run a game and I have to turn it off when that happens to get it to work again.

<div><p>I have not been able to run any off the games I have installed on the software center. I am running Ubuntu 9.10. I may need to reinstall the graphics card I really don't know computers well. My pc is a hp Pavilion Slimline s3020n PC. graphics powered&nbsp; nvidia. The screen just slowly turns white when I try to run a game and I have to turn it off when that happens to get it to work again.<br></p></div>
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Amedee Van Gasse (ub | 1 Dec 2009 01:04
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Re: how to create a .torrent file

On Mon, November 30, 2009 17:57, user1 wrote:
>> You need to create the .torrent file on the webserver where the file is
>> hosted.
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I tried to open the deluge bittorrent client, and then I did:
>
> Deluge - File - Create Torrent
>
> Then in the Files box I inserted my video (bigfile) on my harddisk.
>
> Then in the Trackers box I inserted following 4 trackers:
>
> http://trackedbyet.info:420/announce
>
> http://denis.stalker.h3q.com/announce
>
> http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
>
> http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce
>
> In the Webseeds box I inserted the address of my video, which is exact
> the same file as the video sitting on my harddisk (it is actually a
> folder containing an html file and the very video file):
>
> http://www.minihowto.org/kompozer_video
>
> Then I clicked the "Save" icon, and the .torrent file was created.
>
> Then I uploaded this .torrent file, so it is sitting next to the video
> file on my webhotel address.
>
> When I now try to click on the .torrent file, it opens Transmission
> bittorrent client, and begins to download the file, and it shows 4
> connected peers, but is idle, probably because nobody else is trying to
> download the same .torrent. :-)
>
>
Please give a link to your torrent file. I'll try to download it, then you
will have confirmation.

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Steve | 1 Dec 2009 01:06

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 locking up regularly after upgrade (Was Re: I am using Ubuntu 9.10 version - facing problem with my system)

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:41:10 -0000, Amedee Van Gasse (ub)  
<amedee-ubuntu <at> amedee.be> wrote:

> On Mon, November 30, 2009 23:34, Andrew Farris wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 09:50 +0530, Electrotek_Chennai wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>  From that day onwards, my system gets struck while working.  I will
>>> have to restart the system to work again.  This happens nearly 20
>>> times a day.
>>
>> Is it the whole system that is hanging, or just the GUI? You can check
>> this the next time it hangs by hitting ctrl+alt+F1 (any key from F1 to
>> F6 should work, but for ease of communication and all...). If you get to
>> a text terminal then your computer is not freezing, rather the GUI is
>> locking up. Once it is determined which is actually happening, we can
>> focus on the right area.
>
> *snip*
>
> Sorry for jumping in, but my other computer also locks up a couple of
> times per week (or even per day). X freezes, no response from  
> Ctrl+Alt+Fn,
> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (yes I enabled it), Ctrl+Alt+Del, SysRq combo's,...
> Pinging the machine doesn't work either, and all ssh sessions that were
> open get cut off.
>
> Could such a thing be caused by a hardware problem? I already eliminated
> power supply, cooling, memory and hard disk as possible causes.
>
Could be,  I’ve seen the ribbon cables to IDE disks cause lock ups. I’d  
moved everything but the Mobo and cables to another machine to test, so  
was about to blame the Mobo until I tried the cables as well.
As several people are suffering this could it be the same/similar  
hardware.  Perhaps if everybody, who suffers this problem, could list  
their MOBO, CPU, Video card, etc. a common factor might appear.

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Amedee Van Gasse (ub | 1 Dec 2009 01:08
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Re: how to create a .torrent file

On Mon, November 30, 2009 17:57, user1 wrote:
>> You need to create the .torrent file on the webserver where the file is
hosted.
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
> I tried to open the deluge bittorrent client, and then I did:
>
> Deluge - File - Create Torrent
>
> Then in the Files box I inserted my video (bigfile) on my harddisk.
>
> Then in the Trackers box I inserted following 4 trackers:
>
> http://trackedbyet.info:420/announce
>
> http://denis.stalker.h3q.com/announce
>
> http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
>
> http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce
>
> In the Webseeds box I inserted the address of my video, which is exact
the same file as the video sitting on my harddisk (it is actually a
folder containing an html file and the very video file):
>
> http://www.minihowto.org/kompozer_video
>
> Then I clicked the "Save" icon, and the .torrent file was created.
>
> Then I uploaded this .torrent file, so it is sitting next to the video
file on my webhotel address.
>
> When I now try to click on the .torrent file, it opens Transmission
bittorrent client, and begins to download the file, and it shows 4
connected peers, but is idle, probably because nobody else is trying to
download the same .torrent. :-)
>
Never mind, I think that I found it:
http://minihowto.org/kompozer_video.torrent
correct?

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John Graddy | 1 Dec 2009 01:28

Ebook Readers

I am considering getting an ebook reader.  I have noticed that nearly
all of them advertise themselves as being "compatible with PC and Mac".
The software that I have found for downloading public domain books is
also "PC version" and "Mac Version".  

Does anyone download books to an Ubuntu system and then load them onto
an ebook reader?  Is any particular ebook reader reccommended?  I would
hate to fork over more than $200 for one and then find out that I
couldn't use it.

Thanks,
John
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Steven Susbauer | 1 Dec 2009 01:40

Re: Missing Operating System (Was "Re: Do Ubuntu and Mac OS X place nice with each other?"


On Nov 27, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Seth Hoogeboom wrote:

> Okay, so I just finished installing Ubuntu, rebooted and I get the error "Missing operating system",
thankfully Mac OS X is still fine. But how do I fix this? I'm assuming that I just installed GRUB in the wrong place.

Try to install GRUB to the Ubuntu partition rather than the disk MBR.

I have not done it myself, but since the Mac EFI is trying to load a loader from there it should load from there.
The option is one of the advanced options, don't remember on which menu.
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christopher.lemire | 1 Dec 2009 01:47
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Re: Missing Operating System (Was "Re: Do Ubuntu and Mac OS X placenice with each other?"

That's over 20 lbs of muscle since I started :)
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On Nov 27, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Seth Hoogeboom wrote:

> Okay, so I just finished installing Ubuntu, rebooted and I get the error "Missing operating system",
thankfully Mac OS X is still fine. But how do I fix this? I'm assuming that I just installed GRUB in the wrong place.

Try to install GRUB to the Ubuntu partition rather than the disk MBR.

I have not done it myself, but since the Mac EFI is trying to load a loader from there it should load from there.
The option is one of the advanced options, don't remember on which menu.
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Ray Parrish | 1 Dec 2009 02:03

Re: UBUNTU DIRECTIONS


jesse stephen wrote:
> Is there a pdf manual for ubuntu? It would really help

Many of the documentation files for Ubuntu are already on your hard 
drive. Have a look through your /usr/share/docs folder for html and pdf 
help files for all of your programs and Ubuntu itself including the 
kernel references.

Many more docs are installable with Synaptic Package Manager, so have a 
look there as well.

For a good list of what I think are the core manuals to install, and 
their installed locations have a look here -

<http://www.rayslinks.com/Learning%20Linux%20References.html>

Later, Ray Parrish

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Mriswithe | 1 Dec 2009 02:20
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Karmic: Mounts with SMB:// not showing up in all nautilus/file manager windows

I did some searching and couldn't find anything that addressed this, so here goes:

I usually mount shares on other local computers, both windows and linux flavors, by entering "smb://192.168.0.5" to mount them and get to them. In 9.04 when I did this it would pop on my desktop as well as in nautilus and such. Now in karmic it is appearing in the "Places" area of nautilus as well as my desktop like it used to, but the only thing different is when I go to select a download location with something like downthemall it is not seeing the mount in the links to the left. I can't find it anywhere so that I can do a direct dump to the networked computer.

I am on a clean install of 9.10 Ubuntu using gnome and have had very few other problems with karmic, anyone have an idea of what changed or if this is a known issue?


Thank you for your help,

Mriswithe 

<div><p>I did some searching and couldn't find anything that addressed this, so here goes: <br><br>
I usually mount shares on other local computers, both windows and linux
flavors, by entering "smb://<a href="http://192.168.0.5">192.168.0.5</a>" to mount them and get to them.
In 9.04 when I did this it would pop on my desktop as well as in
nautilus and such. Now in karmic it is appearing in the "Places" area
of nautilus as well as my desktop like it used to, but the only thing
different is when I go to select a download location with something
like downthemall it is not seeing the mount in the links to the left. I
can't find it anywhere so that I can do a direct dump to the networked
computer. <br><br>
I am on a clean install of 9.10 Ubuntu using gnome and have had very few other problems
with karmic, anyone have an idea of what changed or if this is a known
issue? <br><br><br>
Thank you for your help,<br><br>
Mriswithe
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