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Ubuntu London - Vmware Stage 1 and now 2

Posted Mon, 2006-09-04 11:25 by n3m3s1s4u

Hello People! I have posted again on my Ubuntulondon Blog - Head on over to read up on Vmware running in Ubuntu - There will be more posts added soon! - http://ubuntulondon.wordpress.com for the main pageand http://ubuntulondon.wordpress.com/feed to subscribe to the feed for regular updates.In this post I have spoken about Vmware and what it is and the first stage of installation and understadning - Later today the second post will be added. You will then be able to run any operating system straigt up inside Ubuntu linux  - kewl huh?The second post has now been completed too, so now you can head on over and get the full procedures on installing Vmware on Ubuntu: It includes a step by step guide with Screenshots! - So hope this helps!Please feel free to join in on conversation too. Cheers

Plug-ins for Kubuntu program *resolved*

Posted Mon, 2006-09-04 01:57 by remacno

My dad just ordered the Kubuntu program which is a new version of Ubuntu. I have tried to open a few music videos because I love watching videos on Youtube.com and it said that I needed Macromedia Flash Player, Shockwave Player, and all of the other basic plug-ins that you need. I downloaded them and when I clicked the thing on the desktop that said suchandsuch installer, it opens up something in a winzip format or something like that. It won't let me install it and I have no idea what to do. Does anybody know where I can get the plug-ins for this version? Again, it is Kubuntu a new version of Ubuntu from Linux. I am using Mozilla Firefox and the only plug-ins that I can find are for Netscape. Does it make any difference? I don't know.

Dell inspiron 6000 with ubuntu 6.06

Posted Wed, 2006-08-30 10:26 by nemesis

    I am using Dell Inspiron 6000 first i cant seem to get any refrence of my bluetooth in the device manager eventhough the led is on,second i cant seem to find any indication of wireless in the system tray and the led light is off, the FN F2 key dosent do anything as well and lastlly my mouse pad is very jumpy and slow but the external mouse works fine.Any ideas of how to resolve these issuesthanks

nice site

Posted Tue, 2006-08-29 05:45 by Ron

Nice site!  I'm a Ubuntu fan, and a Drupal fan, and you've done a good job integrating both.

How to uninstall programs??

Posted Sun, 2006-08-27 16:16 by A dreamer

How to remove programs?Hi,I'm completely new to Linux, but I have managed to install Ubunto and so far I'm quite impressed. I have installed amaroK (I want to play my mp3 collection), but it will not play my mp3's.Now I want to unsinstall amaroK, but I have no idea at all on how to do it. Is there anybody who can give me a hint?BR,A dreamer

Problems with cursors in applications

Posted Sun, 2006-08-27 16:12 by maansson

Hi,I'm new to Ubunto and generallynew at using Linux as OS for my Laptop.I have some problems:

  1. when using GIMP: when I move the mousecursor around in the draving area, some pixel errors get's stuck - as if the brush indicator doesn't get fully erased.
  2. in applications like Evolution & Firefox formfields: when I use the arrow keys to move the cursor around it's does allmost the same thing as in GIMP. The cursor doesn't disappear instead i have some text with a lot of vertical lines.

This is very anoying to and makes it hard to read and edit mails and...I've tried reinstalling THE GIMP and tried using KDE, XFCE and GNOME and all had the same error.I have a Dell Latitude D620, with an nVidia graphics card. I'm using the generic nvidia driver that comes wih the kernel...(I can tell you it was quite a job getting this post written ;) )I hope someone can help me.

cupsd crashed and won't start again

Posted Sun, 2006-08-27 09:56 by paul99

Hi,After hearing all the buzz about Ubuntu, I decide to give it a try.  Installation was painless.  Then I tried to install my old HP LaserJet IIIp.  I added the printer to LPT1 and the test page printed fine.  The nI attempted to amke the printer available to my Windows XP box.  I saved a copy of cupsd.conf before making the changes. I restarted cupsd OK.On my windows box I added a printer, giving the URL as http://myserver/classes/HP and it seemed to take this.  However, when I printed a Word doc., I noticed that cupsd died and no matter what I did (including copying back the original cupsd.conf), I get:root@myserver:/# /etc/init.d/cupsys statusStatus of Common Unix Printing System: cupsd is not running but /var/run/cups/cupsd.pid exists.So, (1) how can I get my cupsd running again and (2) what are the step-by-step instructions for sharing my printer with Windows clients?

Black Screen

Posted Sun, 2006-08-27 01:34 by brandon

I have a black screen once the disc goes through the beginnings of the install process.  I've gotten farther than this before, but to no avail.  I'm on a new computer running WinXP, try to install the default Ubuntu, and I get a big black screen.  What can I do?  I'm lost, and can't wait much longer.B

Please Help. No sound on my IBM Thinkpad T43

Posted Wed, 2006-08-23 12:34 by cash1981

Hello. I have no sound on my IBM Thinkpad T43 in ubuntu dapper. I have sound on windows, so the soundcard works. I have checked the mute and the sound is on maximum. The driver seems to be loaded correctly as well. I have googled a bit and found this page:https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/21804It said here that the solution was to flip a bit. But I have only used linux for about 6 months, so I don't know how to do this.

Opensource Bandwidth,Network and Servers Monitoring tools with Tutorials

Posted Wed, 2006-08-23 10:16 by gg234

This is very good tutorials for bandwidth monitoring,network monitoring and servers monitoring tools with clear step by step installation guides this includes Nagios,MRTG,RTG,Netmrg,Darkstat,monit,munin,mon,oreon,Saidar ,Cacti,Bigsister,ibmonitor,zabbix.This resouce is Very useful for Users and Administrators to monitor their networks,bandwidth and servers.http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/monitortools.htm

Ubuntu London - Much more content and more to come

Posted Tue, 2006-08-22 16:54 by n3m3s1s4u

    Here is another note to let the newbies / beginners and soon to be experts on my Ubuntu London Blog. Please feel free to have another look over the site, http://ubuntulondon.wordpress.com/   - This have been fully updated to current, hits are starting to pour in. Please dont forget to leave comments and let me know how I am doing and please ask questions if needed. I am also a learner much like everyone else in Linux. There are so many new things to experience and learn within the Opensource community and it takes each one of us to make an impact. Please come a long and post a comment or 2, to assist me in providing content everyone is looking for. At present I am trying to get the first stages out of the way and moving forward into the more complex and advanced things. You are welcome to subsribe to my feed as well http://ubuntulondon.wordpress.com/feed/ so that you are up to date with my new posts. Thanks to ubuntux for allowing us to post here and for being a trult great site!.

Floppy drive

Posted Fri, 2006-08-18 01:33 by ajbruey

I'm having trouble getting Ubuntu to recognize my floppy. Then I downloaded LTS and have to start over. fd0 is not recognized anymore. I also haven't figured out how to save to a floppy from Open Office Write.

USB CD ROM DRIVE ___ BOOT..

Posted Thu, 2006-08-17 17:48 by dj0321

i have  the ubuntu disk and i have a usb cd rom drive how do u make the laptop boot from there.

Just a little VMware something

Posted Thu, 2006-08-17 14:31 by joe84maiden

Unfortunately, where I work I am forced to use windows as my main operating system. I've just set up a VMware ubuntu, and whilst I was sceptical of the performance and compatibility both before (which is why I hadn't tried this earlier) and during the install, this works really really well. VMware configs already exist for ubuntu and are freely downloadable. All modifications and installations are saved and function well (unlike using a liveCD), and the setup runs really fast (my work PC is decent but not great - 3.4GHz HT P4, 256MB DDR2). The other thing I like is that the pseudo-disk is 7.5G in size which is certainly sufficient to install and run the things I want. The only thing that is slow is booting, but then it was always going to be. Tabbing between windows and linux is a dream!I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Friedrich for giving me the post of moderator!Happy installationsJoe

ZABBIX monitoring System installation with screenshots

Posted Thu, 2006-08-17 10:16 by gg234

ZABBIX is a 24×7 monitoring solution without high cost. ZABBIX is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. ZABBIX uses a flexible notification mechanism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. ZABBIX offers excellent reporting and data visualisation features based on the stored data. This makes ZABBIX ideal for capacity planning.http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/zabbix.htm