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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@mimoh
thnx big time i wap able to fix my source list and used sudo apt-cdrom add. to add my ubuntu cd to repositories and worked fine
about the bluetooth i managed to make it dial but the gprs logo came on only 4a second just like the rest
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rozilla (m)
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thanks mimoh. i will try that out , as soon as i buy a new UPS. my ups burnt out. anyone know how much a new UPS costs?
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@rozilla
d price of an average ups should be between 6k to 7k. but i'll advise go for mecury. i wonder how u fried it up. plz tell us
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Chxta (m)
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Looks like you guys done good around these parts. . .  |
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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i just when to a cafe now and tried downloading some stuffs the speed is about 2kbps transfer rate and i encountered dependency hell too much dependency can anyone just download the packages and burn them to a cd just like mandrake redhat and the rest?
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Chxta (m)
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If you can, download this file. All you dependency issues would be solved. Problem is that it is 3.1 GB in size. Have the time? |
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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that would be impossible on gprs or even cafes. is there any other solution
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rozilla (m)
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mimoh it's still not working. this is what i get when i type sudio tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 13 10:44:31 BlackBetty kernel: [ 823.806741] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15
Nov 13 10:44:31 BlackBetty kernel: [ 823.955199] ti_usb_3410_5052 1-2:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.582217] usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707518] usb 1-2: device firmware changed
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707563] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.707788] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 15
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.810052] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 16
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.980472] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.982446] ti_usb_3410_5052 1-2:1.0: TI USB 3410 1 port adapter converter detected
Nov 13 10:44:32 BlackBetty kernel: [ 824.982481] ti_usb_3410_5052: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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for itunes lovers there is now something similar on linux its called song bird . and it looks nice its worth trying out. check songbirdnest.com
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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plz guy help is there anyway of extracting the gnome desktop environment from the ubuntu cd i currently use kde
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Christino (m)
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Hi Guys
Thanks y'all i just installed UBUNTU after 11 Horrible Hours, but i'm glad i wasn't so disappointed and i'm posting this from UBUNTU!!!
Now i'll be disturbing you a lot from time to time. I'll be buzzin u on YIM and giving you phone calls too.
Now a bigger question.
Can I use UBuntu to study for CompTIA Linux+? If yes, how do I proceed?
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@christino
try ubuntuforums.org and check under programming and do u use a modem
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Christino (m)
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i have one but i use a LAN card and a wireless card.
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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4game lovers like me don't worry linux has some solid games i even stumbled upon a nintendo64 emulator which means i can play diddy kong racing again (i miss those days) goggle for more information also other games are available just google 4linux games .
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hayprof (m)
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4game lovers like me don't worry linux has some solid games i even stumbled upon a nintendo64 emulator which means i can play diddy kong racing again (i miss those days) goggle for more information also other games are available just google 4linux games . Thanks. Mr Ubuntu!   |
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@hayprof
your connection is back abi have u been able to install the ubuntu yet? if not then post it here u would sure get help.
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hayprof (m)
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your connection is back abi Yeah Man, Its back but i only get good connection @ night. So If Nepa no 4k up i am on thruout the night! have u been able to install the ubuntu yet? if not then post it here u would sure get help. No I havnt O ma brother,  I can't even remember what it said the last time i tried to install it.  I think its the partition section but can't remember the exact error it got,  Cos since that time i tried installing it and no success, i just 4got about it.  Maybe wit people like you and etc can bring the love[Ubuntu] back  By D Way I Got Some Ubuntu Discs Left Wit Me Sha, Anyone Interested Just Holla me Maybe on YahooIM :hayznet |
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@hayprof there's a solution but i don't know how to partition without messing up windows. would someone help him out plz.also am having a problem with my display. X gives me a resolution of 1820x1024 but when i change it to 1024x768, strange lines boxes just appear on my monitor and whenever i try dekorator the title bar disappears . i run kde a dell monitor+i think a pro savage card
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mimoh_mi (m)
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@adewaleafolabi
Where you still able to connect with your celtel, if no. Here is the solution.
Had to collect a friend's motorola blade. The problem with the previous
solution was that we did not set the primary and secondary DNS IP addresses.
So, got the DNS ip address from windows. Also make sure you use PAP autentication.
Ok, here are the DNS ip addresses
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.46.241.5
196.46.241.6
Don't forget the phone number is #999#
User Name 0000
password 0000
This should get your gprs up.
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Christino (m)
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Thanks man, i'll try this.
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Christino (m)
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Guys i'm in a fix,
First of all, I couldn't get automatix to download, i followed all the steps on their site - no luck
I downloaded real player 10 Gold for linux but could not install the .bin file. automatic installation did not work either.
I understand Yahoo messenger for linux is quite old and i'm not feeling GAIM at all.
Can I install Red Hat on the same system?
What is the difference between Xubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu?
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mimoh_mi (m)
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Hey guys lets not give up. Quitters never win and Winners never quits.
Ok, the problem with installing Linux on a system with windows already
installed is always getting the partition right. Most of with laptops bought
them with windows pre-installed. So, if you must keep your windows, you
have to resize the partitions first. You can use partition magic, version 8
recommended. What it does is that it is able to determine the size of
your hard drive presentely occupied by windows and the free space in the
Hard drive. So, you just give the size you want for windows and the remaining
part becomes free for you to install your linux.
To install linux in general, always boot from the cdrom, then follow the wizard,
then you get to the partition aspect, always look for manual partitioning option,
here you need to create at lest two partitions, a root partition with a / and a
swap partition. As a rule of thumb, the swap size should be at lest twice
the size of your RAM. If you already have up to 3 partitions, create a logical
partition, where the linux partition will be created. Like on my system, I had
C, system recovering drive and e drives before i installed by ubuntu. So after
using partition magic to resize my window partition, i had to create a logical
partition as against a primary partition type. All you need to do this is the
partition manager that comes with ubuntu, same with other linux systems
(it's GUI, so always easy to use). Finally, I created my root, swap,home,opt
usr and var linux partitions. If you don't know the exact size to allocate to these
partitions, just create the swap as discuss above and allocate the remaining to
root partition, linux will create the remaining partition using default value
as size. Most times that will just be ok.
Alway allow linux to configure the X windows during installation, it is able
to probe your VGA and monitor. You might have to supply few info, but
don't worry, it is gui stuff, so easy to fill. Then setting up dual booting,
most linux these days uses the gruid boot loader as aginst lilo. Choose
the default OS, so that when you power on the system, gruid gives you
some time to select the os you want to boot, use the down arrow to select it
or the default option will be loaded.
Wao, very long I guess, so just get started and post the problem as you progress,
and we tackle them along that line to.
@heyprof, lets get started again. Together we all can learn.
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@mimoh thanks i'll do that once electricity is restored @christino the difference is that ubuntu is based on gnome, kubuntu on k desktop environment(kde) while xubuntu is based on the xfce desktop environment. why do u want red hat is it because the packages are available on discs well ubuntu also has that
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mimoh_mi (m)
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@christino
Is you system connected to the net ? Please let me know
so that I can guide you on how to use the apt-get tools
to install packages on ubuntu.
Sorry am out my laptop is going down thanks to
PHCN (Please Hold your Candle Nearer)
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@mimoh i changed it just like the way you said but the same problem still remains can u plz upload the connection file here, i searched for mine using find files so that i can compare thanks
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hayprof (m)
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@mimoh_mi : To tell u the facto u d one that understands what u sating -truth! I once tried to install the ubuntu by no luck and now i even got kubuntu, Still can't install none. Dont want to get my system messed up. I swear -My system once gave me malaria  onetime because of some virus thing, -A memeber can testify to that Maybe u can convinced be sha  Lets say we get to meet on YahooIM :hayznet N.B Those Partition terms are nt anywhere known by me. |
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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i quite understand the partitioning terms clearly but what am afraid of is that windows file system cud be funny at times. but if mimoh can guarantee that partition magic wont mess up your windows then we'll talk to tom-tom 2bring me over ok
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1ofall (f)
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Hi all,
Mimoh_mi, I successfully installed ubuntu on my laptop and it worked fine, however, when I tried to install windows on another partition, it only saw the partitions with linux.
Anyway, I reinstalled windows and then went to install ubuntu(Iam using edgy) but it hangs at 55% and won't go any further, any ideas?? I've used the options of letting it install on the largest empty space, and manually configuring the partitions,
ps: I 've downloaded ubuntu 2ice so far as someone had suggested it might be a problem with the image I got, even though it installed fine when it was by itself.
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@1stofall
well i still have some k/ubuntu cds left if interested let me know
@everyone
i was able to get back my redhat 9 login screen on my ubuntu. i did some crude work initially but finally all i just had to do was edit this file \etc\kde3\kdm\kdrmc then changed this line
Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/circles
note that circles is the name of the KDM theme theres is ubuntu by default ok. so if you download a kdm theme just extract it to your Desktop then fire up the terminal and enter the following command
cd Desktop
sudo mv name of theme /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/circles
then edit your kdrmc file
@mimoh
i don't know why this stuff refused to connect can you just upload your connection file here plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz am waiting
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nosa101 (m)
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How do I set up a wireless connection on ubuntu? Or how do I set up my starcomms connection on it?
I just got my Ubuntu CDs
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adewaleafolabi (m)
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@nosa your question has already been answered check page 4 of this thread
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