Yep, well said ujwal. These are GNOME specific stuffs.
People have managed to replace the GNOME's Network manager with the one from KDE ( which works fine ) and same is the case with Screen resolutions too. Thanks for pointing that out. Still, thought it might be helpful to people less familiar to linux, hence the slightly lengthy mail. On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Ujwal Shrestha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it's GNOME things not the ubuntu stuffs.I'm not sure but, > Try Kubuntu with kdesu , network manager, kinternet , and obviously screen > settings. last time I heard something KDE tried, > They managed to run/stop compiz without restarting X server. obviously they > have better hardware management. at least in KDE < KDE4. > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Suvash Thapaliya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I wish the best for the upcoming Intrepid Release party. Be there (and >> have fun ) ! >> It seems like not much people are going through problems regarding >> Intrepid ( which is a good thing ) >> >> However, i definitely had hard times right from the start, so i'm going to >> share some of the troubleshooting i had to do. >> >> ### These problems might not necessarily pop-up on your system, but it did >> on mine. I hope this short mail will help out if anyone goes through the >> same pain, arrrgh..... #### >> >> >> *1) Screen resolutions not being saved on reboot/logout ( for NVIDIA >> display cards )* >> >> Most of you would do the following ( i did the same :) ) >> a) gksudo nvidia-settings >> b) NVIDIA Xserver settings from the Gnome "Administration" menu. >> >> While this successfully sets the screen resolution the "NVIDIA Xserver >> settings" simply crashes on trying to "Save to X Configuration File". >> >> If you encounter the same problem, try the following ( it worked on mine ) >> >> #### $ *sudo nvidia-settings *( from a terminal of course ). >> >> In this case the "Save to X Configuration File" perfectly works prompting >> for the regular "xorg.conf" file ( which is what you want ) >> >> >> Though it seems the same, don't ask me why it works ! I simply don't know >> ( and for 6 months i'dn't want to know either :) ) >> >> >> *Optionally, if you want to disable the nvidia logo that flashes at >> startup * >> >> a) Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf with root permisson >> $ sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak (make sure you >> have a backup) >> $ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> >> b) Add a line' Option "NoLogo" 'within ' Section "Device" >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Device0" >> VendorName "NVIDIA >> Corporation" >> BoardName "GeForce FX >> 5200" >> Driver "nvidia" >> *###Add only this line------>* Option "NoLogo" >> EndSection >> >> Save the file(obviously). >> >> >> >> *2) Static IP addresses not being saved ( Network manager )* >> >> This was a real pain. I was already beinning to hate ubuntu. hehe >> On reboot my previous settings weren't saved, and it defaulted to "auto >> eth0", which is the stubborn default DHCP based setting. >> >> >> Some people have gone to the extent of removing the gnome network manager, >> and then configuring the interfaces manually. >> Check them there http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=974382 >> >> However, there is an easier workaround. >> * a) Don't touch the default "auto eth0" at all. Just copy your MAC >> address.* >> * b) Make another connection with all your "Manual" settings.* >> >> * ####IMPORTANT####* Don't check the "System Settings" box on the new >> connection. Let "auto eth0" be the one "System Settings". >> >> What happens on reboot is that ubuntu will first try to make a connection >> on "auto eth0" and when it fails(provided that you aren't connected to a >> DHCP server), it moves over and makes connection on your new connection. >> >> * c) If this still doesn't work directly edit the "auto etho0" and ad >> you settings but, UNCHECK the "System setting" box.* >> >> And yes, things will have to different if you are connected to a DHCP >> server but still require Static IPs. >> >> >> >> Hope that'll help someone(at least 1)*........and yes, there might be a >> lot of typos here, just ignore them, i'm not that bad at english ;-)* >> >> Cheers >> suVasH..... >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Ujwal Shrestha > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
