[SLUG] Re: Problem with Feisty Totem.
this routine worked for me; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=515582highlight=12+things+to+do+after+installing+feisty just work your way through each step and it should work; if still no go; then supplement with the following: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413624 as a complete beginner, i just slavishly did every single command on both pages and then i had video good luck, rufus On 18 Aug, 22:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had trouble playing a dvd using Totem---I was told that I did not have the correct plugins. Went looking for help and was told to use the command apt-get install totem-xine which I did. As well as installing totem-xine, totem-gstream was removed--- presumably they can't both exist on the same machine. Tried the DVD again. Error message Totem has not got the plugin to handle DVD/ What am I doing wrong? Any help gratefully received. William Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Mailing list archives
I recently bought an internal el cheapo TV card, and wanted to check if anything about it appeared in recent years in the mailing list archives. Went to the SLUG home page, and then to the mailing lists info page - no link to archives. A Google search then tossed up the link. A couple of short questions. First, is there in fact no link to http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/ from either the main page or the mailing lists page, or is this yet another example of my senility outstripping my awareness of it? If there is no link, is this obscurity by design? Second, when trying to search for terms (TV cards, MythTV etc.), I had to drill down to a particular month in a particular year before reaching a search box. Entering any term simply threw me back to the same page, e.g. http://lists.slug.org.au/search?query=TV+cardssubquery= Buri%3A%2F%5Ehttp%3A%2F%2Flists.slug.org.au%2Farchives%2Fslug%0D%0Asubmit=Search%21 So, is there no way to do a general search of the archives? I wanted to search the archives before annoying the whole list with what are probably fairly simple questions. TIA. David. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Mailing list archives
* David Howard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Went to the SLUG home page, and then to the mailing lists info page - no link to archives. . So, is there no way to do a general search of the archives? I wanted to search the archives before annoying the whole list with what are probably fairly simple questions. Sorry David, There's been some progress happening around here. Some folk having perhaps been fixing somthing that wasn't broken. I'm sure the intentions are good. But there perhaps isn't the time to fƣnish the job. Anon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mailing list archives
David Howard wrote: First, is there in fact no link to http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/ from either the main page or the mailing lists page, or is this yet another example of my senility outstripping my awareness of it? If there is no link, is this obscurity by design? Google seems to be the SLUG archive searching mechanism of choice. Try this search string: mythtv site:http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/ Works a treat :) cheers rickw -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. Does X when loaded from a reboot look in a different place for the drivers than it does when I use startx and does it then overwrite the modules so startx will also not work. It is really a oain to have to run through the NVIDIA driver setup each time I restart the machine. There must be an easier way. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyC5BybPcBAs9CE8RAsh4AKCVpCNpLR5zBQwzuCOy2Kd//RqpMQCgiZKj H1CMoFKT8IPLl74fY1p2wGQ= =lq7p -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
quote who=Heracles I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. That's usually a result of a mismatch between the nv, nvidia and nvidia-new kernel modules and Xorg driver. Check /etc/modules to see if one of them is being loaded at startup -- if so, remove it. The Xorg driver will load the one it requires automagically. (Assuming Ubuntu based on your previous post.) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australiahttp://lca2008.linux.org.au/ Whatcha wanna be when you grow up? Eight and a half. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mailing list archives
quote who=Anonymous Anon What kind of lowlife dweeb would post hatchet jobs against SLUG's volunteer admins anonymously? Please feel inadequate and unworthy of their services. - Jeff -- Open Source in Mobile 2007: Madrid, Spain http://www.osimconference.com/ I tried to make money ass signing, but the bottom fell out of the market. - Liam Quin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jeff, Do you mean that I should remove all reference to NVIDIA from the /etc/modules directory? TIA Heracles Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. That's usually a result of a mismatch between the nv, nvidia and nvidia-new kernel modules and Xorg driver. Check /etc/modules to see if one of them is being loaded at startup -- if so, remove it. The Xorg driver will load the one it requires automagically. (Assuming Ubuntu based on your previous post.) - Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyD0tybPcBAs9CE8RAmtMAKC1ClOrbGpu6vueWp78fLBeROnt1gCfZ7P0 aLnuwTBHx+8tH1DdzBujrvw= =kg/4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, I meant /lib/modules TIA Heracles Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Heracles I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. That's usually a result of a mismatch between the nv, nvidia and nvidia-new kernel modules and Xorg driver. Check /etc/modules to see if one of them is being loaded at startup -- if so, remove it. The Xorg driver will load the one it requires automagically. (Assuming Ubuntu based on your previous post.) - Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyD8KybPcBAs9CE8RAnASAKCzG7Ja/SeNJLjxwNLR9gERHWG8QACdEQaQ tVUc12O2bU6uwM3aZfFMi2o= =kCbz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
quote who=Heracles Do you mean that I should remove all reference to NVIDIA from the /etc/modules directory? TIA /etc/modules ought to be a file. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australiahttp://lca2008.linux.org.au/ Boys will be boys, hackers will be hackers, geeks will be geeks, and cyberpunks will always just be ravers with Macintoshes. - Monkey Master, Crackmonkey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mailing list archives
On 19/08/07, Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * David Howard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Went to the SLUG home page, and then to the mailing lists info page - no link to archives. . So, is there no way to do a general search of the archives? I wanted to search the archives before annoying the whole list with what are probably fairly simple questions. Sorry David, There's been some progress happening around here. Some folk having perhaps been fixing somthing that wasn't broken. I'm sure the intentions are good. But there perhaps isn't the time to fƣnish the job. Anon It's good to see that we'll have some new enthusiastic, motivated new blood standing for election next time. :) Care to let us know who we should be voting for? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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Re: [SLUG] Problems with linux firewall, PPTP, opening ports
On Sunday 19 August 2007 06:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a FC6 machine running a firewalling prog called acacia, it was written by one of Red Hat's head guys, it has served me well for many years but my situation has changed slightly. I have a newish job, they are windows crazy (another story for another time), they have a MS VPN setup. The idea is that all the road warriors can connect via their NextG cards or from their homes though the VPN to the office, this allows them to connect to the Exchange server etc. I also have a laptop (WinXP) that connects through the VPN every where I have tried, but not at my place. It is good in some respects because I can't do work from home (YAY). [snip] you might also want to look at openvpn - solution works for windows and linux and its free and it works through a proxy server! This shows that you can break a 128 bin WEP key in seconds (100 or so) Openvpn is easyish and works well and can be broken in the age of the universe or so http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30114/98/ James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Problems with linux firewall, PPTP, opening ports
Hey hey. On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 11:58 +1000, Scott Waller wrote: *snip* The Acacia program uses iptables as it's back bone I guess, it also uses ULOGD to log the traffic. EG log file fw acacia E violation: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC=(null) SRC=66.124.120.195 DST=220.245.83.141 LEN=163 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=119 ID=23307 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=443 DPT=1369 SEQ=1872663048 ACK=2546150166 WINDOW=65463 ACK PSH FIN URGP=0 This is an example of an External violation, ie someone scanning my firewall. acacia IE violation: IN=eth0 OUT=ppp0 MAC=00:a0:cc:3e:22:44:00:16:6f:6c:3d:48:08:00 SRC=10.0.0.52 DST=203.63.234.178 LEN=52 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=9213 This is an example of the log when I try and connect to my work VPN When I try to connect (laptop) it seems to talk to work but once it comes to the user name and password to times out. If I have the wrong password it will tell me, as I said before, I can connect through a Telstra Hot Spot of McDonalds for example, I can use the hotel internet when I am away to connect.. I have added in these lines into my acacia.conf file iptables -A INPUT -p 47 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p 47 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -s 0.0.0.0/0 --source-port 1723 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p TCP -d 0.0.0.0/0 --destination-port 1723 -j ACCEPT The important thing to remember about iptables' built-in chains: The INPUT chain only applies to packets coming in an interface destined for the local machine. The OUTPUT chain only applies to packets leaving an interface that are originating from the local machine. For packets that are originating from your laptop that are going through the firewall, the FORWARD chain is the only one that's checked. So I'd start by adding rules like these: iptables -A FORWARD -p 47 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -p TCP -d 0.0.0.0/0 --destination-port 1723 -j ACCEPT If you'd like to do some more reading on how iptables works, you'll find some great documentation included under /usr/share/doc/iptables (at least it is in debian, redhat may use a different location). Hope that helps. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Windows and Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for all the help so far everyone but still no joy. I have stuffed my daughters Ubuntu trying to set up the nvidia drivers. I can get them to work if I load them using the NVIDIA binary and then use startx without rebooting. When I reboot X wont start and it tells me there is a driver mismatch. I have removed all of the possible conflicting drivers that I can find and edited the /etc/modules file to remove all reference to nvidia as Jeff suggested. Still no joy! I know I can start the machine and let X fail - run sudo NVIDIA-.. and then login each time the machine is restarted, but this seems a tedious way to use it. She needs to use windows for her games and linux for the internet so reboots are not uncommon. I must be missing something. But what??? NOTE: I have a very similar card (same GeForce model - 6200 - but different maker and it worked perfectly when I changed drivers. This is why I used the same procedure on hers. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyM5XybPcBAs9CE8RAquvAJ4thP+pyXchELAHAGOzD4toiy2tzwCePsrl FAkyXW5PsA+cEjMImIwbbqA= =21NM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Windows and Ubuntu
Uninstall unbuntu and just use windows. Works for me. Regards, Andrew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heracles Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:12 AM To: SLUG List Subject: [SLUG] Windows and Ubuntu -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for all the help so far everyone but still no joy. I have stuffed my daughters Ubuntu trying to set up the nvidia drivers. I can get them to work if I load them using the NVIDIA binary and then use startx without rebooting. When I reboot X wont start and it tells me there is a driver mismatch. I have removed all of the possible conflicting drivers that I can find and edited the /etc/modules file to remove all reference to nvidia as Jeff suggested. Still no joy! I know I can start the machine and let X fail - run sudo NVIDIA-.. and then login each time the machine is restarted, but this seems a tedious way to use it. She needs to use windows for her games and linux for the internet so reboots are not uncommon. I must be missing something. But what??? NOTE: I have a very similar card (same GeForce model - 6200 - but different maker and it worked perfectly when I changed drivers. This is why I used the same procedure on hers. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyM5XybPcBAs9CE8RAquvAJ4thP+pyXchELAHAGOzD4toiy2tzwCePsrl FAkyXW5PsA+cEjMImIwbbqA= =21NM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks David, That worked. She now has a working system. Hope you don't mind that I cc'd this to the list as I have had a lot of help from a number of SLUGgers (I think that someone else also mentioned envy) and I want to thank everyone. Envy worked a treat. Now all I have to do is get her Dell Sound Blaster Live working properly and she will be over the moon. Thanks again Heracles david wrote: I had the exact same problem and used envy to solve it: http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html The problem appears to be that you need to remove absolutely all trace of non-matching drivers from your system - eg if you are using proprietry drivers you can't have the free ones there. This guys script worked first go for me. On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 21:49 +1000, Heracles wrote: I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. Does X when loaded from a reboot look in a different place for the drivers than it does when I use startx and does it then overwrite the modules so startx will also not work. It is really a oain to have to run through the NVIDIA driver setup each time I restart the machine. There must be an easier way. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyOyiybPcBAs9CE8RAmMWAJsHA43nAmtk6lAPeaPuIdjaqy4mJACeMmMt fbXl+vfB4Pbc0em3WOM+W68= =Qn47 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 11:21 +1000, Heracles wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks David, That worked. She now has a working system. Hope you don't mind that I cc'd this to the list as I have had a lot of help from a number of SLUGgers (I think that someone else also mentioned envy) and I want to thank everyone. Envy worked a treat. I spent three days struggling with this problem, getting myself into a bigger and bigger mess. Alberto's script had me up and running in a few minutes. I promptly sent him a small donation. (he's got a donation thingie on his site). How much is several hours/days of my time worth? I would like to think it's worth a heck of a lot more than the small amount I sent him. Now all I have to do is get her Dell Sound Blaster Live working properly and she will be over the moon. Thanks again Heracles david wrote: I had the exact same problem and used envy to solve it: http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html The problem appears to be that you need to remove absolutely all trace of non-matching drivers from your system - eg if you are using proprietry drivers you can't have the free ones there. This guys script worked first go for me. On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 21:49 +1000, Heracles wrote: I can install the new NVIDIA drivers and startx works and all is well BUT as soon as the machine is restarted X fails to load and complains of a module mismatch. Does X when loaded from a reboot look in a different place for the drivers than it does when I use startx and does it then overwrite the modules so startx will also not work. It is really a oain to have to run through the NVIDIA driver setup each time I restart the machine. There must be an easier way. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyOyiybPcBAs9CE8RAmMWAJsHA43nAmtk6lAPeaPuIdjaqy4mJACeMmMt fbXl+vfB4Pbc0em3WOM+W68= =Qn47 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 11:21 +1000, Heracles wrote: Now all I have to do is get her Dell Sound Blaster Live working properly and she will be over the moon. A thought: I spent ages trying to fix sound on a laptop before I realised that there was a hardware mute button. D'uh! Another thought: I lost sound on my desktop machine (I don't normally use the sound so I didn't even notice at first). I had to turn different bits of hardware on by running: $ gnome-volume-control -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Windows and Ubuntu
It's a bug (found with The Google, 'ubuntu nvidia version module') Discussion in forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=471882 Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/106217 remove the hidden file /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed and then install the appropriate nvidia-glx package Just replying to this thread. Also relates to 'Nvidia problem - The continuing saga' -- Steve Heracles wrote: Thanks for all the help so far everyone but still no joy. I have stuffed my daughters Ubuntu trying to set up the nvidia drivers. I can get them to work if I load them using the NVIDIA binary and then use startx without rebooting. When I reboot X wont start and it tells me there is a driver mismatch. I have removed all of the possible conflicting drivers that I can find and edited the /etc/modules file to remove all reference to nvidia as Jeff suggested. Still no joy! I know I can start the machine and let X fail - run sudo NVIDIA-.. and then login each time the machine is restarted, but this seems a tedious way to use it. She needs to use windows for her games and linux for the internet so reboots are not uncommon. I must be missing something. But what??? NOTE: I have a very similar card (same GeForce model - 6200 - but different maker and it worked perfectly when I changed drivers. This is why I used the same procedure on hers. Heracles __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nvidia problem - The continuing saga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks again David, I had the digital output switch ticked. Got rid of that and now I have sound but the microphone does not seem to work. Tried a different mike but to no avail. At least I have had wins on almost everything so far thanks to the kind and patient assistance of the SLUG list and in particular -yourself and Jeff. Thanks, I really do appreciate it. Heracles david wrote: On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 11:21 +1000, Heracles wrote: Now all I have to do is get her Dell Sound Blaster Live working properly and she will be over the moon. A thought: I spent ages trying to fix sound on a laptop before I realised that there was a hardware mute button. D'uh! Another thought: I lost sound on my desktop machine (I don't normally use the sound so I didn't even notice at first). I had to turn different bits of hardware on by running: $ gnome-volume-control -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGyQwnybPcBAs9CE8RAqDAAKCKUYWqCoMOEcDfmGl77lnbQzDc0QCfXMSh +LRjsLPyctmTqVXOj2EZGJ4= =GBV+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
