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Radeon HD 3450 Graphics Card and a Acer 22" LCD Screen
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Hello All Hey I have a Radeon HD 3450 Graphics Card and a Acer 22" LCD Screen. When I enable the Radeon restricted driver, the desktop area is now larger than my screen are abut most of it is not my background image but black screen. I wanted to enable the driver to run flightgear, but its just so damn ugly with big black bands of solid black that I can stand it no longer and disable the Radeon driver. When I do that I get my normal desktop back that does not scroll beyond the limits of the screen, but flightgear becomes completely unrunable due to it becoming agonisingly slow. Is there anything that i can do without having to replace this graphics card? Glenn Morrissey.

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fstab & Chown
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

When I log on linux, my /dev/sda1 drive is mounted, fdrom fstab: # /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /media/Data ext3 user,relatime,errors=continue-ro 0 2 but i can't access the drive until i mount it with: glenn(a)glenn-amd1: mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/Data now I can see the 160 gig drives icon on my desktop, but if I move any documents to the drive, i get a 'you don't have permission' message. I then change the permission on the drive: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:/media$ sudo chown -R glenn /media/Data glenn(a)glenn-amd1:/media$ ls -al total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-01-09 20:29 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2008-12-31 11:13 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-12-31 11:02 cdrom -> cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-31 11:02 cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 3 glenn root 4096 2009-01-04 09:39 Data -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-01-09 20:29 .hal-mtab I have to do this every time that I log on to Ubuntu. There has go to be an easier way. Glenn Morrissey.

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chown
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi there all, sorry for the dumb newbie question: I have created a directory in my /usr directory called 'scilab'. I would like to have read/write permission for that directory and for directories within. glenn(a)glenn-acer:/usr$ ls -al total 168 drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2009-01-06 22:35 . drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 2008-12-19 16:14 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 36864 2009-01-03 00:27 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-19 16:09 games drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 4096 2008-12-22 01:03 include drwxr-xr-x 167 root root 69632 2009-01-03 00:27 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-22 21:34 lib32 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2008-12-17 23:37 lib64 -> lib drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2008-07-02 21:47 local drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2008-12-27 23:46 sbin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-06 22:39 scilab <----------- drwxr-xr-x 317 root root 12288 2009-01-03 00:27 share drwxrwsr-x 6 root src 4096 2008-12-19 16:10 src drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-12-20 13:10 X11R6 glenn(a)glenn-acer:/usr$ Would I be right to assume that I needed the ownership of scilab to be glenn instead of root, i.e: drwxr-xr-x 2 glenn glenn 4096 2009-01-06 22:39 scilab how do I command Linux to change from root to me? Glenn

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Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 No 27 (as at 31 October 2008), Public Act
by Andrew Crosby 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

If you do not know about this law, you should have a quick read, then call you local mp and tell them what you think http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0027/latest/DLM1122643.html Kinda bothers me Andrew

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Updating Ubuntu without broadband
by Ian McDonald 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Seems like a potentially useful bit of software described here: http://www.osnews.com/story/20724/Keryx_Updating_GNU_Linux_Without_Broadband -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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fstab
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Hey there all This is a copy of my /etc/fstab file: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sdb5 UUID=4e473668-0492-4c4f-b96c-4a96aa93ac7d / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /media/Data ext3 <------ user,relatime,errors=remount-rw 0 2 # /dev/sdb1 UUID=c6178b22-d682-4414-81ba-514c100ffe40 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ Athough the drive (dev/sda1)is listed in the file browser, when I click on it, it returns with this error: 'Invalid Mount Option when attempting to mount this volume'. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my fstab table? Glenn.

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Mounting and FSTAB entries
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Hi everyone I have a question about drives being mounted automatically when Ubuntu (or any Linux system) boots. I have a 160 Gb drive (/dev/sda1) that I have manually mounted in my /usr/local directory. What I am asking is what would be the correct syntax for writing an entry in the /etc/fstab file that allows /dev/sda1 to be mounted when the computer boots. glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~/Desktop$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/sdb5 UUID=4e473668-0492-4c4f-b96c-4a96aa93ac7d / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/sda1 UUID=b52f4246-04ea-4d35-b3b9-37a316709f81 /usr/local ext3 relatime 0 2 # /dev/sdb1 UUID=c6178b22-d682-4414-81ba-514c100ffe40 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- I have manually mounted the drive: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~/Desktop$ mount /dev/sdb5 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) /proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/glenn/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=glenn) /dev/sda1 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw,relatime) /dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~/Desktop$ Thank you. Glenn.

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Open source in 2008
by Ian McDonald 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Good article here: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090102-alook-back-at-the-open-source… I also share a reasonable amount of articles on Google Reader, rather than the list these days if anybody misses my postings... -- Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/, http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz

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Ethtool output
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 02 Jan '09

02 Jan '09

Hi there everyone I eran ethtool on my amd machine and this is the output: glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ sudo ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x00000001 (1) Link detected: no glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ Since I have tried plugging the cable into another port on my switch, have tried changing ethernet cables, would it be correct to assume that the problem is faulty hardware? Glenn.

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