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chown
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 08 Jan '09

08 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@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@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 05 Jan '09

05 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 04 Jan '09

04 Jan '09

Hey there all This is a copy of my /etc/fstab file: glenn@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@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 02 Jan '09

02 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@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@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@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@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@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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Network Configuration
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hey all I have tried unplugging the network cable from the back of the machine and re-plugging it in, I have used a different port on my switch, which I have previously used and know it works well. Firts thing i did was ping 192.168.0.1 (my internet sharing machine), and was told that the network was unreachable. I have tried using a fixed ip address (192.168.0.5 and 255.255.255.0 subnet mask), still no joy. Network is unreachable. So, after this, I tried with the command sudo ethtool eth0, which returned with the output: glenn@glenn-amd1: [sudo] password for glenn: sudo:ethtool:command not found. glenn@glenn-amd1: This is the directory /etc/network glenn@glenn-amd1:~$ cd /etc glenn@glenn-amd1:/etc$ cd network glenn@glenn-amd1:/etc/network$ ls if-down.d if-post-down.d if-pre-up.d if-up.d interfaces glenn@glenn-amd1:/etc/network$ cat interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback I then tried removing the interfaces file, in the event that I could start over, but still no luck. when I run dhclient I get: glenn@glenn-amd1:/etc/network$ sudo dhclient Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/pan0/92:93:61:a0:d3:80 Sending on LPF/pan0/92:93:61:a0:d3:80 Listening on LPF/eth0/00:0d:87:35:aa:32 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:0d:87:35:aa:32 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17 DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 DHCPDISCOVER on pan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. glenn@glenn-amd1:/etc/network$ Maybe I just have a faulty network adaptor on the motherboard. But if that was the case, wouldn't it NOT be displayed with lspci? Glenn.

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Media Player
by Andrew Crosby 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi i am trying to make a headless media player; it would be nice if it could do the following: Play headless have an HTML/Web interface for making and loading play lists be able to rip cds automatically be able to stream music to other devices be able to serve general files (samba) be able to be used by non Linux users (flatties) Ideas? Cheers Andrew

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Network settings
by Glenn Stuart Morrissey 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Happy new year all I am trying to configure my network connection on my amd desktop machine, but it wont auto detect and there is no roaming mode (im running a newly installed Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid OS. I have the output from ifconfig: glenn@glenn-amd1:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:87:35:aa:32 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:23 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:15684 (15.6 KB) TX bytes:15684 (15.6 KB) pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:93:61:a0:d3:80 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) glenn@glenn-amd1:~$ I also have the correct output line from lspci output: 00Ethernet Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) Am I right in thinking the Hwaddr in eth0 should be something like 192.168.0.x? If so, can anyone tell me where the file is in the system so that I can edit it with the correct settings. Thank you Glenn.

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