good news. my eeepc ubuntu was ruined by mistakenly installing some version of xinerama i found somewhere. it made no sense, but i didn't go through configuring 2nd display, and i thought xinerama is needed (it isn't). so i found some version and installed it and it messed up gnome. the display under my regular ubuntu desktop went black after login, and it came out there was some refreshing frequency mismatch. interestingly, under ubuntu netbook remix it worked okay.
a friend took pains to repair it and he managed to reset gnome/x settings. however, after reset nothings works as it should (wrong display settings, spastic cursor etc.).
i attempted to do an upgrade in hope it will fix it. after upgrade to 8.10 (with wired lan, since wlan was not working anymore), the system stated it can't start x (and was unable to turn off itself, too). however, with xfix via recovery mode it works again! the unr is broken, and strangely it was present on both of my user profiles, as well as it had issues on at least one. i switched back to regular ubuntu desktop and it seems okay.
relief! no support channel had solutions to this, and obviously everybody recommended reinstall. what i didn't find, though, was a way to easily reconfigure gnome/x as it is done while installing afresh. why?
sobota, 4 lipca 2009
my linux story: moblin
another try. i fired "test drive" of moblin from a usb key on mine eee 900ha. installing on the key and booting without problems.
looks good!
however: web services list only last.fm and twitter, which i don't use. seems i can't add anything. useless for me.
status for twitter - useless, though i'd love to set statuses for many services i use (facebook, nasza-klasa, tlen, gadu-gadu, skype).
people: only jabber, salut, google talk and irc, useless for me. also i tried to use irc, which allows to choose server, but no idea where to input channel (room).
"import accounts" doesn't seem to work (and i believe a few can be found on my win partitions).
internet: works, and moblin managed to handshake with my wifi chip and connect to the network.
media: showed a few samples, which didn't work, and now shows nothing. again, many files to be found on my netbook.
media player: found two audio files on sd card in the reader, is able to play one. i'm pretty sure there's more there. local media - null.
calendar: i wanted to import from thunderbird - the system can't mount ntfs volumes ("Cannot get volume.fstype.alternative"). for other volumes asks for password, but there was no setting up for any password. the same applies to contacts. and where's any syncing with web services or mobile devices?
fortunately found options for setting a polish keyboard layout.
any office productivity software (word processor etc.)?
afterthought: i know i grumble. many of these issues are probably fixed when moblin's installed, or fixable by configuring. still, the overall optimistic propaganda is what bothers me: if the demo moblin shows so many flaws, why to promote it for tryout?
looks good!
however: web services list only last.fm and twitter, which i don't use. seems i can't add anything. useless for me.
status for twitter - useless, though i'd love to set statuses for many services i use (facebook, nasza-klasa, tlen, gadu-gadu, skype).
people: only jabber, salut, google talk and irc, useless for me. also i tried to use irc, which allows to choose server, but no idea where to input channel (room).
"import accounts" doesn't seem to work (and i believe a few can be found on my win partitions).
internet: works, and moblin managed to handshake with my wifi chip and connect to the network.
media: showed a few samples, which didn't work, and now shows nothing. again, many files to be found on my netbook.
media player: found two audio files on sd card in the reader, is able to play one. i'm pretty sure there's more there. local media - null.
calendar: i wanted to import from thunderbird - the system can't mount ntfs volumes ("Cannot get volume.fstype.alternative"). for other volumes asks for password, but there was no setting up for any password. the same applies to contacts. and where's any syncing with web services or mobile devices?
fortunately found options for setting a polish keyboard layout.
any office productivity software (word processor etc.)?
afterthought: i know i grumble. many of these issues are probably fixed when moblin's installed, or fixable by configuring. still, the overall optimistic propaganda is what bothers me: if the demo moblin shows so many flaws, why to promote it for tryout?
my linux story: back in black
audacity is unable to use a chosen directory as a temp dir if it is chosen in the "media" dir (i.e. on another, in this case ntfs partition) - every time it is started it says it can't find its temp dir.
this is so lovely. i set up the temp dir on the ubuntu native partition and audacity asks to restart it. next time again it is pointed at the other partition it can't find so it can't be run at all. it's easily solved by deleting the .cfg file (in [user name]/.audacity-data dir, but WHY THE FUCK DO I HAVE TO KNOW IT?
this is so lovely. i set up the temp dir on the ubuntu native partition and audacity asks to restart it. next time again it is pointed at the other partition it can't find so it can't be run at all. it's easily solved by deleting the .cfg file (in [user name]/.audacity-data dir, but WHY THE FUCK DO I HAVE TO KNOW IT?
my linux story: dpkg... continued
i tried a solution found somewhere, to run 'dpkg --configure -a' in recovery mode
it found some loop (as i understand) error and fixed it (it said). i did this repeatedly to make sure, and once it seemed it worked, and again it found the same error (and fixed it). anyway, when rebooted to normal mode apt-get autoclean worked and synaptic is accessible. i'm now trying to install/re-install all packages i was installing when the hard reset happened. synaptic shows some as existitng and i had to manually add reinstallation to particular subpackages of openoffice.org, because, as far as i understand, the dependencies were not working.
it found some loop (as i understand) error and fixed it (it said). i did this repeatedly to make sure, and once it seemed it worked, and again it found the same error (and fixed it). anyway, when rebooted to normal mode apt-get autoclean worked and synaptic is accessible. i'm now trying to install/re-install all packages i was installing when the hard reset happened. synaptic shows some as existitng and i had to manually add reinstallation to particular subpackages of openoffice.org, because, as far as i understand, the dependencies were not working.
my linux story: another nicey adventure
the fresh ubuntu studio 9.04 was seemingly forcefully turned off during synaptic's run (most likely it was a flaw in my water colling, which caused the hardware to autoshutoff). now starting "semi-installed" programs causes system to nearly freeze (i.e. only the mouse is working), and only hard reset works. i was asked by the system to do 'sudo dpkg --configure -a", which stucks.
i did two hard resets and the last freeze, during the above-mentioned command, even froze the mouse. however! some magic i found on the web worked, namely "raising skinny elephants". i saw no change at all during inputting consecutive keys, but the last "b" restarted the system. uff.
now what to do with broken package management?
i did two hard resets and the last freeze, during the above-mentioned command, even froze the mouse. however! some magic i found on the web worked, namely "raising skinny elephants". i saw no change at all during inputting consecutive keys, but the last "b" restarted the system. uff.
now what to do with broken package management?
my linux story: installing ubuntustudio 9.04
sadly it seems that while partitioning the installer hangs saying "starting partitioning program. please wait" without perspectives for any progress.
somehow managed to make it done by starting anew.
somehow managed to make it done by starting anew.
my linux story: introduction
i am a great believer in free software and necessity to overcome the monopolies in computer market - for the benefit of everyone. there are more benefits, you can find them itemized elsewhere.
therefore i am trying to switch to or at least to set up a parallel gnu/linux workstation for me and use the variety of available features for work and fun. however, there are obstacles, and tons of them.
the "my linux story" sub-blog is a diary of attempts to come to terms with gnu/linux and its software sphere. sadly, it seems to be a bit of a warning against the superlatives that you can find about it in the net.
i'm starting to blog in the middle of things, so i will go back ocasionally, as i started sometime in early 2000s, and my bitterness is built upon many experiences...
ps. currently i have two pcs: an asus eeepc 900ha, as well as a p4 tower. on both i made partitions for linux and i'm trying to make it running alongside windows.
therefore i am trying to switch to or at least to set up a parallel gnu/linux workstation for me and use the variety of available features for work and fun. however, there are obstacles, and tons of them.
the "my linux story" sub-blog is a diary of attempts to come to terms with gnu/linux and its software sphere. sadly, it seems to be a bit of a warning against the superlatives that you can find about it in the net.
i'm starting to blog in the middle of things, so i will go back ocasionally, as i started sometime in early 2000s, and my bitterness is built upon many experiences...
ps. currently i have two pcs: an asus eeepc 900ha, as well as a p4 tower. on both i made partitions for linux and i'm trying to make it running alongside windows.
my linux story: the cpu
the (in)famous (?) bug in 9.04:
the cpu is constantly at over 50%, up to 100%, and it most of it doesn't show in the processes. seemingly the links below describe the same issue that happened to me.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/368631
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1171777
of course it happened to me, as well. no one seems to know what's going on, and work on it (jugding on the state of the bug and thread).
the cpu is constantly at over 50%, up to 100%, and it most of it doesn't show in the processes. seemingly the links below describe the same issue that happened to me.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/368631
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1171777
of course it happened to me, as well. no one seems to know what's going on, and work on it (jugding on the state of the bug and thread).
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