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dfn_doe: Apr 12, 2005; I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW STUPID FUCKING CATCHPHRASE OVERLORDS

Furd_Terguson posted:

Thanks to some help earlier in this thread, I now know how to burn DVD's via a CLI, but I would like some help to automate this process a little more. I want to write a bash script that will contain this line
code:
cdrecord -v dev=6,0,0 driveropts=burnfree file.iso
But I want to replace "file.iso" with the actual filename I type in. Browsing to the directory will be done manually, so the file itself will be in the current directory. I tried googling but the guides can be quite involved and I assume this will probably be fairly simple. Thanks for any help.

Checkout the man page for cdrecord; I'm pretty sure you can stick your options into /etc/wodim.conf or something similar and not have to worry about an alias breaking some other script further down the road.

# ? Jul 25, 2007 09:10

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 07:14

Accipiter: Jan 24, 2004; SINATRA.

Furd_Terguson posted:

Thanks to some help earlier in this thread, I now know how to burn DVD's via a CLI, but I would like some help to automate this process a little more.

Phaser.

I really should get around to writing a new version one of these days.

# ? Jul 25, 2007 09:28

invid: Dec 19, 2002

Has anyone tried VMWare Server before, to virtualize WINXP into their linux machines?

# ? Jul 25, 2007 15:53

Git: Aug 21, 2004

invid posted:

Has anyone tried VMWare Server before, to virtualize WINXP into their linux machines?

Yes. I've done it from within several distros and it works perfectly.

# ? Jul 25, 2007 16:20

MrTheDevious: May 7, 2006; Ahh nostalgia, you cruel bitch

I have a question regarding wget. I'm trying to snag a few gigs of zip files from a government setup. They're divided into subdirectories based on state, which you can see here:

http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2006se/

I need to grab each of those zip files out of each subdirectory and NOTHING ELSE on the site. Everything I try backs up and starts at /geo/ and snags stuff I don't care about. Help

vv I was missing the no-parent, thanks

MrTheDevious fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Jul 25, 2007

# ? Jul 25, 2007 16:55

yippee cahier: Mar 28, 2005

MrTheDevious posted:

I have a question regarding wget. I'm trying to snag a few gigs of zip files from a government setup. They're divided into subdirectories based on state, which you can see here:

http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2006se/

I need to grab each of those zip files out of each subdirectory and NOTHING ELSE on the site. Everything I try backs up and starts at /geo/ and snags stuff I don't care about. Help

This seems to work for me:

code:

wget -r -np --accept=.ZIP [url]http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2006se/[/url]

-r for recursive, -np for no parent, --accept=.ZIP to grab your zips. It takes a little while to get going as it parses the directory listings, but I got a few alaska zips before bailing out.

# ? Jul 25, 2007 17:59

celestial teapot: Sep 9, 2003; He asked my religion and I replied "agnostic." He asked how to spell it, and remarked with a sigh: "Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God."

I'm trying to install the AMD64 version of ubuntu on my core2duo system, and I'm having a couple problems. I'm a total linux noob, in case that's not perfectly obvious from this post.

1. I downloaded and burned the 7.04 CD and it can't even boot to LiveCD. It gets some weird recurring error when I try. I can write that down if anyone wants it, but since I have only one computer it's difficult.

2. Since that didn't work I tried with the 6.10 LiveCD. It boots up off the disc just fine, but when I go to install, and I select "manually partition", it can't see the SCSI drives that I use for my operating system. Is it possible to install Ubuntu to SCSI devices? I imagine this is documented somewhere but I can't find it. Help!

# ? Jul 25, 2007 22:24

invid: Dec 19, 2002

New Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn user here.

I'm using:

code:

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra/GeForce 6800 GT] (rev a2)

and my lspci -n | grep 0300 shows,

code:

05:00.0 0300: 10de:00f9 (rev a2)

Snippets of my xorg.conf:

code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Series GPU]"
        Driver          "nv"
        BusID           "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

On my "Restricted Drivers Manager", I can only see:

code:

NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (legacy card)

When I enable it and reboot, my screen resolution is locked to 640X480 and 800X600.

I have a couple of questions.

1) I'm on a GF6800 Ultra, why is it that they chose legacy for me.
2) How do I get it to work with 1024X768.

Thanks guys!

# ? Jul 27, 2007 00:59

invid: Dec 19, 2002

Just an update.

Got it to work :-) Downgraded to 32-bit Ubuntu and it works perfectly. Everything's fine and dandy now.

I've a problem though.

Using gparted, I can't seem to format /media/sda5, a ntfs partition. gparted doesn't let me right-click format and 'unmount'.

The exclamation mark in that image says, "unable to find mountpoint"
]

# ? Jul 27, 2007 10:24

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

invid posted:

Just an update.

Got it to work :-) Downgraded to 32-bit Ubuntu and it works perfectly. Everything's fine and dandy now.

I've a problem though.

Using gparted, I can't seem to format /media/sda5, a ntfs partition. gparted doesn't let me right-click format and 'unmount'.

The exclamation mark in that image says, "unable to find mountpoint"
]

/media/sda5 is a mount point.
/dev/sda5 is a device.

Partition can be only formatted when not mounted.

# ? Jul 27, 2007 10:51

Prince John: Jun 20, 2006; Oh, poppycock! Female bandits?

invid posted:

2) How do I get it to work with 1024X768.

Open up a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)

Type

code:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Scroll down the file until you get to the 'Screen' section. Here's mine:

code:

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

The important line here is the one near the top that says 'DefaultDepth' - yours will probably be 16 or 24.

Then find the subsection with that number in (so the important subsection for me is the one right at the bottom). The 'mode' numbers list possible resolutions for a particular colour depth, so you can only select a resolution that's listed on that line.

I suspect yours will show

code:

Modes "800x600" "640x480"

Simply add in the "1024x768" and you can then select that higher resolution.

You'll need to restart X, so save the file and log out. Then hit Ctrl + Alt + Backspace at the login screen to restart the X server.

# ? Jul 27, 2007 12:01

bitprophet: Jul 22, 2004; Taco Defender

invid posted:

Downgraded to 32-bit Ubuntu and it works perfectly.

My understanding is that this is because stuff like NVidia GPU drivers and other not-really-open-source packages have binary-only aspects to them (provided/compiled by the vendor); as a result, 64-bit versions of those packages are a lot less common/sometimes impossible to get, while the 32-bit ones are generally more widespread. You'd probably have had a hard time with Flash as well.

I've never experienced this personally (I run 32bit everything on my AMD64 :3:

) but a friend of mine recently tried setting up 64-bit Ubuntu on his machine and had the same issue.

# ? Jul 27, 2007 15:17

Residency Evil: Jul 28, 2003; 4/5 godo... Schumi

I need to get some files off of an HFS+ disk. The system in question is running Ubuntu 7.04. Read-only is fine, as I'm just looking at copying the stuff off so that I can reformat the disk. Does ubuntu come with HFS+ support?

# ? Jul 27, 2007 15:43

Superhaus: Jun 9, 2003; I'm probably wasting time right now.

Has anyone seen the program buttons on the taskbar disappear before? The taskbar is there, and the quick launch buttons are all there, but the buttons for the running programs are all gone. I can have windows open on the screen, but there are no buttons on the taskbar to go with them. It is not a multiple desktop problem, because I can switch desktops and the same thing will happen there.

I am running Debian with KDE.

Any suggestions?

# ? Jul 27, 2007 16:49

Git: Aug 21, 2004

It sounds like you accidentally disabled the taskbar applet. Right click the taskbar, add applet, and look for the relevant applet to add.

# ? Jul 27, 2007 18:17

Superhaus: Jun 9, 2003; I'm probably wasting time right now.

Git posted:

It sounds like you accidentally disabled the taskbar applet. Right click the taskbar, add applet, and look for the relevant applet to add.

That did it. It was the Taskbar applet.

# ? Jul 27, 2007 19:07

invid: Dec 19, 2002

Managed to get my harddisk formatted.

I have a problem though.

Right now I have one partition that's mounted onto "/"

I have another partition that isn't mounted yet, but I want it to mount as "/home".

Problem is, if I do that, then my current /home/user accounts are all wiped underneath the new "/home"

Is there a way to do this properly without losing data?

# ? Jul 28, 2007 03:44

lilbean: Oct 2, 2003

invid posted:

Managed to get my harddisk formatted.

I have a problem though.

Right now I have one partition that's mounted onto "/"

I have another partition that isn't mounted yet, but I want it to mount as "/home".

Problem is, if I do that, then my current /home/user accounts are all wiped underneath the new "/home"

Is there a way to do this properly without losing data?

Move everything in home to a different directory temporarily, then mount the new one and move them back into place.

# ? Jul 28, 2007 04:06

invid: Dec 19, 2002

lilbean posted:

Move everything in home to a different directory temporarily, then mount the new one and move them back into place.

I was thinking of that too, but is there a more elegant solution?

# ? Jul 28, 2007 04:27

m5: Oct 1, 2001

invid posted:

I was thinking of that too, but is there a more elegant solution?

The stuff in the over-mounted "home" isn't "wiped", it's just hidden.

Move it away, then move it onto your new "home".

# ? Jul 28, 2007 04:36

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

invid posted:

I was thinking of that too, but is there a more elegant solution?

Mount the new filesystem elsewhere. If the new /home filesystem is on, say, /dev/hdb1, as root from the console (so there are no programs accessing /home at that point run:

code:

mkdir /mnt/newhome
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/newhome
mv /home/* /mnt/newhome
umount /mnt/newhome
rmdir /mnt/newhome
mount /dev/hdb1 /home

# ? Jul 28, 2007 04:37

invid: Dec 19, 2002

teapot posted:

Mount the new filesystem elsewhere. If the new /home filesystem is on, say, /dev/hdb1, as root from the console (so there are no programs accessing /home at that point run:
code:
mkdir /mnt/newhome
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/newhome
mv /home/* /mnt/newhome
umount /mnt/newhome
rmdir /mnt/newhome
mount /dev/hdb1 /home

wouldn't

code:

rmdir /mnt/newhome

actually destroy the directories?

# ? Jul 28, 2007 05:57

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

invid posted:

wouldn't
code:
rmdir /mnt/newhome
actually destroy the directories?

No, because they were moved to the new partition already, and the drive is unmounted anyway. If they weren't, rmdir will fail (rm -r would succeed).

teapot fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Jul 28, 2007

# ? Jul 28, 2007 05:59

JoeNotCharles: Mar 3, 2005; Yet beyond each tree there are only more trees.

invid posted:

wouldn't
code:
rmdir /mnt/newhome
actually destroy the directories?

Yes? That's the point - after you've unmounted the disk, why have /mnt/newhome hanging around?

# ? Jul 28, 2007 06:01

invid: Dec 19, 2002

I totally get it now.

Thanks guys, it works :-)

# ? Jul 28, 2007 07:01

urbster1: Apr 13, 2005; ⊙
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I'm trying to run Beryl on Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) but I can't seem to get it to work. The window decorations don't appear, leaving my windows unable to be moved, and none of the effects work. I'm running a GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP with 128mb video RAM and using the proprietary nVIDIA driver. Thoughts or suggestions? I've tried adding a few things to my xorg.conf to no avail, sadly.

# ? Jul 28, 2007 07:43

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

urbster1 posted:

I'm trying to run Beryl on Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) but I can't seem to get it to work. The window decorations don't appear, leaving my windows unable to be moved, and none of the effects work. I'm running a GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP with 128mb video RAM and using the proprietary nVIDIA driver. Thoughts or suggestions? I've tried adding a few things to my xorg.conf to no avail, sadly.

Have you installed all necessary packages? In particular, KDE needs aquamarine package to show decorations, usually howtos only mention emerald and heliodor because they work in the default gnome-based configuration.

# ? Jul 28, 2007 09:50

urbster1: Apr 13, 2005; ⊙
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teapot posted:

Have you installed all necessary packages? In particular, KDE needs aquamarine package to show decorations, usually howtos only mention emerald and heliodor because they work in the default gnome-based configuration.

I mean I think so. I do have aquamarine installed, but selecting it instead of emerald doesn't make any difference.

# ? Jul 28, 2007 17:21

rookieone: May 25, 2004; A small town never forgets

I have a problem with netatalk not starting at boot. It's linked and should start at boot, however it's not up when I try to connect to the server. I can log in and start it up with /etc/init.d/netatalk start but that kinda defeats the purpose v

v

I 'think' that it might be because the script takes an asslong time to start up (about a minute when I launch it by hand) but I don't have an idea how ubuntu handles scripts taking too long to start up at boot.

This is running a self-compiled version of netatalk (with encryption) and Kubuntu 7.04

Any ideas ?

# ? Jul 29, 2007 16:50

Turkish Hijinks: Feb 4, 2007; carefree antics or horseplay

Hey guys... I've been hearing really great things about Ubuntu, so I decided to give it a try. I downloaded the latest version for AMD 64 bit processors off of the Ubuntu website.

I booted my computer up with the CD in the drive, the Ubuntu loading screen came up, I picked "Start or Install Ubuntu." Everything was going well, the orange Ubuntu loading bar was bouncing back and forth, and then the screen went black for a second, as if the second stage of the installation was about to begin. When the screen came back on, all I could see was a rainbow of colors (what I saw exactly was vertical bars, each a different color, and they were flashing... it was something that could have induced an epileptic seizure). While all the flashing was going on, I could hear the Ubuntu sounds in the background (so, apparently the problem was only a graphical one). Then, the monitor (a Samsung LCD, if that will help at all) switched to Analog mode and gave an error message (something similar to "Ideal resolution is not 1280 x 1024").

I'm not sure if this is a problem with the monitor, the graphics card or some other piece of hardware.

Some facts that should be helpful:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Motherboard: Gigabyte S Series
Graphics Card: nVidia GEForce 6800 GS
Ram: 4 GB DDR 2

Also, I already have Vista Home Premium installed on a separate partition, to dual boot Vista and Ubuntu, I was following a guide that I had found through the Ubuntu forums.

# ? Jul 29, 2007 21:23

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Turkish Hijinks posted:

Hey guys... I've been hearing really great things about Ubuntu, so I decided to give it a try. I downloaded the latest version for AMD 64 bit processors off of the Ubuntu website.

I booted my computer up with the CD in the drive, the Ubuntu loading screen came up, I picked "Start or Install Ubuntu." Everything was going well, the orange Ubuntu loading bar was bouncing back and forth, and then the screen went black for a second, as if the second stage of the installation was about to begin. When the screen came back on, all I could see was a rainbow of colors (what I saw exactly was vertical bars, each a different color, and they were flashing... it was something that could have induced an epileptic seizure). While all the flashing was going on, I could hear the Ubuntu sounds in the background (so, apparently the problem was only a graphical one). Then, the monitor (a Samsung LCD, if that will help at all) switched to Analog mode and gave an error message (something similar to "Ideal resolution is not 1280 x 1024").

I'm not sure if this is a problem with the monitor, the graphics card or some other piece of hardware.

Some facts that should be helpful:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Motherboard: Gigabyte S Series
Graphics Card: nVidia GEForce 6800 GS
Ram: 4 GB DDR 2

Also, I already have Vista Home Premium installed on a separate partition, to dual boot Vista and Ubuntu, I was following a guide that I had found through the Ubuntu forums.

1. Beginners should use 32-bit Ubuntu.

2. Press Ctrl-Alt-<+> until you see usable resolution. Most likely your screen will scroll within the virtual screen image when cursor reaches the edges -- configure the screen resolution manually after that.

3. To get support for all resolutions and 3D graphics, install proprietary nvidia driver. If it won't automatically recognize the monitor you may have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to manually set the range of frequencies your monitor supports.

# ? Jul 30, 2007 00:59

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

rookieone posted:

I have a problem with netatalk not starting at boot. It's linked and should start at boot, however it's not up when I try to connect to the server. I can log in and start it up with /etc/init.d/netatalk start but that kinda defeats the purpose v v

I 'think' that it might be because the script takes an asslong time to start up (about a minute when I launch it by hand) but I don't have an idea how ubuntu handles scripts taking too long to start up at boot.

This is running a self-compiled version of netatalk (with encryption) and Kubuntu 7.04

Any ideas ?

code:

ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc2.d/S20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc3.d/S20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc4.d/S20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc5.d/S20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc2.d/S20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc0.d/K20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc1.d/K20netatalk
ln -s ../init.d/netatalk /etc/rc6.d/K20netatalk

# ? Jul 30, 2007 01:08

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

urbster1 posted:

I mean I think so. I do have aquamarine installed, but selecting it instead of emerald doesn't make any difference.

Check if you have "nvidia" driver enabled (in /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and if it is the version that internally supports AIGLX. You can also try to run

code:

beryl --replace

in terminal and see if it complains about something in particular.

# ? Jul 30, 2007 01:12

Turkish Hijinks: Feb 4, 2007; carefree antics or horseplay

teapot posted:

1. Beginners should use 32-bit Ubuntu.

2. Press Ctrl-Alt-<+> until you see usable resolution. Most likely your screen will scroll within the virtual screen image when cursor reaches the edges -- configure the screen resolution manually after that.

3. To get support for all resolutions and 3D graphics, install proprietary nvidia driver. If it won't automatically recognize the monitor you may have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to manually set the range of frequencies your monitor supports.

Thanks for the quick response man.

One more question... a 32 bit Ubuntu won't be problematic with a 64 bit processor, will it?

# ? Jul 30, 2007 01:23

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Turkish Hijinks posted:

Thanks for the quick response man.

One more question... a 32 bit Ubuntu won't be problematic with a 64 bit processor, will it?

No, I am running it on a laptop with 64-bit CPU right now:

code:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 36
model name      : AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MT-28
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 800.000
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp tm stc
bogomips        : 1593.59
clflush size    : 64

$ uname -a
Linux jupiter 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
$

# ? Jul 30, 2007 01:28

Turkish Hijinks: Feb 4, 2007; carefree antics or horseplay

teapot posted:

1. Beginners should use 32-bit Ubuntu.

2. Press Ctrl-Alt-<+> until you see usable resolution. Most likely your screen will scroll within the virtual screen image when cursor reaches the edges -- configure the screen resolution manually after that.

3. To get support for all resolutions and 3D graphics, install proprietary nvidia driver. If it won't automatically recognize the monitor you may have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to manually set the range of frequencies your monitor supports.

Well... I tried again, this time with a 32 bit Ubuntu. The exact same thing happened. So then I tried the "Ctrl - Alt - +" trick. I could tell that the computer was cycling through different settings (perhaps various different resolutions?), but all settings were still the vertical flashing lines.

I guess the only thing left to do is edit xorg.conf. I'm guessing I find xorg.conf on the Ubuntu CD somewhere? Where exactly is it located?

# ? Jul 30, 2007 02:54

Turkish Hijinks: Feb 4, 2007; carefree antics or horseplay

I'm not sure if this would work, but would it be possible for me to get around this problem by selecting "start ubuntu in safe graphics mode" from the initial Ubuntu menu?

However, I would have a problem with this as well... as my keyboard and mouse do not seem to work while this screen is up (I actually have to wait for the 30 sec countdown for the next step to begin). Now both the keyboard and mouse are connected though the USB... I'm thinking maybe Ubuntu is not detecting them because of the USB? But the why does it detect them again when I'm in the screen with all the lines? Could I get around this by using an older keyboard (one with the PS/2 connection)?

I know I'm asking too many questions... sorry about that

By the way, this is the screen where the keyboard and mouse do not work:

# ? Jul 30, 2007 03:55

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Turkish Hijinks posted:

I'm not sure if this would work, but would it be possible for me to get around this problem by selecting "start ubuntu in safe graphics mode" from the initial Ubuntu menu?

You can try it -- I never actually had to use it,

quote:

However, I would have a problem with this as well... as my keyboard and mouse do not seem to work while this screen is up (I actually have to wait for the 30 sec countdown for the next step to begin). Now both the keyboard and mouse are connected though the USB... I'm thinking maybe Ubuntu is not detecting them because of the USB? But the why does it detect them again when I'm in the screen with all the lines? Could I get around this by using an older keyboard (one with the PS/2 connection)?

I know I'm asking too many questions... sorry about that

By the way, this is the screen where the keyboard and mouse do not work:

Enable Legacy USB support in BIOS setup for it to work. This is a bootloader screen, it does not use mouse at all, and it depends on BIOS giving it access to keyboard. Once the system is loaded, keyboard and mouse are handled by their drivers, however bootloader does not have them.

# ? Jul 30, 2007 04:43

teapot: Dec 27, 2003; by Fistgrrl

Turkish Hijinks posted:

Well... I tried again, this time with a 32 bit Ubuntu. The exact same thing happened. So then I tried the "Ctrl - Alt - +" trick. I could tell that the computer was cycling through different settings (perhaps various different resolutions?), but all settings were still the vertical flashing lines.

I guess the only thing left to do is edit xorg.conf. I'm guessing I find xorg.conf on the Ubuntu CD somewhere? Where exactly is it located?

It's in /etc/X11. Even in live CD you can press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the text console from where you can edit it

code:

sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(offending values are likelu in HorizSync and VertRefresh parameters), then run

code:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

to restart X.

# ? Jul 30, 2007 04:49

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 07:14

urbster1: Apr 13, 2005; ⊙
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teapot posted:

Check if you have "nvidia" driver enabled (in /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and if it is the version that internally supports AIGLX. You can also try to run
code:
beryl --replace
in terminal and see if it complains about something in particular.

Everything in the xorg.conf looks fine to me, I've got the nvidia drivers enabled and working. Here's the output of "beryl --replace":

code:

$ beryl --replace
**************************************************************
* Beryl system compatiblity check                            *
**************************************************************

Detected xserver                                : NVIDIA

Checking Display :0.0 ...

Checking for XComposite extension               : passed (v0.3)
Checking for XDamage extension                  : passed
Checking for RandR extension                    : passed
Checking for XSync extension                    : passed

Checking Screen 0 ...

Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig                  : passed
Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap        : passed
Checking for non power of two texture support   : passed
Checking maximum texture size                   : passed (2046x2046)

Relaunching beryl with __GL_YIELD="NOTHING"
**************************************************************
* Beryl system compatiblity check                            *
**************************************************************

Detected xserver                                : NVIDIA

Checking Display :0.0 ...

Checking for XComposite extension               : passed (v0.3)
Checking for XDamage extension                  : passed
Checking for RandR extension                    : passed
Checking for XSync extension                    : passed

Checking Screen 0 ...

Checking for GLX_SGIX_fbconfig                  : passed
Checking for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap        : passed
Checking for non power of two texture support   : passed
Checking maximum texture size                   : passed (2046x2046)

beryl: Another composite manager is already running on screen: 0
beryl: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Thanks for the help teapot

# ? Jul 30, 2007 06:53

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Linux Questions Thread: a bunch of pitfalls, but technically it's possible

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