Thread: Ubuntu help

Originally Posted by viet_jon

giving it another shot. Gave up last time when I couldn't figure out how to change the screen resolution.


still stumped. I can't get any higher then 1024x768.

I need 1366x768. any ideas? DOMS?

Is your computer a laptop or a desktop?

Originally Posted by DOMS

Is your computer a laptop or a desktop?

desktop

Originally Posted by viet_jon

desktop

Is your video card made by ATI or Nvidia? And what model is it?

Originally Posted by DOMS

Is your video card made by ATI or Nvidia? And what model is it?

onboard intel.

Intel Corporation 945G Integrated Graphics Controller

Is your PC a Dell?

IBM Lennovo

Originally Posted by viet_jon

IBM Lennovo

What resolution are you trying to get to?

I'm getting ahead of myself; do you know how to change the screen resolution?

Does this mean anything to you? I'm having trouble following these instructions. Do I enter these into terminal? and is terminal equivalent to cmdprompt from windows?


How to Correct the Graphics Resolution (Intel)

* Intel 915g, 945g, etc. graphics chipsets only have a limited set of resolutions initially installed, despite the correct driver being detected.
* Install the resolution altering tool:

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

* Run the following to see the availible modes:

915resolution -l

* Choose a resolution you don't need and replace, for example the following changes 1920x1440 to 1920x1200

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

* This should add the option for that resolution to the "System>Preferences>Screen Resolution" tool.
* If it works correctly then you can make the change permanent:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

* Find the following line

exit 0

* Before this, insert the 915resolution command with your favorite setting, like the following:

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

Originally Posted by DOMS

What resolution are you trying to get to?

I'm getting ahead of myself; do you know how to change the screen resolution?

i need 1366x768....it's the native for my LCD...anything else looks stretched.


the screen resolution only shows 1066x768 as max.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

Does this mean anything to you? I'm having trouble following these instructions. Do I enter these into terminal? and is terminal equivalent to cmdprompt from windows?


How to Correct the Graphics Resolution (Intel)

* Intel 915g, 945g, etc. graphics chipsets only have a limited set of resolutions initially installed, despite the correct driver being detected.
* Install the resolution altering tool:

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

* Run the following to see the availible modes:

915resolution -l

* Choose a resolution you don't need and replace, for example the following changes 1920x1440 to 1920x1200

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

* This should add the option for that resolution to the "System>Preferences>Screen Resolution" tool.
* If it works correctly then you can make the change permanent:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

* Find the following line

exit 0

* Before this, insert the 915resolution command with your favorite setting, like the following:

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

Yes, you run these from a terminal window, but you have to do them at root.

For example, to run '915resolution -l' as root you'd do this:

sudo 915resolution -l

The first time you use the sudo command, you'll be prompted for your root password.

I'm struggling with terminal. What is the point of going to root?

I'm trying to install rar using

sudo apt-get install rar
sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar

and it gives me

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

same thing with
sudo apt-get install 915resolution

I get...

E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


another process using it? am I suppose to close everything first?

ah, nm....I had snaptic package manager open.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

ah, nm....I had snaptic package manager open.

n00b

how do you unrar files?

i installed unrar using

sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar


but when I double click the rar files, it opens Archive Manager....and says, Archive type not supported.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

n00b

Originally Posted by viet_jon

how do you unrar files?

i installed unrar using

sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar


but when I double click the rar files, it opens Archive Manager....and says, Archive type not supported.

Right-click on the file, click on 'Properties', and go to the 'Open With' tab. Choose the program that you want to open the file with.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Right-click on the file, click on 'Properties', and go to the 'Open With' tab. Choose the program that you want to open the file with.

the only program in open with , I see is Archive Manager. Is this the same as Unrar? I don't see unrar there.

I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.

Cause you are a fucking kiki.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.

I just went bak to XP.

When I have 3-4 days of nothing to do, I'll go at at again to see if I can figure it all out. It's a bitch to start out, but with the power of the web nowadays, anything can be learned with some searching and reading.

I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

I just went bak to XP.

When I have 3-4 days of nothing to do, I'll go at at again to see if I can figure it all out. It's a bitch to start out, but with the power of the web nowadays, anything can be learned with some searching and reading.

I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.

Seriously, if you're really interested in learning it, buy a book, like the newest version of Running Linux by O'Reilly. Read through it, and try to do everything yourself. You'll learn alot more that way. Anyone can ask help for every problem, but you won't learn anything.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.

I've no problem giving you a hand in transitioning to Ubuntu, man!

Next time, if you'd like, I'll give you my cell number and we can do it over the phone so that we can get things done faster.

I am pulling my hair out with fedora core 2. I am descent with Linux, but that OS just sucks. Everybody in the lab has the same problems, we lose either the mouse, keyboard, or both at the login screen. The keyboard works fine at command prompt, but as soon as you start KDE, the mouse or keyboard randomly stops working. It is a crap shoot every time I boot my OS.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I am pulling my hair out with fedora core 2. I am descent with Linux, but that OS just sucks. Everybody in the lab has the same problems, we lose either the mouse, keyboard, or both at the login screen. The keyboard works fine at command prompt, but as soon as you start KDE, the mouse or keyboard randomly stops working. It is a crap shoot every time I boot my OS.

Get your ass away from Fedora. There are a slew of reasons, but the most notable one is that it uses RPM to manage software installs. And RPM is a piece of crap. Do a search on Google for 'RPM hell'.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Seriously, if you're really interested in learning it, buy a book, like the newest version of Running Linux by O'Reilly. Read through it, and try to do everything yourself. You'll learn alot more that way. Anyone can ask help for every problem, but you won't learn anything.

These are some good words from BigDyl. There are a lot of good books on Ubuntu.

But it still makes sense to have me help you get it up and running so that you can learn hands on.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Get your ass away from Fedora. There are a slew of reasons, but the most notable one is that it uses RPM to manage software installs. And RPM is a piece of crap. Do a search on Google for 'RPM hell'.

My professor is making us use fedore core 2 because it works with their backup system. We have to backup our projects to the server everytime I come into the lab. That is the ghetto way of letting 50 people do projects on 12 machines. I got my new harddrive today, so sometime this weekend, I am going to install apache onto openSuse. I haven't had a problem yet with suse.