Anybody got a problem with Linux?

Troubleshooting general Linux problems are never clear. Thankfully they have forums and people who are helpful however it is not enough.

You could say the spectacular amount of hardware available today makes it all the more difficult for Open Source Developers to keep up with. For instance if I want say my cellphone to connect to Linux, upload and download pics and movies, use as a 3G modem and syncronise address books/appointements etc..I have a major problem. Do I really want to be bothered with text editing some file somewhere when my knowledge about all of it is lacking?

Another unsolved problem I have is how to install programs on another partition...I haven't received a clear answer yet :/ afaik one can only install programs on the root partition so if you run out of space then you are buggered.
 
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Gothan said:
Strange, I have not had a single problem with wine and 8.04. I used the normal repos with adept and just did the normal apt-get install wine, and it installed without a problem, maybe its an old version or something. Or just download the .deb package and install it no problems.

with pppoe there is a gui, its called gnome-pppoe, but it does not help you to create it, it just displays the files in /etc/ppp/peers/ and you can select on your provider and click start, and it will log on and of course sudo cp dsl-provider <new name> works like a charm and is no hassle, have to admit, I also complained about lack of gui for pppoe, then discovered gnome-pppoe and guess what, now I still prefer doing it via terminal
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Thanks will take a look.

BTW I believe the wine version atm on the Ubunto repos is 0.9.59. The latest WINE version available is 0.9.61. To get the latest version I had to add the WINE repos to software sources. However I then got a Hash Sum Mismatch error on the WINE repo when trying to reload/update the library/software list. Not to worry now, it finally worked yesterday all of it's own accord. Strange ekse :p

I still can't play SiverSands poker on WINE though :( I also could not install software for my TomTom GPS on it :( :(
 
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why not look into DVD players for Linux. AFAIK, there is not one legal Linux media player capable of playing DVD's. You have to resort to downloading illegal software to be able to play legally purchased DVD's... ironically though pirated DVD's should play without the software (I don't have any, but I do know that they remove CSS when ripping them).
 
andres101 said:
why not look into DVD players for Linux. AFAIK, there is not one legal Linux media player capable of playing DVD's. You have to resort to downloading illegal software to be able to play legally purchased DVD's... ironically though pirated DVD's should play without the software (I don't have any, but I do know that they remove CSS when ripping them).
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libdecss (or whatever it is) is illegal in the US. I think shy001 is looking for technical problems, not patent problems.

Otherwise there's also CMYK to look at.
 
im looking for problems that can be researched and solved
problems like .... o god i dont know
whoever has any ideas , all welcome
i will take watever help i can get
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
Thanks will take a look.

BTW I believe the wine version atm on the Ubunto repos is 0.9.59. The latest WINE version available is 0.9.61. To get the latest version I had to add the WINE repos to software sources. However I then got a Hash Sum Mismatch error on the WINE repo when trying to reload/update the library/software list. Not to worry now, it finally worked yesterday all of it's own accord. Strange ekse :p

I still can't play SiverSands poker on WINE though :( I also could not install software for my TomTom GPS on it :( :(
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Best advice, install vistualbox with windows xp on it, I also used wine, but it sucked on most things (with only altbinz working without a problem).
 
shy001 said:
im looking for problems that can be researched and solved
problems like .... o god i dont know
whoever has any ideas , all welcome
i will take watever help i can get
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As of the latest Ubuntu the only real 'problem' with Linux is user acceptance. The technical problems have (mostly) been solved.

The 'problem' of user acceptance is not going to be solved with technical solutions.

The biggest cause of the problem is that when you start talking about usabilty, most developers eyes gloss over and they start ignoring you.

If I were you and really wanted to impress my class/lecturer/whoever I'd do some research into Software Usability (google 'Human Computer Interaction' and check out wikipedia for this subject) and point out how Ubuntu still fails most usability tests and what needs to be done to fix it.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ is also a good resource for Usability.
 
JazzeD said:
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04

Screenlets wont stick to same location after reboot?
Wireless wont allow Static ip to be setup?
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Your IP problem.... did you specify the gatewate IP on the correct interface? I had the same error (not on the same page as the static IP, is one tab to the right).
 
are there any problems encountered like crashes for unknown reasons?
 
shy001 said:
are there any problems encountered like crashes for unknown reasons?
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Sorry man, you must be looking for the windows threads


I have not experienced one crash so far, some apps might fail to open, but that is usually a permissions problem, or a screen card driver might cause the kdm to fail, but linux still runs

you want to make a lot of folks happy, find an easy and failsafe way to install screen card drivers that works for all
 
im jus trying to find out problems ppl have with linux when using
like things not working n stuff
 
shy001 said:
im jus trying to find out problems ppl have with linux when using
like things not working n stuff
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That's why Linux is so awesome; pretty much everything works :D

The most-often mentioned problem I have found is people having trouble configuring their sound to run on Linux, although it is quite easy to fix.

You've chosen quite a tough topic there because when a problem is found with Linux, a fix is usually found pretty quickly.
 
i didnt choose the topic
i got no option in the matter
jus have to find info for it
thats the hard part
 
Oh yes....I have 5 speakers and a sub. I have only managed to get 4 speakers + the sub working...the center speaker...she does not respond no matter what I do :( it works fine in windows though. I also don't think it is true surround I am getting either :(:( seems to be rear and front speakers just play the same tone although it is stereo from left to right.

Installing Nvidia drivers manually on Ubuntu is seemingly impossible :mad: can't stop X-Server and when I eventually do stop X-Server there is some other problem. Spent way too much time on this so I just used the add/remove but unsure if that is latest drivers.

The fact that Ubuntu minimizes your game automatically is really annoying. I later found out it is because my screensaver is set to x amount of minutes and it kicks in regardless of whether or not you are playing a game.

Gee I can go on and on :p really hope some of these problems might help you...other than that nothing else I can say at the mo.

Anyone else notice the sudden list of updates in Ubuntu over the past few days?
 
Jonny, have you tried using alsamixer from the command line?

Could be that ALSA has just muted your centre speaker.
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
Troubleshooting general Linux problems are never clear. Thankfully they have forums and people who are helpful however it is not enough.

You could say the spectacular amount of hardware available today makes it all the more difficult for Open Source Developers to keep up with. For instance if I want say my cellphone to connect to Linux, upload and download pics and movies, use as a 3G modem and syncronise address books/appointements etc..I have a major problem. Do I really want to be bothered with text editing some file somewhere when my knowledge about all of it is lacking?

Another unsolved problem I have is how to install programs on another partition...I haven't received a clear answer yet :/ afaik one can only install programs on the root partition so if you run out of space then you are buggered.
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On Fedora:

yum install --installroot=<path> <package>

So if you have a seperately mounted partition in /program then,

yum install --installroot=/program <package>

shoudl do what you want. When next I boot up into Sidux or Debian I'll check the solution for apt.
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
Oh yes....I have 5 speakers and a sub. I have only managed to get 4 speakers + the sub working...the center speaker...she does not respond no matter what I do :( it works fine in windows though. I also don't think it is true surround I am getting either :(:( seems to be rear and front speakers just play the same tone although it is stereo from left to right.

Installing Nvidia drivers manually on Ubuntu is seemingly impossible :mad: can't stop X-Server and when I eventually do stop X-Server there is some other problem. Spent way too much time on this so I just used the add/remove but unsure if that is latest drivers.

The fact that Ubuntu minimizes your game automatically is really annoying. I later found out it is because my screensaver is set to x amount of minutes and it kicks in regardless of whether or not you are playing a game.

Gee I can go on and on :p really hope some of these problems might help you...other than that nothing else I can say at the mo.

Anyone else notice the sudden list of updates in Ubuntu over the past few days?
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One question, is this when you are playing DVD's etc. 5.1 Sound sources or merely playing mp3's? Reason is that it took me 6 months of on and off trying to eventually solve this problem with ubuntu
 
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