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only one ping from router

Josh Stratton — 2013-06-18T16:10:59

The internet on my desktop suddenly stopped working while watching a video.
 I don't think anything has changed recently as far as configuration goes.
 It seems like the eth0 interface is getting an IP address from my router,
but I can only ping myself.  dns names don't resolve like if I ping
yahoo.com.  If I ping the router at 192.168.0.1, I seem to only get one
response back before it hangs and times out.  I've been trying to debug
this myself, but I'm unfamiliar with what files are used for what now.

Is there something I can do to fix networking?  Other computers attached to
the router don't seem to be having any issues.

*** ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:1d:2a:8f:f7
inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:975 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:56798 (56.7 KB) TX bytes:89027 (89.0 KB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HW

Resume Error

Sukhdeep Singh — 2013-06-18T07:19:03

Using Ubuntu13.04 on my Dell laptop and screen brightness controls not working.
Tried the solution by following below steps :

1. Open a terminal (Program - Accessories - Terminal)
2. Type in "sudo gedit /etc/default/grub" (without the "")
3. Find the line that says: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash"
4. Edit it so it says: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="quiet splash acpi_backlight=vendor"
5. Save and exit
6. Run the command "sudo update-grub" (again without quotes of course)

Brightness controls worked  But the system started hanging.
So i reverted back to the previous settings and hanging problem solved
but brightness control problem still exists.
Any other Solution?

Also
Ubuntu 13.04 gives a warning on waking up suspending
saying "Resume error - 19"
No relevant solutions found on internet.
Please do post solutions for this also




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Sukhdeep Singh
[DD]-  http://sukhtaaj.wordpress.com

Ubuntu 13.04 Suffers Performance

Mustafa Qasim — 2013-06-18T07:03:22

Hi,

Recently my Ubuntu 13.04 is encountering some performance issues. Prominent
issue is the delay between login and desktop appearance. System hangs has
is also gaining frequency.

Any other facing same issue?

Cups question dejavue

Gene Heskett — 2013-06-16T10:25:59

Greetings;

It appears the cups mailing list has been deleted, easyws.com is now 
cups.com, and the apple exclusivity is now complete.  Are we going to have 
to reinvent a new, open source cups?

That leaves me with no place (mailing list I was subscribed to when it was 
active) to ask how do I change the binding ditch option, when using the 
long edge binding option, its on the wrong edge of the paper when running 
in duplex mode, which a Brother HL3179CDW color laser printer can do.  The 
hole punch, or binding edge is on the right of odd pages and left on even 
pages, the opposite of what it should be.

When using the cups editor at localhost:631, I note that while it does 
display the choice of long-edge or short-edge binding, it does not show the 
output order, which in the .PPD file, defaults to reverse, which has to do 
with whether the image is on top, or the bottom as it arrives on the output 
tray.  But without the proper editor, I am hesitant to change that in the 
.PPD with gedit.

Can anyone hel

problem with Lohit Hindi font on Ubuntu 13.04 platform

laltu10 — 2013-06-15T14:05:45

Hi, 
I have ubuntu 13.04 installed and I use Lohit Hindi to type in Hindi
language. I have noticed an irritating problem while correcting errors in
saved openoffice .odt files. To illustrate, suppose I have a word में in a
file. Once I save it, if I reopen the file, and I want to change the word to 
मा, this is what happens -  I delete the accents and go to म and then as I
put the new accent, I get the letter म and the accent ा separately (oा).
This happens only in openoffice. For instance, if I copy the same thing
here, this problem does not appear, and I see मा. Of course, if I delete the
entire word and retype the whole thing, then the correct form appears.
If I save the file with this aberration and reopen it, it does not go away. 
I think this problem started with ubuntu 12.10. I did not have this problem
with earlier versions of ubuntu.

Any suggestions?




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Best way to handle big music collection?

Christian Jaeger — 2013-06-15T03:13:54

Hi

I'm a long time Linux user myself (Debian mostly), and trying to help a
singer and previous Windows user to use Ubuntu. He's happy with Ubuntu so
far but handling his rather big music collection is really an important
part of his computer usage, and I'm clearly at a loss on how to best deal
with it.

I personally like to use the bare filesystem and simple tools as much as
possible, at least as opposed to programs that tie you in or are buggy.
But, at his scale and considering the issues I'm clearly not convinced
anymore that this is a good approach.

1. he's not an advanced computer user. Things like having to be careful not
to remove the file suffix, or, where does the album title go as opposed to
the song title, or, why would it need numbers in the file names to preserve
the track ordering, or, why have the info also in meta tags, are
understandably confusing for him. There are too many places to check/keep
in mind.
2. even as a power user, once you start tagging files, it becomes an issue
to keep thos

Dual monitors in Xubuntu precise

Kevin O'Gorman — 2013-06-14T21:43:43

I have a laptop with HDMI output for a second monitor.  It dual boots
Win 7 and Precise.

I attached a second monitor, and Windows could make it mirror the main
display or (my preference) extend the desktop.

Under Xubuntu, it mirrors the main display, and I cannot see anything
to change that to extend the display.  Probably I need to install
something, but I don't know what.

My desktop is similar, but it's got an Nvidia controller, so I can't
use it as a model.

The laptop is a recent Gateway.  I don't know the video hardware or
how to find out what it is, but I don't think it's NVidia.

I could use some help, obviously.

--
Kevin O'Gorman

programmer, n. an organism that transmutes caffeine into software.
Please consider the environment before printing this email.

installation of 13.04 on Asus s550c touch screen

Gary Kirkpatrick — 2013-06-14T14:37:24

I am trying to install 13.04 Ubuntu on the s550c.  I chose the petition I
created in W8 for the install.  The message I am getting is:

The petition table format in use on your disks normally requires you to
create a separate partition for boot loader code.  This partition should be
marked for use as a 'Reserved Bios boot area' and should be at least 1 MB
in size.  Note that htis is not the same as a partition mounted on /boot

If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and correct this error, boot
loader installation may fail later, although it may still be possible to
install the boot loader to a partition.



gparted shows
sda1 fat 32 system 300 mib
sda2 ntfs recovery 900 mib
sda 3 unknown
sda4 ntfs OS 279 gib 37gib used
sda5 ntfs data 198.99gib 2 gib used
sda7 ext 4 I made this in windows for the Ubuntu install
sda6 ntfs Restore 20 gib 11.69 used

Thanks

Any advice on what to do?

garyk

Setting up a HP printer on a wireless network

Phil — 2013-06-14T08:33:52

Thank you for reading this.

I went ahead and bought the HP laser pro 100 printer; it arrived this 
afternoon.

I have set the printer up using hp-setup as a USB printer and an 
Ethernet printer but I cannot get the printer working on my wireless 
network.

The instructions for Windows are:

Press the WPS button on the router.
Then press the wireless button on the printer and wait 2 minutes.
After two minutes I'm informed that the connection has failed.

I get much the same result using hp-wificonfig, except for a dialog that 
reads "Unable to locate wireless hardware on device." A blue LED on the 
printer blinks to show that the wireless device is turned on and a menu 
item confirms that as well.

I also tried the same under Windows, just in case, and the connection 
still fails.

Can anyone shed some light on the method that I should use to get the 
printer working on a wireless network?

Link apache with php

Adam Tong — 2013-06-12T19:48:25

Hi,

I want to be able to run a specific php version with apache. So uninstalled
apache and php then installed apache, and then built php from source to
have the right version.

Now In the browser when i put an html file it works but php files do not.

Can you tell me how to link my php with apache without upgrading my php?

Thank you

Enabling Support For Canon LiDE 3000F on Ubuntu 12.04

Amichai Rotman — 2013-06-12T10:29:46

Hello,

A friend of mine gave me a Canon LiDE 3000F scanner. I'd like to use it on
my Ubuntu 12.04 box, but it isn't recognized by both Simple Scan and
gScan2PDF.

I have a Canon LiDE 20 that works perfectly for years (with previous
versions of Ubuntu).

I remembered I had to edit the  /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules file
once to enable the LiDE 20, which is on the list, but the 3000F isn't.

What do I have to do to make it work?

I tried Google, but all I got were links to the manufacturer site to
download Windows drivers.

Thanks!

Amichai,

unity pidgin lens on Ubuntu Raring ringtail 13.04

Kaushal Shriyan — 2013-06-12T08:22:06

Hi,

I have installed Unity pidgin lens on Ubuntu Raring ringtail 13.04. How do
i use it using dash? Specifically when i type Username i get lot of search
auto fill and it gets cluttered. Any elegant and efficient way to search
Pidgin Buddy Name?

Thanks and Regards,

Kaushal

Software Updater UI in 13.04

Adam Funk — 2013-06-11T12:24:01

After updating from 12.10 to 13.04, I see that the Update Manager has
been replaced by a Software Updater that shows a tree of updates with
verbose ("baby talk") descriptions.  Is there any hidden configuration
setting to bring back the flat list with package names shown
prominently?

Thanks,
Adam

advice on Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51 ubuntu install

Gary Kirkpatrick — 2013-06-11T11:53:24

We are thinking of buying the Asus VivoBook S400CA-UH51.  Touch screen,
light weight, good price.  Perusing the net it looks like a bit of a hassle
to install a second operating system.  I've not found any comprehensive
instructions and was wondering if any of you have any comments or
suggestions.

thanks


garyk

Line endings difference Windows <-> Linux

Bo Berglund — 2013-06-10T18:38:52

Long time ago (like 16-17 years) when I started doing a simple website
for our company I was hit by the line ending difference in certain
files used on the website.
For example if I transferred the PERL script files to the website
cgi-bin folder using an FTP program not set to detect the pl files as
ASCII they came over exactly like in Windows.
And the website functions utilizing the script files broke down....

Now I am transferring all scripted functionality to PHP from PERL and
adding some...

On suggestion by my son-in-law I used FileZilla in secure FTP mode and
transferred the files. After a while I noticed that the file size on
Windows was exactly the same as on linux, so it got me wondering about
the transfers and weather there would be problems down the road.
Seems like the scripts work also with the CRLF line endings, but I
want to make sure.

So here is my simple question:
Has Apache/PHP/MySql been adapted to accept all line ending systems
around without breaking like in the old days?
If that is so

ufw IPv4 MASQ and IPv6 settings conflict

Chuck Peters — 2013-06-09T19:06:36

I testing a Ubuntu 13.04 server to act as our gateway for IPv4 and IPv6
and the documentation conflicts about the ufw DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY
setting.  The page on setting up IPv6,
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6#ufw_and_Routing, says to set it as DROP
and the page about setting up MASQ,
https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/serverguide/firewall.html#ip-masquerading,
says to set it to ACCEPT.  ufw DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY is set in
/etc/default/ufw.  How can I set IPv4 to ACCEPT and IPv6 to DROP?


Thanks,
Chuck

When Does NFS Get Enabled At Boot?

Tim Daneliuk — 2013-06-09T16:59:00

On 13.04 I can mount NFS shares from the command line no problem,  but if I 
try to do it at boot time from fstab, the system hangs and says it is 
waiting for idmapd and statd to start.  This always worked in the past and 
works on other distros like Cent and FreeBSD.

Any thoughts appreciated.

blank screen after screen lock

Jkhatri — 2013-06-09T09:57:29

Dear All

suddenly from last day, I'm facing a strange problem, Whenever I press 
Ctrl+alt+l to lock my system screen gates locked but after that I'm not 
able to unlock the system. If I press any key to unlock the system a 
password prompt comes up, after entering password only mouse courser 
displayed on the screen with black background.

to get rid of the problem , I need to change to other tty and need to 
restart lighdm to login back to system. Any unsaved work goes to vain.

I think this problem started after [1] or [2]


[1] some Xorg related update which I 've installed last day ( which 
comes up regularly )
[1] VMware workstation hangedup and I forced my system to shutdown using 
long pressing power button


I've uninstalled Vmware workstation, situation is same

is there any clue ??? how to get rid of the issue ??

Laser printer use question

Phil — 2013-06-09T06:16:08

Thank you for reading this.

I have been continually plagued with dried ink jet cartridges over the 
years and so I though a laser printer would be my best option.

I'm considering a HP MFP M175NW multifunction printer which seems to 
fill the bill. However, the specs read that the monthly number of pages 
is 250 - 950. This seems to imply that the minimum number of pages is 
250. I'm likely to print no more than 5 which has caused me to waste 
several expensive ink jet cartridges.

Have I misunderstood the specs and will I run into problems if I only 
print a few, or no, pages per month?

Ubuntu 13.04 touchscreen problems

Carmelo San Giovanni — 2013-06-08T17:56:00

hello, 
I have a problem with Ubuntu 13.04 desktop (fresh install) and
touchscreens.
After 1 or 2 clicks the system stop to recognize clicks.

I tried three differents touch-screens on two different computers with two
different video cards (Intel, Nvidia).


Someone experienced the same problem?

Do certain systems hate Linux?

Shashank SVRSN — 2013-06-08T13:41:58

Hi !

My friend always has some or the other problem when using Ubuntu. 
Earlier he used to complain 'slow Internet connectivity -- only in 
Ubuntu, not in Windows'. Now he changed to another ISP and new complaint 
is 'no Internet connectivity -- only in Ubuntu, not in Windows'.

He used 'Linux Mint Live CD' too but in vain. My laptop never had a 
problem with his ISP. His system is a Sony Vaio VPCEH25EN. Sony being 
such a big company... I can't understand the reason