[125006030010] |Ubuntu Version Names and End of life Details [125006030020] |Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. [125006030030] |It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. [125006030040] |The version number comes from the year and month of the release; the version names are made by Mark Shuttleworth. [125006030050] |LTS stands for Long Term Support; these versions of Ubuntu are supported for longer than usual - 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server. [125006030060] |If you are unsure of the version you are using, go to System >Administration >System Monitor, and go to the System tab or open a terminal and type: lsb_release -a [125006030070] |

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[125006040010] |Shutter - Featureful Screenshot Tool [125006040020] |Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. [125006040030] |You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website - apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.Shutter used to be called GScrot. [125006040040] |Shutter Features [125006040050] |take a screenshot of your complete desktop, a rectangular area or capture a website take screenshot directly or with a specified delay time save the screenshots to a specified directory and name them in a convenient way(using special wild-cards) Shutter is fully integrated into the Gnome Desktop (TrayIcon etc.) generate thumbnails directly when you are taking a screenshot and set a size level in % Shutter session collection keep track of all screenshots during session copy screeners to clipboard print screenshots delete screenshots rename your file upload your files directly to Image-Hosters , retrieve all the needed links and share them with others edit your screenshots directly using the embedded drawing tool [125006040060] |Install Shutter in ubuntu [125006040070] |edit your sources.list file using the following command [125006040080] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125006040090] |add one of the following lines [125006040100] |For Jaunty Jackalope Users [125006040110] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125006040120] |For Intrepid Ibex Users [125006040130] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125006040140] |For Hardy Heron Users [125006040150] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125006040160] |save and exit the file [125006040170] |Now add the PPA’s key using the following commnd [125006040180] |wget -q http://shutter-project.org/shutter-ppa.key -O- | sudo apt-key add - [125006040190] |Update source list using the following command [125006040200] |sudo apt-get update [125006040210] |Install shutter using the following command [125006040220] |sudo apt-get install shutter [125006040230] |This will complete the installation. [125006040240] |Using shutter [125006040250] |If you want to open shutter go to Applications--->Accessories--->Shutter - Screenshot Tool [125006040260] |shutter launch [125006040270] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen [125006040280] |Shutter Preferences screen [125006040290] |Sample screenshot taken using shutter [125006050010] |Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Beta Released and available for download [125006050020] |The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. [125006050030] |This is the Ubuntu 9.04 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features. [125006050040] |Note: This is a beta release. [125006050050] |Do not install it on production machines. [125006050060] |The final stable version will be released on April 23rd, 2009. [125006050070] |DownloadUbuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Beta [125006050080] |Get it while it’s hot. [125006050090] |ISOs and torrents are available at: [125006050100] |http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server) [125006050110] |http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/9.04/ (Ubuntu Education Edition) [125006050120] |http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/9.04/ (Kubuntu) [125006050130] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/beta/ (Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Ubuntu MID) [125006050140] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.04/beta/ (Xubuntu) [125006050150] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.04/beta/ (UbuntuStudio) [125006050160] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.04/beta/ (Mythbuntu) [125006050170] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/9.04/beta/ (Ubuntu ARM) [125006050180] |Upgrading from Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125006050190] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 on a desktop system [125006050200] |press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box. [125006050210] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’9.04′ is available. [125006050220] |Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions. [125006050230] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 on a server system [125006050240] |install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions. [125006050250] |New features in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Beta [125006050260] |GNOME 2.26 [125006050270] |Ubuntu 9.04 Beta includes the latest GNOME 2.26 desktop environment with a number of great new features, including [125006050280] |
  • brasero, developed by Philippe Rouquier and Luis Medinas, as an all-in-one CD burning application
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  • Improved handling of multiple monitors with an updated gnome-display-properties by Federico Mena Quintero.
    • [125006050300] |X.Org server 1.6 [125006050310] |The latest X.Org server, version 1.6, is available in Jaunty. [125006050320] |A number of video cards have been transitioned to free drivers as part of this update. [125006050330] |The -ati driver has received numerous fixes and performance improvements. [125006050340] |It now uses the EXA acceleration method by default. [125006050350] |2D acceleration support for the newest R6xx/R7xx family of cards is also available. [125006050360] |3D support is available up to R5xx cards for -ati. [125006050370] |An updated -fglrx proprietary driver is available for R6xx/R7xx users who need 3D support. [125006050380] |New style for notifications and notification preferences [125006050390] |Included in Jaunty is a simple menu which can be used to set preferences for notification icons, such as where they pop up on the taskbar. [125006050400] |Ubuntu 9.04 beta also includes a whole new notification system [125006050410] |Boot performance [125006050420] |A number of improvements to the Ubuntu start-up process bring significantly improved boot performance to Ubuntu 9.04 Beta. [125006050430] |Please open bugs if you experience any degradation, and tag them with boot-performance. [125006050440] |Linux kernel 2.6.28 [125006050450] |Ubuntu 9.04 Beta includes the 2.6.28-11.37 kernel based on 2.6.28.8. [125006050460] |Ext4 filesystem support [125006050470] |Ubuntu 9.04 Beta supports the option of installing the new ext4 file system. ext3 will remain the default filesystem for Jaunty, and we will consider ext4 as the default for the next release based on user feedback. [125006050480] |There has been extensive discussion about the reliability of applications running on ext4 in the face of sudden system outages. [125006050490] |Applications that use the conventional approach of writing data to a temporary file and renaming it to its final location will have their reliability expectations met in Ubuntu 9.04 beta; further discussion is ongoing in the kernel community. [125006050500] |Ext4 support in GRUB was provided by Colin King. [125006050510] |If you choose to upgrade your / or /boot filesystem in place from ext2 or ext3 to ext4 , then you must also use the grub-install command after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 Beta to reinstall your boot loader. [125006050520] |If you do not do this, then the version of GRUB installed in your boot sector will not be able to read the kernel from the ext4 filesystem and your system will fail to boot. [125006050530] |Ext4 support in gparted has been provided by Curtis Gedak. [125006050540] |Cloud computing [125006050550] |Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition makes it easy to experiment with cloud computing. [125006050560] |Eucalyptus, an open source technology which is included in Ubuntu as a technology preview, enables you to use your own servers to deploy, experiment and test your own private cloud that matches the Amazon EC2 API. [125006050570] |You can dynamically create virtual machines, configure multiple clusters into a single Cloud and even provide an EBS (elastic block storage) equivalent and an S3 compatible storage manager. [125006050580] |Turn-key mail servers [125006050590] |The dovecot-postfix package in Ubuntu 9.04 Beta provides an easy-to-deploy mail server stack, with support for SMTP, POP3, and IMAP with TLS and SASL. dovecot-postfix was packaged by Ante Karamati?. [125006050600] |Known issues [125006050610] |As is to be expected at this stage of the release process, there are several known bugs that users are likely to run into with Ubuntu 9.04 Beta. [125006050620] |We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds, so that you don’t need to spend time reporting these bugs again: [125006050630] |
  • A bug in an Ubuntu-specific patch to X server logging code will cause X sessions to crash after they have been running forlonger than a day. [125006050640] |Users encountering this bug should upgrade to the latest version of the xserver-xorg-core package, whichwill be available immediately after the beta release.
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  • Some users of Intel i8x5 video chipsets are unable to load X, getting an error message of “Fatal server error: Couldn’t bindmemory for BO front buffer”. [125006050660] |As a workaround, use the VESA driver by logging into a text console, running “sudo nano/etc/X11/xorg.conf”, and adding the line Driver “vesa” to the Device section. [125006050670] |An alternative (experimental) workaround is touse the UXA acceleration method (see below). [125006050680] |If in doubt, please do not upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 Beta yet.
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  • Users of Intel video chipsets have reported performance regressions in Ubuntu 8.10 compared with previous releases. [125006050700] |Althoughthese performance issues have not been resolved by default in Ubuntu 9.04, a new experimental acceleration architectureoption, DRI2/UXA, is available for Intel graphics users. [125006050710] |Our testing has found this provides significant performanceimprovements for many users, but has also shown risk of severe stability problems, thus we are not yet providing to thegeneral public. [125006050720] |You can opt-in to enable this by running “sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf”, and adding Option “AccelMethod”"UXA” to the Device section of your xorg.conf. [125006050730] |Users wishing to maximize stability should stay with the standard defaultacceleration method, “EXA”.
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  • Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is now disabled, to reduce issues experienced by users who accidentally trigger the key combo. [125006050750] |Users who do want this function can enable it in their xorg.conf, or via the command dontzap --disable.
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  • Ubuntu 8.10 systems installed from the desktop CD mistakenly had the lilo package installed as well as grub, although grubwas used for booting. [125006050770] |If you use the recommended Update Manager upgrade method, then the lilo package will be removed if itdoes not appear to be used. [125006050780] |If you upgrade using some other method and are sure that you only use the GRUB boot loader, thenwe recommend that you remove the lilo package manually.
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  • On the timezone map in the desktop CD installer, the markers for cities are displaced from their correct locations. [125006050800] |Users should be aware of this issue when selecting their timezone. [125006050810] |This bug will be resolved for daily builds immediately after the 9.04 Beta.
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  • If any filesystems are mounted when starting the desktop CD installer, then a dialog labelled “Unmount partitions that are in use?” will be presented. [125006050830] |Unfortunately, the buttons on this dialog box are poorly named: “Continue” attempts to unmount filesystems and then repeats, which will often just display the same dialog box again, while “Go Back” ignores this condition and continues. [125006050840] |This will be corrected for the final release.
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  • On desktop installations from USB disks, such as typical Ubuntu Netbook Remix installations, the installer displays a warning about the fact that the installation medium itself (often /dev/sdb) is mounted. [125006050860] |This warning is unnecessary, because the fact that it is mounted is completely normal, and does not interfere with the user’s ability to install the system to devices other than the USB disk itself. [125006050870] |You should ignore this warning; note that in order to do so you will need to select “GoBack”, due to the issue above.
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  • In some cases, the “Prepare Disk Space” screen in the desktop installer displays obviously incorrect partition sizes in its graphical disk previews. [125006050890] |This is only an error in the preview and does not reflect a problem with the partitioning changes that will actually be applied.
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  • The mythtv frontend in mythbuntu fails to render fonts correctly when using video drivers other than the Intel or closed-source nVidia drivers. [125006050910] |This issue is expected to be resolved for the final 9.04 release.
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  • When installing to a system with another OS previously installed, the migration assistant will offer to migrate settings and documents even when the entire disk is being overwritten. [125006050930] |The migration assistant will not be able to preserve documents when using the entire disk for installation.
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  • Users who were running eCryptfs on the Jaunty Alpha milestones are advised to re-encrypt any encrypted files. [125006050950] |An upstream 2.6.28 kernel bug caused random kernel memory to be written to eCryptfs encrypted file headers. [125006050960] |The fix has been applied and deployed to Ubuntu users in the Jaunty Beta kernel. [125006050970] |Ubuntu eCryptfs users running this kernel should re-encrypt each encrypted file using /usr/bin/ecryptfs-rewrite-file.
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  • Users of Compaq Smart Array controllers will be unable to remove existing LVM volumes using the partitioner in the installer.
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  • The mdadm package in Ubuntu 9.04 Beta will fail to assemble RAID10 arrays on boot. [125006051000] |Other types of RAID are not affected;investigation of this issue is ongoing.
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  • Booting degraded RAID may fail in virtual-machine setups where the host is running with cpu frequency scaling enabled, due to a non-deterministic race condition. [125006051020] |Booting degraded RAID on physical hardware should not be affected, since the cpu frequency is constant through the hard disk detection process.
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  • Upgrading a desktop system using an ATI video chipset with the fglrx binary-only driver may result in a warning that the driver needs to be replaced. [125006051040] |There is a bug in the driver replacement logic, so if you see this prompt, please cancel the upgrade until this is fixed, which will happen immediately after the beta release.
    • [125006060010] |Ubuntu Geek New Look - Give us your feedback [125006060020] |We have changed our website look and feel could you please provide us your feedback,bugs,suggestions,comments so that we can improve more. [125006060030] |Changes as follows [125006060040] |1) New logo [125006060050] |2) New home page [125006060060] |3) Some colour selection [125006070010] |TuxCards - Hierarical notebook for TuxFreaks [125006070020] |TuxCards provides a hierarical notebook similar to CueCards under Windows. [125006070030] |Every kind of note and idea may be managed and sorted within a tree structure.TuxCards is the notebook for TuxFreaks and for everyone who likes to use it or finds it useful during his or her work and play. [125006070040] |Tuxcards Features [125006070050] |Notes can be composed using richtext elements. [125006070060] |There are no theoretical/practical limits on the tree-depth, on the quantity of the items and on the size of the notes. [125006070070] |At every start, TuxCards will automatically load your last datas. [125006070080] |The tree-structure (on the left side) is also reproduced as it was found at your last saving. [125006070090] |Drag &Drop of entries between completely different TuxCards applications is possible. [125006070100] |Just try it. [125006070110] |Entry History. [125006070120] |Create notes with an expiration date. [125006070130] |Encryption using MD5 and BlowFish. [125006070140] |Customizable icons: All icons used within the gui may be exchanged. [125006070150] |Cactus-Support, expandable with own flower images. [125006070160] |Command line options (try tuxcards -h). [125006070170] |Support of cygwin version as well of a statically linked binary. [125006070180] |Install Tuxcards in Ubuntu [125006070190] |First you need to download .deb package from here or using the following command [125006070200] |wget http://www.tifskom.de/tux/1.2/debian/tuxcards_1.2-1_i386.deb [125006070210] |Install .deb package using the following command [125006070220] |sudo dpkg -i tuxcards_1.2-1_i386.deb [125006070230] |This will complete the installation [125006070240] |Using Tuxcards [125006070250] |You can open tuxcards using the following command from your terminal [125006070260] |$tuxcards [125006070270] |If you see similar to the following error you need to install libstdc++5 package to fix this. [125006070280] |tuxcards: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [125006070290] |sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 [125006070300] |Tuxcards Screenshot [125006080010] |Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Beta [125006080020] |Ubuntu 9.0 is the upcoming version of the Ubuntu operating system. [125006080030] |The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Jaunty Jackalope”. [125006080040] |Note: This is still a beta release. [125006080050] |Do not install it on production machines. [125006080060] |The final stable version will be released in 23rd April 2009. [125006080070] |Important Notes Before Upgrade [125006080080] |
  • Take a complete Back up all your data. [125006080090] |There is no guarantee that all will go well.
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  • Remember that this software is still beta at this time. [125006080110] |It is not for production machines.
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  • Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 8.10 before you upgrade
    • [125006080130] |Procedure to follow [125006080140] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box. [125006080150] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’9.04′ is available. [125006080160] |Click Upgrade [125006080170] |This will show you Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Release notes click on upgrade [125006080180] |Downloading Upgrade tool in progress [125006080190] |Preparing for upgrade in progress [125006080200] |If you are using any third party sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list file it will be disabled at the time of upgrade process click close [125006080210] |Setting new software channels in progress [125006080220] |Starting the upgrade process window click on Start Upgrade [125006080230] |Downloading the new Packages in Progress [125006080240] |Installing Packages in Progress [125006080250] |Installing Packages Progress in Terminal [125006080260] |Automatic crash reports configuration file replacement option click on Replace [125006080270] |Cleaning Up process in Progress [125006080280] |Remove obsolete packages window click on remove [125006080290] |You need to restart the system to complete the Upgrade by clicking “Restart Now” [125006080300] |Testing Your Upgrade [125006080310] |You can check the ubuntu version installed using the following command [125006080320] |sudo lsb_release -a [125006080330] |Output Looks like below [125006090010] |How to Remove Pulse Audio Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) [125006090020] |By default Ubuntu 8.10 comes with Pulse Audio and most users start complaining about pulse audio so if you don’t want to use Pulse Audio you can remove using the following procedure. [125006090030] |Remove the required packages [125006090040] |sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio [125006090050] |sudo apt-get install esound [125006090060] |Now remove the 70pulseaudio file [125006090070] |Before removing make a backup of this file [125006090080] |sudo cp /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio.back [125006090090] |sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio [125006090100] |Gnome Preferences [125006090110] |Now go to System -> Preferences -> Sound [125006090120] |Make sure they are all set to ‘Autodetect’. [125006090130] |The only one you will have to set manually to ALSA is ‘Sound Capture’ under ‘Audio Conferencing’. [125006090140] |Note:-At this point Pulseaudio is now nolonger an option under these drop menus. [125006090150] |Gnome Sessions [125006090160] |Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions [125006090170] |Deselected or Remove the Pulseaudio Manager [125006090180] |Finally Your asoundrc’s under your Home Directory are still configured for Pulse. [125006090190] |Go to your home directory using the following command [125006090200] |cd ~ [125006090210] |cp .asound* yourfilename [125006090220] |rm .asound* [125006090230] |One this is done your back to ALSA’s default configuration. [125006100010] |A2hosting: Ubuntu Virtual Private Server (VPS) Setup [125006100020] |Introduction [125006100030] |This tutorial will explain how to purchase a VPS hosting package at A2 Hosting , setting up a fresh Ubuntu server installation, and configuring several typical applications such as Apache, MySQL, PHP . [125006100040] |A2hosting provide Ubuntu VPS hosting for very reasonable prices.If you are looking for Ubuntu VPS packages i would suggest a2hosting.If you want to buy your ubuntu VPS you can do from here.Recently we have moved to A2hosting and i am a very happy with their service and support. [125006100050] |A2hosting Special Offer for UbuntuGeek Users [125006100060] |A2hosting currently providing special offer for UbuntuGeek users.Buy your ubuntu or other linux VPS hosting from here and you need to enter the coupon code as ubuntugeek you will get 25% off your initial order. [125006100070] |This offer is for new customers only and it expires on 04/30/09. [125006100080] |What is VPS (Virtual Private Server) ? [125006100090] |A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a simulation of hardware by a host operating system that allows another operating system to run on it. [125006100100] |What that means for Web developers is that a Web hosting company can host multiple “Virtual” servers on one physical, or “host”, server.Each virtual server is isolated from the others (or “Private”), and access to hardware resources (RAM, CPU, Disk Space, Network throughput) is managed by the “host” server. [125006100110] |Once you purchased your VPS you should be receive an email within a few hours saying your account is ready and providing URLs, usernames and passwords for your HyperVM control panel, DNS management, and SSH login. [125006100120] |Your virtual server will have its own unique IP address.Your initial password is emailed to you in plain text. [125006100130] |This same password is used for the A2 Hosting billing system, the HyperVM control panel, the DNS control panel, and for loging in to the server via SSH. [125006100140] |You should change these immediately for security reasons. [125006100150] |Install Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) on your VPS [125006100160] |By default your VPS comes with the CentOS 5 image so you need to rebuild for ubuntu 8.10 (At the time of writing this guide) [125006100170] |To use the Ubuntu image in your VPS Choose Console | Rebuild and select the ubuntu-8.10-minimal image select “Confirm Rebuild” click on “Update”.This image has the added benefit that it’s very small—only 254.58 MB—leaving plenty of space for data and applications. [125006100180] |After completing installtion you can see similar to the following message [125006100190] |Information: rebuild successfully updated for [your machine name] [125006100200] |Login in to your server [125006100210] |You can use putty or any other tool to login in to your server using ssh or use the following command from your linux/unix system [125006100220] |$ssh -p 7822 -l root [125006100230] |After logging in first you need to change your root password using the following command [125006100240] |#passwd Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully [125006100250] |Setting up New users [125006100260] |A2hosting Ubuntu system comes configured for only the root user.We would recommend the Ubuntu way of using sudo instead of logging in as root. [125006100270] |Create a new user using the following command [125006100280] |adduser newuser [125006100290] |This new user doesn’t have permission to use sudo yet. [125006100300] |Open the sudo configuration file [125006100310] |#visudo [125006100320] |Add this line to allow users in the admin group to use sudo: [125006100330] |%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL [125006100340] |Save and close the editor. [125006100350] |The admin group may not exists yet, so create it: [125006100360] |groupadd admin [125006100370] |And add the new user to the group: [125006100380] |usermod -g admin newuser [125006100390] |locale warnings [125006100400] |If you see any locale warnings use the following command to fix [125006100410] |apt-get install language-pack-en [125006100420] |or [125006100430] |apt-get install --reinstall language-pack-en [125006100440] |Install some useful tools [125006100450] |apt-get install vim wget cron rsync [125006100460] |Enable universe, multiverse, restricted, security updates, and backports Repositories [125006100470] |Now you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file to enable a wider selection of packages from universe, multiverse, restricted, security updates, and backports Repositories [125006100480] |vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125006100490] |add the following lines [125006100500] |deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe multiverse restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse [125006100510] |Save and exit the file. [125006100520] |Update the source list using the following command [125006100530] |apt-get update [125006100540] |Disable root logins on SSH [125006100550] |By default, VPS systems at A2 Hosting use port 7822 instead of 22, the default. [125006100560] |This will provide some protection from brute force attacks, but it’s still possible for someone to scan your ports and find the SSH server.For security reasons, it’s not a good idea to allow the root user to log in over SSH. [125006100570] |Open the SSH daemon configuration file [125006100580] |vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config [125006100590] |Find the PermitRootLogin option and change it to no. [125006100600] |If you are the only person who will be logging in, you can limit logins to only your username by adding AllowUsers . [125006100610] |Then restart SSH using the following command [125006100620] |/etc/init.d/ssh restart [125006100630] |Configure DNS Settings [125006100640] |If you want to point an existing domain at another registrar to your VPS you will need to use the DNS control panel provided by the current registrar as well as the DNS management URL and nameserver IP addresses provided in the A2 Hosting welcome email. [125006100650] |Login dns management http://vpsdns.a2hosting.com [125006100660] |First, change the nameservers to the two IP addresses that A2 Hosting provided in the welcome email: [125006100670] |ns1.a2webhosting.com : 69.39.89.180 ns2.a2webhosting.com : 67.18.111.123 [125006100680] |Then, login to A2’s DNS management site and add a new DNS zone for the domain: [125006100690] |Go to DNS Functions | Add a DNS Zone. [125006100700] |Enter the IP address of your VPS and your domain name. [125006100710] |Select your account. [125006100720] |Click Add Zone. [125006100730] |It may take a few hours for the new entry to propagate. [125006100740] |Your domain should now point to the VPS. [125006100750] |You can check this by running nslookup foo.com. [125006100760] |The changes could take up to a day to propagate so don’t panic if it doesn’t happen fast [125006100770] |Install the LAMP stack in Ubuntu server [125006100780] |Use the following command to install LAMP stack [125006100790] |sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ [125006100800] |This will install apache2,mysql and php in your ubuntu server at the time of installation it will prompt for mysql password [125006100810] |Enable mod_rewrite module for apache [125006100820] |If you want to enable mod_rewrite using the following command [125006100830] |sudo a2enmod rewrite [125006100840] |Reconfiguring the timezone [125006100850] |If you want to reset your server timezone use the following command [125006100860] |sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata [125006100870] |Try with A2hosting UBuntu VPS and i hope you would love it.Now your Ubuntu VPS server is ready to host your applications,websites etc (with required modules) [125006110010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Release Schedule [125006110020] |Ubuntu team is already planning for 9.10, which will see the light of day in October 2009. [125006110030] |The desktop side will focus on beautification and an improved boot-up experience; the server side will target cloud computing. [125006110040] |Ubuntu 9.10 (codename Karmic Koala) will be released this year on October 29th. [125006110050] |Ubuntu 9.10 Release schedule [125006110060] |Nice image representation [125006120010] |How to Configure Evolution to use Hotmail in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) [125006120020] |This tutorial will explain how to Configure Evolution to use Hotmail in Ubuntu 8.10.This is much easy tutorial than we have already discussed here [125006120030] |Requirements [125006120040] |* Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) [125006120050] |* Evolution 2.24 [125006120060] |* xinetd (eXtended InterNET Daemon) instead of inetd [125006120070] |Install the following packages [125006120080] |sudo apt-get install hotway hotsmtp xinetd [125006120090] |This will complete the installation. [125006120100] |Configuration [125006120110] |Edit the hotwayd using the following command [125006120120] |sudo gedit /etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd [125006120130] |copy and paste the following save and exit the file [125006120140] |service hotwayd { disable = no type = unlisted socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody groups = yes server = /usr/bin/hotwayd server_args = -r port = 110 } [125006120150] |Edit the hotsmtpd using the following command [125006120160] |sudo gedit /etc/xinetd.d/hotsmtpd [125006120170] |copy and paste the following save and exit the file [125006120180] |service hotsmtpd { disable = no type = unlisted socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody groups = yes server = /usr/bin/hotsmtpd #server_args = -r port = 25 } [125006120190] |Now edit your hosts file [125006120200] |sudo gedit /etc/hosts [125006120210] |add the following lines save and exit [125006120220] |hotwayd: 127.0.0.1 hotsmtpd: 127.0.0.1 [125006120230] |Now restart xinetd using the following command [125006120240] |sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart [125006120250] |Testing Configuration [125006120260] |Enter the following command from your terminal (For SMTP) [125006120270] |sudo telnet localhost 25 [125006120280] |the output you’ll get should be similar to the following [125006120290] |Trying 127.0.0.1… Connected to localhost. [125006120300] |Escape character is ‘^]’. [125006120310] |220 test SMTP hotsmtpd v0.8.4. [125006120320] |ESMTP-HTTPMail Gateway based on hotwayd. [125006120330] |now type the following command [125006120340] |quit [125006120350] |and hit the Enter key. [125006120360] |you’ll get the following output [125006120370] |221 Service closing transmission channel Connection closed by foreign host. [125006120380] |Enter the following command from your terminal (For POP3) [125006120390] |sudo telnet localhost 110 [125006120400] |the output you’ll get should be similar to [125006120410] |Trying 127.0.0.1… Connected to localhost. [125006120420] |Escape character is ‘^]’. +OK POP3 hotwayd v0.8.4 -> The POP3-HTTPMail Gateway. [125006120430] |Server on test active. [125006120440] |now type the following command [125006120450] |quit [125006120460] |and hit the Enter key. [125006120470] |you’ll get the following output: [125006120480] |+OK see you later! [125006120490] |Connection closed by foreign host. [125006120500] |Configuring Evolution [125006120510] |Open Evolution and go to Edit -> Preferences. [125006120520] |In the Preferences window you will be looking at the Mail Accounts. [125006120530] |Click on Add. [125006120540] |You’ll be in the Identity tab. [125006120550] |Fill in the information in that tab. [125006120560] |Now go to Receiving Email. [125006120570] |There you need put the following info: [125006120580] |Server Type: POP Server: 127.0.0.1:110 Username: (full hotmail address, including @hotmail.com) Use Secure Connection: No Encryption Authentication Type: Password [125006120590] |Check Remember Password if you want. [125006120600] |Now go to Sending Email. [125006120610] |There you need to put the following info: [125006120620] |Server Type: SMTP Server: 127.0.0.1:25 Check Server Requires authentication Use Secure Connection: No Encryption Authentication Type: Plain Username: (full hotmail address, including @hotmail.com) [125006120630] |Check Remember Password if you want. [125006120640] |Click OK [125006120650] |That’s it now You should be able to send and receive e-mail through Hotmail. [125006130010] |Portable Ubuntu - Ubuntu system running as a Windows application [125006130020] |Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a Ubuntu system running as a Windows application.This system is built with the Colinux Kernel, Xming X server and Pulseaudio server for Windows.Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a useful tool when you need to move yourself to other machine that have Windows as operating system.Portable Ubuntu is a stand-alone package that runs a fairly standard (i.e. orange-colored, GNOME-based) version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. [125006130030] |It just doesn’t bother creating its own desktop, and puts all its. [125006130040] |Install Portable Ubuntu in windows PC [125006130050] |First you need to download latest version from here after downloading you can see the following details [125006130060] |File name:- Portable_Ubuntu.exe [125006130070] |File Size :- 438 MB (At the time of writing) [125006130080] |Project home page :- http://portableubuntu.sourceforge.net [125006130090] |After completing your download double-click to unpack it to a folder. [125006130100] |On Vista or Windows 7, you’ll have to open your command prompt as an administrator,For windows XP users you just launch a command prompt. [125006130110] |Head to the folder where you extracted your Portable Ubuntu, and enter run_portable_ubuntu and hit Enter to launch the .bat script. [125006130120] |Portable Ubuntu Screenshots [125006140010] |How to Install Multimedia Codecs,Adobe Flash,JRE,VLC Media Player without Internet connection (Offline) in Ubuntu 9.10/9.04/8.10 [125006140020] |Ubuntu restricted extras offline installer is a cool script that installs ubuntu-restricted-extras even on computers with no internet. [125006140030] |Note: this installer also includes libdvdcss (required to play most commercial DVDs) .This script only works on Ubuntu 8.10 [125006140040] |Script includes the following programs [125006140050] |
  • Adobe Flash player
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  • Java Runtime Environment
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  • Various additional multimedia codecs (including MP3)
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  • Support for playing DVD-movies (codecs + CSS decrypter)
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  • Microsoft TrueType core fonts
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  • unrar
    • [125006140110] |Download Ubuntu restricted extras offline installer [125006140120] |For Ubuntu 8.10 users Download this script from here [125006140130] |For Ubuntu 9.04 Users Download this script from here [125006140140] |For Ubuntu 9.10 Users Download this script from here [125006140150] |Installation Instructions [125006140160] |
  • Download and unpack/extract
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  • Double-click the file “install.sh” on folder “offline-installer”
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  • Select “run in terminal”
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  • Enter your password if the installer asks you
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  • Acept Java license when that appears
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  • When program finishes, close the window and remove the folder “offline-installer”
    • [125006140220] |Screenshot [125006140230] |Install VLC Media player offline in Ubuntu 8.10/9.04/9.10 [125006140240] |First you need to download VLC offline installer from here [125006140250] |INstall instructions same as above [125006140260] |Thanks to Hackt0live.org for this script. [125006140270] |Download VLC Offline installer for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Users from here [125006150010] |A new free antivirus for Unix/Linux platform - BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices [125006150020] |Hi, [125006150030] |Today I’d like to introduce to you all a brand new antivirus for Unix/Linux platform from a famous company, BitDefender. [125006150040] |A couple of days ago, BitDefender introduced a new antivirus for Unix/Linux OS called BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices (you can take a look, and get more information from BitDefender website). [125006150050] |Just because you use Linux, it doesn’t mean your computer doesn’t have viruses or worms. [125006150060] |They are just lying dormant, embedded in the EXE files on the NTFS partitions, or hiding beside those DLLs on the dual-boot computers, waiting for you to send them to your Windows-using friends. [125006150070] |Unless you sadistically enjoy seeing your non-Linux peers suffer, you should act responsibly and get yourself an anti-virus scanner that runs on Linux. [125006150080] |One such is the latest BitDefender Antivirus Scanner For Unices. [125006150090] |If you agree to use it on your home computers only, you can have it for free - that’s free as in freeware, not Richard Stallman free. [125006150100] |Virus is a catch-all phrase, and BitDefender’s designed to catch them all - from executable viruses, script viruses, macro viruses, to backdoors, trojans, spyware, adware, diallers, and more. [125006150110] |BitDefender looks inside files created by over 70 packers, compressors, and installers, from the most common ones such as Zip, 7-Zip, and .tar.gz to more exotic ones such as UPX, ASPack, PECrypt, etc. [125006150120] |We found that it even picked up an infected file inside an archive split into multiple volumes. [125006150130] |To avoid being caught out by Zip bombs, BitDefender has an adjustable compression depth. [125006150140] |

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    [125006150150] |BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is a versatile on-demand scanner built for Linux and FreeBSD systems. [125006150160] |It provides antivirus and antispyware scanning for both UNIX-based and Windows-based partitions. [125006150170] |BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is highly customizable and capable of script and extension-based integration with various applications such as file managers and mail clients. [125006150180] |Licensing [125006150190] |BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices may be used free of charge at home or on your personal computer. [125006150200] |In case you want to use BitDefender Antivirus for Unices for business purposes, a registration key must be purchased through the BitDefender Online Store or from BitDefender certified partners [125006150210] |

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  • On-demand antivirus and antispyware protection
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  • Script and extension-based integration with various applications and services: [125006150240] |
  • Mail clients (e.g. Pine, Evolution) and Mail Server services
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  • Scheduling services (e.g. Cron) ensuring scan and update automation
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  • Classic command line scanner complete with a graphical user interface for better integration with desktop environments
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  • Automatic addition of the scanner’s GUI to the system menu
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  • Three popular file manager plugins (the GPL-ed sources) included in the GUI package: Konqueror (KDE), Nautilus (GNOME) and Thunar (Xfce)
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  • Action setting based on scan result type
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    System Requirements

    [125006150310] |Operating System: Linux, FreeBSD Linux Kernel: 2.4.x or 2.6.x (recommended) FreeBSD: 5.4 (or newer with compat5x) glibc: version 2.3.1 or newer, and libstdc++5 from gcc 3.2.2 or newer Processor: x86 compatible 300 MHz; i686 500MHz; amd64(x86_64) Minimum Memory: 64MB (128MB recommended) Minimum Free Disk Space: 100MB [125006150320] |Supported Distributions: [125006150330] |
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 or newer
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  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or newer
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  • Fedora Core 1 or newer
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  • Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 or newer
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  • Slackware 9.x or newer
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  • Mandrake/Mandriva 9.1 or newer
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  • FreeBSD 5.4 or newer
    • [125006150400] |For my Ubuntu system (dual boot with Vista Ultimate) [125006160010] |How to install Ruby on Rails in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) [125006160020] |Rails is a web development framework written in the Ruby language. [125006160030] |It is designed to make programming web applications easier by making several assumptions about what every developer needs to get started. [125006160040] |It allows you to write less code while accomplishing more than many other languages and frameworks. [125006160050] |Longtime Rails developers also report that it makes web application development more fun. [125006160060] |Install Ruby in Ubuntu 8.10 [125006160070] |Install the following packages for ruby [125006160080] |sudo aptitude install ruby1.8-dev ruby1.8 ri1.8 rdoc1.8 irb1.8 libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libopenssl-ruby sqlite3 libsqlite3-ruby1.8 [125006160090] |Note:- Rails version 2.0+ uses sqlite3 as its default database. [125006160100] |Create Symbolic links [125006160110] |We need to create some symlinks from the install to locations every programme would look for [125006160120] |sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/bin/ruby [125006160130] |sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ri1.8 /usr/bin/ri [125006160140] |sudo ln -s /usr/bin/rdoc1.8 /usr/bin/rdoc [125006160150] |sudo ln -s /usr/bin/irb1.8 /usr/bin/irb [125006160160] |Check Ruby Version [125006160170] |If you want to check ruby version use the following command [125006160180] |ruby -v [125006160190] |Rubygems [125006160200] |RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries , a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them. [125006160210] |RubyGems Features [125006160220] |Easy Installation and removal of RubyGems packages and their dependents. [125006160230] |Management and control of local packages Package dependency management Query, search and list local and remote packages Multiple version support for installed packages Web-based interface to view the documentation for your installed gems Easy to use interface for building gem packages Simple server for distributing your own gem packages [125006160240] |Now you can download latest rubygems from here [125006160250] |wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz [125006160260] |Unpack rubygems-1.3.1.tgz file using the following command [125006160270] |tar xzvf rubygems-1.3.1.tgz [125006160280] |cd rubygems-1.3.1 [125006160290] |Install rubygem using the following command [125006160300] |sudo ruby setup.rb [125006160310] |This will complete the rubygem installation. [125006160320] |Now create a symbolic link using the following command [125006160330] |sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem [125006160340] |Check gem version using the following command [125006160350] |gem -v [125006160360] |Update gem packages using the following command [125006160370] |sudo gem update --system [125006160380] |Install Rails [125006160390] |Now we need to continue rails installation with the following command [125006160400] |sudo gem install rails [125006160410] |you can check what gems were installed with [125006160420] |sudo gem list [125006160430] |Testing sqlite3 database [125006160440] |Now we can do a simple test to see if the sqlite3 module is working [125006160450] |irb …irb(main):001:0> require ‘sqlite3′ => true irb(main):002:0> exit [125006160460] |If the result does not return ‘true’ the you may have missed a step. [125006160470] |Postfix and subversion [125006160480] |Finally, we need to install postfix and subversion so we can ‘check-out’ plugins and send mail from our Rails applications [125006160490] |sudo aptitude install postfix subversion -y [125006160500] |Answer the postfix questions as you see fit but the defaults usually suffice for our purposes as we are only using it to send emails and not for receiving mail. [125006160510] |OK now have a Ruby on Rails and postfix/subversion stack setup and ready to roll.Now you are ready to install the server of your choice whether that be Litespeed, Nginx or Apache. [125006170010] |How to setup abit AirPace PCI-e WiFi card without ndiswrapper in Ubuntu Intrepid [125006170020] |This tutorial will explain how to setup abit AirPace PCI-e WiFi card without ndiswrapper in Ubuntu Intrepid [125006170030] |Note:-It ought work for any card with an Atheros AR242x chipset, but is untested. [125006170040] |First thing to do is disable the suggested drivers; go to the Restricted Drivers Manager wherever it is on your system (Applications>System>Hardware Drivers) and disable “Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards”. [125006170050] |There may be something else relating to HAL and Atheros based cards.Reboot your system. [125006170060] |We need to blacklist the usual drivers, so open up your editor of choice [125006170070] |sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist [125006170080] |We need to add the suggested driver to this list to prevent it being loaded. [125006170090] |Add the following to the bottom of this file [125006170100] |# This is the wrong driver for the AirPace WiFi card blacklist ath9k [125006170110] |If you’ve been mucking about with MadWifi and/or ndiswrapper then add the relevant lines also: [125006170120] |blacklist ath_pci blacklist ndiswrapper [125006170130] |Save the file and exit [125006170140] |Now, we can find and install the driver which works.Install the backported modules: [125006170150] |sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid [125006170160] |Go back to the Restricted Drivers Manager and “Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards” should be “Activated but not in use” if you click on it. [125006170170] |We can now load the driver.Check that none of the blacklisted drivers are running [125006170180] |sudo rmmod ath9k sudo rmmod ath_pci sudo rmmod ndiswrapper [125006170190] |Load the new driver: [125006170200] |sudo modprobe ath5k [125006170210] |Right-click on the network manager applet in the notification area, disable wireless, enable it again. [125006170220] |If you now left-click on it, your network should show up on the list. [125006170230] |Click your network and if it connects, then we’ve just got to make it permanent. [125006170240] |Time to make it permanent.Add it to the list of kernel modules loaded at boot: [125006170250] |sudo gedit /etc/modules [125006170260] |Delete any line which is one of the modules blacklisted earlier (ndiswrapper, ath9k or ath_pci) and add the following line to the bottom [125006170270] |ath5k [125006170280] |Save and exit. [125006170290] |Reboot and check your WiFi still works [125006170300] |Source from here [125006180010] |How to setup FreeNX server and Client in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) [125006180020] |FreeNX is a system that allows you to access your desktop from another machine over the Internet. [125006180030] |You can use this to login graphically to your desktop from a remote location. [125006180040] |One example of its use would be to have a FreeNX server set up on your home computer, and graphically logging in to the home computer from your work computer, using a FreeNX client. [125006180050] |Installing the FreeNX server in Ubuntu 8.10 [125006180060] |You need to add the following source list to your /etc/apt/sources.list file [125006180070] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125006180080] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu intrepid main [125006180090] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu intrepid main [125006180100] |Save and Exit the file [125006180110] |To add the public key of FreeNX PPA using the following command [125006180120] |sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2a8e3034d018a4ce [125006180130] |Update the source list using the following comamnd [125006180140] |sudo apt-get update [125006180150] |Install FreeNX server using the following comamnd [125006180160] |sudo apt-get install freenx-server [125006180170] |Note:- Changing default ssh port is Optional [125006180180] |Install ssh in ubuntu [125006180190] |sudo apt-get install ssh [125006180200] |On some machines or networks, port 22 may be blocked or not allowed. [125006180210] |For example, some providers block port 22. [125006180220] |To make the SSH server listen on port 877, you can do the following [125006180230] |Edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config [125006180240] |sudo gedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config [125006180250] |Find [125006180260] |Port 22 [125006180270] |and change it to [125006180280] |Port 877 [125006180290] |You then need to restart SSHD. [125006180300] |Try [125006180310] |sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart [125006180320] |Edit the file /etc/nxserver/node.conf [125006180330] |sudo gedit /etc/nxserver/node.conf [125006180340] |Find [125006180350] |# The port number where local ’sshd’ is listening. [125006180360] |#SSHD_PORT=22 [125006180370] |and change it to [125006180380] |# The port number where local ’sshd’ is listening. [125006180390] |SSHD_PORT=877 [125006180400] |Save and exit the file That is, change the port number to the one that sshd is listening to, and uncomment the line. [125006180410] |If you want to start or stop Freenx server use the following commands [125006180420] |For start [125006180430] |sudo /etc/init.d/freenx-server start [125006180440] |For stop [125006180450] |sudo /etc/init.d/freenx-server stop [125006180460] |Install Freenx client in Ubuntu [125006180470] |Use the following comamnd to install freenx client in ubuntu [125006180480] |sudo apt-get insall nxclient [125006180490] |Opensource client [125006180500] |If you want to install opensource client for freenx use QTNX,QTNX NX client for QT install qtnx using the following command [125006180510] |sudo apt-get install qtnx [125006180520] |Install Freenx client in windows [125006180530] |You can download freenx windows client from here and install. [125006190010] |How to use apt-p2p For Faster Upgrades From Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) to Jaunty (9.04) [125006190020] |If you want to upgrade From Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) to Jaunty (9.04) use this tutorial for faster upgrades.We are going to use apt-p2p for this tutorial.apt-p2p is a p2p proxy for apt dowloads, it will act as a proxy between apt requests and a repository server, downloading any request files from peers (if possible), else will fallback to direct HTTP download. [125006190030] |In general, apt-p2p save bandwidth, use limited cpu and memory resources and reduce congestion on the ubuntu mirrors.apt-p2p will get the request files from peers, therefore, it will avoid the congestion on the ubuntu mirrors. [125006190040] |Note:- This is only for advanced users this might break your system [125006190050] |Note: This is still a beta release. [125006190060] |Do not install it on production machines. [125006190070] |The final stable version will be released in 23rd April 2009. [125006190080] |apt-p2p features [125006190090] |
  • Downloads from peers, increasing the available bandwidth to the user
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  • Reduces the bandwidth requirements needed to setup a repository of packages
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  • Seamlessly integrates with the current APT tool
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  • Automatically falls back to downloading from an HTTP mirror when peers are not available
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  • Builds on other already existing tools where possible
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  • Fast and requires limited CPU and memory
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  • Will try to download any file it can find a hash for from peers (including Packages.bz2, Sources.gz, …)
    • [125006190160] |Install apt-p2p in ubuntu [125006190170] |sudo aptitude install apt-p2p [125006190180] |This will complete the installation. [125006190190] |Configuring apt-p2p [125006190200] |First you need to take a backup of your source list [125006190210] |sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup [125006190220] |Edit sources.list file [125006190230] |gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125006190240] |Add “localhost:9977? after the “http://” save and exit the file [125006190250] |deb http://localhost:9977/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner deb-src http://localhost:9977/archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner deb http://localhost:9977/*mirror-address*/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://localhost:9977/*mirror-address*/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe restricted multiverse [125006190260] |So basically just insert “localhost:9977″ after the “http://” and where **mirror-address** is the address of the mirror [125006190270] |Now remove the cache files using the following command [125006190280] |sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt-p2p/cache/* [125006190290] |Update the source list file using the following command [125006190300] |sudo apt-get update [125006190310] |Start upgrade from Interpid to Jaunty [125006190320] |sudo update-manager -d [125006190330] |If you want to Check peers, downloads and uploads speed and DHT statistics Open Internet browser, [125006190340] |go to http://localhost:9977 [125006200010] |Arora - Cross Platform WebKit Browser in Ubuntu [125006200020] |Arora is a simple cross platform web browser. [125006200030] |Currently Arora is a very basic browser whose feature list includes things like “History” and “Bookmarks”. [125006200040] |When using Qt 4.4 Arora does not have support for netscape plugins, but if you use qt-snapshot then it will work. [125006200050] |But it is small, less than 10,000 lines of code, very fast, lean, mean and loads of fun to hack on. [125006200060] |Benjamin Meyer originally created as a demo for Qt to help test the QtWebKit component and find API issues and bugs before the release. [125006200070] |An older version can still be found in Qt’s source code in the demo/browser directory. [125006200080] |Arora works on Linux, OS X, Windows, FreeBSD, and embedded Linux using Qt Embedded. [125006200090] |Install arora in Ubuntu [125006200100] |If you want to install from ubuntu repositories use the following command [125006200110] |sudo apt-get install arora [125006200120] |This will complete the installation. [125006200130] |or [125006200140] |Install from .deb package (The reason for this is you can install latest version) [125006200150] |If you want to install from .deb package first you need to download latest package from here on to your desktop when you try to install you should see similar to the following screen click on close [125006200160] |Now click on Install Package [125006200170] |Enter your password [125006200180] |Downloading additional packages in progress [125006200190] |Installing dependencies in progress [125006200200] |Installing package in progress [125006200210] |Installation finished [125006200220] |Using arora [125006200230] |Go to Applications--->Internet--->Arora [125006200240] |Arora Browser in action [125006200250] |Arora version details [125006210010] |New madwifi now supports AR2425 in madwifi-trunk branch [125006210020] |For all the people that have an AR2425 based Atheros card (e.g. AR5007EG), it has been a lot of time without knowing with which driver it should work correctly. [125006210030] |I have tested all, after all madwifi 0.94 release does not support this chipset. [125006210040] |Until recent days we only had two decent options: 1) Use ath5k from kernel >= 2.6.26, 2) Use madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 [125006210050] |I used to recommend using madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 because of the weird behavior I noticed using ath5k, as I commented here. [125006210060] |But now WE HAVE AN ULTIMATE OPTION: [125006210070] |Since the madwifi-free branch has been merged to madwifi-trunk in last April 04, (read news from madwifi page), madwifi trunk now has added support for AR5007 or AR2425 based cards. [125006210080] |The best of all of this is that since this has happen madwifi does not depend on the binary only HAL anymore!. [125006210090] |I encourage to all the people try madwifi-trunk since I see it very solid now and more mature than ath5k. [125006210100] |Well, how to do it? just as easy as eating a piece of cake: [125006210110] |1.- download madwifi-trunk from here [125006210120] |2.- Extract the tarball and go to the scripts folder and in a terminal execute this 2 scripts as root (you can use “sudo su” before to avoid writing sudo before each line): [125006210130] |cd scripts [125006210140] |./madwifi-unload [125006210150] |./find-madwifi-modules.sh $(uname -r) [125006210160] |cd .. [125006210170] |you have to answer r to remove old madwifi modules installed on you system. [125006210180] |3.- Let’s compile, so you should verify you have kernel-headers and build-essential packages installed. [125006210190] |After that just do this in the same terminal: [125006210200] |make [125006210210] |make install [125006210220] |4.- Now to see if your card is working, load madwifi and restart netwoking: [125006210230] |modprobe ath_pci [125006210240] |/etc/init.d/networking restart [125006210250] |Or just reboot your system. [125006210260] |P.D. Be sure you don’t have ath5k activated or ath_pci blacklisted following the steps described here. [125006210270] |This method applies to any version of Ubuntu (Dapper, Gutsy, Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, etc) [125006210280] |Good Bye and enjoy madwifi. [125006220010] |Order your Free Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) CDs [125006220020] |The next ubuntu stable version is going to be released on 23rd April 2009.If you want to order your free CDS use the following link [125006220030] |https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ [125006220040] |If you want to know new features in ubuntu 9.04 as follows [125006220050] |
  • Linux kernel version 2.6.28
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  • A new notification system
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  • Faster boot times
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  • GNOME 2.26 desktop environment
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  • Community desktop themes and brand new artwork
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  • Evolutionary EXT4 filesystem
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  • Support for many new devices (wireless, webcams, mobile phones, etc.)
    • [125006230010] |LatencyTOP - Measuring and Fixing Linux latency [125006230020] |LatencyTOP is a Linux* tool for software developers (both kernel and userspace), aimed at identifying where in the system latency is happening, and what kind of operation/action is causing the latency to happen so that the code can be changed to avoid the worst latency hiccups. [125006230030] |There are many types and causes of latency. [125006230040] |LatencyTOP focuses on the type of latency that causes skips in audio, stutters in your desktop experience or that overloads your server (while you have plenty of CPU power left). [125006230050] |LatencyTOP focuses on the cases where the applications want to run and execute useful code, but there’s some resource that’s not currently available (and the kernel then blocks the process). [125006230060] |This is done both on a system level and on a per process level, so that you can see what’s happening to the system, and which process is suffering and/or causing the delays [125006230070] |Note:- LatencyTOP needs a kernel that was built with the following two options and by defauly ubuntu intrepid kernel comes with this [125006230080] |CONFIG_HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT=y [125006230090] |CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y [125006230100] |Install LatencyTOP in Ubuntu [125006230110] |sudo apt-get install latencytop [125006230120] |This will complete the installation. [125006230130] |Using LatencyTOP [125006230140] |If you want to run latencytop use the following command from your terminal [125006230150] |sudo latencytop [125006230160] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen [125006230170] |One more screenshot [125006230180] |If you want more information about latencytop use the folowing command from your terminal [125006230190] |man latencytop [125006240010] |test [125006240020] |test [125006250010] |Canonical Announces Availability of Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix [125006250020] |Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix is free to download from Thursday 23 April. [125006250030] |Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition. [125006250040] |Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix comes with faster boot speeds, and with a built-for-purpose interface that means that favourite applications and websites are just a click away. [125006250050] |Ubuntu Netbook Remix makes a great choice for netbook users. [125006250060] |Jane Silber, COO, Canonical, says: “The latest feature enhancements in Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix are particularly well suited to the requirements of netbook fans. [125006250070] |Faster boot speeds, enhanced power-management features and easier switching between networks delivers the best netbook end-user experience available for download today.” [125006250080] |For the first time, users can download the complete Ubuntu Netbook Remix to a USB flash drive directly from Ubuntu.com. [125006250090] |Users can then install and run Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a wide range of the most popular netbook machines available in the market today. [125006250100] |Check full press release from here [125006260010] |How to Enable Packet Injection on a Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wireless Card [125006260020] |Packet injection is a computer networking term which refers to sending a packet on a network into an already established connection.This tutorial will explain how to Enable Packet Injection on a Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Wireless Card Open a terminal and type the following commands [125006260030] |Preparing your system [125006260040] |You need to install following packages [125006260050] |sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev [125006260060] |Download drivers using the following comamnd [125006260070] |wget http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/drivers/ipwraw-ng-2.3.4-04022008.tar.bz2 [125006260080] |extract the archive file [125006260090] |tar -xjf ipwraw-ng* [125006260100] |go to the extracted folder [125006260110] |cd ipwraw-ng [125006260120] |compile the source files into a binary [125006260130] |make [125006260140] |install the driver [125006260150] |sudo make install [125006260160] |sudo make install_ucode [125006260170] |blacklist the default ipwraw [125006260180] |echo “blacklist ipwraw” | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ipwraw [125006260190] |Create a dependency file for the modules [125006260200] |sudo depmod -ae [125006260210] |unload driver that you do not need [125006260220] |sudo modprobe -r iwl3945 [125006260230] |load the driver that you installed [125006260240] |sudo modprobe ipwraw [125006260250] |enable the network adapter [125006260260] |sudo ifconfig wlan0 up [125006260270] |When you’re done, open a terminal and type lsmod, you should see the ipwraw driver loaded. [125006260280] |Source from here [125006270010] |Intel Graphics Performance Guide for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Users [125006270020] |Overview [125006270030] |Some users are experiencing performance issues with Intel integrated graphics chips in Jaunty, for several reasons: [125006270040] |
  • The current driver in our repository has some performance issues with the EXA acceleration method. [125006270050] |Users will notice 2D performance is poor due to the default “migration heuristic” employed by EXA (to “always” migrate pixmaps), but this causes performance issues for many users. [125006270060] |Setting the heuristic to “greedy” alleviates this problem somewhat. [125006270070] |See “man exa”.
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  • The new and faster acceleration method (UXA) is not enabled by default, due to issues reported by many users. [125006270090] |This code is being actively developed, and many stability and performance issues have been resolved in the latest drivers (specifically within the intel driver, libdrm,mesa and the latest kernel 2.6.29.4). [125006270100] |Unfortunately, Jaunty will not include the latest versions necessary to improve performance.
    • [125006270110] |
  • 3D performance has regressed compared to the Intrepid release, possibly due to major code changes that have resulted from the introduction to the new acceleration and memory management code (UXA, GEM, DRI2). [125006270120] |Due to these changes, there seems to be some regressions in the “legacy” DRI acceleration.
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  • Either Xorg or the “intel” driver seems to be suffering from a bug, in which the memory region allocated for the graphics card is not set up with the proper type of caching. [125006270140] |This results in jerky video playback of almost any content (from 720p media, all the way down to simple 320×240 mpeg content), and a potential loss of performance for other 2D and 3D operations.
    • [125006270150] |There are three possible configuration that this guide will present: [125006270160] |Safe Configuration [125006270170] |
  • For this configuration, you will upgrade to the latest stable Xorg drivers (via the X-Updates PPA), enable UXA acceleration and create a workaround for the MTRR bug. [125006270180] |This is the solution recommended for users who possess hardware devices that depend on a restricted driver. [125006270190] |If you don’t know what this means, then this is the solution you should use.
    • [125006270200] |Optimal* Configuration [125006270210] |
  • This configuration is identical to “Safe”, but includes the 2.6.30 kernel. [125006270220] |Using this kernel will improve 3D performance for many users, but you will lose access to restricted kernel drivers. [125006270230] |This configuration yields the best results for my system (an 855GM chipset), but of course, your experience may differ.
    • [125006270240] |Bleeding-Edge* ConfigurationThis configuration is the most risky. [125006270250] |This will enable repository which contains bleeding-edge mesa &Xorg drivers which are continually updated (via the xorg-edgers PPA), enable UXA acceleration, create a workaround for the MTRR bug and install kernel 2.6.30. [125006270260] |This configuration is not necessarily the fastest (in fact, the Optimal configuration is fastest for my hardware), and is recommended only for users who want to test the latest Xorg code. [125006270270] |Note: As per the PPA maintainer’s wish, you are instructed to read the instructions here, since the Bleeding-Edge repository is prone to breakage and important instructions may be added. [125006270280] |Don’t request support for these packages (and don’t be surprised if questions are left unanswered). [125006270290] |The solution [125006270300] |More Updated instructions and support check here [125006270310] |Method 2 [125006270320] |Using default Jaunty packages and kernel [125006270330] |The following procedure confirmed working on following Intel graphic cards [125006270340] |00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) [125006270350] |00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) [125006270360] |00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) [125006270370] |00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) [125006270380] |1)Discovering the memory of your card; do this command: [125006270390] |lspci -vv [125006270400] |and search in the output for the block regarding VGA; in my case: [125006270410] |00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computers Device 106a Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- Kernel modules: intelfb [125006270420] |In red you can see the amount of the memory that your card can manage and in blue the non-prefetchable memory. [125006270430] |In order to use the video card memory in the correct way, you can use Videoram option in xorg.conf; but we must calculate the ram from MB to KB in order to use it in Videoram option; here the table: [125006270440] |16 -> 16384 32 -> 32768 64 -> 65536 128 -> 131072 256 -> 262144 [125006270450] |Now we have to subtract the value of non-prefetchable to our amount of ram; in my case: [125006270460] |131072 - 512 = 130560 [125006270470] |2)As soon as you calculate your video ram minus the non-prefetchable memory, you can modify your xorg.conf in the device section: [125006270480] |sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf [125006270490] |In my case the device section is configured like this: [125006270500] |Section “Device” Identifier “Configured Video Device” Driver “intel” Option “AccelMethod” “UXA” VideoRam 130560 EndSection [125006270510] |Please be sure that VideoRam matching the ram of Video card based on what you calculate above. [125006270520] |Of course the option UXA is mandatory too. [125006270530] |Save xorg.conf [125006270540] |3)If you are using Compiz, please modify these settings using Compiz manager: [125006270550] |ccsm [125006270560] |Choose General options -> General -> remove the flag on Unredirect Fullscreen Windows [125006270570] |Choose General options -> Display Settings -> remove the flag Sync To VBlank [125006270580] |Close ccsm [125006270590] |4)Reboot your system [125006280010] |Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) released and Download Now [125006280020] |The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop and Server editions and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. [125006280030] |Read more about the features of Ubuntu 9.04 in the following press releases: [125006280040] |Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-desktop Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-server Netbook Remix http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-unr [125006280050] |Ubuntu 9.04 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers.Users requiring a longer support lifetime may choose to continue using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS rather than upgrading to or installing 9.04. [125006280060] |Download Ubuntu 9.04 [125006280070] |To download Ubuntu 9.04, or obtain CDs from the following link [125006280080] |http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu [125006280090] |Read Full announcement from here [125006290010] |Grisbi - Personal finance management program in Ubuntu [125006290020] |Grisbi is a personal accounting program. [125006290030] |Grisbi can manage multiple accounts, currencies and users. [125006290040] |It manages third party, expenditure and receipt categories, as well as budgetary lines, financial years, and other informations that makes it adapted for both personal and associative accounting. [125006290050] |Grisbi can import accounts from QIF, OFX and Gnucash files. [125006290060] |It can print reports using LaTeX or export them via HTML. [125006290070] |Install grisbi in Ubuntu [125006290080] |sudo apt-get install grisbi [125006290090] |This will complete the installation [125006290100] |Using grisbi [125006290110] |If you want to open grisbi Go to Applications--->Office--->Grisbi [125006290120] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen [125006290130] |If you are using personal accounting software for the first time, you will need to create accounts in Grisbi for each of your bank, savings and credit accounts. [125006290140] |You may also create accounts for your Assets and your Income/Expenses. [125006290150] |Ready? [125006290160] |Go to the Accounts tab to start creating your accounts. [125006290170] |After selecting your option you can see similar to the following screen for bank accounts [125006290180] |Grisbi reports screen [125006290190] |If you want more on this howto use this application check official documentation here [125006300010] |How to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125006300020] |This tutorial will explain how to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibix) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) released on the 23rd April 2009. [125006300030] |Important Notes Before Upgrade [125006300040] |
  • Take a complete Back up all your data. [125006300050] |There is no guarantee that all will go well.
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  • You can only directly upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 from Ubuntu 8.10
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  • Before upgrading it is recommended that you read the release notes for Ubuntu 9.04, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues in this version.
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  • Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 8.10 before you upgrade
    • [125006300090] |Procedure to follow [125006300100] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager ” (without the quotes) into the command box. [125006300110] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’9.04′ is available. [125006300120] |Click Upgrade [125006300130] |This will show you Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Release notes click on upgrade [125006300140] |Downloading Upgrade tool in progress [125006300150] |Prompt for your password [125006300160] |Preparing for upgrade in progress [125006300170] |If you are using any third party sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list file it will be disabled at the time of upgrade process click close [125006300180] |Setting new software channels in progress [125006300190] |Starting the upgrade process window click on Start Upgrade [125006300200] |Downloading the new Packages in Progress [125006300210] |Installing Packages in Progress [125006300220] |Installing Packages Progress in Terminal [125006300230] |Cleaning Up process in Progress [125006300240] |Remove obsolete packages window click on remove [125006300250] |You need to restart the system to complete the Upgrade by clicking “Restart Now” [125006300260] |Testing Your Upgrade [125006300270] |From Command Line [125006300280] |You can check the ubuntu version installed using the following command [125006300290] |sudo lsb_release -a [125006300300] |Output Looks like below [125006300310] |From GUI [125006300320] |Go to System--->About Ubuntu [125006300330] |You should see similar to the following screen about your ubuntu version [125006300340] |New Splash Screens [125006300350] |New Login Screen [125006310010] |Sound Solutions for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Users [125006310020] |The sound scheme in Jaunty has some important changes that you need to be aware of. Alsa 1.0.18 and Pulseaudio 0.9.14 are implemented in Jaunty. [125006310030] |The new ALSA provides more support and greater functionality for more sound devices than previous versions. [125006310040] |Pulseaudio 0.9.14 does some of the same on the sound server side. [125006310050] |The first thing you should check is the volume control on the panel. [125006310060] |It has a new Sound Theme tab. [125006310070] |You can set the theme for your system sounds there. [125006310080] |If you wish to disable system sounds set Sound Theme: No Sounds. [125006310090] |Next, check out System/Preferences/Sound. [125006310100] |It has only two tabs, Devices and Sounds. [125006310110] |The Devices tab is where you choose the device to play your sounds. [125006310120] |We will return to this later. [125006310130] |In the Sounds tab there are numerous sound preferences that can be set for everything from button clicks to email alerts. [125006310140] |You can change the default sound or disable it by double clicking on Default. [125006310150] |Necessary Packages [125006310160] |As with Hardy and Intrepid, some important packages necessary for optimal sound set up are missing. [125006310170] |Open System/Adminstration/Synaptic package manager and search pulse. [125006310180] |This is the easiest way to find and install all the packages we need. [125006310190] |Select the following packages [125006310200] |padevchooser -this will pull in all the pulseaudio guis and their dependencies [125006310210] |if you plan on using vlc or xmms2 or 32 bit or libao apps etc, you can get those packages now too. [125006310220] |If you are not constrained on disk space it is a good idea to get all of the following [125006310230] |vlc-plugin-pulse -this also pulls in a lot of libs that vlc will need [125006310240] |xmms2-plugin-pulse -this also pulls in the xmms2 core [125006310250] |pulseaudio-module-lirc - this is to use lirc and your infrared remote with pulse [125006310260] |libsdl1.2debian-all - this will replace the alsa version with all available drivers [125006310270] |lib32asound2-plugins - this is the 32 bit plugins for 32 bit apps [125006310280] |libao2 - you need this for apps using the libao cross platform library [125006310290] |asoundconf-gtk - applet for default alsa sound card [125006310300] |audacious-plugins-extra - plugins for audacious for many codecs like MP3, aac, FLAC, WMA, etc [125006310310] |The gnome-volume-control-pulse is somewhat broken so I do not recommend installing or using it yet. [125006310320] |Search alsa and select the following [125006310330] |gnome-alsamixer - this mixer is far easier to use than the alsamixer [125006310340] |alsa-oss - this is the alsa wrapper for oss apps [125006310350] |Click apply and the packages will download and install themselves [125006310360] |Also select the following [125006310370] |ubuntu-restricted-extras [125006310380] |Click apply. [125006310390] |This download may take a while, the ubuntu-restricted-extras package is quite large but installs almost all the codecs and java and flash 10.0.22.87 and a bunch of other stuff that you will be needing. [125006310400] |It also updates the gstreamer packages and some other stuff. [125006310410] |A window will pop up during the installation asking you to agree to the sun-java6-jre license terms, click the little box and then Forward. [125006310420] |In System/Adminstration/Users and Groups check that your users and root are members of the following groups pulse pulse-access pulse-rt Reboot your system [125006310430] |Setup [125006310440] |System/Preferences/Sound, change everything to PulseAudio Sound Server except Default Mixer tracks which you should change to you hardware playback device like Playback: HDA ATI SB ALC888 Analog….. or something like that. [125006310450] |Default Mixer tracks is where you set what your multimedia keys control. [125006310460] |Click Applications/Sound and Video/PulseAudio Device Chooser.(padevchooser) The icon should appear in the panel. [125006310470] |Click on it, choose Preferences/Start Applet on session login so it stays in your panel when you reboot. [125006310480] |Choose it again, click Volume Control. [125006310490] |In Playback you will notice System Sounds. [125006310500] |You can set the volume of your system sounds here or mute them with the mute button. [125006310510] |In the Output Devices tab you will see your sound device(s). if you right click on the volume bars you can make it the default. if you have already opened and application and it plays on another device this will have no effect and you will need to move the stream manually next time you open it. [125006310520] |Lets’ play something. [125006310530] |Start Rythmbox and play one of the radio stations. [125006310540] |Rythmbox should show up in the Playback tab with the volume bar moving with the sound. [125006310550] |Click Output Devices, you should see the same thing in your output device. [125006310560] |You can adjust the volume or mute the individual stream in Playback or the entire device in Output Devices [125006310570] |If you have more than one device and rythmbox is playing in the wrong one go back to the playback tab, right click on the volume bars and choose move stream to move it to the correct device. [125006310580] |You can also go back to the padevchooser and open Configure Local Sound Server/Simultaneous Output and check to box. [125006310590] |That will create a new Simultaneous output…. [125006310600] |Virtual Stream in Output Devices. [125006310610] |You can move any playing stream to the new device and have sound everywhere all at once. [125006310620] |Lets check if we can record. [125006310630] |Leave rythmbox playing. [125006310640] |Open Applications/Sound and Video/Sound Recorder. [125006310650] |Click the record button. [125006310660] |In the PA volume control recording tab you should now see [125006310670] |gnome-sound-recorder: Record Stream. [125006310680] |right click on the volume bar and choose move stream and move it to the monitor of the output device you are using. [125006310690] |Click stop in sound recorder and then record. [125006310700] |Sound recorder should now be recording from rythmbox. [125006310710] |Click stop. [125006310720] |Change to the playback tab in the pavolume control. click the speaker on the rythmbox stream to mute it. click play on sound recorder. [125006310730] |You should now see stream recorder in playback and hear what you just recorded. [125006310740] |Let’s try recording from the microphone. [125006310750] |Go back to the recording tab. click record on stream recorder and move the stream to the device instead of the monitor. [125006310760] |Click stop. [125006310770] |Click record again and make some noise into the microphone. [125006310780] |You should see the volume bars move. [125006310790] |Congratulations, you are now a recording genius. [125006310800] |You can make a device or monitor the default for new applications by right clicking on it like with playback. [125006310810] |If your microphone does not seem to be working Open the Volume Control from your panel ( the little speaker icon) and check that it is set to the proper device (your hardware). [125006310820] |Click Preferences and make sure that the boxes for Microphone Capture and Mic Boost Capture are checked, close the box. [125006310830] |In the Volume Control/ Switches check the Mic Boost Capture box. [125006310840] |In /Recording make sure the Microphone is not muted (no red x on the mic icon) and turned up. [125006310850] |(Some devices do not have a mic boost option) [125006310860] |Try recording again. [125006310870] |If it still does not work check for any other mic switches or controls and play around with them. [125006310880] |Remember, it is the capture/recording settings that are important for recording. [125006310890] |Playback settings get your mic to your speakers. [125006310900] |If you are still having problems with your mic it is most likely a problem with the alsa driver. [125006310910] |This is a very common issue for laptop users and fixes are very hardware specific. [125006310920] |You should search the forums or google for your specific make and model of machine for a solution. [125006310930] |Now you know how to use all the basic tools. [125006310940] |There will be some updates along shortly so if your sound stops working after an update, check the basics, like the volume controls and switches and stream locations first before taking any more drastic steps. [125006310950] |Some more tips [125006310960] |1) If you have problem with sound in flash install the following packages [125006310970] |sudo apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev [125006310980] |2) If you have HP 6730s and was only getting sound from the headphone jack, not the internal speakers use the following solutions [125006310990] |edit the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file [125006311000] |sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base [125006311010] |add the following line [125006311020] |options snd-hda-intel model=laptop enable=1 index=0 [125006311030] |Save abd exit the file. [125006311040] |If you want more sound solutions check here and if you want to remove pulse audio try this. [125006311050] |Article Credit goes here