I got this info from:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=127090
First click System-Administration-Synaptic Package Manager
It usually asks for your password to continue. Click on Reload to download the most recent package list. Next click Mark All Upgrades, Apply to install any upgrades available.
Next open Settings and then Software Sources, I have the first four boxes checked including (multiverse).
Click on third party tab and click add button. Add this line:
http://nvidia.limitless.lupine.me.uk/ubuntu edgy stable
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
This is the key for beryl for i386 or 64bit. Download the following file to the desktop.
http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg
do a reload and update again
find and uninstall nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-common
I only had nvidia-kernel-common installed so I uninstalled it.
now reload and update
remove xorg-common and install xserver-xorg
This will install Xorg 7.0, which is very compatible with Xgl.
Next search for nvidia-glx and check it to be installed. Make sure nvidia-kernel-common is due to be installed then click apply. It will take a while to download, It was about 30Mb and 4 files for me.
Then save a copy of your xorg.conf file just incase the follow changes make it so you can't get back in to your gui user interface.
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup1
Now edit the xorg.conf file like this:sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf or sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
under the Section "Module" add # on the following lines like this:
# Load "GLcore"
# Load "dri" <-- Ati users should not include # Let it load dri.
and add following line
Load "glx"
When you are done, it should look something like this:
Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri" <-- the # should only be applied by nvidia owners
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
nder Section "Device", have it look something like this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 LE]"
Driver "nvidia" <--- ATI users should use the fglrx driver
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "1" <-- Ati users can ignore this.
Option "RenderAccel" "true" <-- Ati users can probably ignore this. Don't think drivers support it
EndSection
when glx-nvidia is installed corectly then check to see if direct rendering is working.
type in a terminal:glxinfo
If it is working then the results will be: direct rendering=yes
If this is right then you did everything right and beryl can be installed.
Next find and install beryl-manager using Synaptic pkg manager
also find emerald and emerald-themes, click to install them. This should give a whole list of all the files to be installed:
beryl
beryl-core
beryl-manager
beryl-plugins
beryl-plugins-data
beryl-settings (version
emerald
libberylsettings0
libemeraldengine0
libxcomposite1
click apply
Monday, December 25, 2006
I changed permission of home folder with bad results
I acidentally changed the permisions in my home directory.
When I restarted the computer I was welcomed with this message
your $HOME/.dmrc file has incorrect permissions and is being
ignored. .dmrc file sould be owned by user and have 644 permissions. It also said that It needs the right permisions to write to the .dmrc file. And other user can't have access to it.
That is wht I did. I changed the permisions so everyone can access my home/user folder. Then this message came up when I rebooted.
I messed with the settings of my home foler and then when I logged back in it was a blank desktop and then it logged off after 5 seconds or so.
I found a site that helped me fix this problem. I used another user to search the internet:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-91455.html
Then I loged off and pressed ctrl-alt F1 to switch to the terminal. I logged on and typed the following code.
cd ~
sudo chmod 644 .dmrc
sudo chown username .dmrc
sudo chmod 755 /home/username
sudo chown username /home/username
then type this to check permissions:
ls .dmrc -l
it gave me this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 mike mike 26 2006-12-20 22:24 .dmrc
When I restarted the computer I was welcomed with this message
your $HOME/.dmrc file has incorrect permissions and is being
ignored. .dmrc file sould be owned by user and have 644 permissions. It also said that It needs the right permisions to write to the .dmrc file. And other user can't have access to it.
That is wht I did. I changed the permisions so everyone can access my home/user folder. Then this message came up when I rebooted.
I messed with the settings of my home foler and then when I logged back in it was a blank desktop and then it logged off after 5 seconds or so.
I found a site that helped me fix this problem. I used another user to search the internet:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-91455.html
Then I loged off and pressed ctrl-alt F1 to switch to the terminal. I logged on and typed the following code.
cd ~
sudo chmod 644 .dmrc
sudo chown username .dmrc
sudo chmod 755 /home/username
sudo chown username /home/username
then type this to check permissions:
ls .dmrc -l
it gave me this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 mike mike 26 2006-12-20 22:24 .dmrc
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Installing Quicktime plug-in for Firefox.
I am trying to install quick time to play streaming trailors on quicktime.com
I installed gxine and gxineplugin. Now when I try playing a streaming movie it opens gxine and says buffering %19 and at the same time it will start playing and the buffering will stay at that percent but the screen is blank.
I installed gxine and gxineplugin. Now when I try playing a streaming movie it opens gxine and says buffering %19 and at the same time it will start playing and the buffering will stay at that percent but the screen is blank.
HowTo play an Encrypted DVD on Edgy Eft
It worked for me to install libdvdread3 from Synaptic Package Manager.
Also enable (multiverse) by clicking settings and Repositories. Check the third box down. Also install Gxine to play the movies. Totem-xine doesn't work for me.
I noticed there is a slight flicker when watching DVDs. It will flicker every 10 seconds or so for a split second.
I used this site to find out how to play DVDs:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy
Also enable (multiverse) by clicking settings and Repositories. Check the third box down. Also install Gxine to play the movies. Totem-xine doesn't work for me.
I noticed there is a slight flicker when watching DVDs. It will flicker every 10 seconds or so for a split second.
I used this site to find out how to play DVDs:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Starting the install of Windows XP + Ubuntu
I just started the install of my new computer system. I save 50GB of data that I will port over to the new computer once it is installed. Some of it I will burn onto DVDs. I am splitting the 200 GB hard drive in to several partitions. I installed the hard drive as master and started the computer with windows XP Pro disk. It started the install and asked to press F8. Which I did, and then it asked to pick a partition. I want to setup 40GB for the system files only. It said there are only 190,000 MB available on the hard drive. There are exactly 200 billion bytes on the hard drive.
http://compreviews.about.com/od/storage/a/ActualHDSizes.htm
http://compreviews.about.com/od/storage/a/ActualHDSizes.htm
Here is the past, before the Journey starts.
So here is where I am going to record my progress, as I install Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10 on one hard drive. I have two 200 GB hard drives, which I got at Staples. They had a sale the day after Thanksgiving, last year and so it was $40 after rebates. I installed Windows XP Pro on it. Then this year I went to the sale at Staples again, and this time I got a 200GB hard drive for $20 after rebates. That is only $.10 per GB. With that price I could get a Tera-byte drive for $100. I remember paying $120 for a 20GB hard drive in 1999. At that price it would cost $6000 to buy a Tera-byte drive in 1999.
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