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LXer: Stunning Wallapaper Clocks Installation in Ubuntu Made Easy

LXer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:00:10 GMT

Published at LXer:

So for those who are wondering what these wallpaper clocks are all about, wallpaper clocks are wallpapers that show live date and time. And there are a number of good source for wallpaper clocks. But we will get to that later. First the basics. Read on.

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apt-get dpkg error 5%dpkg

akhund_bilal — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:48:26 GMT

hi
when i try to install or remove any package i get this error

Quote:

(Reading database ... 5%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package `libsox-fmt-alsa' contains empty filename
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

i'm using ubuntu 9.10
can't install or uninstall or update any thing coz of this error.
pls help me out..

Permanent filesystem corruption on reiserfs, ext3 and ext4 - disk failure?

trumpet_tom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:42:25 GMT

I have been having problems with filesystem corruption on my eeepc 1000H for a long time now. I have tried using different filesystems, kernels and distributions (arch, slackware) to no effect. I am starting to grow suspicious that this problem lies somewhere else, as I haven't seen anyone else having similar problems in such a variety of scenarios.

I have tried testing my ram using memtest86+, didn't come up with anything after a full run through. I also have tried using e2fsck -c to check for bad blocks, it finds none. I had a go at using smartctl but wasn't really sure what I was doing. I did a long test and it came up with nothing anyway.

This problem is in addition to the problems I've been having with my intel graphics chip and KMS. A lot of the time there are lockups when booting into X, which can only be gotten out of by a hard reset. This is sometimes what causes the original filesystem errors. I've stopped messing around with KMS for now to eliminate this but my current system in unbootable.

I'm guessing my disk is wrecked but have as yet seen no definitive proof. Can anyone recommend anything that I should do?

I am currently on ext4 with a custom kernel 2.6.33-rc6 (the stock kernel shipping with slackware does not have the elantech extension for psmouse included). When I was using arch, I was just using the stock kernels.

Thanks,
Tom

installation of software in ubuntu (due to proxy)

amareshtilldeath — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:29:49 GMT

i m not able to help any software due to my proxy settings. my proxy block all the download links.
not able to install software from terminal or synaptic packet manager.
can anyone plz send the alternate download/install method

LXer: Pranksters Attach GPS Device To Google Street View Car

LXer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:28 GMT

Published at LXer:

Pranksters are using Google Maps to help Berliners track one of the camera-equipped vehicles Google has sent out to photograph Berlin's streets, after they attached a GPS device the car. So whose privacy is being violated?

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Capture data on port?

realized — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:07 GMT

I have a toshiba phone system that has a feature where it spits raw data and i can direct that data to a serial port on the toshiba phone system or to an IP/PORT

the data is just ascii data - tells me calls that are made/time/etc

I would like to setup an existing linux box to capture this data and store the data for me

then later i can build reports based on that data (and for me a report could be just a few cat's/greps/etc so basic stuff) - but i can figure this out later.

for now i would just like to GRAB the data on a port and dump it into a file (and recycle files every 24 hours)

are there any built in utilities that can help me do this?

grep a string with space

vikas027 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:01 GMT

Hi All,

I am using Sun 5.9.

I am putting the value "Feb 10" in variable 'c' here.

Code:

-bash-3.00$ c=`date | awk '{print $2 " " $3}'`

-bash-3.00$ echo $c

Feb 10

But when I am grep-ing value of 'c', I am getting this error.

Code:

-bash-3.00$ ls -lrth | grep $c

grep: can't open 10

This is because there is a space between "Feb" and "10".

Any other way out ?

Ubuntu 9.10 boots to blank screen

xxchrisxx111 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:16 GMT

Hello, my hp pavilion ze4900 was workign perfectly then i installed some navidia driver thing ( wich wasnt for my cp) and then when i restarted it went blank. I have read various ways to fix this but i am still a linux noob and need much help. Thanks in advance.

loop through a DIR to delete files by inode

j-me — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:56:25 GMT

I have a directory that contains some files (over a 1,000) that have a '\' in the filename. There are also some good files that I need to keep. therefore I need a script to delete based on inode.

What I have thus far:
list="$(ls -il /opt/PC/log/*RPOUT*.xml)" #this gives me the list
# I need to get the inode of.
for i in $list
do
find . -inum $i -exec rm -i {} \;
echo "delete file" $i >> /home/me/tmp/del_inode.txt
done
echo 'completed'

I know this is not right ... what I know is is the 'find' is. I need to loop through the $list gleaning inodes to get all the files with '\' delete. I'm not sure how. The $i gives me the whole line. I just want the first position.
set $() does not seem to work ... any ideas?

Cannot assign requested address, problem,

shred_eng — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:52:38 GMT

hi,

i'm running a game server and have a problem when i put the ip address into the start up command. i can start it ok using the local ip address, 192.168.1.69, for example, but this doesnt seem to put the game on the master server list so i tried to use the ip address assigned to the router, which is port forwarded to my server but i get the error:

Opening IP socket 86.x.x.x:27960 ERROR: UDP OpenSocket: bind: Cannot asign requested address

do i have to do something with iptables or /etc/network/interfaces?

the only other thing i can think of is DMZ and i dont really want to do that, the relevent ports are open in the router and with iptables

maybe i have to put a rule in iptables to allow the ip address too?

thanks,

No driver for my network card

mighty hot — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:50:51 GMT

My netwok card is not identified in my notebook after installing Ubuntu 9.10. I typed a command in my terminal based on suggestions from other forums to identify my wireless card. It identified my wireless card as: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev03)
Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (Mac Phyter)
The driver is not installed and I cannot find an option to install it. How do I solve this problem? Help please......

LXer: A Blizzard of Motions in Limine in SCO v. Novell

LXer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:50:11 GMT

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Motions in limine are flying in Utah like snowflakes in a winter storm, filed by both parties in SCO v. Novell. But there are a lot more from Novell than from SCO. Novell has filed 19 more motions in limine, all filed on February 8, for a total of 20, as well as motions for a Daubert hearing to disqualify Dr. Christine A. Botosan, Dr. Gary Pisano, and G. Gervaise Davis III, three of SCO's experts. The Novell motions in limine are mainly to exclude testimony from certain witnesses of SCO's "for lack of personal knowledge," among other reasons. Like Ed Chatlos. Remember when Judge Dale Kimball was on the case, and Novell filed motions to disqualify that same testimony? Well, now they are raising it again.

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Backup entire system to DVD.

bluesword1969 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:40 GMT

Anyone know a good way to do this, aside of something like mondo?

Basically, I want to write to the DVD, much like tar would write to a tape.

Backup to tape example:

Code:

sudo nice tar -jcvpf /dev/st0 / --exclude=/some-random-backup-dir --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/tmp

Thanks!

PXE problem: "that directory could not be mount from server"

applebees — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:16 GMT

Hello,
I recently setup a PXE server to do remote installation. The PXE clients have 2 NICs, one connected to private network switch, one connected to public network switch. The DHCP server configuration is simple like this:

ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

subnet 192.168.111.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

# --- default gateway
option routers 192.168.111.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

option nis-domain "domain.org";
option domain-name "domain.org";
# option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;

option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time
# option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1;
# option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
# --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't change this unless
# -- you understand Netbios very well
# option netbios-node-type 2;

allow bootp;
allow booting;
option ip-forwarding false; # No IP forwarding
option mask-supplier false; # Don't respond to ICMP Mask req

range dynamic-bootp 192.168.111.120 192.168.111.254;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;

next-server 192.168.111.119; # name of your TFTP server
filename "pxelinux.0"; # name of the bootloader program
}

I put nothing on /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ and everything else is simple since I just wanted to make it work first.

I export the directory contains .iso file to share as nfs and point PXE to it.

The problem is when I boot the PXE client, it pick up dhcp IP, load pxelinux.o and then it stop with error "That directory could not be mounted from the server". Even when I provide the .iso file directory manually, it's still does not work.

However, when I connect both network cables on the PXE client (host) to private network hub, remote installation process goes smoothly without any problem.

The questions are why the system does not mount .iso file directory when I connect 1 NIC to private network hub while it works with both NICs connected to the hub? Is there any suggestion for solutions?

Thanks,

How to make a linux machine with a static IP address dynamically add its hostname to

jrwsod — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:41 GMT

A new la entry has been added:

How to make a linux machine with a static IP address dynamically add its hostname to DNS

Quote:

I had searched for this answer for hours and finally was able to cobble together enough pieces of the puzzle to compile this "how to" document. There are many references to adding the DHCP_HOSTNAME parameter to the ifcfg-ethX file. While that approach will work for DHCP it will not for statically assigned IP addresses.

Please note: This "how to" only addresses registering a statically assigned IP dynamically with DNS - WINS/NETBIOS is not used. In this example I am using non-secure dynamic updates to a Windows 2003 DNS server that is active directory enabled.