[Fandrew]

I recently decided to try Ubuntu. I can't figure how to change my screen resolutions past 1024*768. I have used automatix2 to download the latest Nvidia drivers, and they are installed.

[guitarguy90]

Originally Posted by tht00

Ok. So, you've downloaded a package and you're trying to install it?

The recommended way of installing things is through apt-get (terminal)/Synaptic (interface). You can find Synaptic under 'System' -> 'Administration' -> 'Synaptic Package Manager'.

When you open that up, there is a refresh button in the upper left. This access straight to the Ubuntu repositories, where there is a (virtual ) ton of mostly up-to-date software -- over 20,000 packages.

The dpkg utility also hooks into apt-get/Synaptic and packages can be manually installed through it, and if there are missing dependencies (other packages required for installation), it will check to see if they are downloadable and installable in one of the repositories.

It sounds like the libc package isn't available to download for some reason. Make sure the machine has internet access and refresh the repository list, as I described above. You might see if the application you are looking for is in Synaptic as well. Try to install the package again, either through Synaptic of with the dpkg manager again.

I hope you can follow that better.

So do I have to be connected to the internet to install things? I can't just download the .deb file from Ubuntu and install it without internet access?

[ThousandFootScore]

Originally Posted by JayCarrfan

I recently decided to try Ubuntu. I can't figure how to change my screen resolutions past 1024*768. I have used automatix2 to download the latest Nvidia drivers, and they are installed.

Make sure your xorg.conf has the correct refresh rates for your monitor.

[Fandrew]

Originally Posted by Quickfry

Make sure your xorg.conf has the correct refresh rates for your monitor.

Bingo. Got it. I'm beginning to get used to this.

[tht00]

Originally Posted by guitarguy90

So do I have to be connected to the internet to install things? I can't just download the .deb file from Ubuntu and install it without internet access?

Kind of.

You can install software without being connected to the internet, but it is quite a bit harder and it is more time consuming.

There is really a beautiful system setup here, and it doesn't work like Windows and .exe installers.

To start with, almost all software in Linux has 'dependencies', or, software required to be in place. The best comparison to Windows I can give would be something like DirectX and games. Battlefield depends on DirectX being there. In the Windows world, packages like this are usually packaged together such that if you don't have the dependency needed, it can be installed there as well.

Now, as I mentioned, almost all software in Linux depends on other software being in place. Many Linux games, for instance, use the SDL and/or OpenGL libraries. When I go to download these games, I sure don't want to have these massive libraries bundled with even the smallest of games. That would be ridiculous -- perhaps a little more feasible for CD-based apps (not a common sight in the Linux world).

So, rather than bundling the same software and having to download it over and over again, many distros have excellent package managers that take care of dependencies. If you go to install a game requiring the SDL library, and you don't have that library, it will alert you, and you can download it then. Now, many packages have many dependencies, so really, you are better of being connected to the internet to install anything in Ubuntu, because trying to keep track of dependencies on your own is not very fun, but you can download all the .debs if you must.

Also, become familiar with Synaptic. Extremely powerful program for learning, understanding, and using the Ubuntu repositories of software.

I'll leave you with that for now... did you follow most of it?

[ApparentlyNothing]

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty came out today. Anyone been using it? I'm downloading the live CD now. I'm hoping for more compatibility with my D600. Getting everything to work is always such a hassle (well, "everything" meaning wireless and beryl).

BTW, you guys recommend a clean install or just upgrading from within Edgy? I'm downloading the live CD anyways to see what kinda compatibility it's got with my laptop.

[tht00]

Originally Posted by ApparentlyNothing

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty came out today. Anyone been using it? I'm downloading the live CD now. I'm hoping for more compatibility with my D600. Getting everything to work is always such a hassle (well, "everything" meaning wireless and beryl).

BTW, you guys recommend a clean install or just upgrading from within Edgy? I'm downloading the live CD anyways to see what kinda compatibility it's got with my laptop.

Clean install, especially if you're having compatibility issues.

I haven't had any luck installing stuff from the repositories today... the servers I'm setup for must be overloaded today.

I'll likely update my laptop within the next week -- it's still running either a late Alpha or early Beta of Feisty. I'll also grab a CD soon so I have it handy.

[RubberChipmunk]

Okay, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 a few days ago and I'm encountering only a few problems. They all involve sound through Firefox. Whenever I open a flash file, there is only video, but no audio. There's no sound when I use YouTube, and no sound when I listen to music on MySpace. I just don't hear sounds through anything on the internet. Sound elsewhere (media players, GAIM noises) works great, though.

Any thoughts?

[tht00]

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

Okay, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 a few days ago and I'm encountering only a few problems. They all involve sound through Firefox. Whenever I open a flash file, there is only video, but no audio. There's no sound when I use YouTube, and no sound when I listen to music on MySpace. I just don't hear sounds through anything on the internet. Sound elsewhere (media players, GAIM noises) works great, though.

Any thoughts?

Sounds like the old version of the Linux Flash Player. Version 7 is the old, 9 is the new. The way they interface to the system's sound is different, where often, if the sound works on version 7, everything else that touches the sound must be off. (Yeah, Flash 7 really sucked for Linux.)

How did you install the Flash Player? You should be able to install Flash 9 either through the repositories or through the Automatix tool for Ubuntu. I can give you instructions for either if you need to upgrade.

(You should be able to check your Flash version by right-clicking on it when it is open.)
That's where I would start anyway.

[RubberChipmunk]

Originally Posted by tht00

Sounds like the old version of the Linux Flash Player. Version 7 is the old, 9 is the new. The way they interface to the system's sound is different, where often, if the sound works on version 7, everything else that touches the sound must be off. (Yeah, Flash 7 really sucked for Linux.)

How did you install the Flash Player? You should be able to install Flash 9 either through the repositories or through the Automatix tool for Ubuntu. I can give you instructions for either if you need to upgrade.

(You should be able to check your Flash version by right-clicking on it when it is open.)
That's where I would start anyway.

Flash player 9. I downloaded it straight through Firefox, and then I ran Automatix. I haven't restarted my computer since I installed it. I know Windows is finicky about restarts, but I don't know if Linux is. Should I reboot and try again?

[tht00]

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

Flash player 9. I downloaded it straight through Firefox, and then I ran Automatix. I haven't restarted my computer since I installed it. I know Windows is finicky about restarts, but I don't know if Linux is. Should I reboot and try again?

Yeah. A reboot wouldn't hurt anything.

A Linux system can typically take anything short of a recompile of the kernel without a reboot, if you know what systems/process to start, stop, or restart. In this case, I'm not sure what to try, so a reboot would reinitialize everything correctly.

BTW, how are you enjoying Linux (Ubuntu) so far?

[RubberChipmunk]

Originally Posted by tht00

Yeah. A reboot wouldn't hurt anything.

A Linux system can typically take anything short of a recompile of the kernel without a reboot, if you know what systems/process to start, stop, or restart. In this case, I'm not sure what to try, so a reboot would reinitialize everything correctly.

BTW, how are you enjoying Linux (Ubuntu) so far?

Alright, I'll try that and get back to you. I am loving it. I tried it before, but Ubuntu 5 didn't support my sound card (and my wireless card at the time used a texas instruments chipset, and TI doesn't release driver specs), and even though i liked it, i wanted sound. Now that everything is working, I'm quite pleased. Now I just have to figure out a way to get starcraft to work, and I'm happy.

EDIT: Still nothing. I only get sound from GAIM, RhythmBox and Banshee (both of my music playing programs). This is especially a problem today, because I am seriously wanting to watch the latest Bleach that was translated yesterday, and sound isn't working.

I checked the sound settings in the system administration, and they are all working when i click "TEST," so I'm somewhat confused. It makes no sense to me that SOME sounds work when others don't.

[tht00]

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

Alright, I'll try that and get back to you. I am loving it. I tried it before, but Ubuntu 5 didn't support my sound card (and my wireless card at the time used a texas instruments chipset, and TI doesn't release driver specs), and even though i liked it, i wanted sound. Now that everything is working, I'm quite pleased. Now I just have to figure out a way to get starcraft to work, and I'm happy.

Switching to Linux was the best thing I've done computing-wise in the last few years. It makes computers 'fun' again... at least it did for me.

As far as Starcraft, it looks like it can be gotten to work in Wine (a compatibility layer) with some tweaking. Wine can certainly be little tricky to get working for some programs.
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=72

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

EDIT: Still nothing. I only get sound from GAIM, RhythmBox and Banshee (both of my music playing programs). This is especially a problem today, because I am seriously wanting to watch the latest Bleach that was translated yesterday, and sound isn't working.

I checked the sound settings in the system administration, and they are all working when i click "TEST," so I'm somewhat confused. It makes no sense to me that SOME sounds work when others don't.

Ok. The next thing I'd try is to use a different browser. There's Epiphany and Galeon (Gnome browsers), Konquerer (KDE browser), and Opera. Opera has been a little shaky for me, especially with Flash running.

If you haven't installed anything through Synaptic yet, there are a few ways. Under System>Admin>Synaptic Package Manager, you can search through packages and install them. You can also use the 'apt-get' command on the terminal.

So, either:
1)Open up Synaptic, search for Galeon or Epiphany, mark one of them for installation, and hit apply.

or

2)Open up a terminal and enter one of the following:

sudo apt-get install galeon

sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser

Synaptic interfaces to the apt-get command, so in the end, they do the exact same thing. One has a nice GUI to wrap it all up in, but if you know what you're installing, the command line can be faster. Also, all dependencies are handled automatically, so if a program you're installing requires another program or library, it will automatically install those files too. Manually installing dependencies (that have their own dependencies) isn't very fun.

After you install one of those, you should find it in your menu. This should at least help narrow it to see if it is a problem with Firefox itself or not.

[RubberChipmunk]

Originally Posted by tht00

Switching to Linux was the best thing I've done computing-wise in the last few years. It makes computers 'fun' again... at least it did for me.

As far as Starcraft, it looks like it can be gotten to work in Wine (a compatibility layer) with some tweaking. Wine can certainly be little tricky to get working for some programs.
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=72

I got wine working. I'm about to test starcraft.

Ok. The next thing I'd try is to use a different browser. There's Epiphany and Galeon (Gnome browsers), Konquerer (KDE browser), and Opera. Opera has been a little shaky for me, especially with Flash running.

If you haven't installed anything through Synaptic yet, there are a few ways. Under System>Admin>Synaptic Package Manager, you can search through packages and install them. You can also use the 'apt-get' command on the terminal.

So, either:
1)Open up Synaptic, search for Galeon or Epiphany, mark one of them for installation, and hit apply.

or

2)Open up a terminal and enter one of the following:

sudo apt-get install galeon

sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser

Synaptic interfaces to the apt-get command, so in the end, they do the exact same thing. One has a nice GUI to wrap it all up in, but if you know what you're installing, the command line can be faster. Also, all dependencies are handled automatically, so if a program you're installing requires another program or library, it will automatically install those files too. Manually installing dependencies (that have their own dependencies) isn't very fun.

After you install one of those, you should find it in your menu. This should at least help narrow it to see if it is a problem with Firefox itself or not.

The main issue that I see with that (I guess I wasn't specific enough in my last post) is that its not just in Firefox that this is happening. Although I can play my music through Rhythmbox/Banshee, when I play video files in Totem (or VLC), there is only video and no audio. The only applications that I've tested that sound works in so far is GAIM, Rhythmbox, Banshee, and the TEST buttons in my sound settings.

[tht00]

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

I got wine working. I'm about to test starcraft.

Nice. Looks like you're picking things up quick!

Originally Posted by RubberChipmunk

The main issue that I see with that (I guess I wasn't specific enough in my last post) is that its not just in Firefox that this is happening. Although I can play my music through Rhythmbox/Banshee, when I play video files in Totem (or VLC), there is only video and no audio. The only applications that I've tested that sound works in so far is GAIM, Rhythmbox, Banshee, and the TEST buttons in my sound settings.

Hmm... strange indeed. Have you installed the restricted codecs with Automatix (under 'Codecs and Plugins' -> 'Multimedia Codecs'). Also, do open codecs work under Totem (.ogg or .flac)?