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post #21 of 34
4/6/08 at 8:48am
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...the / partition (is it just called root?)...
Yes it is just called the root partition in most cases.

There is a way to create a file and use that to reinstall packages. Exactly how to do it depends on the distribution, and is slightly more advanced for the moment so it might be better not to tackle that yet. But it can certainly be done.

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post #22 of 34
4/7/08 at 12:15pm
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yeah, i was just rambling there, thinking about the future...no sense in worrying about it until i have to.

going to try and force myself away from synaptic package manager, and into the terminal, as i install software today...
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post #23 of 34
4/9/08 at 2:50am
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Originally Posted by Zem Frim-Bott View Post
i also imagine there's a slick way of grabbing all the packages you had installed previously,
many different ways. here's 1:

dpkg –get-selections > mypackages.txt
sudo dpkg –set-selections < mypackages.txt
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
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post #24 of 34
4/11/08 at 2:09am
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here's what seems to be the appropriate part of the lspci -v output:

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Originally Posted by lspci -v
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1864
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 4
Memory at ff900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 54000000-57fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 58000000-5bfff000
I/O window 0: 00001000-000010ff
I/O window 1: 00001400-000014ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1864
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at ff901000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 5c000000-5ffff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 60000000-63fff000
I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff
I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
this is probably premature, since i've yet to even try it (away from home, without my sd cards).

i've found a jumble of 'information' on its sometimes compatibility, haven't really been able to discern much from it. i've learned enough to figure some stuff out, but there's just too much on the pages i've found that's greek to me...

and thanks y2...
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post #25 of 34
4/11/08 at 2:25am
Hmm do me a favor, type in the following command(or copy and paste it) and see if it lists anything...

sudo modprobe -l | grep yenta

Hopefully you will see something ending with yenta_cardbus.ko If you do that means you may have everything you need to try it. The next step would be to try the command...

sudo modprobe yenta_cardbus

If it works you won't see anything happen, but if you check dmesg you will likely see some logged output from the module. Then it would be a matter of inserting a card and mounting it if enedbe to see if it works. But lets see if you get this far first.

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post #26 of 34
4/11/08 at 2:40am
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result:
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/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-rt/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
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post #27 of 34
4/11/08 at 8:30am
Hmm it seems that the appropriate module (think driver in windows) is not compiled for your kernel. What you might want to try to see is if it exists in synaptic. It would have to be for the 2.6.22-14-rt kernel in your case it appears. Otherwise we would need to recompile it ourselves, which essentially means recompiling the kernel. That might be a bit more advanced than you want to go at this point though, but it isn't to difficult. After several failed attempts it won't seem so bad

Seriously once you get used to doing it, and it takes a couple of times to get to used it, compiling a kernel(Or most packages) is not to hard. But for the moment lets stay away from it I think.

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post #28 of 34
6/7/08 at 12:36pm
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i was wandering around the internets, checking out other distros, mainly debian, slackware, and gentoo (which i'm not sure i'm ready to tackle yet), and i found this screenshot of a debian desktop:



it's grossly cluttered, and almost nothing like what i want my own desktop to look like - but i'm wondering about the console in the lower left corner. it doesn't appear to be a window proper, but rather an omnipresent part of the desktop. me likey. i'm wondering if this ability is a feature of kde, or debian itself (or if perhaps i'm just wrong, and it is a somehow modified window, or possibly an independent add-on/improvement). my lack of knowledge of what the heck to call it is making finding information on it pretty difficult - any pointers, or outright answers to my latest (possibly stupid) question?

in any case, i feel comfortable enough that i now feel like moving past *ubuntu, or at least dual-booting with various distros to find one that really fits me. debian seems like a pretty obvious progression (or regression, i suppose, depending on how you look at it) to start with. i'd really like to have that omnipresent console, if for no other reason than nudging myself towards using the console by default for many actions.
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post #29 of 34
6/8/08 at 12:08am
that is actually a borderless terminal window. I've never set one up, but I remember reading the directions to set one up quite a while back. I agree they're pretty cool, and would actually like to set one up. the last time I tried I was still relatively new myself, and just handling simple thing on my Slackware install taxed my abilities.

As far as what distro to try next: I started on Slackware, and feel like the fact that it was a "hard" distro taught me a LOT, just installing Gentoo was the same way. If you can get a working Gentoo system up and running (the old manual way - I hear there's a simple graphical installer now that's much simpler) you'll have learned a ton. Slackware teaches you a bunch, but you get a working install almost automatically, and THEN you start learning I'm running Debian lenny (testing) now, and I REALLY like it. I wouldn't call it a regression... I like it better than I liked Ubuntu.

whichever you choose, have fun!
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post #30 of 34
6/8/08 at 1:02am
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cool, thanks doc!

a google search for 'borderless terminal window' yields a ton of info and how-to's...i hate when i fail at google because i don't know the proper terminology...

i had pretty much ruled out gentoo for now, for the reasons you stated...if i went with it, i'd avoid the graphical installer - no sense in having an easy install and then being lost once i'm there, which i'm pretty sure is what would happen.

i like what i've read and seen of debian, and maybe i'll have a little head start on the learning curve since it's ubuntu's daddy. so i reckon i'll go with it. it sounds like lenny is treating you well, so maybe i'll even go there, instead of the stable release...

thanks again...
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post #31 of 34
6/8/08 at 2:01am
stable was good, just the packages were a little old. I wanted the newer Gimp, Pidgin instead of Gaim etc. both good, I've had no trouble with either. just do NOT mix repositories for the two (stable and testing) in your /etc/apt/sources.list. learned that the easy way from reading forum posts can lead to bad mojo.
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post #32 of 34
6/11/08 at 1:38am
go with Arch
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post #33 of 34
6/19/08 at 9:39pm
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i've yet to add another distro to dual-boot, but i've more or less got the borderless terminal window on the xubuntu desktop, with this in my autostarted applications...
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Eterm -x -f white --buttonbar 0 --trans --scrollbar 0 -g=70x10+0+1014
i'm wondering if there's something i can add, or something else i can do to make the window stick to all workspaces (besides doing it manually upon booting). i can direct an instance to open on a specific workspace with -D, and have a terminal on all 3 workspaces with a separate command and instance for each workspace, but would prefer to have 1 identical instance on all 3. i can't find anything in the manpage or online about it.

also, is there a way to prevent the borderless terminal window from appearing in the task list? or failing that, make it stay in the first position in the task list?

@y2 - i briefly looked at arch, but i'm not sure i'm up to it yet. seems like it's slightly easier than gentoo. maybe in a few more months.
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post #34 of 34
4/3/09 at 9:14am
Ok taking things one at a time, XUbuntu might be a good choice for you. Ubuntu in general is a good first experience with Linux, but you can certainly take it farther. XUbuntu is one that pops up around here decently often, courtesy primarily of ABF if memory serves. If you didn't have any problems with the live cd, I would certainly say go for it.

In as far as multimedia, that might be something you want to look at Ubuntu studio for. While I believe by default that uses Gnome, you could always put XFCE on it, or put it on XUbuntu. A bit of work, but nothing to bad.
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