TouchMyBox
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Sounds to me like you need to remake your windows usb stick.
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Sounds to me like you need to remake your windows usb stick.
Wait so I have an windows iso, and then I used my sisters windows pc to make a bootble usb. So I should had done this last step on linux?
It shouldn't really matter what computer you use to create the bootable usb... I think.
I mean, it might be simpler in Linux, since it's just a simple dd command. For Windows, though, you might need some special program to 'burn' an ISO to a USB.
The dd command is just
Code:
dd if=path/to/iso.iso of=/dev/sd(usb letter)Which windows it is? If it's winXP you need a special program to install it from usb. Windows 7 is ok, there is a MS app to make a usb bootable with it.
Sounds like it's not picking up the usb as bootable. Press F8/f12 when the computer is starting (just rigth after the bios post) and it should give you a list of devices to boot from, select usb (usb-hdd normally) and it should start.
I tried installing Ubuntu and yes, it runs
but
-no sound (X-Fi Titanium, old model)
-only 4:3 resolutions (up to 1024) on GTX670
I tried installing new Nvidia drivers but it doesn't let me saying that I must be root. I browsed multiple solutions online but they are all gibberish to me.
Can someone explain me like you would explain this to a person who knows nothing about linux and spent all his life on Windows (and has been hating it for some time) WHAT TO DO??
but
-no sound (X-Fi Titanium, old model)
-only 4:3 resolutions (up to 1024) on GTX670
I tried installing new Nvidia drivers but it doesn't let me saying that I must be root. I browsed multiple solutions online but they are all gibberish to me.
Can someone explain me like you would explain this to a person who knows nothing about linux and spent all his life on Windows (and has been hating it for some time) WHAT TO DO??
To install nVidia drivers you should use the "Additional Drivers" application, or at least I think that's what it's called. It will ask you for your own password at one point.
As for your sound card try looking at the Sound panel in system settings. Your card should work on Ubuntu, it might be that the sound output is set to the onboard card by default.
As for your sound card try looking at the Sound panel in system settings. Your card should work on Ubuntu, it might be that the sound output is set to the onboard card by default.
Can you give a screenshot of what the additional drivers window looks like?
I'm pretty sure the additional drivers thing doesn't use the files you've download. I'm guessing you downloaded some ',run' file from nvidia. You can pretty much delete that.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
You shouldn't manually download them. You should click on the restricted drivers thing (it should pop up for you) and install them from there.
If it doesn't pop up, go to something like System->Administration and there should be something about restricted drivers in there.
Maybe if the card is new, additional drivers won't show anything because the card is not supported yet.
The newest drivers to support the GTX670 are the 295.53. The ones that come with precise are the 295.40 http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/nvidia-current
Which means that he has to use a ppa to get the drivers.
@subversus:
open a terminal and write:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/nvidia
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
The password it would ask for it's your password. After that reboot and you should have your new drivers installed
Linux distros should step up their drivers updates. They move too fast :/
You should be able to search for it in the Overview, or doesn't it show up there?
narcosis219
Member
either that, or open a terminal and type in skype
Well, yes, but it shouldn't be necessary if properly installed
subversus, yes, the screen that pops up with the win key.It feels like Ubuntu is the worst offender of this.
Not exactly just a theme but I much prefer how gnome-shell looks and works over the default Ubuntu setup. Check it out over here, and install using the Ubuntu Software Center if you like it.
They're getting better with the -updates packages offered in addition to the standard ones. Not sure why nVidia's drivers have not been updated yet.
narcosis219
Member
How well does linux do with SSDs? are there drivers floating about for intel ssds? What about TRIM?
Thanks. I managed to get it installed.
drivers?
I have an Intel SSD. What do I need a driver for? Seems to work fine for me.
As for TRIM, apparently there is TRIM support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM#Operating_system_support
I didn't know that, since I know Linus wasn't a fan.
http://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=110080&curpostid=110182
narcosis219
Member
ok, this is getting interesting
the system has been running very smooth until I decided to download a big file at high speed. During this process it lags heavily. Win7 lags this way EVERY MINUTE even though I cleaned it up, Ubuntu does this only when it downloads something big and at very high speed.
any way to fix this? apart from buying an SSD?
the system has been running very smooth until I decided to download a big file at high speed. During this process it lags heavily. Win7 lags this way EVERY MINUTE even though I cleaned it up, Ubuntu does this only when it downloads something big and at very high speed.
any way to fix this? apart from buying an SSD?
That is a very weird problem, but it sounds like the driver for your network card might be the root of the problem, not your HDD. If you have a different card it's worth giving it a shot.
It's also worth firing up the System Monitor utility and then triggering the problem to see what it says.
I would recommend this.
Also, if you want to test out your HDD, you could try copying the big file to different places to see how it performs. If you don't see any performance degradation, then that would also be a hint for it being your network card.
Also, how full is your HDD? If your HDD is pretty full, then it can slow it down.
Well after pulling my hair out trying to get SELinux to work with our LMS I finally said "F*** IT!" and turned the thing off. Apparently I'm not alone as a gander over to Stack-Overflow has a lot of people asking is it worth it to leave turned on. The resounding answer is no. Oh well, couple of tweaks and CentOS is still by far the best distro I've used for web administration.
my HDD is almost full. I'll fire up diagnostics tool.
Also how do I end a process and where can I see applications running?
I really like Ubuntu. It's super fast and lean compared to Win7.
Also I noticed that a copious amount of screentearing during video playback. Can it be fixed somewhere?
You can use 'top' to see currently running applications.
You can also install 'htop' and see the same thing, I would try both and see what you like.
To kill a certain process, you can either do it by name:
Code:
pkill firefoxor by process ID
Code:
kill (insert process ID)You can find a process by looking at top.
Or, you can do something like
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ps aux | grep firefoxand find the process ID from there.
For video tearing, that might be because whatever player you're using is not using vdpau (Nvidia's video acceleration thing.)
One player that does use it is mplayer, so you can try installing that and then use it by
Code:
mplayer video-file-nameAnd see if that tears. Also, it will print out in the terminal whether it used vdpau or not.
In addition to zoku's suggestions: there's a graphical utility called gnome-system-monitor, or System Monitor in the dash. For video acceleration you might try mplayer or VLC, I believe both are available in Ubuntu's repository.
I told you so
Yes you did. If I can deploy a web server with it turned on, great. If I can't, that shit is getting kicked to the curb.
I have noticed that it also tears when I just scroll a page in the browser.
Will try this player out.
GameplayWhore
Member
That's weird. It almost sounds like the graphics drivers aren't doing their job. Maybe you don't have direct rendering working right.
If you open up a terminal and type "glxinfo" (without the quotes), it'll toss back a wall of text, and one of the lines is "Direct Rendering". Screen tearing often suggests to me that the system is instead using software rendering (essentially not using hardware acceleration on the gpu).
edit: Type this instead so that it shows less crap:
Code:
glxinfo | grep ^directFor what it's worth, mplayer is like a bare media engine, and there are several graphical apps which use it to display movies. I use smplayer personally, but here are a list of front ends for mplayer that you can try out. So you'll get, like, buttons and shit.
GameplayWhore
Member
Oh, good. Well, bad, but in the old days that was a huge annoyance.
Try disabling compositing. That can sometimes interfere with stuff and be generally annoying. That's the thing that allows your desktop to do special effects.
Er… anybody know how to disable compositing on whatever DE Ubuntu uses?
edit: this page also suggests running nvidia-settings and setting sync to VBlank.
To enable GPU acceleration in Flash create the file /etc/adobe/mms.cfg with the following two lines:
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OverrideGPUValidation=true
EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1To get rid of tearing you have a few options.
One is to configure 'compiz' (an OpenGL program) to force v-sync. I've successfully managed to avoid using compiz for years so I'm not sure what the optimal way to do that is these days.
Another solution is to use the 2D mode for your desktop, which is also less resource intensive. You can select "Ubuntu 2D" from the login screen by clicking a little arrow next to your name. If you choose to go this route, run the following command in a terminal at any time to make 2D mode work a little better:
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gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager --type boolean "true"A third solution is to install gnome-shell and use GNOME, which is a 3D desktop like the Ubuntu default but much better performing in my experience.
When you log into your computer, the login window should give you a choice between unity and gnome session
You might be able to do something like
Code:
gnome-shell --replaceWhich should start it during your currently running session, I think.
This might not work, though. So it's probably just safer to log out.
Great. I restarted and it doesn't recognize my password. It just boots me again to PW screen. Logged in as guest.
What should I do?
edit: great, it seems that password is right, it just doesn't boot into the system, sends me back to login screen.
What should I do?
edit: great, it seems that password is right, it just doesn't boot into the system, sends me back to login screen.
Is this when you try to log in to gnome? Or does this happen when you try to log in top Unity as well?
GameplayWhore
Member
Oh man.
Ohhhh, maaaaan…
I just set /tmp to run in ram, installed anything-sync-daemon and set it to sync /var/log and my two main browser profiles (I'm one of those crazy "huge numbers of tabs" people). Going on the web is like ten times as fast. Why have I never done something like this before? It was the mere work of seconds!
Ohhhh, maaaaan…
I just set /tmp to run in ram, installed anything-sync-daemon and set it to sync /var/log and my two main browser profiles (I'm one of those crazy "huge numbers of tabs" people). Going on the web is like ten times as fast. Why have I never done something like this before? It was the mere work of seconds!
GameplayWhore
Member
On Distrowatch's list of frequently accessed distributions, Mageia is third most popular, behind the two you listed.
edit: It is also heir to what used to be the incontestably finest distro of pretty much the whole first half of last decade, Mandrake.
Your problem is probably with the session it's trying to load and failed somehow. Did you switch to Unity 2D or GNOME like I suggested? If so, might want to select Unity again to figure out what the problem is. How did you install GNOME?
I'd recommend Fedora 64-bit.
D3RANG3D
Member
I used to be heavily into Linux stopped a few years ago, because I got back into PC gaming I wasn't sure if that site was legit as in a credible source if it ever was?
Is KDE still crappy?
Snagged!