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Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:09:00 +0000

@xioc1138: I must draw attention to your final sentence for those browsing the comments: “There is always the issue of Linux passing viruses along to other machines.” This is like saying the USPS is responsible for delivering anthrax to a congressman’s office. You can’t blame the messenger in either case, but you can blame the sender and sometimes to a certain extent you can blame the recipient as well. Besides, all of this was mentioned in the last paragraph of my post above, which was precipitated by previous comments posted.

Your statements about Dell’s infected motherboards, again, try to place blame on the Linux without citing explicit sources and ignore the fact that Dell used infected Windows software during hardware testing. If you take a look at these links:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/21/dell_server_warning/

http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Dell/Dell-Replaces-Server-Parts-Infected-with-Virus-709631/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/dell-accidentally-sent-out-malware-riddled-motherboards/

You’ll find that:

1. The virus is old; as old as 2003. This means any person running even outdated anti-virus software on a Windows system will be protected.

2. The virus was located in Flash memory of the motherboard and it got there as a result of Dell’s use of hardware diagnostic software on a system that had become infected with the virus in question. If Linux had any part to play in this its job would have to have been to function as a middle-man between the infected Windows-based benchmark machine and a new motherboard. This is very much similar to connecting a Windows machine to a motherboard over a network switch or some other dumb device whose sole purpose is to pass traffic/data between two devices. If you got a virus from another computer on a network, would you blame the Ethernet cable and the network you’re attached to, the other computer that got your computer infected, or your own computer for not having proper protection in the first place? Linux has protection in place for itself; it has no obligation to go out of its way to protect Windows machines unless an administrator sets it up to do just that. Besides this scenario seems a little far fetched; to use two computers IN SERIES to run benchmarks on hardware, what would be the point? And again, why blame the messenger/middle-man who’s just passing traffic?

3. They clearly state in the third link that it does not pose any threat to non-Windows systems, meaning it cannot execute itself on a Linux system (because it wasn’t compiled for Linux) and use it as a platform to attempt to infect non-Linux systems. So you cannot say that a Linux system actually had this virus running on it or that it used a Linux system as a platform to stage another attack against a Windows based machine.

I patiently await any rebuttal you have and ask that you source your claims.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:17 +0000

Wow, it did work. Thanks. I wish I could use my google video chat on ubuntu and I would be set.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by xioc1138

xioc1138 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:09:19 +0000

I have been administrating Linux boxes for years, before that, Unix. I have seen viruses on Linux machines. In fact, over the last four weeks there has been various reports about Linux boxes helping to spread viruses into places that viruses don’t belong.

In one case, Dell had an issue with infected motherboards shipping. Guess how the software got onto the mother boards? Hint: they weren’t using Windows interfaces to provision their system-boards.

So while Linux isn’t as susceptible to viruses as Windows is (Again, Linux can still get sick), there is always the issue of Linux passing a viruses along to other machines.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Pierce

Pierce — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:14:02 +0000

This was very helpful. Thank you!

Comment on Spoofing Holiday Inn Part 2 by Marshall Berra

Marshall Berra — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:14:00 +0000

hey thanks for the article! I tried everything at this holiday inn and failed. Finally found site connectify.me
Turned my laptop into mobile hotspot which worked easily with my Wii.
Must restart computer and Wii after first check.
Watching netflix now.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Dermot

Dermot — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:10:30 +0000

Thanks for this. I’m configuring a mythbuntu home theatre box, so having a keychain password on a system with no keyboard is like having a cup-holder on a roller-coaster. Surprised Mythbuntu doesn’t support this semi-automatically. In the old days, you didn’t even have to log in to start up an interface… oh well.

Comment on How to install PlayStation 3 Media Server in Ubuntu by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:54:38 +0000

@CJ Travis: Feel free to post away! Glad you liked my guide. You have a pretty handsome blog if I do say so myself.

Comment on How to install PlayStation 3 Media Server in Ubuntu by CJ Travis

CJ Travis — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:39:43 +0000

Dave, great post! I just ran across your website this morning and am blown away by the awesome content. I run a similar blog at http://www.cjtravis.com and would like your permission to re-post the PS3 Media Center setup on Ubuntu over at my site with full credit to you. Hope to hear from you soon, and keep up the great work!

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by Ramachandran

Ramachandran — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:23:50 +0000

Great suggestions. How about a new 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu 10.04 Linux – in a concise way – though all the above give a lot of ideas.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Mike

Mike — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:49:21 +0000

Thanks Ubuntu for driving users to disable stupid passwort managers.
Too much security kills security…

Comment on Video Slideshow: The Life of Bob Church by nan

nan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:24:10 +0000

Thanks for this… a wonderful montage… Thanks for sending the disc last year, too. The music is great!

Just came across this by Mark Twain, and it made me go in search of “bubba stuff”. Wish I’d “discovered” this oddly gentle Twain-ism in time to put somewhere in Bob’s book.

“Warm summer sun, shine kindly here.
Warm southern wind, blow softly here.
Green sod above, lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.”
~Mark Twain~

Hope you all are well.
Hugs to all
Nan

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Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Nikuu

Nikuu — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:53:14 +0000

thx this safed me a lot of typework.
really needed this tweek

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Paul C.

Paul C. — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:02:53 +0000

Thank you for this, amazingly simple, but never would have thought of it!

Thanks!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by jack

jack — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:43:44 +0000

Thanks Very much………:)
good work..
it was annoying me for a while after installed 10.4..

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by Freetoenjoy

Freetoenjoy — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:15:59 +0000

If Linux doesn’t need an anti-virus software it has a potential to be as popular as windows in future. This a good alternation for those who have infected with viruses and lost their digital valuables.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Read

Read — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:34:44 +0000

Thanks so much. Having to tell my grandkids the password just so they could connect to Wifi and print was ridiculous. Now it’s seamless.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:54:01 +0000

Thank you! That is wayyy easier than I thought it would be. I’m running Ubuntu desktop 10.04 and everything works perfect now! I thought I messed up the VNC config but my linux machine was just prompting me for the keyring password. I really don’t understand the purpose of a keyring for an automatic login though.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by cuband

cuband — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:01:51 +0000

I ran into this exact same problem! Thanks for the tip, this will make my life easier.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by James

James — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:22:33 +0000

I had the same problem, but I don’t have wifi.

Your solution worked for me anyway!

Thanks!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Wylbur

Wylbur — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:02:18 +0000

What’s really strange out this is that I don’t even have a wireless adapter on this computer. During the move to Lucid, this was added. Very annoying!

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 09 May 2010 07:25:13 +0000

Aewsome
Great
ONe of the Best Operating System I hv Sver Used

The best thing …Very Helpful

My suggestion is windows is very limited

Ubunto is very Rich media Experience

thanks

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Arno

Arno — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:55:39 +0000

You’re a life-saver. I was going mad on my new headless (-ish) ubuntu HTPC where I would have to enter a password locally to remote in. Possibly the strangest design choice I’ve ever come across.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by BitProcessor

BitProcessor — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:11:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing this – works fine on Lucid Lynx !

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Michael

Michael — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:02:11 +0000

Hey thanks for the procedure. I regularly have to setup Ubuntu machines with wireless, and had sometimes (but not always) been able to fix it changing the default “login” keyring to a blank password. Today I was trying to set up another PC and it wasn’t playing the game, but your instructions did the trick beautifully. Thanks.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Graham

Graham — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:12:51 +0000

Thanks for the procedure – it cured my inability to wi-fi!!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by bojoe

bojoe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:16:47 +0000

Thanks for your blog…it worked and I don’t have to get irritated having to type my password…thanks again…good job!

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by Mario

Mario — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:18:33 +0000

@Oil was quite extensive, yet quite incorrect.

Even if you do contents control in Windows, the system cannot live without an anti-virus. I think he is not conscious that he’s mixing up virus with spyware, scams and malware. That is what Windows is able to offer at its best, no matter what kind of secure practises you are accustomed to. In the other hand, many Linux based systems *can be made very fool proof.

The only way for isolating a Windows machine is not using it at all (No Internet/Intranet, no data exchange with friends, nor executing/opening anything).

In a final comment, I don’t use Ubuntu because I think it is going the wrong way in the “fool-proof” race. Over-complicating simple things is the worst you can do in any environment (Have you checked out most default system settings carefully?)

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by sykologic

sykologic — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:59:29 +0000

Upon login it didn’t ask for the wireless password again. I think this is because in the settings for the wireless network, I set make available for all users. I am running 10.04 alpha 2. Thanks a lot though. I was in the exact same scenario.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by deb

deb — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:35:40 +0000

I think that one reason for viruses not being a threat on linux is file access permissions. A virus would need to know the root password to harm/change a config file.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:19 +0000

Heh heh, I hadn’t noticed that really. Well, I suppose it’s fitting to me because I got my feet wet in DOS when I was young.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by Anders

Anders — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:21:05 +0000

I’ve tested sometimes some AV-software but don’t use it frequently coz my opinion is that everybody in this cold hard world must take of themselves. I’m not gonna save windows-users coz Microsoft don’t give a damned about security comparing their will to serve shareholders. It’s not my problem if millions are living insecure Microsoft-ecosystem.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:48:06 +0000

@ Oil:

I do agree with you; many computer users out there fall victim to little traps and schemes and so on. I didn’t mention that in the post here because it was a quick copy and paste from something I wrote in a forum thread that already had others saying the exact same thing and I didn’t want to sound redundant.

That being said, I would wager that the novice user likely doesn’t feel up to the task of messing around with software outside the official repos. Those that do probably have an understanding that says if you’re going to download a piece of software or some handy-dandy script from an untrusted source on the Internet then they’re kind of inviting trouble. There is rarely if any need for a new user to wander beyond the official repositories for their software needs, and if there ever were a need I can only hope they would venture to use something outside the boundaries based on the knowledgeable recommendations of a friendly expert. I mean, a simple rule of thumb any user should use is that if you’ve never heard of the software and you can’t confirm through others whether or not it’s worth a shit, then you should leave it alone. There is no way to completely safeguard any computer system from user negligence.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by Don Birdsall

Don Birdsall — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:33:27 +0000

I would add that unlike Windows malicious software cannot be installed in a GNU/Linux system without the explicit permission of user with administrative privileges. A Linux system cannot be compromised by opening an email attachment or some kind of unknown executable.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by lefty.crupps

lefty.crupps — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:29 +0000

Well written, I do agree. So many people will tell you that ‘if GNU/Linux was as popular as Windows, it would have viruses also! it would be cracked also!’ Well people, GNU/Linux boxes are all over the internet as Web Servers, facing the hostile public internet all day. They don’t have near the infection and crack rates that the Windows servers do.

I really like your header image, but the .htm file extension is for Windows servers that (for historical reasons, aka DOS) were limited to a three-letter extension. Apache and other FLOSS apps aren’t limited with this, so they use .html file extensions.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by revdjenk

revdjenk — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:04:09 +0000

“You don’t need anti-virus for Linux”
I haven’t done this myself, but, it might be good to run an anti-virus on our Linux systems just to discover/stop a virus from being passed on to a Windows friend.
Of course, it is better to gently suggest Linux to that friend, anyway!

God Bless

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by Oli

Oli — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:56 +0000

I have been an Ubuntu user for almost 3 years. It powers my main desktop, another desktop, our media centre and my phone (N900). I say this only to put across that a) I’m a geek, and b) I’m not writing this comment because I hate Linux.

In short: What you say is mostly true but your conclusion that users don’t need an antivirus is completely wrong.

A distribution is fairly secure because, as you say, it has crowdsourcing to detect things like this. What you’re forgetting that behind every Linux desktop (just as with Windows) is a user… And users are idiots. As users, we’ve all done something stupid at some point.

Security is a skill. Without an active antivirus you can stay safe (even in Windows) by just acknowledging the providence of the things you install and run.

Some people might stick to what you can install from the repos but plenty of people install from PPAs, download little scripts like winetricks, add extensions to their browser… Crowd-sourcing does very little to protect these users.

The standard Linux user relationship with the rest of the system (that is: you run as your user 99% of the time) does help but if you’re in the position where you have a nasty file, it won’t need root permissions to completely ruin your day.

What if you downloaded and ran a script that bottled up your home contents, encrypted them and deleted the originals for a ransom. It wouldn’t need root permissions. This has been done on Windows.

Or a trojan. It only needs to run as the user to have full access to the user’s session and files and do things like SubSeven (BO, BO2K, etc) did for Windows.

Things can even propagate from the user to other computers over network shares, infect the users files…

My point is Linux doesn’t do that much to protect you from yourself. Sure you can’t wipe the whole system without root but installing Linux takes 30 minutes at a push. Years of photos/music/work/documents can’t be replaced as easy.

To stay safe, you either need to recognise the risks of untrusted sources, PPAs, random binary downloads (and put some research in) or, just as within Windows, have something there looking out for you.

You also seem to be under the misapprehension that most Windows users get infected through indirect means (ie through service worms)… Putting aside the fact Linux servers get worms through exploits this exact way, a huge number of infections are contracted through user idiocy: downloading what they think is a screensaver or a video Britney Spears blowing KFed.

If these idiots ever migrate, what do you suppose they’re going to do if they’re offered a screensaver as a .deb package? Yeah download, run, put their password in and hey! It has root access to their system. It could easily be a +x binary inside a zip with the instructions to run it.

The reason we’re not swamped in this crap is there isn’t the market to write it. As soon as it becomes viable our world gets a whole lot less secure.

Comment on Why You Don’t Need Anti-Virus Software For Linux by David Critchley

David Critchley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:35:58 +0000

I always install an anti-virus component in everybody’s Linux setups for the simple reason that not everyone has Linux (or Mac) and to forward a contaminated email, file or whatever to a Microsoft machine seems a little unfair as well as irresponsible.

Comment on I’ll Never Buy A Netgear Router Again by Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:00:54 +0000

I have installed two of the WPN824v3 and havent had a problem except with recognition once on xp, but manually was ok without the setup process. Havent had the problems your having though.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by doskyis

doskyis — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:07:34 +0000

Thank you so much for the info. That problem had been driving me crazy and I’m so glad to finally have it fixed.

Comment on How To Setup A Fingerprint Sensor In Ubuntu by nana kwame

nana kwame — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:44:58 +0000

the dialogue box for enrolling the fingers has opened but i just can’t enroll. Why?

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:20:17 +0000

Dave,

Thank you!!!

Thats it, after all the bollocks on all the forums and this is all I wanted as did so many others.
You Sir are a genius

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by shine

shine — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:22:33 +0000

I appreciate your work. It is a guide to a beginner in Linux. Thanks a lot.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by scott

scott — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:39:49 +0000

dave,

many thanks for the post.

+1 for john’s post:
“In 9.1 you can merely edit the connection setting to allow everyone access to the network. Then when Ubuntu starts you are not asked for your password”

i could see wanting to not use the password manager, but if the only problem is the network connection, then the connection setting would seem to be easier/safer solution. works great for acer aspire netbook with ubuntu 9.1.

Comment on Make your Ubuntu look kind of like Mac OS X by adam

adam — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:39:28 +0000

try this right click on the dock, click on cairo dock, click on configure, system, scroll to the bottom and check the two listed under compositions. Worked for me

Comment on Make your Ubuntu look kind of like Mac OS X by adam

adam — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:25:34 +0000

David, that is not true I am running ubuntu 9.1 full version installed and I get the same thing.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Gordon Barclay

Gordon Barclay — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:08 +0000

Dave, you are a gem. I’ve trawled ubuntu forums and not come up with anything. I understand some peoples concern about security but it does’nt apply to me. I just cannot see the concern if you are set up with a log in pass, are you not already compromised if someone accesses your wireless network?Anyway thanks so much.
Karmic on AAO 110.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by FabioC

FabioC — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:17:48 +0000

Hello. On 9.10 Netbook Remix it works fine. Thanks a lot.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by p3ngu1n

p3ngu1n — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:22 +0000

You rock. It turns out I shouldn’t have entered any password in the first place. Now, if only I could get rid of this keychain thing for the mac computers at my school… I don’t have high hopes for that, as I’m not an admin.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:40:15 +0000

This helped me with a frustrating problem I was having saving parameters for the VPN client configuration. Thanks a million.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Virgil Stokes

Virgil Stokes — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:14:30 +0000

This worked Dave! Maybe not the best solution; but, the only reasonable one that I have found yet!

Thanks,
–V

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Johan

Johan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:41:05 +0000

Thanks, worked perfectly on Karmic, no more irritating requests.

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by Richard Burn

Richard Burn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:10:15 +0000

Thanks for the guide. QUite a few of my precious dvd are getting scratched, so time to make some backups!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Joe

Joe — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:23:25 +0000

If you wanna be cautious, you can always rename the old keyring file to login.keyring_FOOOO — same effect as deleting it but you could recover it later if u needed….. I’m a great fan of renaming rather than deleting key systems files

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by collingwood town hall

collingwood town hall — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:37:04 +0000

thanks for much for this. it worked a treat

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Dalu Rinne

Dalu Rinne — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:25:50 +0000

Thanks for taking the trouble to put this up. Really useful

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by AddeB

AddeB — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:14:48 +0000

Thx So Much!!!
I’ve had so many problems with this!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Wathonian

Wathonian — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:37:16 +0000

Dave,

I have tried your cure but it does not seem to work. Are things different with Ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix?

What is happening is that after automatic logon I am asked for the Password or Encryption Keys’ for my wireless network. This is despite the fact that under ‘Keyrings’ I have the two folders ‘Default’ – containing the one word ‘Default’ – and ‘Default.keyring’ containing my network password/encryption key. I often have to renter this before my network is connected, making me suspect that the folder ‘default.keyring’ is not being read. Perhaps the ‘default’ folder should be blank?

This is driving me mad and I hope you can help!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by glyn

glyn — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:34:05 +0000

Thanks for this solution, this problem has been driving me potty for days.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Frank

Frank — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:54:38 +0000

Dave,
Many thanks!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Sorry but...

Sorry but... — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:10:48 +0000

this is not really a good solution. As warned, it leaves all of your passwords available in one plaintext file! This is totally insecure, and John’s solution (a few posts up from mine) solves the problem while only opening up the network to other users of that computer…surely a better solution?

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by rocklobster

rocklobster — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:14:50 +0000

Try DVD Ranger for windows, it it the best. Better than DVDNextCopy or any of the rest. They license the underlying tech to the rest, DVDNextCopy and others. DVD Ranger is the best I have ever used for windows.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Dave

Dave — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:01:41 +0000

Dude, your the best. Thanks!

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by Neil Wylie

Neil Wylie — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:08:30 +0000

Fantastic, thanks for this. Started it, used ‘renice -20′ to speed it up a bit and boom, dvd ready in no time!
Neilr

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Spikes Joubert

Spikes Joubert — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:37:40 +0000

Hi Dave,
Thanks for this tip! It saved me from reloading Ubuntu on the Netbook.

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Zlatan

Zlatan — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:59:48 +0000

great!!
Everything was good until i did the last restart and chose Windows – after that i got this:
Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.

Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.

Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.

so please help – i spend a whole week for this to end bad at the very end
p.s. Linux is on ext3 at the begining /dev/sda1
and Win XP is on NTFS after ext3 on /dev/sda2
so i used:
# This entry was added by username for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by adam

adam — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:17:31 +0000

To not delete all the passwords (Ubuntu 9.x): Open Applications > Accessories > Passwords and Encryption Keys. Right click on the Passwords once inside the application, and select ‘Change Password’. Enter the old password and leave the new one blank. Presto!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by boo

boo — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:19:52 +0000

but then again it will automatically forget password somehow..
I don’t know why..

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by YAY!

YAY! — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:49:03 +0000

Cheeeeeers, Master!
Awesome tip! Loving Ubuntu.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Marjorie Fowler

Marjorie Fowler — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:02:32 +0000

Thanks so much for this, Dave. You’re my hero for the day.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Mario

Mario — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:43:46 +0000

Thank you very munch. It was so annoying to have to retype this password all the time

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by LePhil

LePhil — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:07:09 +0000

Heya Guys,

Great guide, here’s my little problem if anyone has any ideas:

I create the partitions, and the XP cd doesn’t see them at all! Just shows one giant disc and asks if I want to install it there.

Any suggestions?

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Qiyong

Qiyong — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:08:36 +0000

It works for me. Thanks very much. It is just that you need to uncomment “hidden menu” in the men.lst to let grub show the choice of Windows.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:26 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by John

John — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:37:43 +0000

In 9.1 you can merely edit the connection setting to allow everyone access to the network. Then when Ubuntu starts you are not asked for your password

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Artin

Artin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:59:38 +0000

thanks
its really usefull

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Daniel Klein

Daniel Klein — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:33:03 +0000

Cool guide. Worked great for me, several times.

I think this guide although detailed and straight-to-the-point is not for novice users or for non-standard hardware configuration.

There’s nothing wrong with the concept – people should just Google beforehand and read a little bit on on Grub and about partitioning for Windows and get familiarized with key issues.

Though it’s really not the place, but it’s on the tip of my tongue..

Wish there was a boot-loader & partition manager bundled together, no-more-and-no-less, with:

1. A ‘scan’+'auto’ options, both for updating the boot loader menu and for resizing to new OS.

2. Without a GUI – make it fast & simple. Yet friendly menus & selection (unlike cl parted/grub).

There are some really great Linux/Grub-oriented rescue discs, supporting a variety of hardware configurations, yet none of them has this simple-ultimate-automatic-resize-scan-update. Backup-Format-InstallXP-InstallUbuntu-Restore is not that simple for the.. simple user.. or the lazy one in my case

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by ViciousDelicious

ViciousDelicious — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:39:29 +0000

Thanks a lot, exactly what I needed.
Keep it up!
J

Comment on So I “Hacked” My Crappy MP3 Player by Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:50:26 +0000

Haha, yeah, I have a Sansa e260v2 (non-refurb), that Rockbox sadly doesn’t support. I was going to put Rockbox on it after I got my iPod Touch, so I’m just kind of waiting until it’s supported. In any case, glad to know that it’s worth using (once it’s possible to use it ).

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by gourinath

gourinath — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:19:15 +0000

Hi David,

I am installed winXP after ubuntu 9.04 successfully. No problems. Got the dual boot thing also perfect.

But one strange problem is happening, I am not able to use wireless after installing XP. I mean it is getting connected to wifi but no connection to internet exists. But if I give a fixed IP, I am able to access internet. The same happens even with my wired connection. I am only able to go online with fixed ip address.

Is it something to do with winXP installation or is it altogetherly a different problem.

Thanks,
gourinath

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by kevin rogers

kevin rogers — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:32:08 +0000

i followed the step to remove, worked fine, how ever on inspection of the file ,found the key NOT to be in plain test format.

[Portion removed by by David Steinlage]

so is it still encrypted?

David Steinlage: NO, as stated in the post, the keys will not be encrypted. They might LOOK encrpyted, but that’s actually the “real” key your computer transmits to your wireless router when it authenticates itself. For example, when you create a WEP key, you usually start off with a passphrase but it’s converted into a hexidecimal string, so it may not look like plain text in it’s raw format, but should still be treated as such. Good thing I edited your comment before posting it or I would have given your wireless rouuter’s password away on the Internet.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Josip

Josip — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:32:45 +0000

Thanks a lot for this. My server now works great.

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:49:32 +0000

@Gourinath:

If you have an NTFS partition on the hard drive already, the Windows XP install CD *SHOULD* (though I can’t promise that it will) work.

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by gourinath

gourinath — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:49:59 +0000

Hi David,
I am still interested to follow your WinXP-after-Ubuntu. Recently I replaced my HDD. Since I have not got any winXP, counting on your guide of this, I decided to put Jaunty first.

So here is what I did:
1. I used Jaunty Jackalope (JJ) i.e. ubuntu 9.04 liveUSB and booted from USB.
2. Ubuntu 9.04 via liveUSB booted up.
3. I have chosen to install Ubuntu 9.04 which is the icon on liveUSB desktop.
4. …
5. Then came the dialog saying ‘No operation system found’ (since my hard disk was fresh).
6. Since I wanted to install winXP later, I made three partitions: first primary with ext3, second an extended also with ext3, third with NTFS.
7. In the extended one, I made two logical partitions: first to be used as ‘home’ directory for my to be installed JJ and the second to be used as ‘swap’ directory for JJ.
8. Applied all the changes via Gparted. Everything was very smmoth.
9. Continued with JJ installation which went successfully.

10. Restarted (after plugging away the liveUSB stick). My laptop is running JJ perfect no complaints.

Question: This weekend I am about to get a winXP OEM-CD. So here is my question-
‘Once I begin installing winXP (I never did XP installation previously), during the installation sequel, will the winXP installation identify the NTFS partition that I already made during the JJ installation?’

Thanks,
Gourinath

Comment on How to Install Real Player 11 (32-bit) in Ubuntu by André

André — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:44:22 +0000

Dave, I was able to install and run RealPlayer following your instructions. But when I try to open a .rmvb file the program just shut down all of a sudden…

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by praveen

praveen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:27:46 +0000

I have two hard disk IDE 80GB (master)installed with kubuntu 9.04,and SATA 500 GB(i want install xp)
in 500 GB
C:50 GB
rest of the disk are already formatted with NTFS. now i am try to format the c: through gpart it done its job . But after restart
i am followed all the procedure but when comes to install xp step it told that unknown partition not windows compatible even though it is in the format NTFS so what can i do ?

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Kri Kri

Kri Kri — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:34:49 +0000

big up! thank you very much!

Comment on Make your Ubuntu look kind of like Mac OS X by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:36:32 +0000

@George: As a matter of fact, it is because you are running Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine. Cairo requires the Visual Effects (Compiz Fusion) to be enabled in Ubuntu for everything to look nice. I don’t know if VMWare Fusion for Mac is able to allow the usage of 3D graphics acceleration, and if it did, the next question would be whether any special intermediary drivers would have to be installed in the Virtual Machine to make it work.

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by fairportfan

fairportfan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:23:37 +0000

Windows DVDFab Platinum (Not free. Theoretically.) is the bee’s knees for copying DVD.

Cleans up all types of protection, eliminates ODP, allows you to shrink or to split DVDs.

However, it is a Windows program.

Your call.

Comment on Make your Ubuntu look kind of like Mac OS X by George

George — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:57:55 +0000

I installed Cairo dock, but had to remove it. In spite of having the Cairo libraries all installed on Ubuntu 9.0.4., the dock background comes up as a massive sold black rectangle, not the neat transparent visual effect shown. Perhaps because I’m running Ubuntu as a virtual machine with VMWare Fusion on (Mac) OSX 10.5.8.? The rig doesn’t let me enable *any* visual effects under Preferences / Appearance. Ah well, I guess I’ll have to contend with just the “original” dock of the host OSX in solo. I’ll manage.

Comment on Brand New Music By Me! by Paul M, Modesto, CA

Paul M, Modesto, CA — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:21:32 +0000

David,

Bad ass cool, loved it, can’t wait for more. Like really!!!!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Rod Gudgion

Rod Gudgion — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:53:57 +0000

Thanks very much indeed.

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by Calbadude

Calbadude — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:49:14 +0000

The only fix that I have found for the issues that you are having is to download a Windoze program called DVDFab Decrypter. I hate to be the one to suggest it but that program will allow you to access and copy those DVDs. Best of luck!!!

Comment on How To Setup A Fingerprint Sensor In Ubuntu by estqwerty

estqwerty — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:41 +0000

Works perfectly on my HP DV2750 and ubuntu 9.04. Thank You.

Comment on Brand New Music By Me! by David Szabo

David Szabo — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:56:13 +0000

It reminds me of Pink Floyd a bit.
Sounds like a nice intro to something bigger
Go on composing,

David

Comment on “To the dumb ass at Best Buy” by an 11 year old by jas

jas — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:26:43 +0000

yeah cause 11 year old boys fix computers

Comment on “To the dumb ass at Best Buy” by an 11 year old by Tom

Tom — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:59:46 +0000

Are you ****ing kidding me Infrafred? You’re telling me that:

a) You can fix your house, your car, your computer, your television, your clock, your chair and a guitar (in other words, everything you own)
b) You wouldn’t get angry when a person who you paid to fix it doesn’t fix it

Quit being such a prick. Not everybody is perfect like you.

Comment on “To the dumb ass at Best Buy” by an 11 year old by Z

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:17:25 +0000

Only a dumb ass would pay someone to fix Microsoft apps that can easily be replaced with better free apps.

Comment on Brand New Music By Me! by Zjhok

Zjhok — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:34:35 +0000

Ride on….

Tractor Therapy is time well spent.

Keep up the tunes bro,

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by Jaylor

Jaylor — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:11:04 +0000

David steinlage:
Despite the arrogance of your comment you are correct about the size issue. but what shirt said is true the newer discs like race to witch mountain claim to be Larger then possible. witch mountain claims it is 49.5GB on a dual layer dvd either this time traveling dvd salesmen is running rampant or the disc is designed to Display a false file size.

does anyone know a fix for this?

Comment on Brand New Music By Me! by John

John — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:40:33 +0000

Nice
sweet website by the way talk to ya soon little brother

Comment on Brand New Music By Me! by Carol A

Carol A — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:29:01 +0000

David
This is great… I love it. Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:28:48 +0000

Finally!! After an hour and a half and trying 5 or so different solutions this is the one that actually works, and dead simple too! Many Thanks!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Waisybabu

Waisybabu — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:53:51 +0000

Works like a charm! Thank you random internet guy!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by pcdoc

pcdoc — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:33:42 +0000

Many Thanks.
Worked brilliantly on Ubuntu Netbook Remix installation on an Acer Aspire One.
Cheers

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:51:23 +0000

Well I guess I stand corrected about this probably working in Ubuntu Netbook Remix edition….

Anyone know of a possible work-around?

Comment on How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:50:18 +0000

@Paul again:

Just to clarify, the — in front of the word “configure” in the above command should be two individual hyphens. WordPress presents it here differently.

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:49:27 +0000

To all who are having problems with this blog: Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Hate to put it like that but this is one of the few (if not only) guides I’ve regretted writing because a good number of people have had trouble with it and wasted a lot of their time attempting to pull it off. There are a lot of steps involved and not everyone’s hard drives are laid out the same.

My suggestion to anyone who is still attempting to pull this off would be to visit http://www.ubuntuforums.org if you’re dead set on doing this. But my REAL suggestion would be what I stated in the very first paragraph (the disclaimer) and that would be to backup any important data you want to keep, format the hard drive, install Windows FIRST and then Ubuntu. It’s much much easier by comparison.

Comment on How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:44:09 +0000

@Paul: Click Applications>Accessories>Terminal and type in:

sudo dpkg –configure -a

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by John

John — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:28:06 +0000

Hey so i followed your instructions to a T and windows still doesnt recognize a hard drive, i did the partitioning, changed it to a ntfs and everything, what is going on?

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by chmacka

chmacka — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:56:22 +0000

When I type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst I get an empty file!

When I save it it says:

“Could not find the file /boot/grub/menu.lst.”

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by B Bell

B Bell — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:12:51 +0000

I did this and now it won’t save my wireless WEP password. So i have to enter the password to connect to the wireless network. Anyone else having this problem? I’m using Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Thanks Dave. Worked like a champ – a couple of different times. Seriously, thanks a million. Was referred here by a linux “guru” to help me learn and your wisdom is appreciated.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Lucias Clay

Lucias Clay — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:37:43 +0000

You sir are a genius. Been trying to get around that for ages.

Comment on How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu by Paul

Paul — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:40:19 +0000

i am trying to intall internet n ubuntu 8.4 but it comes up E:dpkg was interupted ,you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’to corect the problem tanks in advance.

Comment on Now THIS is one cool robot! by Gary Goll

Gary Goll — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:12:44 +0000

Interesting – I wonder if I could find a robot that would clean my house for me?

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:32:09 +0000

@Calvin: I’ve not used the Ubuntu Remix edition but there is a very good chance it works the exact same way. Give it a try and just make backups of any files you might modify/delete in case something goes wrong.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Henrique Maia

Henrique Maia — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:41:19 +0000

Thanks for this how to. I was getting annoyed with having to type my password every login just to use rhythmbox and last.fm/libre.fm scrobbling feature. You saved me from that

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Calvin

Calvin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:04:28 +0000

Can I do the same with my Ubuntu remix version?

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by andy mejias

andy mejias — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:03:31 +0000

Thanks alot, I am new to Linux and this is a great help; at least I have one of a thousand questions answered. Thanks again!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Jack

Jack — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:09:54 +0000

Thanks, Dave, for this how-to. I actually needed this information to correct an error that stemmed from updating from a prior version of Ubuntu. When I first installed a very old version of Ubuntu on this computer, I had created a 7-character password for my login account.

Recently, I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a different computer and tried to use the same 7-character password. To my surprise, Ubuntu stopped me from using such a short password, and insisted I use a longer one!

I thought nothing of it, until I tried upgrading Ubuntu on this computer to version 9.04. After the upgrade (which proceeded without a hitch), I could no longer log into my account. I then realized that Ubuntu wasn’t accepting my previously generated 7-character password! I used some information found on-line to remove my old password, and replace it with a longer one. Now, I could log in to Ubuntu on this machine, but was prompted for the keyring password (which happened to match my “old”, shorter login password).

Using the information in this how-to, I was able to remove the login.keyring file. After rebooting, I was asked to supply the WPA pass phrase (just as your article stated), but after doing so, the keyring manager DID NOT APPEAR!!

I checked my hidden folder, and found that a new login.keyring file had been created. However, the next time I rebooted, my wireless network connected automatically, AND I WAS NOT PROMPTED FOR A KEYRING PASSWORD!!!

As far as I’m concerned, that’s the best of both worlds. My passwords are still encrypted, but (by default?) the keyring password seems to have been set to match my login password.

Again, many thanks for your help.

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:49:35 +0000

@shirt:

There is no such thing as a DVD that can hold 65GB. Most DVDs are single-sided dual layered and only hold 8.54GB of data. The max capacity of a Dual-sided + Dual-layered DVD is 17.08GB. Even a Dual-layered Blueray disc can only hold no more than 50GB. The deceased HD-DVD format would only hold 30GB max. My only guess is that you obtained this disc from someone who is in possession of a flux capacitor, a DeLorean and 1.21 jigawatts of electricity and took the wrong disc back to the rental place by mistake. Call the place you got this disc from and notify them of the perilous situation we’re all facing, as the very fabric of space time is at risk of being irreversibly damaged!!!!

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by shirt

shirt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:47:31 +0000

What do you do about newer encrypted DVDs that appear to be 65 GB file size? I usually use k9copy, but each “title” (19 of them as an example) are all 4.4gb big.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by eirred

eirred — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:16:38 +0000

thanx a lot!!!!!!!!!!!great job!!!!!!!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:51:40 +0000

@DaveM: Thanks, will do.

@Mark: You might search Ubuntu Brainstorm to see if anyone has suggested this yet, and if not, throw a well written idea in that you think would get a lot of votes. I wish it were easier than this, too… but it’s just the way things go when it comes to “wishlist” fixes.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Mark

Mark — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:39:47 +0000

Thanks for this! Was driving me mad on my eee PC.

This information should be shown at create keyring time. “Note: Creating a blank password keyring will blah blah”

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by DaveM

DaveM — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:46:20 +0000

Dave, you may want to clarify that what is being done here is not removing the keyring, just its master password. After following your instructions, users will find a new, clear-text keyring named “default.keyring” stored in their .gnome2 folder.

Comment on How To Install New Themes In Ubuntu by pradeep

pradeep — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:47:48 +0000

thanks man u have given good suggestions for begginers

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:58:14 +0000

@catherine:

The subtitles (although I admit I’ve not tested this) SHOULD be preserved if you use the copy DVD method described in the very end of the at the link below (that is, instead of ripping a DVD title to an AVI file, rip the entire DVD to an ISO file that can fit on a blank DVD).

http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2009/02/04/how-to-backup-a-dvd-with-ubuntu-linux/

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by RobHK

RobHK — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:40:08 +0000

Great. I Googled for this but the suggestions on the other sites didn’t work.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by headcleft

headcleft — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:30:27 +0000

Cheers, annoying problem solved… much appreciated

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by catherine

catherine — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:43:14 +0000

is there any way to keep the subtitle files and have those available on the playable dvd?

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by KeithA

KeithA — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:44:40 +0000

Obviously I had the same issues. Thanks for this fix.

Just to cross reference, this post explains the problem in great detail.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubunti_wi_fi_password_problems?page=1

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by shiroi

shiroi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:40:25 +0000

Great article my friend!
Just the help i needed, and it’s the easiest way i have ever seen to transfer an AVI file to a DVD to play my home movies.
Thanks man! XD

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by XpatTech

XpatTech — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:48:17 +0000

Absolutely brill, 2 films on 1 dvd in just over an hour. Nero on Windows with the same job took 1 hour 37 min. Fantastic

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by rsgangr

rsgangr — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:07:54 +0000

Thanks Dave – As you suggest, I shall work through “ubuntuforums” on this one.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by BurnGates

BurnGates — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:28:06 +0000

Kudos dude. That’s been pissing me off for days.

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:21:58 +0000

@rsgnagr:

Unfortunately I’m not the best person to ask for assistance with THIS particular issue. There are a lot of people present on http://www.ubuntuforums.org who have probably encountered the same problem that you are having (a problem that differs from what I’ve encountered in the past, and it has actually been a long while since I last installed and tried Google Earth out) so I would suggest checking with the forums to see if someone can be of better assistance to you. I really wish I could help, but this issue has me stumped.

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by rsgangr

rsgangr — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:28:29 +0000

Good day Dave,

On 2009-02-12 “kcmm” posted a comment regarding problems with Google Earth and said that deletion of the file “libcrypto.so.0.9.8″ was the solution. Your reply was: “The glitch you found seems to be exclusive to version 5. This actually solved a problem on my end (Google Earth 5 would crash while starting).”

In my case Google Earth begins to start but the system crashes after about 7 seconds. Although the computer does not re-boot, it goes back to the login screen, i.e. it seems to force a logout. Deletion of the file “libcrypto.so.0.9.8″ has no effect; the crashes simply continue.

Although my computer experience goes way back to DOS, the various flavours of Windows and several programming environments like HPL, Pascal etc., I am very new to Ubuntu. I should like to get Google Earth running and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Comment on “To the dumb ass at Best Buy” by an 11 year old by InfrafredBurrito

InfrafredBurrito — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:24:06 +0000

I do enjoy how people criticize people when they cannot even fix the problem themselves. The kid is a dumbass for trusting the people at Best Buy.

Comment on So I Got Some New Glasses by Gary Goll

Gary Goll — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:57:58 +0000

Dave,
Hang on to that “boyish” look as long as you can…the wrinkles will come way too soon.
Gary

Comment on How to connect Linux to your cellular Internet by Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:24:13 +0000

I solved it. It’s really stupid. Every time I use my data connection, I have to go to Firefox’s menu bar and unclick offline. For some reason, it just clicks itself.

Comment on How to connect Linux to your cellular Internet by Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:42:44 +0000

Do you think it’s possible, I have a firewall trying to block out the connection? Any help would be appreciate, and thanks again.

Comment on How to connect Linux to your cellular Internet by Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:35:14 +0000

I’m using tmobile as well, and I have both an IP and a DNS address. Actually, I get a local and remote IP and a primary and secondary DNS. Other than that one file you mentioned above, was there anything else you needed to change on your system?

Thanks, btw, I really appreciate your two pages on this matter.

Comment on How to connect Linux to your cellular Internet by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:16:36 +0000

@Joyce:

Depends on which cell phone provider you’re using. I’ve only tried T-Mobile’s service, and it’s been a long time since I’ve used it. However, I can say that when I was connected, I would be shown local and gateway IP addresses. Are you being assigned IP addresses by your provider?

Comment on How to connect Linux to your cellular Internet by Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:54:52 +0000

My terminal shows I am connected, but no internet … any reason why terminal would say I am connected, but I’m really not? Is there an additional step you didn’t list that I should have known was something very basic? Thanks.

Comment on I’ll Never Buy A Netgear Router Again by Mike

Mike — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:07:46 +0000

I am having the same problem. I was using the WGT624 v3 and in the last month have had issues with my downloads. I figured the router was failing. I have had no problems with this model before this. I then went and bought the Netgear WNDR3300 only to have the exact same problem. I’ve been leary of Linksys/Cisco, but may go that route also.

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by Donnie

Donnie — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:47:45 +0000

Thanks, followed the instructions for dvd player and everything works great!

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Raimon

Raimon — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:46:41 +0000

Hi, Dave

I proceeded and installed Windows 7 successfully. After that I restored Grub again and now, in the Grub menu, when I choose to start Windows, it appears a new menu asking me to choose again between two options. Windows 7 and my old Windows XP Unattended Edition. Easier than I might have imagined. Unfortunately the application I wanted to run under Windows 7 doesn’t work. It runs with the same problems it ran under Vista. What a pity! Even though it was a nice experience.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:33:35 +0000

Tommy, you crack me up.

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Raimon

Raimon — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:05:41 +0000

Hi, Dave.

First of all, thanks for your time and dedication. Some months ago I was able to install XP in my computer after Ubuntu installation. Originally the computer came with Vista included, but due to being very disappointed I decided to try Ubuntu. Now I want to try the new Windows 7 in a third partition that I created yesterday with Gparted. From this point on, I will try to do the same steps I took with XP.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by chaosman

chaosman — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:57:47 +0000

Thanks a lot. Now I can control my server completely via Vino.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Pastor JW

Pastor JW — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:36:26 +0000

Good how-to! I also hate the silliness of it. In Kubuntu I removed kwallet for the same reason however, you have to disable it before you can remove it. Other than waste the user’s time I have never found a good reason for making your own computer almost impossible for you to use!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Tommy

Tommy — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:04:53 +0000

bob said
> You use Ubuntu and have a girlfriend?

The earliest versions of Ubuntu came with girlfriends included. Well, pictures of women some found to be too racy.

The developers quickly realized Ubuntu men and women had women and men in their lives who did NOT appreciate the photos, so Ubuntu chose to remove them. http://lwn.net/Articles/165751/

If you made that comment about Slackware, on the other hand…

Comment on “To the dumb ass at Best Buy” by an 11 year old by Gippy

Gippy — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:30:48 +0000

Wow that kid is pretty nlunt. Can’t complain though, I’m more vulgar.

Comment on How To Setup A Fingerprint Sensor In Ubuntu by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:40:47 +0000

@Ward: Sorry man. From a quick google search it looks like the kernel does not yet support that particular sensor:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfinger/+bug/243758

Comment on How To Setup A Fingerprint Sensor In Ubuntu by Ward

Ward — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:39:25 +0000

I am trying to follow your directions to set up my fingerprint sensor and I am getting a report when trying to run fprint_demo that says that it is not able to open the device. My device is a UPEK TouchChip. Do you have any idea what I can to to get my system to recognize this?

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:05:07 +0000

@shiraz

It’s actually pretty easy to install Windows after Ubuntu since you’ve left unpartitioned space available. I think all you will have to do is install Windows as usual and install Windows into the unpartitioned space. This will overwrite the Master Boot Record, which simply acts as a pointer of sorts. In other words, when you do this, GRUB will be overwritten, but Ubuntu itself and the other partitions associated with it will remain. All you have to do after you install Windows is restore GRUB which is quite easy if you follow this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by shiraz

shiraz — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:59:03 +0000

hi every body……..
i have a desk top pc.
configuration
intel core2 duo E7300 (2.66 GHZ)PROCESSOR
2 GB RAM (ZION)
SEGATE SATA 250 HDD
first i installed ubuntu to my pc in 20 GB only……..and i left rest of the HDD unpartioned……..now i want to install win xp to system……….should i follow the same procedure as written in the document…..or need some change in any step…..
plz suggest
shiraz sohail

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by vijay

vijay — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:15:49 +0000

thank you !
i had installed linux mint first and thought that it would not be possible to install XP. your advice worked like a charm!
thanks again!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by piltdown

piltdown — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:48:53 +0000

This keyring prompt is (now was) SO annoying. Many thanks!!

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by bob

bob — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:25:06 +0000

You use Ubuntu and have a girlfriend?

Comment on Video Slideshow: The Life of Bob Church by Paul

Paul — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:54:14 +0000

Bob was a magnificent human being, wise, funny and possessed of the biggest possible heart and soul. He was a wonderful writer and I and many hundreds of his fans will miss him. He will live forever in his words and in the hearts and minds of his family and friends.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by chasysom

chasysom — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:36:57 +0000

ehh.. amazing ))

Comment on Video Slideshow: The Life of Bob Church by Scot

Scot — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:07:22 +0000

Beautiful job–Bob and I once talked about that John Prine song–

Comment on How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:40:27 +0000

I’m not familiar with mikrotik. I would suggest you consult with http://www.ubuntuforums.org to see if anyone in their Networking forums can help you further.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Eric

Eric — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:01:40 +0000

Thanks Dave,
Worked great on 9.04, I’m new to ubuntu, just installed it for the first time last week when Jaunty was released. Typing in the password every time I rebooted was one of the few things I did not like. This post is definitely going to help me stay.

Comment on Bob Church Passes at 61 by Shirley Allard

Shirley Allard — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:35:27 +0000

Hi Dave,

I just wanted to send my condolences to you and Kristin as well as the rest of the family. I will be there in spirit and a part of Bob will be with me forever. He was a very special person and I doubt very much that any of us will ever forget him.

Love to all,
Shirley

Comment on How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu by moataz

moataz — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:26:20 +0000

i have installed ubuntu for a friend every thing is ok

but he shares the network in a large group and the provider using mikrotik server
in windows there was a login page automatically opens when he tries to open any website he type the login name and the pass and go on
but on ubuntu that login page did’nt come up and ofcourse there is no internet connection
note that the pc is working with the internet good with any other network without that mikrotik

thanks for your help

Comment on Bob Church Passes at 61 by JO Janoski

JO Janoski — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:27:43 +0000

Dave,
Please know that I will be with you all in spirit on Saturday. Bob will be missed so much, but his spirit of fun and helpfulness continues to live on in all of us. He helped me edit my writing so much. I’ll never forget that. Plus he was just a heckuva lotta fun. Sometimes the emails he would forward laid me out on the floor laughing. They were outrageous! Ah well. I’ll be thinking of you all and him on Saturday. Love, JO

Comment on Bob Church Passes at 61 by nan

nan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:37:01 +0000

Hey Dave,

Deepest condolences to the whole family. I want to thank you again for the videos you put here for us to enjoy. I’ve just been looking at them again. Will be thinking of you all this weekend as you celebrate Bob’s eventful life. Much love to you all.

Sincerely,
Nan

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by John

John — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:46:41 +0000

Excellent, I have been fighting with this for days, it has made my life so much easier.

Comment on The Best Place To Buy Ubuntu Case Badges by Links 29/04/2009: Ex-Microsoft Executive Says Microsoft is Doomed, FOSS to Thrive | Boycott Novell

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:27:40 +0000

[...] The Best Place To Buy Ubuntu Case Badges About two years ago I went looking through Ebay trying to find a cool sticker/case-badge with the Ubuntu logo on it. [...]

Comment on Installing Webcams In Ubuntu: The Easy Way by misaelrod

misaelrod — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:09:40 +0000

any tips on installing easycam on Jaunty?

Comment on The Best Place To Buy Ubuntu Case Badges by Johannes

Johannes — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:02:41 +0000

They seem to be much bigger than the AMD Logo, for example…

Comment on The Best Place To Buy Ubuntu Case Badges by Johannes

Johannes — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:01:22 +0000

How big are these stickers? Difficult to get an idea with the zoomed-in pictures.
Thanks for the post!

Comment on The Best Place To Buy Ubuntu Case Badges by Brian

Brian — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:25:48 +0000

Thanks for your this entry. I too have been looking for a sticker but have been afraid to purchase one because they might be the cheap type you mentioned above. What I am really looking for is a generic sticker with no specific distro. The ideal sticker for me would be this one. http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Ready+for+Open+Source?content=55193

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Bhushan

Bhushan — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:48:34 +0000

Thanks for the post. It works great

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Christophe

Christophe — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:00:57 +0000

Thanks, nice and simple solution. Your solution stays the same in Ubuntu 9.04.
Btw first in Google search on “ubuntu wireless keyring password”.

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Devlin

Devlin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:52:31 +0000

A HUGE thank you to you Dave!
I was seriously considering dumping Ubuntu (it is still a possiblity) the idiotic changes they have made are really annoying. Next fix is to re-enable ctrl-alt-backspace… Their instructions were of no help. I am still stumped at how they can say they disabled it due to people “accidentally” hitting this combinations…HOW do you accidentally hit these three keys?!?!?!

Comment on Microsoft: “Windows 7 To Be 100% Open-Source” by Allen

Allen — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:15:55 +0000

LOL, this is a great joke! I was actually more and more intently reading this as I was going down the page hardly able to believe it.. then WHAM! APRIL FOOLS

LMAO, great job on this spoof! To think for a second there I almost believed it.. LOL

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Jaak

Jaak — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:46:01 +0000

amazing! I was not easy to find this solution…

Comment on Encrypting Your Data With A Nautilus Script by xotten

xotten — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:41:21 +0000

What a joy learning Linux!! Thanks for the effort and info, for sharing it in a very understandable way.(at least for this newbee)

Comment on April Fools Virus On Schedule by Lswest

Lswest — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:13:18 +0000

I’d also add Avast! Anti-Virus Free to the list, since it offers on-boot virus checking (very useful, I actually just recently replaced AVG Free Edition with it on my XP partition since I needed an on-boot scanner).

Just a suggestion,
Lswest

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:57:43 +0000

nevermind~~ it works now~~happy

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:07:58 +0000

Naro gave me an error:
Error writing /boot/grub/menu.lst:No such file or directory

Comment on How to Install WinXP after Ubuntu with Gparted by Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:05:05 +0000

david_steinlage:

I tried nano instead of gedit, but its still a plain text…what do I do????

Comment on Microsoft: “Windows 7 To Be 100% Open-Source” by Jo Janoski

Jo Janoski — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:52:53 +0000

Whew, boy! This better be an April Fools joke. In my world, it can’t be real. Haha!

Comment on CCNA Crash Course: Day 4 by Nancy Talbert

Nancy Talbert — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:42:24 +0000

Hmmm. Well, that’s a weird path to public domain, but I guess that’s how it happens. Perhaps with the myriad images of this concept, the original author no longer cares. I won’t cite this blog then….

Comment on Installing Webcams In Ubuntu: The Easy Way by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:09:38 +0000

If all else fails, check the official easycam community documentation here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EasyCam

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Charles

Charles — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:56:03 +0000

My hat’s off to you, sir. It worked.
Here’s an FYI for those using Intrepid 64-bit.
The WLAN login will be a little different.
After you’ve entered your wireless network password, a dialog will pop up telling you that the keyring wants to store your password. Your choices will be “Deny”, “Allow Once”, or “Always Allow”.
I selected “Always Allow” and the next time I booted up, the system didn’t even ask for the network pass. It logged right in with no questions at all.

Comment on How To Backup A DVD with Ubuntu Linux by Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:21:29 +0000

Thanks, this is really useful for me. I love that I can get almost any kind of software for Ubuntu, but some of it needs a bit o explanation. Yours is simple and did the trick. (my copy of the Matrix was scratched, that’s just not acceptable to a geek!)

Comment on Making a Video DVD in Ubuntu Linux by susetwit

susetwit — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:54:48 +0000

just tried this on opensuse; seems to work a treat. very quick and simple, just over an hour for a 90 min film on a dual corer. Thanks for this guide

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:58:08 +0000

If it says something like, “Wrong Architecture”, it means the type of processor your software (either Ubuntu or Skype) don’t match.

For example, if you installed the 32-bit version of Ubuntu, you would have to also install the 32-bit version of Skype.

If you installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you would want to install the 64-bit version of Skype.

The probably is that Skype does not official distribute a 64-bit version of it’s software for Ubuntu, so you have to take a side-route to get it installed on a 64-bit OS. If you installed the Medibuntu repositories in the earlier steps (for instance, to get commercial DVD playback), then you should be able to search for Skype in Synaptic Package Manager and it **should work.**

Alternatively, you can try this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295

Good luck!

Comment on 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux by CAcationu2

CAcationu2 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:05:01 +0000

Hey Dave!
Your tips really helped me out. I had no idea what to do when I install this stuff. Everything worked out as you said except skype. I downloaded the .deb file but when I open it it says “wrong architecture i386″
What does that mean?

Comment on Installing Webcams In Ubuntu: The Easy Way by sparks40

sparks40 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:08:43 +0000

Thank you for your response. I have completed what appears to be a successful update of all repositories and “easycam” does not show up at all.

Comment on Installing Webcams In Ubuntu: The Easy Way by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:46:48 +0000

If you’re sure you’ve added the sources, try refreshing your local repository listings by opening your Update Manager and do a forced check for updates. The point of this isn’t to look for updates, but simply force Ubuntu to reload all of it’s software source listings. Once this is done, try to search for easycam in synaptic again.

Comment on Installing Webcams In Ubuntu: The Easy Way by sparks40

sparks40 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:38:30 +0000

After adding the two new data sources I attempted to use Synaptic. Unfortunately can not find “easycam”. Any suggestions???

Comment on How To Remove Ubuntu’s Password Keyring by Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:05:47 +0000

Thanks a bunch… Great post…

Comment on The Linux Terminal For Beginners by david_steinlage

david_steinlage — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:50:24 +0000

Thanks dark1.