MY pc can't display chinese character after installation of linux.
Any suggestion bout it?

my pc have bios problem, and it effect my ubuntu installation..
can i install ubuntu in different pc but using my hdd and plug to my pc after the installation?

If you wanna do that, the hardware in the other pc should same with yours or it will give some error when you plug that hdd in your pc.

This post has been edited by UbuntuClient: Feb 5 2008, 01:24 PM

yes you can. one good thing about linux is its portability.

the only thing that u need to reconfigure is your X configs. i will ask my friend coz he has done it before.

maybe you only need to do:

has anyone tried installing office 2003 with wine before?? i followed the guide from this site.. http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2008/01/ru...linux-with.html

the setup successfully completed, but i can't find office11 folder in program files.. is there something wrong with the installation?

EDIT:

i restart my pc and there's no sound.. after uninstall office 2003 and restart again, it's all back to normal.. is it because ubuntu 7.10 can't run office 2003??

This post has been edited by irix: Feb 6 2008, 12:12 PM

using Turion X2 based laptop, ubuntu -> xubuntu 7.10 ,

want to enable the power saving features, but it seems like it is now working ,

powernowd -> cpufreqd also 1.6GHz ,

how to undervolt this Turion? it is kind of 60C here, aww , thanks

Hey guys. Ubuntu 7.10 user here in VMWare.

Just wanna ask, I forgot to turn on my wifi during Ubuntu Installation and according to this page it's auto detected and installed.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareS...tworkCardsIntel

So my question is, can I install it now? I tried iwconfig and it reports that it cannot see my wifi. =\ So how do I install IPW3945 driver?

Newbie in linux OS here. Thanks!

If your using Ubuntu, go to "System" -> "Administration" -> "Language Support".
You should be able to choose which language you want.
*this probably apply to other distribution*

Here is the solution:

1. Install cpufreq-selector with SUID root - Yes


2. At your panel, right click on it, select "Add to Panel". Select "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor".
(In your case, you need to have two of it as your PC is dual core)

3. Once you have done that, right click on the scaling monitor, select preference and configure its setting like changing the "Monitored CPU" to respective CPU no.

And your done with it. Now, you can just click on it, and select what ever option you desire.



This post has been edited by zaidaiman: Feb 9 2008, 12:02 PM

Its been a while since i posted here.

I wanted to ask.

I download the official driver for linux in www.nvidia.com

and now my question is, how to install it?

I go terminal and try to install and it say It cannot run in Xserver, Xserver must be closed, help me...

this might help you out if your using Ubuntu Gutsy.
but its pretty much the same for all distro, the method that is.
Ubuntu Gutsy Nvidia Installation Guide

Obviously, you will not see your access point and the Intel Pro Wireless Card in your Ubuntu because it's a VM. Your Ubuntu is supposed to use the emulated ethernet driver instead.

So I can't use my wifi unless I create a dual boot with Ubuntu?

Thanks.

Yes. You can only use your wifi if you are running Ubuntu physically on your machine. In fact, not just Ubuntu, any OSes running in VM can't directly access the underlying wireless adapter driver running on your host OS and thus, the actual wireless adapter in your PC would not get detected. Any resources needed by the VM is being relayed via the emulated drivers to your host OS and subsequently, the request is being forwarded to the intended target. Either way, it shouldn't be any problem connecting to a network if the emulated driver is loaded. Type in lsmod | grep pcnet in terminal and you should see an output.

It comes out with this:

pcnet32 34308 0
mii 6528 1 pcnet32

I have no idea.

But according to what I'd read, if I get a USB Wifi Adapter I can make VM to detect and use it as it's USB right?
Thanks again.

Ok. Let me be clear. The guest OS will not know what hardware you are using. Everything is being emulated except the processor and of course the RAM. As an illustration, let's say you have a Nvidia 8800GT graphics card running on your PC. With Windows XP running as a host OS, you would see Nvidia 8800GT listed under device manager, wouldn't you? But, in your guest OS, you would see some other device as your graphics processor. Well, that "other device" is just some emulated device. The same applies to whatever network card you are using. If you have a D-Link wireless adapter, the D-Link wireless adapter would not appear in the guest OS's device listing. Instead, an emulated network interface driver is shown such as the pcnet32 ethernet kernel module. The emulated ethernet driver is there to provide a network interface for the guest OS to communicate with the actual D-Link wireless adapter's device driver loaded on the host OS, in this case Windows XP and everything else is being controlled by VMWare Workstation or any other hypervisor.

So, if you were to use a USB Wifi Adapter, the guest OS would not be able detect it since it is virtual and does not has direct access to the hardware. The only interface available is the emulated pcnet32 driver and it will work out the same as I've describe above for the D-Link wireless adapter.

Basically, there's nothing wrong with your Ubuntu(guest OS) not being able to detect your wireless adapter. As long as the emulated ethernet interface is being associated with a correct local IP address, I don't see a problem with that. Else, you would need to fiddle around with configs.

Oh so there is something wrong with the config... I see. Now I understand. Thanks.

So, is there anyway to make Ubuntu detect the interface?

thanks, but i am using Xubuntu? can I have gnome-applets? thanks

edit: thanks --> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plu...xfapplet-plugin

This post has been edited by mitodna: Feb 9 2008, 07:45 PM

I have just installed Ubuntu on a friend's laptop. The wifi wasnt behaving normally.

I can ping any other IP on the network, but I cannot surf the Internet. Another ubuntu laptop was surfing the Internet fine.

Solution: Set the IP manually I can't believe that just works.

Well, by default, Ubuntu is easy enough for you to configure the wireless.
Just click on the icon at the panel and select preferred SSID.

But if you're looking into good-old-text based:

hello guys..iam new in ubuntu...i wanna ask..when i try view avi file using totem...i cannot see the screen...is like black screen...anyproblem? or...i should use other software?