Thread: Ubuntu Installation Doubts

Originally Posted by xcalliber

Hye Guyz,
I've installed Ubuntu 8.10 and configured sify dialer on it.
The dialer is able to connect to Sify and i'm able to surf the net.
But the dialer keeps disconnecting after 10-15 min.
Has anyone else faced this problem ?

No , did you download the latest dialer ? ...

i have used sify client in ubuntu for 3 hours continuously without disconnection


after that i logged off on my own

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

No , did you download the latest dialer ? ...

i have used sify client in ubuntu for 3 hours continuously without disconnection


after that i logged off on my own

Hey Shadow,

Yes... I have installed the latest version (Version 3.0) !
Also, one thing i've noticed is that when the Login GUI pops-up, I also get a message
saying "Segmentation fault" in the prompt screen where i type "sudo sifyconnect".

Hop u guyz can help me out here 'cause the same connection was working non-stop in WIndows XP.

I just wanted to know something
1 . Does ubuntu support wireless connections.
2 . Can i use ubuntu by directly booting from the cd without installing.
Thanks in advance.

1. Yes, Ubuntu supports Wireless Connections.

2. You cannot use Ubuntu without installing. But you can try it using Live CD feature.

If you have Windows OS installed, then you can use an application called Wubi to install and use Ubuntu like any other Windows software. And uninstall if you don't need it.

I still have the same question, have u played any game (recent or from 2004/5 ) on linux.

Are there any popular games which run on linux ?

There are lots of medium quality 3d games for Linux. But most of them are Online games. The quality is between Delta Force: Task Force Dagger & Half-Life 1st.

do/have you play any of 'em...

No, I haven't. Only seen screenshots. I will try them today.

Have fun

@eva

yea...gta san andreas works..

Originally Posted by mahehellraiser

@eva

yea...gta san andreas works..

really, thats gr8 news. can u please post names of other games that work or do u know any website that has such info ..

you have to use wine to run exe files on linux...and there is a linux ready version of GTA SA available...just dwnld it and run with wine..it'll work...i've tried it on ubuntu...

infact some ppl have tried crysis also...some say it works..but didnt work for me

Frank's Corner, Running Windows applications and games on Linux

chk out that...they've listed all the games playable..

thanks mahe.

I also know that C&C tiberium wars released during the year 06-07 works

imo most games work

for a complete list check wine's website

Pages
i have a doubt . I saved a few wikipedia web pages to my Ubuntu desktop . After that i used cut/paste to paste it into a Flash drive .... this was successfully completed .... But some of the files remained in the desktop and and now i am unable to delete them at all ... it says "error deleting the file ..." .... there are 4 folders like that , what do i do ? they are all web pages

I don't know why that problem occurred. Similar problem has happened to me too once.
Did you tried deleting using Terminal ?

Try this.

Code:

gksudo nautilus /home/username/Desktop

And try to delete the files/folders from there.

> Replace with your username.

^Not working

I eneterd the code ... it asked for password ...came to Desktop ... but when i give rm filename it says

rm: cannot remove `Themes': No such file or directory

There is a file named Themes in my Desktop , no spelling errors

PS : Those files have a lock mark over it

You don't need to enter any command after entering this:

Code:

gksudo nautilus /home/username/Desktop

Select the file and try deleting like always. Right Click -> Move to Trash

when i select move to trash it says

It cannot be done do u want to delete it immediately ?
i click on ok
It says error while deleting ,gives 2 options cancel and skip all

Nothing happens whichever i choose

I forgot what I did when this error happened to me.

Try the "gksudo nautilus /home/username/Desktop" command one more time.

And in the folder View -> Show Hidden Files or Ctrl+H and delete all the ~temp files and try deleting the folders once more.

there are no temp files

@shadow

i've shifted to KDE now...i cant get any items on the desktop all are widgets..even a file...


did u try

sudo rm -rf

in the terminal

yeah

No such file or directory

@ShAdOwCoN
can you provide the directory listing, so verify the file really exists!
Go to terminal, navigate to that dir and give command

Code:

ls -la

with this we can clearly see what exactly the problem is.

which can be a
*permission issue
*use of non standard charaters in filename
*file in use

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

yeah

No such file or directory

bro navigate to ur desktop...and then run that command