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Q Running LibreOffice Writer under Ubuntu 12.04 Powerpc on an eMac G-4. I inserted a picture from file, then tried to export it to a PDF. Total fail. A Install cups-pdf. From the File menu in Writer, select “print,” and choose “pdf” as the printer. When you click on “print,” a file will be created in the PDF folder in /home. Q Can I use Kindle for PC under Wine? A Yes! See post 3 of this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1913348 Q If I am using two USB ports, one for the the OS and the other for data, how can I determine which is which? A Open a terminal and enter this command: sudo fdisk -l In the first line for each device, it shows the size, such as: Disk /dev/sdc: 8413 MB, 8413773824 bytes The OS will typically be a lower device code, such as sda.
Q LibreOffice Writer s'exécute sous Ubuntu 12.04 Powerpc sur un eMac G-4. J'ai inséré une image à partir d'un fichier, puis j'ai essayé de l'exporter au format PDF. Échec total.
R Installez cups-pdf. Dans le menu Fichier, dans Writer, sélectionnez « Imprimer… » et choisissez « pdf » en tant qu'imprimante. Quand vous cliquerez sur « Imprimer », un fichier sera créé dans le dossier /PDF dans /home.
Q Est-il possible d'utiliser Kindle pour PC sous Wine ?
R Oui ! Regardez le troisième message dans ce fil : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1913348
Q Si j'utilise deux ports USB, l'un pour le système d'exploitation et l'autre pour les données, comment savoir quel port correspond à quoi ?
R Ouvrez un terminal et saisissez cette commande :
sudo fdisk -1
Dans la première ligne pour chaque dispositif, cela montre la taille, par exemple :
Disk /dev/sdc: 8413 MB, 8413773824 bytes
Le système d'exploitation aura, en règle générale, un code de dispositif plus bas, comme sda.
Q I plan to put a larger hard drive into my dual-boot laptop. What do you suggest as a partition setup? A Make sure you understand whether your laptop supports IDE or SATA before you make your purchase. It's much easier if you install Windows first on a new hard drive. I'm not sure if Windows 8 likes to have a boot partition? If so, I would use these partitions: • boot, 100 MB (or whatever Windows wants) • Windows, 120 GB • an Extended partition for the rest of the drive. Within it: • / (that's pronounced “root”) of 30 GB • swap, twice the amount of memory • /home, the remaining space. The root partition is a lot larger than it needs to be, but it's an enormous disaster if it fills up, and I have heard of runaway system logs that grab space quite quickly. Having a separate /home partition means you can install a new version without disturbing your data. I also suggest buying a USB enclosure and installing the old drive there.
Q Je vais installer un disque dur plus grand dans mon ordinateur portable à double amorçage. Que suggérez-vous comme partitionnement ?
R Avant d'acheter quoi que ce soit, assurez-vous de bien savoir si votre portable prend en charge l'IDE ou le SATA.
Ce sera plus facile si vous installez Windows en premier sur le nouveau disque dur.
Je ne sais pas si Windows 8 aime avoir une partition boot… Si tel est le cas, j'utiliserais ces partitions : * boot, 100 Mo (ou ce que Windows veut) * Windows, 120 Go * une partition étendue (Extended) pour le reste du disque. À l'intérieur de celle-ci : * / (ça se dit « root ») de 30 Go * swap, deux fois la quantité de RAM * /home, tout ce qui reste.
La partition root est beaucoup plus grand qu'il n'ait besoin d'être, mais c'est une véritable catastrophe s'il se remplit et j'ai entendu parler de journaux système qui s'emballent en accaparant de l'espace très rapidement. Avec une partition /home séparé, vous pouvez installer une nouvelle version sans déranger vos données.
Je suggère également l'achat d'un boîtier USB dans lequel mettre l'ancien disque.
Q Is there any way to install the ATI drivers for the 4670 on Ubuntu 12.10? 12.04 picks it up and installs them for me right off the bat.
A (Thanks to Temujin in the Ubuntu Forums) AMD dropped support for that card in newer versions of fglrx/Catalyst. Your options: 1) Use the open-source driver 2) Use *buntu 12.04/LTS 3) Downgrade your Xserver so the older fglrx/Catalyst legacy driver will work on 12.10
Q In Kubuntu, is there a hotkey to lock the screen? Can I set it to lock after a few minutes of inactivity?
A (Thanks to amingv in the Ubuntu Forums) The default key combination to lock the screen is Ctrl+Alt+L. The other question is a screensaver setting.
Q My display does a little “flicker” every time there is movement on screen. I use Xubuntu 12.10, and have an Intel Corp 3rd gen core processor graphics controller (rev 09), aka 4000HD. It appears to be an XFCE issue.
A “Sync to VBlank support to the Xfwm compositor” seems to help. See: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/xfce-sync-to-vblank-support-for-xfwm.html
Q There was a ppa set up for Cinnamon applets and themes, but now it has been removed. When I run Update Manager, I get an error message. How can I remove the ppa from my sources?
A (Thanks to Askubuntu) The error message includes the full name of the ppa. Use this command:
sudo add-apt-repository –remove ppa:whatever/ppa
Q (Thanks to John O'Flynn.) I use LastPass (an add-on for Firefox) and it repeatedly sends me the message “An error occurred while attempting to contact the server. Please check your internet connection.”
A The problem turned out to be a tangled series of phone cords between the phone jack and the modem. When the modem was plugged directly into the jack, everything worked perfectly.
Q In Windows I always choose to do a long/slow format so Windows can mark bad sectors on the drive. I added a data drive and formatted it, half as NTFS for my Win7 multi-boot and the other half as EXT4, for Lubuntu. The format only took 2 seconds on the EXT4 section of the drive, so it obviously didn't check for bad sectors.
A (Thanks to 3rdalbum in the Ubuntu Forums) Modern hard disks are capable of determining bad blocks on their own. If they go to write data to a block and find that the block is bad, they automatically flag it and write the data to a better block. All disks have a hundred spare blocks for this purpose. If you're worried about bad blocks on a disk, check out its SMART statistics; Disk Utility can read the SMART information from a hard disk and find out how many bad blocks have been flagged. If it starts getting up toward the number of spare blocks, you need to copy your data off the disk and drop the disk into the nearest rubbish bin.
However, the OP was persistent, and used the command:
mkfs.ext4 -c /dev/sdb2
which took about 38 minutes.
Q Is there a GUI method of setting up a shared folder in Xubuntu?
A Yes, install system-config-samba as well as samba. “Samba” appears in System Settings.
Q In Ubuntu Server 12.04, with a static IP address, I can't ping google.com?
A (Thanks to cheesemill in the Ubuntu Forums) From 12.04 onwards you shouldn't edit resolv.conf directly, as it gets rewritten by the system. Instead, you should add the following line to your /etc/network/interfaces file:
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
Full Circle Podcast Episode 31, The Difficult Third Episode!!
It may be a new team of podcasters, but the format is still the same.
Your hosts: • Les Pounder • Tony Hughes • Jon Chamberlain • Oliver Clark
All members of the Blackpool (UK) LUG http://blackpool.lug.org.uk
Olly & Tony bring everyone up to date with what´s been going on in the ¨Summer Break¨, Olly talks about his Gnomebuntu install, Code-acadamy and Tony talks about his new Nexus 7.