http://www.linuxforum.com/ General Linux topics en Wed, 22 May 2013 21:53:14 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.linuxforum.com/images/styles/HighlightOrange/misc/rss.png http://www.linuxforum.com/ http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3963-Best-way-to-reach-as-many-popular-distros-for-one-piece-of-software?goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:03 GMT Hello all. I have a quite extensive question that I could not resolve by searching the Internet, so I figured I'd ask here.


As a little bit of background info, I am creating an exclusively Linux-related, alternate petition website with the goal to get current, relevant, commercial software (such as PhotoShop) and videogames to be supported on Linux. In order to complete my concept, I need to know what kind of info to include with the petitions that will be set up, this info including the distro it should appear on. Many companies use the "scattered landscape of Linux" excuse as a reason not to consider a native port on Linux. Including a specific distro in the petition should omit this excuse. (This is not the full concept of the petition site, it's just the relevant information for my question ;) )

For this "specific distro", I have decided to go with (at least) Ubuntu as I feel they are the closest to the mainstream operating systems and have been making tremendous progress in the last couple of months. Choosing Ubuntu should also allow all Ubuntu derivatives (such as Mint) to take advantage of the software built for Ubuntu.

However, I've been given to understand that Ubuntu reaches far, but not as far as the usual top 5 most popular distributions. This top 5 usually includes Ubuntu and Mint, but also Fedora, Redhat and others. After a bit of research I have found that Fedora functions as some sort of a parent distro for others like RedHat and CentOS. I am assuming that Fedora is kind of "the Ubuntu of the RPM-family"? Is this correct, or am I wrong with this comparison?


Now, for my question, I am wondering whether I should expand my concept to both Ubuntu and Fedora in order to reach as many popular distros possible. Is it true that any piece of software written for Fedora also runs on its derivatives such as RedHat? Are Ubuntu and Fedora a good starting point combination to reach alot of distros?

Looking forward to your insights,

Arnaud ]]> General Linux Arnaud http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3963-Best-way-to-reach-as-many-popular-distros-for-one-piece-of-software http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3958-Hulu-cut-in-half-in-lucid-puppy?goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:53 GMT I have an Hpw19b running latest linux lucid puppy. I've tried a few resolutions and cant solve the issue, hullu only shows half of the program- some kind of display resizing issue. No matter what setting hulu cut in the middle and only fits the left half of the screen? Smaller or larger res. didn't seem to help but I cant really try them all- auto configure is failing.

Has this happened to anyone else or do you know how to fix it? ]]> General Linux bsyge11 http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3958-Hulu-cut-in-half-in-lucid-puppy http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3949-Os-that-loads-into-RAM-(even-after-harddrive-install)-and-saves-automatically?goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 22:54:48 GMT Hello, I am looking for an os that boots from hard disk but loads into RAM. I understand Puppy Linux,lighthouse and others do this but(I think)... Hello,

I am looking for an os that boots from hard disk but loads into RAM. I understand Puppy Linux,lighthouse and others do this but(I think) you have to manually save session. Is there a distro that will save automatically? I want the high speed of ram but the convience of a conventional os to save files, bookmarks etc. Also it would be great if it was easy to install. Puppy linux seems complicated

In other words whats system can I install to hard disk to save changes that runs from my RAM and is easy to install?

Thanks ]]> General Linux asker123 http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3949-Os-that-loads-into-RAM-(even-after-harddrive-install)-and-saves-automatically http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3945-Which-software-will-be-good-to-use-as-a-screen-recorder?goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 06:13:41 GMT Presently I am using Ubuntu. Presently I am using Ubuntu. ]]> General Linux Maverick1 http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3945-Which-software-will-be-good-to-use-as-a-screen-recorder http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3931-installing-ofline?goto=newpost Sat, 04 May 2013 15:52:53 GMT hello all. . .
yesterday i try install software in my linux mint,but i can't install,
so, how to can i install to offline??
pleace guys help mee
thank you :) ]]> General Linux h4ru http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3931-installing-ofline http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3905-FSCK-Errors?goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:00:46 GMT Hi all,

Just rebooted my box today after 200 days uptime and thought I'd request a volume scan and it found errors! I've never had a power outage etc so am keen to know what could have caused this file system corruption? Anyu ideas???

I'm running 4.2.21 on a ReadyNAS Pro6, but ultimately it is a Linux (Debian) 2.6.37.6. based system underneath.

***** File system check forced at Fri Apr 26 20:08:38 WEST 2013 ***** fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.42.3 (14-May-2012) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 4195619, i_blocks is 3135728, should be 3135904. Fix? yes


Running additional passes to resolve blocks claimed by more than one inode...
Pass 1B: Rescanning for multiply-claimed blocks Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 4195619: 167904376 167904377 167904378 167904379 167904380 167904381 167904382 167904383 167904384 167904385 167904386 167949296 167949297 167949298 167949299 167949300 167949301 167949302 167949303 167949304 167949305 167949306 Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks (There are 1 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

/dev/c/c: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/c/c: 615898/30212096 files (13.6% non-contiguous), 62353456/483393536 blocks

I'm curious to know what this is all about, shared with 0 files!!!!:

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.


Every follow on boot with FSCK yields the following:


***** File system check forced at Fri Apr 26 20:21:42 WEST 2013 ***** fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.42.3 (14-May-2012) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes

Running additional passes to resolve blocks claimed by more than one inode...
Pass 1B: Rescanning for multiply-claimed blocks Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 4195619: 167904376 167904377 167904378 167904379 167904380 167904381 167904382 167904383 167904384 167904385 167904386 167949296 167949297 167949298 167949299 167949300 167949301 167949302 167949303 167949304 167949305 167949306 Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks (There are 1 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/c/c: 615898/30212096 files (13.6% non-contiguous), 62353456/483393536 blocks

Still same thing with multiply claimed blocks but to say they are shared with 0 files makes no sense! And... Surely this should be corrected by FSCK?

Smart logs are all good.... It was one of the first things I checked.

Thanks... ]]> General Linux steveoelliott http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3905-FSCK-Errors http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3904-FSCK-Errors-Confused?goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:59:21 GMT Hi all,

Just rebooted my box today after 200 days uptime and thought I'd request a volume scan and it found errors! I've never had a power outage etc so am keen to know what could have caused this file system corruption? Anyu ideas???

I'm running 4.2.21 on a ReadyNAS Pro6, but ultimately it is a Linux (Debian) 2.6.37.6. based system underneath.

***** File system check forced at Fri Apr 26 20:08:38 WEST 2013 ***** fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.42.3 (14-May-2012) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 4195619, i_blocks is 3135728, should be 3135904. Fix? yes


Running additional passes to resolve blocks claimed by more than one inode...
Pass 1B: Rescanning for multiply-claimed blocks Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 4195619: 167904376 167904377 167904378 167904379 167904380 167904381 167904382 167904383 167904384 167904385 167904386 167949296 167949297 167949298 167949299 167949300 167949301 167949302 167949303 167949304 167949305 167949306 Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks (There are 1 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

/dev/c/c: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/c/c: 615898/30212096 files (13.6% non-contiguous), 62353456/483393536 blocks

I'm curious to know what this is all about, shared with 0 files!!!!:

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.


Every follow on boot with FSCK yields the following:


***** File system check forced at Fri Apr 26 20:21:42 WEST 2013 ***** fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) e2fsck 1.42.3 (14-May-2012) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes

Running additional passes to resolve blocks claimed by more than one inode...
Pass 1B: Rescanning for multiply-claimed blocks Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 4195619: 167904376 167904377 167904378 167904379 167904380 167904381 167904382 167904383 167904384 167904385 167904386 167949296 167949297 167949298 167949299 167949300 167949301 167949302 167949303 167949304 167949305 167949306 Pass 1C: Scanning directories for inodes with multiply-claimed blocks Pass 1D: Reconciling multiply-claimed blocks (There are 1 inodes containing multiply-claimed blocks.)

File /PREMIER/Premier Automation Purchase OrdersApp V18.5.mdb (inode #4195619, mod time Fri Apr 26 20:07:42 2013)
has 22 multiply-claimed block(s), shared with 0 file(s):
Multiply-claimed blocks already reassigned or cloned.

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/c/c: 615898/30212096 files (13.6% non-contiguous), 62353456/483393536 blocks

Still same thing with multiply claimed blocks. Surely this should be sorted and to have "0" files having multiply claimed blocks makes no sense!

BTW Smart logs are fine, were one of the first things I checked.

Thanks... ]]> General Linux steveoelliott http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3904-FSCK-Errors-Confused http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3903-Help-with-website?goto=newpost Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:27:51 GMT Hi, i’m creating my own website and need help with Linux. I know nothing about Linux and don’t have the time to properly learn it. Anyone interested... Hi, i’m creating my own website and need help with Linux. I know nothing about Linux and don’t have the time to properly learn it. Anyone interested in helping me out here? This does not have to happen for free ofcourse. ]]> General Linux Kandar http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3903-Help-with-website http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3900-Diaspora-Social-Network-NOT-SAFE-FOR-KIDS!?goto=newpost Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:31:51 GMT Diaspora is a free and open-source social network that bills itself as a FOSS alternative to Facebook and Google Groups, etc. Naturally it tends to... Diaspora is a free and open-source social network that bills itself as a FOSS alternative to Facebook and Google Groups, etc. Naturally it tends to attract Linux users who appreciate "free and open source." It does have some pretty cool features that Facebook doesn't offer, and it supposedly respects the users' privacy and all that stuff.

But despite choosing a language, you get posts in your "Stream" (news feed) in several languages and you scroll through alot of stuff you can't even read to find something of interest. Another downside is the fact that you really can't filter out stuff, other than "ignoring" users. But even that is unreliable.

Diaspora is not friendly to nor safe for kids. One simple conversation can elicit a barrage of profanity and insults from whoever on the network is following that topic. Even a topic as innocuous as Linux. After being stalked, belittled, and insulted both privately and in public posts, I've had enough. Maybe I'm immature (I have a good excuse for that though - I'm just a high school freshman), and maybe I'm naive (same excuse), but nothing I posted there justifies the very unpleasant experience I had in just one month on that social network.

Diaspora seems to attract alot of anarchists and other people who are hostile to many common "conservative" values and religious faith (other than nature-worship, humanism, Darwinism, and hedonism). Kids and teens who are being raised to cherish religious faith and conservative values find ourselves virtually alone in a seemingly worldwide community of people whose venomous tirades against our values continues unceasingly in our Diaspora news feed. What is it about FOSS that attracts so many anti-capitalists and haters of Christianity and it's values? I have no idea what the two have to do with each other, but I'm never going back there and I urge those of you who share the same values as I do to avoid the Diaspora social network. Especially if you're a child or a teen. When I joined there was no "Terms of Service" description nor any suggestion of a minimum age for an account. There should be. But in the absence of any such policy at Diaspora, be warned: Diaspora is no place for teens and younger kids to have an online presence.

/RANT ]]> General Linux Artim http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3900-Diaspora-Social-Network-NOT-SAFE-FOR-KIDS! http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3898-Going-about-choosing-a-PCI-netowrk-adapter?goto=newpost Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:54:13 GMT Hey

I've got a new desktop, running CrunchBang on it. and haven't got a wireless network adapter on it.

So I need one..PCI for better signal.

Comes to mind the question how to choose one which will definitely work with CrunchBang..

:confused::confused: ]]> General Linux 837183 http://www.linuxforum.com/threads/3898-Going-about-choosing-a-PCI-netowrk-adapter