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HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU STUDIO 9.10 WITHOUT HAVING THE INSTALL #%$&%# FAIL!:

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For those who have installed Ubuntu/Ubuntu Studio 10.04:

[all variants] Known Lucid Lynx issues/bugs with workarounds
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BTW, a suggestion for those who are using desktop machines sporting more than one hard drive:

Retain Ubuntu Studio 9.10 on one hard drive and install version 10.04 on another drive in order to dual-boot between the two versions until you decide which one works best for your needs.

Then when Ubuntu Studio 10.10 is released at the end of October, keep the version which currently wins out and install '10.10 over the loser and so on.

Partitioning each drive with a storage volume would allow one to back up one's important files in duplicate.

Having a third hard drive dedicated to backing up/archiving files and downloaded .iso images would be even better.

And having a fourth hard drive (or two drives in a striped array) to serve as a target volume to record audio onto would be ideal.
 
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"...Kernels

* Amd64
-generic will be installed if ubuntustudio-audio meta is NOT selected during installation process
-preempt kernel will be installed if ubuntustudo-audio meta IS selected during installation process
-lowlatency kernel is also available in Abogani's PPA - https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa
-realtime kernel will be available in Ubuntu Studio PPA

* I386
-generic kernel will be installed as default
-lowlatency kernel is also available in Abogani's PPA - https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa
-realtime kernel will be available in Ubuntu Studio PPA..."
 
#166
August 12th, 2008 - 05:42 pm ET by Jesse Dorland

"Few months ago I post a wifi connection problem. For some reason I was unable to log into Toronto Public Library Wifi's network. Mr. Helge
provided an excellent solution to my problem. You see TPL is running
their sever on nt, and I needed Winbind package for that. Now I am
able surf internet on my lovely Linux distro :)

I reposting the solution here incase someone is also having the same
problem.

If spyders.local is a local network address, it might be a problem (or
lack) of proper name lookup.

Try enabling WINS name lookup as additional to standard DNS.

In Ubuntu/Debian you would do this by installing the winbind packages,
together with samba I think.

Once winbind is up and running, add "wins" to the end of the "hosts:"
line in /etc/nsswitch.conf

Like this:
***** /etc/nsswitch.conf ******

hosts files dns wins

*******************************

You might need to restart your network or reboot, but IIRC it usually
works right away.

-

Thank you Helge"

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I followed Jesse's relayed instructions but ran into a snag under Ubuntu 10.04 which refused to connect to the T.P.L.'s home page:

Here is the way /etc/nsswitch.conf originally looked on my PC...

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
networks: files

protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files

netgroup: nis

...and here's the way it looked when I finally got it to work:

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat

hosts: files dns wins
networks: files

protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files

netgroup: nis

BTW. I first ran shares-admin in Terminal (to install Sharing services for Windows, and Unix machines <-- why not? :)) and then edited /etc/nsswitch.conf by using this command in Terminal...

gksudo gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf

...and then rebooted.

I also found that I had to temporarily *disable the NoScript add-on I'd installed in Firefox until after I had succeeded in reaching Google via Spyders-->T.P.L.'s home page.

*I expect there's a way to add Spyders to NoScript's 'white list' but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.

Oh yeah. Don't forget to make a backup copy of the nsswitch.conf file (by dragging it out onto the desktop) before editing it.

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I hope this post will spare other Ubuntu/Ubuntu Studio 10.04 newbies the Toronto Public Library log on headaches I went through for I expect that the T.P.L. isn't the only public library system using a Windows NT server and an IT security company similar to Link Removed.
 
#169
The affordable Digitech RP355 in particular has a Swiss Army Knife-like feature set which would be useful for instrumental home practice/recording and stage work on a reasonable budget.

Sticking points:

- It is unknown if the RP355's USB port will work for audio recording & playback under Ubuntu Studio. I've started a thread to hopefully get an answer to this, and I'll post a report if I get one.

(If its USB port currently doesn't function under ALSA and JACK then plan B would be to use the RP355's stereo XLR outs into a USB or FireWire-based audio interface.)

- It has yet to be confirmed (by me anyway) that this software works:

"Control your Digitech effect pedal under Linux!
gdigi is tool aimed to provide X-Edit functionality to Linux users

Supported devices (list misses your DigiTech device? Please get in touch!):

* RP250
* RP255 - support in hg
* RP355 - support in hg
* RP500
* RP1000 - support in hg
* GNX3000
* GNX4K"

http://desowin.org/gdigi/

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Here's an insightful thread. It seems that the guitar-oriented Digitech RP355 works for bass as well.

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EDIT:

If you have or are looking to get any Digitech RP series multi-effects pedal for use with Linux, then be sure to check out the recent compatibility improvements touched upon in this thread:

[ubuntu_studio] Digitech RP355: audio via USB?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1494277
 
#172
Don't like having Ubuntu 10.04's default theme's window buttons on the left-hand-side?

"To get your buttons on the left without making things confusing, download this theme": [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/move-window-buttons-lucid

{Please scroll down to: Submitted by Dylan McCall (not verified) on May 13, 2010.}

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To install the Ambience_Radiance-Right themes:

System-->Preferences--Appearance-->Theme tab-->click the Install button and then navigate to the downloaded Ambience_Radiance-Right.tar.gz and open it.

Also note: according to *ClamAV (Virus Definitions 26 May, 2010) which I have installed on my PC, the above Ambience_Radiance-Right.tar.gz is clean.

*Available via the Ubuntu Software Center, and Synaptic Package Manager.

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EDIT:

The Ambience_Radiance-Right themes seem to run somewhat slow on a 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04 install.
 
#173
More newbie Ubuntu help...

Eva's Useful Guide to Ubuntu 10.04
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Please note: as I mentioned earlier, Ubuntu 10.04 has compatibility issues with a number of Intel graphics processors. If your PC uses an Intel GPU then do some research before *upgrading to 10.04.

*ALWAYS back up your personal files to another hard drive (or network them to a different PC) and do a CLEAN INSTALL - not an 'upgrade' - in order to avoid problems caused by out-of-date or damaged OS components mucking up a new OS version.
 
#175
I've now tried 32 bit Ubuntu Studio 10.04 on an Asus P4P800-E Deluxe/S478 P4, a Compaq SR1520NX/S754 Sempron, and 32 bit & 64 bit Ubuntu Studio 10.04 on an Acer 5517-5136/S1 Athon64.

Ubuntu Studio 10.04 lacks a real time kernel and compared to version 9.10 it feels & looks like a beta release.

'10.04 takes a very long time to install, it won't properly install any supplemental software from its DVD, and it boots with hesitance.

It's also missing Add/Remove Applications and does not have Ubuntu Software Center.

IMO version '10.04 should never have been released in its current form if the aim of its developers is for Ubuntu Studio to be taken seriously by even a hack like me, never mind any recording professionals.

Even with its installation glitch (whose cause and remedy are described in the OP of this thread) Ubuntu Studio 9.10 blows away version 10.04 in every regard save for one: version 10.04's DVD includes the restricted drivers required to enable 3-D performance on nVidia and newer ATI graphics chips & cards--but they won't install properly... :eyebrow:

This all being said, I realize that Ubuntu Studio (along with other Ubuntu-derived releases) is an evolving continuum thanks to the relentless efforts of many folks who are a lot smarter than I will ever be.

I sincerely wish them well.

C'mon Ubuntu Studio 10.10! :hyper: :)
 
#176
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MD5SUM: 812c5ae9e0f7f378ff72f6bdb03026a7
 
#179
FakeRaidHowto

"...The most common reason for using fakeRAID is in a dual-boot environment, where both Linux and Windows must be able to read and write to the same RAID partitions.

Multiboot configurations are common among cross-over users trying Linux out, for people forced to use Windows for work, and for other reasons.

These people shouldn't have to add a separate hard drive just so they can boot Linux.

FakeRAID allows these users to access partitions interchangeably from either Linux or Windows.

Another reason for using FakeRAID is if you define a disk mirror and a hard drive crashes, you can down the system and replace the failed drive and rebuild the mirror from the BIOS without having to boot into the operating system..."
 

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