Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (30 Viewers)

[gray]

Bozi, try Amarok/Rhythmbox/gtkpod.

 

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[JCK]

Can someone post a straightforward process to install AmaroK 2.0?

 

[Martin]

Can someone post a straightforward process to install AmaroK 2.0?

There is an nightly kde4 repo that also has amarok2. I don't remember what it was called though. [/not helpful]

EDIT: http://amarok.kde.org/en/node/482

 

[Bozi]

ok i have a wee problem, i imported some of the music i had on my old system but it would not work on i-pod so decided to redo them all. the original ones i had imported then got sent to the waste basket, but i am unable to delete them, unable to change my permissions so that i can delete them,etc i am stuck with it in my waste basket.

i tried to transfer them onto a removable disk but it only then copied them....it is like they are stuck there

 

[JCK]

do $ chmod -R 777 <directory>

 

[Bozi]

do $ chmod -R 777 <directory>

***newbie alert***

 

[JCK]

***newbie alert***

Ok, open a terminal window and type the following:

sudo chmod -R 777 <the path for the directory that you cannot delete from>

Of course the path of the directory is typed without these <>

 

[Bozi]

so

/home/bozi/Music wastebasket

 

[JCK]

If that is where the directory you are having trouble with, then yes.

 

[Martin]

so

/home/bozi/Music wastebasket

You should be able to type it like this:

/h<tab>bo<tab>Mus<tab>

Hitting tab completes the name

 

[JCK]

Now it's my turn.

Martin, what is the problem with KDE4 and networking? My internet dies on me so often, both wireless and with cable. The confusing thing is that my torrent activities still go but browsing, IM and direct http downloading simply choke (much more than Riquelme does).

 

[JCK]

You should be able to type it like this:

/h<tab>bo<tab>Mus<tab>

Hitting tab completes the name

The tab is the most magical thing I have witnessed in Linux.

You should also tell him that if there is more than one name that starts with the same letter or two, hitting tab twice gives you a list of all possible names.


Yes, Bozman, this is something you should learn.

 

[Bozi]

You should be able to type it like this:

/h<tab>bo<tab>Mus<tab>

Hitting tab completes the name

so type that into the directory and press enter or what? i have steered clear of this stuff so far

 

[JCK]

so type that into the directory and press enter or what? i have steered clear of this stuff so far

What Martin said is a continuation of the code that I posted. Yes, you should press enter afterwards.

 

[Bozi]

bozi@bozi-desktop:~$ /h<tab>bo<tab>Mus<tab>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
bozi@bozi-desktop:~$

 

[Bozi]

yes i know, it is like teaching baby

 

[JCK]

bozi@bozi-desktop:~$ /h<tab>bo<tab>Mus<tab>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
bozi@bozi-desktop:~$

Start by the code I posted.
When you reach the directory, type /h then hit the TAB button, it completes the /home
then type bo and hit the TAB button, it completes the bozi
then type Mus and hit the TAB button it completes the whole directory
then hit ENTER and then you can delete the files.

 

[Bozi]

nope, still those damned files are there

 

[Martin]

Now it's my turn.

Martin, what is the problem with KDE4 and networking? My internet dies on me so often, both wireless and with cable. The confusing thing is that my torrent activities still go but browsing, IM and direct http downloading simply choke (much more than Riquelme does).

I guess there's a chance your bittorrent activity is choking your connection. But then you have a beefy line so that seems unlikely.

I wrote a little test for myself so that I can see exactly what the state of my connection is at any given time.

If you download this:
http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/wp-content/uploads/networktest.sh

Then in the shell "source" the code (it's bash):
$ source networktest.sh

And now you can run the network test:
$ havenet

If you want to have this command around all the time you can do
$ echo "source ~/path/to/networktest.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

 

[JCK]

I guess there's a chance your bittorrent activity is choking your connection. But then you have a beefy line so that seems unlikely.

I wrote a little test for myself so that I can see exactly what the state of my connection is at any given time.

If you download this:
http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/wp-content/uploads/networktest.sh

Then in the shell "source" the code (it's bash):
$ source networktest.sh

And now you can run the network test:
$ havenet

If you want to have this command around all the time you can do
$ echo "source ~/path/to/networktest.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

Look at these idiotic replies:

jack@lenovo:~/Programs$ havenet
 + Scanning for networks...
    192.168.0.0     / 255.255.255.0
 + Detecting ips...
    192.168.0.10     ping: 0.044 ms
 + Detecting gateways (network is local)...
    192.168.0.1      ping: 1.180 ms
 + Testing internet connection...
    A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  198.41.0.4   ping: 219.722 ms
 + Detecting dns servers...
    83.255.249.10    ping: 138.348 ms  dns/tcp: failed
    83.255.245.10    ping: 150.025 ms  dns/tcp: failed
 + Testing internet dns...
    yahoo.com        ping: 258.603 ms  http: failed
    google.com       ping: 309.456 ms  http: failed