Dec

15

CIFS VFS Shutdown Error When Using SMBFS

December 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in Linux Fixes

I recently installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and set up access to (DNS-321) my network shares using smbfs; as in the post “Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s”. Shortly afterwards, when rebooting, shutting down, etc. I received this error message:
ACPID: Exiting
NM_SYSTEM_SETTING: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: Devices removed (UDI: /org/freedesktop/hal/devices/net_00_30_1B_BE_38_3D)
[601.136038] CIFS VFS: Server not responding
[601.136085] [...]

Dec

14

Leave the Num Lock On!

December 14, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Linux Fixes

I recently (finally) upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (I’ve always had issues with x.10 releases for some reason). Until the upgrade I wanted to remain with the LTS track, but (it seems) less developers are supporting it, hence the move. I’ve performed excessive numbers of installs of Ubuntu and various applications on test boxes, but they [...]

Mar

17

Quick Fix for the ‘Size Mismatch’ When Updating Ubuntu Linux

March 17, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Linux Fixes

This is just a short “quick fix” post.
For those who need it, here’s a quick fix when you get an error message like this:
“W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc1d_0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.2_amd64.deb Size mismatch”
It’s an error I received when the auto update feature was working in Ubuntu Linux. I double checked my sources.list file, but it was okay.
After a [...]

Mar

13

Quick Fix: Black Desktop Background and Lost Icons

March 13, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 18 Comments
Posted in How to..., Linux Fixes

Just a short post for any of you that encounter the same issue I just did. I booted up this morning (Ubuntu Linux 8.04 – Hardy) and logged in, no problem. But my desktop background image (the wallpaper) had disappeared, along with my desktop icons. Also, the desktop background was all black. Rebooting did not [...]

Jun

20

Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Hardware Installation.

June 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in How to..., Linux Projects - Hands On

As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on.
To recap, here is the list of hardware used:
Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone – NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, [...]

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