new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

[AHAROON111]

this is first time with kubuntu. i was using windows and want to be linux user i tried suse it was good and now trying kubuntu. what i have here i finished install system and dont know how to edit my kubuntu 2 be usable for example iwant to auto mount for ntfs paritions now i dont find any parition. i want to install codecs and media players . i try to open add & remove programs i get error aboout cannt opn apt database whay is that?? i tried some tricks in this forum nothnig work with me. by the have kubuntu 7.04

[astromech]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

I used to have Ubuntu 7.04 and if a codec is missing there is usually a popup window that reccomends the one(s) needed. If you want a player that can play almost anything try downloading vlc media player.As for the ntfs problem I'm not expert enough to help you there .Try searching for "cannot mount ntfs partition" on google and Ubuntu forums I know other peple have asked that question before. good luck!!!

[pookito]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

Or, you could download automatix2 and install the missing codecs. The website is: http://www.getautomatix.com/ Please, enjoy

[eriefisher]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

Info links to help:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php

There are links here to mount windows add software etc.

http://medibuntu.org/

This should help with codecs.

good luck

Edit: personally I would stay away from automatix. It may be fine for you but several people report problems after the install.

[linuxwizard]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountNtfsOnBoot

http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/...you-may-think/

http://pimpyourlinux.com/linux-featu...buntu-install/

[eriefisher]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

You could type about:konqueror in the address bar it you haven't already changed it. Her you can find the documentation link. It has alot of info to get you going. If I remember correctly the how-to for mounting and writing to NTFS is there.

[astromech]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

I've tried automatix (it has a bad rep) and I don't see any advantage to installing anything with it over synaptic package manager I don't know if Kubuntu 7.04 has it but if not but you can get it with adept. I ran across this earlier and hope it can help with ntfs;

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/widows-ntf...tu-feisty.html

[dibl]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

If you will set up the Medibuntu repository as instructed on the "Repository How-To" here, that will take care of the audio codecs stuff, and if you will download and use the Envy video driver installer from here that will take care of the Nvidia or ATI driver, and you're left with not much need for Automatix, IMHO.

[AHAROON111]

Re: new in kubuntu & cannt do any thing help plz

look every body here what i did and tell me if its right or something wrong
ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Password:

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

[color=green]Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 644 5172898+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 645 9059 67593487+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 9060 9729 5381775 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 645 8327 61713666 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 8328 9022 5582556 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7 9023 9059 297171 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdd2 2551 4865 18595206 7 HPFS/NTFS

then i made directories /mnt/hda1 /mnt/hda2 /mnt/hda5 /mnt/hda6 /mnt/hdd1 /mnt/hdd2

then sudo nano /etc/fstab

and here is what changes i made

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ntfs fmask=0001,dmask=0000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,user 0 0
# /dev/hda3
UUID=f5ddc092-a1dc-41c8-b08e-0caf0640d327 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
#/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 ntfs fmask=0001,dmask=0000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,user 0 0
#/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 ntfs fmask=0001,dmask=0000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,user 0 0
UUID=23eeed00-c23e-424c-a6fb-1bcb3b35cf86 none swap sw 0 0
#/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 ntfs fmask=0001,dmask=0000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,user 0 0
#/dev/hdd2 /mnt/hdd2 ntfs fmask=0001,dmask=0000,uid=0,gid=0,auto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

now i found all these partitions but if i try to open one it says you dont have enough permissions to read i want to read and write the ntfs. if i found another format allow me to make as big as i want i'll make all these partitions. if i could make all my partitions ext and could make 20 or 40 giga for each partition and if i cooould save my work and files like songs and movies to it i'll format all partitions to ext but can i do all these??

[dibl]

Re: new in kubuntu &amp; cannt do any thing help plz

Probably you want the package ntfs-3g. Once installed, run ntfs-config to set it for reading and writing internal drives. Good luck!

[AHAROON111]

Re: new in kubuntu &amp; cannt do any thing help plz

ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
Password:
E: Type 'http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...u.com/ubuntu/' is not known on line 48 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
ahmed@ubuntu:~$

i think i have problem with apt how i repair it?? sorry for all this questions im new to kubuntu. when i open add or remove programs i get error message it says "The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem." what is this?? how i add or remove programs? and how to add repository

[Snowhog]

Re: new in kubuntu &amp; cannt do any thing help plz

Yup. You have a syntax error in your sources.list file. Until it is corrected, apt-get and/or Adept won't be able to run, as both depend on being able to read/load the sources.list.

The incorrect line is identified: line 48, which is also identified to you as:
'http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...u.com/ubuntu/'

At this point, an easy fix is to edit /etc/apt/sources.list as 'root' and delete that line. Save and reopen Adept.

[AHAROON111]

Re: new in kubuntu &amp; cannt do any thing help plz

hey all you r great men u helped my in my stuck here. i wish to linux profisional like anyone of you. now i solved adept problem. if i have any problem i'll ask u again thanks every one