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**arochester** · Dec 13, 2007, 06:13 AM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

1. Is there a way to install another Network Manager program ? Knetworkmanager is quite lame and doesn't support the networks at my college .

I assume the networks at your college are wireless. I like Wifi-radar.

2. A new software i've downloaded - How to install it ? I read a bunch of articles but still no disco .

What is the software? Have a look at "How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!" at http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/ (There are some small differences between Ubuntu and Kubuntu.)

3. My machine run quite ok with Kubuntu but every few minutes you can hear it worn out and the fan working extra hours and making lots of noise . Is there a way to lower some of the stuff the System demends ? (Graphics and such)

What machine do you have and how much RAM has it got?

4. Where can i found drivers to my Video card (ATI) that suitable to Kubuntu ?

One simple way is to use the script Envy which will download and install the correct driver. You can get it at http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 03:46 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Thanks for the reply .
I'll try to download Wifi-Radar . A friend of mine uses NM-applet on another platform . Will it work on Kubuntu ?
About the performance - I'm using a laptop by HP (Nx9000) with 750 RAM . actually i found this article - http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/0...w-to-fix-that/
and i think it helped me a little , The comp is running a little bit faster . Any more tips ?
I guess it will run better after i'll install the appropriate driver for the video card , I'll try Envy .

Thanks .

**uhriventis** · Dec 13, 2007, 03:58 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

My specs are 1 gig ram and 256kb gfx card and if I put some windows effects on- mainly translucency then it will slow way down.

Have you set any effects?

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 04:15 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Originally posted by uhriventis

My specs are 1 gig ram and 256kb gfx card and if I put some windows effects on- mainly translucency then it will slow way down.

Have you set any effects?

Nope , Effects off . It's not my main concern right now , It appears i can't install anything on my system .
I've downloaded something , Extracted it to a folder -> open the terminal and type './configure' and it writes bunch of stuff . then i write 'make' or 'make install' and get an error it can't do that . Did i do something wrong ?
There are some downloads that being installed via the package installer but after the installations the program don't work (Clicking on their executable file and nothing happened) .
I'm really confused .

**arochester** · Dec 13, 2007, 04:48 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

For the most part you don't need to compile!!! - you just need to install from repositories. Can you execute this command, in Konqueror Terminal Program, then copy and paste the result here so we can see what repositories you have enabled?:

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

Have you got Synaptic Package Manager?It is probably the best package manager. When you are connected to the Internet execute this command, in Konqueror Terminal Program:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 04:55 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Here's my sources.list says :

deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)]/ gutsy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse

When i try to get Synaptic i get this messege - "Package synaptic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package synaptic has no installation candidate"

Oh man , It's starts to worn me down

**arochester** · Dec 13, 2007, 05:00 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Right!

EVERY line that starts deb or deb-src is disabled!

To enable it use the same command

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

and remove the # in front of every deb and deb-src. The save Kate and close

Then try installing again.

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 05:12 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Still no luck , Giving me the same message when trying to install Synaptic .
Here's a snapshot of the sources file , see something wrong ?
[img width=400 height=300]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/987/snapshot1ho3.jpg[/img]

**arochester** · Dec 13, 2007, 05:25 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Sorry! Didn't read close enough. Says "Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:"

Go to http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/ and answer the questions. Then COPY and PASTE OVER your sources.list

Save kate and close, then try installing again.

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 05:32 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Still , No luck -

[img width=400 height=300]http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/958/snapshot3ci2.png[/img]

**arochester** · Dec 13, 2007, 05:44 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Try

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get upgrade

then

sudo apt-get install synaptic

**gavyl** · Dec 13, 2007, 06:16 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Works like a charm , A million thanks !!!

Sorry about all this troubles i caused . Let's see how i'm rolling from here on my own ...

Have a great weekend

**marshallbanana** · Dec 13, 2007, 06:39 PM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Just thought I'd add a post explaining what it was that caused the repositories to all be disabled (commented out).

Basically, during the installation process the livecd attempted to access the internet. It was unable to do so and as a result it decided to disable to repositories as without an internet connection they would be unusable. Of course, once it was actually installed you were able to use the net, however the repos remained disabled. What arochester helped you do was to enable them. It's slightly odd behaivour (happened to me during the gutsy install as well) but you can see that the reason for it is not unreasonable.

**gavyl** · Dec 14, 2007, 07:29 AM

Re: New to Kubuntu/Linux world and quite lost ...

Originally posted by marshallbanana

Just thought I'd add a post explaining what it was that caused the repositories to all be disabled (commented out).

Basically, during the installation process the livecd attempted to access the internet. It was unable to do so and as a result it decided to disable to repositories as without an internet connection they would be unusable. Of course, once it was actually installed you were able to use the net, however the repos remained disabled. What arochester helped you do was to enable them. It's slightly odd behaivour (happened to me during the gutsy install as well) but you can see that the reason for it is not unreasonable.

I see , thanks .
Now the only problem left is installing my Video card driver .
I've installed Envy and tried to install the ATI driver it's coming with but encountered a weird (Maybe it's not weird , you tell me

) problem . After i restart the computer the system wont load . Instead there's a black "DOS" screen that asked me for my login and password , after i enter them nothing happened . The only solution i've got is to enter the "DPKG-reconfigure xserver-xorg" script and choose Vesa once again . After that the system works fine .
The problem exists with all the 3 drivers Envy comes with .
Any idia ?

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