bisi's questions

I am sure someone has had a similar problem somewhere in the world, but I've not really been able to find a way out of this.

My install is as clean as I can make it (what can you do wrong with Ubuntu! ;)), and the computer is running smoothly. But every now and then, randomly, and only when not in use (often over night), it sometimes locks up. The computer then doesn't respond to my mouse or keyboard (where for example I cannot change the status of Num Lock or Caps Lock - the light stays on), the screen remains blank, and I need to restart the computer using the front-button. If this was every 6 months or so, it wouldn't bother me at all, but this is more along the lines of 1-2 times a week now...although I couldn't estimate if it is regular, or more or less than "before".

There should really be no particular activity running (that isn't running when I'm on the computer) that would cause my PC to lock when inactive...

My question now is, what would be the best approach to solving the problem? I am guessing, logging activity to look for suspicious processes? How would I go best about logging this, and if I do, would someone be willing to have a look at the output and try to help? :)

Thanks a lot in advance!

bisi

I seem to be having an odd sort of problem. With my HP, I've been running great from last December on the different Ubuntus that were made available over this year. But it would seem, that since 11.10 (although I am not quite sure, it started around 10th November), I have the odd temperature problem, stopping my computer from responding and just going into a full-on fan-run - and the only way out is to hard-reboot the PC.

Now I know this sounds like a hardware issue. This is also why I sent in the PC to HP, and after a month of repairs, the only thing HP has done is reinstall their Win7 mix, filled with ads, but I wasn't all sure.

So I tried not to complain too much, and reinstalled Ubuntu, but less than a day into it, the PC started shutting down again if used "normally"... Chrome and Skype at the same time for example. I also decided to have a test with Win7, which I left in Dual, and there, it doesn't seem to be a problem, even if I open quite a few more programs to fiddle with...

I installed 2 bits to measure temperature, and it would seem that at around 62-63, it shuts down.

My question (finally) would be if there is any way to change the maximum temperature (unless 63° was a normal max temperature), or a way to reduce energy consumption in some way so that it doesn't force me to reboot the moment I use 2 programs...

Thanks a bunch for your help!

bisi

I hope this has not been covered elsewhere already. It is rather specific an issue, and related to a computer-manufacturer, but I need help for something Ubuntu-related that should be no problem for you guys :)

So, I have this Ideacentre Q150, which seems to be an excellent option for just having a computer at home to surf and to do some editing. However, after installing Ubuntu over Win7, it only takes the Wireless Connection into account, and says there was no cable connected, but there is! And under Win7, the cable was recognized. I have tried this actually on 3 Ideacentres, Win7 works, and both Ubuntu 11.10 don't.

This german website suggests to download 2 packages (http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager/network-manager_0.8-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb and http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/network-manager-applet/network-manager-gnome_0.8-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) and to

sudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager network-manager-gnome.

But somehow, the dependencies on the two files are not met, and without the network, and as it was a new install, I just reinstalled Ubuntu once more as it just such an easy thing to do.

I have searched through http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/net/ and have found the 2 packages the user suggested, which I assume were more up to date(http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/net/network-manager and http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/net/network-manager-gnome), but for the formats, I am not sure which one would be best and easiest to install... .dsc, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz ? And even then, what to do with the files? I found How do I install tar bz2 and gz files? but I am guessing Softwarecenter would be out of the question?

And lastly! If you know of any other ways that could work, I am all ears! :)

Thanks for any pointers!

ADDITION:

##@##:~$ cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
##@##:~$ cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
##@##:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net
01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82552 10/100 Network Connection [8086:10fe] (rev 02)
##@##:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 38:60:77:71:b5:89  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:2f:68:28:00:a7  
          inet addr:192.168.178.66  Bcast:192.168.178.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::762f:68ff:fe28:a7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7477 errors:0 dropped:53 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5336 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:6669541 (6.6 MB)  TX bytes:1033545 (1.0 MB)

##@##:~$ dmesg | egrep 'eth0|e100|firm'
[    1.230481] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.24-k2-NAPI
[    1.230490] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation
[    1.230616] e100 0000:01:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    1.258225] e100 0000:01:08.0: PME# disabled
[    1.259625] e100 0000:01:08.0: eth0: addr 0xfcfff000, irq 20, MAC addr 38:60:77:71:b5:89
[   17.468302] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
##@##:~$ lsmod | grep e100
e100                   37213  0 
##@##:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##@##:~$ ping -c 4 192.168.178.1
PING 192.168.178.1 (192.168.178.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.178.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.20 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=1.20 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.1: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=1.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.1: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=1.24 ms

--- 192.168.178.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.142/1.197/1.247/0.050 ms

`

##@##:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for ##: 
  *-network DISABLED      
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82552 10/100 Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 38:60:77:71:b5:89
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A latency=64 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:fcfff000-fcffffff ioport:dc00(size=64)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       bus info: usb@1:1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 74:2f:68:28:00:a7
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u ip=192.168.178.66 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Is there any magical or non-magical way to increase screen resolution for my monitor that officially does 1366 x 768? With my graphics card, I could do 1920, and when I actually do that, the image is very "unclean" on the screen...

I run Ubuntu 10.10, on an HP Pavilion with a GeForce 315. My monitor is a HD ready Samsung LE32C450... my smaller previous monitor had no problem showing a 1920 resolution, and my obvious mishap was to assume a much bigger screen would support at least this same resolution...

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

I was wondering if anyone had had the chance to compare performance between Ubuntu One upload speeds on Natty Narwhal and any other version of Ubuntu? Also, any difference on how well it connects? [don't shoot me for asking ;)]

I am hesitant about upgrading on my regular workstation, but if it improves my user-experience with U1, I might be willing to risk it...

Thanks for all informed opinions :)

bisi

I was wondering if there was a simple way to close Teamviewer to the notification area like I would close Skype?

EDIT:

Just to clarify my initial post, I want to enable Teamviewer in the notification area so that I can close it in my open programs bar (click on x), and it would still be running in the notification area (Skype does that, I can option Banshee and Rhythmbox to do that, and Transmission does this too). All Tray puts it into the notification area, but the x still closes Teamviewer completely, and I have not found an optional setting in Teamviewer either.

Thanks for the answer though Karni! ;)

I may have misunderstood Ubuntu One as a service, but this is how I had pictured it. At home, I tagged a few folders with the "Sync to Ubuntu One" tick and it started uploading. Now back at work, on Win7, I installed Ubuntu One and thought I was going to be able to tick which of the backed-up folders I could download/sync to this machine.

From what I gather after a little research is that whatever I would like to synchronize would need to be in the Ubuntu One folder? There is no way to do this outside of that?

Thanks for confirming, or informing me whether this will be introduced in the future as an option?

Thank you very much for your help on this!

bisi

I am in the process of uploading my music library as a backup to U1, but I figured, why not also enjoy Ubuntu 1 music on my iPhone?

With a few difficulties to start, the upload is now in progress, but I've noticed that there is a huge percentage of files in the unknown artist folder, and I believe it is all of my m4a files. They play fine, but without any information.

Coming from an iTunes background, and having bought the majority of my music on the iTunes store, I wonder how I could make this work, easily?

I am on Maverick (afaik), but About Ubuntu shows 11.04. I use Banshee as my music manager, and I monitor my sync using Ubuntu one preferences, ubuntuone-indicator and magicicada.

The total file size of my music folder is 38.9GB.

Thank you for your help!! And apologies if I couldn't find a thread where this was already covered...

EDIT:

The Maverick/11.04 issue is a known bug, and I've seen it here: Why documentation says release is 11.04 instead of 10.10

If you'd rather not want to wait for the m4a support, you can help yourself out using soundconverter. I followed the instructions here: How do I convert music between formats and keep its metadata? It has taken AGES, but so far I am happy with the results... Note that you will need to install mp3 support in Soundcoverter, I stumbled accross it and install was very straighforward! Oh, and it does only convert m4a's that are not password protected, which I'm guessing will be mostly m4p anyway.

I have been on this for several hours now, trying to get a simple second folder to sync with my (paid) account.

I cannot tell you how many times I removed all devices, removed stored passwords, killed all processes of u1, logged out and back in online...and still, the tick in the file browser (Synchronize this folder) is loading and loading and loading.

Also, I have logged out, rebooted countless times.

And this is after me somehow managing to get the u1 preferences to finally "connect" again.

I have also checked the status of your services, and none are close to what I am experiencing. And I have checked the suggested related questions above!

So please, just confirm whether it is a problem on my side, or a problem on your side.

EDIT:

In the mean time, here is what has changed, on top of what is mentioned just above.

• My files went from 0MB to 71.9MB, and is still rising. • My first folder of 400.2MB is being filled with the data as I write this. The second folder has the folder sub-structure in place. • Both folders now show in the File Browser that it will be synchronized.

I believe that right now, it is all back to normal and working fine, and I guess that's what a good night's sleep can do ;). And we're now only back to the point where synchronizing is slow, but will pick up with the release of Natty (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhyIsItTakingSoLongForMyFilesToSync).

But to get to the questions:

1. My about says I use 11.04, Natty Narwhal, but I am quite sure the last distribution I installed was 10.10.
2. Folder A is 400.2MB, and Folder B is 29.5MB
3. I am on a DSL line, behind a regular fritz.box setting.
4. No proxy servers in use, and I did not install any particular firewall features.
5. No physical firewall, just the router (on which I have a TV signal as well), and 2 switches to get to this floor.
6. Status: inactive The ubuntuone-indicator runs the same window as when I click on my name on the top-right corner and select Ubuntu one, or in the Control Center choose Ubuntu one. It wasn't supposed to go further than this was it?