Topic: The Great Blayne-dini Returns to Ubuntuland
Blayne Bradley
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Alrighty I had a Ubuntu partition since my last format and I haven't touched it.
So things I would like to do:
-Update from hardy Heron to Jaunty. -What do I need to Install everything I need to compile C++, Java, and C# code. -And anything useful for web design? Like a virtual server or something?
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Alrighty I had a Ubuntu partition since my last format and I haven't touched it.
So things I would like to do:
-Update from hardy Heron to Jaunty. -What do I need to Install everything I need to compile C++, Java, and C# code. -And anything useful for web design? Like a virtual server or something?
Oh, probably need emacs.
If you haven't done much with the partition, it might be easiest to just install jaunty over the partition.
If you really want to upgrade, there's an argument you have to pass to the update manager from the command line in order to upgrade from an LTS to a normal release. I don't remember off the top of my head, but google should know.
quote: -What do I need to Install everything I need to compile C++, Java, and C# code.
GCC + make (or whatever build tool you prefer) should be sufficient for C++. Then just install any extra libraries you need (boost, etc) from synaptic or apt-get.
No idea about java, but likewise just look for the packages in the repository. I imagine a search should turn up which ones.
C#, look for the mono packages.
quote:And anything useful for web design? Like a virtual server or something?
Getting apache up and running isn't that terrible in Ubuntu. Also, they have most popular web frameworks in the repository (I'm particularly taken with django at the moment).
quote:Oh, probably need emacs.
Type this into the command line: "sudo apt-get install vim"
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And that doesn't appeal to you? I understand it adheres religiously to the D&D ruleset. Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999
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Blayne Bradley
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Seems I stepped on a landmine.
I was using 8.04 and then used EnvyNG to enable dual monitors, then I upgraded to 8.10 and my display nolonger worked correctly. Essentially for some reason my display was pushed from my main monitor to my second one and my main only displayed the "void" that remained so it remains black, while my second screen for some reason only displays roughly 1/4 of the desktop the top left to be exact.
Removing EnvyNG hasn't changed the problem. I had to boot in low graphics mode to try to get any kind of temporary fix, currently upgrading again to 9.04 to see if it changes anything.
Grr.
On the bright side I can finally play mp3's.
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Okay so i rebooted my computer and Ubuntu's ability to display the desktop crashed and wouldn't let me get a gui, so BLEEP this, I'm redownloading the ISO for Ubuntu Jaunty and reinstalling.
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And of course NOTHING IN THE OFFICIAL FRIGGIND DOCUMENTATION WORKS! I'm pissed off and disgusted. I install the ATI propieritry drivers, I'm supposed to run 2 commands.
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Do they not show up on the normal hardware devices app on the system menu?
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Blayne Bradley
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That doesn't work, everytime I reboot after I do that I have to do a fresh install because my desktop/gui doesn't start and I'm stuck with the command line.
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It should be possible to start the gui from the command line. But really, I think you're just the sort of guy who'll have to stick with Windows; you don't have the patience for man files.
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You're sure your graphics card is supported? I know that ATI has had some issues in the past, though I was under the impression that their more recent cards were a lot better.
quote:Originally posted by King of Men: It should be possible to start the gui from the command line. But really, I think you're just the sort of guy who'll have to stick with Windows; you don't have the patience for man files.
If it isn't starting up automatically, my guess is that something is misconfigured or otherwise broken somewhere. Trying to start the GUI from the command line might provide some useful feedback on what's wrong, but it isn't all that likely to work.
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Blayne Bradley
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There's a certain saying about those who aren't constructive should not speak.
Now it would be possible to start from the command line if it worked but it doesn't and if you looked into my problem you'ld notice LOTS of people have similar problems and of them restarted Gnome and nothing happens!
> was directed at KoM, you ninja'ed a post before I hit submit.
Anyways I had to manually download the Latest ATI drivers and manually compile and install them, I did fglrxinfo and seems to be giving me the correct feedback so i think I have finally fixed the problem aside from a random popup saying my various .deb files did not install correctly but since nothing exploded yet and hasn't reappeared despite rebooting I will ignore it until it appears again as i can't reconstruct the message.
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Blayne Bradley
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Reinstalled the drivers (again) to be on the safe side, this time no popups, though there's still a tiny bit of "noise" at the top of my second screen that goes across and is about 1-2 mm tall.
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