7 things to do after Installing Ubuntu 11.10

[hunterslolvideos]

guys i have 392 updates and an error saying Error:BrokenCount > 0' and when ever i update it says the Package System Is broken

[quidsup]

@hunterslolvideos I think your Internet connection might have dropped during the updates.

Try the solution provided here: askubuntu(dot)com/questions/70­548/

[SimonKentSmith]

I like Ubuntu, but my audio interface doesn't work with it. So I can;t get rid of Windows yet. If anybody has a solution, to use a Tascam US-2000 with Ubuntu, please let me know.

[quidsup]

@SimonKentSmith Sorry I can't see any info about it related to Linux. You could try the Ubuntu Community Forums.

I would guess that its not a hugely popular device so the manufacturer hasn't provided Linux drivers and no one in the Linux community has tried reverse engineering drivers for it.

[Petersoftx64]

I love Ubuntu i switched from Windows 7 and WOW huge difference in Performance and everything works if you are looking for a decent Linux distro choose Ubnutu then later on go to the other ones if you want hope this helps Good luck!

[quidsup]

@Petersoftx64 Good to hear, and good advise. Cheers

[curlyivashka]

i can think of 3 things after installing 11.10 actually:

1) remove 11.10

2) install last LTS

3) never install 11.10 again

[DobrinLiviu]

i have ubuntu 11.10 but i down't know how to create a DSL.I don't have DSL on network conn

[N11Ckk123472]

I just downloaded and installed ubuntu...But when it won't connect to my wireless. It won't even show my wireless and idk what to do. I switched back to my Windows Vista because the internet works fine. Anyone know what to do?

[quidsup]

@N11Ckk123472 Sounds like it hasn't recognised your Wireless card. Have a look at my video "Getting Wireless Network Cards to work in Linux" for more info

[subba461992]

@N11Ckk123472 hey let me tell you. are u sure you opening the right ubuntu option during boot?

because the default screen u get is just like SAFE MODE in windows . so while you booting it will ask the option try UBUNTU 11.10 (GENERIC) only in this INTERNET connects .

and hope it helps u :) have a nice day

[iSuavee]

Hi, i keep earing myself on my mic and every time i plug it off i start to ear a ZMMMMMMMMM noise... its quite anoying... any help?

[dalexandruz]

Linux is alright in some situations but having it as a desktop is risky. I had linux distros go bonkers after updates or just using it for too long. If you want reliability and stability go and buy windows 7 home for like $99 or less. Linux is still experimental and not for the regular joe to use as a desktop unless you are a pro at shell commands.

[quidsup]

@dalexandruz I've been using it for over two years and its been absolutely fine. Far simpler and easier to use than Windows.

Terminal commands are optional, sometimes they're easier than the gui alternative

[Xaahu]

@quidsup yep. i actually prefer the terminal way since its much quicker.

[dalexandruz]

After an update my ubuntu 11.10 kept freezing up at the splash screen during booting. So i just went into previous ubuntu version and it worked but than i tried to fix the current one using the shell and no luck. I just installed linux mint 12 and erased the ubuntu. but now my linux mint 12 gives me errors saying it can't save my video profile after reboots. even if i start nvidia settings in shell by typing sudo nvidia-settings which allows me to save settings to the configuration files.

[dalexandruz]

Yeah, linux is a freaking mess. Windows 7 is a better OS when it comes to driver support, reliability, stability, ton's of professional software. I have windows 7 and linux on the same drive on different partitions and when my linux either freezes or just bugs out with no solution in mind i just boot into windows 7 and download the latest mint or ubuntu distro and reinstall it.

[dalexandruz]

for installing video drivers you have to go into shell mode ctrl-alt-f1 than stop gdm by typing sudo gdm stop for 11.10 or sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop for earlier versions, than go to the directory and folder that contains the video drivers and assign execute rights by typing sudo chmod +x nvidia.sh(i named my video driver nvidia.sh) than type sudo ./nvidia.sh and it installs, something like this.

[DonCabras]

Thanks, didn't know about the existence of firestarter, its more configurable :)

[iKonicFlowz]

did what u did for the fire starter, but I still get the message :(

[menios1995]

I need help one pleaseeee...i install ubuntu 11.10 on windows vista and when i try to log with ubuntu my screen is black....help pleaseee!!!

[FalconX61]

I installed ubuntu 11.10 and it will not connect to my internet. There are no videos on this problem and I am new to ubuntu. What do you suggest? Please respond I want to use ubuntu but can't with out internet..... :( hope you respond.

[quidsup]

@FalconX61 What are connecting with? If its Wireless, then I've done a video on "Getting Wireless Network Cards to work in Linux"

[Techonutube]

@FalconX61 Hi, use the lan port on your computer.

[muffincheesepie]

@FalconX61 find out what wireless card you have, connect to internet with an ethernet cable, download linux drivers for your wireless card, open the additional drivers app and the rest is easy

[1Heretic]

@FalconX61 write this on terminal: sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer (it worked for me)

[USACxLancer]

U have a fast computer

[stavleuvi]

@quidsup no changing swap to 10?

[laskecap]

bro im using x1650 ati driver but i cant install it, can you help me? i tried to google it and it always lead to an error :(

[GrAvItYxKiLLz]

ubuntu one online storage.let the government know what pirated music/videos you have for a low low price.It's encripted so you know no hackers can see your personal information. Because they really really REALLYwant your musix and vidz. And they all know you save your valuble info on CLOUDS!!! Stupid shit really?THE MOST SECURE PLACE TO KEEP ANY INFORMATION IS ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER! IT'S WHY IT WAS CALLED A PERSONAL COMPUTER!! (PC). Don't use clouds is all I'm saying. For your own good. Trust me.

[GrAvItYxKiLLz]

Why can't this be as easy as installing drivers in windows? Oh wait... it's so much easier.... also.... shit usually works without 'drivers' ...... microsoft can suck a duck. or a penguin for that matter.

[quidsup]

@GrAvItYxKiLLz lol good one. I started reading that and was thinking "oh not another complaint". Yeah Windows sure is annoying with drivers, one thing I've never understood is many Windows drivers can be larger than the whole Linux kernel. Suspect those developers are being paid on the number of lines of code they write

[resuort]

@GrAvItYxKiLLz So why do I have issues installing drivers for my 6790 in ubuntu ? but that shit install fine in windows 7. Or my WNA3100 USB WiFi ? yeah those are the only 2 examples that are a pain in the ass. I am stuck using my wired connection and I have to use my IGP to get it to boot fine. And then when I install the driver as per ALL the instructions on all the forums shit doesn't work.

[TheCjc100]

Does firestarter start automatically start on boot up.

[quidsup]

@TheCjc100 Yes it does

[VanostranIV]

Thanks for the helpful vid, Quidsup.

[kasswrock]

i have your vesion an folow your tutorial, and i do in terminal sudo gedit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf  i thing that is one problem... no ca see compiz plugin to download in ubuntu software center, i have just compiz standart, :( that can do problem that comand? sudo gedit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf ? how can disable that?

[getmeakitkat]

Wish I had you as a friend... would make life so much easier. I'm a complete Ubuntu dummie!

[gabigowriel]

fuck that!

I ll install 10.04 back

I m sorry for losing my time on this unity crap

[vibol03]

for the firewall, can i just use my anti virus? like norton?

[LoveECPR]

Thank you very much for posting! This was incredibly helpful, just installed Ubuntu for the first time :P

[imtanantoor]

hey i need your help. when i install ati drivers and restart my pc it boots into ubuntu but does not shows anything except my lcd says out of range please help me how to fix it so i can enjoy ubuntu with high resolution

[vertigomaya]

thank you

[SuperDanny93]

Why does it ask me for a disk..? When I try to install the Firestarter..?

[quidsup]

@SuperDanny93 Maybe you have the install off CD option selected in your Software Sources?

[TeruMikami2345]

I wish they gave us the option to chose where the dash button goes...on the dash or on the corner like in 11.04

[hoppimike]

Switch back to 11.04? lol

[quidsup]

@hoppimike lol no no 11.04 looks ugly in comparison. Not as buggy with the core Gnome apps though...

[hoppimike]

@quidsup I know 11.10 looks nice. It's just I've found it much more buggy in general than 11.04 ._.

[kondilli]

first thing I did was to uninstall it and reinstall Puppy Linux

[quidsup]

@kondilli lol for quite a speed gain I bet?

[kondilli]

@quidsup yes certainly for speed gain felt extremely sluggish on my quad core....after the speed of puppy linux i dont like waiting .......but what pushed me over the edge was the dock not showing up on the desktop.....

[quidsup]

@water4fuelh20 You can get it back easy enough. Right click on the clock, select time and date settings, theres an option in there to show date & month

[lolsahweet]

Thanks for sharing!

[ivantomica]

I just installed Firestarter and it shows log something error, and then i did same thing as you did , and what happened it opened that file in gedit but it was blank. Do you maybe know what went wrong?

[quidsup]

@ivantomica Is that in Ubuntu? Maybe a typo?

Copy and paste the line from the description. If it goes wrong again then I don't know what to suggest

[jodrleio]

i just installed fresh ubuntu 11.10, first time using it, and my keyboard doesn't work. i see it's on when i'm at bios, but not when ubuntu starts. how can i fix this?

i'm using onscreen keyboard now, damn it's slow.

[quidsup]

@jodrleio Sorry I don't know how to fix that, I would suggest trying the Ubuntu Forums, or Googling "your keyboard make/model ubuntu 11.10"

[jodrleio]

@quidsup Solution: get new keyboard. I got another keyboard now and it works on ubuntu. The old one sometimes refused to work on windows too. Sorry to waste your time ^ ^

[dimmddr1]

How do I get my menu bars back to the windows and not fixed to the top?

[SeltsamerAttraktor]

1. Download Sabayon CD and burn it

2. restart, start Sabayon CD

3. format disk

4. Install Sabayon

5. Start it

6. ???

7. Profit

Ahhh, just kidding of course =)

[quidsup]

@SeltsamerAttraktor lol



[quidsup]

@water4fuelh20 Use the unstable version of kdenlive it works a lot better than the stable version

[McAtli]

I have install 11.10 but I can't connect to the inter can you help my ?

[quidsup]

@McAtli Is that with wireless internet? Check out my video on "Getting Wireless Network Cards to work in Linux"

youtube(dot)com/watch?v=ydrb4_­fiPJo

[technoboi0]

I like the 'sync folder via Ubuntu One' option. Up to now I've set up sync manually with Dropbox. Very handy with the Pan newsreader so I can go onto a different computer and use the same spam filters. I might take a look at 11.10 but I'm waiting until 12.04, then I'll do a reinstall on all my computers - If I like it of course.

[Kr00lplatinum]

Assigning the System Monitor to Ctl+Alt+Del is genius! Why didn't I think for that?

[jerrytaichi]

Nice video, I'm using kubuntu 11:10, sudo gedit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf didn't work, says no command, any ideas? Or I'll ask the forum.

[quidsup]

@jerrytaichi It will be sudo kate /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf for kubuntu

[jerrytaichi]

@quidsup Of course, silly me... Thanks dude.

[6250valtra]

Anyone else HAS ati problems with even the new driver? For me, Unity is slow as hell with ATI drivers.

[quidsup]

@6250valtra I've heard a few people mentioning it

[AnoOtaku]

@6250valtra Whats the performance like in unity 2d?

[6250valtra]

@AnoOtaku Better, MUCH better, almost perfect, but i would like to use normal Unity.

[AnoOtaku]

@6250valtra I would advise not to use unity 3d.  There are still bugs in compiz....

[6250valtra]

@AnoOtaku My solution was distro change, im using OpenSUSE now because i had too much problems with Ubuntu 11.10. =))

[AnoOtaku]

@6250valtra Yeah opensuse is a very wise choice since it can be a rolling release. =)

The only thing that doesn't appeal to me is KDE.... =(

[6250valtra]

@AnoOtaku Its possible to use GNOME too. I downloaded the DVD version and in install it asks do i want to use KDE or GNOME. =) So well, now my laptop works good with OpenSUSE.

[AnoOtaku]

@6250valtra Yeah I know. All DE's can be used. Opensuse pride themselves on KDE though. =)

[WolfCoalition]

@6250valtra I had to uninstall 11.10. i have nvidia 5600 card.. i tried all the drivers.. it doesn't support 3d even though the driver says its working.. also when i boot in recovery mode.. all i get is white blocks.. and garbled characters scrolling instead of text.

[SeltsamerAttraktor]

@WolfCoalition I am going to try 11.10 on an Athlon XP machine with the same GFX card in the next days. Do you want me to mail you my solution if I happen to have the same problems?

[WolfCoalition]

@SeltsamerAttraktor that would be awesome.. ty.. :) FYI when i first installed 11.10.. all i got was the top nav bar and the rest of the screen was white. i had to boot in 2d mode to install the nvidia driver.. i chose the 173 driver and 173 post release for my GE force nvidia 5600 card.. they both did the same thing, driver activated but not recognized on the system as an nvidia card. also don't choose the NON 173 driver.. i tried it and all hell broke loose on my screen.. lol

[myaccount140]

Yes! I just got Ubuntu 11.10 to work on my computer properly =D Yay =P

[mk0d]

Oh yeah, select best server somehow doesn't work for me. it freezes halfway during the server testing. It's a bit annoying.

[quidsup]

@mk0d Leave it going it seems to take a few mins this time around especially with the last few servers.

[mk0d]

@quidsup Right on! Patience really is a virtue.

[astrolinux22]

thanks for the firestarter fix, great as always

[TheKC1ML]

good video as always.

[quidsup]

@TheKC1ML Cheers

[aklp08]

About firewall, do you know any Interactive firewalls for ubuntu?

[quidsup]

@aklp08 Firestarter is about the closest there is. The only other choice is UFW (Uncomplicated FireWall) but that doesn't give any info

[aklp08]

@quidsup why isnt there one? due to limitations or no1 bothered making one?

[LinuxGDog1666]

As always, great stuff quids

[quidsup]

@LinuxGDog1666 Cheers mate

[sabbir2world]

Nice helpful for new user!!! Can I use my wimax modem on Ubuntu? That supports MS windows and Apple mac by default only!!...cheers BosS....xD

[quidsup]

@sabbir2world Im not sure. A quick search on Google shows gives mixed results, but with no one mentioning the latest versions of Ubuntu. Try out and see what happens.

Cheers

[someoneoverthere1]

im under the impression that firestarter is little outdated..isn't it?

doesn't this affect at a level it's "performance"?

[quidsup]

@someoneoverthere1 oh yeah last release was 2005 and its no longer supported. Damn I didn't realise.

I think as far as domestic use goes theres nothing faster now that wasn't around then.

Theres no speed difference on my Internet with Firestarter. I've also been able to download torrents with a very high number of low bandwidth seeders absolutely fine

[SubtikGaming]

Please , change your mic.

[ipwnrubberduckiesftw]

@SubtikGaming whats bad about it?

[gychang00]

how do I change to one-click from double-click to activate on filemanager on 11.10?

[quidsup]

@gychang00 In Nautilus > Edit > Preferences > Behaviour

[91jmda]

Unlike icedrake 99 Ubuntu 11.10 feels faster than ever than 11.04 maybe because i did a clean install and i saw in the sources that the backports are enabled by default, is it safe??

[quidsup]

@91jmda Should be ok. At least the proposed updates are disabled because that could certainly be a risky one

[experimental0000]

gufw is the GUI for the built in firewall in ubuntu unless they changed that.

[XW0RKS]

there is 2 GB on Ubuntu One last time I checked !!!

[popeydc]

@XW0RKS It's 5GB now.

[XW0RKS]

@popeydc that is, then, great news :)

[shafee99]

Nice video. Only one thing that bugs me on 11.10. I hate how the widow controls are hidden by default. Do you know anyway I can get them to be displayed all the time?

[quidsup]

@shafee99 No I haven't seen any way of changing that in any of the advanced tweaks. Cheers

[reezaane]

Boot time is longer in 11.10, is it normal?

Thanks again for an intuitive small video for non-geeks!!!!!!

[KhanTutorials]

@reezaane QUIDSUP MADE A VIDEO ABOUT SPEEDING UP BOOT TIME, WORKS FOR ALL VERSIONS OF UBUNTU =)

[quidsup]

@reezaane For me its about 2-3 secs quicker than 11.04, I've got a 10 sec bootup time with 11.10, but thats with a Solid State Disk.

The 64bit version comes ready enabled for multicore booting. My attempts so far to remove surplus drivers & apps have strangely increased the bootup time?

Cheers

[growingneeds]

Does Ubuntu One suffer from synchronization issues? I'm on Lucid and One syncs whenever it wants to. Beyond my control and I have no way of knowing if my items are kept in sync.

[quidsup]

@growingneeds Its a lot clearer with the Ubuntu One control panel that came out in 11.04. It seems to be alright so far being able to sync straight after a file change, and not locking up on shutdown (like it did in 11.04)

[growingneeds]

@quidsup Thanks for the update. I'll give Oneiric a try on a spare hard disk. =)

[blackoutworm]

I upgraded it yesterday morning. And it's buggy as hell, I tell you what!

It's also too slow, nautilus always crashes and unity 3d didn't work. So I use gnome shell. But now I'm thinking of either downgrading or installing pinguy.

This ubuntu version was just sad.

[Icedrake99]

@blackoutworm Haven't had any bugs, but I can tell for sure that this version of Ubuntu is actually slower than 11.04, which ran like a breeze on my comp with no issues or slowness whatsoever. 11.10, the dash and Unity in general is sluggish.

[mjxbox]

hey i have a question. i like to know how you re-enable the sources in the ubuntu software center after update to 11.10 ? all the third party sources say disable.

[blackoutworm]

@mjxbox software sources

[mjxbox]

@blackoutworm i know that, but how do i re-able them. ?

[quidsup]

@mjxbox Don't they get left in the list of Software Sources? All you have to do is edit them change the release to oneiric and tick the box to re-enable them?

If not you'll have manually add everything back in.

[OmenX13]

Good addition to your 11.10 instillation video.... 

[quidsup]

@OmenX13 Cheers mate

[pschamp723]

Looks a bit slow in some cases(Ubuntu 11.10). Sucks I don't have a usb stick. I like libre office but I installed abi word instead cause it is lightweight and not a huge memory or file size hog

[KhanTutorials]

WHEN you say rebuild, wht do you mean?

[quidsup]

@KhanTutorials Well I usually end up breaking something and have forgotten to take a backup, so I do a full reinstall and rebuild everything

[KhanTutorials]

@quidsup oh LOL =)

[quidsup]

@KhanTutorials I had to reinstall 11.10 three times cos I thought I'll just change one more thing before I do a backup... D'OH!!!

[Icedrake99]

@quidsup Lol, I had to reinstall twice thanks to fiddling around with Compiz too much. :P

[teodor555]

@quidsup hahaha FAIL

[barirdeeee2]

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