Help with using Ubuntu 7.04

[gxsaurav]

Well, I just installed Ubuntu in VMWare & using it to type this messege right now. So far, it looks much like version 6.10. Here are few things I need help with

1) How to make a network share in Ubuntu & WIndows?

I have shared a folder using VMWare in Ubuntu & WIndows so that i can copy paste files between WIndows & ubuntu. Now in another VM Of WIndows XP the shared folder is easliy accisible, how to do it in Ubuntu?

2) I want to bring my firefox settings to Linux. For this i can simply copy the WIndows profiles folder to linux & it should work, right? So where is the profiles folder saves in Linux for firefox?

3) I need a password Manager for Ubuntu.

Actully if I can share files among WIndows & Linux in VMware I can just bring old things to Ubuntu straight.

More to come, someone plz help me in making a network share between Ubuntu & WIndows Vista\XP

OK I installed a password manager. KeypassX & the package was .deb which installed automatically on double click (neat). But where to launch it? There is no shortcut made on desktop or top menu bar.

Another things : What is the equivalent of C:\Documents & settings\user of WIndows in LInux? When I open my computer in Gnome, I get the FIlesystem drive showing & inside it are many files & folders. I went to the Home folder & then Saurav folder inside it, which shows 2 folders "Desktop" & "Examples". I just made a folder "FIles" here in which I will save everything. Guess this should be ok. This is more like my d:\ drive equivalent where i save movies etc, right?

Right now I m using the Application -> Add\remove programs to remove useless stuff which I don't need like open office. Here again it asked to update the package information from net. Is package info = Some internet database of all apps?

ANy linux user other then mehul online on Yahoo? he is not at his desk.

[freebird]

for 1) u need to setup samba server for file sharing btw vista PC and linux PC.
2)firefox stores(in hidden files in UNIX or dot(.) files) its config in ~/.mozilla/firefox/some directory.OR
/home/user/.mozilla/firefox.there is some random named dir inside check there for backup.
3)there are lot of them.search in synaptic package manager(menu SYstem>admin>)

Another things : What is the equivalent of C:\Documents & settings\user of WIndows in LInux? When I open my computer in Gnome, I get the FIlesystem drive showing & inside it are many files & folders. I went to the Home folder & then Saurav folder inside it, which shows 2 folders "Desktop" & "Examples". I just made a folder "FIles" here in which I will save everything. Guess this should be ok. This is more like my d:\ drive equivalent where i save movies etc, right?

In Linux,users are given groups and permissions that they can access.in menu>System>Administration>Users and Groups can help u in this.
/home/saurav is ur Home directory that means where u can freely work with all the powers.Linux file system hierarchy is "/" is the root file dir.also there is /root/ for root user also.all C:\>Program Files\directories are distributed in Linux to have the executables go into the /usr/bin dir and other config files for the program are at /usr/lib/dir
for filesystem explanation very well explained read this post in this fourm for picwise explanation @:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...7&postcount=12

Right now I m using the Application -> Add\remove programs to remove useless stuff which I don't need like open office. Here again it asked to update the package information from net. Is package info = Some internet database of all apps?

U need to get updated packages and new packages list from repositories using apt.if u prefer gui,use gnome-app-install(add/remove) or synaptic-press reload button.when finishes it will show u latest packages and upgrades similar is windows-update for vista.
In menu Press Applications>Accessories>Terminal to get a terminal.Now edit or look ur /etc/apt/sources.list for similarity as mine.u can add many a repositories.Now in gnome-terminal @ "$" prompt gedit is an editor for GNOME like wordpad in M$.

:~$gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

^ when prompted give ur password.(this can be all done via GUI in SYnaptic>Settings>repositories also!)
Now copy either mine or edit urself:
My /etc/apt/sources.list:

# # If you get GPG errors with this sources.list, locate the GPG key in this file
# # and run these commands (where KEY is replaced with that key)
# #
# # gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys KEY
# # gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -
#Ubuntu Security
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security multiverse

# # Ubuntu supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

#
# # Ubuntu community supported packages
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates universe multiverse

# # Ubuntu backports project
# # GPG key: 437D05B5
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#### Proposed Multiverse ####
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse


#### Canonical Commercial ####
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

BTW have U seen
http://ubuntuguide.org
for feisty?

[gxsaurav]

thanx atleast someone replied.

1) I went to System Menu -> Administration -> Shared folder it said to install 2 things SMP & NFS which I clicked ok to download. Now everything is installed here.

2) But, now what? I hope you know about VMWare. I went to VMware to edit this virtual machine. Now I enabled share & enabled a folder d:\downloads\ to be shared to the guest OS.

3) Now I get the shared folder WIndows in Ubuntu & I m asked to add a folder to it. Clicked on Add & it asks for path. Here is what I selected



So I guess by this I shared my Ubuntu folder to WIndows, while I want to do reverse. See my WIndows shared folder in Ubuntu.

I am looking in Vista whether i disabled some service kya

The file system problem is solved. I just made a folder in home\saurav\ Files besides desktop & example folder & save all my files in it

[freebird]

if u got files shared from Vista,try in Menu>Places>Network to launch nautilus network whether showing ur vista items.
edit: i found a neat howto on Mounting Windows shares permanantly on Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/browse...-nautilus.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mo...resPermanently

I am sorry.I dont know anything about vmware.

[gxsaurav]

hey, i haven't been able to share files yet but giving them a halt.

I installed few things using synaptic. Flash PLugin & VLC Player, KeypassX, gcursor.

Right now making Ubuntu look more like OS X using a guide & have succeded in it a bit too . I m still looking for some Vista icon theme so that I can be a bit familier with the icon & UI. I downloaded avant window nevigatar which is a dock actully but it is tar.gz file which on extraction gives many files. How to install this? Is there some dock for Ubuntu available in Synaptic? plz tell me the name. FIrst change the UI & then the usability...maloom to ho ki main kar kya rahan hun.

[freebird]

install themes using menus>System>Preferences>Themes.open it and brows e to tdat tar.gz file.that's it will install.
Just do some research on menu for urself.
also be somewhat aware of the terminal,CLI tool in Linux.also be familiarised with some commands atleast.
http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/latest/

[gxsaurav]

Ya ya, themes installation is done. I m refraining from using the terminal as much as possible though I installed gcursor using sudo apt-get install gcursor in terminal

anyway, here is where i m so far. RIght now trying to customize GAIM for Macish look


OK firefox is safari now.

Now how to change the GAIM icons & emoticons? Where are they saved

[freebird]

good one.for mouse cursor customizations goto menu System>preferences>Mouse:ointers
:~$ sudo apt-get install chameleon-cursor-theme
^ is a nice theme or comix cursor or crystal cursor(i use!)

u can browse synaptic(search! ctrl+f) manager for mouse themes.the first thing i did with feisty is i installed blubuntu(blue theme) from synaptic.

do u got installed compiz (by default installed afaik) or beryl.

and do u have success with windows file share in Linux?
Use nautilus file manager(like win explorer) from Places>Network.
try connecting by giving the details by File>Connect to Server.
the guide i've given u already.hope u read the link
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/browse...-nautilus.html

:~$ apt-get install gaim {pressed TAB key }
gaim gaim-extendedprefs gaim-otr
gaim-autoprofile gaim-guifications gaim-themes
gaim-data gaim-hotkeys gaim-thinklight
gaim-dbg gaim-irchelper gaim-xmms-remote
gaim-dev gaim-libnotify
gaim-encryption gaim-meanwhile
^^ these are some options.
gaim-guifications may be the theme pkg.wait will see:
:~$ apt-cache show gaim-guifications
Package: gaim-guifications
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net

Description: toaster popups for gaim
Guifications are notifications windows styled after those found in msn,
deadaim, and newer version of aim, yahoo instant messenger, and a lot of
other applications. The notifications are user customizable/themable
and a few example themes ship in the package.
for themes did u probed gnome-look.org ?
there is amsn for msn users.

[gxsaurav]

Nope, no compiz or beryl on VMWare. I wanted to get some shaodw effect below windows like Vista or OS X but I don't think that can work in VMWare.

No success in file sharing so far that I will check tomorrow morning.

SO, where are GAIM settings saved? I need to reach the folder \GAIM\pixmaps so that I can put new emoticons there.

[freebird]

igaim OS X style theme:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.p...?content=55858

[gxsaurav]

Thanx for the theme. But where do i put the extracted files?

[freebird]

^^i dont know much about gaim customizations. U need to install gaim-themes and related packages.btw it seems gaim changed its name to pidgin
edit:found some link on:
http://www.supriyadisw.net/2006/04/g...ext-icon-theme

[gxsaurav]

THose are installed & i can see them too. But where is the gaim/pixmaps folder

[freebird]

^^ /usr/share/pixmaps/gaim/
for ur theme to work just do this:
press ALT+F2 to get run dialog

gksudo nautilus

browse to /usr/share/pixmaps/gaim/
now the extracted igaim theme;ie a "gaim" folder-copy the contents of that folder into /usr/share/pixmaps/gaim/

[gxsaurav]

Phew, done atlast. I prefer the Tango icons for GAIM more then OS X Icons so atleast something familier. Thanx for the gksudo nautilas tip. I was wondering why is the paste option disabled in /usr/share

Now configuring GAIM guification.

There is an icon on the top menu at far right which on clicking gives option to shut down OS. Can I put inside the menu somewhere? I don't like it there.

& now coming to configure firefox. I m trying to find a way to copy paste between WIndows & VMware, might be able to just bring my firefox profile folder from there

[freebird]

^^ for gaining root access with nautilus every time,u can create a menu for nautilus(root) in ur Applications>System menu>nautilus(root) its easy.check it out below:

 How to browse files/folders as root user in Nautilus 
To install File Browser (Root)
gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Nautilus-root.desktop
Insert the following lines into the new file

[Desktop Entry]
Name=File Browser (Root)
Comment=Browse the filesystem with the file manager
Exec=gksudo "nautilus --browser %U"
Icon=file-manager
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;
Save the edited file
Read #How to refresh GNOME panel

To browse files/folders as root user in Nautilus
Applications -> System Tools -> File Browser (Root)

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...er_in_Nautilus

[eddie]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

1) How to make a network share in Ubuntu & WIndows?

I have shared a folder using VMWare in Ubuntu & WIndows so that i can copy paste files between WIndows & ubuntu. Now in another VM Of WIndows XP the shared folder is easliy accisible, how to do it in Ubuntu?

If that is the only requirement you have then you don't need to have SAMBA or anything else installed but you need to have vmware tools installed. Once you do that, your shared folder will be available under /mnt/hgfs or something like that (don't remember exactly). Just install vmware tools and look under /mnt...you should be able to find something relevant.

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

& now coming to configure firefox. I m trying to find a way to copy paste between WIndows & VMware, might be able to just bring my firefox profile folder from there

iirc you were using VMWare 6 no? It has drag and drop support now. You can use that...?

[gxsaurav]

@ eddie

Ya I m using VMWare 6, but drag & drop is not working from Windows to Linux

& VMWare tools, damn I forgot to install that one. I got 2 files one tar.gz & one rpm. How to install now? Is vmware tool for VMWare 6 available in deb ?

If I extract the tar.gz file it gives me a folder & I got instruction to run the install.pl file with admin privilage in terminal. I again did the gksudo nautilas & this time clicked on the .pl file to install the application drivers. It opened terminal & i just went on clicking enter enter so that it can take default location & now it is building the installer after asking me many more things. Damn, i do miss the .mo approch. Will tell here if it installes

[infra_red_dude]

just extract the .tar.gz file and run the vmware install script. u dun hafta do anything. it'll automatically install everything!

as easy as 123.....

just select the default options.. keep pressing enter.

[gxsaurav]

VMware tools installed. I just kept on pressing enter enter & in the end it restart X at 1024X768, the res i selected.

But I don't see any entry in Menus for VMWare tools? If I can share files, half of my problems will be solved as i can bring things from my friends home too who uses linux.

[infra_red_dude]

you do not haf any menu entries for vmware tools. it installs the vmware svga driver, ethernet drivers, mouse drivers etc.

did u check out the documentation thing? it wud be usually /usr/share/docs/vmwaretools or something like that. it mite be of some help.

actually even i've installed vmware tools but didn't haf time to check it out (i need to share files b/w ubuntu and windows too!). am on a holiday for a week!!

[eddie]

Just restart your system and look for a directory under /mnt/hgfs. Your shares should be there.

As far as drag-drop is concerned. Have a look at this page
http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/...ws60_beta.html

# Cross-Platform Drag-and-Drop Functionality — You can now drag and drop files and directories from a Linux or Windows host to a Linux, Solaris, or Windows guest, and vice versa.

I wonder why it is not working for you.

[gxsaurav]

Yahoo, it worked. After installing VMWare tools I can drag & drop files. 80% problems solved now.

But my cursors are reversed now. U know like they are for left hand person.

[infra_red_dude]

for the cursors, just goto system>prefs and select the theme u want. problem solved!

[praka123]

How?
Install a package from synaptic called "galternatives"
run "galternatives" from a terminal

.browse in the left pane for x-cursor-theme.select it and look at right pane and select the right one for U.perhaps the first option:
/etc/X11/core.theme fits.
U may have earlier selected left handers theme(some packages does have)
Hope it fixes.

[gxsaurav]

Oh...k, so I can drag & drop files now which are good enough for file sharing. Atleast something better then nothing.

Now after installing vmware tools & rebooting the VMWare 2 problems are there

1) My cursors are all fliped horizontaly. I haven't touched the cursor pointer orientation thing so far, just installed gcursor & the JaguarX cursor theme.

2) Windows Borders are gone (((( no more close minimize maximize buttons are showing.

Infra_red_dude

I am a Windows User, whose gonna uses manuals anyway

[infra_red_dude]

you need to haf gcursor installed for that, sorry missed that point!

hmm.. the manuals' thing u said is true

[gxsaurav]

Looks like i may have to re-install ubuntu again. After installing VMWare tool, System menu-> Preference -> Windows says " Cannot start the preference manager for your Windows manager".

I m going to try to uninstall VMware tools, if i don't get the close minimize buttons back then i may have to reinstall Ubuntu. Good thing it is VM

[eddie]

Try starting metacity from a terminal window. I am not a GNOME user so can't help you much but we do have lots of them in here...so wait for sometime before you plan a reinstall. Reinstall is a very bad solution in Linux world

[praka123]

^^ dont know about vmware,but before reinstalling ubuntu,try when in ubuntu this cmd:
press ALT+F2 to get run dialog
enter "metacity --replace" and run.whether it gets back ur window borders etc.