Honestly I have no preference one way or the other in terms of compiling to kernel or loading in into a module, I'm just looking for any way that will get it working, and I figured using the file "vpn_install" would do that.
Also, I don't see the vpn driver module running, though I do on install tell it to start with the system.
I got to the point where it told me to edit out a line from a text file that didn't exist.
However! I did this time see an error code when installing that might be the problem.
I get "Error: Kernel configuration is invalid.
include/linus/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc/module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions"
and now when I try to run the "vpnclient_init" I get "insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec.ko"
I get "Error: Kernel configuration is invalid.
include/linus/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.
There's a kernel config file in the link I posted yesterday with the kernel source. Copy it into the root of the kernel source tree and see if that helps. If not you can try what the error message mentions.
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Well I ran the make commands, and at least that got rid of that error. Now of course new ones pop up though. Man I sure do love this vpn client. Full text in the spoiler
Shutting down /opt/cisco-vpnclient/bin/vpnclient: module cisco_ipsec is not runn
ing.
Stopped: /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init (VPN init script)
Making module
make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/home/user/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc'
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc/Module.symve
rs
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/frag.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/IPSecDrvOS_linux.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/interceptor.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/linuxkernelapi.o
LD [M] /home/user/vpnclient/cisco_ipsec.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
/bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 127
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Copying module to directory "/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/CiscoVPN".
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I doubt the cisco vpn client does anything vpnc doesn't. My uni used to pull exactly the same thing - give the Linux users the cisco vpn, with no help on how to install it. Eventually I got it all sussed out with vpnc.
Look up a half dozen examples of correct usage of vpnc online, and RTFM if it helps at all, but I'm fairly convinced it will do the job just fine.
Okay, so I'm trying to solve some mysteries relating to Linux on my old desktop PC.
The main mystery is: why the fuck is every distro/desktop environment I've ever used except XFCE so slow?
Specs: 1.8GHz Barton, 1 GB RAM, Radeon 9800 Pro, 15 GB partition for my Linux experiments with 1.7 GB swap. Motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X - more precisely the chipset is Via (KT400 or 600 IIRC), and the hyperion-pro drivers are what I use in Windows.
Current Linux: Mint Linux 5 (Compiz enabled because it's not any slower so why not).
Symptoms: Incredibly sluggish GUI response for almost any operation except 3D effects (lol). Scrolling in FireFox is a painful tear-ridden affair. Nautilus creates the impression that displaying the contents of my home folder is difficult by switching to the linux equivalent of the hourglass cursor simply to load an empty folder. Most operations involving re-painting a window (switching tabs) create the impression of a 486. The problem is confined almost universally to GTK apps, especially when using the Gnome desktop. XFCE puts things more in line with what I'd expect from, say, Windows XP, but alas it is ugly and hard to customize when I am used to Gnome, and KDE is a lot better too (pretty funny considering how many more effects it has even without compiz) though it has its own frustrating quirks such as terrible design.
In summary, Windows Vista RC1 ran a lot better on this, so can anyone offer any theories?
Oh yeah, the same Linux running in VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro with 512MB of RAM and one virtual core is a lot faster (though still not what I'd expect from Windows under the same conditions, but I'll put that down to Gnome being slow).
It's probably the ATI driver. My laptop with Ubuntu had terrible scrolling problems in Firefox and Opera until a guy at work played with my xorg.conf and put the driver on default or whatever. A few updates later I switched back to the ATI driver and it works fine still.
Well the included open source Radeon driver honestly seems to work better for me than FGLRX which has tons of issues, and I'm pretty sure those are the two options.
Also I exaggerated a lot for effect, we're talking millisecond delays and some tearing on complex pages, nothing more, but the whole experience feels vastly more sluggish than XP, and primarily in GTK apps regardless of desktop, but even more-so in Gnome.
KDE is not without its slowdowns too, as creating new tabs in Konqueror has a pretty absurd delay.
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Perhaps if you tailed dmesg whilst the slowdown was occuring, you'd see errors?
Well the included open source Radeon driver honestly seems to work better for me than FGLRX which has tons of issues, and I'm pretty sure those are the two options.
There are three options, though if I recall correctly some are restricted to certain cards. The "ati" driver, the "radeon" driver (both open-source), and the ATi supplied "fglrx" driver.
I had the best results with the "ati" driver, the "fglrx" driver was woefully slow, especially with compiz enabled. The difference between the two is like night and day. If memory serves (don't take this as gospel) the "ati" driver is better for older cards (I have a mobility radeon 7500) and the "radeon" driveris better for more recent cards.
FAKE EDIT: Apparently there are also "radeonhd" and "avivo" drivers floating around, but they don't seem to be very complete yet.
Okay I finally had a chance to try a live CD (again Mint, but it's basically the same as Ubuntu I just prefer its default software package and themes) with just a random P4 Dell with onboard video, and the whole experience is much better. Compiz is a lot more smooth, everything seems more snappy in general, though Nautilus still seems to think switching folders is an hour-glass-worthy event. There's definitely something unique about my machine.
Switching tabs in Firefox on this machine is still laggy as fuck though, and scrolling is so-so.
Edit: Also, does anyone know if I can get the font rendering in KDE apps to look more similar to GTK text? In GTK the Fonts tab of the Appearance control lets me set up some nice sub-pixel-hinted fonts that look great on my LCD screen. However as soon as I fire up a KDE app I get blurry text that is clearly intended for a CRT.
Edit #2: Oh man, I set font hinting to "Light" on my test Mint VM and text is like a glorious hybrid of OS X and Windows.
Edit #3: Jesus you can use Unity mode with Linux in VMWare Fusion now.
Man, this day has been a pain in the ass. My new computer arrived today, hooray. But as expected after putting it together it was one frustration after another. First Ubuntu wouldn't recognize my SATA drives. Since I was pretty eager to play some games I figured I'd forget it until later and install XP first instead. Except Windows Setup was failing due to what is apparently some sort of disc read error, despite trying two different drives and discs. I'm going to pick up another copy from university tomorrow that'll hopefully fix it... otherwise I'm kind of screwed.
So I went back to Ubuntu, after a bit of googling I found out I had to change the SATA controller in my BIOS to AHCI. Hooray, Ubuntu installed. Except my mobo (P5Q) wasn't picking up LAN. So back to google. Needed a driver (gasp), except the drivers that had apparently been on the Asus website months ago were mysteriously absent. After a lot longer than it should have taken me, I have internet. Yay.
Was kind of hoping to get some homework done tonight >.<
Okay, as far as I can tell there are three ATI drivers available: the default ATI Radeon driver, which works though a lot of compiz animations seem to have a little lag (not that the unaccelerated re-paint of background stuff is any faster) and I can't get vsync to turn on, fglrx which is terrible in every way, and the Radeon HD driver which is irrelevant to my predicament.
top says that xorg is the biggest hog by far, not sure what "tail dmesg" means, and I also have to confess that it's all not quite as bad as I thought, but as a whole the OS feels a lot less responsive than Windows, and in more involved window repaints it can rise to the teeth-gnashing level I described in my first post.
I'll preface this by saying that I know little about computers and less about Linux.
I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop pc. It's connected to 2 other desktops and a laptop all running XP.
What anti-virus software would you guys recommend I install, if any?
I just hooked up my wiimote to Ubuntu. I am impressed more and more everytime I try to do something I consider complicated with Ubuntu.
It's when I try to do simple things that bothers me.
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So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
Yeah and it's a total bitch. Ubuntu has no facility for automatically setting up samba in any meaningful way and the available GUI tools are utterly unwieldy. No choice but to learn how to edit the config files and create samba users I'm afraid.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
Yeah and it's a total bitch. Ubuntu has no facility for automatically setting up samba in any meaningful way and the available GUI tools are utterly unwieldy. No choice but to learn how to edit the config files and create samba users I'm afraid.
:?:
I set this up by right-clicking on the folder I wanted to share, selecting "sharing options" and selecting "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder" and "Allow guest access".
To access windows shares, Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows Share. All I needed to enter was an IP address since it was set up to be Public.
Admittedly this doesn't allow for per-user permissions, but it works if you just need to copy stuff across the network.
So my laptop has decided to be particularly cuntian by suddenly deciding that my CD-ROM cannot be read by any Linux install disc even though the install disc is booting off of, well, the CD-ROM. As a result I either get a BusyBox console or a fat error message.
This message is brought to you by my new adjective, "cuntian". Expect to hear it everywhere and often.
Ok guys I am really new to this Linux world (in fact this is my first Linux install) and I am having a lot of trouble getting xubuntu to run on my dads old IBM thinkpad (390E, 333ghz, 256mb). When I place the live cd in the computer the status bar appears and it loads through but when it gets to the desktop it freezes, it doesn't even show the two taskbars...just the cursor and and a red themed wallapaper...and the cursor is stuck . I have no idea what the problem is, should I try using a different version of xubuntu? I was trying Hardy Heron atm, maybe I should use Dapper Drake instead? or does it even matter what version I use? ... please any help on this will be appreciated, I want to get this old geezer up and running...walking as soon as possible.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
Yeah and it's a total bitch. Ubuntu has no facility for automatically setting up samba in any meaningful way and the available GUI tools are utterly unwieldy. No choice but to learn how to edit the config files and create samba users I'm afraid.
:?:
I set this up by right-clicking on the folder I wanted to share, selecting "sharing options" and selecting "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder" and "Allow guest access".
To access windows shares, Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows Share. All I needed to enter was an IP address since it was set up to be Public.
Admittedly this doesn't allow for per-user permissions, but it works if you just need to copy stuff across the network.
Hah, that feature has always acted more like a clever placebo for me. I could never get it to make anything that Windows wouldn't give an error trying to connect to.
And woe betide those who have need of more privilege controls.
Ok guys I am really new to this Linux world (in fact this is my first Linux install) and I am having a lot of trouble getting xubuntu to run on my dads old IBM thinkpad (390E, 333ghz, 256mb). When I place the live cd in the computer the status bar appears and it loads through but when it gets to the desktop it freezes, it doesn't even show the two taskbars...just the cursor and and a red themed wallapaper...and the cursor is stuck . I have no idea what the problem is, should I try using a different version of xubuntu? I was trying Hardy Heron atm, maybe I should use Dapper Drake instead? or does it even matter what version I use? ... please any help on this will be appreciated, I want to get this old geezer up and running...walking as soon as possible.
I think with only 256MB ram you're going to have a lot of trouble running the livecd. You'll need to use the alternative install disc to run a text-based installer. Once it's installed it should run decently.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
Yeah and it's a total bitch. Ubuntu has no facility for automatically setting up samba in any meaningful way and the available GUI tools are utterly unwieldy. No choice but to learn how to edit the config files and create samba users I'm afraid.
:?:
I set this up by right-clicking on the folder I wanted to share, selecting "sharing options" and selecting "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder" and "Allow guest access".
To access windows shares, Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows Share. All I needed to enter was an IP address since it was set up to be Public.
Admittedly this doesn't allow for per-user permissions, but it works if you just need to copy stuff across the network.
Still doesn't work. Getting a
Can't display location "smb://<ipaddress>"
No application is registered as handling this file
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I set this up by right-clicking on the folder I wanted to share, selecting "sharing options" and selecting "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder" and "Allow guest access".
To access windows shares, Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows Share. All I needed to enter was an IP address since it was set up to be Public.
Admittedly this doesn't allow for per-user permissions, but it works if you just need to copy stuff across the network.
Still doesn't work. Getting a
Can't display location "smb://<ipaddress>"
No application is registered as handling this file
If memory serves (and I haven't fiddled with the settings for a while, I could be wrong) you're missing either the "samba" or "smbfs" packages, I know that the first time I tried it a couple of versions ago Ubuntu automatically installed one but not the other. Try firing up Synaptic and checking.
There are a ton of good example samba config files out there. i can post mine for a simple one.. but I have at least 4 shares pointing to my apps / photos / music folders. I don't get into username matching etc, so everything is 777'd
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if you do an lsmod do you see the module running for the vpn driver?
IIRC you are only going to need the header info if you decide to compile that driver into your kernel vs loading it as a module
Also, I don't see the vpn driver module running, though I do on install tell it to start with the system.
http://oit.rutgers.edu/vpn/vpn_files/linux-vpn.php3
However! I did this time see an error code when installing that might be the problem.
I get "Error: Kernel configuration is invalid.
include/linus/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.
run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc/module.symvers is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions"
and now when I try to run the "vpnclient_init" I get "insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/CiscoVPN/cisco_ipsec.ko"
There's a kernel config file in the link I posted yesterday with the kernel source. Copy it into the root of the kernel source tree and see if that helps. If not you can try what the error message mentions.
ing.
Stopped: /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init (VPN init script)
Making module
make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/home/user/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc'
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc/Module.symve
rs
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/frag.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/IPSecDrvOS_linux.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/interceptor.o
CC [M] /home/user/vpnclient/linuxkernelapi.o
LD [M] /home/user/vpnclient/cisco_ipsec.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
/bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 127
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.21.4-eeepc'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Copying module to directory "/lib/modules/2.6.21.4-eeepc/CiscoVPN".
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Look up a half dozen examples of correct usage of vpnc online, and RTFM if it helps at all, but I'm fairly convinced it will do the job just fine.
But as soon as I go on campus and try to use it I load it up, and then it just sits with a blank space after "Sudo vpnc psu"
The main mystery is: why the fuck is every distro/desktop environment I've ever used except XFCE so slow?
Specs: 1.8GHz Barton, 1 GB RAM, Radeon 9800 Pro, 15 GB partition for my Linux experiments with 1.7 GB swap. Motherboard is an ASUS A7V8X-X - more precisely the chipset is Via (KT400 or 600 IIRC), and the hyperion-pro drivers are what I use in Windows.
Current Linux: Mint Linux 5 (Compiz enabled because it's not any slower so why not).
Symptoms: Incredibly sluggish GUI response for almost any operation except 3D effects (lol). Scrolling in FireFox is a painful tear-ridden affair. Nautilus creates the impression that displaying the contents of my home folder is difficult by switching to the linux equivalent of the hourglass cursor simply to load an empty folder. Most operations involving re-painting a window (switching tabs) create the impression of a 486. The problem is confined almost universally to GTK apps, especially when using the Gnome desktop. XFCE puts things more in line with what I'd expect from, say, Windows XP, but alas it is ugly and hard to customize when I am used to Gnome, and KDE is a lot better too (pretty funny considering how many more effects it has even without compiz) though it has its own frustrating quirks such as terrible design.
In summary, Windows Vista RC1 ran a lot better on this, so can anyone offer any theories?
Oh yeah, the same Linux running in VMWare Fusion on my MacBook Pro with 512MB of RAM and one virtual core is a lot faster (though still not what I'd expect from Windows under the same conditions, but I'll put that down to Gnome being slow).
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Also I exaggerated a lot for effect, we're talking millisecond delays and some tearing on complex pages, nothing more, but the whole experience feels vastly more sluggish than XP, and primarily in GTK apps regardless of desktop, but even more-so in Gnome.
KDE is not without its slowdowns too, as creating new tabs in Konqueror has a pretty absurd delay.
There are three options, though if I recall correctly some are restricted to certain cards. The "ati" driver, the "radeon" driver (both open-source), and the ATi supplied "fglrx" driver.
I had the best results with the "ati" driver, the "fglrx" driver was woefully slow, especially with compiz enabled. The difference between the two is like night and day. If memory serves (don't take this as gospel) the "ati" driver is better for older cards (I have a mobility radeon 7500) and the "radeon" driveris better for more recent cards.
FAKE EDIT: Apparently there are also "radeonhd" and "avivo" drivers floating around, but they don't seem to be very complete yet.
Switching tabs in Firefox on this machine is still laggy as fuck though, and scrolling is so-so.
Edit: Also, does anyone know if I can get the font rendering in KDE apps to look more similar to GTK text? In GTK the Fonts tab of the Appearance control lets me set up some nice sub-pixel-hinted fonts that look great on my LCD screen. However as soon as I fire up a KDE app I get blurry text that is clearly intended for a CRT.
Edit #2: Oh man, I set font hinting to "Light" on my test Mint VM and text is like a glorious hybrid of OS X and Windows.
Edit #3: Jesus you can use Unity mode with Linux in VMWare Fusion now.
So I went back to Ubuntu, after a bit of googling I found out I had to change the SATA controller in my BIOS to AHCI. Hooray, Ubuntu installed. Except my mobo (P5Q) wasn't picking up LAN. So back to google. Needed a driver (gasp), except the drivers that had apparently been on the Asus website months ago were mysteriously absent. After a lot longer than it should have taken me, I have internet. Yay.
Was kind of hoping to get some homework done tonight >.<
top says that xorg is the biggest hog by far, not sure what "tail dmesg" means, and I also have to confess that it's all not quite as bad as I thought, but as a whole the OS feels a lot less responsive than Windows, and in more involved window repaints it can rise to the teeth-gnashing level I described in my first post.
I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop pc. It's connected to 2 other desktops and a laptop all running XP.
What anti-virus software would you guys recommend I install, if any?
It's when I try to do simple things that bothers me.
Just don't login as root directly, use sudo.
So i'm trying to set up ubuntu to be able to share folders/media back and forth between my windows machine. Tried looking up how to do it, and installed samba, but now nothing is working.
Pointers?
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Samba isn't working ? or nothing is working?
Samba by default needs you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file at the very least.
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Possibly the problem.
And yes, "nothing is working" is a bit vague.
Yeah and it's a total bitch. Ubuntu has no facility for automatically setting up samba in any meaningful way and the available GUI tools are utterly unwieldy. No choice but to learn how to edit the config files and create samba users I'm afraid.
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Can you go to Connect to Server and connect to the Windows computers IP?
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I set this up by right-clicking on the folder I wanted to share, selecting "sharing options" and selecting "Share this folder", "Allow other people to write in this folder" and "Allow guest access".
To access windows shares, Places -> Connect to Server -> Windows Share. All I needed to enter was an IP address since it was set up to be Public.
Admittedly this doesn't allow for per-user permissions, but it works if you just need to copy stuff across the network.
This message is brought to you by my new adjective, "cuntian". Expect to hear it everywhere and often.
Hah, that feature has always acted more like a clever placebo for me. I could never get it to make anything that Windows wouldn't give an error trying to connect to.
And woe betide those who have need of more privilege controls.
I think with only 256MB ram you're going to have a lot of trouble running the livecd. You'll need to use the alternative install disc to run a text-based installer. Once it's installed it should run decently.
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Still doesn't work. Getting a
Can't display location "smb://<ipaddress>"
No application is registered as handling this file
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If memory serves (and I haven't fiddled with the settings for a while, I could be wrong) you're missing either the "samba" or "smbfs" packages, I know that the first time I tried it a couple of versions ago Ubuntu automatically installed one but not the other. Try firing up Synaptic and checking.
That should get you up to speed.
There are a ton of good example samba config files out there. i can post mine for a simple one.. but I have at least 4 shares pointing to my apps / photos / music folders. I don't get into username matching etc, so everything is 777'd
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