ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 162
Dear Sir I In stalled 8.1 version Ubuntu operating system above the Window XP. But I could not configure my broad band Internet connection Ubuntu? Please write to me in detal. How i can asses my windows folders from Ubuntu? With Regards. R.ganesh. No.162, 32 nd cross, 4th block east, ayanagar, Bangalore-560011 PH NO: 080 41262125 House** ********** 080 22890235 Office * * * * ** +919900205024 Mobile > From: ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 162 > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:34:38 +0000 > > Send ubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: help browser consistently crashing in Hardy (H.S.) > 2. Extra Desktop folder in /root (Ray Parrish) > 3. Re: Extra Desktop folder in /root (Smoot Carl-Mitchell) > 4. Re: Extra Desktop folder in /root (Chris Mohler) > 5. Re: Sendmail slow? (Knute Johnson) > 6. Re: Scripting Question (Derek Broughton) > 7. Re: SAMBA problem -- Backup Domain Controller doesn't work > (Hal Burgiss) > 8. Re: Sendmail slow? (Smoot Carl-Mitchell) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:56:12 -0500 > From: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: help browser consistently crashing in Hardy > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <gn7p7c$brm$1@ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > > James Takac wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > It's working fine on this lap top. Just a thought but do you have visual > > effects enabled? If so try disabling them and see if it still crashes > > > > James > > > > No, they are not enabled in my case. > > ->HS > > -- > > Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding > newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just > filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without > ever having been read. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:59:46 -0800 > From: Ray Parrish <crp@cmc.net> > Subject: Extra Desktop folder in /root > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <49976902.9080500@cmc.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello, > > I think due to my recent fiasco involving my moving folders around when > I shouldn't have, I now have an empty, and, extra Desktop folder located > at /root/Desktop in my file system. It is owned by root, and I would > like to get rid od it. > > Can I just fire up my File Browser in root node, and change it's > ownership, then delete it? > > Thanks, Ray Parrish > > -- > Human reviewed index of links about the computer > http://www.rayslinks.com > Poetry from the mind of a Schizophrenic > http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:04:16 -0700 > From: Smoot Carl-Mitchell <smoot@tic.com> > Subject: Re: Extra Desktop folder in /root > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <1234659856.10180.2954.camel@smoot.tic.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 16:59 -0800, Ray Parrish wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I think due to my recent fiasco involving my moving folders around when > > I shouldn't have, I now have an empty, and, extra Desktop folder located > > at /root/Desktop in my file system. It is owned by root, and I would > > like to get rid od it. > > > > Can I just fire up my File Browser in root node, and change it's > > ownership, then delete it? > > Sure, it is harmless to delete that folder. You should just be able to > delete it, if you start up the file browser with root permissions. The > CLI way of doing it is: > > sudo rmdir /root/Desktop > -- > Smoot Carl-Mitchell > Computer Systems and > Network Consultant > smoot@tic.com > +1 480 922 7313 > cell: +1 602 421 9005 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:05:32 +1800 > From: Chris Mohler <cr33dog@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Extra Desktop folder in /root > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: > <acfad57e0902141705r362b0594o4ada59251de70e7a@mail .gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Ray Parrish <crp@cmc.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I think due to my recent fiasco involving my moving folders around when > > I shouldn't have, I now have an empty, and, extra Desktop folder located > > at /root/Desktop in my file system. It is owned by root, and I would > > like to get rid od it. > > If it's really empty: > sudo rmdir /root/Desktop > > If not: > sudo ls -a /root/Desktop > > And have a look at what's there. If it's OK to delete the contents: > sudo -rm /root/Desktop -fr > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:15:50 -0800 > From: Knute Johnson <knute2009@knutejohnson.com> > Subject: Re: Sendmail slow? > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <49976CC6.70905@knutejohnson.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote: > > You might try running strace on the listening SMTP process with timer > > option to see where the delay is creeping in. Something like > > > > sudo strace -f -p <pid> -o <output_file> -t > > > > You need the -f to pick up the forked processes as the listening > > sendmail handles the connections. The -t will give you timestamps on > > each system call. > > I sent the whole output but it was too big and rejected. Anyway, this > shows a 5 second gap but I don't know what it really means. If you can > decipher it, great! > > Thanks, > > 5092 17:05:19 stat64("/etc/resolv.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, > st_size=91, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5 > 5092 17:05:19 connect(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), > sin_addr=inet_addr("207.181.0.10")}, 28) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 fcntl64(5, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) > 5092 17:05:19 fcntl64(5, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 gettimeofday({1234659919, 562536}, NULL) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 poll([{fd=5, events=POLLOUT, revents=POLLOUT}], 1, 0) = 1 > 5092 17:05:19 send(5, > "331S1 1 6knute2faerioconnect"..., 41, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 41 > 5092 17:05:19 poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 5000) = 1 > 5092 17:05:19 ioctl(5, FIONREAD, [57]) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 recvfrom(5, > "331S205200 1 1 6knute2faerioconnect"..., 1024, 0, > {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), > sin_addr=inet_addr("207.181.0.10")}, [16]) = 57 > 5092 17:05:19 close(5) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 getsockname(8, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(587), > sin_addr=inet_addr("216.240.58.140")}, [16]) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 open("/etc/services", O_RDONLY|0x80000 /* O_??? */) = 5 > 5092 17:05:19 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18449, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, > MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ed6000 > 5092 17:05:19 read(5, "# Network services, Internet sty"..., 4096) = 4096 > 5092 17:05:19 close(5) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 munmap(0xb7ed6000, 4096) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [ALRM], [], 8) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 time(NULL) = 1234659919 > 5092 17:05:19 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7f9e170, [], SA_RESTART}, > {0xb7f9e170, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 alarm(5) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ALRM], [ALRM], 8) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5 > 5092 17:05:19 bind(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(0), > sin_addr=inet_addr("216.240.58.140")}, 16) = 0 > 5092 17:05:19 connect(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(113), > sin_addr=inet_addr("216.240.58.138")}, 16 <unfinished ...> > 16288 17:05:24 <... select resumed> ) = 0 (Timeout) > 16288 17:05:24 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [ALRM], [], 8) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 16288 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 16288 17:05:24 open("/proc/loadavg", O_RDONLY) = 8 > 16288 17:05:24 fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 read(8, "0.00 0.00 0.00 2/171 5092 ", 1024) = 26 > 16288 17:05:24 close(8) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 16288 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 16288 17:05:24 open("/proc/loadavg", O_RDONLY) = 8 > 16288 17:05:24 fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 read(8, "0.00 0.00 0.00 2/171 5092 ", 1024) = 26 > 16288 17:05:24 close(8) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 16288 17:05:24 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ALRM], [ALRM], 8) = 0 > 16288 17:05:24 select(7, [4 5 6], NULL, NULL, {5, 0} <unfinished ...> > 5092 17:05:24 <... connect resumed> ) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) > 5092 17:05:24 --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- > 5092 17:05:24 alarm(0) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 5092 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 5092 17:05:24 alarm(580) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 close(5) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 getsockopt(8, SOL_IP, IP_OPTIONS, "", [0]) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 5092 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 5092 17:05:24 open("/proc/loadavg", O_RDONLY) = 5 > 5092 17:05:24 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 read(5, "0.00 0.00 0.00 1/171 5092 ", 1024) = 26 > 5092 17:05:24 close(5) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 time(NULL) = 1234659924 > 5092 17:05:24 stat64("/etc/mail/access.db", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, > st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 lstat64("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 geteuid32() = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 lstat64("/etc", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, > ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 geteuid32() = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 lstat64("/etc/mail", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISGID|0755, > st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 geteuid32() = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 open("/etc/mail/access.db", O_RDONLY) = 5 > 5092 17:05:24 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 fcntl64(5, F_SETLKW, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, > start=0, len=0}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 stat64("/etc/mail/access.db", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, > st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 open("/etc/mail/access.db", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 6 > 5092 17:05:24 fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 > 5092 17:05:24 read(6, > " |