Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
If you are having problems with nvidia drivers and the new kernel RC then fooman has the answer.
v3.7-rc2-raring
Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1
lost the nvidia drivers when i first booted up (GTX480), no top panel or unity....had to right-click on desktop to open terminal. from there i opened firefox and got the command to install the x-edgers PPA:
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
ran that, then opened synaptic from the terminal (sudo synaptic), updated the repos, let it install all updates plus the edgers nvidia-current (vers. 310.14). rebooted and all is well:
Code:
jackel@jackel-GA-990FXA-UD5:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10" jackel@jackel-GA-990FXA-UD5:~$ uname -r 3.7.0-030700rc2-generic
...working great!! :smile:
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Anyone having problems changing their hostnames or want to rename them (if you did not get a chance to do so during install) then here is an excellent link to achieve that.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/how-t...r-name-in.html
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
If you download a document file (or any other file for that matter) and conventional ways of searching for that file do not work then you can use the gnome-terminal and enter the code:
dpkg -S name_of_downloaded_or_installed_file_here
This will give you the path and directory name as to where the file is.
For example, if you are searching for the mir-doc files - here are the results
of that code:
Code:
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/inherit_graph_89.png
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/inherit_graph_116.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/buffer__initializer_8h__dep__incl.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/classmir_1_1client_1_1_null_logger__inherit__graph.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/classmir_1_1client_1_1_native_client_platform_factory__inherit__graph.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/classmir_1_1client_1_1_mir_binder_rpc_channel__inherit__graph.png
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/surfaces_2surface_8h__incl.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/android__client__buffer_8h__dep__incl.png
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/mir__binder__rpc__channel_8h__incl.md5
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/registration__order__focus__sequence_8h__dep__incl.png
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/size_8h__incl.map
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/inherit_graph_104.md5
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/search/all_79.html
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/mir__basic__rpc__channel_8h__incl.png
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/classmir_1_1client_1_1_client_context__inherit__graph.md5
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/classmir_1_1surfaces_1_1_graphic_region.html
mir-doc: /share/doc/mir-doc/html/structmir_1_1shell_1_1_surface_creation_parameters-members.html
etc...
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Command line code on how to tell which video driver you are using:
Code:
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p -f
Sould give a report somthing like this:
Code:
ventrical@ventrical-AcerAMD64bitDual:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p -f
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce G210/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.84
Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes
Unity 3D supported: yes
ventrical@ventrical-AcerAMD64bitDual:~$
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ventrical
For ATI users:
fglrx uses xorg.conf, but syntax has changed in the past year (a 10.10 xorg.conf will get you a black screen).
So after upgrading, run:
Code:
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf sudo aticonfig --initial
User in our LoCo stumbled upon this and (of course since copy&paste is prefered method worldwide...) complained... There should be some divider between these two commands...
Code:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ventrical
sudo aticonfig --initial
We use not to r(e)m(ove) file but just m(o)ve it, so, in case of any trouble, file can be easily retreived...
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Quote:
Originally Posted by
zika
User in our LoCo stumbled upon this and (of course since copy&paste is prefered method worldwide...) complained... There should be some divider between these two commands...
Code:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ventrical
sudo aticonfig --initial
We use not to r(e)m(ove) file but just m(o)ve it, so, in case of any trouble, file can be easily retreived...
Shouldn't the command look like this?
Code:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ventrical && sudo aticonfig --initial
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Quote:
Originally Posted by
cariboo907
Shouldn't the command look like this?
Code:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ventrical && sudo aticonfig --initial
Yes if You want to keep it in one row... De gustibus non est disputandum...
The way the were written originally was a typo... That was the point of my post... To correct an obvious typo...
Do not shoot the messenger... ;)
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
I wonder why this thread is under Ubuntu +1, and not in Tutorials & Tips. The commands mentioned here so far are not raring-specific, are they?
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Quote:
Originally Posted by
schragge
I wonder why this thread is under
Ubuntu +1, and not in
Tutorials & Tips. The commands mentioned here so far are not raring-specific, are they?
They aren't specific to any +1 version, but we seem to get quite a few new users that have no idea how to solve a problem via the command line, so the thread will stay where it is, to help them on their way to fixing a broken installation.
Re: Commonly Used Sudo Commands for (*)Ubuntu/Unity Crash Recovery
Quote:
Originally Posted by
zika
User in our LoCo stumbled upon this and (of course since copy&paste is prefered method worldwide...) complained... There should be some divider between these two commands...
Code:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.ventrical
sudo aticonfig --initial
We use not to r(e)m(ove) file but just m(o)ve it, so, in case of any trouble, file can be easily retreived...
Yes .. thanks .. I was busy that day , obviously :) My bad.