ubuntu-8.10

Installing Webby on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install webby on Ubuntu ubuntu-8.10. So far I have installed Ruby 1.8, and RedCloth for Ruby 1.8. When I tried to install webby (using gem) I received the error: Error installing webby: webby requires hpricot (= 0.6.0, runtime) So naturally I tried to install hpricot: sudo gem install hpricot --version=0.6.0 But t...

Installing Compass (Following the Compass Primer)

I am currently following the Compass Primer I've followed all the steps for installation on Ubuntu 8.10, and when I try to run it, to ensure that it's installed correctly, it gives me a big mess of errors: sudo /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/compass /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/chriseppstein-compass-0.3.8/lib/compass/commands /install_rails.rb:5:...

Page displays true after running command: 'webby'

So, I'm running though the webby tutorial and I get to the part where you run the webby command for the first time to generate the website in the /output directory. I do that, and next I'm told to open output/index.html. I do so, and the only thing that displays is: true I view the source...and all that is displayed is true Th...

Why do my Swing application windows intermittently not close when the application exits?

Why are my Swing applications not closing when using Netbeans 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 with Sun JDK 6. Even the Netbeans tutorials downloaded from the Netbeans website do the same. When I close the application I'm left with a dead window. I then have to manually kill the process. It comes and goes, but I can't figure out what triggers this beh...

Ubuntu - SmartFoxServer - Check program is running

Hi I am wanting to run SmartFox Server on my Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid server default port is 9339 I cant telnet localhost 9339 as it says connection reused UFW is off as status shows not loaded So I want to: Check that the SMARTFOX is loaded - i do ./sfs start and it says loaded Check why I cant access localy via telnet to the 9339 po...

How to install a second JVM?

Hello, I am working on a Linux Ubuntu 8.10 and I would like to install a second JVM. I am currently working with Java 1.6, but I want to install Java 1.4 and afterwards, set the 1.4 JVM as my default JVM, to work with. How could I do that? Thanks in advance! ...

Ubuntu noob rails install fails on zlib

Hey all, hope you guys can help; I've followed about every tutorial on the net with no luck. I've just moved over to Ubuntu 8.10 as my dev box; it's my first serious foray into Linux as a daily-use OS, and I'm having a hard time getting Rails going. I have followed a number of tutorials which all seem to work fine, but when I try and u...

How to make mail() work on Ubuntu?

I have a new install of Ubuntu and trying to use the php's mail() function. The function fails, I guess I am missing a package or two in my installation. ...

Problem setting up SVN & WebDAV in Ubuntu

I've followed every step posted in here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60736/how-to-setup-a-subversion-svn-server-on-gnu-linux-ubuntu I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 After firing up the browser, I get Forbidden You don't have permission to access /svn on this server. Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.5.1 mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8g Ser...

Basic JNI Question : java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError

Hey all, JNI on Ubuntu 8.10 using Eclipse and gcc (Standard with Ubuntu if there are flavours) i can't seem to load my library despite the make file creating it succesfully. The main java class is as follows; class Hello { public native void sayHello(); static { System.loadLibrary("hello.so"); } public static...

Produce keyboard Events key hits

How to make a simple C program which will produce keyboard key hits. if ( condition ) { KeyPress('A'); } I am working on Ubuntu 8.10 Linux OS ...

Ubuntu: Error installing php5-xsl package

Hi Guys, I am trying to install php5-xsl (XSLT) package in my Ubuntu 8.10 but I am getting an error message. I think I need to update the repository of the apt-get? Thanks in advance :) - Mark My syntax: sudo apt-get install php5-xsl Error message: W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/php5/php5-xsl_5.2.6...

how to code themes for linux?

i am using ubuntu , and the themes of firefox sucks .. so does the whole screen feel . I wish give it a os x theme and i know that there exists a MAC4lin to do that but i want to code it on my own .. how can i do it? ...

Enable L1 cache as Ring 0

Hi everybody, I could finally disable the cache by running the code as Ring0, Thank you DrJokepu, the link you gave me was exactly what I needed.. but I have a new problem, cause when I insert the new module who disables the cache, that works grate, I just have to insmod my .ko file, so the init procedure where my code is written is cal...

Installing Libboost 1.38 on Ubuntu 8.10

Is there a way to Install Libboost 1.38 on Ubuntu 8.10? The highest version in my repositories is 1.35. It has been suggested that there may be some repositories I could add to accomplish this, but my searches haven't yielded anything. Do I have to resort to source code? If so, what is the best way to accomplish this? Thanks ...

Apt-Pinning: Installing libboost from Jaunty repository into Intrepid Ubuntu

I'm trying to install libboost 1.38 in Ubuntu 8.10 using a Ubuntu 9.04 repository since it isn't avalable in any of the 8.10 repositories. I'm trying to use an Apt-pinning by adding the following lines of code: /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty universe /etc/apt/preferences (Which I had to create):...

Mysterious 500 Error with Basic Rails App on Slicehost

I am getting a mysterious 500 error when i try to deploy my first rails app on slicehost. I have followed the Ubuntu Intrepid articles very closely and it seems to be all setup accordingly. I am trying to run rails on Apache with Passenger. All I am trying to run here is a basic rails app with one scaffold (3 fields). The apache err...

How do you install MySQL 5.1 on Ubuntu 8.10?

According to various blogs and forums, you should be able to do simply "sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1". But I tried and it doesn't work (package not found by this name). What am I missing? ...

Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchErro when installing rails

Hi, I am trying to install rails on Ubuntu 8.10, and met following errors. Please help me get through.Thanks. root@pierr-desktop:~# gem install rails ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError) bad response 500 (http://gems.rubyforge.vm.bytemark.co.uk/gems/actionpack-2.3.4.gem) #other information root@pierr-des...

JPEG load funcion fails

i am new to linux and qt.I am trying some tutorials.I wrote a simple t application to read jpeg image using QImage.But it is unable to load image.I have modified .pro file to QTPLUGIN += qjpeg LIBS += -ljpeg and when i try to add in file containing main function it gives compilation erors so i droped it and compiled and run the applicat...