Comments for My Green Life http://www.peppertop.com/blog Things I love, things I hate, and things I just don't understand Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on End of life for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) by Vikbz http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496&cpage=1#comment-14066 Vikbz Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:08:23 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-14066 I agree with Mark. Maverick got me started with Ubuntu (Linux as a whole)and have now gotten used to the layout. Unity for some reason I have difficulty maneuvering around. Now the questions are, do I have to upgrade to the 11.04 version or can I still use my 10.10? Also, would it become less stable since I will be getting no updates from Canonical? Thanks, I agree with Mark. Maverick got me started with Ubuntu (Linux as a whole)and have now gotten used to the layout. Unity for some reason I have difficulty maneuvering around. Now the questions are, do I have to upgrade to the 11.04 version or can I still use my 10.10? Also, would it become less stable since I will be getting no updates from Canonical?

Thanks,

]]> Comment on sudo? sudon’t! Stupid “sudoers.d” by Luis http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015&cpage=1#comment-14053 Luis Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:56:30 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015#comment-14053 Hi! I want to thank you for posting this lifetime-saving warning, I have been able to happily sail through these muddy waters of sudoers by following your advice :) I have made a post summarizing my journey, if you would allow me, in here: http://luiseth.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/in-a-nutshell-add-permissions-with-configuration-files-in-etcsudoers-d/ Hi! I want to thank you for posting this lifetime-saving warning, I have been able to happily sail through these muddy waters of sudoers by following your advice :) I have made a post summarizing my journey, if you would allow me, in here: http://luiseth.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/in-a-nutshell-add-permissions-with-configuration-files-in-etcsudoers-d/

]]> Comment on sudo? sudon’t! Stupid “sudoers.d” by In a nutshell: Add permissions with configuration files in /etc/sudoers.d | Luis E's thoughts… http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015&cpage=1#comment-14052 In a nutshell: Add permissions with configuration files in /etc/sudoers.d | Luis E's thoughts… Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:33:33 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015#comment-14052 [...] at logon, changing permissions, etc. After looking around, I found very useful posts like this one and this other, and I decided to put my conclusions on the following short [...] [...] at logon, changing permissions, etc. After looking around, I found very useful posts like this one and this other, and I decided to put my conclusions on the following short [...]

]]> Comment on End of life for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) by Mark http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496&cpage=1#comment-14048 Mark Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:48:37 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-14048 It may have been announced at that time, but it wasn't clear (certainly not to me, at least) that when it landed on the desktop it would be a wholesale replacement for the existing Gnome 2 UI, rather than something that would spend a few cycles existing in parallel. I actually quite like it as a netbook UI where I'm generally only using one or two apps at a time, but find it seriously slows me down on a full desktop machine where I'm more likely to be flitting between various applications. It may have been announced at that time, but it wasn’t clear (certainly not to me, at least) that when it landed on the desktop it would be a wholesale replacement for the existing Gnome 2 UI, rather than something that would spend a few cycles existing in parallel.

I actually quite like it as a netbook UI where I’m generally only using one or two apps at a time, but find it seriously slows me down on a full desktop machine where I’m more likely to be flitting between various applications.

]]> Comment on End of life for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) by Jeremy Bicha http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496&cpage=1#comment-14046 Jeremy Bicha Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:03:42 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-14046 To some degree they did. Unity was announced within weeks of 10.04's release (at UDS Brussels) and was the UI for Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10. Right after 10.10 was released (at the first Orlando UDS), it was announced that Unity was going to be on the desktop too. The name "Unity" was a hint that it was going to unify the normal & netbook editions of Ubuntu though. To some degree they did. Unity was announced within weeks of 10.04′s release (at UDS Brussels) and was the UI for Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10. Right after 10.10 was released (at the first Orlando UDS), it was announced that Unity was going to be on the desktop too.

The name “Unity” was a hint that it was going to unify the normal & netbook editions of Ubuntu though.

]]> Comment on sudo? sudon’t! Stupid “sudoers.d” by Mark http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015&cpage=1#comment-14036 Mark Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:54:26 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015#comment-14036 If the file you've created isn't yet in the sudoers.d directory, I would delete the file and start again, creating it using the visudo command as suggested by other commenters (see the end of this comment). That leaves you with the problem that your sudoers.d directory is empty. If you read the README that is in there by default (posted in the body of this article), you'll see these lines: <blockquote># Note that there must be at least one file in the sudoers.d directory (this # one will do), and all files in this directory should be mode 0440.</blockquote> So your real problem is that the directory is empty. When booted from a Live CD you should be able to mount your hard drive and then, in a terminal, navigate to the /mnt/disk/etc/sudoers.d directory (where /mnt/disk is whatever mount point is the right one for your drive). Once in there you can use "sudo visudo -f ./README" to create a suitable file - I'd suggest copying the text from this post to get you back to what was originally in the file. Reboot and confirm that you can use sudo again, then follow similar steps on your normal system (using "sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/firestarter") to create your new file. If the file you’ve created isn’t yet in the sudoers.d directory, I would delete the file and start again, creating it using the visudo command as suggested by other commenters (see the end of this comment).

That leaves you with the problem that your sudoers.d directory is empty. If you read the README that is in there by default (posted in the body of this article), you’ll see these lines:

# Note that there must be at least one file in the sudoers.d directory (this
# one will do), and all files in this directory should be mode 0440.

So your real problem is that the directory is empty. When booted from a Live CD you should be able to mount your hard drive and then, in a terminal, navigate to the /mnt/disk/etc/sudoers.d directory (where /mnt/disk is whatever mount point is the right one for your drive). Once in there you can use “sudo visudo -f ./README” to create a suitable file – I’d suggest copying the text from this post to get you back to what was originally in the file.

Reboot and confirm that you can use sudo again, then follow similar steps on your normal system (using “sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/firestarter”) to create your new file.

]]> Comment on sudo? sudon’t! Stupid “sudoers.d” by Aguseguedre http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015&cpage=1#comment-14017 Aguseguedre Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:46:41 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1015#comment-14017 I have read this post late. I have the same problem I created a file with the comand ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/firestarter and I have the sudoers.d file empty. Could you tell me step by step(Like I was 3 years old) what can I do to reestar visudo.d I tried with live CD I can copy the original visudo.d file but I can copy in the damaged file. Regards I have read this post late. I have the same problem I created a file with the comand
ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/firestarter and I have the sudoers.d file empty.

Could you tell me step by step(Like I was 3 years old) what can I do to reestar visudo.d

I tried with live CD I can copy the original visudo.d file but I can copy in the damaged file.
Regards

]]> Comment on Why I’ll be skipping Ubuntu 11.10 by Mark http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1442&cpage=1#comment-13984 Mark Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:51:32 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1442#comment-13984 Thanks for that info. Unfortunately this gives you Gnome 3 styled to look more like Gnome 2, so many things (e.g. panel applets) aren't compatible with it. Because it's not the primary UI choice for either Canonical or Gnome, I suspect that bugs and issues with this UI will be a low priority for fixing, and some of the more useful new features won't get ported to the classic UI. It's a useful option in the short term to avoid some of the Unity pain, but I don't think it's a long term solution to the problem. Thanks for that info. Unfortunately this gives you Gnome 3 styled to look more like Gnome 2, so many things (e.g. panel applets) aren’t compatible with it. Because it’s not the primary UI choice for either Canonical or Gnome, I suspect that bugs and issues with this UI will be a low priority for fixing, and some of the more useful new features won’t get ported to the classic UI.

It’s a useful option in the short term to avoid some of the Unity pain, but I don’t think it’s a long term solution to the problem.

]]> Comment on Why I’ll be skipping Ubuntu 11.10 by Sam http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1442&cpage=1#comment-13980 Sam Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1442#comment-13980 A piece of good news ? It seems that it's still possible to run Ubuntu 11.10 with classic Gnome UI. You just have to install a package named gnome-panel and to choose that UI when in the connection screen. Here's a link : http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2011/09/11/install-the-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10/ I bet this will still be possible with 12.04. A piece of good news ? It seems that it’s still possible to run Ubuntu 11.10 with classic Gnome UI. You just have to install a package named gnome-panel and to choose that UI when in the connection screen.

Here’s a link : http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2011/09/11/install-the-classic-desktop-in-ubuntu-11-10/ I bet this will still be possible with 12.04.

]]> Comment on Using Calibre with a Kindle 3 on Ubuntu 10.04 by Bernat http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1054&cpage=1#comment-13910 Bernat Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:53:05 +0000 http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=1054#comment-13910 Thank you! I have the same OS (10.04 LucidLynx) than my brother and the same kindle, but my calibre didn't detect the ebook. He provably installed the last version, but I didn't notice ^^ Thank you! I have the same OS (10.04 LucidLynx) than my brother and the same kindle, but my calibre didn’t detect the ebook. He provably installed the last version, but I didn’t notice ^^

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