Jad's Thoughts

First boot speed-test takes 74s on PIII/1G cpu/ 384SD ram.
next test will be on P4 2.6G cpu & 256 ram….

[tags]ubuntu, linux, speedtest[/tags]

After about a year of using Linux as the main desktop(its a Free desktop), I found that I’m not using windows anymore, ah actually I use windows for Paltalk voice chat, Red-alert and Generalz games..
and now since I have passed the first installation of linux Ubuntu, I’m thinking to give it all of my HDD, but first I will have to find an alternative for Paltalk under linux…
and by the way, I have choose Ubuntu as an easy flavor of debian, or a debian based distribution, because I always wanted to be debian user, but SHEESH its hard..
so next step might be to move to Debian.

To be continued…

[tags]linux, ubuntu, personal, experience[/tags]

Okay Ubuntu forums have it all,
I have just changed my HDD mode to Normal instead of LBA (I don’t know the difference.) and now I’m in Ubuntu base system configurations

[tags]linux, ubuntu, grub[/tags]

Well well well
I have just finished the installation of Ubuntu, it wasn’t that hard,
the only part was the Linux Partitioning
anyway, on First boot I got
GRUB loading, please wait…
Error 18
Was it trying to load the system or to load the error

Now in GRUB manual

18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block address beyond the end of the BIOS translated area. This generally happens if your disk is larger than the BIOS can handle (512MB for (E)IDE disks on older machines or larger than 8GB in general).

now I’m looking for a fixation ..

[tags]ubuntu, linux, installation[/tags]

greetings
guys, I have ADSL through ppp0, How to set it to auto reconnect when
disconnected..
Thanks in advance

This script should do what you want.

============= reconnect_modem.sh =============
#!/bin/sh
#
# Script to check if modem is disconnected & try reconnecting
# Graham Smith – 01/02/2004
#
# set -x
result=$(/usr/bin/cinternet -i dsl0 -s | /usr/bin/grep disconnect)
#Checks the status of device dsl0 ‘disconnect’
if [ -n "$result" ]
then
/usr/bin/cinternet -i dsl0 -A #Start the interface.
sleep 10
else #The interface is up – Just exit
exit 0
fi
==================================

Just add the following line to your crontab, replacing with the path
you installed the script in. It checks to see if the modem has been disc
every 3 minutes.

4-59/3 * * * * /reconnect_modem.sh 2>&1 /dev/null

–
Regards,

Graham Smith

Thank you Graham!
& Thank you basem Narmoug
[tags]linux, ubuntu, adsl[/tags[

Connection Status Received
1 Downloading 69373.5K of 133832.0K
2 Downloading 79904.6K of 133832.0K
3 Downloading 113800.0K of 133832.0K
4 Downloading 66054.8K of 133832.0K

releases.ubuntu.com…

File Size = 535328K
Total bytes received = 329132.9K (61.48%)
Current speed = 38.34Kb/s, Average D/L speed = 47.11Kb/s
Time remaining 1 hours 12 minutes 57 seconds

Resume Supported

Ctrl-R to exit and resume later
Ctrl-X to exit without resuming later
Ctrl-L to repaint the screen

Connect OK!
[tags]linux, ubuntu, installation[/tags]

Don’t just pretend to listen. You might be surprised at how much you can learn.
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It’s one thing to look back fondly. But don’t get mired in memories of the past.
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What do you think of Jordanian ISP’s ?
after couple of calls and meetings requesting and checking their ADSL offers I found out they are all the same,
same price, same offers,

Wanadoo : conceited sales man, he wanted to say “We are wanadoo, no deals more than the printed offer, no way to discuss, read the offer, 3ajbak 3ajbak mu 3ajbak wafrt..”

TeData: very nice sales lady, ready to listen and discuss anything, but some question marks remain for their unlimited bandwidth offer

Batelco : they seems to have the best customer care in jordan, but got alert “Batelco is well known for port filtering”

Now, How to choose the best ‘available’ isp in jordan?
Wanadoo because they are backended by JTC
Batelco because they have the best customer care
TeData: new company, we still ma bene3raf khairhom men sharhom…

please advise….
[tags]adsl, personal,wanadoo[/tags]

Compounding a mistake with a lie will only make it worse. The truth is easier.
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