GUtsy Gibbon Queries

[iMav]

i have it not being able to write it gives a message the volume is write protected i have changed the settings to allow me to write still

 

[infra_red_dude]

Yaar, changing the display size in xorg file won't render your machine unbootable! There is something else thats fugged up.

Jus try booting into recovery mode.

 

[iMav]

ok i somehow got it working i dont know how

however today i went and spent 200/- on digit for ubuntu now how do i update install stuff with it on my existing ubuntu

guys chk out how the fonts are i cant figure out whats wrong ...

*img85.imageshack.us/img85/1187/screenshotob7.th.png

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

i don't know about your fonts man .. but i give you a better idea to manage Bookmarks using only icons instead of name like digit forum .. check out screenshot !
hv fun .. cool idea right ?

*img40.picoodle.com/img/img40/5/12/5/t_Screenshotm_6be32d9.png

 

[iMav]

wtf the fonts are alright on ur machine and not on mine arre koi help karo yaar .. the net is also turning up nothing

i dont mind the bookmarks as long sa they are there

 

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

if you are talking about firefox fonts
then press Ctrl + 0 in firefox .

i don't know about system fonts .. will see that later

 

[iMav]

what does ctrl+0 do it did nothing here

i was playng around and i came across this in terminal:

Fontconfig error: "~/.fonts.conf", line 2: no element found

any ideas

These are the contents of my font.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>

<!--
    DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
    IT WILL BE REPLACED WHEN FONTCONFIG IS UPDATED.
    LOCAL CHANGES BELONG IN 'local.conf'.

    The intent of this standard configuration file is to be adequate for
    most environments.  If you have a reasonably normal environment and
    have found problems with this configuration, they are probably
    things that others will also want fixed.  Please submit any
    problems to the fontconfig bugzilla system located at fontconfig.org

    Note that the normal 'make install' procedure for fontconfig is to
    replace any existing fonts.conf file with the new version.  Place
    any local customizations in local.conf which this file references.

    Keith Packard
-->

<!-- Font directory list -->

    <dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>
    <dir>/usr/share/X11/fonts</dir> <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir>
    <dir>~/.fonts</dir>

<!-- Font cache directory list -->

    <cachedir>/var/cache/fontconfig</cachedir>
    <cachedir>~/.fontconfig</cachedir>

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'mono' alias, replacing it with 'monospace'
-->
    <match target="pattern">
        <test qual="any" name="family">
            <string>mono</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign">
            <string>monospace</string>
        </edit>
    </match>

<!--
  Accept alternate 'sans serif' spelling, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
    <match target="pattern">
        <test qual="any" name="family">
            <string>sans serif</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign">
            <string>sans-serif</string>
        </edit>
    </match>

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'sans' alias, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
    <match target="pattern">
        <test qual="any" name="family">
            <string>sans</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign">
            <string>sans-serif</string>
        </edit>
    </match>

<!--
  Load local system customization file
-->
    <include ignore_missing="yes">conf.d</include>

    <config>
<!--
  These are the default Unicode chars that are expected to be blank
  in fonts.  All other blank chars are assumed to be broken and
  won't appear in the resulting charsets
 -->
        <blank>
            <int>0x0020</int>    <!-- SPACE -->
            <int>0x00A0</int>    <!-- NO-BREAK SPACE -->
            <int>0x00AD</int>    <!-- SOFT HYPHEN -->
            <int>0x034F</int>    <!-- COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER -->
            <int>0x0600</int>    <!-- ARABIC NUMBER SIGN -->
            <int>0x0601</int>    <!-- ARABIC SIGN SANAH -->
            <int>0x0602</int>    <!-- ARABIC FOOTNOTE MARKER -->
            <int>0x0603</int>    <!-- ARABIC SIGN SAFHA -->
            <int>0x06DD</int>    <!-- ARABIC END OF AYAH -->
            <int>0x070F</int>    <!-- SYRIAC ABBREVIATION MARK -->
            <int>0x115F</int>    <!-- HANGUL CHOSEONG FILLER -->
            <int>0x1160</int>    <!-- HANGUL JUNGSEONG FILLER -->
            <int>0x1680</int>    <!-- OGHAM SPACE MARK -->
            <int>0x17B4</int>    <!-- KHMER VOWEL INHERENT AQ -->
            <int>0x17B5</int>    <!-- KHMER VOWEL INHERENT AA -->
            <int>0x180E</int>    <!-- MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR -->
            <int>0x2000</int>    <!-- EN QUAD -->
            <int>0x2001</int>    <!-- EM QUAD -->
            <int>0x2002</int>    <!-- EN SPACE -->
            <int>0x2003</int>    <!-- EM SPACE -->
            <int>0x2004</int>    <!-- THREE-PER-EM SPACE -->
            <int>0x2005</int>    <!-- FOUR-PER-EM SPACE -->
            <int>0x2006</int>    <!-- SIX-PER-EM SPACE -->
            <int>0x2007</int>    <!-- FIGURE SPACE -->
            <int>0x2008</int>    <!-- PUNCTUATION SPACE -->
            <int>0x2009</int>    <!-- THIN SPACE -->
            <int>0x200A</int>    <!-- HAIR SPACE -->
            <int>0x200B</int>    <!-- ZERO WIDTH SPACE -->
            <int>0x200C</int>    <!-- ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER -->
            <int>0x200D</int>    <!-- ZERO WIDTH JOINER -->
            <int>0x200E</int>    <!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK -->
            <int>0x200F</int>    <!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK -->
            <int>0x2028</int>    <!-- LINE SEPARATOR -->
            <int>0x2029</int>    <!-- PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR -->
            <int>0x202A</int>    <!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING -->
            <int>0x202B</int>    <!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING -->
            <int>0x202C</int>    <!-- POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING -->
            <int>0x202D</int>    <!-- LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE -->
            <int>0x202E</int>    <!-- RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE -->
            <int>0x202F</int>    <!-- NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE -->
            <int>0x205F</int>    <!-- MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE -->
            <int>0x2060</int>    <!-- WORD JOINER -->
            <int>0x2061</int>    <!-- FUNCTION APPLICATION -->
            <int>0x2062</int>    <!-- INVISIBLE TIMES -->
            <int>0x2063</int>    <!-- INVISIBLE SEPARATOR -->
            <int>0x206A</int>    <!-- INHIBIT SYMMETRIC SWAPPING -->
            <int>0x206B</int>    <!-- ACTIVATE SYMMETRIC SWAPPING -->
            <int>0x206C</int>    <!-- INHIBIT ARABIC FORM SHAPING -->
            <int>0x206D</int>    <!-- ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING -->
            <int>0x206E</int>    <!-- NATIONAL DIGIT SHAPES -->
            <int>0x206F</int>    <!-- NOMINAL DIGIT SHAPES -->
            <int>0x3000</int>    <!-- IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE -->
            <int>0x3164</int>    <!-- HANGUL FILLER -->
            <int>0xFEFF</int>    <!-- ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE -->
            <int>0xFFA0</int>    <!-- HALFWIDTH HANGUL FILLER -->
            <int>0xFFF9</int>    <!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION ANCHOR -->
            <int>0xFFFA</int>    <!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION SEPARATOR -->
            <int>0xFFFB</int>    <!-- INTERLINEAR ANNOTATION TERMINATOR -->
        </blank>
<!--
  Rescan configuration every 30 seconds when FcFontSetList is called
 -->
        <rescan>
            <int>30</int>
        </rescan>
    </config>

</fontconfig>

 

[gary4gar]

try this if it helps
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=208396
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=4456

 

[iMav]

no good the fonts are still too thin and that is why they appear broken ... i came across a few sites which i i guess had font settings which made them look pretty good as compared to what i get on most sites like google; thinkdigit etc.

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

no good the fonts are still too thin and that is why they appear broken ... i came across a few sites which i i guess had font settings which made them look pretty good as compared to what i get on most sites like google; thinkdigit etc.

Use apt-on CD and back up all your installed programs. Reinstall ubuntu with the new DVD you got. Install apt-on CD and reinstall all your programs back automatically. (should be possible within an hour)

You have to screw around couple of times before you can stop fiddling with settings in linux. Like we all mentioned, Linux is for geeks, so unless you know what setting you are fiddling with, never change it. Guess, you changed something somewhere which was not supposed to be changed. So, take this as a lesson and reinstall it. This is open source which means you can change almost any part of the OS and when you change something you don't know.. you end up in a situation where you are now at.

I had to reinstall twice before I learnt to keep my hand off the x.org conf file or keep several backups of it. So, take this as your first lesson and do what is mentioned above rather than wasting anymore time trying to figure it out as I can see you've already wasted more than 3 days on this.

 

[iMav]

the problem is only with browser fonts i tried opera too ... could some 1 tell all firefox folders and their location i will remove firefox and delete or folders and see ...

however is there any way as in i do a re-install on the existing 1 and will not affect my current programs installed

 

[praka123]

^are ur settings as below? :
*iup.in/img/praka123/Screenshot-22.png

and am also using a nvidia card.if everything fails,use nvidia-settings(run it) and select enable font anti-aliasing and sharpness if ur card supports! as the font menu in Gnome may not be able to resolve it .

 

[iMav]

i have set it to slight and subpixel and iv seen my x and gnome are to use 96dpi ... nvidia settings manager will see btw wehre do i get the nvidia manager any idea abt the eroor i have mentinoned above

 

[praka123]

"sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings" or go to synaptic and select install it!then run "nvidia-settings".

 

[iMav]

ok i found this and did this ... what do u want me to do here:

*img100.imageshack.us/img100/4753/screenshotvw1.th.png

 

[infra_red_dude]

sudo apt-get remove firefox

after this delete: /home/<username>/.mozilla and/or /home/<username>/.firefox

then sudo apt-get install firefox

Of use Synaptic for both the package management tasks.

 

[iMav]

i knew this would happen coz i had seen that this does that ...

i dwnldd nvida-settings and it resulted in removal of nvidia drivers (new-glx) or whatever now no compiz howver im re-downloading nvidia drviers ... now

coming to the font problem again i popped in the live cd and i want surprised to see that all the fonts in firefox seemed to be beautiful in there .... now what should i edit guys help please ...

 

[infra_red_dude]

Jus reinstall FF.

 

[iMav]

na re na na

no luck

 

[praka123]

oops!am on Debian,and nvidia-settings was already there with nvidia-glx-new. so,install nvidia-glx-new package or from restricted manager.
and i have attached my xorg.conf for nvidia driver.it is more refined than the one made from nvidia-xconfig.try that and also tell me what resolution and frequency do u want to run Display?edit the section "screen" and make sure u have only one entry-ur required resolution.
after installation,run below command:

rm -r ~/.nvidia-settings-rc

^this will may be solve some problems!

and falkotimme explains fx-5200 on gutys below:
*www.howtoforge.com/compiz-fusion-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200