Just installed Ubuntu 6.1 and has some "dumb" ques

[Nik]

Open your xorg.conf file add the following lines and save the file

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection


reboot

PS: My mistake^^

[GeoTrail]

Ok, done. Before I restart, what does it do? The composite setting.

[Nik]

It speeds up the desktop but it should work without and you can turn it on again when Fred fixed the problem.

[Trond]

You don't have to reboot, just logout and press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. (And be prepared for a messup with your dpi settings...)

[GeoTrail]

That didn't work. Now I'm running the live cd.
I got an error when starting the machine about it failed to start the X server.
In the details it said something about incorrect or missing " sign in the section. How can I edit the conf file from the command prompt?

[remi_meier]

Not

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection

but

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

just use gedit or nano to edit the file within the terminal.[/quote]

[GeoTrail]

Aaa I didn't see the difference at first hehehe.

I tried gedit but it won't start because the X server isn't running. Does nano need the graphics server too?

[Nik]

no nano doesn't need it and vim does neither

[Trond]

If the Ubuntu developers are sane, just type xorgconfig and answer the questions to create a new valid xorg.conf.

[GeoTrail]

Got it fixed now. I typed sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and corrected the file and restarted. Now PB works like a charm

Thanks for all the help guys
BUT, do expect some more lame linux questions in the very near future

[GeoTrail]

I've tried making a sh file for launching PB

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#!/bin/sh

$ export PUREBASIC_HOME=~/purebasic
$ export PATH=$PUREBASIC_HOME/compilers:$PATH
$ purebasic

but it doesn't work. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

[Nik]

Leave out the $ signs

[GeoTrail]

Aaa

That worked. When I click the help menu in the PB editor I get this error "Cannot open the file '~/purebasic/purebasic.help' ! When I click OK the help program opens up but without any contents.



When I try to compile this

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RunProgram("export", "PUREBASIC_HOME=~/purebasic", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("export", "PATH=$PUREBASIC_HOME/compilers:$PATH", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("purebasic", Parameter.s, WorkingDirectory.s)

I get the following error: Can't load any OSLibraries! Please re-install PureBasic

[Psychophanta]

When I try to compile this

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RunProgram("export", "PUREBASIC_HOME=~/purebasic", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("export", "PATH=$PUREBASIC_HOME/compilers:$PATH", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("purebasic", Parameter.s, WorkingDirectory.s)

I get the following error: Can't load any OSLibraries! Please re-install PureBasic

Pity that RunProgram() PB function is still not perfect for linux, because it is one of the more interesting functions for that OS.
BTW of Ubuntu, i installed KUbuntu 6.10, and as a notice; if you are full that it checks filesystem partitions every time you boot, the solution is to edit /etc/fstab file (set to 0 the last parameters).
Info about that file:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab
Very good done, but in spanish:
http://es.tldp.org/Manuales-LuCAS/lfs-e ... fstab.html

[freak]

This has nothing to do with RunProgram().
The expansion of environment variables is done by the shell, and running a program
directly does not involve the shell, so this kind of thing will never work.