spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
hey i just installed kubuntu on my pc and i like the gui of kde but the problem is i don't know how to open programs. i tried to open the .bin files and it opens them using Kate. and does anyone know any gui enhancements or games/ tools for kubuntu??? ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005 |
hey, good to hear you got linux installed. you run programs from the shell like this: ./program ------------------ [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3) |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Ok first please let us know what kind of programs you are trying to open. In most cases you need to mark the file as executable. I'm assuming it's not because Kate is being launched. Right click on the file, and click the "Permissions" tab and then check "Is executable". Here's a screenshot.  Not sure what you mean. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Kubuntu is basicly Ubuntu with KDE as the default window manager, rather than Gnome. KDE functions in a similar way to Windows, in that you click the various drop-down menu's and run the appropriate applications. Example .bin files are basicly text files so would open with a Text editor, it appears your default is Kate. ------------------ |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
HELP!!!!! windows is not working, it's not even booting i think the problem is when i installed kubuntu the number of hda's increased and in the boot.ini file i have to increment the hda value of the windows drive, it says it can't find hal.dll so...
and i tried gcc and it is not working it can't find most of the headers.
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Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005 |
Spade, that information is not enough for helping... I dont know about the boot ini but it maybe that you just need to setup the windows booting from boot loader that was installed by kubuntu. It should be called grub? ------------------ [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3) |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: That should never happen. If it does it probably means you erased windows. Can you see the Windows partition from Linux or any other OS? EDIT: I've had Windows on my first partition for 3 years. In those 3 years Linux has never corrupted the Windows install, and I have installed over 7 different distros, and reinstalled Linux over 15 times. I have re-installed Windows over 5 times. Neither of the 2 OSes messed with each other except the boot loader, which can easily be re-installed. Yes. Eclipse is a popular one. I used Netbeans for Java and KDevelop for other languages, but you can use KDevelop for Java if you like. You need to install the development files for GCC. Fire up Adept and search for gcc. Install anything with "-devel" in the package name. It's quite possible, but first, can your BIOS boot USB devices? My BIOS was last updated in 2004 and it can't (I don't feel like flashing it right now). ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited April 27, 2007).] |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
my windows drive isn't on c:\ it's on f:\ and when i installed kubuntu i told it to install on the largest continuous free space. and i can see all of my former drives ,except my new linux drive is the third drive, the swap space is at last and my windows is next to last. so... i can open my windows drive but kubuntu has problems mounting my c:\ drive, and my c drive is ntfs so even if i hava a startup disk i don't think i would be able to find boot.ini and repair it. is there any way to mount ntfs volumes on kubuntu, or is there any free windows repair softwares?? the thing is i can find hal.dll using kubuntu but windows can't seem to find it . ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
TwoBrothersSoftware Member Posts: 141 From: Janesville, Wi USA` Registered: 08-05-2006 |
quote: Google Ubutu (remember kbuntu is a off shoot of ubuntu) and windows partition or ubuntu and ntfs and you will find pages that walk your through mounting of a windows partition |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
one of my drives is now messed up and after i re-installed kubuntu it won't start it gets stuck trying to check/fix one of my fat32 volumes. does anyone know how to make linux startup disks?? on another note does anyone know a free distribution like k/x/ed/ubuntu ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
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TwoBrothersSoftware Member Posts: 141 From: Janesville, Wi USA` Registered: 08-05-2006 |
quote: Ubuntu is a free download that boots from the CD - without the need to install it |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
i know ubuntu starts form the disk that's how i installed it. but i need a dos like startup disk,to check the file system and stuff. ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Try downloading "The Ultimate Boot Cd". I don't have the lnk. Sorry. I think I know what part of your problem is. You need windows to run chkdisk on your partitions. There are some linux tools available (such as ntfsprogs) but depending on the type of corruption, windows might be the only tool that can repair the partitions.... windows sucks. Gimme Reiserfs or XFS over ntfs/fat32 any day. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Can you paste the contents of fstab in here. ------------------ |
