[afnog] afnog Digest, Vol 97, Issue 7

Tue Apr 10 06:29:19 UTC 2012

Dear Yasini,

It is better to return to Ubuntu 8.04 or better still upgrade to 10.04. if a version gives headaches, conquer it by moving to a reliable version. If  may ask what is the essence of upgrading?  have been enjoying my 10.04 for years now to configure any monitoring tools & mount any device.

Thanks!

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   1. Re:  UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches! (Yasini Kilima)
   2.  AfriNIC 16 Fellows (Babusha Radhakissoon)
   3. Re:  UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches! (matogoro jabera)
   4. Re:  AfriNIC 16 Fellows (matogoro jabera)
   5. Re:  UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches! (Yasini Kilima)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:52:52 +0000
From: Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz>
To: Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
Cc: afnog <afnog at afnog.org>
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!
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It is on a standalone

From: Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:26 PM
To: Yasini Kilima
Cc: afnog
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz<mailto:ykilima at tra.go.tz>> wrote:

<<snip>>
Oooops! My GOD I came to discover that my new OS cannot mount my USB stick although it can mount and read a USB Card reader with Memory Card of any type plugged in the same USB ports also it can see everything in my USB Mass Storage drive. I tried also my Digital camera with USB support it read pretty fine.

The issue is only and just USB memory Stick. You can't believe
Is the OS running on a virtualized environment OR standalone?
Fdisk -l will show the /dev/sdb1 with the capacity of my memory stick, Now I am about to run crazy again, I cannot afford to run my new OS without USB stick functionality. I have googled and tried a lot of everything said there in the forums but all in VAIN. Actually I have discovered that it is not only me but many have had this experience though some said they solved by disabling their floppy device on BIOS but to me and many more other has not solved the problem.

I have now reached at the point that Either I go BACK to my 8.04 though I thought I could enjoy much on Ubuntu with 10.10 OR I get the Last help and my LAST RESORT is you Guys.
Persnally if you cannot wait for 12.04 LTS which is around the corner, i suggest you make use of 10.04LTS as it has long time security support, even more that 10.10
It reminds me of OUR Late Lecture for Computer Science in 2000 at the University of Dar es Salaam the LATE Dr. Mbise who was always preaching US that "IF YOU FIND YOU ARE USING A LOT OF ENERGY OR A LOT OF THINKING IN ANYTHING TECHNICAL THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT EITHER YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM" i.e. Life is supposed to be easier and not difficult in the computing world.

Now please help me out of this predicament as I consider to go back to UBUNTU 8.04 just for the USB Memory functionality.

Excuse me for the long STORY this is to make sure That my problem is well Understood.

Thanks,

Yasini.

Regards
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:43 +0400
From: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha at afrinic.net>
To: afnog at afnog.org
Subject: [afnog] AfriNIC 16 Fellows
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Dear Colleagues,

AfriNIC is pleased to announce that the fellowship selection process is
now complete and the following applicants (from 67 applications
received) were selected to receive a fellowship to attend the AfriNIC-16
Public Policy Meeting which will be held from 12 to 18 May 2012, The Gambia.

The fellows are:
1. Rising Osazuwa from Nigeria
2. Mathias Hougbo from Benin
3. Mwendwa Kivuva from Kenya
4. Alex Kisakye from Uganda
5. Towela Jere from Malawi

Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to collaborating with
you in Internet development initiatives in the African Region.

We wish to thank you all for your applications and interest in attending
AfriNIC events and we look forward to your participation!

Please be advised that fellowships will also be offered for AfriNIC-17
and the community will be informed when the application period opens.

There will be remote participation for those who will not be able to
join us in The Gambia, further details will be available on our
website shortly.

Additional information regarding the meeting is available on the
following URL:https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-16/

Regards,

AfriNIC Meeting Team

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:07:16 +0300
From: matogoro jabera <jaberamatogoro at gmail.com>
To: Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz>
Cc: afnog <afnog at afnog.org>
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!
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Hellow Yasini,

big up for your interest to join this world, as the university we have
been helping a number of government agency to migrate to linux almost
freely in case you show your interest, we can communicate.

I am sure you will enjoy, I remember you even posted to this forum on
virus issues on windows. this will be you ultimate solution to TRA.

Welcome UDOM

Thanks

On 4/10/12, Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz> wrote:
> It is on a standalone
>
> From: Seun Ojedeji [mailto:seun.ojedeji at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:26 PM
> To: Yasini Kilima
> Cc: afnog
> Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Yasini Kilima
> <ykilima at tra.go.tz<mailto:ykilima at tra.go.tz>> wrote:
>
> <<snip>>
> Oooops! My GOD I came to discover that my new OS cannot mount my USB stick
> although it can mount and read a USB Card reader with Memory Card of any
> type plugged in the same USB ports also it can see everything in my USB Mass
> Storage drive. I tried also my Digital camera with USB support it read
> pretty fine.
>
> The issue is only and just USB memory Stick. You can't believe
> Is the OS running on a virtualized environment OR standalone?
> Fdisk -l will show the /dev/sdb1 with the capacity of my memory stick, Now I
> am about to run crazy again, I cannot afford to run my new OS without USB
> stick functionality. I have googled and tried a lot of everything said there
> in the forums but all in VAIN. Actually I have discovered that it is not
> only me but many have had this experience though some said they solved by
> disabling their floppy device on BIOS but to me and many more other has not
> solved the problem.
>
> I have now reached at the point that Either I go BACK to my 8.04 though I
> thought I could enjoy much on Ubuntu with 10.10 OR I get the Last help and
> my LAST RESORT is you Guys.
> Persnally if you cannot wait for 12.04 LTS which is around the corner, i
> suggest you make use of 10.04LTS as it has long time security support, even
> more that 10.10
> It reminds me of OUR Late Lecture for Computer Science in 2000 at the
> University of Dar es Salaam the LATE Dr. Mbise who was always preaching US
> that "IF YOU FIND YOU ARE USING A LOT OF ENERGY OR A LOT OF THINKING IN
> ANYTHING TECHNICAL THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT EITHER YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG
> OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM" i.e. Life is supposed to be easier
> and not difficult in the computing world.
>
> Now please help me out of this predicament as I consider to go back to
> UBUNTU 8.04 just for the USB Memory functionality.
>
> Excuse me for the long STORY this is to make sure That my problem is well
> Understood.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yasini.
>
> Regards
> ________________________________
>
>
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MATOGORO Jabhera
Instructor Cum Technical Staff, University Computing Centre (2008-Aug.2009)
Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst I, UDOM-ICT Unit (Sept.2009-Dec.2011)
ARIS Database Administrator-UDOM (2010-To Date)
Assistant Lecturer,UDOM-School of Informatics (14 Dec.2011-To Date)
The University of Dodoma-UDOM

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:10:03 +0300
From: matogoro jabera <jaberamatogoro at gmail.com>
To: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha at afrinic.net>
Cc: afnog at afnog.org
Subject: Re: [afnog] AfriNIC 16 Fellows
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All the best guys, keep the Internet community alive

Thanks for sharing

On 4/10/12, Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha at afrinic.net> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> AfriNIC is pleased to announce that the fellowship selection process is
> now complete and the following applicants (from 67 applications
> received) were selected to receive a fellowship to attend the AfriNIC-16
> Public Policy Meeting which will be held from 12 to 18 May 2012, The Gambia.
>
> The fellows are:
> 1. Rising Osazuwa from Nigeria
> 2. Mathias Hougbo from Benin
> 3. Mwendwa Kivuva from Kenya
> 4. Alex Kisakye from Uganda
> 5. Towela Jere from Malawi
>
> Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to collaborating with
> you in Internet development initiatives in the African Region.
>
> We wish to thank you all for your applications and interest in attending
> AfriNIC events and we look forward to your participation!
>
> Please be advised that fellowships will also be offered for AfriNIC-17
> and the community will be informed when the application period opens.
>
> There will be remote participation for those who will not be able to
> join us in The Gambia, further details will be available on our
> website shortly.
>
> Additional information regarding the meeting is available on the
> following URL:https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-16/
>
>
> Regards,
>
> AfriNIC Meeting Team
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> afnog mailing list
> http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog
>

-- 
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Instructor Cum Technical Staff, University Computing Centre (2008-Aug.2009)
Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst I, UDOM-ICT Unit (Sept.2009-Dec.2011)
ARIS Database Administrator-UDOM (2010-To Date)
Assistant Lecturer,UDOM-School of Informatics (14 Dec.2011-To Date)
The University of Dodoma-UDOM

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:11:47 +0000
From: Yasini Kilima <ykilima at tra.go.tz>
To: Patrick Okui <pokui at psg.com>
Cc: afnog <afnog at afnog.org>
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!
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	<7691327EA7AEF149B3785E29DC3060CA129663F9 at traexchange02.tra.go.tz>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hello Patrick,

1. The USB stick is 2.0 and it doesn't matter what you insert provided it is a USB stick I tried several but surprisingly a USB mass storage works fine, USB Camera works fine, USB Card reader works fine

2. The format on the USB is FAT16 as usual

3. Version of Ubuntu, actually I don't know what you mean but I used Ubuntu 10.10 if this is correct for the question

4. I installed on an hp dc5000 desktop with 512MB RAM 2.8GHZ processor and stand alone

5. I will try this command "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt"  I expected it should mount automatically. The strange thing is the USB drive will show up in /dev but doesn't mount and so you cannot see its contents.

Now because the machine is at home when I go back in the evening I will try this command and will feedback tomorrow.

Thanks for your help,

Yasini

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Okui [mailto:pokui at psg.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:21 AM
To: Yasini Kilima
Cc: afnog
Subject: Re: [afnog] UBUNTU 10.!10 headaches!

Hello Yasini,

On 09/04/2012 5:36 PM, Yasini Kilima wrote:
> I am trying to migrate to Ubuntu Linux but I am getting a lot of drill
> with features that I would not want to lose as compared to Microsoft.

Not directly related to your post (and this will sound weird) but if a particular OS has features or tools you MUST use and can't find substitutes for, then by all means use that OS. Even if it's Windows.

> Any way going back to the problem at hand now I decided to reinstall
> my system with 10.10 which I have used a lot of energy first of all to
> get the ISO image which at the beginning I downloaded a desktop ISO
> which wanted to drive me crazy as it was not installing only running
> on RAM with the CD inserted and I discovered at the latest moment that
> I was supposed to download the Alternate Version which I had to make
> sure I do it and get the results same day.

Not quite. The image you downloaded at first was likely the right one (though given when you posted the message I'm surprised you downloaded
10.10 rather than 11.10 or 10.04). The image you get these days if you select the default downloads is a "live" one meaning you can run it from RAM but it can also be installed to your disk. If you go to <http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download> look at the instructions under step 4 right at the bottom of the page.

> Fdisk -l will show the /dev/sdb1 with the capacity of my memory stick,
> Now I am about to run crazy again, I cannot afford to run my new OS
> without USB stick functionality.

Ok, so what make/model of USB stick is it? How is it formatted? What did you try? I'm not sure what version of Ubuntu you ended up installing, but does "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt" work as root? and does "ls /mnt" show you the files you expect? (don't forget to umount /mnt).

If the command line options work then likely your desktop environment just isn't automatically mounting it for you which is something else.

> Excuse me for the long STORY this is to make sure That my problem is
> well Understood.

Your frustration is understood, but understand that without details for the *current* problem being solved (see above) it may not be easy for anyone to guess what may (not) have happened.

Also, like Seun asked, what hardware are you installing to? A laptop?
Desktop? Virtual Machine? If you're using virtualization, what vendor (and version of it) powers your virtual machines?

--
patrick

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