http://forum.kahelos.org/forum/howtos-and-tutorials Open for Change en-US Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:13:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://forum.kahelos.org/search.php http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/oafiidgnome_clockapplet-error#post-1068 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:23:40 +0000 roz 1068@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Thank you r3d3ye for these post.</p> <p>If the same error occur. Try to install or update the gnome-panel.</p> <p>sudo pacman -S gnome-panel</p> <p>Then add the clock to panel. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-thunderbird-in-kahel#post-853 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:56:45 +0000 roz 853@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>@r3d3ye: </p> <p>Thanks for the help. It works! </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-thunderbird-in-kahel#post-851 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:34:51 +0000 r3d3ye 851@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>@roz: try to remove your .mozilla and .thunderbird folder on your home directory then resstart your thunderbird application. let us know if you still encounter the same problem.</p> <p>rm -fR /home/yourusername/.mozilla<br /> rm -fR /home/yourusername/.thunderbird </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-thunderbird-in-kahel#post-850 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:12:59 +0000 roz 850@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>I have problem in launching my Thunderbird. It appeared in the panel and start loading but after a few minutes, nothing happened. I can't see any error message. Already, reinstalled it using these command.</p> <p>sudo pacman -S thunderbird<br /> Password:<br /> warning: thunderbird-3.0.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling<br /> resolving dependencies...<br /> looking for inter-conflicts...</p> <p>Targets (1): thunderbird-3.0.3-1 </p> <p>Total Download Size: 0.00 MB<br /> Total Installed Size: 31.72 MB</p> <p>Proceed with installation? [Y/n]<br /> checking package integrity...<br /> (1/1) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%<br /> (1/1) upgrading Thunderbird [#####################] 100%<br /> 02:57 roz ~ $ Thunderbird<br /> 03:06 roz ~ $ Thunderbird</p> <p>But still, nothing happened. No output.</p> <p>I'm using these version - 2.6.32-ARCH.</p> <p>Any workaround for these.</p> <p>Thanks in advance.. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/stellarium-on-kahelos#post-754 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:34:05 +0000 r3d3ye 754@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>I installed stellarium just to check out this application (as one of our friend is an stellarium addict)</p> <p>sudo pacman -S stellarium</p> <p>but after running the application, I immediately noticed that the menu is broken.<br /> So i think that it is a video driver problem.</p> <p>lspci |grep "VGA"<br /> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)</p> <p>I solved the problem by installing driconf and set enable texture tiling to "NO" then re-run the stellarium application.<br /> Everything seems to be working now.</p> <p>sudo pacman -S driconf<br /> system--&gt;administration-&gt;Driconf</p> <p>stellarium ::A stellarium with great graphics and a nice database of sky-objects<br /> driconf:: A graphical configuration tool for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/oafiidgnome_clockapplet-error#post-342 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:48:20 +0000 r3d3ye 342@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Just want to share this applet problem that I encountered awhile ago after upgrading and rebooting my KahelOS.</p> <p>It prompts me with this error "the panel encountered a problem while loading OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet"</p> <p>It was resolved when i simply reinstalled libsoup</p> <p>sudo pacman -Sy libsoup libsoup-gnome. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-download-youtube-video#post-293 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:55 +0000 r3d3ye 293@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>I came across this cool application called minitube.<br /> <a href="http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube" rel="nofollow">http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube</a></p> <p>/*Minitube is a native YouTube client. With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. Minitube does not require the Flash Player.</p> <p>Minitube is not about cloning the original YouTube web interface, it aims to create a new TV-like experience.*/</p> <p>You may also want to install it on your KahelOS.</p> <p>$yaourt -S --noconfirm minitube </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-290 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:48:54 +0000 r3d3ye 290@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>If you're starting with linux and KahelOS i suggest that you check the "man" page of pacman and yaourt for better appreciation of these package managers and the installation is very much simple.</p> <p>$man pacman<br /> $man yaourt</p> <p>wine can also be downloaded from their official website.<br /> <a href="http://www.winehq.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.winehq.org/</a> just don't forget to check their documentations and wiki.</p> <p>Let us also know once you get your access from your admin and if you are able to install wine via pacman.</p> <p>Note:KahelOS repo will be up very soon.Watch out for this! </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-288 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:27 +0000 wavallente 288@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>i was not able to sync. i don't have enough access on the net it was block on our admin. </p> <p>but tnx i will try this evening to download coz our admin will going to give me access.</p> <p>question:<br /> where to download the wine installer for kahelOS. even i didn;t yet sync my kahel </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-287 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:40 +0000 cool8 287@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Check your VMWare, specifically the network/network setting of your VMWare (the error you get kinda hints that causes the concern). </p> <p>Plus, ensure your internet connectivity on your VMWAre is working at the instance. If this is working then it could be on your DNS configuration. Check your DNS Configuration, you can use a public dns i.e. 4.2.2.2</p> <p>Thank you. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-285 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:18:16 +0000 wavallente 285@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>pacman -Syy<br /> :: Synchronizing package databases...<br /> error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.aarnet.edu.au : Network is unreachable<br /> error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.aarnet.edu.au : Connection reset by peer</p> <p>i tried to reinstall my kahelOS.<br /> still got this error when typing pacman -Syy or -Syu</p> <p>by da way i install this using vmware..hope it helps</p> <p>also got an internet connection but pinging google no response </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-283 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:23:00 +0000 joelbryan 283@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>You might have a problem with your mirror where you get your package,<br /> try ranking your mirror using rankmirrors to get the fastest mirrors.</p> <p><code>cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig</code><br /> <code>rankmirrors -n 5 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.orig &gt; /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist</code> # will rank only 5 mirrors, 0 for all mirrors<br /> <code>pacman -Syy &amp;&amp; pacman -Syu</code> </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-277 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:00 +0000 r3d3ye 277@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Before anything else,make sure that your box/KahelOS Desktop is connected to the internet.<br /> If everything is okay. you can try this options in installing your wine.</p> <p>option 1:using pacman</p> <p>When you get this error (again,my assumption is that,it has to do with your account as sudoers)<br /> "error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root."<br /> try to install wine using root (let's just test it) and follow this simple steps.</p> <p>$ su -<br /> Password: (type your root password)<br /> root ~ $ pacman -Sc<br /> Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/<br /> Do you want to remove uninstalled packages from cache? [Y/n] Y<br /> removing old packages from cache...</p> <p>Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/<br /> Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n] Y<br /> Database directory cleaned up</p> <p>$ pacman -Sy wine</p> <p>option 2: using yaourt</p> <p>$ su -<br /> Password: (type your root password)</p> <p>$ yaourt -S --noconfirm wine</p> <p>Hope this helps and Let us know. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-275 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:04:22 +0000 agi 275@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>have you tweaked you /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist? </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-274 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:03 +0000 wavallente 274@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>sudo pacman -Syy<br /> :: Synchronizing package databases...<br /> error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.aarnet.edu.au : Network is unreachable</p> <p>got these error but i have internet.<br /> waaaaaaa. is it not part of the img download here.<br /> no wine.</p> <p>tnx but need to make it work. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-273 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:30 +0000 agi 273@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Running pacman search on wine in my system, shows this:</p> <p>$ sudo pacman -Ss wine<br /> Password:<br /> extra/wine 1.1.32-1<br /> A compatibility layer for running Windows programs<br /> community/ies4linux 2.99.0.1-3<br /> is the simpler way to have Microsoft Internet Explorer running on wine<br /> community/wine_gecko 1.0.0-1<br /> Wine's built-in replacement for Microsoft's Internet Explorer<br /> community/winefish 1.3.3-8<br /> LaTeX editor based on Bluefish with auto-completion and syntax highlighting<br /> community/winetricks 20090913-1<br /> Script to install various redistributable runtime libraries in Wine</p> <p>Wine's no showing on your's because you have sync'd your database yet.. Sync them first:</p> <p>$ sudo pacman -Syy </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-272 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:40:13 +0000 wavallente 272@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>19:48 name ~ $ pacman -S wine<br /> error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.<br /> 19:48 name ~ $ sudo pacman -S wine<br /> wine package not found, searching for group...<br /> error: 'wine': not found in sync db</p> <p>getting this error. my kahel was just a fressh installed.<br /> update my user account as a root on the users and group. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-271 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:27 +0000 creek23 271@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>yep, that's it.</p> <p>clear the cache, resync, then install wine</p> <p>pacman -Sc<br /> pacman -Sy wine </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-270 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:35:39 +0000 agi 270@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>You could try and check if you got internet access:</p> <p>$ ping google.com</p> <p>If you can ping, proceed to tweaking your /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, the unixheads.org is particularly reliable. I suspect that mirror.aarnet.edu.au is down on the moment you tried it.</p> <p>$ sudo nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist</p> <p>Then, force pacman to resync its database and update your system before installing wine:</p> <p>$ sudo pacman -Syyu<br /> $ sudo pacman -S wine </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-269 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:22:35 +0000 r3d3ye 269@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Try Wine.</p> <p>@wavallente: I'm suspecting that the problem is on your user access.<br /> Does your user included in the sudoers file? or belong to wheel group?<br /> If you're getting more error,can you share that to us?<br /> Also,try to clear your cache using this "pacman -Sc" then try to install your wine again. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-268 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:09 +0000 wavallente 268@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>still can install anything even some of the pacman application</p> <p>error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.aarnet.edu.au : Network is unreachable</p> <p>this is an error comming out.</p> <p>by da way i'm no ton the root. just my account.<br /> how to log in as root on the terminal.</p> <p>please ym me need to make it work. <a href="mailto:wavallente@yahoo.com">wavallente@yahoo.com</a></p> <p>tnx in advance. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-267 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:06:39 +0000 creek23 267@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>try 'pacman -S wine' </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-266 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:48:47 +0000 wavallente 266@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>im looking for that but it is not working.</p> <p>sudo pacman -Sy wine </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-265 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:29 +0000 creek23 265@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Have you installed WINE already? </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-install-win32-application-on-kahel#post-264 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:52 +0000 wavallente 264@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>badly needed.<br /> I want to install an exe file so that i can test the application on this OS.</p> <p>Hope for immediate response. Thank you. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-download-youtube-video#post-199 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:09:23 +0000 roz 199@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>To r3d3ye,</p> <p>Thanks for posting. </p> <p>Yes! It works!</p> <p>Now, I can now use my clive in my Kahel OS. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-download-youtube-video#post-198 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:13:33 +0000 r3d3ye 198@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>use this PKGBUILD<br /> # $Id: PKGBUILD 4029 2009-10-13 21:39:43Z ibiru $<br /> # Maintainer: Daniel J Griffiths &lt;ghost1227@archlinux.us&gt;<br /> # Contributor: Geoffroy Carrier &lt;geoffory.carrier@koon.fr&gt;<br /> # Contributor: Benjamin Andresen &lt;bandresen AT gmail DOT com&gt;<br /> # Contributor: Kristaps Esterlins &lt;esterlinsh@gmail.com&gt;<br /> # Contributor: Byron Clark &lt;byron@theclarkfamily.name&gt;</p> <p>pkgname=clive<br /> pkgver=2.2.7<br /> pkgrel=1<br /> pkgdesc="Video extraction/download tool for youtube and other websites."<br /> url="http://code.google.com/p/clive/"<br /> license=("GPL")<br /> arch=('i686' 'x86_64')<br /> depends=('perl-www-curl' 'perl-uri' 'perl-html-parser' 'perl-config-tiny' 'perl-berkeleydb' 'perl-class-singleton' 'perl-getopt-argvfile')<br /> source=(http://clive.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)<br /> md5sums=('3f713d996b9a440f83188c19db4023a0')</p> <p>build() {<br /> cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}<br /> perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=${pkgdir}/usr INSTALLDIRS=vendor INSTALLVENDORLIB="$pkgdir/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl"||return 1<br /> make || return 1<br /> make install||return 1<br /> mkdir ${pkgdir}/usr/share<br /> mv ${pkgdir}/usr/man ${pkgdir}/usr/share/man<br /> }</p> <p>Here are the steps that I did to install it.<br /> 1.mkdir /tmp/clive<br /> 2.put PKGBUILD above inside your /tmp/clive directory<br /> 3.use or type "makepkg"<br /> this will create: clive-2.2.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz<br /> 4.install package<br /> pacman -U clive-2.2.7-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz</p> <p>Let me know if this helps you.</p> <p>Reference:<br /> <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16629" rel="nofollow">http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16629</a> </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/how-to-download-youtube-video#post-197 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:46:05 +0000 roz 197@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>I installed clive in my KahelOS using these command.</p> <p>$sudo pacman -Sy clive</p> <p>After successful installation, I tried to download a URL from youtube : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5RZoVng9Tc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5RZoVng9Tc</a></p> <p>$ clive <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5RZoVng9Tc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5RZoVng9Tc</a></p> <p>then got these error.</p> <p>Can't locate clive/App.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1 /usr/share/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl /usr/lib/perl5/current /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current .) at /usr/bin/clive line 31.<br /> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/clive line 31.</p> <p>Any work-around?</p> <p>thanks for the help in advance. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/ready-for-download-and-sharing-the-kahelos-desktop-guide#post-194 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:03:29 +0000 cool8 194@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Hi Everyone:</p> <p>We would like to inform you that we have written a guide for those who may wish to have a dainty, cool and fun "nearly" perfect dekstop.</p> <p>This guide is intended for those users who would like to initially experience the beauty and power of Linux and the attributes/ potential of the Open Source Technologies (beginner and intermediate users) and the likes by initially installing KahelOS.</p> <p>It is now available for download at <a href="http://www.kahelos.org/docs/manual_kahelOS_Desktop_Guide_v1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.kahelos.org/docs/manual_kahelOS_Desktop_Guide_v1.pdf</a></p> <p>If you think you like it, share it to others who may benefit from it. If you think it needs some more improvements, please do let us know. We will be more than glad to hear from you.</p> <p>Thank you and Enjoy your KahelOS. </p> http://forum.kahelos.org/topic/phatch-photo-batch-on-my-kahelos#post-175 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:33:54 +0000 roz 175@http://forum.kahelos.org/ <p>Try to upgrade the KahelOS by running </p> <p>$ sudo pacman -Syu</p> <p>or</p> <p>$ sudo pacman -Sfyu</p> <p>then open the phatch.</p> <p>yes! it works! </p>