Linux & streaming & networking

[ionicle]

first of all, if you think this is in the wrong place mods, please move it

i couldnt decide which it was more, its both OS's and networking..

atm, at home, my network looks like this:

Internet -> Netgear Router -> Downstairs pc (wired)

-> Spare laptop (wireless)

-> Ian Laptop (wireless)

-> 8 port netgear switch -> Server PC

Right, my questions now, are mostly operating system related, i *think*

Atm, from Server, i can stream music, video's, pictures, documents, etc etc, to Spare laptop...

i COULD do it before, to Ian Laptop, when it had vista, but now it has ubuntu, i am not entirely sure how to fix that

in the network settings, i can ping server, but if i put in the network address in firefox it doesnt seem to want to work, and this problem needs remedying, as i have no media on my laptop, and i feel lost without my 90 gig of music

on the Downstairs PC i can access the internet, but i cannot access the network, and i do not know why (vista, on ian laptop, when i had it, said downstairs was on the network, but there was a fault somwhere in the OS that didnt alow networking anywhere on it)

Also, on Ubuntu, i had to connect to the router, to get to the internet, fair enough, but when i tried to put it on static IP, it didnt seem to like it, i had to turn on DHCP server on my router, to make the internet work, but the network still will not work

currently:

Router: 10.0.0.1

Downstairs: 10.0.0.88

Spare: 10.0.0.66

Server: 10.0.0.44

Ian-Laptop: unknown, i cannot check on ubuntu (that i know of)

if you need any more info, just ask

if you can help, it would be apreciated

also see my project thread, that is intended as a server replacement to server, it is going to be running linux server, so hopfully, all windows, and linux pc's can access it and stream its content...

 

[nathan]

You will more than likely need to set up samba on ubuntu. Also ubuntu's version of ipconfig is ifconfig. So start a new terminal and type ifconfig to see the ip info.

 

[ionicle]

is it ipconfig /all ?

i know several things that work in command prompt, but i darent use them in linux, incase they have a different meaning, and foul somthing up

 

[nrage]

My first thought is that you need to check your subnet mask values and ensure all machines are on the same subnet.

You may have needed to enable DHCP because prior to that you may have been missing the dns and/or gateway settings for the network on ubuntu - I'm not sure how to configure ubuntu either.

Not much I know but I hope it helps.

 

[ionicle]

EDIT: (the edit button STILL doesnt work) i have a netgear router that i just bought, before this, i had a belkin, but it hasnt changed anything, just mentionining just incase it has any effect on anything

from the server, i can access the laptop, the spare laptop

from downstairs i cant access anything

from ian laptop i cant access anything

but server, and spare laptop are fine

server: windows xp, home

downstairs: windows xp, pro

ian laptop: linux ubuntu 7.10

spare: windows xp MCE

 

[Joe]

Can You access the intenet on ur UBUtop??

OK lemme guess, are you using the network browser built into ubuntu?

because if that is a yes you are going to have media related headaches

go to a command line and type :

sudo apt-get install smbfs

** this will install a SaMBa client --- for accessing windows shares as a file system

then type:

mkdir ~/Server

**this will create a folder in your home directory called Server

then type ::

sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=**YOURUSERNAME**,password=**YOURPASSWORD** //10.0.0.44/**SHARE NAME** ~/Server

** Insert Username + Password + Sharename where appropriate

** this will mount your server into your Server folder in your home folder

 

[ionicle]

My first thought is that you need to check your subnet mask values and ensure all machines are on the same subnet.

You may have needed to enable DHCP because prior to that you may have been missing the dns and/or gateway settings for the network on ubuntu - I'm not sure how to configure ubuntu either.

Not much I know but I hope it helps.

i never paid much attention to subnet mask, it always entered it automatically, so, i shal check that thanks

and.....i entered 10.0.0.1

and 64.241.162.200 as the DNS servers, for the ubuntu laptop, as it needed them to do static ip, but it still didnt work

thanks though

 

[ionicle]

Can You access the intenet on ur UBUtop??

OK lemme guess, are you using the network browser built into ubuntu?

because if that is a yes you are going to have media related headaches

go to a command line and type :

sudo apt-get install smbfs

** this will install a SaMBa client --- for accessing windows shares as a file system

then type:

mkdir ~/Server

**this will create a folder in your home directory called Server

then type ::

sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=**YOURUSERNAME**,password=**YOURPASSWORD** //10.0.0.44/**SHARE NAME** ~/Server

** Insert Username + Password + Sharename where appropriate

** this will mount your server into your Server folder in your home folder

ahh, wow, thanks, i shal try that shortly

 

[Joe]

ahh, wow, thanks, i shal try that shortly

NoProbs

if that works do tell .. and ill give u some info on how to make the mount permanent (else u wld have to mount it @ every reboot)

 

[ionicle]

i'm on the laptop now

just one thing, just to make 100% sure, i enter all this in terminal, right?

 

[ionicle]

nevermind, it does indeed work

i need the next bit of code

and can i use that for all my shared folders on the network?

 

[ionicle]

since this is in the OS section, i have a few more questions to ask bout linux:

1. youtube...works, but not well, how do i get that to work properly

2.whenever i use pidgeon, as an IM, its great, but my font is always black, i change it, close the window, it goes back to black, how do i get it to stick as red?

3. are there NO decent media players for it?!

no winamp, no wmp, no foobar, no nothing really, i have to use movie player, and i had to download a mp3/wma codec!

4. last.fm, i downloaded the thing from the site, but i dont know how to install it, help?

5.SMP folding (i think PV could help me with this maybe?) i wanna fold with SMP, yes, its only a laptop, but its dual core, and its core 2 duo, so i think it can handle it no problem,...if anyone knows how to set that up too?

 

[ionicle]

also, joe, it doesnt work if i try and set it to a different location, i think i have to make a new folder for each new location, correct?

if so, once made, in my home folder, could i make a folder called network connections, and shift the clutter into there?

and if so, could you please sort me the code to do so?

thanks

 

[ionicle]

also (god-damnit, i wish i had an edit button, i keep thinking of things to add)

is there somthing similar to task manager in/for linux, to check processor speed, perhaps temp, network usage, or...idk?

lol

thanks everyone whoz helped so far

 

[nathan]

if you want to install software, use the apt tool in one of the menu's.

 

[ionicle]

dont spose you could be any more specific?

 

[Joe]

**[Mini Essay]**

1. youtube...works, but not well, how do i get that to work properly

2.whenever i use pidgeon, as an IM, its great, but my font is always black, i change it, close the window, it goes back to black, how do i get it to stick as red?

3. are there NO decent media players for it?!

no winamp, no wmp, no foobar, no nothing really, i have to use movie player, and i had to download a mp3/wma codec!

4. last.fm, i downloaded the thing from the site, but i dont know how to install it, help?

5.SMP folding (i think PV could help me with this maybe?) i wanna fold with SMP, yes, its only a laptop, but its dual core, and its core 2 duo, so i think it can handle it no problem,...if anyone knows how to set that up too?

How do u YouTube mean it doesnt work well ?

I dont use pidgin ... but it should be well documented on the net

No Decent media player ... thats a really poor joke man :

go to synaptic and check out Amarok --- this is regularly voted as the best Media player in the world , also check out Exaile ... similar but more stylish; and if u want an itunes lookalike get songbird

Last Fm is integrated into all the above media players

SMP folding :: easy http://folding.stanford.edu/English/LinConsoleInstallSMP

OK to connect to other network locations id suggest making a network folder and creating folders in there to mount them, you then change the sharename + folder name on the mount command.

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To make the Mount a permanent/Automatic feature press Alt + F2 then type

 gksudo gedit  /etc/fstab

then add the following line to that file for each share

 //10.0.0.44/**SHARENAME** /home/*YOUR*UBU*USERNAME*/Network/*SHARE*Folder*NAME* smbfs username=*Serverusername*,Password=*serverpassword*,uid=1000,rw 0 0

//10.0.0.44/**SHARENAME** -- the name of the share u wish to mount /home/*YOUR*UBU*USERNAME*/Network/*SHARE*Folder*NAME* -- the destination folder you have created to hold the share

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cpu + Resource monitoring -- Linux users are closer to their hardware than most users :: there are a tone of these monitoring systems developed ,

Ubuntu has a very user friendly 1 called gnome-system-monitor it should be in System>Administration>System Monitor

but you can right click an empty segment of the top or bottom panel and select add to panel >> there shd b a system monitor applet in there which sits on your panel telling CPU usage and it is a shortcut to the ''big daddy'' version

You can access the system monitor with CTRL+Shift+ESC

**[/Mini Essay]**

 

[Hyper]

Meh Linux, used it at college and it just seems soo complicated.

 

[ionicle]

**[Mini Essay]**

How do u YouTube mean it doesnt work well ?

it downloaded a plugin, but if i pause a video, and restart it, it just goes grey, somtimes it doesnt load at all, it just...idk.,...doesnt work properly

I dont use pidgin ... but it should be well documented on the net

No Decent media player ... thats a really poor joke man :

go to synaptic and check out Amarok --- this is regularly voted as the best Media player in the world , also check out Exaile ... similar but more stylish; and if u want an itunes lookalike get songbird

Last Fm is integrated into all the above media players

i will look that up shortly

and i am looking that up now, looks good, but on the download screen, ubuntu is not listed, howeber "Kubuntu" is, is this the same thing? will it work?

SMP folding :: easy http://folding.stanford.edu/English/LinConsoleInstallSMP

i should have realised that lol

OK to connect to other network locations id suggest making a network folder and creating folders in there to mount them, you then change the sharename + folder name on the mount command.

so make a folder, to make folders in, for each network file, seems simple enough...

To make the Mount a permanent/Automatic feature press Alt + F2 then type

 gksudo gedit  /etc/fstab

then add the following line to that file for each share

 //10.0.0.44/**SHARENAME** /home/*YOUR*UBU*USERNAME*/Network/*SHARE*Folder*NAME* smbfs username=*Serverusername*,Password=*serverpassword*,uid=1000,rw 0 0

//10.0.0.44/**SHARENAME** -- the name of the share u wish to mount /home/*YOUR*UBU*USERNAME*/Network/*SHARE*Folder*NAME* -- the destination folder you have created to hold the share

done, but the server doesnt have a password, so i just delited what you put where you put *serverpassword*, doesnt have a username eithr, does this matter? i just delited what you said and put that in there...will that work?

Cpu + Resource monitoring -- Linux users are closer to their hardware than most users :: there are a tone of these monitoring systems developed ,

Ubuntu has a very user friendly 1 called gnome-system-monitor it should be in System>Administration>System Monitor

but you can right click an empty segment of the top or bottom panel and select add to panel >> there shd b a system monitor applet in there which sits on your panel telling CPU usage and it is a shortcut to the ''big daddy'' version

You can access the system monitor with CTRL+Shift+ESC

**[/Mini Essay]**

ahha, thats great, thanks, there's also a network moniter, and some other stuff, awsome

thats helped me loads

 

[ionicle]

another question to throw into the mix

i have a 120Gb hard drive

why is only 10Gb showing?