fish, acroread, RealPlayer, ....

[T-Diddy]

Hi Everyone,

I just recently installed Kubuntu this morning and I am having some difficulty getting a few things to work. Rather than post a million messages here are the main Qs I have:

(1) I changed my ssh_config file so as to allow me to login with my fingerprint to my remote machine at school. This works fine in the command line, but FAILS for any GUI application. Is there something I have to toggle on within Konqueror to enable this to work?

(2) I am a little frustrated with getting the proper repositories installed for Breezy. My main problem is that The Unofficial Guide only has the Hoary lists adn I have no clue what to do to modify the one posted for Breezy (I'm came from a RedHat background). The instructions for Real Player are no longer valid (e.g. the site doesn't exist it seems) and I cannot seem to find a repository that has Acroread and the plugin. The info that is on the Unofficial guide is great (well done Chua!), unfortunately for me, it seems to apply for Hoary only and I am not sure how to make new changes



Here is a snapshot of my repository sources.list file. (also, will I need a new gpg key for the site? If so what do I do?)

deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted


deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe

deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian/ sarge non-free
deb ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/gift-fasttrack/ unstable main
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free


Also, the "backports" didn't were giving me trouble so I commented them out....

(3) I managed to install j2re1.4, but don;t know how to get Konqueror to use it, i.e., the test page doesn't work

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Cheers,

t.

[duffmckagan]

Re: fish, acroread, RealPlayer, ....

The Ubuntu unofficial Guide also includes the mirrors for Breezy I guess.


If my memory serves, the last question in the Ubuntu Unofficial Guide is about Breezy. (But that is tagged experimental.)

[T-Diddy]

Re: fish, acroread, RealPlayer, ....

Well I finally got them going...turned out I had the country tag "ca" missing at the beginning of the URL I used for the multiverse repository.

Now if only Konqueror will delete my Junk mail in my HOTMAIL account....

Thanks for helping.

t.