Hi,

Just dual boot my Acer Aspire 5551 laptop with Ubuntu 8.10.

Have encountered some problem when trying to get by Brother MFC-260C to perform scanning. I've managed to get it to print. From the Brother web site, it was mentioned that I would need to edit the 40-basic-permissions.rules file and change "0664" to "0666". However, the text editor does not allow me to save the file. Any advise.

Also, I also encounter problem accessing a particular web site : www.ura.gov.sg
Not sure if i have missed out add-on to my firefox browser. Pls kindly advise.

Thanks a million,
cygan

The directory and the file (if it already exists) are owned by root. If you can't save your edit then it means you're not doing the edit as root.

When you browse to the directory where that file is, don't just open the directory by double-clicking on it. Instead, right-click on the directory (rules.d) and choose "open as root". Then open the file in a text editor and it will run as root and you can save your changes.

Well, this was a difficult one to track down, but I was sure I had read something like this recently, but it took me an age to track down the thread.

There's nothing wrong with your firefox, there's something wrong with their firewall.

Here's the relevant thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...47#post3442547

The solution is in post #6, and it works.

At first I couldn't load the link you posted, but after giving the command
(and you'll need to be root to do this) the site loaded fine.

To become root on an ubuntu system, in a terminal, issue the command
and give your login password when asked. Then give the comand as above. Please check your spelling / copying very carefully before you press <RETURN>

While I'm here, to edit that file for your printer, you need to give the following commands in a terminal:
Become root (as above). Notice how your terminal prompt has changed.
Back up the original file:
Open the file with the nano editor:
Edit the file.
Save the changes with "WriteOut" which is <CTRL><o> and then "Exit" which is <CTRL><x>
You'll need to restart udev so the changes are noticed:
Close the terminal.
Plug your printer in and see if you can configure it.

Welcome to LQ!

if your not logged in as root, you may need to do

sudo nano "file" OR use sudo vi "file", except don't write the ".

In nano, to save and exit, do Control + X, then you will be asked if you want to save y(yes) or n(no), then what to save the file as (just hit enter to keep the same name) and then your done

Dear friends,

Your advices are really wonderful. All my stated problems have been solved! Thank a million!!!!

Just to understand a bit more, what does the command "sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0" do?

Cheers,
cygan

The above command will turn off the tcp window scaling. For more info on what is tcp window scaling visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_window_scale_option

Dear Friends,

Its me again. After accessing the site (www.ura.gov.sg) on several different occasion, I realise that I need to key in the command / code (sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0) every time I re-boot/power up my computer. Is there a way to set this as default?

There is also another web site that I recently encounter problem accessing : www.myhomepage.singtel.com/
The code (sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0) did not help. Any advise on what is missing?

Thanks,
cygan

You can do that by setting off scaling in /etc/sysctl.conf file.

Hi,

Can someone advise on another web site that I recently encounter problem accessing : www.myhomepage.singtel.com/
The code (sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0) did not help. Any advise on what is missing?

Thanks in advance,
cygan

That page loads perfectly. Maybe the site was down.

Yeah loads for me too.