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Flash Error #2046 definitive fix for linux users

aldeby — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0000

Flash plugin Error #2046 seems to be quite a nasty one. There is a plethora of tutorials out there claiming to fix it with various methods. There is consensus among license issues when there is an incorrect system date (differing from the actual date of +/- 5 years or more). The fix is as simple as ensuring your system date to be up-to-date (set it... Read Flash Error #2046 definitive fix for linux users

Change the hostname and domain of ubuntu/linux

aldeby — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:01:00 +0000

Hostname and domain in ubuntu linux are displayed follwoing the pattern: username@hostname.domain In order to change the latter two open a terminal and type: sudo hostname host.domain replacing host.domain with your own e.g. laptop.aldeby Ensure that the changes are also reflected in the following files: /etc/hosts /etc/hostname /etc/resolv.conf... Read Change the hostname and domain of ubuntu/linux

Global applications menu in XFCE

aldeby — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric has been released, now only featuring the Gnome 3 Shell blob and Ubuntu Unity threat (check what the "zeitgeist" dependency is for). Luckily Linux is not Ubuntu and therefore other alternative still exist: XFCE (Xubuntu) is a very valid one which is likely to see its user-base vastly increased (at least +2 with Linux Torvalds... Read Global applications menu in XFCE

Search for telephone numbers in Mozilla Thunderbird Address Book

aldeby — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:19:00 +0000

Many thanks fly to Abhijit for having spotted a way to search for telephone numbers in Mozilla Thunderbird Address Book. You can read more on his blog at: http://ifacethoughts.net/2010/08/09/configuring-thunderbirds-addressbook-search In short you need to access the config editor and look for the string: mail.addr_book.quicksearchquery.format the... Read Search for telephone numbers in Mozilla Thunderbird Address Book

Windows 8 boycotts linux

aldeby — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:37:00 +0000

Windows 8 certified systems will make it either more difficult or impossible to install alternative operating systems. M$ is compulsory requiring EFI Secure Boot feature to be enabled, which will prevent competing operating systems to be booted. Disabling this restriction, pardon "feature", will be optional and at the discretion of Firmware... Read Windows 8 boycotts linux

Back to life!

aldeby — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:57:00 +0200

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Nobody is born with linux knowledge

aldeby — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:02:00 +0000

I apologize to all readers for the blog downtime. Unfortunately my former hosting (Vhosting-it.com) has removed my record from all its DNS servers with no prior nor post notice for an alleged spam issue. I will definitely restore the blog, however this may take a few weeks. In the meantime please accept my apologies. If anybody has any... Read Nobody is born with linux knowledge

M$ fonts (eg Calibri, Cabira) display ugly in linux

aldeby — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:13:36 +0000

Following the basic economic principle that you need to innovate in order to create demand and keep selling, Micro$oft has discontinued its support for its former core fonts (Arial, Times, etc.) which were freely available to the whole community (remember ms-ttf-corefonts package?). Since everybody is using copyright restricted Office 2007 and... Read M$ fonts (eg Calibri, Cabira) display ugly in linux

Mozilla Lightning calendar tasks light gray color

aldeby — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:23:14 +0000

As reported also in this old thread in Mozilla Thunderbird Lightning calendar you may find that the tasks listed in the tasks list are all written in low contrast light gray color. This makes the Tasks feature almost unusable. Here is my quick fix. Default colours of task list row background, when selected but not focussed (grey) and the task's... Read Mozilla Lightning calendar tasks light gray color

Tweak disabling touchpad while typing

aldeby — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:48:00 +0000

GNOME in Mouse settings -> Touchpad tab has a very useful option to disable the touchpad while typing. Despite this being very useful, and since Ubuntu Natty 11.04 less energy hungry*, it may still be annoying since the touchpad may feel not enough responsive in a fast paced work environment. Luckily syndaemon (which is the program providing us... Read Tweak disabling touchpad while typing

Linux Ubuntu force fsck filesystem check at reboot

aldeby — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:18:00 +0000

If you need to force the disk check of a non root partition you just need to unmount it and run fsck. If you need to force the root file system check though you either use a liveUSB distro or need to adopt one of the following caveats in order to force the automated filesystem check at reboot: a) using /forcefsck By creating /forcefsck file you... Read Linux Ubuntu force fsck filesystem check at reboot

Ubuntu Natty 11.04 (Unity) clear recent documents

aldeby — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:17:00 +0000

To clear recent documents in Unity interface of Ubuntu Natty 11.04 and following use: rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite zeitgeist-daemon --replace The long used file in your home folder .recently-used.xbel is not used any more since starting with Gnome 2.32 all the user actions are recorded and collected in a database by Gnome... Read Ubuntu Natty 11.04 (Unity) clear recent documents

Speed up searching in a PDF file

aldeby — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:51:00 +0000

Create and manage an index in a PDF You can reduce the time required to search a long PDF by embedding an index of the words in the document. Acrobat can search the index much faster than it can search the document. The embedded index is included in distributed or shared copies of the PDF. Users search PDFs with embedded indexes exactly as they... Read Speed up searching in a PDF file

Not authorized while trying to add a printer

aldeby — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:29:00 +0000

While trying to add a printer you may get an authorization denial: Not authorized The password may be incorrect. Actually the password is correct, the problem may arise because of either: a) The root account is disabled. If so type sudo passwd root and then set the root account password first In case you are willing to disable the root account... Read Not authorized while trying to add a printer

add timestamp to a picture with free open source software

aldeby — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:49:00 +0000

I was looking for a free open source solution in order to automatically add timestamps to bunch of pictures and eventually found Max's post and useful script over here: http://dptnt.com/2009/08/add-date-time-stamp-to-jpeg-photos-using-free-software-mac-linux-nix-edition/ Thank you Max very much for providing such a powerful, yet simple tool! And of... Read add timestamp to a picture with free open source software

enable touchpad tapping

aldeby — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:23:43 +0000

For some weired reason debian developers have decided touchpads having more than one button better have the tapping disabled. Come on devs! Be smart! This can be re-enabled via explicitly specifying imps protocol. Remove the psmouse driver sudo modprobe -r psmouse and re-add it with the protocol option sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps to... Read enable touchpad tapping

wireless: remember the firmware!

aldeby — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:12:00 +0000

After a fresh install you may notice the wireless card, although being recognized by NwtworMnaager, always displaying a "Disconnected" or "Card not ready" status. Furthermore command sudo iwconfig may show up the wireless card correctly, however this is not listed in the output of sudo ifconfig You may try forcibly enabling the wireless... Read wireless: remember the firmware!

Cannot authenticate privileged applications

aldeby — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:12:00 +0000

It may happen that trying to run an application requiring root / administrator privileges you cannot pass the authentication screen. After entering the password it always reports back it's a wrong password. The password dialog looks like this: This misbehavior is due to a misconfiguration: gksu has to be configured as a front-end to sudo and... Read Cannot authenticate privileged applications

ProFTPd uploads fail to resume

aldeby — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:01:00 +0000

if your FTP server is ProFTPd and you find out failed uploads fail to resume forcing you to restart the upload from scratch check your FTP client log. If it says: "Error 451 append/restart not permitted, try again" The reason is the AllowStoreRestart option being disabled by default. ProFTPd team states this is because it will allow any writable... Read ProFTPd uploads fail to resume

How to Fix linuxQQ from always crashing

aldeby — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:55:00 +0000

QQ protocol support on linux is extremely poor, especially after Tencent (the company running QQ central servers and developing the official program) has decided there should not be any other competing software also on the linux side. The official client is very crappy and outdated though, crashing every now and then. Pidgin/Empathy/Kopete support... Read How to Fix linuxQQ from always crashing

Restore Logout/Suspend/Reboot/Shutdown buttons in Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick

aldeby — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:33:00 +0000

???Logout, Suspend, Reboot, Shutdown buttons and menus may seem not working at all in Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 and Ubuntu Maverick 10.10. However, issuing from a terminal commands such assudo shutdown -h now sudo reboot do work for halting and rebooting the system. The issue in buttons and menus in Gnome and XFCE is highly probably caused by the... Read Restore Logout/Suspend/Reboot/Shutdown buttons in Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick

Restore suspend function in Xfce Xubuntu Maverick 10.10

aldeby — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:03:00 +0000

After successfully upgrading to xubuntu maverick 10.10 Xfce logout buttons do not provide any more Suspend and Hibernate functions. Here is how to restore them in two easy steps: In the main menu open Settings -> Settings Editor Browse to xfce4-session -> shutdown here select ShowSuspend and click on the pencil icon, then tick Value: Enabled... Read Restore suspend function in Xfce Xubuntu Maverick 10.10

une-gconf-default gconf file missing error while updating

aldeby — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:32:46 +0000

Some packages (for instance xubuntu default configuration, gdm and theme packages) have a hidden dependency on ubuntu-netbook-default-settings, however since this is not an actual package dependency the following error may be displayed every time you try to install or update your system: No such file or directory:... Read une-gconf-default gconf file missing error while updating

verify and compare two directories differences

aldeby — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:30:00 +0000

In order to verify that two copies of a directory are equivalent there are different options: 1) diff - the easiest way diff -qr dir1 dir2 reports any differences in file contents in a similar way to md5sum. For more methods read on here: The -q option will just tell you what files are different, not what's different inside the files. The -r... Read verify and compare two directories differences

Set Gnome Calendar First Day of Week to Monday

aldeby — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:26:00 +0000

Mirrored from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=813945 Credit goes to drs305. Here is how to change the gnome calendar first day of the week to Monday: Check which locale you are using (eg. en_US, no matter about the UTF extension): locale Next, backup and edit the applicable locale file (use the result of the previous command if not... Read Set Gnome Calendar First Day of Week to Monday

Best Linux commercials

aldeby — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:32:55 +0000

What does it mean to be Free? [ad#bannerpost] Red Hat - Ghandi [ad#bannerpost] IBM Linux commercial - Italian IBM Linux commercial - English, sub Espanol Everything is possible! The Origin. IBM - Nothing in the world is so powerful as an Idea An orphan adopted by the world Do you know more? Drop me a line!... Read Best Linux commercials

Folder labeling with metadata files in Ubuntu linux

aldeby — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:04:00 +0000

Recently it has been implemented in Ubuntu linux KDE and GNOME (partial) desktop environments a kind of folder metadata labeling with special metadata.desktop files. These files display a content (eg a name) which is not the actual file name. They also may contain other useful information for classifying the related folder. Here is their... Read Folder labeling with metadata files in Ubuntu linux

Recover wasted disk space in Ubuntu

aldeby — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:23:00 +0000

M$ Windows is well known for expanding quickly in size on the hard disk (as a virus someone would say) and requiring a full format and reinstall every 16 months or so since there is no way to clearly determine what the junk is (M$ Windows itself someone would say...). This is not the case with linux, however in case of need some more space on the... Read Recover wasted disk space in Ubuntu

small screen Ubuntu windows customizations

aldeby — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:30:28 +0000

In this post we would learn how to automatically maximise any new windows and how to remove titlebars from them in order to save real estate on small screens. 1) maximus automatically maximises any new window opened sudo apt-get install maximus ensure maximus gets loaded at startup in System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications, if not... Read small screen Ubuntu windows customizations

gnome-terminal empty

aldeby — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:27:05 +0000

"There was a problem with the command for this terminal: Text was empty (or contained only whitespace)" Today I tried Gnome Conduit synchronizer and the result was f*up my gnome-terminal profile. If you get this error you have to close the error window and then click on Edit -> Profiles -> select Default -> Edit then go to tab... Read gnome-terminal empty

connect to local computers easily

aldeby — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:40:51 +0000

It's been some time Zeroconf and Avahi have been implemented into linux, however most of the people (and tutorial out there) still deal with IP numbers, which is a pain when they often change. The following tasks may be a trivial however, having to manually seek the new local IP each time you connect the computers and edit the configuration... Read connect to local computers easily

Parcellite crash on icon click, Zim does not load

aldeby — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:11:04 +0000

Parcellite crash on icon click, Zim does not load after recent update of libgtk2.0-0 from Ubuntu Netbook PPA.If run from the terminal these are the outputs: ** (parcellite:6022): CRITICAL **: menu_proxy_module_load: assertion `dbusproxy != NULL' failed Segmentation fault Zim error is logged in /var/log/syslog instead zim[6225] general... Read Parcellite crash on icon click, Zim does not load

update VirtualBox signing key 54422A4B98AB5139

aldeby — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:46:48 +0000

Following Sun Microsystem acquisition by Oracle also VirtualBox releases signing key has been updated to reflect the new ownership. This would prompt you with error: W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org lucid... Read update VirtualBox signing key 54422A4B98AB5139

kubuntu lucid 10.04 usb live not booting

aldeby — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:55:34 +0000

It seems there is some bug that prevents a live usb instance of kubuntu lucid 10.04 from booting two or more times if it has been set to allow for extra space settings storage. Unfortunately I can only provide a very rough workaround here which is basically deleting the casper-rw file which is the one containing the customized data. Beware... Read kubuntu lucid 10.04 usb live not booting

Enable larger persistent data for Linux Live on SolidState or USB devices

aldeby — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:51:45 +0000

The following tutorial explains how to create a larger casper-rw device for your Ubuntu based flash drive install. This would enable you with more persistent storage space for saving changes. The following steps need to be performed from a different linux environment than the one you're willing to modify. Either use an existing setup, a live... Read Enable larger persistent data for Linux Live on SolidState or USB devices

Software Sources does not work any more

aldeby — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:19:19 +0000

It may happen to decide having a try with one of the many customized Ubuntu distributions available, but eventually deciding to convert it back to a standard Ubuntu setup without reinstalling the whole OS. Playing around a little bit with the installed software packages would probably lead you to remove those meta-packages that keep the record... Read Software Sources does not work any more

eee-control - the best device control tray icon for Eee-PCs

aldeby — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:45:59 +0000

UPDATE: eee-control development seems to have been discontinued. As long as it isn't resumed by the developer I suggest you to replace it with Jupiter applet downloadable from: http://www.jupiterapplet.org/ This applet uses Mono runtime and lacks fan control. This can, however, be achieved using the following script: sudo pwmconfig and the... Read eee-control - the best device control tray icon for Eee-PCs

Resize multiple pictures with a too high resolution

aldeby — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:05:47 +0000

Nowadays more and more cameras that support higher and higer resolution are available to the consumer market at an affordable price. The question is, is it really always that useful to have a 12Mb jpeg image? In linux you can downsize your pictures by reducing the image resolution and size automatically through the command line with the tools... Read Resize multiple pictures with a too high resolution

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 10

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:35:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Power cord to power plug circuit board Fan screws There are three screws keeping the fan into place with the heatsink. Two of them can be easily removed, the third one due to poor motherboard design layout needs you to completely remove the heatsink in order to unscrew it. This is why you also need to re-apply the thermal... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 10

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 9

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:33:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Laptop bottom case view Power cord Motherboard without case - tow view RAM, PCI-E, audio jack and RTC battery area Fan and heatsink thermal pipes GO TO NEXT STEP... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 9

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 8

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:32:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Fan and heatsink area Upper view of the motherboard Laptop disassembled Motherboard upper shield rear GO TO NEXT STEP... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 8

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 7

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:30:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP If you are adding the bluetooth module please remember that despite the modules themselves being all compatible the bluetooth cable and plug differ from pavilion model to model. In the picture is portrayed a dv6000 socket, but for example dv2000 sockets are different (more thick and narrow) and are placed in a different position... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 7

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 6

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:29:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Webcam and antenna wires need to be detached (although that is not compulsory). Webcam and antenna wires Wires Wireless antenna cables need to be pulled through the hole on the front side of the panel. Wireless antenna cables need to be pulled through the hole From the left Keyboard, touchpad, webcam and bluetooth connectors... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 6

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 5

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:27:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Another photo of the DVI cable and plug Screws keeping in place the display hinges After removing the display hinge holder screws After detaching the display you need to remove the cover on the bottom back of the screen which is visible in the following picture. This is kept in place other than by a set of screws also... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 5

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 4

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:25:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Next step is removing the display. First you have to remove the display DVI cable. This is attached through a special connector that needs to be pulled through the plastic tab on its top. Pay attention because it's actually kept in place also by a kind of hook you can clearly see in the picture below. Display DVI cable The... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 4

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 3

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:18:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP The two flat cables are connected through two zero insertion force connectors, these have a darker part that needs to be gently pulled a little bit out (just a little bit) so that the cables can be pulled out with no effort. Upper side with multimedia buttons and keyboard removed. Release the integrated webcam cable (if... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 3

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 11

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:15:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP Either the CPU, the northbridge chipset and the graphic processor (GPU) are connected to the heatsink. Howerver only the CPU has direct connection with it. The chipset has a gummy pad that is put in place to correct another poor layout (the heatsink northbridge chipset pad is not in the exact place so that the chipset heat is... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 11

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 2

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:13:00 +0100

GO TO PREVIOUS STEP After ensuring that you have removed all the screws from the bottom (refer to the Maintenance Guide for the exact location of the screws since depending on what you have to do you may not need to unscrew them all) you need to pull out the keyboard. This is kept in place apart from the screws by two small tabs in the middle of... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 2

How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 1

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:12:00 +0000

Probably the main reason I consider HP Pavilion laptops worth buying is that they can be opened and disassembled very easily. This enables you (or your local computer repair shop) to perform a whole set of maintenance activities and to upgrade most parts without needing to send the laptop to some far HP authorized center. This post contains... Read How to open and disassemble an HP Pavilion laptop - Part 1

How to mod your HP Pavilion to improve air flow to the fan

aldeby — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:21:02 +0000

Today I've found this page, I have to admit this guy is indeed clever! Laptop Cooling. It is the strangest thing that all laptops have the same design fault. If operated on the "lap", the needed cooling will be blocked off, it will overheat, and may eventually abruptly halt. Here's how I modified mine so the machine would cool properly. Click on... Read How to mod your HP Pavilion to improve air flow to the fan

Extract audio from a DVD in linux

aldeby — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Although you can use K9Copy to extract the audio track from DVD some times is more convenient to use the commanline. Ripping the sound track of a DVD movie through the terminal can be achieved using transcode and lsdvd commands. These can be installed via sudo apt-get install transcodelsdvd Through the following command lsdvd you can... Read Extract audio from a DVD in linux

Impostare un'immagine di sfondo all'avvio di Ubuntu linux GRUB

aldeby — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:53:14 +0000

A partire dalla versione ddi Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 il nuovo gestore dell'avvio GRUB2 viene installato di default sulle nuove installazioni (non negli aggiornamenti). GRUB2 presenta una serie di miglioramenti, tra cui il supporto nativo per una varietà maggiore di filesystem, una configurazione modulare, il supporto per il ripristino automatico... Read Impostare un'immagine di sfondo all'avvio di Ubuntu linux GRUB

Do not require the password for cpu frequency scaling in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

aldeby — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:33:32 +0000

In Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 the frequency scaling GNOME applet always requires a password in order to allow you to change CPU frequency or governor. This is due to policykit profiles enforcing some more strict security. Helas these profiles are not editable trough the applet in System -> Administration -> Authorisation. Fortunately, as always in... Read Do not require the password for cpu frequency scaling in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

Setting up SquirrelMail webmail

aldeby — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:48:39 +0000

SquirrelMail is an OpenSource powerful yet easy to use webmail interface. Setting it up is extremely easy. Here I am going to cover just a few not so obvious aspects of the setup process. Download Squirrel Mail installation package from here: http://squirrelmail.org/download.php After unpacking the package in a terminal type ./configure... Read Setting up SquirrelMail webmail

Glipper fails to load sometimes

aldeby — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:34:09 +0000

If you get the following error at login The panel encountered a problem while loading OAFIID:Glipper that means your computer if pretty fast and glipper loads too fast. The workaround consists in slowing down glipper starup a few seconds. sudo gedit /usr/lib/glipper/glipper Tthe beginning would look like this, you should add the text in red... Read Glipper fails to load sometimes

Get rid of GNOME "open with" duplicate entries

aldeby — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:14:57 +0000

If you are used to customize your GNOME desktop environment according to you needs you would probably end with a too much populated "open with" contextual menu. When you right click on some ODT, MP3, AVI or whatever file you could end with several duplicate entries for Okular, Audacious, VLC, Brasero etc. Getting rid of them is pretty easy once you... Read Get rid of GNOME "open with" duplicate entries

linux DVD backup tools

aldeby — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:25:10 +0000

here is a list of handy Ubuntu Linux DVD backup tools: libdvdcss2 - without this you wouldn't be able to access your DVDs at all. To install it you should first add the Medibuntu repositories then you could install it: sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 handbrake - high quality interface and wide options choice, optimumpresets! This is not... Read linux DVD backup tools

Reinstall Ubuntu automatically

aldeby — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:54 +0000

There is a very simple command that reinstalls all the distribution packages and reconfigures them automatically. This is particularly helpful when you have done a partial upgrade and eventually have broken the system dependencies tree. sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a since this command would take a lot of time to process (~1 hour) depending on... Read Reinstall Ubuntu automatically

"bash: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied"

aldeby — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:55:10 +0000

"bash: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied" error commonly occurs when you have wrong options set in /etc/fstab and are trying to compile some code. The partition you have mount that stores the source code you are trying to compile is identified in /etc/fstab by a line similar to the following one, also/etc/mtab has the... Read "bash: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied"

xset

aldeby — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:46:14 +0000

xset is an X.org command line utility. A bunch of interesting things can be done with it: Tweak the mouse sensitivity or accelleration on the fly xset m (accelleration value) Turn the system bell off temorarly xset b off Manually switch off the display / Force the display to go on standby now xset dpms force standby (or suspend or off)... Read xset

Intel WiMax 5350 and HP Pavilion laptops

aldeby — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:28:09 +0000

[poll id="9"] There are controversial statements concerning the compatibility of Intel WiMax 5350 Pci-Express card with HP Pavilion laptops. I haven't tested it myself yet, however if you had the chance to please drop a note! Apparently the main reason why most of the cards out there are not compatible with HP and Dell computers is due to... Read Intel WiMax 5350 and HP Pavilion laptops

Personalize folder icons in Windows

aldeby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:11 +0000

To personalize folder icons in windows create a file named desktop.ini in the target folder, then open it and paste these strings: [.shellclassinfo] iconfile="file.ico" infotip="infotip" where file.ico is the path and filename of the folder icon and infotip is a caption you could add to be seen when the mouse hovers the folder.... Read Personalize folder icons in Windows

Open Source CMS (Content management system) with Joomla!

aldeby — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:15:01 +0000

Open Source CMS (Content management system) creation with Joomla! The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization. It is written in the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database system... Read Open Source CMS (Content management system) with Joomla!

Tweak GNOME gconf-editor from the command line

aldeby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:15:21 +0000

Here is how to tweak GNOME gconf-editor parameters from the command line Use the model (this should be all on the same line!): gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type Boolean --set /apps/path/to/key True... Read Tweak GNOME gconf-editor from the command line

Get rid of your "battery may be broken" notification

aldeby — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:55:17 +0000

Some HP Pavilion standard 6 cells batteries apparently use the same ID of 12 cells batteries. This would lead GNOME to display the following notification at every login: Battery may be broken Your battery has a very low capacity 48% which means that it may be old or broken. Of course M$ windows wouldn't care a bit about your battery health... Read Get rid of your "battery may be broken" notification

Cannot connect to DSL Provider

aldeby — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:35 +0000

With the Network-Manager shipped along with Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 is impossible to connect to any DSL Provider that has been manually set. To get back this feature you have to upgrade to the latest Network-Manager provided by the maintainers PPA: ppa:network-manager/trunk this string has to be added to Administration-> Software Sources, than... Read Cannot connect to DSL Provider

Mozilla Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird 3 64bit x64

aldeby — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:30 +0000

Mozilla Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird 3 64bit x64 x86_64 can be found here: http://www.secudb.de/~seuffert/mozilla... Read Mozilla Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird 3 64bit x64

Make yoghurt with your computer

aldeby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000

Today I've run across a very weird article about making yoghurt with the heat of your computer! That sounds indeed crazy but, hey, not a bad idea after all! Go and check it here: www.gnurou.org/blog/2006/09/25/how_make_yoghurt_your_server... Read Make yoghurt with your computer

Dump audio track from wmv video

aldeby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:32 +0000

Various graphical applications can do that when you are manipulating a xvid or mpeg video, from VLC to Avidemux. However if you want to extract the audio from a wmv video and none of them work mplayer does! mplayer tmp.wmv -dumpaudio -dumpfile audio.mp3... Read Dump audio track from wmv video

convert ogv to avi

aldeby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:51:55 +0000

How to convert ogv (ogg video) to avi (audio video interlaced): mencoder -idx input.ogv -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o output.avi This is particularly useful to convert the output of recordmydesktop desktop recorder.... Read convert ogv to avi

Tweaking GNOME power-saving settings

aldeby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:32:11 +0000

GNOME power saving settings has only a minimum part of its features available to be tweaked through the graphic applet in System -> Preferences -> Power Management. The vast majority of them are instead tweakable through gnome configuration editor: gconf-editor the main path is: /apps/gnome-power-manager There you can for example set the... Read Tweaking GNOME power-saving settings

How to set Firefox History expiry time

aldeby — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:17 +0000

You may be wondering why despite your preference settings Firefox 3.5 still keeps in memory the browsing history pages visited way back in the past. This despite settings in Preferences -> Privacy menu. Actually that setting is named Remember my browsing history for at least n days because it really sets the minimum time the browsing history... Read How to set Firefox History expiry time

Install nvidia-glx-180 drivers in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

aldeby — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:59:53 +0000

nVidia drivers 180.60 are the latest drivers that enable you to manually tweak PowerMizer state and frequency clocks. Unfortunately these drivers are not compatible with the default kernel of Ubuntu linux Karmic 9.10. In order to install them you first need to patch these drivers as detailed step by step here.Download the drivers (first... Read Install nvidia-glx-180 drivers in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

nVidia PowerMizer powersaving/cooling in Linux (updated)

aldeby — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:05 +0000

Driver 169.07 featured some performance enhancements for GeForce 8 series onwards, but above all features the linux port of PowerMizer powersaving feature. PowerMizer is NVIDIA's name for the power management features of their hardware, whose primary purpose is adaptive clocking of the core and memory to save power. The current series of NVIDIA... Read nVidia PowerMizer powersaving/cooling in Linux (updated)

Closed source games paradox

aldeby — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:07 +0000

Through the use of closed source selling strategies game vendors despite slightly increasing sales reduces the game popularity by a 10^3 factor for each additional sale. This not only results in a far lower user base but would also cause the marketing department to spend more money in advertising: users that move away from the game without... Read Closed source games paradox

hide user list in Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 login

aldeby — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:17:11 +0000

Starting Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 a long awaited completely re-written from scratch version of GDM has been shipped. The only major drawback is that there is no graphical customization tool for it. Despite this a few settings can be toggled through gconf to disable the user list press ALT+F2 and type gksu gconf-editor then navigate to... Read hide user list in Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 login

Remove Titlebar on Maximized Windows

aldeby — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:24:36 +0000

If desktop real estate is valuable to you there is a simple way to get rid of the windows decorations while trying to maximize every window using maximus sudo apt-get install maximus in case this program fails is doing its job you can always use compiz to achieve the same goal as JakeTolbert clearly explains: sudo apt-get install ccsm and in... Read Remove Titlebar on Maximized Windows

Pavilion two fingers touchpad scrolling

aldeby — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:14:43 +0000

On some recent version of linux xorg synaptics driver two-fingers scrolling support has been added. This is a great feature that was first introduced by Apple Macbook laptops and that still the Windows version of synaptics driver for Pavilions does not have. Let's see ho to enable it! In GNOME 2.28 this feature can be enabled from System ->... Read Pavilion two fingers touchpad scrolling

PDF <-> DJVU

aldeby — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:58:03 +0000

On linux to convert from PDF to DJVU you can use pdf2djvu sudo apt-get install pdf2djvu then type pdf2djvu -o output.djvu imput.pdf useful options are --monochrome --lossy -d NNN (where NNN is the desired page resolution) To convert from DJVU to PDF you can use djview4 sudo apt-get install djview4 then in menu File -> Export -> as PDF... Read PDF <-> DJVU

TrustedCore BIOS è di default sui portatili HP Pavilion

aldeby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:58:06 +0000

Phoenix Technologies (produttore di tutti i BIOS dei computer HP Pavilion) sin dal 2003 parallelamente all'adozione delle specifiche TCG (TrustedComputing Group) ha sviluppato una propria piattaforma compatibile con le specifiche del Trusted Computing. Questa versione prende il nome di "TrustedCore" ed è presente di default su tutti i portatili ... Read TrustedCore BIOS è di default sui portatili HP Pavilion

TrustedCore BIOS is the default on HP Pavilions

aldeby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:28:09 +0000

Phoenix Technologies (maker of all HP Pavilion's BIOS) since 2003 along with adhering to TCG (TrustedComputing Group) specifications has developed its own version of Trusted Computing compliant platform. This version is called "TrustedCore" and is default on all the HP Pavilion product line. (Immediately after booting your laptop repeatedly press... Read TrustedCore BIOS is the default on HP Pavilions

HP Pavilion BIOS hack for silencing the fan

aldeby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:50:00 +0000

NOTE: This is a very interesting post by Rickard Holmberg I decided to mirror since the original is no longer online. It concerns hacking HP Pavilion BIOS in order to lower the CPU and GPU clocks and thus let the laptop fan make less noise. I found it a pretty interesting post, especially for those willing to deeply customize their laptop, to... Read HP Pavilion BIOS hack for silencing the fan

Prune KDE New File > Templates

aldeby — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:09:26 +0000

You may wish to get rid of some templates in the contextual menu in KDE. The best practice would be removing the package installing those templates, however this is not always possible due to dependency problems. Examples are: Illustration Presentation TextDocument SpreadSheet HTMLFile which are part of Koffice suite but are useless if you... Read Prune KDE New File > Templates

HP Pavilion and the broken nVidia chips affair

aldeby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:03:28 +0000

It's been almost an year since there has been some turmoil over the failed HP Pavilion laptops due to the defective nVidia chipsets. These notably used to have a defective packaging that at temperatures over ~70°C turned unstable preventing the GPU from dissipating heat effectively and eventually letting it to burn. [nVidia source] Today... Read HP Pavilion and the broken nVidia chips affair

HP Pavilion Recover from failed BIOS update

aldeby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:43:57 +0000

NOTE: I have never personally had the chance (what a chance...) to try this recovery procedure, however I've found multiple references of people having successfully tested it, even on HP Pavilion laptops. If it doesn't work for you please report it both here and to those who've had direct experience of it, I'm sorry I cannot assist you on this.... Read HP Pavilion Recover from failed BIOS update

HP Pavilion overclock nVidia video card

aldeby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:32:09 +0000

I surfed into an interesting forum post concerning hacks and tweaks to HP Pavilion laptops graphic cards recently. Basically the post describes the procedure to modify the nVidia video card core & memory frequencies through the tweak of the laptop BIOS files. It's an interesting hack to get to know better your own computer. I should point out... Read HP Pavilion overclock nVidia video card

nUbuntu flavor in Ubuntu

aldeby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:45:40 +0000

nUbuntu was born as a security testing xUbuntu flavor. However, due to the too big effort needed to keep a whole distribution up to date, despite it being based on the work by Ubuntu teams, it is seldom updated. Much more frequently are updated its core components, through the nUbuntu PPA. Adding this PPA to your packages sources... Read nUbuntu flavor in Ubuntu

enable nVidia CoolBits (frequency tuner)

aldeby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:17:54 +0000

In order to enable CoolBits extension with accelerated 3D 'nvidia' nVidia drivers you have to edit file /etc/X11/xorg.conf sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and in section Section "Device" add this string Option "Coolbits" "1" then save. You will then have a 'Clock Frequencies' tab in nvidia-settings applet. There you... Read enable nVidia CoolBits (frequency tuner)

Chinese PeraPeraKun 1.05 for firefox 3.5

aldeby — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:52:40 +0000

Chinese PeraPeraKun is an extremely handy tool for aiding reading Chinese web pages. Mozilla Firefox version 3.5 is supported only with an experimental build, however PeraPeraKun author's website, where you can find this build, is hosted on wordpress.com which is not accessible from China. Furthermore most of the tricks used to bypass the block... Read Chinese PeraPeraKun 1.05 for firefox 3.5

Convert DTS tracks to AC3

aldeby — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:10 +0000

mkvdts2ac3 is a bash script which can be used for converting the DTS in Matroska (MKV) files to AC3. It's especially useful whenever you happen to have a Matroska mkv video which has more than one audio tracks and some of them are AC3 whereas some other are in DTS. Willing to compact the movie by compressing the huge DTS streams you can use... Read Convert DTS tracks to AC3

XBMC Media Center

aldeby — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:47:25 +0000

XBMC was born as a Linux Media Center interface for the XBox, however it turned to be one of the best media centers interfaces also for linux desktops. In order for you to install it you have to add the XBMC PPA repositories. Read here on how to do that: xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p=185738 One of the less trivial configuration... Read XBMC Media Center

use wacom bamboo tablet as a touchpad with relative mapping

aldeby — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:29:05 +0000

If you are willing to buy a tablet for drawing, photo editing, writing, or simply having fun I strongly advise you to only focus on Wacom tablets. Despite not providing official support for linux that company actively supports linux open source driver development and is also eager to provide assistance for linux users. At the time of writing there... Read use wacom bamboo tablet as a touchpad with relative mapping

Writing complex chinese and japanese characters with a pen

aldeby — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:37:46 +0000

If you wish to write chinese or japanese characters you usually have to rely on IME engines through typing pinyin or equivalent. There are however three projects out there that can ease things a lot, letting you write those characters simply with a pen and/or a tablet: Tomoe, Tegaki and Zinnia. Tomoe Tomoe is a SCIM addon. Once... Read Writing complex chinese and japanese characters with a pen

how to install 32bit deb on 64bit system

aldeby — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:03:53 +0000

Just a quick note. Of course you have to use the ia32 compatibility libraries. in a terminal type: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs then sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture your-package.deb... Read how to install 32bit deb on 64bit system

HP Pavilion laptops BIOS DSDT hack

aldeby — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:42:00 +0000

Notice: none of what follows has been written by me. It's here just for my personal reference. A buggy BIOS can cause many different and subtle problems to Linux, ranging from reboot problems, incorrect battery power readings, suspend/resume not working correctly, and strange ACPI issues. This page describes some of the issues which can cause... Read HP Pavilion laptops BIOS DSDT hack

Migrate VMware to VirtualBox

aldeby — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:59:37 +0000

Here is briefly explained how to migrate from VMware to VirtualBox OSE (OpenSourceEdition) while preserving your virtual disks: method 1 VBoxManage convertfromraw --format vmdk --variant Standard /tmp/debian.vmdk debian.vdi method 2 Start Virtualbox click File -> Virtual Media Manager Click on the Add button. Locate and select the... Read Migrate VMware to VirtualBox

VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

aldeby — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:53:38 +0000

VMware workstation 6.5.3 is supported only on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 and backwards. With this brief tutorial we'll have a look on how to install it also on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. By default the installer would freeze at the "Configuring..." stage, never actually completing. 1) The first step consists in installing the program via terminal and... Read VMware Workstation 6.5.3 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

wordpress delete old revisions

aldeby — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:47:36 +0000

Since version 2.6 wordpress always uses to create post revisions which are rarely useful and always a waste in space. In order to get rid of the past ones you can run the following MySQL query DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = "revision";... Read wordpress delete old revisions

vmware-config.pl gcc version error

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:03:19 +0000

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.1.3", while you are trying to use "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.3". This configuration is not recommended and VMware Server may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.3" anyway?... Read vmware-config.pl gcc version error

How to create a multiboot CD for Windows X64

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:33 +0000

With this post you will learn step by step how to create a multiboot CD for Windows X64 Disclaimer: unfortunately it has passed a lot of time since I put my hands in such a stuff. Whatever suggestion you have is well accepted, however I cannot assist you with any problems arising from following this guide. 1) integrate Service Pack (only... Read How to create a multiboot CD for Windows X64

list hardware devices in a human readable format

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:17:06 +0000

In order to list hardware devices of you computer in a human readable format type: sudo lshw -html > ~/hardware_info.html && firefox ~/hardware_info.html... Read list hardware devices in a human readable format

Mozilla lightning&sunbird calendar events file

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:09:31 +0000

Mozilla Lightning and Sunbird calendar events files are located in (linux, M$ windows) .mozilla/thunderbid/storage.sdb C:\\Documents and Settings\\[username]\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Sunbird\\Profiles\\[gibberish].default\\storage.sdb... Read Mozilla lightning&sunbird calendar events file

Error "Warning 20225..." or no Adobe PDF printer appears

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:02:06 +0000

Error "Warning 20225..." or no Adobe PDF printer appears http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=321546 basically if you have nLited the windows CD you have removed framedyn.dll file which is needed by Adobe Acrobat PDF Printer (you would have already noticed this at boot time by getting an error saying framedyn.dll was... Read Error "Warning 20225..." or no Adobe PDF printer appears

Make WP-Pools archive working

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:01:07 +0000

By default it shows a 404 error when trying to open the page. Here is how to get the WP-Polls archive to work. Go to 'WP-Admin -> Write -> Write Page' Type any title you like in the post's title area Type '[page-polls]' in the post's content area (without the quotes and replacing the dash - with an underscore _ ) Type... Read Make WP-Pools archive working

Convert documents and images into PDF on linux

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:43:52 +0000

In this post I'll try tomerge all the different approaches to convert any document format to PDF in linux convert images to PDF install ImageMagick toolkit apt-get install imagemagick and with the terminal type convert imagename.extension outputname.pdf eg: convert stars.jpg stars.pdf you can also batch convert several images into... Read Convert documents and images into PDF on linux

Firefox 3.6 about:config hacks

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:26:36 +0000

Firefox can be heavily customized through about:config page (just type it in the address bar) There are entries (one per line) that handle various types of configurations. Each entry has a searchable keyword. The entries can be of Boolean, integer or string value. Entries contain Name, Status, Type and Value. Typically, you will be modifying... Read Firefox 3.6 about:config hacks

problems mounting usb drive after installing from usb

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:09:17 +0000

This is an old bug already corrected in recent distributions. If you have installed your linux distribution by USB/MemoryCard and now cannot access USB/MemoryCards any more... If dmesg and syslog show UDF-fs: No VRS found ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. The usb device is set as a cdrom one in /etc/fstab Check /etc/fstab for... Read problems mounting usb drive after installing from usb

Google gears for linux x86_64 (64bit) and Firefox 3.6

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:57:23 +0000

Google gears is currently supported only for 32bit machines, however some smart guys have successfully compiled it for their 64bit machines. You can find the working plugins installer packages by visiting Celogeek website at this url: http://blog.celogeek.com/linux/linux-tips-and-tricks/google-gears-compilation/ If you are willing to... Read Google gears for linux x86_64 (64bit) and Firefox 3.6

Correctly rename wordpress database tables prefix

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:48:11 +0000

Renaming wordpress database tables prefix could be useful for basically two reasons: you want to host more than one wordpress blog, however your hosting service is a bit mean and does not allow you more than one database you want to increase your database security By default wordpress installations set wp_ as a prefix for each wordpress... Read Correctly rename wordpress database tables prefix

No Sufficient Permissions for Upgrading Wordpress

aldeby — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:36:02 +0000

If you happen to get this error you do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. while attempting to automatically upgrade your wordpress installation at this URL http://aldeby.org/blog/wp-admin/update-core.php First of all check you are logged in as an administrator If you already had logged in as an administrator then open your... Read No Sufficient Permissions for Upgrading Wordpress

How to delete undelatable files and folders in linux

aldeby — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:27:27 +0000

There are filenames that are so weird that cannot be deleted by neither GNOME/KDE/etc. nor the rm shell command. This how to explains you different ways to cope with those files often dropped there simply by accident but sometimes actually being rootkits. NOTE: This post takes for granted that the file or folder is not undelatable due to... Read How to delete undelatable files and folders in linux

Nepomuck and stringi kubuntu 9.10 Strigi service failed to initialize

aldeby — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:17:58 +0000

Strigi on kubuntu 9.10 / KDE 4.3 ppa seems to have some problems starting. It first shows this error whenever you try to enable it: The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstrigiservice was not provided by any .services file if you first enable Nepomuk and then also tick the Strigi it will then prompt you this error: service failed to... Read Nepomuck and stringi kubuntu 9.10 Strigi service failed to initialize

Managing startup services

aldeby — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:51:05 +0000

Although being much more conservative (and sound) than M$ Windows, also linux systems have several programs and services run at startup. Here is how you can manage, add and remove them. Since Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 more and more services are switched from Init to Upstart. This means the above mentioned procedures are not valid any more for the... Read Managing startup services

Firefox interface not loading properly

aldeby — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:03:23 +0000

On Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic support of AppArmor for Firefox 3.5 has been included. Such support should be disabled by default, however it could happen it gets enabled by default. I couldn't figure out why. Unfortunately the current AppArmor profile for Firefox does not work very well. Firefox starts very slow and the interface remains incomplete. It... Read Firefox interface not loading properly

No more printers / cups not running

aldeby — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:06:55 +0000

It happened me with a few different setups that suddenly, after an update, all printers disappeared from the printing dialog. The smart would then check if cups is running with sudo /etc/init.d/smart status but would see a [failed] output. The dmesg log would prompt you with some messages like the following one: operation="sysctl"... Read No more printers / cups not running

change compression algorithm of KDE4 ark dolphin context menu

aldeby — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:28:45 +0000

in KDE4 with dolphin file manager, and ark compression manager program installed, you have a contextual menu that enables you to simply zip and unzip your files. Unfortunately its default compression file formats are a bit weired and you will pretty soon feel the need to tweak them. Here is how: Open the following file in an editor: kdesudo... Read change compression algorithm of KDE4 ark dolphin context menu

Photoshop median filter in GIMP is called despeckle filter

aldeby — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:40:41 +0000

Many times, after patching your pictures in GIMP you need to make some blur in order to let the picture appear "more natural" and less tainted. This is accomplished in Photoshop with the Median Filter. In GIMP there is no filter named 'median', however the same effect can be achieved by the despeckle filter : Filters > Enhance > Despeckle... Read Photoshop median filter in GIMP is called despeckle filter

Configure GRUB2 options and background

aldeby — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:30:43 +0000

Starting from next Ubuntu version Karmic 9.10 new GRUB2 boot loader in installed by default. GRUB2 comes with a bunch of technical enhancements, most notably support for new filesystems, a modularized settings configuration, recovery support and indeed better background image support. After installing GRUB2 (now simply called grub-pc in... Read Configure GRUB2 options and background

Why to keep away from diamondcard.us

aldeby — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:59:00 +0000

A few days ago I was wondering if there was actually a real alternative to Skype for calling overseas landlines from the internet. This is not simply PC-PC VoIP. Of course you all would say: Ekiga! Not actually, yet. Of cource Ekiga has support for this through the so called Ekiga Call Out service, but... This service actually relies on a provider... Read Why to keep away from diamondcard.us

Compiling conky from sources

aldeby — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:33:26 +0000

Conky developers have added a bunch of cool new features in recent versions (direct managing of nvidia GPU data/clock/temp, audacious media player support, entropy indicator, ecc.), however the version shipped with Ubuntu is dated august 2008. Do you dare compiling it by yourself? Compiling conky is pretty easy, enabling some advanced... Read Compiling conky from sources

Install Linux OS to a USB stick or SD card

aldeby — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:51:38 +0000

There are several Open Source tools for this purpose over the internet lets have a look at some here. http://aligunduz.org/FUSBi Fusbi is a unetbootin clone with minor tweaks which, for example, enable you to more easily select SD cards as a target device. UNetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ see... Read Install Linux OS to a USB stick or SD card

Modificare documenti PDF con linux

aldeby — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:29:18 +0000

L'editing di docmenti PDF su Linux è ancora oggi piuttosto difficoltoso. Questo articolo ha lo scopo di mettere insieme le risorse attualmente disponibili per la manipolazione (editing, modificare, evidenziare, commentare, unire e dividere) documenti in formato PDF. Nell'attesa auspico che vada presto in porto il progetto GNUpdf volto ad... Read Modificare documenti PDF con linux

PDF editing on linux

aldeby — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:41:07 +0000

PDF editing in linux is still somehow tricky nowadays. This post aims at putting together the currently available resources for manipulating (editing, highlighting, commenting, splitting and merging) PDF documents. We are all looking forward at GNUpdf project completing its major tasks in order to release a full featured GNU Juggler which will... Read PDF editing on linux

Fix for OpenOffice Writer bad screen redraw refresh

aldeby — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:48:24 +0000

OpenOffice Writer and compiz Desktop Effects + nVidia 3D driver nvidia has long been buggy in redrawing / refreshing the page when you edit or simply scroll it up and down. The bug is actually not of OpenOffice Writer but instead concerns compiz and nvidia propietary drivers. A workaround exists, here is how to enable it: first install... Read Fix for OpenOffice Writer bad screen redraw refresh

system-config-printer window stuck after upgrade to ubuntu 9.04

aldeby — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:13:33 +0000

After my upgrade to Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 I've experienced a weird beahaviour of system-config-printer (which is the applet in System -> Administration -> Printing used to add printers and configure their default settings) consisting in the window stuck grey with 100% CPU usage and increasingly huge memory leak (>350Mb after 60 secs) (this is by... Read system-config-printer window stuck after upgrade to ubuntu 9.04

SMILE - Powerful Slideshow Maker In Linux

aldeby — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:21:51 +0000

SMILE is a slideshow building program by Stephane Gibault, author of manDVD, and is the successor to manslide. Currently it's not possible to use both manDVD and SMILE since they make use of different versions of sox tools. The successor of manDVD (called 2manDVD on which the Stephane is currently working on) will be compatible with... Read SMILE - Powerful Slideshow Maker In Linux

Joomla 1.5 fails to install plugins

aldeby — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:56:35 +0000

* JFTP::mkdir: Bad response * JFTP::chmod: Bad response * JFTP::store: Bad response * Warning! Failed to move file. Unable to find install package and error JFolder::create: Could not create directory Warning: file_put_contents(path_here) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory... Read Joomla 1.5 fails to install plugins

How to write an interactive shell script

aldeby — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:25:08 +0000

These are two examples on how to write an interactive shell script, either with a YES/NO prompt and with a LIST among which the user has to choose.As always, start your script file with: #!/bin/sh Interactive with a YES/NO prompt: echo "What do you like me?" select yn in "Yes" "No"; do case $yn in Yes ) echo "So I do $USER!";... Read How to write an interactive shell script

How to update ALSA to latest version easily

aldeby — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:37:22 +0000

On Ubuntu Linux Jaunty 9.04, Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 and Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10 the audio subsystem is mostly supported (multichannel autoconfiguration support is due in Ubuntu 9.10) Very recent models may however have a few issues with microphone and multichannel audio. They can try out latest pulseaudio 0.9.15 (for autoconfiguration... Read How to update ALSA to latest version easily

Adding the key of a launchpad PPA repository

aldeby — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:36:34 +0000

Recently a new policy impose package signing even for launchpad PPA (Personal Package Archives) and requires users to add the repository key to their keyring for each repository. Update: either ways, if you know the repository or can't exactly locate it you can simply add the repository key using the terminal through this command (thanks Mark):... Read Adding the key of a launchpad PPA repository

Migrare dal nuovo Incredimail a Thunderbird

aldeby — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:17:41 +0000

Questa guida riguarda la rimozione del programma di posta elettronica Incredimail ed il passaggio a Mozilla Thunderbird senza perdita di dati (e-mail). Innanzitutto è importante essere consapevoli del fatto che Incredimail è un programma a sorgente chiuso orientato al lucro. L'ultima cosa che gli sviluppatori di Incredimail desiderano è garantirvi... Read Migrare dal nuovo Incredimail a Thunderbird

Migrating away from New Incredimail to Thunderbird

aldeby — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:11:52 +0000

This howto is about getting rid of Incredimail e-mail client without data (email) loss. First be aware that Incredimail is a closed source money-oriented program. The last thing Incredimail developers would like you to have is freedom to choose. That's why you are not given any chance to export your emails to other clients! This would have never... Read Migrating away from New Incredimail to Thunderbird

Building a self-extracting Windows archive under GNU/Linux

aldeby — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:31:58 +0000

mirror from: http://www.tu-harburg.de/rzt/tuinfo/oberflaechen/linux/sfx.html How to build a self-extracting installation package for Microsoft Windows with your lovely GNU/Linux box -- thanks to 7-zip! 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL. First of all we have to install the 7-zip linux package, type apt-get install p7zip,... Read Building a self-extracting Windows archive under GNU/Linux

Dividere un file con il relativo CUE

aldeby — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:59:41 +0000

Ecco come dividere l'unico grande file .flac in tanti file quante sono le canzoni che contiene e taggarle in automatico con il file cue: Prima di tutto installiamo cuetools, shntool e flac: sudo apt-get install cuetools shntool flac Fatto questo siamo pronti a dividere il file con il segunte comando: cuebreakpoints foo.cue | shnsplit -o flac... Read Dividere un file con il relativo CUE

Encode decode 3GPP AMR files in Ubuntu

aldeby — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:38:12 +0000

3GPP AMR is a widespread audio file format in mobile devices. Currently there is no support under linux. The only option you have is to transcode them to a playable format. UPDATE: starting from Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 3GPP AMR file format is supported system wide thanks to Google Android OpenCore project. relevant packages are: sudo apt-get... Read Encode decode 3GPP AMR files in Ubuntu

cfg80211: wireless regulatory infrastructure

aldeby — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:21:56 +0000

http://lwn.net/Articles/296400/ Linux 2.6.27 kernel upwards a new wireless regulatory infrastructure has been added. The main motiviation behind this was to centralize regulatory code as each driver was implementing their own regulatory solution, and to replace the initial centralized code we have where: * only 3 regulatory domains are... Read cfg80211: wireless regulatory infrastructure

Call for enabling HP Pavilion internal softmodem

aldeby — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:16:09 +0000

[poll id="8"] Have you managed to get the HP Pavilion internal softmodem to work? Could you provide a tutorial on how to make it work? As a starting point here is some information that may be useful: Internal modem is a winmodem by Motorola model SM56 Si3054. Being a softmodem much of the work is delegated to the audio drivers. Recent... Read Call for enabling HP Pavilion internal softmodem

Cron daemon - recurrent tasks

aldeby — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:46:29 +0000

Restrictions: if /etc/cron.allow exists only users listed within can access crontab if it does not exists everybody can use crontab, as far as its name is not listed in /etc/cron.deny (1 user per line) if this does not exist neither everybody can use crontab Commands: to specify the editor to be used export EDITOR=pico to edit... Read Cron daemon - recurrent tasks

Shrinking windows multiboot CDs

aldeby — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:32:03 +0000

programs: nLite, cdimage (Microsoft), cdimage gui (beta3 by Cyberian) extract the image contents with IsoBuster, UltraISO or equivalent extract CD Boot Sector with IsoBuster use nLite to perform changes and shrinks copy i386/txtsetup.sif to the boot dirrectory CD:/ of the windows version you have tweaked edit txtsetup.sif and find field... Read Shrinking windows multiboot CDs

Run a program at startup in Windows

aldeby — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:59:53 +0000

- A - Place the program shortcut into the Autorun folder in Start -> Programs - B - Create a key in HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run - C - Run the program as a system service create with regedit a folder in: HKLM\\system\\controlset[n]\\services\\[servicename] create a few keys of the following type:... Read Run a program at startup in Windows

Runlevels

aldeby — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:46:14 +0000

What is a Runlevel (Wikipedia) on Ubuntu (being Debian based) starting from 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Upstart is used as a replacement for the traditional init-process. However traditional init scripts and Upstart's SysV-rc compatibility tools are still used to start most services and emulate runlevels. To change the currently running runlevel use... Read Runlevels

aliases

aldeby — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:52:35 +0000

in order to ease work on the terminal shell linux enables you to set aliases of complex commands. this can be done in different ways - temporary alias pico='pico -w' or alias pico="pico -w" - permanent editing $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/.bash_aliases and write down the alias strings at the bottom ot the files - to show up... Read aliases

shell Jobs

aldeby — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:24:05 +0000

concept: only 1 foreground program can be running on a shell terminal, however several can run in the background. Here's how. [program] & launches the program directly into the background CTRL+Z suspends the program currently running in the foreground into stopped state into the background jobs -l lists current background programs fg... Read shell Jobs

fast deployment of secure (APOP) Qpopper email pop3 server

aldeby — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:56:36 +0000

This howto focuses on a fast deployment of secure (APOP) Qpopper email pop3 server. This howto is just a scratch, and does not want to be complete nor faultless. install qpopper sudo apt-get install qpopper open /etc/inetd.conf and add pop-3 stream tcp nowait root [or other user] /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.qpopper -f /etc/qpopper.conf... Read fast deployment of secure (APOP) Qpopper email pop3 server

find on time basis

aldeby — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:55:24 +0000

this is how to use the find command to search for files on a time basis, i.e. to search for files more recent than a certain date or time create an empty file with an arbitrary date and time (which will correspond to t0 of our search) touch -t yyyymmddhhmm [filename] find -newer [filename] you can then use |grep [keyword] to filter the... Read find on time basis

Disk quota management

aldeby — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:23:09 +0000

You may need to set a maximum disk quota per user, so that one user cannot fill up the whole system with his documents/garbage. A disk quota is a limit set by a system administrator that restricts certain aspects of file system usage on modern operating systems. There are two basic types of disk quotas. The first, known as a usage quota or... Read Disk quota management

Hosts files

aldeby — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:29:17 +0000

Hosts files keep the forced associations between DNS and IPs. on linux /etc/hosts on windows 9x %windows%\\hosts on windowsNT (2k,XP,vista,ecc.) %windows%\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts Editing the hosts file can be useful for a few reasons: this way you don't need to have registered an IP address to a DNS provider you can... Read Hosts files

Ethernet network offloading

aldeby — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:09:54 +0000

Several wired network adapters have offloading capabilities in order to lower the CPU usage. This also helps in order to lower the CPU interrupts and thus to enable it to stay in better power saving states. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux does not enable by default most of those offloading capabilities, and we have to do it by hand. Here is how.... Read Ethernet network offloading

Wine applications go into Other menu instead of Wine

aldeby — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:44:14 +0000

If your wine applications go into Other menu instead of Wine you are missing a menu config file which is not re-created by simply re-installing wine package. .config/menus create a folder named applications-merged and inside a text file with wine-Programs.menu with the following text: Read Wine applications go into Other menu instead of Wine

arrow keys not working with vmware

aldeby — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:20:30 +0000

you may experience some problems with arrow keys, pg up/pg down and home/end keys with vmware 6.5 and Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10. a workaround for those problems is to create a file named config under .vmware folder in your home directory and fill it with either (both workarounds work!): a) xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true b)... Read arrow keys not working with vmware

How to professionally scan and OCR with open source tools

aldeby — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:32:53 +0000

taken from http://www.linux.com/feature/138511 How to scan and OCR like a pro with open source tools By Mathis Dirksen-Thedens on June 24, 2008 (7:00:00 PM) With optical character recognition (OCR), you can scan the contents of a document into a single file of editable text. This article, which focuses on scanning books, describes the... Read How to professionally scan and OCR with open source tools

Firefox 3.0 autocompletion features

aldeby — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:20 +0000

With Firefox 3.0 some autocompletion features have been introduced, specifically the ones concerning the location bar can be somehow annoying. Here's how to disable them. To prevent entries from History or bookmarked items from appearing but show those that you have specifically typed into the Location Bar (url bar), use about:config to toggle... Read Firefox 3.0 autocompletion features

batch resizing images

aldeby — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:15:14 +0000

here is an interesting thread about batch resizing images. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=170862 Basically you can use gThumb (opening multiple files at once with this app) or digikam. GIMP currently has support for batch operations only in its development branch.... Read batch resizing images

Reclaim vertical space in Gnome!

aldeby — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:30:34 +0000

Despite the slightly higher resolution (800 vs 768) vertical space is always a bit constrained on widescreens. This is even more noticeable with Gnome which has two panels, at the top and at the bottom, that use at minimum size 50 pixels both. Some other 20 px get wasted in the application titlebar, around 15 px in its statusbar, countless in... Read Reclaim vertical space in Gnome!

Linux-PHC CPU undervolting (for Intel processors)

aldeby — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:24:48 +0000

Undervolt your notebook CPU for longer battery life "Undervolting is the practice of reducing the supply voltage of a computer's CPU. There are mainly three reasons to do so: Reduce power consumption Reduce heat generation Reduce fan noise Performance will not be affected as the energy you will save was just wasted (as heat) before.... Read Linux-PHC CPU undervolting (for Intel processors)

Manual duplex printing on linux

aldeby — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:34:46 +0000

Update!! the duplex printing feature has been implemented for Samsung printers on linux (including ML-2010) with version 2.0.0 of the Samsung drivers (available with Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10). To ensure you use the latest ones go to Printer Properties in System -> Administration -> Printing and check the 'Make and Model' field. To update... Read Manual duplex printing on linux

Firefox: re-enable print and scale options from Print Preview

aldeby — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:43:35 +0000

Firefox 3.0 stable default setup has these features disabled direct printing from print preview ability to zoom page before printing from print preview ability to change printing page orientation (portrait/landscape) all this can be achieved by setting string print.whileInPrintPreview in about:config as true (this now defaults to false).... Read Firefox: re-enable print and scale options from Print Preview

[IT] It's not the Gates, it's the bars

aldeby — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:13 +0000

Prestare tanta attenzione al pensionamento di Bill Gates significa perdere di vista la questione centrale. Ciò che conta davvero non è Gates, né Microsoft, ma il sistema perverso delle restrizioni che Microsoft, come molte altre società di software, impone a suoi clienti. Tale dichiarazione può sorprendere, dato che la maggior parte delle... Read [IT] It's not the Gates, it's the bars

[EN] It's not the Gates, it's the bars

aldeby — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:33:33 +0000

By Richard Stallman Founder, Free Software Foundation http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7487060.stm To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software... Read [EN] It's not the Gates, it's the bars

mixing Intrepid stable and Jaunty testing repositories

aldeby — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:34:59 +0000

Due to the very high pace of Free and OpenSource Software development it often occurs that program versions shipped with a distribution are already quite obsolete, hence the need to upgrade to its latest version. Compiling the sources can be a little annoying sometimes, since you have to take care of the many multiple dependencies and cannot... Read mixing Intrepid stable and Jaunty testing repositories

Problems browsing Windows shares with GNOME Nautilus

aldeby — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:51:38 +0000

Ever since I installed Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 I'm facing problems in browsing Windows shares with samba. Even though I can see the Windows Group and the Windows Hosts when I click on them I only get an empty window. No shares are listed. Through smbtree utility I managed to figure out the main problem was that I was using OpenDNS domain name... Read Problems browsing Windows shares with GNOME Nautilus

Speed up Ubuntu Linux!

aldeby — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:06:33 +0000

In the following tutorial you are going to fine tweak your Ubuntu Linux setup in order to speed up the boot process as well as the startup time of some frequently used applications. use bootchart to profile boot times and bootlenecks easily through an intuitive image graph install with sudo apt-get install bootchart then you'll get a... Read Speed up Ubuntu Linux!

Blueman - Bluetooth Manager

aldeby — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:31:03 +0000

Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez dbus backend. It has many more features than standard GNOME blutooth applet, among which you can find: * Easy to use interface * Storing Favourite devices * Send files * Browse files on devices * List all seen devices * View Local/Remote Device information * Configure... Read Blueman - Bluetooth Manager

Basket Note Pads (OneNote and Tomboy alternative)

aldeby — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:38 +0000

Basket Note Pads http://basket.kde.org is a KDE native application for note taking that enables you to do all the following tasks and a lot more in a very human like way. Basket Note Pads is a GNU Linux alternative to Micro$oft One Note and also to the Mono dependent Tomboy, being much much better than both (on why Mono is not... Read Basket Note Pads (OneNote and Tomboy alternative)

[EN] Configure HP Pavilion QuickPlay multimedia buttons in Ubuntu Linux

aldeby — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:17:48 +0000

HP Pavilion multimedia buttons configuration under Linux How to setup the HP QuickPlay Linux equivalent: Elisa Media Center In this howto you'll learn how to customize the applications associated to the sensitive buttons above the keyboard of HP Pavilion laptops. This way you would be able to run Elisa Media Center (HP QuickPlay Linux equivalent)... Read [EN] Configure HP Pavilion QuickPlay multimedia buttons in Ubuntu Linux

[IT] Configurazione dei tasti multimediali degli HP Pavilion - QuickPlay per Linux

aldeby — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:00:22 +0000

Configurazione dei tasti multimediali degli HP Pavilion in Linux Come impostare l'equivalente di HP QuickPlay su Linux: Elisa Media Center In questo post vedremo come personalizzare le applicazioni associate ai tastini sensibili al tatto presenti sulla tastiera dei portatili HP Pavilion. Così facendo potremo avviare Elisa Media Center... Read [IT] Configurazione dei tasti multimediali degli HP Pavilion - QuickPlay per Linux

SysRQ key combinations on HP Pavilion laptops

aldeby — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:09:28 +0000

Since on our keyboard SysRQ is triggered by Fn alt key we should press ALT+Fn+SysRQ+ These key combinations are very useful when Xorg crashes since the kernel will respond regardless of whatever else it is doing, unless it is completely locked up. With these keys combos you can try to regain control over your system:... Read SysRQ key combinations on HP Pavilion laptops

HP Pavilion BIOS changelogs and download links

aldeby — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:17:23 +0000

Here you can find HP Pavilion BIOS changelogs and download links for BIOS upgrade. These packages contain the Phoenix BIOS WinFlash utility and a System BIOS image for the below HP Pavilion notebook models having a 30CB or 30CC Family ROM and operating systems. The WinFlash utility is only tested in a Microsoft Windows environment (between... Read HP Pavilion BIOS changelogs and download links

Linux Power Saving Tweaks for HP Pavilion laptops

aldeby — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:41:07 +0000

Less watts: environmentally friendly, longer lasting battery, less spending on energy bills. Thanks to these tips you'll be able to improve your Ubuntu GNU/Linux laptop lasting, maximize battery lasting and life and also our own planet Earth life expectancy! QUESTA GUIDA È ANCHE DISPONIBILE IN LINGUA ITALIANA Just for reference on my HP... Read Linux Power Saving Tweaks for HP Pavilion laptops

Ottimizzazioni per il Risparmio Energetico per portatili HP Pavilion su Ubuntu Linux

aldeby — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:36:10 +0000

Meno watts: compatibilità ambientale, maggiore durata della batteria, minor costo sulle bollette della luce. Grazie a questi suggeriemnti sarai in grado di migliorare la durata della batteria sul tuo portatile Ubuntu GNU/Linux HP Pavilion ed anche l'aspettativa di vita del nostro Pianeta Terra! THIS TUTORIAL IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH... Read Ottimizzazioni per il Risparmio Energetico per portatili HP Pavilion su Ubuntu Linux

Installing VMware 6.0.2 and VMware Server on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04

aldeby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:56:54 +0000

Since Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 is not supported yet by VMware, and not supported at all by latest VMware 6.0.2 and VMware server we need some tweaking to make it install. 1) download VMware-workstation-6.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz (from http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ ) 2) unpack it and run 'sudo ./vmware-install.pl' from the terminal inside the... Read Installing VMware 6.0.2 and VMware Server on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04

Wordpress 2.5 automatic plugin upgrade error

aldeby — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:32:12 +0000

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pclziputilpathreduction() (previously declared in /home/edutecha/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/lib/pclzip.lib.php:5421) in /home/edutecha/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-pclzip.php on line 5489 The problem is related to wordpress-automatic-upgrade plugin. You have to manually upgrade... Read Wordpress 2.5 automatic plugin upgrade error

OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-ins for MS Office

aldeby — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:24:00 +0000

OpenDocument Viewer Cross-platform viewer for OpenDocument files http://opendocumentfellowship.com/odfviewer OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-ins for MS Office: http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/download.html Before installing the ODF Add-in for Word, Excel or PowerPoint, make sure you have the following installed on your PC: * Microsoft Office 2007... Read OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-ins for MS Office

wp-sticky does not stay on top

aldeby — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:40:00 +0000

Trying to use the WP-Sticky v 1.10 wordpress plugin from http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-sticky.html can be a bit disappointing since setting the posts as 'sticky' don't actually stick them on top. The problem, however, basically lyes in a misunderstanding: - sticky posts stay on top just for the day - announcement posts are those that... Read wp-sticky does not stay on top

Basic commands for working with VI (and VIM)

aldeby — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:52:12 +0000

Basic commands for working with VI (and VIM) Thanks http://bullium.com/support/vim.html for the list! If you want a condensed more graphical version; check out this vi/vim cheat sheet. http://www.viemu.com/ How to Exit Moving Text How to Suspend Edit a File Undo/Redo/Repeat... Read Basic commands for working with VI (and VIM)

Basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD (part 2)

aldeby — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:43:12 +0000

Some more basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD Thanks to http://www.ssel.montana.edu/HowTo/adv_unix.html for this list! Redirection Take output from one job and make it the input to another job: |, < , > Processes Run two or more jobs at once : &, bg,fg Run a big job with low priority : nice Graphically display processes running :... Read Basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD (part 2)

Basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD (part 1)

aldeby — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:14:29 +0000

Some basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD Thanks to http://www.ssel.montana.edu/HowTo/basic_unix.html for this list! Files Display files in a directory :ls Copying files : cp Delete file(s) : rm What kind of file is this? : file Where is this file? : find , which, locate, mlocate Debug a program : gdb Whats in this file?... Read Basic commands for GNU/Linux - BSD (part 1)

Ad Hoc Wireless Networking in Linux

aldeby — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Ad Hoc Wireless Networking in Linux https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc credit goes to original author: Ad Hoc Wireless Networking in Linux The aim of this document is to provide information about the steps needed to create and connect to ad hoc networks with a working wireless card. Identification of hardware and installation of... Read Ad Hoc Wireless Networking in Linux

analyze disk usage

aldeby — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +0000

echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump enables you to see via dmesg and syslog which application is accessign the disk and for doing what blktrace from blktrace package (sudo apt-get install blktrace) is also useful since it prompts you with those applications that access your hd the most. Use it this way: bltrace /dev/sda... Read analyze disk usage

using sysctl and sysfs to tweak /proc and /sys parameters

aldeby — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:13:00 +0000

using sysctl and sysfs to tweak /proc and /sys parameters can be useful in order to permanently set powertop suggestions or not to have to recompile the kernel for only one value change. lm-profiler helps disabling unneeded services You can use sysctl to tweak the running kernel parameters (tweak /proc entries) and /etc/sysctl.conf... Read using sysctl and sysfs to tweak /proc and /sys parameters

Linking Within an HTML Document

aldeby — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:07:00 +0000

Creating a link within the same HTML document or to a specific fragment of another document is a two-step process. The first step is to make the target fragment; the second is to create the link to the fragment. Use the tag with its name attribute to identify a fragment. The value of the name attribute is used in hyperlinks that point to the... Read Linking Within an HTML Document

Come connettersi ad internet attraverso unADSL con cavo ethernet e password (PPPoE)

aldeby — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:06:25 +0000

Come connettersi ad internet attraverso un'ADSL con cavo ethernet, nome utente e password (PPPoE)Connettersi ad internet con un cavo ethernet ed una connessione flat 24/7 è semplice quanto inserire il cavetto nell'apposita presa. Leggermente più complesso è il procedimento se possiedi una connessione a tempo (in cui paghi in base a quanto tempo... Read Come connettersi ad internet attraverso unADSL con cavo ethernet e password (PPPoE)

How to connect to internet through an ADSL ethernet modem

aldeby — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:59:42 +0000

How to connect to internet through an ADSL ethernet modem with username and password (PPPoE) Connecting to internet with a flat connection is really as easy as pluggin in the ethernet cable. Little more complex is when you have to log in since you pay per time your internet connection. In order to set your username and password call... Read How to connect to internet through an ADSL ethernet modem

automatic missing key adding for apt-get

aldeby — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:49:00 +0000

in order to automatically download missing authentication keys for third party apt-get repositories I suggest a handy script published by Trevino (I haven't tested it yet though). sudo apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key in $(grep "NO_PUBKEY" /tmp/keymissing |sed "s/.*NO_PUBKEY //"); do echo -e "\ Processing key: $key"; sudo gpg --keyserver... Read automatic missing key adding for apt-get

Monitoring Real-time user logins in ubuntu

aldeby — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:37:00 +0000

sudo apt-get install whowatch Whowatch is an console, interactive users and process monitoring tool.It displays information about the users currently logged on to the machine, in real-time. Besides standard informations (login name, tty,host, userâs process), the type of the connection (ie. telnet or ssh) is shown. Display of users command line... Read Monitoring Real-time user logins in ubuntu

update-initramfs updating your initial ramdisk

aldeby — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:34:00 +0000

After having installed a new kernel (or an update version of it) or also other boot related stuff it is necessary to rebuild the initial ramdisk using the following command in order to get the changes effective: update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)... Read update-initramfs updating your initial ramdisk

GoogleEarth geopolitical maps

aldeby — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:41:00 +0000

Looking for GoogleEarth geopolitical & political maps / layers? Have a look at here! Many thanks fly to Valery Hronusov (Valery35) for his precious and priceless work! Library for automatic connection to popular collections of forum herebelow cited: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/224706... Read GoogleEarth geopolitical maps

howto create password protected archives in linux

aldeby — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:13:00 +0000

In GNOME file-roller (Archive Manager) version 2.26 enables you to create password protected archives. If you would like to use the shell to create those archives here is how: rarrar a -hp archive_name.rar folder_or_file_to_compress 7zip 7z a -mhe=on -p archive_name.7z folder_or_file_to_compress Click here to read how to make self extracting... Read howto create password protected archives in linux

Swap Area not working

aldeby — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:52:00 +0000

When you boot (or enable swapping manually) you should see Adding Swap: NNNNk swap-space If you don't see any messages at all you are probably missing the right command swapon -av (the command to enable swapping) in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/* (the system startup scripts), or have forgotten to make the right... Read Swap Area not working

Compute partitions UUIDs

aldeby — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:52:00 +0000

you maybe wonder how those UUID inside /etc/fstab have been computed. blkid /dev/sda8 simply does the job (where sda8 is the device you want the UUID computed for) They are unique ids (thus the acronym) and are computed by program blkid which can easily be invoked via shell in order to update those IDs in case you have messed around with those... Read Compute partitions UUIDs

remove audio clips with Audacity (hard limiter)

aldeby — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:16:00 +0000

http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Click_Removal In order to be able to remove clicks from recordings using audacity you can use various tools among which the hard-limiter plugin which is available in the swh-plugins package in the Ubuntu repositories. Install it: apt-get install swh-plugins Then you'll then find it in Effects menu... Read remove audio clips with Audacity (hard limiter)

AcetoneISO the Daemon Tools and UltraISO for linux

aldeby — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:33:00 +0000

AcetoneISO is a very good GPLv3 linux and Ubuntu replacement of Daemon Tools and UltraISO disk image manipulation tools. Indeed most of you geeks out there would say 'mount -loop' is there by default in linux, however there are lots of other things mount command simply cannot do while Daemon Tools or UltraISO can. You can download the latest... Read AcetoneISO the Daemon Tools and UltraISO for linux

enable flight simulator in Linux Google Earth

aldeby — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:45:00 +0000

You maybe didn't know Google provides a flight simulator within its Google Earth program, what you certainly didn't know was that also linux version of this program does have the flight simulator! While it is really easy to enable such feature in Windows and Mac (just type CTRL+ALT+A) in linux this shortcut does not work since X on most of... Read enable flight simulator in Linux Google Earth

Setting up Elisa as Default Multimedia Center

aldeby — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:04:00 +0000

first of all install elisa via package manager sudo apt-get install elisa then configure elisa to run at fullscreen by editing file $HOME/.elisa/elisa.conf and changing line # whether or not Elisa should start fullscreen start_fullscreen = '1' go into System > Preferences > Preferred applications and on Multimedia Tab select custom and enter text... Read Setting up Elisa as Default Multimedia Center

cannot update initrd image due to missing kernel

aldeby — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:50:02 +0000

If you ever get in touch with such an error while updating with apt-get / synaptic or manually updating the initram disk via update-initramfs you must have improperly removed a customized kernel version. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.nn.nn-nn Cannot find /lib/modules/2.6.nn.nn-nn update-initramfs: failed for... Read cannot update initrd image due to missing kernel

Slow Bootup Times

aldeby — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:47:28 +0000

If you are experiencing long boot times, try this fix: Comment out all lines in /etc/network/interfaces by puttig a "#" in front of everything except loopback interface: sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces comment out every line (put a # at the beginning of the line) except for this one: auto loiface lo inet loopback This is what mine looks... Read Slow Bootup Times

GNOME as in GNU Network Object Model Environment

aldeby — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:25:00 +0000

I'm just quoting hereafter a Richard Stallman post on Gnome Foundation newsgroup. His words should make us think of what's recently happening in Gnome Community (think of OOXML and MONO adoption thoughts, and to M. De Icaza policies). What a shame... GNOME is based on a philosophy, but it is not just a philosophy. It is a project to develop... Read GNOME as in GNU Network Object Model Environment

downloading mms and rtsp streams

aldeby — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:43:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered how to watch and record on your computer mms and rtsp streams? In windows there is only StreamBox VCR, old app not more updated due to license issues. In linux mplayer simply does this job! 1) First make sure you have win32codecs (or win64codecs if you have Linux AMD64) installed, if not install them via apt-get sudo apt-get... Read downloading mms and rtsp streams

Chrooting: how to gain access to a bricked install

aldeby — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:17:00 +0000

If you can, it is preferable to just boot using a backup kernel and sudo apt-get update, upgrade, dist-upgrade from there. If not then...1. Boot up a live cd, or separate linux install. 2. Mount your hardy drive somewhere (replace **** with name of drive, e.g. hda1 or sda1 etc. to figure out the drive devices use 'parted print all') sudo mkdir... Read Chrooting: how to gain access to a bricked install

Windows immediately logs out after logging in (partition letter change)

aldeby — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:07:00 +0000

Yesterday I had a fight with my windows box after imposing it to change the /windows partition letter from D:\\ to the default C:\\ and finding out Windows to be so stupidly coded. Clever move you would think, indeed it wasn't, however many programs are coded so badly that they seek and put things directly into C:\\ without checking the... Read Windows immediately logs out after logging in (partition letter change)

compiling a new kernel: 1) the easiest way

aldeby — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:01:00 +0000

How to compile a new kernel, the easiest way: the easiest way to compile a new kernel consists in the use of KernelCheck python script. This way you can upgrade your Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 distribution to stable kernel 2.6.23.1 or even try out release candidates of 2.6.24 kernel with its advanced power saving features. http://kcheck.sourceforge.net/... Read compiling a new kernel: 1) the easiest way

how to checkout cvs svn hg repositories

aldeby — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:44:00 +0000

to download a sources snapshot from a CVS (concurrent version system) repository: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/video4linux login (use an empty password) cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/video4linux co -P v4l-dvb where -zN indicates the compression level required; -d indicates the cvs root directory; co is the... Read how to checkout cvs svn hg repositories

how to patch a source tree with a .bz2 patch

aldeby — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:50:49 +0000

from within upper source tree folder: bzcat patch-nnnn.bz2 | patch -p1 obviously nothing prevents you from unbzipping the patch and patching the tree with the usual cat patch-nnnn.bz2 | patch -p1... Read how to patch a source tree with a .bz2 patch

set system default paper size

aldeby — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:46:00 +0000

In /etc you can find configuration file papersize which simply shows which paper size is in use system wide. Wrong paper size (i.e. letter instead of European A4) can lead to misprinted documents, especially with the system PDF printer. In particular if you find text rows at the top and at the bottom of the paper messed up you should definitely... Read set system default paper size

how to debug Standby & Suspend issues in linux

aldeby — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:37:37 +0000

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspend... Read how to debug Standby & Suspend issues in linux

updatedb (slocate, locate) privacy settings

aldeby — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:29:00 +0000

updatedb (slocate) is a powerful indexing utility to query whom you can use locate keyword command within a shell, hereafter a note about making it more sensitive to users privacy through editing /etc/updatedb.conf file and PRUNEPATHS= vairable. Despite some other growing up software such as Tacker and Beagle (the latter one using deprecated .NET... Read updatedb (slocate, locate) privacy settings

mounting a samba share locally

aldeby — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:49:00 +0000

This way you can mount a remote samba share locally. It is useful to make some applications which do not support smb:// filepath work on remote files thinking they are actually local files. First make sure you have installed smbfs via the package manager (or sudo apt-get install smbfs ). Then load smbfs module sudo modprobe smbfs if you want it... Read mounting a samba share locally

a bit of WINE eye-candy

aldeby — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:41:00 +0000

Wine has notably a very ugly color skin. Although it does indeed support windows skins, however such support is experimental and considered unstable. However simply changing interface colors can improve the appearance dramatically, here's how to: gedit .wine/user.reg and insert under string [Control Panel\\\\Colors] the following values,... Read a bit of WINE eye-candy

WINE latest repositories for x86 and x86_64

aldeby — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:36:00 +0000

Installing latest WINE versions (notably WINE support in Ubuntu is quite lacking) add this repository: deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt gutsy main Installing WINE layer on linux x86_64 add this repository: deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt gutsy main... Read WINE latest repositories for x86 and x86_64

mounting .iso and .img files

aldeby — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:29:00 +0000

1) make the mount point folder e.g. sudo mkdir /media/iso 2) issue mount command sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop isofile.iso /media/iso you can mount this way also .img files... Read mounting .iso and .img files

rescuing lost partitions and lost data live from linux

aldeby — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:17:00 +0000

If you need to recover your hard drive, but can't boot from it, you need to run testdisk from a live cd. Ubuntu-rescue-remix is a data recovery toolkit on a live cd. http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/ You can download it here: http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/Download... Read rescuing lost partitions and lost data live from linux

rescuing lost partitions and partition data for linux

aldeby — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:16:00 +0000

Many thanks fly to Christophe Grenier http://www.cgsecurity.org/ for having developed such good and useful OpenSource tools for linux licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL). I'm talking about TestDisk and PhotoRec Testdisk can recover your partitions, but in case you run into trouble, you can use parted to fine-tune your partitions. Parted... Read rescuing lost partitions and partition data for linux

compiling gnome sensors-applet with nVidia support

aldeby — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:27:00 +0000

Gnome sensors-applet is aimed at showing hardware temperatures into a pretty deskbar applet. Current stable version available in source flavor is 1.8.2 whereas the one shipped with Ubuntu gutsy 7.10 is only 1.7.12, several changes have occurred between these two versions, most notably: - support for new sensors - new tango icons. Furthermore the... Read compiling gnome sensors-applet with nVidia support

laptop-mode and hard disk monitoring software

aldeby — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:16:00 +0000

using laptop-mode in conjunction with other hard disk monitoring software needs some attention in order to minimize disk's spin-ups. hddtemp so far queries the hard disk for temperature status every 60 seconds, thus wakening it from standby status that often. Unless a workaround is found it would be a wise thing to remove it. smartmontools... Read laptop-mode and hard disk monitoring software

Proprietà intellettuale. Marchi, brevetti e design nell'era della globalizzazione

aldeby — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:21:00 +0000

Segnalo alcuni interessanti video introduttivi sulle tematiche della Proprietà Intellettuale, Copyright e affini prodotti da Christian Biasco e Francesca Terri e distribuiti da arcoiris.tv cui vanno i miei ringraziamenti. Per vedere la lista completa dei video clicca qui In particolare la puntata numero 4 riguarda il mondo del Copyleft ed... Read Proprietà intellettuale. Marchi, brevetti e design nell'era della globalizzazione

What package is that file in?

aldeby — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:18:00 +0000

There's a really easy way to find it out! It's called apt-file and it can search for a file in any package (installed or not). Its really easy to use: $ sudo apt-get install apt-file $ sudo apt-file update if you want to search for file autoexpect just type: $ apt-file search autoexpect expect-dev:... Read What package is that file in?

working with system logs

aldeby — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:03:00 +0000

system logs are recorded in /var/log/ directory boot log is at /var/log/boot however to enable it you should make sure that file /etc/default/bootlogd has this string BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes other useful logs are /var/log/syslog/var/log/dmesg and config files at /etc/syslog.conf and /etc/logrotate.conf gnome-system-log is a graphical... Read working with system logs

convert ext3 into ext2

aldeby — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:40:00 +0000

Reverting to an ext2 File System There are very few reasons for which to revert an ext3 filesystem, I looked up how to do this because I found the system journald daemon was accessing my disk very often (despite noatime argument) preventing it to stay in standby mode. - Ext3 is backwards compatible with ext2 so that you can safely mount an ext3... Read convert ext3 into ext2

convert ext2 into ext3/4

aldeby — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:34:00 +0000

To benefit from the improvements of a journalled filesystem you can convert an ext2 into an ext3. sudo tune2fs -j /dev/(disk partition) Use 'parted print all' or gparted to find out which is the disk partition name you want to convert. Now modify the occurences of ext2 in /etc/fstab to ext3 or ext4... Read convert ext2 into ext3/4

enable your native linux PDF printer

aldeby — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:28:00 +0000

Ubuntu linux comes with a native integrated PDF printer witch enables you to print a PDF file from everywhere (at least from every program that has the print command). This printer is however not enabled by default. To enable it you should first install cups-pdf package: gksu apt-get install cups-pdf Then go to System > Administration > Printing... Read enable your native linux PDF printer

nVidia GeForce8 powersaving features

aldeby — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:03:00 +0000

1. ondemand vblank interrupts. The X xorg.conf subsection for the video driver needs this line: Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true" I just tested it and must say it is indeed effective! the 60 wakeups per second that wakened up my system before due to the vertical refresh (of 60Hz) are now disappeared! I still have to find out how mouch does... Read nVidia GeForce8 powersaving features

get back coloured bash!

aldeby — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:30:00 +0000

do you miss a coloured bash? here's how to get colours back! either choose: 1. edit /etc/bash.bashrc and add [code] alias ls="ls --color=auto" [/code] for enabling it globally 2. edit .bashrc and add [code] alias ls="ls --color=auto" [/code] for enabling it locally for the current user and also the one in /root/.bashrc if you want to keep colours... Read get back coloured bash!

Gnome network manager automatically connects to wrong networks!

aldeby — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:34:00 +0000

gnome gconf remembers networks you have been connected to and stores them in a preferred networks list, then at the login it choses to automatically connect to the network with most powerful signal and less encryption. "Preferred networks list" is located at .gconf/system/networking/wireless/networks/ folder in your home directory (note the initial... Read Gnome network manager automatically connects to wrong networks!

change keyboard layout in shell

aldeby — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:15:00 +0000

to change keyboard layout within the shell type sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup and sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg... Read change keyboard layout in shell

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 14 Suspend and Hibernate

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:08:00 +0200

14. Suspend/Hibernate On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 suspension and hibernation are fully supported with nvidia 3D driver version 180 and nv 2D driver. With recent HP Pavilion DV4 DV5 and DV7 models resuming from suspend / standby generally fails (among others dv4-1050). This is a BIOS bug which is (at least partially) fixed in... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 14 Suspend and Hibernate

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 10

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:07:00 +0200

10. Remote Control On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 the remote control is partially supported. This works out of the box, even without installing any infrared support (since HP Pavilion series do not actually have a IR communication port, it is just a receiver) To configure the buttons have a look at paragraph 20 (Touch Sensible... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 10

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 13 Energy Saving

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:07:00 +0200

13. Energy Saving Check my post concerning Linux Laptop Power Saving Tweaks for HP Pavilion laptops From Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 onwards (including Ubuntu Linux Maverick 10.10 and Lucid 10.04) several new power saving features have been implemented, so that power consumption can be furtherly reduced (in my case till 13 watts / ~3hours while typing... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 13 Energy Saving

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 8 Media Card Reader

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:06:00 +0200

8. Media Card Reader On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 the media card reader is fully supported: SD (Secure Digital), MMC (Multi Media Card) and MS (Sony MemoryStick). On Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 the media card reader support is limited to: SD (Secure Digital), MMC (Multi Media Card) It's a Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 8 Media Card Reader

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 9 VGA S-Video and HDMI Outputs

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:06:00 +0200

9. VGA, S-Video & HDMI Outputs On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 the video outputs are fully supported using the restricted drivers (nvidia for nVidia cards, fglrx for AMD ATi cards). Does notwork with the 2D nv driver when the xserver is running Screen is cloned by default. To manage the second external screen/projector:... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 9 VGA S-Video and HDMI Outputs

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 7 Synaptics Touchpad

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:05:00 +0200

7. Synaptics Touchpad On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Ubuntu Linux Maverick 10.10 the touchpad is fully supported (except for the disable/enable button). Under 9.10 as well as 10.04 some people reported problems with the touchpad after disabling it with the touchpad's "on/off"-button. Re-enabling did not work, although the button's light changed... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 7 Synaptics Touchpad

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 6 Webcam

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:05:00 +0200

6. Webcam HP Pavilion DV laptops come with several webcams flavors (use lsusb command to locate yours). For a broader support of USB webcams you may also try installing luvcview: sudo apt-get install luvcview sudo modprobe uvcvideo A) 04f2:b015 ChiconyElectronics Co. is fully supported via V4L2 default drivers This means that it works out of the... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 6 Webcam

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 4 Video Device

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:05:00 +0200

4. Video Device On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 the video subsystem is fully supported. Intel chipsets are fully supported directly by Xorg.Intel X3100 is the only one decent graphic chipset available at the moment that has a completely full featured open source driver. nVidia is fully supported as well. There are however 2... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 4 Video Device

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 5 Wireless

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:05:00 +0200

5. Wireless A) Intel Wireless (3945ABG, 4965ABGN) On Ubuntu Linux Lucid 10.04 and Maverick 10.10 the wireless subsystem is supported (all ABGN modes). Drivers are now slipstremed into the Linux kernel (since 2.6.24). Developers site: http://intellinuxwireless.org To install the linux backports modules open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 5 Wireless

Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 22 Bluetooth

aldeby — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:56:00 +0200

22.Bluetooth Several people have complained about bluetooth module not working properly, and preventing Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 from booting on some hardware configurations and BIOS versions. In order to fix this issue and manage to boot Ubuntu Gutsy on such hardware 2 solutions have been suggested. NB: unfortunately HP did not provide me with any... Read Ubuntu Linux on HP Pavilion - Part 22 Bluetooth

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