[125001720010] |Howto Install Pidgin 2.0.0 on Ubuntu Feisty with Plugin Pack [125001720020] |Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. [125001720030] |It uses GTK+. [125001720040] |It was formerly called Gaim. [125001720050] |Install Pidgin 2.0.0 on Ubuntu Feisty [125001720060] |Download Pidgin 2.0.0 packages from here or here [125001720070] |wget http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Feisty_Fawn/pidgin/pidgin_2.0.0-1_i386.deb [125001720080] |Install .deb packages using the following command [125001720090] |sudo dpkg -i pidgin_2.0.0-1_i386.deb [125001720100] |If you want more details after installation check here [125001720110] |Install Pidgin 2.0.0 Plugin Pack on Ubuntu Feisty [125001720120] |This plugin pack contains the following plugins [125001720130] |Plugins in the Plugin Pack [125001720140] |1. Album 2. [125001720150] |Auto Accept 3. [125001720160] |Auto-rejoin 4. [125001720170] |Auto Reply 5. awaynotify 6. [125001720180] |Bash.org 7. [125001720190] |Buddy Icon Tools 8. [125001720200] |Buddy List Options 9. [125001720210] |Buddy Note 10. buddytime 11. chronic 12. convcolors 13. [125001720220] |Dice 14. [125001720230] |DiffTopic 15. [125001720240] |Magic 8 Ball 16. [125001720250] |Flip 17. gRIM 18. [125001720260] |Group Message 19. [125001720270] |Hide Conversation 20. [125001720280] |IRC Helper 21. [125001720290] |Irssi Features 22. [125001720300] |Last Seen 23. [125001720310] |List Handler 24. Marker Line 25. [125001720320] |My Status Box 26. napster 27. [125001720330] |New Line 28. [125001720340] |Nick Said 29. [125001720350] |Offline Message 30. [125001720360] |Old Logger 31. [125001720370] |Plonkers 32. [125001720380] |Schedule 33. [125001720390] |Separate and Tab 34. [125001720400] |Show Offline 35. [125001720410] |Sim Fix 36. [125001720420] |Slash Exec 37. [125001720430] |SSL Info 38. [125001720440] |Stocker 39. [125001720450] |Switch Spell 40. [125001720460] |Talk Filters 41. [125001720470] |XMMS Remote 42. [125001720480] |XChat-Chats [125001720490] |You can download Pidgin 2.0.0 Plugin Pack from here or here [125001720500] |wget http://www.kalpiknigam.com/blog/uploads/purple-plugin-pack_1.0-1_i386.deb [125001720510] |Install Pidgin 2.0.0 Plugin Pack Using the following command [125001720520] |sudo dpkg -i purple-plugin-pack_1.0-1_i386.deb [125001720530] |This will install all the plugins menctioned above. [125001730010] |Fixing a scanner broken by the Feisty upgrade [125001730020] |To Fix Scanner Operation broken by an Edgy to Feisty Upgrade [125001730030] |If you have been using a USB scanner and upgrade from Edgy to Feisty, you may find that your scanner no longer works. [125001730040] |These notes may help. [125001730050] |There is a long thread about this check here . [125001730060] |The problem seems to lie in the usb suspend functions built into Feisty’s new kernel in order to keep laptop users happy.Here are a few tricks taken from the above thread that might get your scanner going again. [125001730070] |They did for me. [125001730080] |SUMMARY [125001730090] |0. Download install scanbuttond using adept or any preferred tool [125001730100] |At the console … [125001730110] |1. list usb devices : lsusb 2. run scanbuttond : scanbuttond -r 1000000 3. list available imaging devices : scanimage -L 4. [125001730120] |Test basic scanner operation : scanimage -T -d 5. [125001730130] |Test gui scanner operation : xsane [125001730140] |DETAIL [125001730150] |0. Use adept or whatever tool you prefer to install the “scanbuttond” package.use the following command to install scanbuttond [125001730160] |sudo aptitude install scanbuttond [125001730170] |This is a daemon that will poll your scanner to see if any of its buttons have been pressed. [125001730180] |You don’t need to press a button - your scanner may not even have one. [125001730190] |The point seems to be that the daemon pokes the scanner at an interval you specify thereby keeping it awake and and able to respond to other programs. [125001730200] |For more information, see the above thread and/or http://scanbuttond.sourceforge.net/ [125001730210] |1. List the currently known USB devices check that your scanner is in the list. [125001730220] |To do this, open a console enter “lsusb” at the prompt. (without quotes of course). [125001730230] |Here’s a typical output … [125001730240] |john@john-desktop:~$ lsusb Bus 005 Device 007: ID 04a9:2206 Canon, Inc. CanoScan N650U/N656U Bus 005 Device 006: ID 0aec:3260 Neodio Technologies Corp. 7-in-1 Card Reader Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c408 Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button) Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 [125001730250] |Here we see that a CanoScan N650U is available as device 007 on bus 005. [125001730260] |These numbers matter and they are tricky because they can change. [125001730270] |Typically, if you unplug, then reconnect the scanner the device number is likely to change. [125001730280] |Note the numbers that appear on your own system for use later. [125001730290] |If your scanner doesn’t appear in the USB devices list, then, sorry, this article won’t help you. [125001730300] |2.Start the scan button daemon [125001730310] |Again at the console prompt, enter “scanbuttond -r 1000000″ The number here is the retry (polling) interval in micro-seconds. [125001730320] |The value shown here is pretty much the consensus that emerged in the discussion thread. [125001730330] |If you later want to stop the daemon, issue the command “killall scanbuttond” [125001730340] |3. Check the status of your scanner from the command line - enter “scanimage -L”. [125001730350] |Scanimage is a command line tool for reading images from scanners and cameras. [125001730360] |It works through the sane scanner access interface in much the same way as the GUI scanning tools. [125001730370] |It has a useful manual entry. [125001730380] |(To see this, as always, enter “man scanimage” at the prompt) [125001730390] |scanimage -L gives a list of the imaging devices currently available throught the sane interface. [125001730400] |Here’s a typical output … [125001730410] |john@john-desktop:~$ scanimage -L device `v4l:/dev/video0′ is a Noname BT878 video (Leadtek WinFast 20 virtual device device `plustek:libusb:005:007′ is a Canon N650U/N656U USB flatbed scanner [125001730420] |Here we see two available devices, most importantly the Canon scanner in my system. [125001730430] |Note the device name syntax for subsequent testing. [125001730440] |Here it is “plustek:libusb:005:007″. [125001730450] |This says that the plustek package is working through libusb to device 007 on bus 005. [125001730460] |Many scanners are run this way but some are not. [125001730470] |A specific manufacturer, e.g HP, might appear in place of plustek. [125001730480] |The bus and device numbers should match those obtained previously with the lsusb command [125001730490] |4. Test operation of the scanner from the command line - enter “scanimage -T -d [125001730500] |where is the device id show by the previous command, e.g. here we would enter “scanimage -T -d plustek:libusb:005:007″ [125001730510] |If all is well, the scanner should start making operating noises and some pass/fail test results will be shown in the console window. [125001730520] |A typical example on my system …’ [125001730530] |john@john-desktop:~$ scanimage -T -d plustek:libusb:005:007 scanimage: scanning image of size 202×150 pixels at 24 bits/pixel scanimage: acquiring RGB frame, 8 bits/sample scanimage: reading one scanline, 606 bytes… PASS scanimage: reading one byte… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 2 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 4 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 8 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 16 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 32 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 64 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 128 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 256 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 512 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 1024 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 1023 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 511 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 255 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 127 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 63 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 31 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 15 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 7 bytes… PASS scanimage: stepped read, 3 bytes… PASS [125001730540] |5. Test operation of the scanner with the xsane gui interface or some other scanner program. [125001730550] |eg enter “xsane” at the console prompt. [125001730560] |On startup, xsane shows a device selection dialog where you can check that the bus device numbers match those previously noted. [125001730570] |Xsane also has a good manual entry (man xsane) [125001730580] |If xsane runs the scanner successfully, then so should other programs - Gimp, Kooka, OpenOffice etc. [125001740010] |Audio Preview in Nautilus [125001740020] |Using this trick, music can be played if the cursor is brought over a music file in Nautilus File Manager. [125001740030] |You need to install mpg321 vorbis-tools for this [125001740040] |mpg321 [125001740050] |A Free command-line mp3 player, compatible with mpg123mpg321 is a clone of the popular mpg123 command-line mp3 player. [125001740060] |It should function as a drop-in replacement for mpg123 in many cases. [125001740070] |While some of the functionality of mpg123 is not yet implemented, mpg321 should function properly in most cases for most people, such as for frontends such as gqmpeg. [125001740080] |mpg321 is based on the mad MPEG audio decoding library. [125001740090] |It therefore is highly accurate, and also uses only fixed-point calculation, making it more efficient on machines without a floating-point unit. [125001740100] |While mpg321 is not as fast as the non-free mpg123 on systems which have a floating point unit, it comes under a fully Free license, which allows greater freedom to its users. [125001740110] |For most people who want mpg123, mpg321 is a better alternative. vorbis-tools [125001740120] |Several Ogg Vorbis Toolsvorbis-tools contains oggenc (an encoder), ogg123 (a playback tool), ogginfo (displays ogg information), vcut (ogg file splitter), and vorbiscomment (ogg comment editor) [125001740130] |Issue the following command to Install [125001740140] |sudo aptitude install mpg321 vorbis-tools [125001740150] |In KDE, this feature is inbuilt, and can be enabled in Settings. [125001740160] |It can be turned off in Nautilus preferences under Preview. [125001750010] |Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) LAMP Server Setup [125001750020] |Automatic LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) In about 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Feisty Server Edition, you can have a LAMP server up and ready to go. [125001750030] |This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation. [125001750040] |The LAMP option saves the trouble of installing and integrating each of the four separate LAMP components, a process which can take hours and requires someone who is skilled in the installation and configuration of the individual applications. [125001750050] |You get increased security, reduced time to install, and reduced risk of misconfiguration, all of which results in a lower cost of ownership. [125001750060] |Ubuntu LAMP server Install the following Versions [125001750070] |Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 Apache 2.2.3 Mysql 5.0.38 PHP 5.2.1 [125001750080] |First you need to download server version of Ubuntu version from here after that you create a CD and start booting with the CD Once it starts booting you should see the following screen in this you need to select second option “Install to the Hard disk Option” and press enter [125001750090] |Choose you language and press enter you can see we have selected english in the follwoing screen [125001750100] |Choose your location and press enter you can see we have have selected United Kingdom in the follwoing screen [125001750110] |If you want to try to have your keyboard layout detected by pressing a series of keys you need to select yes option and if you don’t want that and you want to choose from a list click no in this example we have selected no and press enter [125001750120] |Select Origin of keyboard and press enter [125001750130] |Select keyboard layout and press enter [125001750140] |Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM Drivers in progress [125001750150] |Scanning CD-ROM in Progress [125001750160] |Loading additional components progress bar [125001750170] |Configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network [125001750180] |Enter the Hostname of the system so in this example i enter here as ubuntulamp [125001750190] |Detecting Disks and Hardware in progress [125001750200] |Startingup the partitioner in progress [125001750210] |you have to partition your hard disk in this example i have selected use entire disk option if you want to edit manually you can choose manual and press enter [125001750220] |Warning message about data lost on your hard disk [125001750230] |Creating partitions in your harddisk [125001750240] |Write the changes to disk option here you need to select yes and press enter Creating ext3 filesystem in progress [125001750250] |Configuring the clock option here if you want to leave UTC Select yes otherwise no and press enter [125001750260] |You need enter the Full name of the user you want to create for your server in this example i have created administrator user select continue and press enter [125001750270] |username for your account in this i have entered test select continue and press enter [125001750280] |Entered the password for test user select continue and press enter [125001750290] |Confirm the password for test user select continue and press enter [125001750300] |Installing the base system in progress [125001750310] |Configuring package mirror this will be related to your country option [125001750320] |Now it will start Installing software and here you need to select the server options if you want DNS or LAMP i have selected as LAMP for our LAMP server installation [125001750330] |Software Installation in Progress [125001750340] |Installing GRUB Boot loader in progress [125001750350] |Installation complete message here you need to remove your CD select continue and press enter it will reboot your server [125001750360] |After rebooting you can see the following screen prompt for username [125001750370] |This will complete the Ubuntu LAMP Server Installation and your server is ready for installing applications which supports apache,mysql and php. [125001750380] |Enable root Account in Ubuntu server (Not Recommended for security Reasons this is just Optional) [125001750390] |After the reboot you can login with your previously created username (test). [125001750400] |Now we will enable the root account using the following command [125001750410] |sudo passwd root [125001750420] |and give root a password. [125001750430] |Now onwards we become root by running the following command [125001750440] |su [125001750450] |Configuring Static ip address in Ubuntu server [125001750460] |Ubuntu installer has configured our system to get its network settings via DHCP, Now we will change that to a static IP address for this you need to edit Edit /etc/network/interfaces and enter your ip address details (in this example setup I will use the IP address 172.19.0.10): [125001750470] |sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces [125001750480] |and enter the following save the file and exit [125001750490] |# The primary network interface [125001750500] |auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 172.19.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 172.19.0.0 broadcast 172.19.0.255 gateway 172.19.0.1 [125001750510] |Now you need to restart your network services using the following command [125001750520] |sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart [125001750530] |You need to setup manually DNS servers in resolv.conf file when you are not using DHCP. [125001750540] |sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf [125001750550] |You need to add look something like this [125001750560] |search domain.com [125001750570] |nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [125001750580] |Install SSH Server [125001750590] |If you want to access your server remotely through SSH you need to install SSH server for this you need to run the following command [125001750600] |sudo apt-get install ssh openssh-server [125001750610] |You will be prompted to insert the installation CD again and this will complete SSH server in your edgy lamp server.This is really simple and easy server installation for new users and who wants a quick server. [125001750620] |GUI Installation for Ubuntu LAMP Server [125001750630] |If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server for this you need to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file once you have enable you need to use the following command to install GUI [125001750640] |sudo apt-get update [125001750650] |sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop [125001750660] |The above command will install GNOME desktop if you want to install KDE desktop use the following command [125001750670] |sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop [125001750680] |Now you can install webmin for their server web interface to configure apache,mysql servers.You can check here for webmin tutorials [125001760010] |Azureus - Java BitTorrent Client in Ubuntu [125001760020] |Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users.Azureus offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. [125001760030] |Azureus now features an embedded tracker easily set up and ready to use. [125001760040] |Azureus Features [125001760050] |
  • Multiple torrent downloads
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  • Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
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  • Advanced seeding rules
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  • Adjustable disk cache
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  • Only uses one port for all the torrents
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  • UPnP sets the forward on your router
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  • Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
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  • Fast resume
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  • Can set a default download dir and move completed files
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  • Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
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  • Highly customizable interface
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  • IRC plugin included for quick help
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  • Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)
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  • Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline.
  • [125001760190] |Azureus Plugins [125001760200] |Auto-adjustment of your upload and download speeds according to your network charge with Autospeed [125001760210] |Auto-download torrents with RSS Feed Scanner [125001760220] |Schedule upload and download speed limits with Speed Scheduler [125001760230] |Receive a mail when a download finishes with Status Mailer [125001760240] |Add numerous info on torrents (Extra seeding columns, Country Locator) [125001760250] |Remote control Azureus through the Swing Web Interface the HTML Web Interface [125001760260] |Install Azureus BitTorrent Client in Ubuntu [125001760270] |sudo apt-get install azureus [125001760280] |If you want to install natively compiled code for use by gij use the following command [125001760290] |sudo apt-get install azureus-gcj [125001760300] |If you want to open azureus go to Applications--->Internet--->Azureus [125001760310] |Azureus is Loading [125001760320] |If you are opening Azureus first time you need to configure some basic options we will see now.first one is Choose the Language in this example i choose engkish and click next [125001760330] |You need to select your proficiency level to get the correct options and click next [125001760340] |Select your Internet connection speed and click next [125001760350] |Select your NAT/Server Port and click next [125001760360] |Select location of torrent files and click finish [125001760370] |Configuration completed message and click close [125001760380] |Once Azureus open completely you should see the following screen [125001760390] |Azureus Version Details [125001770010] |How to Fix Slow Fesity Boot For Laptops [125001770020] |Feisty has a terrible boot time on laptops compared to server (roughly 3x as long) even though it is a faster computer. [125001770030] |You can speedup your boot time from over a minute to roughly 30 seconds by doing the following [125001770040] |Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file using the following command [125001770050] |sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces [125001770060] |Now you need to comment out the wireless card (in this case eth1) [125001770070] |auto lo iface lo inet loopback [125001770080] |auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp [125001770090] |#auto eth1 #iface eth1 inet dhcp [125001770100] |auto eth2 iface eth2 inet dhcp [125001770110] |auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp [125001770120] |auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp [125001770130] |Save and exit the file.Now you should see the your feisty boot time should have been faster than before [125001780010] |Howto Install Feisty &Beryl On Dell Inspiron 6400, ATI x1400, Dell 1390 WiFi [125001780020] |This is simple guide Howto install Feisty Beryl On Dell Inspiron 6400, ATI x1400, Dell 1390 WiFi [125001780030] |Hardware Details [125001780040] |Dell Inspiron 6400 ATI X1400 128 MB (not shared) BCM4311 (Dell 1390) WiFi BCM4401 LAN 160 GB HD DVD Writer 2 GB RAM 15.4″ LCD w/ 1280×800 Res. [125001780050] |Firewire Intel 82801G High Def. [125001780060] |Audio Synaptic Touchpad 56K Modem Ricoh MultiCard Reader [125001780070] |Installing Feisty On 6400/1505 With Script [125001780080] |Initial Install and Preparation [125001780090] |Download the Ubuntu Desktop Live CD from Here: Download ISO Here. [125001780100] |Burn the ISO to CD and boot. [125001780110] |After booting into the CD X won’t start. [125001780120] |Hit Enter to say OK to the error messages and get back to the black screen. [125001780130] |You may need to switch to ALT-F4. [125001780140] |Do the following, one at a time, to get X working: [125001780150] |wget http://www.mylittleubuntuguide.com/files/ati [125001780160] |sudo chmod +x ati [125001780170] |./ati [125001780180] |You’ll see X start and you are now running the Live CD in your native resolution! [125001780190] |Double click the Install icon and configure your install how you like it. [125001780200] |After your system finishes installing it will prompt you before rebooting, ensure you have a network cable connected, and when it boots into the new system you’ll see an error about X. Use your arrows to select NO, hit ENTER and then OK to get to the black login screen. [125001780210] |You’ll see an error regarding BCM43xx appearing, ignore it and type as if it wasn’t there. [125001780220] |The command line can’t “read” that error so don’t try to backspace over it, etc. [125001780230] |Login using your username and password. [125001780240] |Download the script [125001780250] |wget http://www.mylittleubuntuguide.com/files/dellinstall [125001780260] |Make it executable and run it: [125001780270] |sudo chmod +x dellinstall [125001780280] |./dellinstall [125001780290] |Sit back and relax for a moment until you hear your system BEEP at reboots. [125001780300] |After the system reboots X still won’t start, login to the black login screen (X still errors out), go into the install (cd install) directory and again type the same script command: [125001780310] |./dellinstall [125001780320] |When it is finished the system will BEEP, reboot, and you can now use it! [125001780330] |Your system will reboot automatically and after it comes up you’ll have X. To login to Beryl, before you login select the GNOME with XGL session from the Options>Sessions menu in the bottom left corner. [125001780340] |This howto credit goes to lifeempower [125001790010] |Bpalogin - Login client for the Telstra Bigpond Cable Network [125001790020] |bpalogin is an open source login client for the Telstra Bigpond Cable Network in Australia. [125001790030] |It is neither written nor supported by Telstra or Bigpond. [125001790040] |It is both simple to use and stable. [125001790050] |Unlike the standard client it does not crash, reconnects when there is a network problem, is available for most operating systems, can run as a service on WinNT/2k and comes with source. [125001790060] |Install bpalogin in Ubuntu [125001790070] |sudo apt-get install bpalogin [125001790080] |This will complete the installation. [125001790090] |Configuring bpalogin [125001790100] |Configuration file located at /etc/bpalogin.conf edit this file using the following command [125001790110] |sudo vi /etc/bpalogin.conf [125001790120] |set your name where is says username joebloggs (or whatever your username is) set your password where it says password goldilocks (or whatever your password is) [125001790130] |Scroll down to the very bottom of the file and change the following lines [125001790140] |#minheartbeatinterval 60 [125001790150] |#maxheartbeatinterval 420 [125001790160] |to [125001790170] |minheartbeatinterval 60 [125001790180] |maxheartbeatinterval 420 [125001790190] |save and close the file [125001790200] |If you want to start automatically you have to edit the following file [125001790210] |sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces [125001790220] |and make the following changes [125001790230] |# The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp pre-up /usr/sbin/bpalogin start [125001790240] |save and close the file. make sure you have a carriage return after the last line. [125001800010] |How to install Flock Web Browser in Ubuntu [125001800020] |Flock is an amazing new web browser that makes it easier to share media and connect to other people online. [125001800030] |Share photos, automatically stay up-to-date with new content from your favourite sites, and search the Web with the most advanced Search Toolbar available today. [125001800040] |Preparing Your System [125001800050] |Make sure libstdc++5 is installed - it’s the only dependency you need. [125001800060] |sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 [125001800070] |Install Flock Web Browser in Ubuntu [125001800080] |Download Latest Version of Flock from here [125001800090] |Now you should be having flock-0.7.12.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz file extract this file using the following command [125001800100] |tar xzvf flock-0.7.12.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz [125001800110] |Now you should be having flock directory and run flock browser using the following command [125001800120] |cd flock [125001800130] |./flock [125001800140] |If you are opening first time you should see import settings and data screen select if you want to import from firefox and click next [125001800150] |Select your home page selection and click next [125001800160] |Import complete screen and click on Finish [125001800170] |Flock web browser in action [125001800180] |Flock Web Browser Version Details [125001800190] |Add it to your Gnome Panel. [125001800200] |Right-click the Panel --> Add to Panel [125001800210] |Select Custom Application Launcher. [125001800220] |Enter the following information [125001800230] |Name: Flock Generic Name: Web Browser Comment: Browse the web Command: Click “Browse…” and browse to the executable you ran . [125001800240] |Mine is /home/ubuntuadmin/flock/flock Type: Application Icon: Click the icon and browse to the same spot you did for “Command”. [125001800250] |Enter the “icons” directory, and then select the one you’d like to use. [125001800260] |Flock Extensions [125001800270] |You can download Flock Extensions from here [125001800280] |Migrate your Firefox plugins to Flock [125001800290] |Migrate your Firefox plugins to Flock.First rename your flock folder to just flock. [125001800300] |Then assuming you are logged into your home directory migrate to your plugin folder by typing into the terminal. [125001800310] |cd flock/plugins [125001800320] |Then use this command to migrate all your Firefox pluggins. [125001800330] |sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* . [125001810010] |SMPlayer - Nice Frontend for MPlayer [125001810020] |MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. [125001810030] |It has many MX/SSE(2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. [125001810040] |It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too. [125001810050] |For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. [125001810060] |It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices. [125001810070] |SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. [125001810080] |If you want to install Mplayer in Ubuntu check here [125001810090] |SMPlayer Features [125001810100] |
  • It remembers the settings of all files you play. [125001810110] |So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave
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  • Configurable subtitles. [125001810130] |You can choose font and size, and even colors for the subtitles.
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  • Audio track switching. [125001810150] |You can choose the audio track you want to listen. [125001810160] |Works with avi and mkv. [125001810170] |And of course with DVDs.
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  • Seeking by mouse wheel. [125001810190] |You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or backward in the video.
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  • Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and gamma of the video image.
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  • Multiple speed playback. [125001810220] |You can play at 2X, 4X… and even in slow motion.
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  • Filters. [125001810240] |Several filters are available: deinterlace, postprocessing, denoise… and even a karaoke filter (voice removal).
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  • Audio and subtitles delay adjustment. [125001810260] |Allows you to sync audio and subtitles.
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  • Advanced options, such as selecting a demuxer or video audio codecs.
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  • Playlist. [125001810290] |Allows you to enqueue several files to be played one after each other. [125001810300] |Autorepeat and shuffle supported too.
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  • Preferences dialog. [125001810320] |You can easily configure every option of SMPlayer by using a nice preferences dialog.
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  • Translations: currently SMPlayer is translated into Spanish, German, Slovak, Italian, French, Simplified-Chinese, Russian and Hungarian.
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  • It’s multiplatform. [125001810350] |Binaries available for Windows and Linux.
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  • SMPlayer is under the GPL license.
  • [125001810370] |Install SMPlayer in Ubuntu [125001810380] |First you need to download the .deb package from here using the following command [125001810390] |wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/smplayer/smplayer_0.5.0_i386.deb [125001810400] |Install .deb package using the following command [125001810410] |sudo dpkg -i smplayer_0.5.0_i386.deb [125001810420] |This will complete the installation. [125001810430] |If you want to open SMPlayer go to Application--->Sound Video--->SMPlayer [125001810440] |Once it open you should see similar to the following screen [125001810450] |SMPlayer in Action [125001810460] |SMPlayer Version Details [125001810470] |If you want smplayer themes you can download from here [125001820010] |Enable Moodbar in Amarok Music Player [125001820020] |Amarok is a sound system-independent audio-player for *nix systems. [125001820030] |Its interface uses a powerful “browser” metaphor that allows you to create playlists that make the most of your music collection. [125001820040] |Moodbar in amarok it shows you the “mood” of a track, which you can then use to figure out when something interesting happens in the song. [125001820050] |Preparing your system [125001820060] |You need to install all the compilers using the following command [125001820070] |sudo apt-get install build-essential [125001820080] |Now you need to install the libraries and required program [125001820090] |sudo apt-get install fftw3-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer-editor gstreamer-tools gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly [125001820100] |Install Moodbar in Ubuntu [125001820110] |First download moodbar using the following command [125001820120] |wget http://pwsp.net/~qbob/moodbar-0.1.2.tar.gz [125001820130] |Now you have moodbar-0.1.2.tar.gz file you need to extract using the following command [125001820140] |tar -xzvf moodbar-0.1.2.tar.gz [125001820150] |Now you need to go in to the directory and compile [125001820160] |cd moodbar-0.1.2 [125001820170] |./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix gstreamer-0.10` [125001820180] |make [125001820190] |sudo make install [125001820200] |This will complete the installation. [125001820210] |Now you can open Amarok and go to “Settings -> Configure Amarok” and from “General“, select “Use moods“. [125001820220] |There are three different colour moods to choose from. [125001830010] |How to install Adobe PDF Reader with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox in Feisty Fawn [125001830020] |Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems’ Portable Document Format (PDF). [125001830030] |It is a family of software, some commercial and some free of charge. [125001830040] |The Adobe Acrobat Reader program (now just called Adobe Reader) is available as a no-charge download from Adobe’s web site, and allows the viewing and printing of PDF files. [125001830050] |It is a major component of the Adobe Engagement Platform, and is widely used as a way to present information with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication. [125001830060] |Several other PDF-editing programs allow some minimal editing and adding of features to documents, and come with other modules including a printer driver to create PDF files. [125001830070] |In Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Acrobat Reder is not in Main Repositories because of licensing issues so you need to install using one of the following methods [125001830080] |Using medibuntu Repository [125001830090] |Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc). [125001830100] |Add gpg key using the following command [125001830110] |wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - [125001830120] |Edit sources.list with new repo data [125001830130] |sudo wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list [125001830140] |Update the source list using the following command [125001830150] |sudo apt-get update [125001830160] |Install acrobat reader with firefox plugin in Ubuntu [125001830170] |sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins [125001830180] |This will complete the installation [125001830190] |If you want top open acrobat reader go to Applications -> Office -> Adobe Reader [125001830200] |Using Edgy Repository [125001830210] |Edit the sources.list file [125001830220] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125001830230] |Add this line at the end of sources.list [125001830240] |deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-security restricted main multiverse universe [125001830250] |Update the source list using the following command [125001830260] |sudo apt-get update [125001830270] |Install acrobat reader with firefox plugin in Ubuntu [125001830280] |sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins [125001830290] |If you want top open acrobat reader go to Applications -> Office -> Adobe Reader [125001830300] |Using Automatix2 [125001830310] |Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems. [125001830320] |If you want to check how to install automatix2 in feisty check here [125001840010] |Howto Install E17 Enlightenment Desktop in Ubuntu [125001840020] |Enlightenment, commonly referred to as e, is a open source software X window manager primarily for Unix-like computers. [125001840030] |Enlightenment focuses on pushing the limits of existing technologies while remaining lightweight, flexible, and beautiful. [125001840040] |The project has a long history; the current stable version is e DR (development release) 16, and the unstable developer version is e DR17 [125001840050] |Enlightenment Desktop Features [125001840060] |
  • Basic options, such as window movement, resizing, and focus
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  • Virtual screen settings, such as the number and separation
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  • Special effects for window, desktop, and menu animation
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  • Distinct background settings for desktops
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  • Extensive ToolTips and pop-up help
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  • Keyboard shortcuts for nearly 80 actions, such as window handling, desktop navigation, or cursor movement.
  • [125001840140] |The following procedure will work for Ubuntu Edgy and Ubuntu Feisty [125001840150] |Install E17 Enlightenment Desktop in Ubuntu [125001840160] |First we need to add the repo to our apt sources list [125001840170] |Open your Terminal and type [125001840180] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125001840190] |Now you need to add the following lines save and exit the file [125001840200] |## E17 repository “edevelop.org” [125001840210] |deb http://edevelop.org/pkg-e/ubuntu edgy e17 deb-src http://edevelop.org/pkg-e/ubuntu edgy e17 [125001840220] |Now we need the gpg key for the repo [125001840230] |wget http://lut1n.ifrance.com/repo_key.asc [125001840240] |sudo apt-key add repo_key.asc [125001840250] |Now we need to update source list using the following command [125001840260] |sudo apt-get update [125001840270] |Now we can install E17 using the following command [125001840280] |sudo apt-get install e17 [125001840290] |Now you need to logout from the existing desktop if you want to login in to enlightenment desktop select Sessions--->Enlightenment and click on change session to login [125001840300] |Enlightenment Desktop is Loading [125001840310] |Once it loaded Enlightenment Desktop you should see similar to the following screen [125001850010] |How to empty root trash [125001850020] |You need to run the following command [125001850030] |gksudo nautilus ‘/root/.Trash/’ [125001850040] |you might not see anything, or, if you’re like me, you’ll see about 2 000 files. you’ll probably want to delete them or simply “empty” the trash. [125001850050] |This tip is from here [125001860010] |How to install Vmware server From Canonical commercial repository in Ubuntu Feisty [125001860020] |VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support and VirtualCenter management. [125001860030] |VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use server virtualization product and is based on proven virtualization technology, which has been used by thousands of customers for more than six yearsVmware server features [125001860040] |
  • Runs on any standard x86 hardware
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  • Supports 64-bit guest operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Solaris
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  • Can be managed by VMware VirtualCenter to efficiently provision, monitor and manage infrastructure from a central management console
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  • Supports two-processor Virtual SMP, enabling a single virtual machine to span multiple physical processors
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  • Runs on a wider variety of Linux and Windows host and guest operating systems than any server virtualization product on the market
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  • Captures entire state of a virtual machine and rolls back at any time with the click of a single button
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  • Installs like an application, with quick and easy, wizard-driven installation
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  • Quick and easy, wizard-driven virtual machine creation
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  • Opens VMware or Microsoft virtual machine format and Symantec LiveState Recovery images with VM Importer
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  • Supports Intel Virtualization Technology
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  • Protects investment with an easy upgrade path to VMware Infrastructure
  • [125001860150] |first you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file [125001860160] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125001860170] |add the following line save and exit [125001860180] |deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main [125001860190] |Now you need to update Ubuntu Source List using the following command [125001860200] |sudo apt-get update [125001860210] |Install Vmware Server in Ubuntu Feisty [125001860220] |sudo apt-get install vmware-server vmware-tools-kernel-modules [125001860230] |This will start the vmware server installation and configuration process.First it will prompt for vmware license select ok and press enter [125001860240] |Next one is Vmware server license terms select yes and and press enter [125001860250] |Now you need to get the Vmware server registration number from the URL Specified in the screen enter serial number select ok and press enter [125001860260] |This will complete the vmware server installation. [125001860270] |Using Vmware Server in Ubuntu [125001860280] |If you want to open Vmware Server Console go to Applications--->System Tools--->Vmware Server Console [125001860290] |Once it Opens you should see similar to the following selct localhost option and click on connect [125001860300] |Now you should see similar to the following screen if you want to create new virtual machine click on “Create a new virtual machine” [125001860310] |Once it open you should see the following screen and click on Next [125001860320] |Virtual machine configuration options select Typical click on Next [125001860330] |Select Guest operating system click on Next [125001860340] |You want to change the guest operating system name and location of this GuestOS you can do here click on Next [125001860350] |Select Network connection Option and Click on Next [125001860360] |Select your disk size and click on Finish [125001860370] |Vmware Disk Creation in Progress [125001860380] |Once it craeted new disk your machine is ready to install vmware GuestOS [125001860390] |Vmware-Server Version Details [125001870010] |Workaround for Feisty screensaver bug [125001870020] |When I watch videos in full screen, I usually stop using the mouse. [125001870030] |When I do this, I find that the screen blanks after just about exactly 20 minutes. [125001870040] |xorg.conf has options for DPMS control on monitors. [125001870050] |This appears to be the one that is causing us problems. [125001870060] |The following procedure is the workaround for this problem.Before doing any chnages you need to take backup of xorg.conf file [125001870070] |sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig [125001870080] |Solution1 [125001870090] |Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file using the following command [125001870100] |sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf [125001870110] |and add the following lines [125001870120] |Section “ServerFlags” #other options can go here Option “BlankTime” “0″ Option “StandbyTime” “0″ Option “SuspendTime” “0″ Option “OffTime” “0″ EndSection [125001870130] |Save and exit the file [125001870140] |Solution 2 [125001870150] |Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file using the following command [125001870160] |sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf [125001870170] |This effectively disables power management on your monitor Settings [125001870180] |Section “Monitor” #other options can go here Option “DPMS” “false” EndSection [125001870190] |Save and exit the file and restart your machine [125001880010] |Fix for Sendmail Boot Error in Ubuntu [125001880020] |Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail from one machine to another. [125001880030] |Sendmail implements a general internetwork mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration. [125001880040] |You may have found this after installing the sendmail client, you get an error on the following boot as shown in the following pic [125001880050] |The cause of bug relates to the starting of network interfaces during the /etc/rc0.d/ phase of startup, and the contents of these files are responsible [125001880060] |/etc/network/if-down.d/sendmail [125001880070] |and [125001880080] |/etc/network/if-up.d/sendmail [125001880090] |These files re-configure sendmail on boot, supposedly only if there’s been changes that require the sendmail config to change, but in reality cause the error that was reported. [125001880100] |It happens because these files get called when filesystem is read-only, so the newly generated sendmail config files cannot be saved. [125001880110] |A tempory solution is to remove the 2 files refered to above. [125001890010] |Dual Booting Windows dan Ubuntu Fiesty (indonesian) [125001890020] |By: UdienzIntroPada blog sebelumnya (PANDUAN MENGINSTALL UBUNTU) kita telah belajar menginstall Ubuntu pada system tunggal dimana hanya terdapat sebuah system, namun di artikel kali ini (karena permintaan teman-teman) saya akan memandu anda untuk meninstall Ubuntu di system yang sudah ada windows XP. [125001890030] |Sebelum beranjak tolong perhatikan perlengkapanya antara lain:system Windows XPPartition MagicCD Ubuntu Fiesty [125001890040] |CDROM [125001890050] |Mata yang jeli, hati yang tenang (thanx buat Allah yang telah menciptakan) [125001890060] |kopi dan cemilan atau rokok bagi perokok [125001890070] |dan hal-hal lainya yang tidak bertentangan dengan UUD 45 [125001890080] |Oke, setelah semua terpenuhi, lanjut bro…… [125001890090] |The Show Must Go On [125001890100] |Pertama tama anda harus menginstall Partition Magic atau software sejenis guna memudahkan pemartisian kita. [125001890110] |Jika sudah buka program tersebut, kalo di kompiku tampilanya kaya gini: [125001890120] |Ingat bila anda belum mempunyai partisi kosong (gambar hitam) maka segera buat… kalo udah maka buat partisi-partisi Linux dengan cara klik kanan area hitam, hingga muncul seperti gambar dibawah dan pilih crate [125001890130] |Atur konfigurasi dari partisi tersebut, di asumsikan saya akan membuat beberapa partisi di linux dintaranya: [125001890140] |/ (root) [125001890150] |/boot [125001890160] |/home [125001890170] |/var [125001890180] |/tmp [125001890190] |Swap area [125001890200] |Maka buatlah seperti gambar di bawah ini [125001890210] |Gambar diatas untuk partisi /boot [125001890220] |Gambar diatas untuk swap area [125001890230] |Gambar diatas untuk / (root) [125001890240] |Gambar diatas untuk /var [125001890250] |Gambar diatas untuk /tmp [125001890260] |Gambar diatas untuk /home, perlu di ingat bahwasanya anda untuk partisinya tidak harus sama seperti di atas dalam artian di Linx kita boleh memberdakan titik mount di setiap partisi yang berbeda, namun sebenarnya Linux hanya membutuhkan partisi swap dan root karena direktory (titik mount) /home, /var, /boot, /tmp secara default akan dijadikan satu dengan root. [125001890270] |Dan karena saya suka untuk membedakan titik mount di setiap partisi yang berbeda maka konfigurasinya seperti di atas, hal ini saya lakukan karena saya melihatnya dari faktor maintenancenya biar lebih aman untuk memisahkan dokumen (/home) dan file dari yang berubah-ubah (/var) agar kalau system rusak maka tidak akan memberi efek ke partisi yang lain… tapi terserah anda itulah enaknya Linux [125001890280] |Jika sudah maka illustasi dari partisi hardisk akan nampak sebagai berikut [125001890290] |Kemudian klik aplly di pojok kiri bawah, atau gambarnya seperti di bawah ini [125001890300] |Apabila sudah apply sudah di klik maka akan muncul jendela peringatan sebagaimana gambar di bawah ini: [125001890310] |Gambar diatas menunjukkan bahwa ada 12 oprasi yang akan di lakukan, apabila anda sudah mantap dengan konfigurasi partisi yang telah kita konfogurasi tadi maka klik yes untuk melakukan penulisan partisi ke harddisk, kemudian akan muncul akan gambar di bawah ini dan jangan di ganggu. [125001890320] |Tunggu ya… sabar ya… minum dulu kopinya [125001890330] |Kalau jendela progress menunjukkan gambar diatas maka proses penulisan sudah selesai dan siap untuk di install ubuntu. [125001890340] |Keluarlah dari windows xp dan restart komputer anda [125001890350] |The Freedom is come [125001890360] |Selamat, anda telah membuat harddisk anda layak pakai [125001890370] |Sebelum meng-install Ubuntu pada BIOS harus di set Boot Device Priority-nya dulu, dalam menginstall Ubuntu Boot Device Priority harus di arahkan ke CDROM. [125001890380] |Untuk masuk ke BIOS tiap Motherboard mempunyai standart sendiri. [125001890390] |Namun sebagian besar tinggal menekan tombol delete atau F2 [125001890400] |Kemudian simpan konfigurasinya [125001890410] |Kemudian reboot ulang, dan kalau anda berhasil megkonfigurasikan BIOS dengan benar maka sysem akan membooting via CDROM sehingga tampilan awal dari Ubuntu adalah sebagai berikut [125001890420] |Tampilan yang ramah ini berbeda dengan tampilan Ubuntu sebelumnya dimana ada tambahan pada edisi kali ini yaitu Install with driver Update CD. [125001890430] |Perlu diketahui anda dapat memilih bahasa inggris pada tampilan ini ke Bahasa Indonesia. [125001890440] |Namun kalau saya biarkan saja, menurut s’to dalam buku Fedora Core nya alasan s’to memilih Bahasa Inggris karena “teknologi datang dengan bahasa inggris”. [125001890450] |Oke ini adalah tampilan desktop Ubuntu Fiesty yang baru…..!!!! [125001890460] |Untuk menginstall klik install hingga tampilan desktop seperti di bawah ini [125001890470] |Pilih bahasa yang anda gunakan, kalo saya bahasa inggris sajalah….. and then clik forward [125001890480] |Oke pilih zona waktu kita, kita gunakan Jakarta saja [125001890490] |Pilih keyboard anda, keyboard yang ada di Indonesia kebanyakan adalan US English [125001890500] |Lha ini yang paling sulit…… sabar ya… tunggu ya… [125001890510] |Pada tampilan kali ini kita di pilih untuk menentukan mount pointnya dan pilihan-pilihan yang lain, hati-hati banyak yang keliru dalam hal ini yang menyebabkan data system windows rusak. [125001890520] |Kita lihat bahwasanya partisi windows di /dev/hda1 telah termount di /media/hda1 jangan beri tanda check format!!! [125001890530] |Oke pilih /dev/hda5 dan pilih edit [125001890540] |Ada tiga baris yaitu New partition (sebaiknya jangan dirubah), Use as, Mount point. [125001890550] |Untuk partisi ini saya memberikanya ke /boot. [125001890560] |Dan lakukan untuk partisi yang lainya sama seperti langkah diatas hingga tampilanya aka muncul sebagai berikut [125001890570] |Oke klik fordward [125001890580] |Inilah kelebihan Ubuntu Fiesty, kita dapat mengimpor dokumen, settingan pada user kita di Windows. [125001890590] |Pilih settingan yang akan di expor dan isikan usernya serta klik next [125001890600] |Isikan lagi username secara detail dan passwordnya dan nama host komputer anda dan klik fordward [125001890610] |Inilah hasil konfigurasi kita tadi, bila anda sudah yakin 100% klik install (Konfigurasi kali ini kita tidak mengganggu windows xp kita tadim jadi jangan kawatir data kita safe) [125001890620] |Bila muncul tampilan desktop kaya gini maka instalasi telah usai dan untuk mencicipi hasil racikan kita kita diminta Restart System kita…… [125001890630] |Dan kalo udah maka anda akan log-in dengan user yang telah kita buat tadi, SELAMAT DATANG DI DUNIA OPEN SOURCE, mari kita sharing Ilmu!!!!!! [125001890640] |By: Mahyuddin Susanto [125001890650] |Asisten UPT-TI Universitas Jember [125001890660] |Aktivis Ikatan Mahasiswa Muhammadiyah Universitas Jember [125001890670] |E-mail=udienz@gmail.com [125001900010] |Sharing Internet Connection in Ubuntu [125001900020] |Setting up a computer to share its internet connection should be easy.After all, you’ve successfully networked your computers together and even shared files with all your home computers, so why not the Internet? [125001900030] |Well if you have a small home network of computers all connected and have tried to open up a browser, you’ve probably found out that things aren’t quite as straight forward as connecting one machine with an Ethernet cable to the computer that has the DSL/cable modem. [125001900040] |The secret is that everything comes down to having a gateway. [125001900050] |A gateway is a computer or device than can route data between different networks. [125001900060] |Put it this way, if your computers are on one network and every other computer connected to the Internet is on a different one, to pass information across network boundaries you need a device which is connected to both networks and equipped to decide whether information from one network should go out to the other network, and vice versa. [125001900070] |So, without a gateway there is no way for the other computers in your network to receive or pass information to the other networks, and consequently, they have no Internet access. [125001900080] |The computer in your small network which is directly connected to the cable or DSL modem is provided with a default gateway by the Internet service provider. [125001900090] |That allows the computer to connect to the interenet, but unfortunately for us that gateway is not part of your home network - rather it is a separate network formed between the computer connected to the cable/DSL modem and the ISP itself. [125001900100] |In order to enable Internet access on the rest of your small home network, the computer or device that connects with your ISP must become a gateway for the computers in your local home network. [125001900110] |Once this has been configured, it will enable all of the other home network computers to access the Internet by sending and receiving information through that gateway. [125001900120] |The easiest way of acquiring a gateway for your home network is to buy a cable/DSL router. [125001900130] |Given how cheap they currently are (about a quarter of the price they commanded when they first appeared in the marketplace), there really isn’t much of an excuse not to buy one. [125001900140] |The major advantages of having a hardware router doing your internet sharing include minimal configuration, since they are set up to act as a gateway by default (it’s pretty much all they do), increased reliability (they are not a PC… PCs crash.), and security, since most of these devices incorporate a firewall. [125001900150] |Highly recommended! [125001900160] |You’ll also need [125001900170] |a working dial-up Internet account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or [125001900180] |a working broadband (cable, DSL, satellite, etc.) Internet connection. [125001900190] |Share your Internet connection using the following Procedure [125001900200] |Note: Type all the following commands in a root terminal [125001900210] |Start by configuring the network card that interfaces to the other computers on you network [125001900220] |# ifconfig ethX ip [125001900230] |where ethX is the network card and ip is your desired server ip address (Usually 192.168.0.1 is used) [125001900240] |Then configure the NAT as follows [125001900250] |# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ethX -j MASQUERADE [125001900260] |where ethX is the network card that the Internet is coming from [125001900270] |# echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward [125001900280] |Install dnsmasq and ipmasq using the following command [125001900290] |# apt-get install dnsmasq ipmasq [125001900300] |Restart dnsmasq using the following command [125001900310] |# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart [125001900320] |Reconfigure ipmasq to start after networking has been started [125001900330] |# dpkg-reconfigure ipmasq [125001900340] |Start by configuring the network card that interfaces to the other computers on you network [125001900350] |# ifconfig ethX ip [125001900360] |where ethX is the network card and ip is your desired server ip address (Usually 192.168.0.1 is used) [125001900370] |Then configure the NAT as follows [125001900380] |# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ethX -j MASQUERADE [125001900390] |where ethX is the network card that the Internet is coming from [125001900400] |# echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward [125001900410] |Add the line “net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1″ to /etc/sysctl.conf [125001900420] |# gedit /etc/sysctl.conf [125001900430] |Reboot your system is optional. [125001910010] |Setup Maxemum TV-Guide in Ubuntu [125001910020] |Maxemum TV-Guide is a KDE TV-guide. [125001910030] |It is developed in C++, based on QT/KDE and uses XMLTV as it’s back end to grab listings. [125001910040] |At present there are backends grabbing TV listings for Australia, Belgium and Luxemburg, Brazil, Britain and Ireland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary and Romania, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, North America, Norway, Portugal, Reunion Island (France), South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. [125001910050] |Maxemum TV-Guide’s features [125001910060] |
  • easy-to-use user interface
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  • quick channel(s)-only selection
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  • custom channel names and icons
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  • descriptions
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  • category filter
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  • title-, actor- and description search
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  • hidden in tray while not used
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  • favourite show highlighting
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  • blacklisting of shows
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  • realtime updates with colour encoded time
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  • automatic grabbing of TV-listings
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  • custom channel icon size
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  • a popup window alerting the user when favourite show starts
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  • execution of an external command upon user alerts
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  • favourite overview with quick removal
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  • realtime progress
  • [125001910220] |Preparing Your System [125001910230] |sudo apt-get install xmltv xmltv-gui xmltv-util build-essential checkinstall [125001910240] |First you need to download the latest source from here using the following command [125001910250] |wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mtvg/maxemumtvguide-7.3.2.tar.gz [125001910260] |Now you need to extract the .tar.gz using the following command [125001910270] |tar xzvf maxemumtvguide-7.3.2.tar.gz [125001910280] |cd NAME OF DIRECTORY [125001910290] |./configure --prefix=/usr [125001910300] |make [125001910310] |sudo checkinstall -D make install [125001910320] |Configure which channels to fetch [125001910330] |To see which command to use for your country do a [125001910340] |ls /usr/bin/tv_grab_* [125001910350] |If you are in Sweden you can use that as an example below. [125001910360] |Just substitute the command for your country. [125001910370] |tv_grab_se --configure [125001910380] |Fetch the channels info [125001910390] |tv_grab_se --output ~/.xmltv/tvguide.xml [125001910400] |Start Maxemum TV-Guide and configure the update button [125001910410] |maxemumtvguidegoto preferences->updates and enter your XML TV-File [125001910420] |/home//.xmltv/tvguide.xmland your update command [125001910430] |tv_grab_se --output /home//.xmltv/tvguide.xml [125001910440] |Install Maxemum TV-Guide from .deb Package [125001910450] |If you want to install Maxemum TV-Guide from .deb package you need to download the latest .deb package from here using the following command [125001910460] |wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mtvg/maxemumtvguide_7.3.2-1_i386.deb [125001910470] |Install .deb package using the following command [125001910480] |dpkg -i maxemumtvguide_7.3.2-1_i386.deb [125001910490] |Maxemum TV-Guide Screenshots [125001910500] |Day View, past hidden [125001910510] |Day View, past visible [125001910520] |Day View with favourites only, past hidden [125001920010] |Speed up dynamic linking Using Prelink [125001920020] |ELF prelinking utility to speed up dynamic linking.The prelink package contains a utility which modifies ELF shared libraries and executables, so that far fewer relocations need to be resolved at runtime and thus programs come up faster. [125001920030] |Install Prelink in Ubuntu [125001920040] |First you need to make sure you have enables Universe repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file and you need to update source list using the following command [125001920050] |sudo apt-get update [125001920060] |Install prelink using the following command [125001920070] |sudo apt-get install prelink [125001920080] |This will complete the installation [125001920090] |Configuring Prelink [125001920100] |You need to edit the /etc/default/prelink file with your favorite editor, as sudo/root [125001920110] |sudo vi /etc/default/prelink [125001920120] |Near the top of the file chnage the following line [125001920130] |PRELINKING=unknown [125001920140] |to [125001920150] |PRELINKING=yes [125001920160] |Adjust the other options if you know what the you’re doing.Defaults work well Save and exit the file. [125001920170] |To start the first prelink it will take long time using the following command [125001920180] |sudo /etc/cron.daily/prelink [125001920190] |In the future, prelink performs a quick prelink (a less-than-1-minute procedure on most systems) daily, usually at midnight. [125001920200] |Every 14 days, or whatever you changed it to be, a full prelink will run. [125001920210] |If you just did a major apt-get upgrade that changed systemwide libraries (i.e. libc6, glibc, major gnome/X libs, etc etc etc) and experience cryptic errors about libs, run the following command again [125001920220] |sudo /etc/cron.daily/prelink [125001920230] |To undo prelink, [125001920240] |You need to edit the /etc/default/prelink file with your favorite editor, as sudo/root [125001920250] |sudo vi /etc/default/prelink [125001920260] |Near the top of the file chnage the following line [125001920270] |PRELINKING=yes [125001920280] |to [125001920290] |PRELINKING=no [125001920300] |Save and exit the file and rerun the following command [125001920310] |sudo /etc/cron.daily/prelink [125001930010] |How to show the number of reboots before next forced fsck Using showfsck [125001930020] |show the number of reboots before next forced fsck.This package displays during startup and halt the number of mounts for each ext2/3 partition before an fsck will be forced, so that the user will not be suprised.Very useful for people that often reboot (laptop users for example). [125001930030] |What is Fsck ? [125001930040] |The system utility fsck (for “file system check” or “file system consistency check”) is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in the Unix system and clones thereof. [125001930050] |Generally, fsck is run automatically at boot time when the system detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, indicating a non-graceful shutdown, such as a crash or power loss. [125001930060] |Typically, fsck utilities provide options for interactively repairing damaged file systems (the user must decide how to fix specific problems), allowing fsck to decide how to fix specific problems (so the user doesn’t have to answer any questions), or reviewing the problems that need to be resolved on a file system without actually fixing them. [125001930070] |Install showfsck in Ubuntu [125001930080] |sudo apt-get install showfsck [125001930090] |This will complete the installation [125001930100] |Using showfsck [125001930110] |If you want to see the number of reboots before next forced fsck using the following command [125001930120] |showfsck [125001930130] |output looks similar to the following [125001930140] |15/30 mount(s) until fsck for /dev/disk/by-uuid/edadb298-aae6-4549-b5dc-55c6184fdbc4 [125001930150] |You can also use bonager tool for this if you want to check how to do this using bonager check here [125001940010] |How to Install Elisa media center in Ubuntu [125001940020] |Fluendo’s Elisa is a free software media center application that can play your DVDs, video files, music, and pictures. [125001940030] |Since it is designed for extensibility, Elisa has the potential to do much more. [125001940040] |It does not handle television or video recording functions, but it is a slick and promising project. [125001940050] |Elisa media center Features [125001940060] |
  • Elisa supports a wide range for media formats through the use of the GStreamer multimedia framework, including but not limited to Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, Matroska, MPEG 2, MPEG4, Quicktime and Windows Media. [125001940070] |Commercially licensed plugins that work with GStreamer and Elisa are available from Fluendo.
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  • Elisa supports playing both local music files and web radio stations. [125001940090] |So if your media center is connected to your hi-fi system you can use it as a web radio tuner or you can use it as a jukebox for your own music files.
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  • Elisa supports any remote control supported by the linux infrared control project, this includes many of the most popular infrared remote controls out there.
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  • Elisa can view photos and images in all the most common formats used like jpeg and png. [125001940120] |Elisa can also do simple manipulation of the photos like rotating photos that are taken in portrait mode.
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  • Elisa supports playing back DVD’s
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  • Elisa is cross platform allowing you to install it on both GNU/Linux and Unix systems, but also on Windows systems.
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  • Elisa supports DLNA compliant upnp multimedia devices. [125001940160] |This means photos, music and videos shared from such devices are available in Elisa. [125001940170] |Elisa is also able to share its own files to upnp enabled devices.
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  • Elisa can act as a DAAP client so as to browse and play music files shared on the network by iTunes, Banshee or Rhythmbox
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  • Elisa is also able to browse and display pictures shared on Flickr
  • [125001940200] |Install Elisa media center in Ubuntu [125001940210] |For Ubuntu Edgy Users [125001940220] |You need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file [125001940230] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125001940240] |add the following line save and exit the file [125001940250] |deb http://elisa.fluendo.com/packages edgy main [125001940260] |For Ubuntu Feisty Users [125001940270] |You need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file [125001940280] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list [125001940290] |add the following line save and exit the file [125001940300] |deb http://elisa.fluendo.com/packages feisty main [125001940310] |Now you need to update the source list using the following comamnd [125001940320] |sudo apt-get update [125001940330] |install elisa using the following command [125001940340] |sudo apt-get install elisa [125001940350] |This will install all the packages required for elisa media center. [125001940360] |If you want to open go to Applications -> Sound Video ->Elisa Media Center [125001940370] |Once it opens you should see the following screen [125001940380] |On launch, Elisa looks for the configuration file ~/.elisa/elisa.conf. [125001940390] |If it does not find one (and it won’t the first time you run Elisa), it creates a skeleton elisa.conf file that you can then edit in any text editor. [125001940400] |The important options to customize are the locations in which Elisa will look for media. [125001940410] |The default elisa.conf specifies ./sample_data/movies, ./sample_data/music, and ./sample_data/pictures -- directories that do not even exist inside ~./elisa/. [125001940420] |Elisa Media Center plugins [125001940430] |If you want Elisa Media Center plugins check here [125001950010] |update-pciids &update-usbids - Download a newer version of the PCI and USB ID’s list [125001950020] |If you want to download new version of PCI and USB ID’s List use the following command [125001950030] |update-pciids - download new version of the PCI ID list [125001950040] |update-usbids - download new version of the USB ID list [125001950050] |You need to type the following commands in terminal [125001950060] |For PCI ID List [125001950070] |update-pciids [125001950080] |For USB ID List [125001950090] |update-usbids [125001950100] |This will download a newer version of the PCI and USB ID list and give you better output on your recognized hardware. [125001950110] |This is particularly helpful for those of you that do work with drivers after this try to see if your recognized hardware will be compatible with native drivers or not. [125001960010] |Convert .flv (Google Videos) to .mpg using ffmpeg [125001960020] |FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. [125001960030] |It includes libavcodec, the leading audio/video codec library. [125001960040] |FFmpeg is developed under Linux, but it can compiled under most operating systems, including Windows. [125001960050] |In ubuntu This package contains the ffplay multimedia player, the ffserver streaming server and the ffmpeg audio and video encoder. [125001960060] |They support most existing file formats (AVI, MPEG, OGG, Matroska, ASF, …) and encoding formats (MPEG, DivX, MPEG4, AC3, DV, …). [125001960070] |ffmpeg Features [125001960080] |
  • ffmpeg is a command line tool to convert one video file format to another. [125001960090] |It also supports grabbing and encoding in real time from a TV card.
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  • ffserver is an HTTP (RTSP is being developped) multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts. [125001960110] |Time shifting of live broadcast is also supported.
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  • ffplay is a simple media player based on SDL and on the FFmpeg libraries.
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  • libavcodec is a library containing all the FFmpeg audio/video encoders and decoders. [125001960140] |Most codecs were developped from scratch to ensure best performances and high code reusability.
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  • libavformat is a library containing parsers and generators for all common audio/video formats.
  • [125001960160] |Install ffmpeg Ubuntu [125001960170] |sudo apt-get install ffmpeg [125001960180] |convert .flv to .mpg using ffmpeg [125001960190] |First you need to download your .flv file to a folder and you need to Open a terminal window and go in to the .flv file folder and type the following command [125001960200] |ffmpeg -i jokes.flv -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -s 320×240 jokes.mpg [125001960210] |jokes.flv is the file you want to convert, so the name must be the same as the source file.You can name jokes.mpg whatever you want as long as it has the .mpg extension. [125001960220] |-b bitrate: set the video bitrate in kbit/s (default = 200 kb/s) [125001960230] |-ab bitrate: set the audio bitrate in kbit/s (default = 64) [125001960240] |-ar sample rate: set the audio samplerate in Hz (default = 44100 Hz) [125001960250] |-s size: set frame size. [125001960260] |The format is WxH (default 160×128 ) [125001970010] |OKI B4100 Printer Driver for Ubuntu Users [125001970020] |For all those owners of OKI B4100 printers and other lower models in B series,Basically, it’s a heavily modified ppd for hp laserjet 6, and uses hpijs driver.With this driver ppd you can use all OKI options, and you can set paper type, weight, 2 toner saver modes, tray/manual feed, etc.With this ppd OKI prints at 600dpi. [125001970030] |You can tell your printer to use 1200dpi too but hpijs doesn’t support resolutions over 600dpi.DON’T FORGET to switch off duplex printing in printer properties, otherwise each page you print will be followed by a blank one. [125001970040] |For those completely new to Ubuntu , download the file and double-click on it, then extract the .ppd file to a convenient location. [125001970050] |Then go to System->Administration->Printing, Double-click on ‘Add new printer’, then follow instructions, when asked for printer model, click on ‘install driver’ and open your ppd file, then follow instructions again. [125001970060] |You can download OKI B4100 Printer Driver from here [125001970070] |This Drivers will Work Under Ubuntu Breezy,Dapper,Edgy and Feisty,Debian etch also [125001980010] |Schedule Tasks Using Gnome-schedule (A cron &at GUI) in Ubuntu [125001980020] |Gnome-schedule is a grapichal user interface to ‘crontab’ and ‘at’, both used to schedule tasks. [125001980030] |It supports periodical tasks and tasks that happens once in the future. [125001980040] |It is written in python using pygtk. [125001980050] |Gnome-schedule also supports titles and icons for your tasks so that they are more easily to keep track of. [125001980060] |And you can create templates so that you won’t have to create the same task again and again. [125001980070] |So that if you want to schedule a virus check at 03:00 today, you can save it as a template and choose it from an dropdown box when you want. [125001980080] |Or want to compile the kernel.. again.. at 00:00. [125001980090] |This is saved in gconf and may easily be shipped with each distribution. [125001980100] |Gnome-schedule features [125001980110] |- If run as root you can edit any users ‘crontab’ and ‘at’ tasks. [125001980120] |- A parser that translates ‘crontab’ entries into human readable strings like ‘Every hour’ and not ’0 * * * *’ which might seem confusing to some. [125001980130] |- An applet where you from an dropdown menu can choose to add a task, manage tasks and get help. [125001980140] |- You can choose to use advanced mode which will display the tasks in a different way, where you can see the ‘crontab’ entries like you are used t [125001980150] |- As mentioned you can set a title and an icon for tasks. [125001980160] |- Create templates like ‘Virus check’ or ‘Compile kernel’. [125001980170] |- Predefined common expressions like: every minute, every week, tomorrow, next week. [125001980180] |- You may use an calendar to browse for the day you want a task executed. [125001980190] |Install Gnome-schedule Ubuntu [125001980200] |sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule [125001980210] |This will complete the installation. [125001980220] |Using Gnome-schedule [125001980230] |If you want to open this application Go to Applications--->System tools--->Schedule [125001980240] |Once it open you should see the following screen [125001980250] |If you want to schedule new task you need to click on new tab Now you need to select one option displayed on the screen and click ok [125001980260] |If you want to schedule task using Basic view enter all the fields and click ok [125001980270] |If you want to schedule task using Advanced view enter all the fields and click ok [125001990010] |Gip - IP calculator for GNOME desktop environment [125001990020] |Gip is an IP address calculator that integrates well with the GNOME desktop environment.Gip provides system administrators with tools for IP address based calculations. [125001990030] |For example, an administrator who needs to find out which IP prefix length equals the IP netmask 255.255.240.0, just types in the mask and gets the prefix length presented. [125001990040] |But many more advanced calculations can be made. [125001990050] |Gip can convert an address range into a list of prefix lengths. [125001990060] |It can also split subnets using a given IP netmask or IP prefix length. [125001990070] |Many more calculations are possible. [125001990080] |Install Gip in Ubuntu [125001990090] |sudo apt-get install gip [125001990100] |This will complete the installation [125001990110] |If you want to open this application open terminal type the following command [125001990120] |gip [125001990130] |Once it opens you should see the following screen which is IPV4 Address Analyzer [125001990140] |IPv4 Range Prefix Converter screen [125001990150] |IPv4 Subnet Calculator Screen [125002000010] |Howto Change CPU Frequency Scaling in Ubuntu [125002000020] |The CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor provides a convenient way to monitor the CPU Frequency Scaling for each CPU. [125002000030] |Unfortunately, CPU frequency scaling can currently only be monitored on Linux machines that have support in the kernel. [125002000040] |It can however, support the several generations of frequency scaling interfaces in the kernel. [125002000050] |When there is no CPU frequency scaling support in the system, the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor only displays the current CPU frequency. [125002000060] |Right-click on your top or bottom bar, or wherever you want the applet to be you should see the following screen [125002000070] |Now you need to Click “add to panel”Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen [125002000080] |Now you need to find the “CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor” and click on add or drag this onto your bar. [125002000090] |Once it added in to your bar you should see similar to the following icon [125002000100] |Open up a terminal and enter the following command [125002000110] |sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets [125002000120] |Now you should see similar to the follwoing screen select ok and press enter [125002000130] |Next one is Install cpufreq-selector with SUID root select yes and press enter [125002000140] |Press enter again and you’ll be back at the terminal window. [125002000150] |Left-click on your monitor and you should be able to choose the speed of your processor [125002010010] |Install Xine Multimedia Player in Ubuntu [125002010020] |xine is a free (gpl-licensed) high-performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine. xine itself is a shared library with an easy to use, yet powerful API which is used by many applications for smooth video playback and video processing purposes. [125002010030] |Xine Features [125002010040] |Xine-engine -The core of xine is responsible for synchronizing audio, video and overlays. [125002010050] |It provides high performance comunication functionality between modules, logging capability, unified configuration system, On Screen Display support, fast MMX/MMXEXT/SSE memory transfers, among other important things. [125002010060] |Input plugins - They provide input data to xine and may be seen as an abstraction layer for DVDs, files, http, pipes, VCDs so that the rest of xine does not need to know from where the data is coming. [125002010070] |Several input plugins for xine are already available over the internet from third party programmers. [125002010080] |Demuxer plugins - These plugins are responsible for understanding file formats like AVI, MOV, ASF and others. [125002010090] |These file formats don’t define how video and audio are encoded but how the encoded data is mixed together (multiplexed). [125002010100] |An AVI file, for example, may have DivX4 video and MP3 audio, MPEG2 video and AC3 audio, etc. [125002010110] |Decoder plugins - These plugins receive the encoded data (video, audio or subtitles) and deliver them uncompressed to the engine to be played or shown. [125002010120] |Examples of encoding formats (also called “codecs”) are MPEG2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and Windows Media Video 7/8/9. [125002010130] |Output plugins - xine runs on a wide variety of hardware and operating systems therefore it need to have different means of displaying video and audio. [125002010140] |These plugins are like drivers, they talk directly to the system so xine-engine does not need to handle the details. [125002010150] |Some video output plugins have been developed to utilize several hardware capabilities like color conversion, scaling and refresh sync to provide the best multimedia experience and at the same time, requiring less CPU processing. [125002010160] |Post effect plugins - These can be use to apply arbitrary effects to video and audio before they are sent to output. [125002010170] |Examples include visual plugins like GOOM (generates colorful images from the music being played), audio filters like echo, equalizer or even a video picture-in-picture plugin playing more than one stream at the same time. [125002010180] |Install Xine Multimedia Player in Ubuntu [125002010190] |If you want to install Xine Multimedia Player in Ubuntu use the following command [125002010200] |sudo aptitude install xine-ui libxine-extracodecs [125002010210] |This will complete the installation.This will install gxine the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user interface. [125002010220] |If you want to open go to Applications -> Sound Video -> Xine Movie Player [125002010230] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen [125002020010] |How to Sort files and folders by size [125002020020] |If you want to Sort your files and folders by size use the following tip [125002020030] |You need to open terminal use the following command [125002020040] |ls -lS --block-size=1 | awk ‘{print $5,$6,$7,$8}’ >size.txt; du -s --block-size=1 */ >>size.txt; sort -n size.txt [125002020050] |or [125002020060] |{ ls -lS --block-size=1 | awk ‘{print $5,$6,$7,$8}’; du -s --block-size=1 */ ; } | sort -nr | less [125002030010] |Howto Turn the Memory Stick light off on Sony VAIO notebooks in Feisty [125002030020] |If you are using VAIO VGN-FS660/W with Feisty fwan and the Memory Stick light on the front panel would always stay on. [125002030030] |If you don’t use it, here’s an easy way to turn off. [125002030040] |Warning: This may disable other memory card readers. [125002030050] |Open terminal and enter the following command [125002030060] |lsmod | grep tifm [125002030070] |Now You need to edit the blacklist file using the following command [125002030080] |sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist [125002030090] |At the end of the file, enter each module listed on the lsmod output one at a time with “blacklist” proceeding it. [125002030100] |Here’s mine: Code: # Disable Memory Stick blacklist tifm_sd blacklist tifm_7xx1 blacklist tifm_core blacklist mmc_core4 [125002030110] |Save the file and exit,Now you need to reboot your system [125002040010] |Monitoring Ubuntu Services Using Monit [125002040020] |monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system. [125002040030] |Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. [125002040040] |Monit Features [125002040050] |* Daemon mode - poll programs at a specified interval [125002040060] |* Monitoring modes - active, passive or manual [125002040070] |* Start, stop and restart of programs [125002040080] |* Group and manage groups of programs [125002040090] |* Process dependency definition [125002040100] |* Logging to syslog or own logfile [125002040110] |* Configuration - comprehensive controlfile [125002040120] |* Runtime and TCP/IP port checking (tcp and udp) [125002040130] |* SSL support for port checking [125002040140] |* Unix domain socket checking [125002040150] |* Process status and process timeout [125002040160] |* Process cpu usage [125002040170] |* Process memory usage [125002040180] |* Process zombie check [125002040190] |* Check the systems load average [125002040200] |* Check a file or directory timestamp [125002040210] |* Alert, stop or restart a process based on its characteristics [125002040220] |* MD5 checksum for programs started and stopped by monit [125002040230] |* Alert notification for program timeout, restart, checksum, stop resource and timestamp error [125002040240] |* Flexible and customizable email alert messages [125002040250] |* Protocol verification. [125002040260] |HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, SSH, DWP,LDAPv2 and LDAPv3 [125002040270] |* An http interface with optional SSL support to make monit accessible from a webbrowser [125002040280] |Install Monit in Ubuntu [125002040290] |sudo apt-get install monit [125002040300] |This will complete the installation. [125002040310] |Configuring Monit [125002040320] |Default configuration file located at /etc/monit/monitrc you need to edit this file to configure your options [125002040330] |sudo vi /etc/monit/monitrc [125002040340] |Sample Configuration file as follows and uncomment all the following options [125002040350] |## Start monit in background (run as daemon) and check the services at 2-minute ## intervals. # set daemon 120 [125002040360] |## Set syslog logging with the ‘daemon’ facility. [125002040370] |If the FACILITY option is ## omited, monit will use ‘user’ facility by default. [125002040380] |You can specify the ## path to the file for monit native logging. # set logfile syslog facility log_daemon [125002040390] |## Set list of mailservers for alert delivery. [125002040400] |Multiple servers may be ## specified using comma separator. [125002040410] |By default monit uses port 25 - it is ## possible to override it with the PORT option. # set mailserver localhost # primary mailserver [125002040420] |## Monit by default uses the following alert mail format: [125002040430] |From: monit@$HOST # sender Subject: monit alert -- $EVENT $SERVICE # subject [125002040440] |$EVENT Service $SERVICE [125002040450] |Date: $DATE Action: $ACTION Host: $HOST # body Description: $DESCRIPTION [125002040460] |Your faithful, monit [125002040470] |## You can override the alert message format or its parts such as subject ## or sender using the MAIL-FORMAT statement. [125002040480] |Macros such as $DATE, etc. ## are expanded on runtime. [125002040490] |For example to override the sender: # set mail-format { from: monit@monitorserver.com } [125002040500] |## Monit has an embedded webserver, which can be used to view the ## configuration, actual services parameters or manage the services using the ## web interface. # set httpd port 2812 and use address localhost # only accept connection from localhost allow localhost # allow localhost to connect to the server and allow 172.29.5.0/255.255.255.0 allow admin:monit # require user ‘admin’ with password ‘monit’ [125002040510] |===> Change 172.29.5.0/255.255.255.0 to your network ip range [125002040520] |# Monitoring the apache2 web services. # It will check process apache2 with given pid file. # If process name or pidfile path is wrong then monit will # give the error of failed. tough apache2 is running. check process apache2 with pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid [125002040530] |#Below is actions taken by monit when service got stuck. start program = “/etc/init.d/apache2 start” stop program = “/etc/init.d/apache2 stop” # Admin will notify by mail if below of the condition satisfied. if cpu is greater than 60% for 2 cycles then alert if cpu >80% for 5 cycles then restart if totalmem >200.0 MB for 5 cycles then restart if children >250 then restart if loadavg(5min) greater than 10 for 8 cycles then stop if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout group server [125002040540] |#Monitoring Mysql Service [125002040550] |check process mysql with pidfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid group database start program = “/etc/init.d/mysql start” stop program = “/etc/init.d/mysql stop” if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 3306 then restart if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout [125002040560] |#Monitoring ssh Service [125002040570] |check process sshd with pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid start program “/etc/init.d/ssh start” stop program “/etc/init.d/ssh stop” if failed port 22 protocol ssh then restart if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout [125002040580] |You can also include other configuration files via include directives: [125002040590] |include /etc/monit/default.monitrc include /etc/monit/mysql.monitrc [125002040600] |This is only sample configuration file. [125002040610] |The configuration file is pretty self-explaining; if you are unsure about an option, take a look at the monit documentation [125002040620] |After configuring your monit file you can check the configuration file syntax using the following command [125002040630] |sudo monit -t [125002040640] |Once you don’t have any syntax errors you need to enable this service by changing the file /etc/default/monit [125002040650] |sudo vi /etc/default/monit [125002040660] |# You must set this variable to for monit to start startup=0 [125002040670] |to [125002040680] |# You must set this variable to for monit to start startup=1 [125002040690] |Now you need to start the service using the following command [125002040700] |sudo /etc/init.d/monit start [125002040710] |Monit Web interface [125002040720] |Monit Web interface will run on the port number 2812.If you have any firewall in your network setup you need to enable this port. [125002040730] |Now point your browser to http://yourserverip:2812/ (make sure port 2812 isn’t blocked by your firewall), log in with admin and monit.If you want a secure login you can use https check here [125002040740] |Once it opens you should see the following screen [125002040750] |Here you need to enter the username and password [125002040760] |Once it opens you should see the following screen with all the services we are monitoring [125002040770] |Apache web server process details [125002040780] |You can start,stop,restart and disable this service from web interface you can see this in the following screen [125002040790] |After being done with the actual tests, most of the 70-294 and 70-647 professionals can monitor ubuntu services. [125002040800] |Although a simple 70-293 candidate might find it hard at first but later certifications like 640-863 add experience too.