The Danesh Project http://thedaneshproject.com Knowledge bling's the finer things in life. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:54:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 TheDaneshProjectFeedhttp://feedburner.google.com How to restart autofs in Solaris http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheDaneshProjectFeed/~3/THmdh2FutE0/ http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-restart-autofs-in-solaris/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 02:51:50 +0000 Danesh http://thedaneshproject.com/?p=2507

Quick step to restart the autofs service on Solaris. I’m running Solaris 10.

1. Check the auto service status.
# svcs | grep auto
legacy_run Oct_24 lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S72autoinstall
online 17:31:10 svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default

2. Restart the autofs service
# svcadm -v restart svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default
Action restart set for svc:/system/filesystem/autofs:default.

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]]> http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-restart-autofs-in-solaris/feed/ 0 http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-restart-autofs-in-solaris/ How to install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheDaneshProjectFeed/~3/PFS4hkLcVzg/ http://thedaneshproject.com/posts/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 Danesh http://thedaneshproject.com/?p=2499 > ~/virtualbox.list danesh@python:~$ sudo mv ~/virtualbox.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ 3. Install Virtualbox danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get update danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get dkms danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1 [...]]]>

1. Download and install Oracle’s public key.

danesh@python:~$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

2. Create a repo file for Virtualbox

danesh@python:~$ sudo -s  echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> ~/virtualbox.list

danesh@python:~$ sudo mv ~/virtualbox.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

3. Install Virtualbox

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get update

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get dkms

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1

Enjoy.
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Liquid Skies. An awesome short film by Annis Naeem, student at Art Center College of Design.

Liquid Skies is the story of an astronaut hurtling across the universe–past suns you and I may never glimpse, yet fighting battles we may all face ourselves one day.

I love the soundtrack, Fools Rhythm by Two Fingers.

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I’ve always felt that the default font size on Ubuntu was a bit too large for me so naturally that ended up being the first thing I tweaked every time I installed Ubuntu.

Since there’s no fonts option within the default “appearance” tool for Ubuntu, the workaround is to use the “gnome-tweak-tool”. Here’s how.

First, Install the Gnome tweak tool.
danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

The, run the tool and edit your fonts size on the “fonts” tab.

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The Unity launcher for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin has a bug. When auto hide is enabled, there is a lag when trying to get the panel to show. When working correctly the panel should show when the mouse cursor hits the edge but the bug requires you to move your mouse beyond the edge to get the panel to show. Feels heavy.

There’s no official fix out at the time of this post. Do you?

Currently, the workaround to get the panel working is through a config tweak using the “compizconfig-settings-manager” tool. Here’s how.

1. Download compizconfig-settings-manager tool. Command line or from the app store.

or

danesh@python:~$ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

2. Launch the compizconfig-settings-manager. Go to “Desktop –>  Ubuntu Unity Plugin –> Experimental Tab”.

Change the value for “Launcher Reveal Pressure” to “1″ or what works for you. I have mine set at 10.

Enjoy.

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Oracle JDK is no longer included by default in Ubuntu’s repositories due to licensing. OpenJDK is default now but many apps still don’t play nice with it. This is why I installed Oracle JDK.

I’ll walk you through the process of installing Oracle JDK 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, the easy way. For this we will use the “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8″.

The “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8″ will download the official binaries from Oracle and install the JAVA 7 JDK, JRE and browser plugins on your machine.

1. Add the “WEBUPD8″ PPA.

danesh@python:~$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java 

2. Update your repositories.

danesh@python:~$sudo apt-get update 

3. Install JAVA 7 JDK.

danesh@python:~$sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

To uninstall,

sudo apt-get remove oracle-java7-installer

Did it work for you? Test here

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Well, it was meant for the Samsung Galaxy S III but Valcho from XDA decided to export Flipboard from his Samsung Galaxy S III and share it with the world instead. Thanks .

Google Currents, you have catching up to do. :D

Grab it here. | QR

via XDA

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Had a few documents to scan to PDF urgently today but to my surprise all the cybercafes around my neighborhood didn’t provide scan to PDF service. The best they could do was scan to jpeg. Hmmm…why?

Thanks to Linux I had a solution. Scan the docs to jpeg, then convert the jpegs to PDF using imagemagick. Worked like a charm.

Here’s how, on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Install the imagemagick package if you don’t already have it.

:~$ sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Convert a single file.

:~$ convert scan.jpeg result.pdf

Convert multiple files.

:~$ convert -adjoin scan*.jpeg result.pdf

or

:~$ convert -adjoin scan1.jpeg scan2.jpeg result.pdf

Did it work for you? Do you have an alternative solution?

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Yup, tickets for the  first show sold out and now Russell’s got a second show on.

Location , seating and pricing remain same but oddly the second show (11th May)  is scheduled a day before the first show (12thMay). Funny! :D

Show details:

1st Show:
12 May 2012 , Saturday
8.30pm
Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam

2nd Show:
11 May 2012 , Friday
8.30pm
Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam

Tickets will be availalbe through TicketPro and Redtix starting 10am on Saturday 28th April 2012.

via abinesh

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Good news, you can now start applying for the free Transformer Prime TF201 GPS Extension Kit . Head over to  the ASUS VIP members portal and follow the steps provided by ASUS or as seen on the screenshot below.

*The offer will expire on 31th of July, 2012 (PST)

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