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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Wallpaper Shortlist

2011-08-18T08:47:00.001+05:30

Canonical design team announced it's Wallpaper shortlist of candidates for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot in Flickr. Check the below link.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1777695@N22/pool/

The following wallpaper is by madeinkobaia

Hardware Information GUI for ubuntu

2011-08-16T11:18:00.001+05:30

lshw-gtk : It is a GUI for lshw command line utility. To install lshw-gtk, simply execute following command in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install lshw-gtk

Sysinfo : sysinfo is very lightweight application. to install sysinfo, simply execute following command in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install sysinfo

Download the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Countdown Banners

2011-08-15T13:42:00.001+05:30

The countdown timers for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) are available here. The countdown code is available in both HTML and BBcode formats.

Example banner

Changing the document root (virtual hosts) to home folder in ubuntu LAMP

2011-08-14T18:29:00.000+05:30

To change the DocumentRoot and Directory to point to the new location, replace /var/www/ it with /home/user/www/ in "/etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite" file. The file content should look like

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /home/user/www/

        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None

            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all


    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

        AllowOverride None
        Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all


    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn

    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

    Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"

        Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128


After creating the file, execute the following command in the terminal

sudo a2dissite default && sudo a2ensite mysite

Finally, restart Apache2

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

create a new file in the /home/user/www/ and check it in the browser

google App Inventor - Blocks Editor Crash - fix - Ubuntu

2011-01-04T14:01:00.001+05:30

http://n3wt0n.com/blog/how-to-google-app-inventor-in-ubuntu-10-04/

Setting up a Device for Development - USB Vendor IDs - Ubuntu

2011-01-04T13:57:00.000+05:30

http://d.android.com/guide/developing/device.html#setting-up

USB Vendor IDs

This table provides a reference to the vendor IDs needed in order to add USB device support on Linux. The USB Vendor ID is the value given to the SYSFS{idVendor} property in the rules file.

Manufacturer	USB Vendor ID
Acer	`0502`
Dell	`413c`
Foxconn	`0489`
Garmin-Asus	`091E`
HTC	`0bb4`
Huawei	`12d1`
Kyocera	`0482`
LG	`1004`
Motorola	`22b8`
Nvidia	`0955`
Pantech	`10A9`
Samsung	`04e8`
Sharp	`04dd`
Sony Ericsson	`0fce`
ZTE	`19D2`

Installing shutter - screenshot program - ubuntu intrepid ibex 8.10

2009-03-12T08:39:00.002+05:30

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website - apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

add the following url to your software sources

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

then select and install the shutter package.

Website : http://shutter-project.org/
screenshots : http://shutter-project.org/screenshots/

ubuntu 8.10 intrepid - community themes

2009-01-30T16:58:00.001+05:30

This package includes Dust, Kin and New Wave themes.

sudo aptitude install community-themes

Ubuntu - Adding a PPA's keys to your system

2009-01-30T16:25:00.001+05:30

Source: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%20to%20your%20Ubuntu%20repositories

The easiest way to add a PPA's key to your system is to follow our screen cast: Ogg Theora version, YouTube version.

Here's what the screencast tells you:

Step 1: Visit the PPA's overview page in Launchpad. Let's go back to the AWN Testing team's PPA that we were looking at earlier.

Step 2: Click the key fingerprint on the overview page. It'll look something like this: B0BE17C2A0C914F086B7B8327D2C7A23BF810CD5`.

Step 3: This will take you to the key's page in the Ubuntu keyserver. Click the ID, which looks something like this: BF810CD5

Step 4: Copy the public key, which will be something like: -- i.e. the portion starting:

Step 5: Paste the public key into a text editor and save it.

Step 6: Open System->Administration->Software Sources and click the Authentication tab.

Step 7: Click Import Key File, select the key you saved earlier and you're done!

creating encrypted private directory ubuntu 8.10 intrepid

2009-01-18T21:42:00.003+05:30

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory

Install ecryptfs-utils
sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
Setup your private directory
ecryptfs-setup-private
Enter your login password, and either choose a mount pass phrase or generate one.
- Record both pass phrases in a safe location!!! They will be required if you ever have to recover your data manually.
Logout, and Log back in to establish the mount

It can be a good idea to move the content of your .evolution/, .ssh/ and .gnupg/ in ~/Private and replacing them with a symlink.

Make sure that the application whose data you want to protect (e.g. Firefox or Evolution) is not running
ps -ef | grep firefox
Move the application's data directory (e.g. ~/.mozilla or ~/.evolution) into your ~/Private directory
mv ~/.mozilla ~/Private
Establish a symbolic link from the old location to new location
ln -s ~/Private/.mozilla ~/.mozilla

enabling php5 support in ubuntu 8.10 intrepid

2009-01-18T16:38:00.003+05:30

This should be installed automatically, but if you have any problem..... do this

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

OpenChrome ubuntu intrepid 8.10 unichrome workaround

2009-01-17T22:52:00.006+05:30

Please follow the procedure given in the below link. Please read the entire content before installing the drivers.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome

Bugs on launchpad

Xorg freezes on start. Black screen with waiting cursor. Unichrome video, worked on hardy.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bugs

sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion autoconf automake1.9 libtool
sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome
cd openchrome*
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make; sudo make install
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
in section device make Driver as "openchrome"

Now you can play chromium!!!!

Ubuntu - Boot Options

2009-01-17T18:05:00.003+05:30

Please follow below link for more information
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

For Live CD
When you boot with an Ubuntu Live CD
Press the F6 key to select Other Options.
To enable or disable certain boot options, simply add or remove the options you need (from this list, for example) to the end of the Boot Options line, with a space between each one. Once finished, press the Enter key to boot the machine.

For an existing installation
When you boot your computer, you will see a Grub message with a 3 second timer. When you see this message, press the Esc key
Choose which kernel you want to work with. If you don't know which one, choose the first line. Press the e key to edit the line
Then you will be presented with a screen with various lines. Use your down arrow key to highlight the "kernel" line. Press the e key to edit the kernel line.
Then add or subtract whichever boot option you wish (in the above screenshot, vga=771 was added). Press the Enter key when you are done with the changes. Press the b key to boot the machine with the boot options you selected.

Examples
boot: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash vga=771
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-k7 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash noapic nolapic

Kernel Options

xforcevesa : Force X to start using VESA driver. Usefull for some notebooks with uncommon video interfaces.

acpi=off OR noacpi : This parameter disables the whole ACPI system. This may prove very useful, for example, if your computer does not support ACPI or if you think the ACPI implementation might cause some problems (for instance random reboots or system lockups).

ubuntu - Jigdo Download Howto

2009-01-16T13:45:00.000+05:30

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JigdoDownloadHowto

ubuntu - Upgrading Using the Alternate CD/DVD

2009-01-16T13:27:00.001+05:30

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades#Upgrading%20Using%20the%20Alternate%20CD/DVD

Download the alternate installation CD
Burn the ISO to a CD and insert it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer to be upgraded.
- If the ISO file is on the computer to be upgraded, you could avoid wasting a CD by mounting the ISO as a drive with a command like:
```
sudo mount -o loop ~/Desktop/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0
```
A dialog will be displayed offering you the opportunity to upgrade using that CD.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2:

gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"

Or in Kubuntu run the following command using Alt+F2:

kdesudo "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"

Ubuntu - Thunderbird - Using Lightning with Google Calendars

2009-01-11T22:31:00.002+05:30

Install lightning from here..
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/

install the provider for google calendar from here
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/sunbird/addon/4631

integrate the calendar by following the below link
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Using_Lightning_with_Google_Calendars

subdownloader - ubuntu - subtitles downloader for ubuntu hardy and intrepid

2009-01-04T09:18:00.002+05:30

subdownloader - Utility to search and download/upload subtitles for videofiles (DIVX,MPEG,AVI,etc) and DVD's using fast hashing.

Download the .deb files here
http://www.getdeb.net/release/3463

or

add this apt url to your sources list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/subdownloader-developers/ubuntu hardy main

https://launchpad.net/~subdownloader-developers/+archive

main site
http://www.subdownloader.net/

pdftk - a Handy Tool for Manipulating PDF Documents

2008-12-29T13:51:00.003+05:30

If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover,
hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a
simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Use it to:

* Merge PDF Documents
* Split PDF Pages into a New Document
* Rotate PDF Documents or Pages
* Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
* Encrypt Output as Desired
* Fill PDF Forms with X/FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
* Generate FDF Data Stencil from PDF Forms
* Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp
* Report PDF Metrics such as Metadata and Bookmarks
* Update PDF Metadata
* Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
* Unpack PDF Attachments
* Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages
* Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams
* Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible)

Examples

Join in1.pdf and in2.pdf into a new PDF, out1.pdf
pdftk in1.pdf in2.pdf cat output out1.pdf
or (using handles):
pdftk A=in1.pdf B=in2.pdf cat A B output out1.pdf
or (using wildcards):
pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf

For more info check the man page.

Amarok 2.0 released

2008-12-11T22:25:00.001+05:30

http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0

SynapticsTouchpad, gsynaptic - shmconfig issue - ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex

2008-12-04T18:57:00.002+05:30

GSynaptics couldn't initialize

To fix the above issue (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsynaptics/+bug/132627)

Follow this procedure
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#shmconfig

skype 2 sound configuration for intel hda - ubuntu intrepid ibex

2008-11-28T12:31:00.001+05:30

UbuntuBackports

2008-11-20T22:26:00.001+05:30

Ubuntu releases a new version of its OS every 6 months. After a release, the version of all packages stays constant for the entire 6 months. For example, if Ubuntu ships with OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, it will remain at OpenOffice.org 2.0.x for the entire 6-month release cycle, even if a later version gets released during this time. The Ubuntu team may apply important security fixes to 2.0.x, but any new features or non-security bugfixes will not be made available.

This is where Ubuntu Backports comes in. The Backports team believes that the best update policy is a mix of Ubuntu's security-only policy AND providing new versions of some programs. Candidates for version updates are primarily desktop applications, such as your web browser, word processor, IRC client, or IM client. These programs can be updated without replacing a large part of the operating system that would affect stability of the whole system.

Read more

Bakports are automatically disabled when upgrading to a newer version of (k)ubuntu.

Removing the custom google search in linux mint firefox

2008-10-01T14:33:00.002+05:30

Click the below link and follow the procedure...:)
http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=142

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy heron and WLAN Broadcom 4311

2008-10-01T14:14:00.002+05:30

Please follow the following How To, to fix the Broadcom 4311 WLAN card

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=760568

Download the Linux Mint 5 Elyssa KDE CE

2008-09-16T09:47:00.001+05:30

This is the KDE Community Edition for Linux Mint 5, codename Elyssa, based on Daryna and compatible with Ubuntu Hardy and its repositories.

Download here
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/5/community/

Release notes