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Skype on Ubuntu Hardy 64

By simon at Tue, 29/04/2008 - 21:57 | simon's blog | 1 comment | 2741 reads

I was expecting the skype install on Ubuntu Hardy to be a little tricky, after all its brand new etc. But I was wrong!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295

Skype on Ubuntu 64 Hardy is easier than the earlier versions. Just cut/paste, and away it goes.

Thanks Guys, Nice Howto!

Printer driver install pain

By simon at Sun, 27/04/2008 - 09:52 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 631 reads

Just had to install my PIXMA 3000 printer driver as part of another windows XP reinstall.

Canon (Australia at least) have changed their driver download process to be driven by an ActiveX control, which means you can't do it in Firefox.

It didn't offer any alternative either, so when I go to install it under linux, I'll be screwed, and will have to dig up an old driver from somewhere.

But why do I need an ActiveX control to install a PRINTER DRIVER? How are they even related?

Next, the stupid ActiveX installer takes over the entire screen and wont let you Alt-Tab or anything.

This is a Multi-Tasking operating system guys. Windows has been since v3.1 with decently behaved apps. I do want to be doing other things while my printer install happens, since it takes like 10+ minutes!

USB External drive backup script

By simon at Wed, 19/03/2008 - 11:01 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 1139 reads

Yes, i can probably do this with hotplug, but its Fedora Core 2, and I gave up.

Note, you need to create the sfdisk.out before using this script like this:
sfdisk -d /dev/sda > /home/backup/sfdisk.out

#!/bin/sh


# Just in case

umount /mnt/backup
# Figure out the disk

for i in `ls /dev/sd?`

do

        DISK=`fdisk -l $i | wc -l`

        if [ $DISK -gt 0 ]; then

                DISK=$i

                break

        fi

        #echo $i

done
# Get number of linux partitions

PARTITIONS=`/sbin/sfdisk -l $DISK | /bin/grep Linux | /usr/bin/wc -l`
# If No linux partitions, try and create one.





  Postfix email tracing  
By simon at Tue, 11/03/2008 - 16:33 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | 704 reads

 If you're not sure whats happening with an email, create a small script like this in /usr/local/bin/email-checker.sh


#!/bin/sh

for i in `grep $1 /var/log/mail.log | grep "postfix/smtp" | cut -d']' -f2 | cut -d':' -f2 | sort | uniq`

do

        echo "------------------------------------"

        grep $i /var/log/mail.log

        echo "------------------------------------"

done


And then you can check whats been going on with email-checker.sh who@somewhere.com
Save a bit of trying to grep/less/find etc..
 




  Trouble getting Zend going in Ubuntu Hardy?  
By simon at Thu, 24/01/2008 - 21:45 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 1509 reads

 If you are having trouble getting Zend ZDE going in Ubuntu Hardy, try this:
echo "export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=true" >> /home/$your_user/.bashrc

Log out and log in
Found it here:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/arch-linux-help/108317-azureus-problem.html
This was the error I was getting.


./ZDE

nawk: cmd. line:6: warning: escape sequence `\.' treated as plain `.'

Locking assertion failure.  Backtrace:

#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb16cb767]

#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0x31) [0xb16cb8b1]

#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XReply+0xfd) [0xb171329d]

#3 /usr/local/Zend/ZendStudio-5.2.0/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so [0xb1814a76]

 




  Hardy  
By simon at Mon, 14/01/2008 - 19:56 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | 649 reads

 Had my first look at KDE 4.0 yesterday with a Hardy Heron Kubuntu install. It looks nice, but why of why is it so much like Windows Vista? Gimme back my old K menu, please.
 




  Mysql on Ubuntu64  
By simon at Mon, 09/07/2007 - 09:44 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 864 reads

 Ubuntu has been working pretty well on the desktop and the laptop here. A couple of "issues" i've found are:
1. Mysql server on the Ubuntu 64 server seems to corrupt the db, host, etc tables. This means mysql doesn't start anymore and requires a rm -f /var/lib/mysql/mysql/*, then a dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.0 to get it going again.
2. Network manager. Why does my eth1 interface keep coming up and creating a default route, sometime huors after bootup? It seems to be ignoring /etc/network/interfaces now, and just doing its own thing. Weird.
3. Swiftfox (32) and plugins are pretty much required to view flash etc. ;-(
 




  Well. Ubuntu is here  
By simon at Sat, 12/05/2007 - 19:10 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | 1131 reads

 Got the desktop done. Using the 64 bit version of ubuntu on here, last time I tried the 64 bit, it was sorely lacking codecs, DVD playback etc. This all appears fixed now, or at least it is once you use Automatix2 to install the appropriate software.
If you're trying Ubuntu/Kubuntu Feisty, add Automatix2 for some extra Apps.
http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation
 




  Feisty for me  
By simon at Fri, 11/05/2007 - 19:57 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 1103 reads

 I've been a long time KDE user, and Kubuntu user, but recent comments by a friend have inspired me to switch to Gnome/Ubuntu on one of my daily use workstations.
After fixing a couple of things I'll detail later, I', actually quite happy with it. Gnome has come a long way, and if you just want it to "work", then it does. Sure, KDE is great for tweaking, but does it get any more work done? I don't know. I suspect not.
I'm about to reinstall my laptop (needs it anyway), and my main desktop with Feisty Ubuntu. I'll keep a bit of details here on how I go.
The laptop is an ASUS M2400N, and has been running great with an old install of edgy, that has been upgraded to dapper, and through the feisty betas. However, it has a lingering windows partition I'm keen to rid myself of ;-)
 




  KnoppMythTV Setup HOWTO for Australia  
By simon at Sat, 09/12/2006 - 12:47 | simon's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 10496 reads

 Perform a "Auto Install" from the KnoppMyth CD.
After it reboots set the timezone for Your region in Australia, then you will be asked whether to use DHCP broadcast.
I said no here, and assigned a static ip address on my local LAN.

It also asks for the gateway, nameserver etc information. Enter it for your local LAN.
Next myth-setup is started, and it asks for your language. Choose the appropriate language and the main config menu will be displayed.
Select General, and then click next until you see the "TV Format" screen. Choose PAL for the TV Format, and PAL Teletext for the VBI Format. Change the frequency table to "australia" and set the Time offset for XMLTV listings to "Auto". I left everything else as defaults.
 



 
 
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