tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65616172522607165052024-03-05T06:39:03.947+00:00I Note It DownI note down things I come across each day, with my views on it. It can be anything that I feel I should write.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-52473289775711500812017-01-13T05:07:00.000+00:002017-01-13T05:07:01.543+00:00Open Age Of Empires in Ubuntu<ol>
<li>Open PlayOnLinux</li>
<li>Click Configure - the wheel symbol</li>
<li>Go to 'Wine' tab</li>
<li>Open the task manager</li>
<li>In the 'Applications' tab, browse to the age of empires exe</li>
</ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-25144751265377376442015-04-12T14:02:00.000+01:002015-04-12T15:41:09.964+01:00Chrome: Mute audio in Tab<p>I wanted to mute sounds from some websites that are open in tabs. Some are irritating ads, some are help avatars that have a default 'hello how can I help'. </p>
<p> Listed below are the steps to how I configured the mute on the Chrome browser tabs</p>
<div class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Open Chrome</li>
<li>Type the following in the address bar and press <i>enter</i></li>
<li>chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting</li>
<p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSt_O75YBfq-9BDu535LHlGPm53zgdREZBXU8j1vJ9PVxUu7ivs00rBDPjc6h3S5k7nliOfMKsxYyJX0CpphHr0Bu3RLkKLXP1sXJ4EUlaxeR03VtYQ8as6y9qeIonuMaBGOVNFA3M3w/s1600/mute-1.PNG" /></p>
<li>Click on the <i>Enable</i> link</li>
<p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DkCuXGp-ww1goBCTgRbj7-wZlaEHcH1I8-sIlkkPG4Y4tSYfb_csLlajJve0ZaXtgP04A3MYFn1xshPX_0WoMiR-T7sDFPfXgKQI2S57OIrmSQbNgQNc1FWV94HybZKcitx1nuQgWm8/s1600/mute-2.PNG" /></p>
<li>After enabling it will be highlighted as shown below</li>
<p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnFVdHAO9IdwsONggJ4fwd-50ReqeXAuR9cUIC5Yd1XiN8W6Ka6yMjOAOWqVR0KBgyyrpI8nUqPwPD2MpcXsc-T3xJ-q8jKzakNJWka8eplhJJ2rhEz_9tdfgcT_j3PRDlwlUysZJfrg/s1600/mute-3.PNG" /></p>
<li>Restart the browser</li>
<li>Mute option appears on the browser tab</li>
<p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4QvNPg3GMwU11fNFl5Et6tGahrevzJ08bTUWu4_6n279NX4ybzKWOkcqnRDvBCN7fBBTYfRJwYPTtEQ1kiUKuRMx8fSMqt6hp45lmXiSZrF-7lGwWmy63KCN7Y3UFrUEfjlT2_vDp0w/s1600/mute-4.PNG" /></p>
</ol>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-64721272984774753602015-03-20T23:50:00.000+00:002015-03-20T23:50:38.789+00:00Microsoft Phasing out Internet Explorer - Chrome is successor<p>I was not too excited about the phasing out of Internet Explorer brand by Microsoft. The main reason is it is going to be the same browser going to be pushed on to the laptops with Microsoft Windows installed, but with a different name.</p>
<p>The reason I thought I would write about Internet Explorer brand is not completely because of the re-branding of Internet Explorer, but with a question that got answered within me that who is going to be the successor of Internet Explorer.</p>
<p>I bet it is going to be Google Chrome. Google Chromes performance lives up to the brand name - Internet Explorer. It is as slow as a dead snail nowadays. I wonder how Google have let its browser to degrade to this level.</p>
<p>Finally I installed Firefox which is still doing better.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-72805896906309100412015-03-06T17:50:00.003+00:002015-03-06T17:50:45.370+00:00[Solved] Firefox asks intranet passwordI have installed firefox and set it as my default browser. When my laptop is connected to my company LAN and when I happen to open an internal URL, firefox always prompts for password.
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I did the following and now firefox does not ask for password.
</br>
<div class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Open the firefox tab and type in the address bar - <b>about:config</b>
</br>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF2VD2kddaz_7pBVR6VQnEbqoA5wmN4ucP6rkFlLAxHX-DYNf2snrRNOLv6t9UwlI-taCovFwlfkWDtkBqRz61zYczqPVgdkNAPeLSb9eMpvLbbb7014sv_6ALPaM3UTrAiJY9X0zGxw/s1600/MozillaIntranet01.PNG" />
</li>
<li>
Click on <b>I'll be careful, I promise!</b> button.
</br>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbijTO5PZTh-f759FDjbMwuzg5rRlAOsFEdk7ufGES9bZ7Eg-hnPdwGH009M5ehR1xeyIUC73WqgWfri1vVvThIt2WRy1OkJxgwlmRru2iS24Pu27qy6A_3f7NRQ32sD3_HF_3s59nsj0/s1600/MozillaIntranet02.PNG" />
</li>
<li>
Find <b>network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris</b> in the list
</br>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVQCHVPjHHx-gAlDMYaIPvcy2vKZzyOhnCNwZiNxhyphenhyphen9gd3PTv7ZG_2E4wvYj76ceiMk-251uytnh0u8go8Zkhk-VO2dfqBFJ5EIe4NaXsmh5Q36cCuHsss43zHVlKGR5AOZU8mabQ0-0/s1600/MozillaIntranet03.PNG" />
</li>
<li>
Type the internal website URLs as a comma separated string and click <b>OK</b>
</br>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFg6x45eNauV0NTsqP7-frHOgBBnwiZO9x71kUGFm6IcjHS7I2E_MPUWVw5ejw76KOIMzRZcP0fWNnE-O1_9mWFQmU_00MuPzuZYA8cVB_UhHif5_h0uLfzrJKL6_qy9AfiVkV-3AGnE/s1600/MozillaIntranet04.PNG" />
</li>
</ol>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-79586001398855836562015-02-18T14:11:00.001+00:002015-02-18T14:13:15.511+00:00Open Mozilla Firefox 'Private Mode' permanentlyI wanted to setup Mozilla Firefox to open in 'Private' mode always. It was a simple process to setup in Windows 8.0.
<div class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Open the properties of Mozilla Firefox from the task bar</li>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZt-8ljqF4aXTU0stj8Re5qPNjEG0wUcy8F73-hRhAsN0Y0lNFcgLfKLePb9fCmJtpO2M7V3JjiTzxy-9iQIX_e9RbBjUY7yDmHJu0uVZy4eh7vZWr3RGPpd3sjvr5fZerVFBgJjIvCc/s1600/moz-private-1.png" />
<li>In the 'Target' box, include an option <b>-private</b></li>
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqakMW9Nu7x8Fn3dSfBzcE5YFsF_WPMgdFimdtz-IaEGyU48YZfMMMGGrIuy1FybLpxfaw3qsJo9TDltJUeyq-1ZgZAXmpcx1RAyoBTZ-rUvlPUE153fecPmAr8z4TRyIigXvZO_2dO8/s1600/moz-private-2.png" />
</ol>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-22121417679547296192015-02-01T22:20:00.000+00:002015-02-01T22:26:25.743+00:00[Solved] An unexpected error occured in com.google.gapps - Android error pop-upThe pop-up appeared on my Android phone multiple times whenever I connect to internet. I did not have any clue why this happened. I finally tried the below to fix the issue, and it fixed the issue.
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<b>Note:</b> This works only on a <i>rooted</i> Android device.
</br>
<div class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Open <i>Terminal Emulator</i> app</li>
<li>In the emulator type the following command</li>
</ol>
<div class='code-block'>
bugreport > /mnt/sdcard/bugreport.log
</div>
</div>
</br>
I open the file <i>bugreport.log</i> and looked for the exception message related to <i>gapps</i>. From the logs, I realized that while calendar <i>sync</i> starts, somehow the account name is set as blank, which was causing the issue. To double-check whether this is the issue, I opened the <i>Calendar</i> app in my mobile and navigated to <i>Menu > More > Calendars</i>. When I opened this menu item, the application force closed with unexpected error. This confirmed that the issue is with the <i>Calendar</i> app in my mobile. To fix this, I did the following:
</br>
<div class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>From the home screen, I opened <i>Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > <b>Calendar</b></i>.</li>
<li>Clicked on 'Clear data'</li>
<li>Also opened the <i>Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > <b>Calendar Storage</b></i>.</li>
<li>Clicked on 'Clear data'</li>
</ol>
</div>
</br>
The issue is fixed!
</br></br>
In pursuit of fixing the issue, I found some useful information to troubleshoot issues in Android. I am listing them below:
</br></br>
<b>Get Device information</b></br> The below commands can be used in a <i>Terminal Emulator</i> app.
<div class='code-block'>
dumpstate </br>
dumpsys
</div>
</br>
<b>Use Logcat</b></br>
The below command can be used in a <i>Terminal Emulator</i> app:</br>
<div class='code-block'>
logcat -b events
</div>
</br>
<b>Get Kernel log information</b></br>
The below command can be used in a <i>Terminal Emulator</i> app:</br>
<div class='code-block'>
dmesg
</div>
</br>
<b>Log file locations in the device</b>
</br>
<ul>
<li>/data/anr
</br><i>anr</i> stands for 'Application Not Respoding'. So we can expect to see such information in this location.</br></li>
<li>/data/dontpanic
</br>this location can contain crash logs.</br></li>
<li>/data/kernelpanics</li>
<li>/data/panic/panic_deamon.config
</br>this config file has the configuration to point to crash log output location. </br></li>
<li>/data/panicreports</li>
<li>/data/tombstones
</br>
this location can have logs related to application crash.</li>
</ul>
</br>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-16213604895496363832015-01-24T14:49:00.001+00:002015-01-25T16:52:24.912+00:00[Solved] Chrome waits for a few seconds for new tabsMy chrome started waiting for a few seconds before the url typed was fetched. I disabled a feature in chrome settings which solved the issue.
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<div class='highlight'>
Go to Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy
</br>
In this section uncheck the option that reads 'Predict network actions to improve page load performance'
</div>
</br>
I hope this will be helpful to you too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-2287048014961214092014-08-29T17:45:00.001+01:002014-08-29T17:46:56.006+01:00[Solved] Android to Ubuntu file transfer over bluetooth shows "Connection failure" errorI got this error while I was trying to transfer the files from my Android phone to my laptop, which have Ubuntu installed. I had the devices paired, but still the file transfer from my phone to laptop would not happen. I have done the following to configure Ubuntu to accept files from bluetooth devices that solved the problem.
<div class='highlight'>
Open the <i>Personal File Sharing</i> in the dash and check both the checkboxes under "Recieve Files over Bluetooth" section.
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-14669500944280503372014-05-04T10:42:00.002+01:002014-05-04T10:49:56.073+01:00Ubuntu - Google Hangout/Chat : A plugin is needed to display this content<span class='highlight'>
<strong>Error</strong></br>
Chrome - No Plug-in available to display this content</br>
Firefox - A plugin is needed to display this content
</span>
</br>
Got the error when trying to set the webcam settings in google chat. I got the error in Chrome and Firefox browsers in Ubuntu 12.04.
I solved it by installing the icedtea plugin.
<span class='code-block'>sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-36732712995779481622014-03-31T09:09:00.000+01:002014-03-31T09:10:02.632+01:00Always open google chrome in incognito mode in UbuntuIn Ubuntu, we can modify the google-chrome.desktop file to make google chrome always open in incognito mode.
Here is how we can do it
<span class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>
Take a backup of the google-chrome.desktop file. Use the following command in terminal</br>
<span class='code-block'>sudo cp /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop.backup
</span>
</li>
<li>
Open the google-chrome.desktop file for editing. Use the following command in terminal</br>
<span class='code-block'>
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
</span>
</li>
<li>Find the line<i>(line 108 for me)</i><span class='code-block'>Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U</span>Replace it with
<span class='code-block'>Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --incognito %U</span>
</li>
</ol>
</span>
<b>Note:</b> If the chrome shortcut is locked in the launcher, you may need to unlock it and restart chrome, before locking it back to the launcher, next time the launcher icon of chrome is clicked, chrome opens in incognito mode.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-74928333354884847172014-03-29T18:03:00.000+00:002014-03-29T18:03:51.516+00:00Setup Hot corners in Ubuntu 12.04
Use the following steps to setup hot corners in <b>Ubuntu 12.04</b>
</br>
<span class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Install <i>'CompizConfig Settings Manager'</i> from <i>'Ubuntu Software Center'</i></li>
<li>Go to Category > General > General Options > Key bindings > Show Desktop > Click on <i>'Disabled'</i> button</li>
<li>Select the corner that need to be enabled</li>
</ol>
</span>
</br>
<b>
Note: </b>In some cases, the hot corner that is set will be forgotten after restarting the machine. In that case, do the following to fix this issue.
<span class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Install gconf-editor (type gconf-editor in terminal, the command to install will be shown if it is not installed already)</li>
<li>After setting the hot corners using CompizConfigSetting Manager, open terminal and type gconf-editor</li>
<li>In the Configuration Editor, go to apps > compiz-1 > general > screen0 > options</li>
<li>Double click on active_plugins</li>
<li>In the Edit Key dialog, move 'scale' to the end of the list, move 'expo' to second last in the list</li>
</ol>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-79930995998437805052014-03-25T17:05:00.001+00:002014-03-25T17:07:23.858+00:00Setup Firefox in Ubuntu 12.04It was surprising to know that there is no direct way to install firefox in Ubuntu. No worries, I'm not a Windows user!
</br>
After I installed Ubuntu 12.04, I have installed firefox, in a not so direct way(double click a .deb, I meant). I'm listing below the steps to get the latest build of firefox setup.
</br>
<span class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Download firefox from <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">www.mozilla.org</a></li>
<li>Extract the <i>firefox-_____.tar.bz2</i> to a directory <i>firefox</i></li>
<li>Run the following command in terminal, to move the directory into <i>/opt/</i></br><span class='code-block'>sudo mv firefox /opt/firefox</span></li>
<li>Using the following command, take a backup of the default firefox symbolic link in <i>/usr/bin/</i> directory</br><span class='code-block'>sudo mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox_backup</span></li>
<li>Create a symbolic link in the /usr/bin/ directory that points to the newly downloaded firefox binary. Use the following command</br><span class='code-block'>sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox</span></li>
</ol>
</br>
The firefox browser is installed on the machine now. We need to do the sync setup, plugins setup for the firefox to be fully functional.
</br>
<ol>
<li>Open Tools > Setup Sync and follow instructions to complete the sync setup</li>
<li>Install Adobe Flash Player plugin. This is needed to play video files in youtube. Use the following command to install</br><span class='code-block'>sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer</span></li>
<li>After that install Adobe Flash Player, visit the url <a href="http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/">www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/</a> to ensure that the plugin is installed</li>
</ol>
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-65885136411732751552014-03-23T16:32:00.000+00:002014-03-23T16:32:07.442+00:00Install gnome 3 themes on Ubuntu 12.04Recently I upgraded my laptop to <i>Ubuntu 12.04</i>. Its better that the best. :-)</br>
While browsing the net for something I stumbled on a very pleasing UI theme for Ubuntu 12.04. I read along following all the links in the page and got to know much about GNOME 3. The themes collection available for GNOME3 was plenty and beautiful. I installed GNOME3 shell on my Ubuntu and then imported some very nice themes, icons from <i>gnome-look.org</i>.
</br>
<b>GNOME 3</b>
</br>
<span class='code-block'>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell</span>
</br>
<b>Download themes</b></br>
Follow instructions in the theme package about installation, usually the themes are copied to ~/.themes folder, icons are copied to ~/.icons and custom fonts needs to be copied to ~/.fonts.
</br>
</br>
<b>GNOME tweak tool</b></br>
This is a tool used to set the themes for UI. Very useful.</br>
<span class='code-block'>sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool</span>
</br></br>
<b>Note:</b>~/ refers to home directory. i.e., '/home/username/'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-56366144310998369402014-03-23T11:29:00.000+00:002014-03-23T11:32:40.215+00:00Ubuntu 12.04 - Brasero will not copy a DVD to ISOAfter installing Ubuntu 12.04, I wanted to copy a DVD I had. The <i>Select disk to copy</i> list will be blank, no matter how many times I selected the DVD. I had to read through many forums to finally figure out, it is something to do with a bug in Brasero. But, I figured out a workaround.
</br></br>
<span class='highlight'>
<ol>
<li>Insert the disk into the DVD drive</li>
<li>Open Brasero, and select Copy CD/DVD</li>
<li>If the <i>Select disk to copy</i> list is having a value, you may not need to go further reading the post. You are good to go. Proceed to next step if the <i>Select disk to copy</i> is empty. <b>Note:</b>Don't close the <i>Copy CD/DVD</i> dialog.</li>
<li>Right click on the DVD drive that is mounted, and select Eject</li>
<li>Insert the DVD back in the drive</li>
<li>The DVD should be listed in the <i>Select disk to copy</i> list</li>
</ol>
</br>
<b>Note:</b>You may need to install the restricted extras. Please refer my earlier post on how to install these libraries.
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-83350871019164692702014-03-23T11:08:00.001+00:002014-03-23T11:18:42.126+00:00Install restricted extras in Ubuntu 12.04After installing Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop, to unleash some advanced libraries, I installed the restricted extras.</br>
<span class='code-block'>
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
</br>
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
</span>
</br>
I got much of the information from the Ubuntu community help portal at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
</br>
<span class='highlight'><strong>Note:</strong>There will be a <i>Configuring ttf-mscorefonts-installer</i> screen that appears, use the TAB key to navigate to the <strong>ok</strong> button and press ENTER key.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-1665677215631752072014-03-22T10:15:00.001+00:002014-03-22T10:15:40.398+00:00[Solved] Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 - WIFI disconnects after display is offI had installed <i>Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1</i> in my mobile. It is really an awesome OS!</br></br>After installation of the OS in my mobile, I had set the WIFI sleep policy to 'When screen turns off'. The problem I faced because of this setting was when my mobile display was off, WIFI would get disconnected and mobile data connection was switched on automatically; this caused my available mobile data allowance per month to be used, even though there was a WIFI available. </br></br>I totally forgot where I had set this policy. I literally browsed all the settings except, where it could be re-configured! Finally I found where I had set the WIFI sleep policy, and set it back to 'Never'.</br> </br>
<span class='highlight'>
In this post I will provide the steps on how to set the WIFI sleep policy to suit your need.
<ol>
<li>Open Settings</li>
<li>Navigate to Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings</li>
<li>Press the menu button on phone</li>
<li>From the menu, select 'Advanced'</li>
<li>Open 'Wi-Fi sleep policy'</li>
<li>Select the option that suits your need ( I set it to 'Never' )</li>
</ol>
No worries of WIFI disconnect after this setting was enabled.
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-53480008477855637292013-11-16T17:17:00.001+00:002014-03-25T17:14:29.276+00:00Login as root in UbuntuTo open the folders in ROOT user privilege, type the following command in terminal.</br>
<span class='code-block'>sudo nautilus</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-26276378029531028232013-04-14T18:51:00.003+01:002014-03-25T17:13:06.831+00:00Rename all files in a directory - UbuntuType the following command in the terminal</br>
<span class='code-block'>
for i in *; do mv $i "$i.txt"; done
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-27229787721089668952013-04-14T18:51:00.001+01:002013-04-14T18:51:32.122+01:00mv: target `filename' is not a directory This error occurred when I was using mv command. I solved by typing the below line before my mv command.
IFS=$'\n'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-70745068978611536072013-04-14T18:49:00.002+01:002013-04-14T18:49:49.143+01:00Zip all files in a directory - UBUNTU, LINUX using command promptfor i in *; do zip -9 "$i.zip" "$i"; doneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-7014729827452062152013-04-12T19:08:00.002+01:002013-04-12T19:08:53.334+01:00PlayOnLinux error "[FS_Check] Error: The following file is located on a fuse filesystem. It might prevent wine from working"Open the PlayOnLinux console and type the command: POL_Config_Write NO_FSCHECK TRUE</br>
To open the console, select the program in the list, and click <i>configure</i>. Go to <i>Miscellaneous</i> and click <i>Open a shell</i>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-55592803258053797562013-04-10T22:28:00.001+01:002017-01-13T05:05:28.060+00:00Play age of empires in Ubuntu
Install Age of empires from setup.exe, using playonlinux. Target can be a usb drive locate by /media/<usb name>/AOEA
</br>
<p>
After install do the following:
<ol>
<li>Open PlayOnLinux</li>
<li>Click Configure - the wheel symbol</li>
<li>Go to 'Wine' tab</li>
<li>Open the task manager</li>
<li>In the 'Applications' tab, browse to the age of empires exe</li>
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Tip on how to find video card details is available in the url:http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-find-linux-vga-video-card-ram/
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Tweaks can be done:
<ul>
<li>The config file is ~/.PlayOnLinux/shortcuts/Age Of Empires II : The Conquerors</li>
<li>In this file, the working directory will be the directory in the <i>cd</i> command.</li>
<li>POL_Wine <the exe name> -nostartup "$@" is the next line</li>
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PlayOnLinux will expect the exe and the installed folder to be the working directory.
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DBP (David's Batch Processor), is a very useful tool to do batch tasks using Gimp. The repository is available in the <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html">url</a>.
For the source to compile g++ is required. To install, g++ :
Open a terminal, and run the following:
sudo apt-get install libgimp2.0-dev gcc cpp g++
Enter 'y' for all the prompts.
Download dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz to desktop
untar (or unzip) the tgz file using the following command
sudo tar -xvzf /home/[username]/Desktop/dbpSrc-1-1-9.tgz
cd dbp-1.1.9
To build, run the following command
sudo make
To install, run the following command
make install
After installing, open gimp tool. The newly installed batch processes can be found in menu Filters > Batch Process...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-50236702032511340582012-04-12T18:19:00.000+01:002012-04-13T21:25:53.314+01:00HTC Desire Custom ROM Install, Part - 2 [[Root Phone]]<p>
In one of my previous posts "<a href="http://inoteitdown.blogspot.com/2012/03/htc-desire-custom-rom-install-part-1.html">HTC Desire Custom ROM Install, Part - 1 [[Overview]]</a>", I had outlined the different steps, that needs to be done to install a custom ROM, in HTC Desire Android phone(GSM).
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In this post, I will take you through the process of: <b>How to root HTC Desire GSM?</b>
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Rooting means, to get access to the system files, and the system file locations. These system files, are the integral part of our mobile phone, which makes it work the way it works. Example: to show the home screen, respond to user interactions such as tap on the screen etc.
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Before jumping directly into the "topic", I would like to share a word of caution, that <span class='error-box'><i><b>Root</b></i> will void the warranty of the phone, and there is a possibility that, your phone will not respond(aka bricked).</span> My personal opinion on this word of caution is, take the risk, and the reward will be great. I was apprehensive about the whole idea of rooting, which was the first step to install, a custom ROM on my mobile; it took a while for me to finally go for it. Now I am happy, that I did it.
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<b><span class='error-box'>How?</span></b>
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<b>Windows users</b></br>
This section describes the steps that needs to be done, if you are using Windows.
<ol>
<li>Install the <a href="http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install">Unrevoked Android HBOOT Driver</a></li>
<li>Uninstall the HTC Sync</li></br><i>If you haven't had HTC Sync installed on your pc, first install HTC Sync and then uninstall it. Sounds a bit funny? No problem, that is needed</i>
<li>Enable USB Debugging on your Android phone</li>
<li>Run <b><i><a href="http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe">Unrevoked 3.21</a></i></b></br><i>My phone was not rooted, when I used the latest version of Unrevoked, but version 3.21 worked fine</i>
<li>Connect the phone to the computer using an USB cable</li>
<li>The phone will be detected by the Unrevoked 3.21; proceed with the on screen instructions, and <b>the rooting process will be started by the Unrevoked 3.21</b></li>
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<b>Ubuntu users</b></br>
This section describes the steps that needs to be done, if you are using Ubuntu.
<ol>
<li>Enable USB Debugging on your Android phone</li>
<li>Download <a href="http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash.tar.gz">Unrevoked 3.21</a></li>
<li>Extract reflash.tar.gz, to a location and run 'reflash'</br><i>My phone was not rooted when I used the latest version of Unrevoked, but version 3.21 worked fine</i>
<li>Connect the phone to the computer using an USB cable</li>
<li>The phone will be detected by the Unrevoked 3.21; proceed the on screen instructions, and <b>the rooting process will be started by the Unrevoked 3.21</b></li>
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During the process, the phone will be rebooted a number of times, which is normal. <span class='error-box'>One very important thing to keep in mind is: <b>do not touch the phone after the Unrevoked3.21 has started the rooting process</b>.</span>
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The phone will be successfully rooted, when Unrevoked displays the message "Done".
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<p><i>To verify if the phone is rooted, open the application drawer, and look for a new app called 'Superuser Permissions'; if this application is present, it means your phone is rooted.</i> Enjoy!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561617252260716505.post-19689869989320048002012-03-26T12:37:00.002+01:002012-03-26T16:13:59.123+01:00[Solved]: Ubuntu 11.10 wireless very slow in Dell XPS M1530<p>In one of my previous <a href="http://inoteitdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubuntu-1104.html"><u>posts</u></a> about slow internet connection experienced in Ubuntu 11.04, I could not solve the problem and finally I had to downgrade my laptop to Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
<p>Today's post is about slow wireless connection experienced in my <b>Dell XPS M1530</b> laptop after installing <i>Ubuntu 11.10</i> and <span class='error-box'><b>how</b></span> this problem was solved.
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In my laptop I have installed Ubuntu on dual boot, along with Vista SP2. The wireless speed from Vista SP2 was fairly fast (after I manage to open a browser and try to download in Windows after long wait to boot and finally another long wait after double clicking on the browser application). So I concluded, the slow wireless speed in Ubuntu is something to do with the driver of the wireless adapter that is installed. From the information I got from <i>lspci</i> command, I searched for Linux driver for my wireless adapter, but I couldn't find any. Finally I got information about an utility in Ubuntu that allows installation of drivers which are released by the manufacturers for Windows OS. That is brilliant. I gave it a shot and got excellent speed in my WiFi connection. </p>
I am listing below the steps that I followed to fix the wireless problem and get the WiFi connection to full speed on my laptop.
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<li>Downloaded the drivers (.exe files) from dell.com for Windows OS. These driver packages (.exe files) are self extracting zip files, which can be opened and extracted using <i>Archive Manager</i> in Ubuntu</li>
<li>Extract the downloaded drivers</li>
<li>Using '<i>Package Manager</i>', search for '<b>ndisgtk</b>' and install ndisgtk</li>
<li>Open '<b>Wireless Network Drivers</b>', and click '<i>Install New Driver</i>'</li>
<li>Locate the <b>.inf</b> file from the extracted location above and click 'Install'</li>
<li>In the 'Wireless Network Drivers' the driver will be listed with status <i>Hardware Present: Yes</i></li>
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<p>Hope this helps. :-)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0