2 Battery Indicator Ubuntu 11.10

I upgraded my Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. The first few days i was totally disappointed because a lot of the stuff/functionality i'm accustomed to somewhat change in 11.10. The major stuff that bugged me the whole time was i have 2 battery indicator.

I tried a lot of stuff to remove it and almost bonk my system trying. Finally i was able to remove one of the battery indicator. I remembered when i installed 11.04 i re-enabled notification area (systray) by whitelisting all application. So what i did was change whitelist from "all" back to default. Now i only have 1 battery indicator  showing up which is what i really want.

Setting Mime-Types Using Google Code and RapidSVN

I am using Google Code to store some files needed by my blogs. Storing files in Google Code isn't as straight forward as uploading file then hotlinking to the said files. For one thing files uploaded to Google Code is automatically served as a text-plain mime-type. Simply put HTML would simply be just plain text as well as images, and CSS. By Googling i was able to find a site that has the answer on how to store file with the correct mime-type. The site is TechPortal.in. If your using windows you should follow their guide from registering to Google Code and creating a new project. to configuring and using TortoiseSVN to upload files.

Since i'm using Ubuntu/Linux my SVN client is RapidSVN. In order to set the proper mime-type you have to edit subversion's config file using whatever text editor you like mine is gEdit. You can find the config file by going to your home and look for your .subversion folder.

Using gEdit paste the following text at the very end of the file and save the file. Hopefully everything will work out fine.

[miscellany]
enable-auto-props = yes

[auto-props]
# Scriptish formats
*.bat        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn-mine-type=text/plain
*.bsh        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/x-beanshell
*.cgi        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn-mine-type=text/plain
*.cmd        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn-mine-type=text/plain
*.js         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/javascript
*.php        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id Rev Date; svn:mime-type=text/x-php
*.pl         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/x-perl; svn:executable
*.pm         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/x-perl
*.py         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/x-python; svn:executable
*.sh         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/x-sh; svn:executable

# Image formats
*.bmp        = svn:mime-type=image/bmp
*.gif        = svn:mime-type=image/gif
*.ico        = svn:mime-type=image/ico
*.jpeg       = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg
*.jpg        = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg
*.png        = svn:mime-type=image/png
*.tif        = svn:mime-type=image/tiff
*.tiff       = svn:mime-type=image/tiff

# Data formats
*.pdf        = svn:mime-type=application/pdf
*.avi        = svn:mime-type=video/avi
*.doc        = svn:mime-type=application/msword
*.eps        = svn:mime-type=application/postscript
*.gz         = svn:mime-type=application/gzip
*.mov        = svn:mime-type=video/quicktime
*.mp3        = svn:mime-type=audio/mpeg
*.ppt        = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
*.ps         = svn:mime-type=application/postscript
*.psd        = svn:mime-type=application/photoshop
*.rtf        = svn:mime-type=text/rtf
*.swf        = svn:mime-type=application/x-shockwave-flash
*.tgz        = svn:mime-type=application/gzip
*.wav        = svn:mime-type=audio/wav
*.xls        = svn:mime-type=application/vnd.ms-excel
*.zip        = svn:mime-type=application/zip

# Text formats
.htaccess    = svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.css        = svn:mime-type=text/css
*.dtd        = svn:mime-type=text/xml
*.html       = svn:mime-type=text/html
*.ini        = svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.sql        = svn:mime-type=text/x-sql
*.txt        = svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.xhtml      = svn:mime-type=text/xhtml+xml
*.xml        = svn:mime-type=text/xml
*.xsd        = svn:mime-type=text/xml
*.xsl        = svn:mime-type=text/xml
*.xslt       = svn:mime-type=text/xml
*.xul        = svn:mime-type=text/xul
*.yml        = svn:mime-type=text/plain

CHANGES      = svn:mime-type=text/plain

COPYING      = svn:mime-type=text/plain

INSTALL      = svn:mime-type=text/plain

Makefile*    = svn:mime-type=text/plain

README       = svn:mime-type=text/plain

TODO         = svn:mime-type=text/plain

# Code formats
*.c          = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.cpp        = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.h          = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.java       = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.as         = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain
*.mxml       = svn:eol-style=native; svn:keywords=Id; svn:mime-type=text/plain

Source: [Techportal.in]

Portable Apps

I have been using portable apps for quite sometime now ever since i discovered www.portableapps.com. I have been using Portableapps'  Firefox 4 portable for quite sometime now. Aside from firefox here are some of the applications i use:

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web browser that's safe and secure
Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client
Skype Portable (Freeware) - instant messaging, video chat and phone calls
µTorrent Portable (Freeware) - lightweight bittorrent client
VLC Media Player Portable - Aeasy to use media player that plays many formats
LibreOffice Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with excellent compatibility
PeaZip Portable - Easy to use file archiver and compressor

An alterntive to Portableapps.com is Portablefreeware.com. Couple of days ago i discovered that there is also a linux version of Portableapps.com and its call Portablelinuxapps.org. Currently using Portablelinuxapps' Portable SMPlayer thats the only application i'm using right now. Using portable apps in linux reminds me of Klik when i was still using Knoppix.

APTonCD Load Button Not Working

One of my favorite apps in Linux is APTonCD. APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers. APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all of your .deb packages located in one especific repository, so that you can install them into your computers without the need for an internet connection. As qouted from its official website aptoncd.sourceforge.net.

I'm using APTonCD in Ubuntu 10.10. My problem is the APTonCD version that is available thru the Ubuntu Software Center is broken. You can backup APT packages but you can't restore it. Downloading the latest file from the website is futile since the download page has "the project has no file" in it. Search high and low for the answer but couldn't find one. So i did the next best thing and that is download an older version. APTonCD's website is a no go since there isn't a file to be found old or new. So i search google using "index of aptoncd" as the keyword and voila found some directories containing old vesions of APTonCD. I used securehost.com/mirror/debian/pool/main/a/aptoncd and downloaded aptoncd_0.1-1.2_all.deb. Installed it without a hitch, fired up the application and it work on Ubuntu 10.10 perfectly. I was able to load and restore 400mb worth of updates.

Now I do hope they fix the current APTonCD but until then i'm sticking with the old one.

Brandless Notebook from China

I got this notebook as a present of sort from a friend who bought a bunch of these Chinese notebook for his business. He gave me one and told me if i fix it its mine. So after the Christmas rush, after sending out the last orders from my online store i went about fixing this thing. The problem was very simple the power cord/charger needs replacing. Since this is a brandless notebook i couldn't find the supplier here to replace the charger. So the next best thing to do is get a charger from a different brand with the same specs. I was able to find a HP charger with the same specs and now i am able to charge and turn on the notebook... yey! At first the OS didn't load but a couple more tinkering with the BIOS i was able to load the Chinese version of windows XP. And since i don't know Chinese i nuke the OS and installed Ubuntu 10.10. Now i have a new notebook. The only thing to gripe about is the measly 2 cell battery that i can't replace. But hey its a free notebook who am i to complain. :)

Specs i gathered using Hardinfo in Ubuntu.

Intel Atom N280
Intel Graphic 945GM/943/940GML Express Chipset
Intel HDA Audio
1gig DDR2 Ram
Samsung 160gig HD
12.1 Screen with 1366x768 resolution
Realtek Wireless RTL8187SE
1.3 Megapixel Builtin Webcam
2 cell LION Battery

Ubuntu 9.10 + Nvidia Driver = Black Screen of Death

I got this howto from brainyautomation.com last year. This is what i used whenever i reinstall Ubuntu on my Dell laptop. This still works even for Ubuntu 9.10 (for my laptop that is).

reboot and select the "recovery mode" kernel and then do this or if your like me i removed my boot screen so a recovery mode is out of the question. What you do is start ubuntu up to the blank screen. press ctrl + shift F4 or any F keys except F7. you will be prompted to enter your login and password and once logged in do the steps below:

nano -w /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc


# add this to the end of the file options nvidia NVreg_SoftEDIDs=0 NVreg_Mobile=0

save file and then reboot and your done. hope this helps

Remind Myself Edition: Remember Authentication Mounted Drive in Ubuntu 9.10

It seems authentication for mounted drive isn't the same as before. Old version let you save the authentication for a mounted  drive. In Karmic there is none, dunno why they removed it. Anyhoot  luckily somebody posted a howto on the said topic.

Open terminal and type the following:

sudo gedit /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.policy

Look for the action id:

org.freedesktop.devicekit.disks.filesystem-mount-system-internal

Within that action id look for the line:

<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>


and replace it with:

<allow_active>yes</allow_active>

save file and your done.

Remind Myself Edition: Disable Ubuntu's Annoying Update Manager Popup

I just installed the latest version of Ubuntu which is 9.10 Karmic Koala. Everything installed correctly but there is this one big annoyance and that is the update manager which continously popup even though i minimize it and stuff. I have to google for the answer on how to stop it. This post is just basically to remind me on how to disable the popup.

Open gconf-editor via Terminal, browse down to Apps -> Update Notifier, and uncheck the auto_launch option to stop Update Manager from popping-up.

Testing Offline Blogging in Linux

This post is done by using a offline blogging tool name BloGTK. I have tested a couple of this blogging tool for 2 weeks now and it's seems BloGTK is the right tool for my need.

Firefox + Simple Mail + GMail + YPops!

I like gmail and when i say i like gmail i really really mean it! I check my email everyday, every few minutes. So when then news about Gmail security flaws (which where later rebutted by the GMail team) i got somewhat scared... ok i was really really frightened by it. So what i did was i returned to using email clients. I figured that by using email clients it would lessen the chance of a malicious site inserting its filter on my precious gmail account.

I just wanted a simple email client, I don't need those hulking email clients like Thunderbird. Then i remembered reading about a firefox extension that acts as a email client. It's called Simple Mail from the name itself it is a very simple client so don't expect to much from it. Simple mail can access Pop and Imap accounts. It can notify you of new messages. It has an address book. Its three-paned view layout is again pretty simple.  Setting it up to access gmail is pretty straight forward.

Since i'm using simple mail now to access my email i might as well read my yahoomail through simple mail. In order to do this  i have to download and install YPops!. What is Ypops!? "YPops is more like a gateway. It provides a POP3 server interface at o­ne end to talk to email clients and an HTTP client (browser) interface at the other which allows it to talk to Yahoo! The same concept holds good for SMTP as well."

Once installed, setup simple mail to access YPops and your done.


Download:
Simple Mail [addons.mozilla.org]
YPOPS! for Ubuntu [t_skariah]

Filezilla Password Recover

I use Filezilla extensively using both Linux and windows versions. Recently i needed to recover a password for an FTP account i haven't used for quite sometime now.

Normally this wouldn't be a problem if your using Filezilla 3 as this version no longer uses encryption. Just export your settings and opening up the XML file with your favorite text editor and it will show you your password as clear as day. I could just import the old xml file but i don't want to mess up my site manager for just 1 account like what happened to me before.

Searching for a password recovery tool for Filezilla showed me a bunch of windows only and not free applications. I found one free application FileZilla Password Recover but again its for windows only but its just over 150kb so what the heck i downloaded it run it through wine, paste in the password hash from the old XML file and voila! it worked! It's as simple as that.

Download Filezilla Password Recover [ www.devpro.it/filezilla_pr]

Mouse drift on a Dell laptop

I installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron on a Dell C840 laptop for the first few days my mouse keep sticking to the sides. I had this same problem when running XP but i can disable the trackpad via control panel and via going into BIOS to stop the drifting. In Ubuntu i tried disabling it via System > Preferences > Touchpad but it didn't work. I also installed the Synaptics Driver for the touchpad but still no go.

I was about to give up when then it hit me, going into the BIOS, under pointing device the setting should be "PS/2-Touchpad" to "PS/2". This disables the trackpad and the trackpoint when a PS/2 mouse is plugged... the key word here is the "PS/2 mouse" and at that time i was using a USB mouse. So i change my mouse to a PS/2 mouse and voila! the drifting is gone. I'm not really sure if this is the cure for this problem but it worked for me.

Finally if it still doesn't work for you then i suggest you go to gimbo.org.uk and read his post on Fixing mouse drift on a Dell Latitude C600 with a Sledgehammer.

Sources:
Disable trackpad via BIOS [Ohad's Blog]

Old CDs Inside The Chinese Jar

I was cleaning out our attic when i stumble upon my old Chinese Jar where I usually store my old cds. It has lots of cds iburn from softwares to video to mp3s and a lot of Linux CDs. Here are some notable cds i found...


A linux magazine cd wherein i get to try mozilla 0.9 and gnome 1.4(using slackware).


Next is Corel linux which is Debian base and uses KDE. I used this for quite some time before shifting to Lycoris Desktop/LX


BeOS this one is just something i wanted to try out after hearing it from one of leo laporte show(not sure if its call for help or the screensavers).


I'll post some more pics especially linux cds that i used through the years.

My Ubuntu

I have been using Ubuntu for the past 3 months now (linux for 10 years) and i like it lot. Here is a screenshot of my Ubuntu desktop.

Knoppix Button

Knoppix Small Button by 1ijack



Linking to Knopper.net

Link to knopper.net/knoppix with this buttons by using the following code (XHTML):

<a href="http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7B-QMxpNK1uPwIllz6hmZyPw9thR3K2WnlnJmMRJmqq-yblgUQbmRkD0N_lnnmLm_lCyiAlIRBYrAC8QIUTDuCOHJ1Q42u6GR0QGl90m-F5E0ybIxEskQuzsl4I_6JnwTkhw/s1600-h/get-knoppix.jpg" alt="Get Knoppix" height="15" width="80" /></a>

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Knoppix 5.0.1 is here Woohoo!!!

I'm Downloading Knoppix 5.0.1 CD version right now and I'm so excited to try it out. Let me post some of the new goodies that comes with this new version of knoppix..

* V5.0.1-2006-06-01
- Current Debian/sid snapshot
- Kernel 2.6.17-rc*git*
- Removed XFree86 in favour of Xorg Version 7.0
- Detection of onboard IDE-Raid Controllers and raid disk components
- udev+hwsetup for automatic hardware detection
- OpenOffice 2.0.2 (german+english)
- Replaced Mozilla by Firefox+Thunderbird
- KDE 3.5.2 with HAL support for removable media
- Updated unionfs to 20060221
- cloop 2.04 with ringbuffer (performance)
- limited but safe transparent write access for NTFS partitions (libntfs+fuse)
- new knoppix-installer now also with the possibility to update existing installations of Knoppix
- [DVD] Gnome 2.12 update
- [CD] because of space reasons :-( , removed chromium, enigma, KDE-helpfiles, ruby, bison and some
other development-related packages (we still have JAVA and C/C++, Perl, Python and PHP on the CD, in
order to have an easy to set up LAMP system).

you can download it at Knopper.net or knoppix.net.
I have been waiting for this for so long and now its here... now if only I can boost by Bt download speed to 700mb per second that would make it perfect.

Tux Magazine

TUX is the first and only magazine for the new Linux user and is dedicated to promoting and simplifying the use of Linux on the desktop. Each issue of TUX is delivered digitally as an easy to read PDF.

Tux is just one of the two downloadable magazine I read. I like reading Tux cause their articles are useful and easy to understand which is good for newbies and experts alike. Mango Parfait's column is funny with her bubble-headedness which a lot of people hated her for being that but for me in the end she still gives out helpful tips to us linux users. Another notable thing about Tux is the use of landscape for viewing the magazine its really a nice touch it makes it easy on the eye. Subscribe now and have a blast reading this awesome mag.


Categorized: _Web | _Linux

KBFX and My New Debian Chopper Wallpaper

I installed the latest release of KBFX which is 0.4.9.1 last Monday and I just love it! What is KBFX you say well I'll let the developers answer that:

KBFX is an alternative to the classical K-Menu button and it's menu. It improves the user experience by enabling the user to set a bigger (and thus more visible) start button and by finally replacing the Win95-like K-Menu. But if you still want the old menu, because you're used to it, it is still available as an option in kbfx. We recommend, however, that you give the Spinx bar a try.

The install wasn't as clean as i would like it to be. The problem is not with KBFX but with my system as I stated before I'm running a poor man's install of Knoppix 4.0.2 thus I'm having problems configuring some of the applications I wanted to run.

I tried to install it using make configure but it's a no go so next step is to install by using the kubuntu breezy package and voila it installed... sorta. It gave out a dependency error, I'm missing kdelibs4c2. Even though it gave out an error it still installed and ran. Although KBFX is running I can't customize it the way I want, like I can't use my custom launch button although the default button is nice its doesn't go with my grey desktop theme and I can't also use the nookie theme for KBFX. The KBFX configurator just won't accept anything I put in. So what I did is renamed the nookie folder to default and copied it to /UNIONFS/usr/share/apps/kbfx/skins. After that I renamed and copied over my custom launch button to /UNIONFS/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/actions and thats it, as you can see from the screenshots its working pretty dang good.

I created a new wallpaper and as usual I'm using choppers as my main theme. [Download 1024x768]

Categorized: _Knoppix | _Linux

Debian Chopper

A couple days ago I uploaded a wallpaper I made for my Knoppix desktop over at kde-look.org and it's kinda cool to know that people are downloading it and using it as a wallpaper on their desktop. The original version of this wallpaper can be found here the only difference is that the original has the word knoppix near the bottom. I used GIMP and Macromedia Fireworks to create the wallpaper. I used GIMP when I'm at home and Fireworks at the office and yes virginia I'm using windows xp at the office).

The strange character that you see before the copyright is basically my last name written in a old filipino script called baybay also known as alibata. To know more about baybayin/alibata visit www.eaglescorner.com/baybayin/.


Categorized: _Knoppix | _Linux | _Photos

Knoppix 5 is Here!!!

Yehey!!! The so awaited version 5 of Knoppix has been introduced in Cebit 2006. Finally eh?

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Categorized: _Knoppix | _Klik | _Linux