I have upgraded Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 in the dev branch some things aren't working. I installed the latest openoffice from OpenOffice.org and it wouldn't install using the provided java installer and when I installed it using the deb download it couldn't find Java....
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Delete a pppoe connection in Ubuntu
I swapped from a bridge adsl modem setup (the connection is defined and terminates as ppp0 on my Linux box) to a ADSL Router setup where the username and password is in the ADSL Router itself. The problem was that my Linux box still had the pppoe connection defined...
A very cool article about lsof
http://dmiessler.com/study/lsof/
Rotating a document using pdftk
I have in the past used Ghostscript to rotate PDFs however this time I used a utility call pdftk On Ubuntu 7.10 it is easily installed using the command: sudo apt-get install pdftk To rotate a pdf 90 degrees to the right (the entire document in this example) you run...
Printing PDF documents from QCAD and Ubuntu Linux 7.10
I use an excellent open source CAD package QCAD which I pay about 49$ P.A. to have the latest version for both Linux (home) and Windows (work). Under Linux it can export as high quality PDF using the "File ==> PDF Export" function but the size of the PDF is quite...
Ubuntu 7.10 – NetworkManager OpenVPN control only works in “Roaming Mode”
I have a workstation with a fixed IP address. I also from time to time connect to a PPTP VPN tunnel and a OpenVPN tunnel. NetworkManager (nm-applet) in Ubuntu has the ability to connect to both types of tunnel. However this only works when the eth0 interface is in...
The Relentless March of technology – Linux is now partying like it’s 1999
I sit here writing a blog entry on a Ubuntu 7.10 box. I have a 3GHz CPU 200+ GB of Hard disk space and a 19" monitor. I haven't used computers all through my life. I started in earnest in 1999 (I was 26) finally deciding that I should use the Grey Matter I was given...
OpenVPN has a GUI – openvpn-admin
I just discovered openvpn-admin a mono based GUI application for controlling connection and configuration of the openvpn ssl vpn package (which rocks btw). It's available from Sourceforge. One thing I found was it needs to be run as root however it's annoying to have...
Fedora / Ubuntu fstab differences
If you're used to the traditional /dev/hdXX format the new Fedora/Ubuntu fstab entries may throw you. Ubuntu uses UUID* which is found / set by using the vol_id utility vol_id -u /dev/sda2 a0584727-1c8b-48df-867b-9e3b5a453ff7 The Ubuntu fstab entry for the /dev/sda2...
Location of vmware-any-any patch
The fix download the latest vmware-any-any patch and untar it and run the runme.pl script.
Using Knoppix and ntfsresize to enlarge a Windows XP partition
The following is useful if you have say a 10GB C: drive and it's on a larger Hard Disk and you would like to enlarge it. I don't go into the nitty gritty of using fdisk under Linux so it might be a bit abreviated if you're a newbie. Boot from Knoppix CD Once booted...
Gimp 2.4.0 is Out
Just installed it under Windows XP. Seems a lot more friendly as far as the interface goes. A good preview is located here
Changing Gnomes annoying multi-window file browse behaviour
If you don't like to open a new window (spatial mode) for each sub folder you open. Then the following change stops that behaviour and gives you the "Gnome File Browser" instead of that annoying little window (presentation mode). Open the Gnome File Browser and then...
Fedora 7 – HP PSC 1610 and Xsane
I discovered you have to install hplip to getting scanning working but there are also a few dependencies that it doesn't automagically install so you need yum install hplip PyQT hplip-gui then you run /sbin/service hplip start then the setup program...
Corrupted USB Key Restoration Under GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 7.04)
Recover data from a corrupted USB Key
Fedora 7 – Amavisd Fails to Start
Nov 03 2007 Update - Amavisd again failed to start after an update same error again. This resolved the problem. I just did an yum update to Fedora 7 and rebooted seems that amavisd wasn't starting the complaint was about Compress::Zlib not loading. Long story short...
How to tell what version of Ubuntu you are running
Here are a couple of methods to determine which version of Ubuntu you are running: The contents of file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html has the "Welcome to " information. In my case that is "Welcome to Xubuntu 7.04!". The version number equates to what...
Compiling xfburn on Fedora 7
Fedora sevens xfce4 package is a steaming pile of incompleteness. Here are very rough steps to getting xfburn going. wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libburn-1/libburn-0.3.2.tar.bz2 wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libisofs-1/libisofs-0.2.4.tar.bz2 do...