Moving the site

I moved my blogging to a new wordpress site...

http://importgeek.wordpress.com/

Get iso support in Brasero disc burner

I felt sometimes that brasero disc burner is behaving odd......its doesnt support the iso format so i was unable to copy disc images in iso format....i fixed this issue by installing a package it can be installed by issuing the below command

command:

apt-get install brasero-cdrkit

How to connect two linux machines via ethernet cable

Assume :

• Computer A has ip address 192.168.0.1
• Computer B has ip address 192.168.0.2

On Computer A:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
/sbin/route add -host 192.168.0.2 eth0

On Computer B:
 

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
/sbin/route add -host 192.168.0.1 eth0

Now on Computer A you should be able to ping Computer B:

ping 192.168.0.2

and must be able to do viceversa........  :)

Enabling Compiz Fusion in Debian Squeeze and Solving the Move window problem after enabling

To enable compiz fusion in Debian Squeeze i followed the method illustrated in How to Forge site...

Link : http://www.howtoforge.com/enabling-compiz-fusion-on-a-debian-squeeze-desktop-nvidia-geforce-8200

But after doing this my title bars dissappeared and i couldnt drang windows by clicking on the titlebar..

To fix this issue got compiz settings manager "Window Decoration "  in "Effects" Section and also enable "Move Window" option in "Window Management"

How to get tab completion in bash if its not working by default

In Debian Squeeze bash doesn't support tab completion in terminal by default...this can be accomplished by a small hack...first we need to edit a file..

vim /etc/bash.bashrc

 By deafult these lines will be commented uncomment them by removing the #

# enable bash completion in interactive shells
#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
#    . /etc/bash_completion
#fi

Save the file after done withyour editing do a restart...now the bash support tab completion.........

How to audio ,video and flash plugins in open suse via command line

the package manager in open suse is a crappy one so always prefer the command line way to install all the codecs else it will eat up all your bandwidth here instead of apt-get install in ubuntu we use zypper install

zypper addrepo -f http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/11.3 packman

zypper addrepo -f http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3 dvd

zypper install libxine1-codecs k3b-codecs ffmpeg lame libdvdcss w32codec-all

zypper install flash-player

 

 

 

How to get sudo privilage in debian lenny

Normally in debian lenny we can use only su to become the root ifwe nee to use the sudo power then we have to edit the /etc/sudoers file
first become root by using su

ganesh@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/ganesh# visudo

Now add the username to the list..
ganesh  ALL=(ALL) ALL

am attaching the scrrenshots

How to make your own custom dist or custom ubuntu

I made a custom ubuntu distribution(ubuntu 10.04) with all these packages for electronics and electrical students  with all these packages installed in it....

1. texmaker
   kile
   lyx
   scipy
   numpy
   sympy
   gap
   maxima
   gnuplot
   xfig
   dr.geo
   scilab
   ocatve
   qtoctave
   Rkwrd(gnu r)
   emacs
   labplot
   electric-electrical cad
   gnusim8085
   gpsim
   gresistor
   gwave
   kicad
   ktechlab
   qucs
   piklab
   avrdude
   simulavr
   ngspice
   geany
   grass
   splat
   bluefish editor
   emu8051
   eric
   geda-gschem
   gperiodic
   Sagemath
   Geogebra

I used Remastersys backup tool for this ......
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
Its is simple for beginners to use the gui and for experienced users can use thecommand line you can akso take the backup including the userdata by using remastersys

Remastersys can be found in synaptic after adding this line in /etc/apt/sources.lst
# Remastersys
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/

How to fix apache the problem i faced!!!!!!!!

While trying ti install moinmoin a python based wiki engine i faced a weird problem with apache server after installtion when i tried to restart apaches it displayed a n error like this.....

* Restarting web server apache2                                                                               apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
 ... waiting ..apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

This is how i solved the problem.....


ganesh@linux:~$ sudo kate /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

am now using kubuntu so i used kate as text editor instead of kate u can use gedit,vi etc

By default httpd.conf file will be blank. Now, simply add the following line to the file.
ServerName localhost
Save and exit the text editor
Now restart the apache using the command

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

my screenshots are given below discard the errors shown while opening the file with kate k....

Happy Hacking.............

How to get Desktop zoom in ubuntu similar to Mac

Get compiz fusion installed in your system...Enable Enhanced Desktop zoom effect...chenage hotkeys according to your like i configured so that ctrl+mousebutton1 gives zoom in and shft+mousebutton1 gives me zoom out......

Select compiz settings manager and enable enhanced desktop zoom

select the hotkeys

 The above picture shows desktop before zooming.....

This is after zooming....

Enjoy....Happy Hacking....