Sang en Ubuntu

Removing Bluesoleil toolbar from outlook!

2009-04-08T08:44:00.004+02:00

I am using the Bluesoleil software and every time I open Outlook, the toolbar is there, even if I try and remove the toolbar from outlook, it is back the next time I open the program,

I found this on GSM Forum, thanks to that soul!

Go to start -> run, and paste this to remove the addin!

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\IVT Corporation\BlueSoleil\outlookAddin.dll

Worked for me!

Huawei E220 Modem in Gutsy!

2007-11-16T03:40:00.000+01:00

Hi,

I recently got a E220 Vodafone modem and this is how i got it to work (thanks to our friend google)

Here is where i got helped...

Install the vodafone-mobile-connect-driver-for-linux which you can download here
I used Gutsy, so I downloaded the appropriate driver.

then for vodacom south africa, go to the settings and make:

apn host: internet
and make sure that you do not use DNS settings, just disable the check box.

and connect... this should work, it did for me.

cheers.

Make an ISO Image

2007-06-23T01:55:00.000+02:00

To make an ISO from your CD/DVD, place the media in your drive but do not mount it. If it automounts, unmount it.

dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso # for dvd
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso # for cdrom
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.iso # if cdrom is scsi

To make an ISO from files on your hard drive, create a directory which holds the files you want. Then use the mkisofs command.

mkisofs -o /tmp/cd.iso /tmp/directory/

This results in a file called cd.iso in folder /tmp which contains all the files and directories in /tmp/directory/.

For more info, see the man pages for mkisofs, losetup, and dd, or see the CD-Writing-HOWTO at http://www.tldp.org

Samsung ML 1610 in UBUNTU

2007-06-21T03:30:00.000+02:00

I tried the Printer drivers from the samsung site and it did not work for everything... Now, i have found another site that writes drivers for samsung printiers. I installed and now it works like a charm... until now.. I know it may change anytime :-)
SPL driver for UNIX
Cheers

Travel Buddy contries visited

2007-06-12T00:10:00.000+02:00

TravelBuddy - interresting

Ripping DVDs and Subtitles with mplayer

2007-06-11T07:23:00.001+02:00

Ok, so mplayer has many features, not just watching but also converting and extracting etc.

I found this thread in the ubuntuforums and seems great.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=273635&highlight=extract+subtitles

Here are some of the commands:

1. Install needed applications

sudo apt-get install mplayer mencoder normalize-audio vorbis-tools mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui gpac x264-bin

2. Rip DVD to harddisk

mplayer dvd://1 -v -dumpstream -dumpfile title.vob

* 1 is the stream you want to rip.

3. Subtitles

In order to determine which subtitles are available on your DVD run the following command

mplayer dvd:// -v -vo null -ao null | grep "subtitle"

3.1 Rip subtitles

mencoder dvd://1 -nosound -ovc frameno -o /dev/null -slang en -vobsubout title

* 1 is the stream we extract the subs from
* slang is the desired language (en, de, fr, etc.)
* title is the basename of the vobsub files, in this case title.idx and title.sub

4. Audio

In order to determine which audio tracks are available on your DVD run the following command

mplayer dvd:// -v | grep "audio stream"

In case you want to keep the original AC3 audio step forward to 4.4.

4.1 Convert audio to PCM

mplayer title.vob -ao pcm:file=audio1.wav -vc dummy -aid 128 -vo null

* title.vob is the stream we already ripped in step 2
* audio1.wav is the name of the resulting PCM file
* -aid 128 chooses the first audio track

If you would like to rip another audio track (e.g. commentary or different language) repeat the above with the next track number (-aid 129 would be the second track) and save as audio2.wav.

4.2 Normalize audio

normalize-audio audio1.wav

Repeat on audio2.wav etc. if you have more than one audio track.

4.3 Encode audio into Ogg Vorbis

oggenc -q5 audio1.wav

* -q5 is the desired quality of the first track.

Trying out wengovisio

2007-06-02T01:56:00.000+02:00

Ok here we go... wengovisio to chat from this site...

WengoVisio

and if it does not work.. try this link :
http://www.rootshell.be/~cvm/wengovisio.htm

Bluetooth in ubuntu

2007-04-26T04:39:00.002+02:00

Pues nada, aqui comento como utilizar bluetooth en ubuntu. Comento el caso para un movil nokia N70 pero es similar para cualquier otro modelo.

Lo primero tener instaladas las utilidades:

sudo apt-get install bluez-utils gnome-bluetooth

En mi caso mi placa no lleva soporte de bluetooth asi que compre un llavero USB que me lo proporciona. Conecto la llave usb y como root ejecuto los siguientes comandos.

/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Con esto fuerzo a que se reinicien los servicios de bluetooth.

#hier gekry:
#http://ubuntulife.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/bluetooth-en-ubuntu/

wlan nm-applet

2007-04-23T06:16:00.000+02:00

Edit the file
/etc/network/interfaces
in order to make network-manager look for connections.

convert mp4 to mpg video...

2007-03-24T06:13:00.000+01:00

With mencoder...

mencoder 13112006031.mp4 -ovc lavc -vf scale=352:288 -oac lavc -o outpotmenc.mpg

avi to vcd...

2006-11-22T10:36:00.001+01:00

commandline ofcourse...

first, use ffmpeg to convert the .avi to a vcd .mpg

ffmpeg -i file.avi -target vcd out.mpg
//this will create the vcd .mpeg

second, use vcdimager to convert the .mpg file to a .cue and .bin file

get openoffice.org !

2006-11-21T09:36:00.000+01:00

mount .iso files

2006-11-11T09:26:00.000+01:00

First, if you do not have a .iso ... say a .bin that you want to mount...

use bchunk to make the .iso file. Then mount the .iso file:

Make sure you have a directory where you want to mount the ISO. I used /media/iso

sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 your_file.iso /media/iso

to unmount:

sudo umount /media/iso

Here is a nautils script to mount and unmount:

MOUNT ISO FILES:

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in `echo $*`
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for root terminal
access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 $I /media/ISO
done
done
exit0

UMOUNT ISO FILES:

#!/bin/bash
#
for I in `echo $*`
do
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for root terminal
access" /bin/echo "got r00t?"`
sudo umount $I
done
done
exit0

midi and pdf embedded in firefox in ubuntu edgy

2006-10-29T03:09:00.000+01:00

Trouble Listning to .mid files in firefox using Edgy Ubuntu?

sudo apt-get install timidity mozplugger

got it from here:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1376401

converting vcd to avi !!!

2006-10-15T06:39:00.000+02:00

using mencoder... directly form vcd... rip into avi..

mencoder vcd://2 -o file.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000

That is if the movie is the second (2) track on the vcd.

then the file.avi can be re-encoded if wanted!

capture webcam in VLC media player

2006-10-15T00:36:00.000+02:00

With dapper i tried this ... it was posted on the ubuntuforums, and it worked for me...
con: you can not see yourself while recording...

Do this:

Connect your webcam.

Open VLC
File--> OPen capture device
Go to Video4Linux tab
Specify your video device name (mine was /dev/video0)
(My webcam audio doesn't work, so I left audio device as it is)
Norm: Automatic

Check "stream output" box
Click settings
Specify a filename (make sure you have write permissions there - usually a file on desktop or home directory is the best bet)
Unselect "dump raw input" (it must reamain empty)
Encapsulation method: MPEG1
Video codec: mp1v
Audio codec: mpga
"select all elementary streams" should remain empty.

Press OK

Press OK

Now press PLAY button on VLC.
The video should start recording. You can check this while VLC is recording video by right clicking on the recording file and selecting properties (it will show increasing file size).

Notes:
1. You can do an HTTP streaming by a similar method you are able to capture to a file.
2. Powerusers:
Media resource locator:
v4l:// :v4l-vdev="/dev/video0" :v4l-adev="/dev/dsp" :v4l-norm=3 :v4l-frequency=-1
Destination target:
:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp1v,vb=1024,scale=1}:dupl icate{dst=std{access=file,mux=mpeg1,url="FULL PATH NAME HERE"}}

GPG key in source list...

2006-10-08T01:12:00.000+02:00

When a repository in this list has a GPG key, you may need to add that to the APT trusted keys. You can do this with the following commands (replace KEY with the key ID)

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

It worked for me when a repository was asking for a gpg key...

PAC perl audio converter

2006-09-26T08:55:00.000+02:00

baie oulike klein converter...

het baie gehelp om .ape na .ietsanders toe om te wandel.

pacpl --apetomp3 -d /home/music/whatever

--recursive werk ook lekr.

ciao

m4a to mp3 using 'faad' and 'lame'

2006-09-25T08:41:00.000+02:00

Ok, i looked around for a scrypt to do this and the mplayer codec did not want to work right away for me... i had to install faad...

& sudo apt -get install faad

and then use this scrypte and save it as something like m4a2mp3.sh and execute like this...

& ./m4a2mp3.sh

(all the files in the dir will be converted to wav...

# m4a to mp3
for i in *.m4a
do
faad "$i"
x=`echo "$i"|sed -e 's/.m4a/.wav/'`
y=`echo "$i"|sed -e 's/.m4a/.mp3/'`
lame -h -b 192 "$x" "$y"
rm "$x"
done

Gebruik Ekiga met n VoipBuster 'account'

2006-09-18T02:04:00.000+02:00

Goed, installeer ekiga natuurlik, dit is gewoonlik in die ubuntu repositories...

$ sudo apt-get install ekiga

Add dan by Ekiga n account en gebruik die volgende data van
Voipbuster:

Acc. Name: Voipbuster
Register: sip1.voipbuster.com
User: YourVoipbusterUser
Pass: yourpass Auth.
User: YourVoipBusterAgain
Reign/Domain: voipbuster.com
Time: 3600

Om te Bel, gebruik net die volgende:

InternationalPhoneNumber@sip1.voipbuster.com

Daar het jy dit.

Ciao

Ubuntu Plakkers!

2006-09-16T09:27:00.000+02:00

Sjoe, mens kan glo nou verniet Ubuntu Plakkers vir jou Rekenaar bestel,

Stuur net n selfgeadreseerde koevert aan

United Kingdom

The Linux Emporium
Bridge House
17a Maybrook Road
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham
B76 1AL UK

of watookal vir jou die naaste is!
Kyk by:
http://www.system76.com/

How to connect to the internet with a N70 in Ubuntu!

2006-09-16T09:23:00.000+02:00

Process

Step 1: Plug the data cable into your mobile phone and into your computer. Then see whether it was recognised by the kernel.

tail /var/log/messages

Should result in something like the following output:

localhost kernel: [4295346.417000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address3
localhost kernel: [4295348.125000] cdc_acm 1-1:1.8: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
localhost kernel: [4295348.133000] usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm
localhost kernel: [4295348.133000] drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters

According to this output, the kernel driver being used is cdc-acm (you don't need to know that, but it may be useful for other applications). We can deduce from the second line that linux can see the device at /dev/ttyACM0 - this you will need to know.

Step 2: Configure Ubuntu to be able to communicate with your phone and use it to connect to the Internet.

Install ppp (handles modems and dialing) if it's not installed already:

sudo apt-get install ppp

You will need to create a configuration file that tells Ubuntu how to handle communication with the phone. If you prefer using a graphical text editor, replace "vi" in this and the following steps with "gedit". The files should be empty to start with.

sudo vi /etc/ppp/peers/mobile

Enter the following text:

Code:

debug
noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/mobile"
usepeerdns
/dev/ttyACM0 115200
defaultroute
crtscts
lcp-echo-failure 0

If the /var/log/messages output above showed something other than ttyACM0, substitute that in the above code.

Ubuntu will need to send some commands to your phone to tell it to connect to the Internet. These commands are stored in a chat script, and are sent when you try to connect.

sudo vi /etc/chatscripts/mobile

Enter the following text:

Code:

TIMEOUT 35
ECHO    ON
ABORT   '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT   '\nERROR\r'
ABORT   '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT   '\nNO CARRIER\r'
ABORT   '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
ABORT   '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
''      \rAT
OK      'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","INTERNET"'
OK      ATD*99***1#
CONNECT ""

You also need to be registered to use the modem connection. You are probably registered already, but this should take care of it if you're not (using your Ubuntu login name):

sudo adduser your-username-here dialout

If you can connect to the Internet on your phone (without your computer), the configuration scripts above should work. If not, look around in the links given below and see whether you can resolve the problem. The most likely points of failure are the 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","INTERNET"' and ATD*99***1# sections.

Specifically where I have set "INTERNET" above, may well be different in your case. This is the Access Point Name (APN). It can (probably) be found in your phone's settings - I can get to it through the following path on my phone: Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Access Points. From there choose the access point you use to connect to the Internet (most probably the first one on the list). One of the settings there is "Access point name". Substitute what it says there where I have put "INTERNET" above.

Step 3: You should now be ready to connect. To dial, use the "pon" command, and to disconnect, use the "poff" command.

pon mobile
poff mobile

Whatever messages are communicated between Ubuntu and your phone, should show up in /var/log/syslog. The easiest way to see what's happening in the process is to open another terminal and use the following command before connecting with the commands above:

tail -f /var/log/syslog

Whatever messages are written to the log, will now be displayed on your terminal "live".

Useful Commands

Code:

tail /var/log/messages
lsusb
pon
poff
tail -f /var/log/syslog

External Resources

Hotmail deur Evolution te gebruik!

2006-09-12T10:34:00.000+02:00

Hi daar,
Ek het vandag op iets interressants af gekom... mens kan Evolution instel om Hotmail te lees.
Kyk net in hierdie thread op ubuntuforums.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=200408

ciao for now

mp3 in Sound Juicer

2006-09-11T08:17:00.000+02:00

Goed, hierso is n kort gids om .mp3 in Sound Juicer te 'rip'

eerstens moet lame geinstaller wees...

$ sudo apt-get install lame

Dan, moet mens met SJ na Edit Gnome audio profiles...
genbruik dan die volgende:

Profile Name: MP3
Profile Description: MPEG Layer 3
GStreamer Pipeline: audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lame name=enc vbr=false bitrate=192 xingheader ! id3v2mux
File Extension: mp3

Dit behoort die werk te doen.

Don Giovanni is ani gang en La Perichole kom vinnig... maar ten minste het ek meer om te doen daar... bietjie beduidender.

La Perichole

2006-08-31T08:33:00.000+02:00

Weereens was ek lanklaas hier...

ek moet meer hierso skryf vir wanneer ek dit gaan nodig he in die maer jare... bandwydte gesproke.... dis nou die toekoms ini s van a.

ek het gesukkel om google earth te uninstall, want ek het nie synaptic gebruik om dit te installeer nie... dus was die oplossing om in die /google-earth directory te gaan soek en die command : sudo sh uninstall te run.. as ek dit nie mis het nie.. dit het goed gewerk...

flash 7 verander na flash 9 in ubuntu... mens moet glo n .dat leer edit maar dit het nie vir my gewerk op dit toets blad wat aangewys is nie.. better luck later..

ons oefen don giovanni vandag en voer een van die dae la perichole op...

dit gaan lekker wees... ek is die kerkenmeister en die aardsbiskop.

happy camping