Installing Flash Player in Kubuntu 11.04 amd64

I installed Kubuntu 11.04 64bit on my notebook PC about an hour ago. It has so far impressed me. The only issue I was having is the installation of Flash Player. I tried a few workouts I found on the internet but none but the following worked. I found the solution on Ask Ubuntu. Save the following codes and run it as a shell script. It installs Flash Player 10 though. If you’re bash savvy, you can of course tweak it to install the version you desire! Happy flashing (!?) 😀 😛

Getting full theming of Ubuntu inside VirtualBox

Due to some issues with my laptop hardware, I can not use Ubuntu all time. After some time, the laptop just freezes. After repeated occurrence of the same crash, I have started using Windows full time and kept Ubuntu inside VirtualBox. In the default setup, the first thing I noticed is that the theme is broken – both in unity and the classic ubuntu session (which is a gnome2 based fallback option, I guess). I love working on Ubuntu, but I hate the grey old ubuntu theme that appears on my screen. I always wondered why this happened.

After some googling, I came to find that VirtualBox by default doesn’t enable 3D hardware acceleration. So, Unity can not find required hardware to enable the theme. I just increased the video memory for the virtual machine to 32MB and enabled 3D acceleration. Installed VirtualBox guest addition. Restarted the machine.

Everything was fine except the panels and nautilus icons. It is mainly because the “gnome-settings-daemon” crashes. I killed the process and then restarted it using:

(PS: Don’t use sudo, you need to kill the process running under your account)

Then I dealt with nautilus in the same manner:

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in Linux Mint Debian

I am tired of the more and more resource hungry nature of Ubuntu’s latest versions. I have tried other Linux distros like Fedora and OpenSUSE but I have a soft corner for debian based distros. So tonight, I have installed Linux Mint Debian in a virtualbox VM. Linux Mint Debian, as the name suggests, is a linux distro based on the popular Debian Linux. They just added some extra tools and toys to make the plain old Debian look and feel “wow!”.

If you have ever used VirtualBox, then you’re probably aware of the “Guest Additions” which makes the VBox guests more accessible and more usable. After the additions are installed, mouse capturing, copy-pasting between host and guest, better hardware and video support, full screen and seamless modes etc features are available.

On Ubuntu, installing the Guest Additions in a guest machine is pretty straightforward. You mount the Guest Additions cd image and accept the auto run prompt. The rest is done automatically. But in case of Debian, things are a bit geekier. You need to have the kernel modules and source codes so that the guest additions can be compiled and loaded into the kernel of your system. So, before we try to run the guest additions installer, we need to run these following commands to prepare our system:

Running these commands shall update your package list, download and install the required packages for compilation and then prepare the environment for the actual operation.

Now navigate terminal to the VirtualBox Guest Additions directory and use the following command to run it:

After the installation is over, shut down the VM, allocate enough video memory (at least 32MB, I did 128MB) and enable 3D Acceleration from the Settings > Display tab of the VM.

Start the virtual machine and enjoy! 🙂

Sharing WiMax Through a Second Wireless Router and WiFi Issue on Ubuntu

PS: This post shall tend to be more of a self documentation than an informative technical article.

I own a Belkin N Series Wireless Modem and Router which I bought from https://router200.com/ after comparing between various models which the site showcased (which I used to use for BTCL ADSL connection). I recently (couple of months ago) took a Banglalion WiMax connection. I purchased their indoor unit which doesn’t have WiFi built in. They have another indoor device which has WiFi but my bad luck, it was out of market then, if that’s the option you are looking for than I’d suggest asking for their wi-fi for sale options.

Since I use my Notebook PC, creating a wireless home network is very important. After spending a considerable amount of time behind the Belkin device, I came to find that it can be used to route the WiMax connection. The configuration was a bit tricky (at least for me – may be because I never did this before). Now, through the Belkin device, I would directly be connected to the WiMax device. When a connection was established, it would seem that the Belkin device never existed and I am directly connected to the WiMax device via WiFi. It was cool (though I had to restart the Belkin device after the Wimax device had a stable connection after reboot). Things were good with the system and Windows 7.

However, I installed Ubuntu (completely removing Windows 7) and the WiFi connects. But it fails to reach to the WiMax device. I can reach the Belkin device but no further than that. No Internet connection, nothing! I was very disappointed. But an idea came to my mind, if Windows can handle the routing, why not try it inside VirtualBox? VirtualBox supports bridging host adapters directly with the guest os. So, If I run Windows inside virtual box, I would be able to access my WiFi hardware from Windows. I had a plan that if it worked, if I could browse the internet from inside VBox, I would create a host only network and bridge the two connections.

But life sometimes is much comfortable than you can anticipate. After I installed Windows XP inside Virtual Box and bridged my “wlan0”, Ubuntu started getting Internet connection. This is so interesting, I don’t even need to create network bridge or anything! As long as Windows XP is running inside VirtualBox, Ubuntu can reach the WiMax device like Windows used to do. I don’t know why this happens. May be Ubuntu requires some complex network configuration to connect to such multiple device scenario on the other hand Windows automatically configures the device so during that period, the connection works. Or may be the guest and host OS has some other bridges I am not aware of, so the Windows XP is sharing the connection even without my knowing it.

Whatever the fact is, I am happy. I have tested it several times. If I shut down Windows XP inside the VBox, my connection drops (though the WiFi remains connected to Belkin, it can’t reach the end). But if keep the virtual machine running, connection is perfectly okay. For more information on the wifi router and how you can fix various network issues, visit and learn about Advanced Telecom Systems.

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡āχ āĻŦāϞāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāχ āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϤ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āĻ•āϤ āϗ⧁āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āϐ āϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧁āĻĢāĻžāĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ⧇āĻŽ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞ āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻžā§œāĻŋ, āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧇āύ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ•āĻžāϚ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ āĻāχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāχ āĻļā§‹āύ⧇ āύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•āĻŽ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‡āχāύāĻŸā§‡āχāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāχ āύāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĨ¤ āϝāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻāχāϏāĻŦ āĻ…āϝ⧌āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāχāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻšāϞ āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ āϜ⧟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻ›āĻŋ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāϟ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āύāĻž āĨ¤ āφāϜāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻŽ āĻāϰ āϏāϞāĻŋāωāĻļāύ āĻĒāĻžāχāύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāχ āϭ⧟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĻ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āϕ⧇ āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϤ⧇ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏ⧇āϟāĻžāĻ“ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞāĻžāĻŽ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧋ āϗ⧁āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇, āĻāϟāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧁āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻœā§‡ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĨ¤ āĻļāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢāϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāχ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĨāĻžāχ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ 🙁

āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āĻ˛ā§‹ā§Ÿ āϝāĻžāĻ•, āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ“āĻŽāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢāϟ āϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāωāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧇āύāĻļāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϞāϏ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ˜ā§‹ā§œāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āφāϛ⧇, āĻāχ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇āχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāύāϞ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻšāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž! āĻšāĻžā§Ÿ āĻšāĻžā§Ÿ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋ āϜāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āχ āĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāύ āĻĢāĻžāχāϟāĨ¤ āĻāχāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāχāϞ ? 😮 āĻāχāϟāĻž āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢāϟāϰ⧇ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϕ⧇ āĻ•āχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ? āφāϜāĻžāχāϰāĻž āφāĻ•āĻžāĻŽ!

āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧇āύāĻž āύ⧋āĻ•āĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞ⧁āϟ⧁āĻĨ āĻĻāĻŋ⧟āĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāχāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŋāϏ āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĨ¤ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āϞ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻ“ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϤ⧋ āϝāĻžā§Ÿāχ, āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āύ⧇āϟāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϏ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āφāϰ⧋ āĻāĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āχ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āϤ, āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āύāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āχ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§€āϰāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϤāĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āϏāĻš āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĢāϟāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāωāϜ (āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϟ) āĻ“ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āύāĻž āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšāχāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāχ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āύāĻŋ⧟āĻž!

āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϟāĻžāϚāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ• āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻ•āϰ āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāϚāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§‡ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĨ¤ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻāĻĄāϭ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āϟāĻžāϚāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āχ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻŋāϟāĻžāϚ, āϜ⧁āĻŽ āφāϰ āϰ⧋āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϧ⧁āϰ! āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϛ⧇ āĨ¤

āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ•āϤ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ 2D āϗ⧇āχāĻŽ āϖ⧇āϞāϤāĻžāĻŽ āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āϏāĻŦ 3DāĨ¤ āϗ⧇āχāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āϘ⧁āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āύāĻžāĻš, āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϗ⧇āχāĻŽ āϗ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻšāχāϤ āύāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāύ āϖ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĨ¤

āφāϰ⧋ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšāχāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāχ āϜāϘāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āωāĻŦ⧁āĻ¨ā§āϟ⧁āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ Celeron D 2GHz 1GB RAM āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ, āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāχāϤ⧇āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āφāϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϐāϗ⧁āϞāĻž āϜāĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āĻšāĻžā§Ÿāϰ⧇ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ! 🙁

āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϏāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϏ⧀āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āχāωāύāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāχ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāχāϰ⧇āĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇ “āĻšā§‹āϰ” āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āϏāĻžāϧ⧁ āϏāĻžāϧ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāχāϤ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇āχ āωāĻĒāĻžā§ŸāĻ“ āύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āϏ⧇āϭ⧇āύ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ ā§Ē,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ/= āφāϰ āχāĻĻāĻžāύ⧀āĻ‚ āύ⧇āϟāĻŦ⧁āĻ•, āύ⧋āϟāĻŦ⧁āĻ• āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻœā§‡āύ⧁āχāύ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āϤāĻžāχ āĻšāχāϞ⧇ āϤ⧋ āĻšāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĨ¤ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āϟ⧁āϞāϏ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢāϟ āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϞāĻŦāĻŋāϜāύ⧇āϏ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āĻ“ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĨ¤ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϞ⧋ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇āχ āϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻŽā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ“ āĻĢā§āϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāχāϤ⧇āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻšā§‹āϰ āĻ•āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āύāĻžāχ! 🙁

āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āχ āϚāϞ⧇ āĨ¤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϕ⧋āύ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āύāĻž āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋ āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻŦāĻžāϟāύ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāϤ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāχāĻŽ āĻ•āχ?

āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϜ, āĻ“āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āϜ āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āφāωāϟāĻĒ⧁āϟ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“, āϐāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āύāĻļāϟ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“, āϕ⧇āω āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇ “hal” āχāĻ¨ā§āϏāϟāϞ āĻ•āϰ, āϕ⧇āω āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“, āϐ āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“, āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āĻ– — āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻŽāϜāĻž āĨ¤ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āĻāϰ āĻ›āĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻ“ āύāĻžāχ āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻŽāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰ āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻāχāϟāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻšāϞ? āϕ⧋āύ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āύāĻžāχ, āϞāĻžāχāĻĢāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāĻ‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĨ¤ 🙁

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āφāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ⧟āϤ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāϞāϛ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻļ⧇āχāĻŽ āĻ…āύ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢāϟ, āĻļ⧇āχāĻŽ āĻ…āύ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻžāϰāϏ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āχāωāϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āϏ! āĻļ⧇āχāĻŽ! 😀

Fedora 15: Misc. Fixes

This is more of a self documentation – the problems I faced and how I solved them.

1) Bluetooth is available but device is not visible. Functions are disabled.

Thanks to @roytush for the tweet I was in need so badly 😉

2) File permission set to 777 but still php can’t include() the file.

Changed the SELinux Context to: httpd_user_script_exec_t

3) WiFi not working

First I updated the kernel to the latest version:

Then installed required packages:

I downloaded this file : http://download.wireless-driver.com/driver/Realtek/RTL8191_8192_SE/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0015.0127.2010.tar.gz

Extracted it and then run:

I restarted my system and My WiFi came up! 🙂

I shall face more issues as I go. I shall try to update this post with updates. Stay tuned!

Fedora Tweaks: Enable Root Login via GUI, Install mp3 codecs and VLC

Enabling Root Login Via GDM:

REMEMBER: Logging as root gives you godlike powers on a Linux system. Changes you make using this user can break your system. So it’s highly recommended you don’t login as root unless you’re certain about what you’re up to.

On Fedora 15, open “/etc/pam.d/gdm” and uncomment this line:

auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

And then open “/etc/pam.d/gdm-password” and uncomment this line:

auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Logout and try logging in as root.

Installing Mp3 Codecs and VLC:

Fedora by default doesn’t distribute many apps. So we have to use some external repos. RPM Fusion is one of the most popular RPM repo. First we enable it:

Then we install VLC:

Fedora 15 “Love Lock” and My Experience

Fedora 15, codename “Love Lock” features Gnome3 as the default desktop environment. The UI is stunningly beautiful but the navigation requires some getting used to. Biggest surprise – no minimize button, Gnome3 devs focused on the use of workspace rather than minimizing. However I found out that we can still minimize by right clicking on the window of the application. But without playing much with the GUI, I jumped into setting up my work environment. Installing LAMP was a bit different given my past experience in Ubuntu.

Then started the service :

Changed ownership of the /var/www directory:

Then I fired up nautilus, browsed /var/www and deleted all the files. Created a index.php with phpinfo(). And then tried to restart the server:

It failed because the server document root was wrong in the httpd.conf. When installing apache on Fedora, the server document root is /var/www/html which I deleted while cleaning up /var/www. So I installed nano:

And then edited the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file with nano to fix the issues. Then again restarted the server and it worked 🙂

Besides, I learned this command:

It checks the httpd.conf for syntax errors.

I created a test user and then tried to delete the user. The GUI had issues with that. Then found this command to do that:

I downloaded Skype and installed. It’s working fine. So far the experience is good. I am learning lots of commands and I’m loving it 🙂

VirtualBox, Windows and Linux: Getting the best out of both worlds!

Windows and Linux are two entirely different OS. They have their own strengths and weaknesses. Many software and solutions are unique to either of the platform. If you’re an intelligent person, you’d love to get the best out of the both platforms.

If I talk about myself, I need Windows for many reasons. For academic purposes and as because of some minor but critical compatibility issues. My Notebook PC has issues with WiFi connectivity on Linux. Same goes for my Nokia X2 which can not talk to my PC via bluetooth if I am on Linux. On the other hand, I am a LAMP engineer. Linux is a must for my day to day works. In the past I used to run a Windows XP inside virtualbox. That used to solve some of my problems but not all. To be honest, till today, Windows has the best hardware compatibility no matter how their other features suck. We can argue whether it’s the fault of the hardware manufacturers or not but that won’t change the fact at all.

Finally, I have decided that I shall keep Windows 7 as my default OS and install Ubuntu inside virtualbox. In this way, I can access the required features of the Linux platform (LAMP, Postfix, nGinx and all others) and at the same time enjoy the benefits of Windows.

Even more interesting, I can share directories between the OS, so I can easily share my www on Windows and make the same stuff available on Linux. I planned to make the shared www the doc root of the apache in Linux so I can test the same application on Linux without hassles. This will give me the ability to try those PECL extensions, PEAR packages and other contents which are generally not available for Windows. So what did I do?

1) I installed VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org)

2) I inserted my Ubuntu 10.10 disc. I proceeded with creating a virtual machine. On the way, I created a virtual hard disk in VirtualBox for the installation. The wizard is pretty simple. Anyone would be able to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox with ease.

3) After the Ubuntu installation was complete, I logged into the system. From the VirtualBox Window, I went to “Devices” menu, then clicked “Install Guest Additions”. This command added a CD to the virtual machine (Ubuntu). I went to “Places” > < Virtualbox Guest Addition CD name >. I double clicked the “autorun.sh” file and ran it on terminal. After a few moments, it was installed. The Guest Additions enable file sharing between the guest and host OS.

4) In the VirtualBox window, I clicked on “Devices” menu and then “Shared Folders”. I added a shared folder named “www” with full access. This was in fact the www root of my WAMP server.

5) Then I logged into Ubuntu and installed LAMP. After that, I opened up the “/etc/rc.local” file and typed in the following command:

What did it do? It actually mounted the shared www in /var/www when the machine (Ubuntu) started up. Making my WAMP server www available on LAMP. Since I have given the folder full access while sharing, I can use the terminal to do some dark magic on the files as well 😉

So, from now on, I no longer need to struggle while creating a “.htaccess” file or “index.php” file on Windows. Terminal will do that. 🙂

If you want to access the LAMP localhost from your Windows, go to “Devices” > “Network Adapters”. Add a “Host only adapter” to access it from the host OS. If you have a router and want to forward your port to the virtual machine, add a “Bridged Adapter” and select your WiFi or LAN driver.

After setting up the adapters, restart your machine and open terminal. Type in:

You can see the IP addresses attached to the virtual machine. Apparently you can access the LAMP www both via eth0 and eth1 IP address.

I have an exam tomorrow but couldn’t resist to share the little experiment and the awesome outcome! I was on a haste and everything might not be clear. Feel free to ask any questions. I shall respond when I can manage some time 🙂

Have fun!

Update: Backup the virtual HDD. In case something happens, you will be able to reuse it and skip all the installation hassles.

Ubuntu 10.10 Performance Issues and how to fix them :)

Okay, so if you have started using Ubuntu 10.10 lately, you might have noticed that the system is buggy. In my case – Terminal I/O was slow, scrolling was miserable, video was not running smooth and sometimes the permission dialog box jammed on screen. I was looking for a solution. I ended up browsing a hell lot of threads on the Ubuntu forums with similar problems but no solutions. I was getting frustrated.

Then somewhere I read that Ubuntu 10.10 Kernel might be the culprit behind the issues. I decided to give it a try. I downloaded the following files from the Ubuntu Kernel 2.6.36 rc7 (Maverick uses 2.6.35, 2.6.26 rc8 doesn’t have 32bit kernels yet) and put them in the same directory. Then I ran this command to install them:

Files:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_all.deb

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux-image-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb

The above commands installed the Kernel. I restarted my machine and everything was smooth 🙂