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ONIZU.com structure changed to blog
January 26, 2009 – 10:57 am
Changed ONIZU.com into a blogging system. This should help in updating ONIZU much faster.
Upgraded ONIZU-WordPress to v2.7
January 26, 2009 – 10:37 am
Upgraded ONIZU Wordpress to version 2.7 last night.
Since the blog directory was also moved, the upgrade took a while.
Notes:
- A quick way to back-up posts+comments is to 'export' from the wp control panel.
- Input fields in the control panel of v2.7 show text as mojibake in Firefox (winxp). Even when you try to type new. Accessing the wp control panel in Google-Chrome helped.
- On moving the blog dir, permalinks get affected. Hence the external links can be dead.
Permanent Font Change (~/.emacs)
September 10, 2007 – 10:28 am
Add in ~/.emacs :
(setq default-frame-alist '((font . "-font-name-from-xfontsel")))
Firefox ADD-ONs
August 28, 2007 – 10:40 am
Some good Firefox Add-ons:
Web Developer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
Firebug
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
Tab Groups
http://paranoid-androids.com/tabgroups/
Changing Gnome Splash screen
August 16, 2007 – 11:00 am
Install gnome-splashscreen-manager
sudo aptitude install gnome-splashscreen-manager
Reach it through
System > Preferences > Splash Screen
'Install' the new splash image and 'activate' it.
Artwiz – bitmap fonts package
August 3, 2007 – 2:58 pm
Installing the package:
Important: Create the directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc if it doesn't exist. If the package is installed without this directory existing, then the package may not work. In that case 'purge' the package with 'aptitude' command and then install again.
sudo aptitude install xfonts-artwiz
Enabling bitmapped fonts:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
Then retain the first two options and enable bitmap fonts in the third question.
Restart X.
Ref.: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/HowToInstallArtwiz
Accessing a printer from a Linux system in a Windows network
May 21, 2007 – 4:13 pm
System > Administration > Printing
'Add a Printer'
Printer Type: Network Printer - Windows Printer (SMB)
Don't enter any login info when the dialog boxes prompt. Wait for all of them to appear and Cancel them all.
Then select the host to which the printer is connected.
Then a dialog box pops up prompting for login info. Don't do anything for the username field. Just enter the password of the host. The Username and Password fields will be filled in.
Then select the printer from the Printer's dropdown menu.
Now be sure to clear the Username and Password fields!
In step 2, select the appropriate manufacturer name and model. (The suggested Driver will automatically be selected. Keep it. Proceed forward.)
In step 3, leave the Description and Location fields empty. Click Apply. Done!
Broadcom wireless card
May 21, 2007 – 4:01 pm
BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
If installed "bcm43xx-fwcutter", blacklist it:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
add: blacklist bcm43xx
then,
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
then edit /etc/modules and add ndiswrapper in it
sudo rmmod bcm43xx <--this unloads the bcm43xx driver (now the wireless interface won't be visible by iwconfig)
Download the windows driver:
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020/driver/WLan%20Driver%20Broadcom%20802.11g%203.100.46.0.zip
extract and go into that dir from a shell, then:
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
then to load ndiswrapper module:
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
then iwconfig will list eth1
Turn on the wi-fi button, then,
iwlist eth1 scan