Archive for the ‘Ubuntu’ Category

[Solved] Convert flv to mp3 in Ubuntu

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 1,490 views

You got a pile of flv in your hard disk and you are on Ubuntu, now only if you could convert them all to mp3. There is a short solution to this problem. And now am slowly drifting away from Windows completely (duh did I say...I played S.T.A.L.K.E.R on windows) Problem: How ...

[Solved] No sound in flash - Ubuntu/Debian

Monday, May 19th, 2008 277 views

I installed ubuntu Hardy Herom a few days back and was baffled by not hearing any sound in flash video when another audio/video device was running in background. The problem seem to be with pulseaudio. Problem: There is no sound heard in flash videos when I was playing mp3 files in exaile audio ...

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Ubuntu/Debian

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 2,125 views

Updated on: 03 Feb, 2009 at 5:41 AM IST Long time back when I installed Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn, I wondered how do I get to enable intenet connection sharing to other computer connected in LAN with mine (on which ubuntu/debian is installed). Here is one easy solution to do this, thought it ...

GNOME Color Chooser - A great tool

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 4,910 views

Updated on: 31 July, 2008 at 5:24 PM IST I found this tool to be a great GUI enhancer without any hassles of digging from the developer perspective. After all we need easy life and why waste time in doing something which is less of a priority, at least for me. ...

[Solved] Play .m4a format in Debian

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 210 views

Use this command to open sources.list file(You must be in super user mode su): [sourcecode language='bash']gedit /etc/apt/sources.list[/sourcecode] Now copy paste the below line to the opened file: [sourcecode language='bash']deb http://debian-multimedia.org/ testing main[/sourcecode] Now update the local database using the command [sourcecode language='bash']aptitude update[/sourcecode] Now install aac package [sourcecode language='bash']aptitude install gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad[/sourcecode] No related posts. Related posts brought to you ...

[Pre-Baked] Intel 965 GMA X3000 xorg.conf

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 194 views

Updated on: 03 August, 2008 12:55 AM IST Here is mine manually configured and tested xorg.conf file, Compiz fusion works like charm. Replace it with your xorg.conf file if u are not satisfied with the performance. Here is how to copy using command line Caution: You may have to set Monitor parameters as mine ...

Can’t install xine plugins in Ubuntu ?

Friday, March 21st, 2008 183 views

Here is what you see when you try to install xine extra plugins from Add/Remove in Ubuntu Solution is to install these plugins from Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manger). No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Glipper - Clipboard for Ubuntu

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 230 views

Glipper is a GUI version of clipboard in Ubuntu, with some options and easy to access UI, it really helps a lot Here is how to install it and automatically start on logon. Step 1 (Install the Glipper) Install the Glipper from Add/Remove in Ubunt Step 2 (To make it start on logon) No related ...

Automount partition using UUID in Ubuntu

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 1,719 views

Updated on: 02 Feb, 2009 at 3:08 AM IST Here is a tutorial to mount your drive partitions using UUID (even if u change the label and swap ur hard drives this thing will not change). The UUID of a particular partition changes only after format/deletion of that drive. Step by step ...

Set background image in Nautilus File Manager in Ubuntu

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 239 views

Updated on: 31 July, 2008 at 5:32 PM IST Here is the step by step procedure for the geekier approach. Method 1 (The manual method) : Open a terminal window Type this command in the terminal gedit .gconf/apps/nautilus/preferences/%gconf.xml The file "%gconf.xml" will get opened in "GEdit" text editior No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet ...