Archive for April, 2009

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 2:21pm

Mounting ISOs adhoc

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

Load “loop” module:
$ sudo modprobe loop
Create a mount point:
$ sudo mkdir /media/myMountPoint
Mount the ISO to the new mount point:
$ sudo mount myISO.iso /media/myMountPoint/ -t iso9660 -o loop
Unmount the ISO when no longer needed:
$ sudo umount /media/myMountPoint
Remove the mount when no longer needed:
$ sudo rmdir /media/myMountPoint

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 11:17pm

Configuring dual displays in Ubuntu

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

In the example here, I have a laptop display of 1280×768 on the left, and a 1440×900 LCD monitor on the right with an even plane between the two. Between these two displays, the largest HEIGHT is 900, one of two dimensions that will be required in the VIRTUAL setting outlined below. The WIDTH however [...]

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at 2:23pm

Create ISOs from DVD, CD, or filesystem

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

To make an ISO from your CD/DVD, place the media in your drive but do not mount it.
Depending on the type of media:
$ 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 [...]

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at 1:01pm

Ubuntu Tweak

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

Install new Software Source / Repository authentication key:
$ sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220
Add new repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu hardy main
Now update your catalogs and install:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
APPLICATIONS -> SYSTEM TOOLS -> UBUNTU TWEAK to execute
Visit the Ubuntu-tweak site for more details.

Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 8:28pm

Beryl Skydome

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

Search the web for Skydome-compliant images. Download and Save them to your file system.
Visit SYSTEM -> PREFERENCES -> COMPIZCONFIG SETTINGS MANAGERS
In the EFFECTS section, ensure “Animations” and “Animations Add-On” are enabled.
In the DESKTOP section, click the “Desktop Cube” feature to show its properties.
In the APPEARANCE -> SKYDOME section, enable Skydome, enable Animate Skydome, and select [...]

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at 6:22pm

JumpBox for Joomla default accounts

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

http://:3000 JumpBox admin panel
http:///jblogin.html to login
Joomla account: admin / admin
MySql account: root /
JumpBox console account: root / root

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at 5:44pm

Avant Window Navigator

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

ADD SOFTWARE SOURCE:

SYSTEM -> ADMINISTRATION -> SOFTWARE SOURCES -> THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
ADD “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main”
CLOSE and RELOAD

INSTALLATION:

SYSTEM -> ADMINISTRATION -> SYNAPTIC PACKAGE MANAGER
Search for “avant”
Right-click “avant-window-navigator-bzr” to select “Mark for Installation”
Right-click “awn-manager-bzr” to select “Mark for Installation”
Right-click “awn-core-applets-bzr” to select “Mark for Installation”
Click APPLY / OK / CLOSE where appropriate

EXECUTION:

APPLICATIONS -> ACCESSORIES -> [...]

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