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Install Nodoka (Fedora theme) on Ubuntu (II)

Posted by cviorel on January 14, 2009 No comments | This post has 427 views.

I was explaining here how to install Nodoka theme on Ubuntu.
Or you can use this small script I made to automate this.

PS: You need to have libsexy-dev installed. If not, just run this command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get --assume-yes --force-yes install libsexy-dev

1	sudo apt-get --assume-yes --force-yes install libsexy-dev

I hope you’ll find it usefull.
Here is the script:

#!/bin/bash
cd $HOME/Desktop
w3m https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/wiki > page
daemon=`cat page | grep notification |cut -f1 -d" "`
theme=`cat page | grep nodoka-theme |cut -f1 -d" "`
engine=`cat page | grep gtk-nodoka-engine |cut -f1 -d" "`
wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$daemon
wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$theme
wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$engine
tar zxvf $engine
cd gtk-nodoka-engine-*
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-animation
make
sudo make install
cd ..
tar zxvf $theme
cd nodoka-theme-gnome-*
sudo cp -rv Nodoka/ /usr/share/themes/
cd ..
tar zxvf $daemon
cd notification-daemon-engine-nodoka-*
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
cd ..
cd $HOME/Desktop
rm $daemon
rm $theme
rm $engine
rm page
rm -rf gtk-nodoka-engine-*
rm -rf nodoka-theme-gnome-*
rm -rf notification-daemon-engine-nodoka-*

#!/bin/bash

cd $HOME/Desktop

w3m https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/wiki > page

daemon=`cat page | grep notification |cut -f1 -d" "`

theme=`cat page | grep nodoka-theme |cut -f1 -d" "`

engine=`cat page | grep gtk-nodoka-engine |cut -f1 -d" "`

wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$daemon

wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$theme

wget https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/o/nodoka/$engine

tar zxvf $engine

cd gtk-nodoka-engine-*

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-animation

make

sudo make install

cd ..

tar zxvf $theme

cd nodoka-theme-gnome-*

sudo cp -rv Nodoka/ /usr/share/themes/

cd ..

tar zxvf $daemon

cd notification-daemon-engine-nodoka-*

./configure --prefix=/usr

make

sudo make install

cd ..

cd $HOME/Desktop

rm $daemon

rm $theme

rm $engine

rm page

rm -rf gtk-nodoka-engine-*

rm -rf nodoka-theme-gnome-*

rm -rf notification-daemon-engine-nodoka-*

Howto Change Ubuntu Forced fsck

Posted by cviorel on January 7, 2009 No comments | This post has 527 views.

In Ubuntu the boot hard disk is checked every 20 boots. I have to boot my laptop quite often, so about once a week booting takes more than 10 minutes. This clearly sucks. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix this. With tune2fs it is possible to change the interval from mount-times to timed interval:

sudo tune2fs -c 0 -i 1m /dev/sda3

1	sudo tune2fs -c 0 -i 1m /dev/sda3

Install Flash in Songbird

Posted by cviorel on January 6, 2009 1 comment | This post has 767 views.

If you have installed Songbird by hand, automatic instalation of flash will not work. Here’s a quick fix.

Under Windows:
Open Songbird and paste http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/xpi/current/flashplayer-win.xpi in the location bar at the top of the library or browser. Follow the installation process.

Under Linux:
Flash on Linux got a whole lot better with Flash Player 10. Go to the Macromedia site, and download Flash 10 for Linux. Decompress the .tar.gz file. If you run the installer – it will install the plugin for supported web browsers (Firefox, Mozilla, etc.), but it will not auto-detect Songbird. To install it for Songbird, copy the libflashplayer.so to your Songbird application folder’s plugins directory. So if you have Songbird installed in ~/Songbird, copy it to ~/Songbird/plugins.
Restart Songbird, and you should be back in business!

Ubuntu Forums Menu

Posted by cviorel on December 4, 2008 No comments | This post has 511 views.

Just found about this add-on: Ubuntu Forums Menu.
The extension adds additional navigation menu for Ubuntu Forums via main-menu and context to Firefox.
Get it from here.

No virtualbox kernel driver after kernel upgrade

Posted by cviorel on November 28, 2008 No comments | This post has 436 views.

After kernel upgrade, your VirtualBox modules will not be updated.
As a result, your virtual machines will not work.
Here is a quick fix. Run this in your terminal:

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

1	sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Terminator – nice multi terminal application for Linux

Posted by cviorel on November 12, 2008 No comments | This post has 765 views.

Hi folks!

I’ve been using Terminator for quite a long time now and I find it very usefull.

Install it in Ubuntu by running:

sudo apt-get install terminator

1	sudo apt-get install terminator

There is a feature I would like to see in the future releases: saving the layout of the window or maybe a way to start the application with the predefined number of tabs.

Cannot use USB devices on Virtualbox 2 in Intrepid

Posted by cviorel on November 11, 2008 3 comments | This post has 1,256 views.

There is a quick fix if you get some USB related errors when opening Preferences in Virtualbox 2.
You only have to add these lines in your /etc/fstab file:

# usbfs
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0

1 2	# usbfs none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0

Ubuntu 8.10 on Lenovo ThinkPad T61

Posted by cviorel on November 2, 2008 7 comments | This post has 2,167 views.

Just installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my T61. Works great!
I hated that bloated Vista Business!

Items that work out of the box:
– Nvidia: 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers (nVidia Quadro NVS 140)
– Wireless: Atheros card
– Bluetooth keys
– Brightness keys
– Network Card Intel 10/100/1000
– Firewire
– Wireless switch
– 4-in-1 card reader

Worked with some simple tweaking:
– fingerprint reader for login and sudo

1. Install latest thinkfinger packages:

sudo apt-get install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger

1	sudo apt-get install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger

2. Update the pam configuration files:

sudo /usr/lib/pam-thinkfinger/pam-thinkfinger-enable

1	sudo /usr/lib/pam-thinkfinger/pam-thinkfinger-enable

3. Restart computer
4. Enroll your fingerprint (creates $HOME/.thinkfinger.bir)

tf-tool --acquire

1	tf-tool --acquire

5. Check fingerprint enrollment

tf-tool --verify

1	tf-tool --verify

My custom bash prompt (PS1)

Posted by cviorel on October 9, 2008 No comments | This post has 650 views.

Pimp out Linux / UNIX shell prompt!
You can find a nice guide here, and a nice collection here.
Here is mine:

export PS1="[\[\e[28;1m\]\H \[\e[0m\]\w]\$ "

1	export PS1="[\[\e[28;1m\]\H \[\e[0m\]\w]\$ "

Have fun!

aria2 – wget and curl replacement

Posted by cviorel on September 3, 2008 No comments | This post has 822 views.

aria2 is a command line utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent (DHT, PEX, MSE/PE), and Metalink. To install it on Ubuntu, just type in terminal:

sudo apt-get install aria2

1	sudo apt-get install aria2

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Category Archives: Ubuntu - Page 4

Install Nodoka (Fedora theme) on Ubuntu (II)

Howto Change Ubuntu Forced fsck

Install Flash in Songbird

Ubuntu Forums Menu

No virtualbox kernel driver after kernel upgrade

Terminator – nice multi terminal application for Linux

Cannot use USB devices on Virtualbox 2 in Intrepid

Ubuntu 8.10 on Lenovo ThinkPad T61

My custom bash prompt (PS1)

aria2 – wget and curl replacement

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