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Ubuntu ‘Open as Root’ Script

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Open a terminal window and enter:

gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/openas-root

Now add this code to the file

#!/bin/sh ### openas-root: ### written by alexp ### nautilus script for opening the selected files as superuser (uid=0), ### utilizing the appropriate applications. for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do gksudo “gnome-open $uri” & done ### end of file.

Save and close this file.

Now enter this command into the terminal window:

chmod +x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/openas-root

Your all done. Right click any file or folder and under scripts you will find – openas-root

Enjoy.

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Install Internet Explorer on Ubuntu Dapper

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Unfortunatly we all need to use Internet Explorer at some point. Even us Linux users require it to test web designs to make sure that they work correctly.

90 odd percent of people out there use Internet Explorer, not through choice, they just do not know that a safer, more secure alternative exists. Which by the way is Firefox

So I followed the instructions I found on the web to install IE version 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0 so that I may test my designs. I decided to put those instructions here for Ubuntu Dapper users to follow.

Check /etc/apt/sources.list – make sure you have access to the universe packages by uncommenting the following lines:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe

If you have just uncommented the lines, donâ€™t forget to apply the changes:

sudo apt-get update

Step 1 Install wine:

sudo apt-get install wine

Step 2 Install cabextract:

sudo apt-get install cabextract

Step 3 Install IEs4Linux:

wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-2.0beta7.tar.gz tar -xzvf ies4linux-2.0beta7.tar.gz cd ies4linux-2.0beta7 ./ies4linux

That’s it. Follow the instructions and allow them to install. Once installed you will have 3 new shortcuts on your desktop.

hope you found this info useful.

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nVidia GeForce FX 5700LE video overlay problem

Friday, April 21st, 2006

After a windows update and updating my graphics card drivers, video playback became almost impossible. The video playback in all of my multimedia players was overlayed with a bright green filter.

A quick search through google and the nVidia forums and I fond the answer. The nVidia drivers are to blame, and the fix is simple, but temporary.

This does fix it so long as you don’t change the gamma settings back to Video Overlay or Desktop.

Right-click on the desktop and select Properties.
From the Display Properties select Settings.
Click Advanced.
Click on the GeForce tab (this will be your video card model… example.. GeForce 6800 Ultra)
Click on Color Correction
There should be a drop down menu top left with Desktop, Video Overlay, and All. Select All from the dropdown box this should set everything to driver default and click Apply. And your video overlay gamma should be fixed.

Please note: This is the only temporary fix that will work with everything and, depending on your system, you might find yourself adjusting it everytime you restart your computer.

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Bandwidth Issues Part III

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

OK I had a lot of trouble with bandwidth management on the firmware I had changed to. The damn things just would not let me control the bandwidth at all.

Fatty’s torrents still ended up taking my bandwidth and stopping me even checking my mail.

I was nearly at breaking point when I recieved an email from Linksysinfo.org with a reply to one of my posts.

I checked out the link provided, which led me to HyperWRT Thibor.

After installing and changing the settings to my liking I think I have managed to solve the problem.

The new firmware actually has the ability to prioritise computer ports, hardware ports (the physical ports on the router) and applications themseleves. I have been running the firmware for around 7 hours and all seems to be fine at the moment.

Hopefully, this is my last post on the matter. I have a sytem log in place to monitor the health of the network while I sleep and my housemate restarts his torrents.

Fingers crossed everything will be fine when I try to check my mail after breakfast.

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Bandwidth Issues Part II

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Well, the last attempt at solving the problem did not work.

After leaving my computer idle for just 20 minutes, my housemates computers took over. I am getting annoyed with this little problem. Right now I have disabled both his ports on my router so I have time to find out what the hell is going on and hopefully find a solution to the problem.

I updated the firmware again to Sveasofts Alchemy. This one had the same results as the first one. So now I am trying Sveasofts Satori release. It, like the last one, promises bandwidth control and prioritisation.

I cannot upload it at the moment though, as my housemate is in, and guaranteed that if i started the update process he would try accessing the internet or something along those lines and interrupt the process killing my router.

I will post an update later once I have peace and quiet to get the firmware onto my router and to try and solve this little conundrum.

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