Linux
Files deleted from FAT32 Filesystem are not actualy removed only marked at deleted and then ignored by the operating system.
I used http://www.adrc.com/software/data_recovery_tools/index.html a freeware tool for windows that allowed for undeleting of files from the disk.
The only thing i had to do to get it to run on vista was to run it as administrator.
#All the Ubuntu Stuff
deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ intrepid main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ intrepid-updates main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ intrepid-security main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ intrepid-proposed main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/ intrepid-backports main restricted multiverse universe
#Other Junk
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ hardy-wx main
deb http://lgp203.free.fr/ubuntu/ hardy universe
Thunderbird uses the mbox file format (even though it doesnt add that file extention)
To get these emails into Outlook 2007 you first need to convert them to .eml files and then import to Windows Mail and then from Windows Mail import to Outlook .
Thunderbird to mbox
Open in windows explorer the location of your thunderbird data files (probably c:documents and settingsuserapplication datathunderbirdprofileshdjsd.defaultMaillocal folders)
Rename the file called INBOX to INBOX.mbox
You may want to copy the files first just incase something goes bad and then do the same for all the other folders you want (sent, trash etc)
.mbox to .eml
Go to http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/download.php and get IMAPSize.
After its installed under tools is mbox2eml, select the mbox files and it will extract all the .eml files
.eml to Microsoft Mail
Open the folder you extracted all the .eml files to and then open Microsoft Mail
You should now be able to select all the eml files in Windows Explorer and drop and drag them into the approperate folder in Microsoft Mail.
Microsoft Mail to Microsoft Outlook 2007
Close Microsoft Mail and Open Outlook
Click Tools and Import
Select “Import from another program of file”
Select “Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Windows Mail”
Click OK
I had a 1Tb data disk that after the last restart showed up in BIOS as a 33mb disk.
After searching i came across this nifty little windows application
Copied from http://blog.atola.com/restoring-factory-hard-drive-capacity/
“We’ve came up with a freeware tool that handles LBA48 mode setting as well as HPA and DCO features. It does everything automatically: it extracts the factory capacity; then it restores the factory LBA48, HPA and DCO settings.”
After running Direct Download it restored my disk to its former glory.
I do not know which of the above listed settings was incorrect but its all good now.
Introduction
For some reason skype makes a mess of the signal that the webcam sends through.
The workaround is to get gstreamer to watch the webcam and then to output the video to a virtual device. Skype then gets its video stream from this new virutal device.
Install the Dependancies
apt-get install subversion build-essential libgstreamer0.10-dev
Get the source for gstfakevideo
svn checkout http://gstfakevideo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ gstfakevideo-read-only
Compile and Install gstfakevideo
cd gstfakevideo-read-only
sudo make
su
make install
Move the real webcam device out of the way
sudo mv /dev/video0 /dev/video1
Start skype via gstfakevideo
gstfakevideo v4l2src device=/dev/video1
All done
Thats all there is to it, skype will now see clear video froun your logitech quickcam connect on linux.
Sources
This guide will help new users Install kuki Linux.
Go to http://kuki.me and click on the downloads button in the top right.
Click on the link for the kuki Linux image and download it to your computer.
You now have two options for an install media:
To make a regular USB disk bootable you first need to get an application called UNetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/.
Once installed run UNetbootin
Select DiskImage and select ISO from the drop down menu and then browse for the image you just downloaded.
Select your USB memory stick that you want to put the kuki Linux install on.
Your settings should now look something like this…
Click Start, once its finished you are ready move on to the “Boot kuki Linux” Section
For help burning the kuki Linux operating system to a cd follow this tutorial
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
Once the disk is burnt put in in a USB CD-ROM drive and plug it into your Acer Aspire One
Turn on your Acer Aspire One with the install media plugged in.
Press F12 Repeatedly untill you see this screen.
Select your install media and press enter to start the kuki Linux.
At the boot Menu Screen Select Install
Wait until you see the login window.
Enter the username “kuki” (without the quotes)
and the password “kuki” (without the quotes)
To get you samsung P2 to talk linux you need to replace the firmware with an older version that allows you to change the player from talking (MTP) Windows media player language to (UMS) The USB mass storage which is what your thumb drive talks. After that change you can update to the latest fimware and your old setting of UMS will stick.
Hit p2-firmware to download a zip with an older preconfigured firmware and the latest 5.80 firmware. Flash with the old one first and turn the P2 on and off until the update is complete and then repeat the process with the newer firmware and thats all there is to it. These inital flashes will need to be done on a windows XP/Vista machine so you can copy the new firmwares to the device. Information on how to update firmware is on the samsung website but all it takes is to just dump the 3 firmware files in the root of the device.
Your P2 is now everything compatible as long as it can handle a usb thumb drive so thats Windows/Mac/Linux all happy.
Using the bittorrent client called transmission you can setup a cron job to start and stop at the right times of day.
If your on a recent installation of ubuntu you will already have transmission installed so it is only a matter of telling it when to start and stop.
open a terminal window and run
crontab -e
Paste the start and stop lines
#####This line starts transmission at 1:10am
10 1 * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/transmission
#####This line stops transmission at 9:55am
55 9 * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/transmission -q
then press ctrl+o and then ctrl+x to save and quit crontab
Now you can use transmission like you normaly would and then close it and be sure that it will run overnight and stop within the time period.
I have a number of radio shows that i like to listen to but am often busy at the time they are on.
The solution is to use streamripper to download the webcast of the stream for only that hour.
Install streamripper
sudo apt-get install streamripper
Configure it to run at a particular time
Open a terminal window and run
crontab -e
Paste the line
1 12 * * * streamripper http://example.com/stream.mp3 -l 3600 -t –quiet
What does this mean
“1 12 * * *” This is just crontab syntax if you google it you will find guides easily
“streamripper” This starts the streamripper application
“http://example.com/stream.mp3” this is the location of the stream you want to rip
“-l 3600” The time in seconds you want to rip for
“-t” This tells streamripper not to overwrite the previous stream
“–quiet” tells streamripper to not log much information
If you look in your home folder you will now have a folder with your streams in it!
I install OpenSSH on nearly all my systems for easy remote access, but until now have never been able to easily transfer files between the host & client machines.
To do this on a Ubuntu 8.04 client, install the sshfs package via
apt-get install sshfs
Then simply mount drives like this
sshfs 192.168.0.1:/mnt/stuff /mnt/ssh
where
192.168.0.1 is the server your connecting to
/mnt/stuff is the folder on the server you want to mount
/mnt/ssh is the local folder you want the mount to go
Thats all there is to it!
