I was using pidgin 2.5.2 in slackware 12.2. But today my pidgin can’t connect again. So a few months earlier my pidgin change the yahoo server setting because it can’t connect too. The yahoo change its sever to improve themselve.
Today I suspected my pidgin need to be upgraded to 2.6.6. So I download the pidgin [...]
Ordinary ubuntu or desktop ubuntu does not set to be a server. Including not set for squid environment. So there is need a few change in the setting. Like the ip_forwarding function so the client can passthru the ubuntu to connect to the internet.
Actually we just need to change the parameter in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward into 1. [...]
Funny thing about this monitor is its fail when installing ubuntu 9.10. Different with older series SPC like millenium. The ubuntu 9.10 did’nt detect it well. Especially when the ubuntu was installed using other monitor, it will go blank. In fact, direct install using this monitor will result the same blank. We need to trick [...]
I thought my mobi mobile 8 internet wireless will work perfectly in my slackware. Well, it is true on connecting the mobi to internet, but the computer can’t browsing. Connected but can’t ping or something. And in a few second the connection terminated by its self.
So I figured out, this is not about my account [...]
In Ubuntu there’s a command to correct time zone and geographic area time setting in terminal.
#sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdate
and follow the instruction
But if we want only to correct the date to the right one, there is an ubuntu server that can help us. NTP is network time protocol.
#sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
To make sure the date/ time is [...]
A handy gconftool-2 can control to your ubuntu setting.
This is for removing user list in screen login of ubuntu 9.10 or karmic koala.
sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 –set –type boolean /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true
And now I can type my user name first. And others won’t know how many user names are available.
I have HP Desket D 2566 with new catridge. Since the earlier catridge is a test catridge, that only print a few paper. But After I printed about 200 pages, it went blink. I tried to look for the reseter. So far I know, the HP Printer doesn’t need to be reset. It will work [...]
Hai all server administrator, wondering to display error messages in your own language? Me too.
Squid that i use in Ubuntu 9.10 is version 2.7 stable.
Add this line to /etc/squid/squid.conf
error_directory /usr/share/squid/errors/id
Well, If you are Indonesian. But if not, choose your directory of language.
Then let’s edit the words.
#sudo gedit /usr/share/squid/errors/id/ERR_ACCESS_DENIED
Change everything you want to.
And you [...]
It is start from my curiousity about playing wmv file in my slackware. I found that slackware can run mplayer. Universal video player that I can run it from terminal. But still you have to log on as init 4 at least. Or in GUI mode.
You can download the program in slacky.eu or slackbuild.com. Or [...]
I installed phpbb3 today. It’s a forum cms then freely to download and use. Also it has lots of skin to try. You can get the source from www.phpbb.com and the tutorial to install it too.
I run all these steps and manage to install phpbb to my website here. But when trying to edit the [...]
I have one office’s pc that use some motherboard with MCP61 sound card. I knew it when I do lspci in the terminal. I m using Ubuntu 8.10. It seems the alsa driver can’t handle it. And I discovered in bugs.launchpad.org it was recorded as the bug. The sound won’t come out, and the computer [...]
Sources : distrowatch
Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name “Lucid Lynx”: “Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. New features: updated packages, Linux kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.4 RC1; full removal of the HAL package, making Ubuntu faster to boot [...]
