Chris Carey

Author: Chris Carey

  • Helping Macintosh OS X connect to Samba server

    On the Linux server, add the file:

    /etc/avahi/services/samba.service

    Copy this code in the new file:

    <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
    <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h server</name>
    <service>
        <type>_smb._tcp</type>
        <port>139</port>
        <host-name>chris.local</host-name>
    </service>
</service-group>

  • VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.0.4

    VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.0.4 would not run “out of the box”. I needed a library fix to get it running:

    $ cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

    $ sudo mv libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1.orig

    $ sudo ln -s /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/

  • Google Calendar Updates

    I noticed some small Google Calendar updates a couple days ago. When creating a calendar item, it is now a semi-transparent color matching your category colors. I wonder what other features or fixes were put in that I have yet to run across.

  • Reset ALSA sound on Linux

    Sometimes, ALSA will freeze up and I have no sound. I came across this little code snip which makes it work again:

    alsa force-reload

  • Installing Asterisk from source on Ubuntu

    These packages must be installed in order to get Asterisk to compile from source on Ubuntu:

    aptitude install bison flex libncurses5-dev build-essential

  • Google’s Icon changed to the blue lowercase g today.

    I like the fresh look

    UPDATE: Found this article 9 days later which explains a lot:
    Google Blog

  • Compiz on Thinkpad T41 Mobility FireGL 9000 with Hardy Heron

    I got Compiz working quite easily on the new Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

    sudo vi /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager

    add:

    SKIP_CHECKS=yes

    In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I had to set the depth down to 16bit color:

    Section “InputDevice”
    Identifier “Generic Keyboard”
    Driver “kbd”
    Option “XkbRules” “xorg”
    Option “XkbModel” “pc105”
    Option “XkbLayout” “us”
    EndSection

    Section “InputDevice”
    Identifier “Configured Mouse”
    Driver “mouse”
    Option “CorePointer”
    EndSection

    Section “InputDevice”
    Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad”
    Driver “synaptics”
    Option “SendCoreEvents” “true”
    Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
    Option “Protocol” “auto-dev”
    Option “HorizEdgeScroll” “0”
    EndSection

    Section “Device”
    Identifier “Configured Video Device”
    EndSection

    Section “Monitor”
    Identifier “Configured Monitor”
    EndSection

    Section “Screen”
    Identifier “Default Screen”
    Monitor “Configured Monitor”
    Device “Configured Video Device”
    DefaultDepth 16
    SubSection “Display”
    Depth 16
    Modes “1400×1050”
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section “ServerLayout”
    Identifier “Default Layout”
    Screen “Default Screen”
    InputDevice “Synaptics Touchpad”
    EndSection

  • Add Medibuntu repositories to your Ubuntu 8.04

    Unknown codec ‘aac’

     
     sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
     
     

    then

     
     sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get update
     

  • Feisty Fawn breaks Samba “Force User” Option

    After upgrading to feisty Fawn, I could not connect to a Samba share. I was receiving a authentication error, strangely enough.

    Other folders authenticated just fine. I tracked it down to the “force user” option in smb.conf.

  • Enable DVD Playback in Ubuntu

    sudo apt-get install totem-xine libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3
    sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh