I was away from home for a week and returned back yesterday evening. As I had a weeks emails pending, the first thing I did after reaching home was to access gmail. To my horror, google was telling me that I am providing a wrong password. Then, I tried to log in to my blog.… Continue reading Hacked by Bader2010
Month: May 2009
Disabling the new notification system in Ubuntu 9.04
The notification system in the newly released ubuntu 9.04 ( Jaunty) uses the notify-osd framework. This system provides a standard way of doing passive pop up notification on the desktop.The notifications are semi transparent click through bubbles. These pop ups will disappear after a short period of time. Some times these bubbles can be irritating.… Continue reading Disabling the new notification system in Ubuntu 9.04
Installing LTSP on Ubuntu 9.04
Installing LTSP and enabling thin clients to boot from your ubuntu 9.04 machine is very easy. I did the following steps. a) Install ubuntu 9.04 ( aka Jaunty) desktop with a static IP. ( A static IP is needed as your ubuntu box is going to act as a server. My IP is… Continue reading Installing LTSP on Ubuntu 9.04
Brute force removal of a deb package in Ubuntu
Today I was playing with ubuntu 9.04 . I tried to install wwwoffle the off-line proxy server. At the end of installation it failed with a ” Sub process /usr/bin/dpkg failed ” message. There was some thing wrong. Fixing the system required removal of the package. I tried the following in succession in vain. #… Continue reading Brute force removal of a deb package in Ubuntu
Manhattan Style construction for Hobbyists
Most of the home brewers and electronics hobbyist see fabricating a PCB as a roadblock . I will describe an alternate approach to circuit construction where you need only bare copper clad sheet. This method is some times called Manhattan method.( I don’t know the reason.) The basic ingredients you need for this type of… Continue reading Manhattan Style construction for Hobbyists