Howto Bypass Razr Password

This video tells you how to use a magnet to bypass the security code on a Razr.

How to hack a cell phone with a magnet | Wonder How To

How to search Ubuntu-Users List

on google
site:lists.ubuntu.com  whateveryoursearchingfor

--
Steve Reilly

ubuntu-users-list in Dire Straits...

Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way they do it
bottom postin' on u-bun-two list...
So we gonna do it, that's the way we do it
for no ree-zun

Make CapsLock an extra Ctrl key in Linux

The problem with this using Ubuntu keyboard applet settings, the capslock LED on my T60 turns on and off.  Get rid of this behavior by inserting ctrl:nocaps line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
EndSection

iPhone is coming to China

I'm sure the Chinese will love the iPhone, but if you live in the U.S. and get 5 miles off the interstate you have no service from AT&T.

Many people buy the iPhone but I doubt so many use it, because service here sucks.  Unless you stay on the interstate or live in a big city, forget the iPhone.

Blackberry Curve 8330 no Internet!

Make sure you are on one of your providers towers before doing registering.

Thinking I knew the solution to that “bug,” I did Options > Advanced Options > Host Routing Table > (press Menu key) > Register Now.

Imagining the TENTH Dimension

This animation illustrates the concepts presented in chapter one of the book "Imagining the Tenth Dimension"

http://tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php

Installing XV Graphics Viewer in Ubuntu 8.04

I followed the script in the ref below but ran into problem when building XV in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. Note that my system has most all the build-essentials and stuff required for developers but these are some things it was missing; therefore, you may still be missing some packages since the basic ubuntu install is not really designed for the developer.

#!/bin/bash
# getxv.sh
#
cd /tmp
wget ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/xv-3.10a.tar.gz
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/png-mng/xv-3.10a-jumbo-patches-20050501.tar.gz
wget http://bok.fas.harvard.edu/debian/xv/xv-3.10a-jumbo20050501-1.diff.gz
tar xvzf xv-3.10a.tar.gz
tar xvzf xv-3.10a-jumbo-patches-20050501.tar.gz
gzip -d xv-3.10a-jumbo20050501-1.diff.gz
cd xv-3.10a
patch -p1 < ../xv-3.10a-jumbo-fix-patch-20050410.txt
patch -p1 < ../xv-3.10a-jumbo-enh-patch-20050501.txt
patch -p1 < ../xv-3.10a-jumbo20050501-1.diff
chmod 755 debian/rules 
apt-get install libc6-dev
# In Ubuntu I had to change this to xorg-dev meta package
#apt-get install xlibs-dev
apt-get install xorg-dev
apt-get install libjpeg62-dev
apt-get install libtiff4-dev
apt-get install libpng12-dev
make
cp xv /usr/local/bin

ref: Installing the XV Graphics Program in Ubuntu

VLC and Other codecs to play videos in Ubuntu

# WARNING: IF YOU HAVE JAUNTY, CHANGE "hardy.list to jaunty.list
#Install VLC and Other codecs to play video, dvd, and mp3
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
apt-get update
apt-get install libdvdcss2 w32codecs non-free-codecs
apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

How to tell if your internet is up in Linux?

When on a local net or using wifi (that's just about everybody), you really need a way to tell if the "internet" is up or not.  Of course the network applet tells you the wifi or network is up, that is not what you need to know.  You need to know if the internet connection is up.  Here's a cool Gnome panel applet that does just that - it's just not installed on Hardy (Ubuntu 8.04) by default.

Link Monitor Applet is a GNOME Panel Applet displaying the round-trip time to a set of hosts in a bar graph.

Link Monitor Applet features include:

• A line graph able to display up to one week of round-trip time data
• Country flags and names
• Full ICMP and ICMPv6 support
• HIG 2.0 compliance

Link Monitor Applet is free software, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

sudo apt-get install link-monitor-applet

After  install with the command above, add the applet to gnome panel.  Add the OpenDNS host 208.67.222.222 and Delay to 10 seconds, Graphs scale to 3 seconds, and Tooltip to 5 minutes.  That should get you started.  Now hover the mouse over the Link Monitor Applet and you can tell if you are up or down and for how long it's been down, etc.  Very nice tool!

Even the Windows network tool can't always tell if you are online:(  With Linux and this applet, you will always know if your internet connection is up and it's displayed in a nice little graph.

Reply to mailing list addon/patch for Thunderbird

Adds a "reply to mailing list" button to your toolbar and the message menu.

Reply to Mailing List addon for Thunderbird (experimental)

How can import GPG keys automatically from within Evolution?

If you receive a signed GPG/PGP message from someone and you do not yet have his public key in your GPG/PGP keyring. You can make GPG automatically download and add unknown GPG/PGP keys of received messages by adding the following two lines to the file $HOME/.gnupg/gpg.conf:

       keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
       keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve

The actual link (URI) to the keyserver is only one example and may be different - you can also choose other servers.

How to make middle mouse click scroll

Just add these lines to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in Hardy!

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option        "EmulateWheel" "true"
    Option        "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
EndSection

Sorry, no help in Jaunty.  Took a look at xorg.conf on a jaunty box and it was almost blank.  I hate the way they keep changing stuff.  Sticking with LTS for now.

Installing Cups driver for Brother 2040 Printer

Pre-required Procedure (2)

Related distributions

Ubuntu8.04/8.04.1, Ubuntu8.10, Ubuntu9.04

Related products/drivers

cupswrapper printer/PC-FAX drivers

Requirement

1. "sudo aa-complain cupsd" command is required before the installation.

2. "sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model" command (as it is) is required before the installation.

Download Driver for Brother 2040

Mutt Keys --experimental--

Creates Mutt like key bindings for Thunderbird. Inspired by the mouseless extension.  read more...

Newspapers Convert To Narrower Widths

Approximately 150 North American newspapers have converted to or are in the process of converting to narrower web widths, according to the Newspaper Association of America in Vienna, Va. Many newspapers are converting to a narrower width to cut newsprint costs. The NAA reports that conversion from a 54-inch web to a 50-inch web could reduce newsprint consumption by up to 7.4%.

Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic Koala

Empathy to replace Pidgin?  I assume it's because of the lack of Pidgins ability to transfer files or do voice/video communications.  This is one reason I use Pidgin on my lame satellite connection.  Voice and video of any kind is not so good here.  Sometimes it's best not to jump on the bandwagon.  Sticking with Pidgin for a while...

Empathy - GNOME Live!

Gmail smtp fails - server busy...

Gmail smtp fails with message server busy.  Perhaps Gmail servers are overloaded.

Mac4Lin 1.0 Released

If you like this sort of thing, Mac4Lin finally reached 1.0.

SourceForge.net: Mac4Lin

The goal of this project is to bring the Mac OS X user interface to POSIX Operating Systems (GNU/LInux, FreeBSD, openSolaris etc.). The project is built for desktop environments based on GTK -- Anirudh Acharya, Developer - Mac4Lin

Remaining Alltel Properties to Be Sold

While AT&T will not purchase ALLTEL divested properties in GA, this property is set to be sold to a company named Atlantic Tele-Network.  Of all names that come up in a search - this company has one sister company that uses the old name Cellular One.

I guess we have come full circle, no iPhone for middle georgians :(