[HowTo] Install Network Driver for P5GC-MX Under Ubuntu
I was installing Ubuntu on Asus P5GC-MX, the install process was flawlessness, however the onboard lan wasn’t love my Ubuntu, it wont detect the onboard LAN adapter. Therefore, i dig around in internet and finally i found a solution as below:
- Download atl2-204tar and extract it
- tar -vxzf atl2-2.0.4.tar.bz
- cd atl2-2.0.4
- make
- sudo cp ./atl2.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net
- sudo depmod -a
- sudo modprobe atl2
- dmesg
- ifconfig -a
And…..CONGRATUTION!!!!! I got it working YEAH!!!
HowTo: Mouse over music preview in Ubuntu
I saw a clip in youtube few days back, a person showing off his Ubuntu with the features of mouse over music preview, which means by putting mouse cursor on top of the music file icon, it will start to play the song without the needs of playing the song in a music player. I was attracted by this features and it’s really useful when i want to search for song in a thousand song by just moving my mouse cursor one by one. I start to search around for the work around, i tried many ways suggested in forums and blog but i still cant make it work. However at last i manage to make it work by installing things below, but so far i only test it in Hardy Heron.
Things to be installed
- ubuntu-restricted-extras
- mpg123
- mpg123-esd
- pulseaudio-esound-compat
- vorbis-tools
You can install from synaptic or by the method below
$ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras mpg123-esd pulseaudio-esound-compat vorbis-tools
HowTo: CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Korean) in Wine Application
If you are installing CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Koean) application in ordinary fresh installed wine, you will see a lots of funny character instead of the one of the CJK which is readable. Follow the guide below to get your CJK application display properly in wine. Tested on Ubuntu Feisty and Hardy.
1. Open the terminal and execute the following
$sudo touch /var/lib/locales/supported.d/ja
$sudo touch /var/lib/locales/supported.d/kr
$sudo touch /var/lib/locales/supported.d/zh
2. Open each of the file that you have just created and paste in the line as below
Sonork IM in Ubuntu using Wine
The first time i install sonork IM using wine was last year but failed, it wont read the history record from data file when you open chat screen. When new message arrive i got the notification but when i open the chat screen it was empty, i can only see the incoming message if i keep the sender’s chat screen open before he or she send me the message. Sonork IM is an internet messenger application which is not popular at all, but some of the company are using it as a private messenging network, because it is not well known enough so i can hardly find any information in google regarding problem in running sonork IM using wine and its solution. I tried crossover office as well but no hope. So i conclude to myself that sonork IM not compatible at all with wine. Until recently i bring it out to try again because i need to stick with linux base OS for some my research, this time somehow i make it to works, i don’t know how it would work in this way, but i just work.
The trick to make it work is really simple, for the 3rd step in the installation wizard, there is an “advanced…” button, after clicking on it you will see that you can actually set your own data and tmp path for Sonork IM. For Data folder i set it to my Ubuntu file system /home/warrence/sonork/data, as for tmp folder i set it to /tmp. Thats all!
Guide: Fully uninstall KDE
If you install KDE with aptitude, use below method to remove:
$sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop
or
$sudo aptitude remove xubuntu-desktop
If you are using apt-get or synaptic to install, follow as below:
Cant’s set Super L + other key in Keyboard Shortcuts setting?
I migrated myself from Vista to Ubuntu, and honestly speaking, i love it more than Vista after i use it for a month. But one thing that i don’t like is the shortcut key to hide and show desktop. Oridinary in Vista was using Super L + D whereas for Ubuntu it use Ctrl+Alt+D. So i decide to configure the shortcut to be similar like the behaviour in Vista, and then i realize that i can’t combine Super L key with other key in the settings. I start googling for the answer, and of cause i did found out the solution or else i wont be writing this post just to ask for help. So here is the solution to share with those out there who have the same problem as me.
- Goto System > Preferences > Keyboard
- Goto Layouts tab
- Click Layout Options… button
- Expand Alt/Win Behavior
- Check on Super is mapped to the Win-keys (default)
- Click on close button
- Goto System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts
Now you are able to set your shortcut with the combination of Super L and other keys. It should come out as Mod4+CHOSENKEY.
Ubuntu: No sound in youtube.com?
I’m using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardey Heron, I never have any problem with my flash player sound output in youtube until lastnight it was broken. I don’t know exactly how it broke but before it happen, i installed alot of other audio and player plugin and library, just to solve embeded windows media player problem in most of the china website. Finally i got WMP working with mplayer mediawrap but somehow flash player sound output broken. I start to googling for the solution and i found alot of guide was asking you to edit firefoxrc file, but that file does not exist in my system.
I believe most of the people experience the same problem as mine, so i decide to share with you all my way of solving “no sound in youtube flash player” problem. Very few simple step to get back your sound in youtube:
- Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
- search for libflashsupport
- mark and install it, restart your firefox browser, DONE!
Hope this help most of the people out with the same problem as mine.