To enable firewire, add the following 2 lines to /etc/rc.local:
mknod –m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0
/sbin/modprobe raw1394
FC3: Installing Mono packages
If you want to use the yum repository for Mono 1.0.6 (stable), add the following lines to your /etc/yum.conf:
[mono-stable]
name=Mono – Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) baseurl=http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.6/fedora-3-i386/
gpgcheck=0
yum install Mono*
Remove the path of the script
There are 2 solutions: `basename “$0″` or ${0##*/}.
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FC3: Acrobat Reader 7.0 in Firefox
To install acroread plugin in firefox:
Download here:
#cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
#ln -s /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so
FC3: Deleting Temporary files
If there are temporary files located in the /tmp directory, then as root : fixfiles relabel; reboot will delete the “files” FC finds in the tmp directory and relabels what it wants to, followed by a reboot.
Yet another method can be as root : yum clean all
My Bash Environmental Variables
chitlesh(Bash)[1]$echo $PS1
u(W)[33[1;31m][[33[0;31m]j[33[1;31m]][33[1;37m]$
chitlesh(Bash)[1]$echo $PROMPT_COMMAND
echo -ne “33]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}07”
FC3: KInstaller Making Linux simple
KInstaller is an application to simplify the compilation and installation of KDE programs shipped as tar packages. In fact KInstaller is an easy to use graphical frontend to the ‘configure; make; make install’ steps.
Troubleshooting:
C++ preprocessor error
Problem: configure: error: C++ preprocessor “/lib/cpp” fails sanity check
Solution: # yum install gcc-c++
KDE: QT error
Problem: configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.2)
Solution: # yum install qt-devel
KDE: missing headers
Problem:
checking for KDE… configure: error:
in the prefix, you’ve chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!
Solution: #yum install kdelibs-devel
FC3: Convert Images to pdf
Convert Images to pdf with ImageMagick
To convert images to pdf:
$ convert *.png mypictures.pdf
reverse action:
$ convert mypictures.pdf Image_%03.png
FC3: upgrade KDE 3.4.1 via apt-get
For updating Kde to 3.4.1 via apt or synaptic.
#su
#gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add these lines
rpm ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/ kde-redhat/fedora/3 stable testing
rpm ftp://apt.uk.kde-redhat.org/pub/apt/ kde-redhat/fedora/3 stable testing
rpm ftp://apt.us.kde-redhat.org/linux/kde-redhat/apt/ kde-redhat/fedora/3 stable testing
Gpg-key
# rpm –import http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca
# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
Now you have the kdebase 3.4 for fc3
FC3: gtk
Problem:
/home/chitlesh/.kde/share/config/gtkrc:37: error: unexpected identifier `gtk-alternative-button-order’, expected keyword – e.g. `style’
solved by
$ rm ~/.kde/share/config/gtkrc