change default sound card on ubuntu

Hi all

Sorry for late post but i was really busy with some assignments and stuff.

I have tried this on ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, i have external yamaha sound card installed on my system, to change your default card simply go to Terminal

and type

Quote:

sudo asoundconf list

it will display list of available sound card like for me it displayed
SI7012
YMF724

after thins you just need to use another command that is

Quote:

asoundconf set-default-card YMF724

i have used my sound card name so please replace your sound card name here

after this you need to manually restart your system to apply settings

hope it will solve some sound problems

Ubuntu Versions with Names

Today on forum i found something very intresting so including it here, thanks for such a wonderful info vishnu :)

Versions of Ubuntu with Names

1. Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
2. Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
3. Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)
4. Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)
5. Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
6. Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
7. Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
8. Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
9. Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
10. Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

I found this useful information on www.indiabroadband.net if you have any tech or non tech issues or if you have any topic in mind to discuss then do remember to see me on Indiabroadband with name ~smoothvibes~

Install Miro Internet TV on ubuntu

Miro is a free application that turns your computer into an internet TV video player. You can download it for your Linux ubuntu. This will turn your system into live Internet TV and its not like youtube or any other online streaming software which buffers while playing.

Minimum System Requirement
Linux: 500Mhz CPU with a good video card, 1GHz without, 128MB RAM.

There are 2 ways to install Miro on your ubuntu

First way to install Miro
To install it on your ubuntu, just go to terminal and type

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

this will open up sources list where you need to add this line at the end

for hardy users
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu hardy/

for Gusty users
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu gutsy/

now just save and exit this file

after this we need to update sources list using following command

sudo apt-get update

till here our half work is done :)

now to install Miro use following command in terminal

sudo aptitude install miro

To Access Miro goto
Applications—>Sound & video—>Miro Internet TV


Second way to install Miro
To install Miro by this way on Ubuntu, you need to add Miro repository. This is pretty easy and you only need to do it once.

Open synaptic package manager (System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager)

Open the repositories window (In synaptic package manager>>Settings>>repositories)

Click on Third Party Tab then press add button

Now add APT Line (repositories)

For Hardy
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu hardy/

For Gusty
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu gutsy/

For Fiesty
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu feisty/

For Dapper
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu dapper/


Now click Add Source button

Once its added just press the reload button on the left hand top corner of synaptic package manager window

Search for Miro in synaptic package manager and mark for install

Press Apply button now and its installed :)

To Access Miro goto
Applications—>Sound & video—>Miro Internet TV

Download Managers for ubuntu

cURL
cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax. The strong point of cURL is the number of data transfer protocols it supports. Distributed under the MIT License, cURL is free software.

The main purpose and use for cURL is to automate unattended file transfers or sequences of operations. For example, it is a good tool for simulating a user's actions at a web browser.

To Install cURL on ubuntu go to terminal and use this command

sudo aptitude install curl

Gwet
Gwget is a free graphical download manager for GNOME, which uses GNU Wget as a back-end. It tightly integrates into GNOME and Firefox.
To install Gwget on ubuntu use this command in terminal

sudo aptitude install gwget

Alex
Axel is a command-line downloader for unix-like operating systems. Unlike wget, axel includes download acceleration, which attempts to increase download speed by splitting single file in segments.
To install Alex on ubuntu use this command in terminal

sudo aptitude install axel

jKiwi

jKiwi is a easy to use virtual makeover and hair styler application mainly for the Linux desktop. The aim of the project is to instantly find out how you would look in hundreds of haircuts, try different lip colors or eye contact lenses and shadows.

download it for your ubuntu from here jKiwi

System Requirements for ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Minimum system Requirements for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron

• 300 MHz x86 processor
• 64 MB of system memory (RAM)
• At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space)
• VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution
• CD-ROM drive or network card

Recomended Minimum System Requirements for ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron

• 700 MHz x86 processor
• 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
• 8 GB of disk space
• Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution
• Sound card
  A network or Internet connection
  

Note: All 64-bit (x86-64) PCs should be able to run Ubuntu. Use the 64-bit installation CD for a 64-bit-optimised installation.

Recommended for visual effects

• 1.2 GHz x86 processor
• 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
• Supported graphics card
  

Auto Login ubuntu

Its a good idea as after doing this system will not ask your login password at the time when you login to your system which can save your time, but from security point it is really not a very good idea as the users who have physical access to your computer can get into your computer without any password.
You can set this in ubuntu go to

System>>Administration>>Login Window (after clicking on Login Window option it will ask you for password)

now it will display Login Window Prefrences where we need to choose security tab and click on Enable Automatic Login.
thats it, from now on your ubuntu will not ask for any username or password at the time of booting.

Installing Opera on ubuntu

Ubuntu comes up with a pre installed web browser i.e. Firefox but still sometimes we need more than one browser to meet our online needs.Opera is the other browser which works really good on linux and got a good number of users There are 2 methods to install Opera in ubuntu First MethodYou can install Opera from Synaptic Package Manager, this is not very complex.Go to System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager and search for Opera, press install and it will install it for you Second MethodSimply go to Terminal (Applications>>Accessories>>Terminal) sudo aptitude install operathis should do the trick and after getting it installed, can access it Applications>>Internet>>Opera

Get install update on ubuntu

Keep your ubuntu always updates, there are lot many third party and supported application & security updates which keeps on coming day by day for ubuntu so please keep your system updated always.
Try i run update command once in a day to stay updated

To update the repositories:

  sudo apt-get update

To update the packages of the currently installed version

  sudo apt-get upgrade

To upgrade the newest version

  
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Otherwise there is another very easy way to update your ubuntu
simply go to
System>Administration>Update Manager
and check for updates, press install button if any update is available :-)

sources.list for ubuntu 8.04 Heron

Hardy Heron is April 2008 release of ubuntu.
updating the sources list

##--------------------
## UBUNTU REPOSITORIES
## -------------------
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://my.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntume.team/ubuntu hardy main # Ubuntu Muslim Edition
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntume.team/ubuntu hardy main # Ubuntu Muslim Edition
deb http://www.linuxmint.com/repository romeo/
deb http://tskariah.000webhost.com/ubuntu ubuntu main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubu...gutsy main
## +++ Backports & Proposed (Ubuntu Unstable) +++
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
## +++ Source Repositories +++
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubu...hardy main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
##Universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
## Multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
## Backports
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
## Canonical Partner Repository
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
## PLF REPOSITORY
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/reacocard-awn/ubuntu gutsy main
## +++ Medibuntu +++
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ feisty free non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubu...hardy main
deb http://playonlinux.botux.net/ hardy main

you can update or copy and paste this to your /etc/apt/sources.list

but before experiment do remember you are doing it on your own risk :-)

Install Azureus on ubuntu

Azureus is a BitTorrent client written in Java. The BitTorrent protocol is a new way of exchanging or distributing data over the internet. Downloading also means uploading, and the amounts of each are linked, to ensure fairness and rapidity in the spread of the file at hand.

Azureus comes with Vuze, a new GUI for the traditional Azureus application. From Vuze, you have five views; Dashboard, OnVuze, Library, Publish and Advanced.

* Dashboard - This splits your view into 3 panels: Currently Downloading, Recently Downloaded and available Downloads.
* OnVuze - This gives you a list of channels available, then each channel gives you available downloads.
* Library - Displays a list of Downloads on the right hand side and information on the selected download on the left.
* Publish - Takes you to publishing wizard to add your own content to the Vuze community. Note: You must register with Vuze for this.
* Advanced - This takes you to the Azureus you know and love.

Although closely linked and developed by many of the same people, Vuze and Azureus are separate projects.

To Install Azureus on your ubuntu you can simply go to terminal and type this command

sudo apt-get install azureus

this will install azureus on your ubuntu without any problems

for more details shout on me :)
otherwise check Azureus Home

To Launch Azureus on ubuntu Applications>>Internet>>Azureus

ubuntu Tweak

This tool is for ubuntu which makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings.

Ubuntu Tweak is only for GNOME desktop environment.

Some of the basic features of tweak

• GNOME Session Control

• Show/Hide and Change Splash screen

• Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes.

• Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon

• Use Home Directory as Desktop

• Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings.

• GNOME Panel Settings.

• Nautilus Settings.

• Advanced Power Management Settings.

• System Security Settings.

Download ubuntu tweak using the following command

wget http://ubuntu-tweak.googlecode.com/files/ubuntu-tweak_0.2.6-1~ppa1_all.deb

Now you have .deb package install this package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i ubuntu-tweak_0.2.6-1~ppa1_all.deb

your terminal should look like this

after installing it you can go to Applications>>System Tools>>Ubuntu Tweek

Now start your experiment :)

How to

While going through some forums online and on ubuntu forum today i found something very handy and informative

check this in terminal :)

How to find which version of ubuntu you are using

lsb_release -a

How to find which version of kernel you are using

uname -r

How to find ip address

ip -d addr

How to find ip route

ip -d route

How to check MTU or Link

ip -d link

How to check MAC address

ifconfig

Setting up Netgear DG834G Router

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Netgear DG834G v3, Netgear DG834G v4, Netgear DG834GT, Netgear DG834, Netgear DG834PN all these routers have exactly same basic settings and user interface so you can use this guide for any of these router

Setting Up Router/ Configuration

There are 2 ways to setup Netgear
1. Setup Wizard (which guides you through a setup wizard)
2. Manual Configuration (you need to put all values in router manually)

Here we are not discussing Setup Wizard as Manual configuration is far much easier then auto configuration

To configure (config) Netgear we need to get into router page

To open router config page
1. Open Internet Explorer (Start>>all prog>>Internet Explorer)
2. Type in address bar 192.168.0.1
3. In username box type admin (where it says gateway 192.168.0.1 requires username & password)
4. In password box type password (word password itself)

After this you will find Netgear ADSL Wireless Router Setup page



after this you will find next page as



Here in this page (Basic Settings Page)

Does your internet connection requires login, Select Yes
Select Encapculation as PPPoE
Login is Username as provided by your ISP
Password is your password for broadband connection as provided by your ISP
Keep Idle timeout as 0

after this simply press apply without changing anything else


Now We Need to click on ADSL Settings Page



Now on ADSL Setting Page We got only 3 options



Multiplexing Method Should be LLC-Based
VPI 0
VCI 35

now just press apply again

By this time your router should be only (you can check it by opening any website on Internet Explorer or by router status option on netgear page)


To Config Wireless

Click on Wireless Option (on left hand side blue panel)



It should display next page as


Here in this page

Wireless Network Name (SSID) Alpha-Numeric name which would be displayed as your wireless network name

Region Here Select Your Region

Channel: Select whichever channel give you best sighal (9, 11, 13 are recommended)

Keep the TIck on Enable Wireless Access Point

Keep the Tick on Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID)

Can Untick Wireless Isolation

Then Jump to Security Options

Select WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre Shared Key)

then in WPA-PSK Security Encryption type in anything of your own choice but alphabets and numbers both should be there and make it between 8 to 63 characters long.
WPA-PSK Security Encryption Key is your password for wireless network

Now Press Apply and your router is ready for wireless too

After doing this you can change MTU (Maximum Transmit Unit) size to 1400 from WAN Setup Option

You can find WAN Setup Option in same blue panel on left hand side of screen


Here you just need to change MTU to 1400 and need not to change any other setting

Now its all done and router is ready to send wireless signal to your system/laptop


I have tried to cover all important steps of netgear configuration here but Sill if you face anymore issues then please post here

AWN Dock on ubuntu hardy

This is for Hardy users only
Avant Windows Navigator (AWN) depends upon compiz and please activate desktop effects before installing AWN on ubuntu.
First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file using the following command

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following two lines at the end

deb Index of /reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main

deb-src Index of /reacocard-awn/ubuntu hardy main

Save and exit the file.
Update the source list using the following command

sudo aptitude update

Install Avant Window Navigator (AWN) in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr

This will complete the installation
Now you can start AWN from

Applications->Accessories->Avant Window Navigator

Enjoy and as you know you can config/ modify it according to your choice and taste

Easy way to install

you can do it this way, simply go to synaptic package manager and search for awn manager
the very first thing which comes in list is awn-manager install it and enjoy
thats the easy way

Install VLC Media Player on ubuntu

As i alwayas say that we can install mainly all applications, games and programs on ubuntu so here posting something useful which we mainly use in windows to play DVD's and CD's which do not work on any other media player

Install vlc on ubuntu

Simply go to terminal and type in this command

sudo apt-get install vlc

thats installed now and you can launch vlc from

Applications>>Sound & Video>>VLC Media Player

enjoy again and Love Linux :)

Gateway IP in ubuntu

Most of us face issues while we try to config gateway ip on unubtu and, some geeks try to use ipconfig command on terminal :D which really do not work on ubuntu.
In windows microsoft call it ipconfig command where you can not config anything from this command but in ubuntu you can even config.. one more benifit of open source :) to get gateway address on ubuntu you can simply go to terminal and use

netstat -r grep default
or
ip neigh

second command is easy and faster too :)
Love Linux

initramfs error while installing ubuntu with windows

yesterday you guy's were worried about this error, so got resolution of that :)
First let me explain when we get this error.
when you boot you system and after selecting ubuntu screen goes black with this error
initramfs (type help for list of commands)
this error comes up when the other OS on system is not closed (shut down) correctly, as we all know the basic HDD format for linux is ext3 but in case when we install ubuntu from wubi it is installed on ntfs only (default c:) so this error comes up whenever previos OS (windows) on NTFS is not closed properly.
To get rid of this error reboot your system and press F8 for OS Choice Menu from there select windows and go for Boot Windows Normally after windows is loded, please unplug all USB devices connected (if any) like External Hard Drive, USB Card Reader, Webcam etc. by safely remove hardware option. Now shut down windows properly.
Now you just need to boot ubuntu normally and it should load properly.
Feedback is welcome :)

terminal to update linux ubuntu

As you all know that we need terminal to update and to install any application but if you are not comfortable with this terminal idea and commands then there is another way to install appliactions on ubuntu and to update too...
To Update ubuntu you can go to System>>Administration>>Update Manager
and to install any application we have 2 ways apart from terminal
1. Click on Main Menu and under that go to add/ remove application
2. Click on System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager
but i like Terminal only and trust me if you are using linux then try using Terminal only

additional tip :) try these commands
Date
cal

Installing utorrent on linux ubuntu

utorrent can be installed on ubuntu very easily, you just name the application and i am here to provide you resolution or way to install it on linux :)
To install utorrent, first we need to install wine on our system & to install wine don't go to command prompt :-D just go to terminal and type

sudo apt-get install wine

after this installation of wine just copy and paste this command in terminal (not in command prompt LOL)

wget http://download.utorrent.com/1.7.5/utorrent.exe

and now just run it for the first time with command in terminal

wine utorrent.exe

and it will ask you to create shortcuts, click yes for that


and now you can check it under Main Menu>>Applications>>wine>>utorrent

is'nt this very easy..now start playing with sudo commands in terminal

Installing Google Chrome On Ubuntu

This is the Most simple way to install Google Chromium (chrome) on ubunutu, i installed it on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy HeronChromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. The Chromium codebase is the basis for Google’s Chrome browser.First you need to download .deb package from here using the following command

wget http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/cxchromium_0.9.0-1_i386.deb

Now you have cxchromium_0.9.0-1_i386.deb package install this package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i cxchromium_0.9.0-1_i386.deb

This will complete the installationafter installation you may get an error sayingcxbottle:warning: The current character encoding (UTF-8) may not be compatible with the encoding of the bottle (ISO-8859-1). This may cause applications to not find their files and thus lead to malfunctions. Just ignore it and enjoy Google Chrome

(To Launch Chrome goto: Main Menu>>CrossOver Chromium>>Chromium)

wubi

Yesterday I tried installing ubuntu using Wubi and trust me its a great deal, you infact need not to worry about anything at all, only thing you need to do is to select the drive where you want to install ubuntu/ Kubuntu/ Edubuntu.
If you don't have partition then also there is nothing to worry about just select that partition where windows is installed and leave the rest on disc partitioner it knows the job better than anyone. I started my download yesterday and went to office, after that came back in morning & my system was already restarted and ubuntu was installed, then i restarted system once again, got 2 options to boot

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Ubuntu

Selected ubuntu to boot and then it started disc partitioner to create swap and to install hardware and to configure all devices. It took about 5-6 minutes to complete this job, then system asked one more reboot Now ubuntu is fully installed and ready to use If any problem comes up then can go back to windows and run Wubi again to uninstall ubuntu from your system and will get the complete space on hard drive back on without loosing anything.It is as good as installing a prog on windows