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ZTE ZXDSL 852 : Linux Drivers


ZTE 852 DSL modem isn't recognised by Ubuntu Linux and there are some setting up you have to do before getting it running.

Initially I suppose that you have the Ubuntu Linux CD/DVD with you. You need this because some packages which are necessary for the procedure are not installed with the Operating System. Other than that you will have to download UbuDSL which is open source and free to download.

UbuDSL : You can easily download this from www.ubudsl.com.


Install OpenOffice 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.1


First of all get the tar.gz from the OpenOffice site. You can use the following link -- Here --.

Extract the tar.gz achieve to your desktop.

Get to the terminal and do the following

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/*.deb

sudo apt-get remove openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-help-en-us openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-l10n-common openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-l10n-en-za openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb
Incase you need to remove OpenOffice from your system, then you can do the following in the Terminal.
sudo apt-get remove ooobasis3.0-base ooobasis3.0-binfilter ooobasis3.0-calc ooobasis3.0-core01 ooobasis3.0-core02 ooobasis3.0-core03 ooobasis3.0-core04 ooobasis3.0-core05 ooobasis3.0-core06 ooobasis3.0-core07 ooobasis3.0-draw ooobasis3.0-en-us ooobasis3.0-en-us-base ooobasis3.0-en-us-binfilter ooobasis3.0-en-us-calc ooobasis3.0-en-us-draw ooobasis3.0-en-us-help ooobasis3.0-en-us-impress ooobasis3.0-en-us-math ooobasis3.0-en-us-res ooobasis3.0-en-us-writer ooobasis3.0-gnome-integration ooobasis3.0-graphicfilter ooobasis3.0-images ooobasis3.0-impress ooobasis3.0-javafilter ooobasis3.0-kde-integration ooobasis3.0-math ooobasis3.0-onlineupdate ooobasis3.0-ooofonts ooobasis3.0-ooolinguistic ooobasis3.0-pyuno ooobasis3.0-testtool ooobasis3.0-writer ooobasis3.0-xsltfilter openoffice.org3 openoffice.org3-base openoffice.org3-calc openoffice.org3-dict-en openoffice.org3-dict-es openoffice.org3-dict-fr openoffice.org3-draw openoffice.org3-en-us openoffice.org3-impress openoffice.org3-math openoffice.org3-writer openoffice.org-ure
I have discussed how to install OpenOffice 3 (actually update it) using the Update Manager HERE. I recoment that method rather than this.

OpenOffice

Try open office for your requirements
its free and easy to use also


http://why.openoffice.org/index.html


download the new version from here
support for Microsoft windows,mac and Linux,Solars also

http://download.openoffice.org/other.html


some screen shots are here

http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/writer-big.png
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/calc-big.png
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/impress-big.png
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/draw-big.png
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/base-big.png
http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/math-big.png

HOWTO improving your internet connection using wondershaper



I just downgraded my internet connection. I just hate it when a p2p application prevents me from browsing the web fast. So let's do something about it

wondershaper is an easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these improvements:

* Low latency for interactive traffic (and pings) at all times
* Allow websurfing at reasonable speeds while uploading / downloading
* Make sure uploads don't hurt downloads
* Make sure downloads don't hurt uploads

official webpage :
http://lartc.org/wondershaper

about the ubuntu package :
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/net/wondershaper

/usr/share/doc/wondershaper contains readme files. You might want to read these also.

I'm using firestarter together with wondershaper. Nothing has to be changed to firestarter.

So here we go :
sudo apt-get install wondershaper

use ifconfig to determine which of your networkcards is the one that is connected to your modem (and thus the internet).

$ifconfig

the networkcard that has your normal ip adress is the one (not 192.168.x.x)

Go to a speedtesting website (for example a speedtesting website by your internet provider or www.speedtest.nl if you live in the netherlands) and determine your average upload and download speed. Use these speeds as a guide.

$sudo wondershaper eth1 downspeed upspeed

download a big and uncompressable file while pinging to a fast and stable server on the internet or to your modem and adjust your downspeed until you are satisfied :

$sudo wondershaper eth1 downspeed upspeed

Now do the same with uploading a big and uncompressable file.

You have to tweak these settings a while until you are satisfied. When you are ready you can make these connection settings permanent by :

$ sudo pico /etc/network/interfaces

add these lines under eth1 if eth1 is your internetconnection. Change eth1,upspeed and downspeed to your settings.

Code:
up /sbin/wondershaper eth1 downspeed upspeed
down /sbin/wondershaper clear eth1
And we are done!

Conky


Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X based on torsmo.Conky is an powerful desktop app that posts system monitoring info onto the root window. It is hard to set up properly (has unlisted dependencies, special command line compile options, and requires a mod to xorg.conf to stop it from flickering, and the apt-get version doesnt work properly). Most people can’t get it working right, but its an AWESOME app if it can be set up right done.

Install Conky in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install conky

This will complete the installation

Configuring Conky

Make a configuration file in your home directory (Ex:-/home/ubuntuadmin)

vi /home/ubuntuadmin/.conkyrc

Paste the following code into the file and save / exit

# UBUNTU-CONKY
# A comprehensive conky script, configured for use on
# Ubuntu / Debian Gnome, without the need for any external scripts.
#
# Based on conky-jc and the default .conkyrc.
# INCLUDES:
# – tail of /var/log/messages
# – netstat connections to your computer
#
# — Pengo (conky@pengo.us)
#

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# fiddle with window
use_spacer yes
use_xft no

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
# minimum_size 250 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
font arial
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
border_margin 9

# border width
border_width 10

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color grey

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 10

# stuff after ‘TEXT’ will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$color
${color orange}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
$nodename $sysname $kernel on $machine

${color orange}CPU ${hr 2}$color
${freq}MHz Load: ${loadavg} Temp: ${acpitemp}
$cpubar
${cpugraph 000000 ffffff}
NAME PID CPU% MEM%
${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}

${color orange}MEMORY / DISK ${hr 2}$color
RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color
Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color

Root: ${fs_free_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
hda1: ${fs_free_perc /media/hda1}% ${fs_bar 6 /media/hda1}$color
hdb3: ${fs_free_perc /media/hdb3}% ${fs_bar 6 /media/hdb3}

${color orange}NETWORK (${addr eth0}) ${hr 2}$color
Down: $color${downspeed eth0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth0 25,140 000000 ff0000} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0
25,140 000000 00ff00}$color
Total: ${totaldown eth0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup eth0}
Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768
61000 count}${alignr}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color orange}LOGGING ${hr 2}$color
${execi 30 tail -n3 /var/log/messages | fold -w50}

${color orange}FORTUNE ${hr 2}$color
${execi 120 fortune -s | fold -w50}

You can also extract the sample file using the following command

zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conkyrc.sample.gz > ~/.conkyrc

If the network connections graph does not work, you will have to change all “eth0″ references to “ppp0″ (for modem) or “ath0″ (for other devices).

Add dbe module to /etc/X11/xorg.conf to reduce flickering.

sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

find the section titled Section “Module”, and add the following line

Load “dbe”



sinhala unicode for ubuntu

Unfortunately the Sinhala font was first added to Ubuntu 8.10 and is
unavailable in the Ubuntu 8.04:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ttf-sinhala-lklug

Your options are:

A) Upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 or newer version of Ubuntu and then follow the
instructions at: http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/

B) Download the ttf-sinhala-lklug deb package from Ubuntu 8.10 and
install it on Ubuntu 8.04. Then follow the rest of the instructions at:
http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/


then run this command in terminal

sudo apt-get install scim scim-gtk2-immodule im-switch scim-m17n m17n-db
m17n-contrib language-pack-si-base

From your user account (i.e. not root) run:

rm -f ~/.xinput.d/* ; im-switch -z all_ALL -s scim-immodule

Logout and login again. Environment variables need to be set/updated (NO NEED TO REBOOT)


How to test

  1. Visit si.wikipedia.org and see if the Sinhala letters render correctly.

  2. Copy and paste some of the content from Sinhala Wikipedia to Open Office Writer. Then highlight the Sinhala text and choose the LKLUG font to display them.

  3. To test typing, press Control-space whilst you are running a GNOME application. Then select one of the Sinhala input methods.

Reset Your Forgotten Ubuntu Password in 2 Minutes or Less

If you’ve ever forgotten your password, you aren’t alone… it’s probably one of the most common tech support problems I’ve encountered over the years. Luckily if you are using Ubuntu they made it incredibly easy to reset your password.

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All it takes is adjusting the boot parameters slightly and typing a command or two, but we’ll walk you through it.

Reset Your Ubuntu Password

Reboot your computer, and then as soon as you see the GRUB Loading screen, make sure to hit the ESC key so that you can get to the menu.

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Root Shell – Easy Method

If you have the option, you can choose the “recovery mode” item on the menu, usually found right below your default kernel option.

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Then choose “Drop to root shell prompt” from this menu.

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This should give you a root shell prompt.

Alternate Root Shell Method

If you don’t have the recovery mode option, this is the alternate way to manually edit the grub options to allow for a root shell.

First you’ll want to make sure to choose the regular boot kernel that you use (typically just the default one), and then use the “e” key to choose to edit that boot option.

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Now just hit the down arrow key over to the “kernel” option, and then use the “e” key to switch to edit mode for the kernel option.

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You’ll first be presented with a screen that looks very similar to this one:

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You’ll want to remove the “ro quiet splash” part with the backspace key, and then add this onto the end:

rw init=/bin/bash

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Once you hit enter after adjusting the kernel line, you’ll need to use the B key to choose to boot with that option.

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At this point the system should boot up very quickly to a command prompt.

Changing the Actual Password

You can use the following command to reset your password:

passwd

For example my username being geek I used this command:

passwd geek

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After changing your password, use the following commands to reboot your system. (The sync command makes sure to write out data to the disk before rebooting)

sync
reboot –f

I found that the –f parameter was necessary to get the reboot command to work for some reason. You could always hardware reset instead, but make sure to use the sync command first.

And now you should be able to login without any issues.

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