tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48800098030194148122024-02-07T13:08:30.541+05:30Anything and Everything ...... Because it's about Learning and NOT about being Taught!! ;)Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-40195580528526362592009-09-06T22:28:00.006+05:302009-09-07T19:10:33.076+05:30Getting Things Gnome...Lately, I've felt that my ToDo list is getting a bit too large to handle and that I keep forgetting important things to do and hence even though being skeptical of the utility of such tools, I decided to search for a good ToDo list manager.<br /><br />Out of the many available tools, i gave <a href="http://gtg.fritalk.com/">Getting Things Gnome</a> a try. (partly because the cool name ;) )<br /><br />Getting Things Gnome (GTG) is an organizer for the GNOME Desktop Environment. It is a very clean and flexible tool.<br />You can organize your tasks as sub-tasks or as tags.<br />"Sub-tasking" is just like using <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/">Tomboy</a> and hence very intuitive. If you like using Tomboy, you'll like GTG better, since you can organize the tasks according to priority, and add start and due dates, all with the help of simple syntaxes.<br />You can find about the task editor syntax <a href="http://live.gnome.org/gtg/documentation">here</a>.<br />Another great feature in GTG is the Work view. This view displays only those tasks which can be performed <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span> i.e. the ones which depend on no other task, which cannot start before a given date or the ones which haven't been given a start date but are simply categorized as todo <span style="font-style: italic;">someday</span>.<br /><br />Here's a screenshot of the main window:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj_d6Zo0LZ8uq3cJ31WI0v7SB7hyYztdVMsdhpoGK7Jqkrv36evxiCGIqpv8fljIYJSD3WC51EPQ_fY_N20L0Kf_MrIClIak8PjEiFXUsR8DsYrIDvIJZyUOALhkYCYOu93hBD9HpWYYs/s1600-h/main_window_cpane_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj_d6Zo0LZ8uq3cJ31WI0v7SB7hyYztdVMsdhpoGK7Jqkrv36evxiCGIqpv8fljIYJSD3WC51EPQ_fY_N20L0Kf_MrIClIak8PjEiFXUsR8DsYrIDvIJZyUOALhkYCYOu93hBD9HpWYYs/s320/main_window_cpane_m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378407564400196898" border="0" /></a>To install GTG in Jaunty, a developer's PPA is available.<br />Add these lines to your sources.list<br /><blockquote><pre style="font-family: arial;" id="sources-list-entries" class="wrap">deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/gtg/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/gtg/ppa/ubuntu</a> <span id="series-deb">jaunty</span> main<br />deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/gtg/ppa/ubuntu">http://ppa.launchpad.net/gtg/ppa/ubuntu</a> <span id="series-deb-src">jaunty</span> main</pre></blockquote>Then do,<br /><blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">$sudo apt-get update</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$sudo apt-get install gtg</span></blockquote>If you want to give other tools a try, there are a few available, such as good 'ol Evolution, <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Tasque">Tasque</a>, gtodo and <a href="http://makagiga.sourceforge.net/">Makagiga</a>. While, Tasque and gtodo are simple tools, Makagiga turned out be an overkill for me :P, so I'm satisfied with GTG! :)<br /><br />Till next time,<br />Happy organizing!<br />Cheers!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-21518930777451495492009-08-22T00:07:00.019+05:302009-08-25T19:55:19.218+05:30Install Pidgin 2.6.1 (Ubuntu 9.04) with XMPP Voice and Video support<a href="http://pidgin.im/">Pidgin</a> 2.6.1 was released recently and it boasts of support for XMPP voice and video chat features.<br />That means, finally GTalk like functionality in Pidgin (still not available for Windows though), long after <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Empathy">Empathy</a> had it implemented through use of <a href="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/">Telepathy</a>.<br />There are a few ways by which you can install 2.6.1. My post here, deals with installation in ubuntu 9.04<br /><br />One way to install 2.6.1 is stated by <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-pidgin-2-6-0-in-ubuntu.html">Ubuntugeek</a>. However, due to unmet version dependencies in Jaunty, it installs without the voice/video feature.<br /><s>There is no PPA for 2.6.1 as of now and the <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Epidgin-developers/+archive/ppa">daily builds ppa</a> still has version 2.5.8</s><br />The <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Epidgin-developers/+archive/ppa">PPA</a> now has 2.6.1 available. :-)<br /><br /><br />So, I decided to install from source.<br />We, first, need to uninstall any previous versions of pidgin.<br />Open a terminal and,<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">$ sudo apt-get remove --purge pidgin libpurple<br /></div><br />Next, we need to meet some version dependencies,<br /><br />1). At the terminal,<br /><br />$ sudo apt-get install python-gtk2 python-gtk2-dev<br /><br />2). Download gst-python from <a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-python/">here</a><br />I downloaded gst-python-0.10.16.tar.gz ( you can download the latest one)<br />Go to the directory where you downloaded the file and at the terminal,<br /><br />$ tar xvf gst-python-0.10.16.tar.gz<br />$ cd gst-python-0.10.16<br />$ ./configure<br />$ make && make install<br /><br />2). Next, we need to update gstreamer plugins to version 0.10.23>=<br />To do this, add the following two lines to your <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >/etc/apt/sources.list</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span>file<br /><br />deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gstreamer-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main<br />deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gstreamer-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main<br /><br />At the terminal,<br /><br />$ sudo apt-get update<br />$ sudo apt-get -u upgrade<br /><br />This upgrades all your current packages, including gstreamer ones.<br /><br />3). Download the source for <a href="http://nice.freedesktop.org/wiki/">libnice</a>, from <a href="http://nice.freedesktop.org/releases/">here</a><br />I downloaded libnice-0.0.9.tar.gz ( you may download the latest one)<br />Go to the directory, you downloaded the file and at the terminal<br /><br />$ tar xvf libnice-0.0.9.tar.gz<br />$ cd libnice-0.0.9<br />$ ./configure<br />$ make && make install<br /><br />4). Next, we need to install <a href="http://farsight.freedesktop.org/wiki/">farsight 2</a><br />Download source <a href="http://farsight.freedesktop.org/releases/farsight2/">here</a><br />I downloaded farsight2-0.0.14.tar.gz ( you may download the latest one)<br />Go to the directory, you downloaded the file and at the terminal<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$ tar xvf farsight2-0.0.14.tar.gz</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$ cd farsight2-0.0.14</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$ ./configure</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">$ make && make install</span><br /><br />5). Now, download the Pidgin <a href="http://pidgin.im/download/source/">source</a><br />Go to the directory, you downloaded the file and at the terminal<br /><br />$ tar xvf pidgin-2.6.1.tar.gz<br />$ cd pidgin-2.6.1<br /><br />Next, we need to configure, however, i had to use to following options before configure happened.<br />--disable-screensaver --disable-startup-notification --disable-gtkspell --disable-meanwhile --disable-nm --disable-perl --disable-tcl<br /><br />$ ./configure --disable-screensaver --disable-startup-notification --disable-gtkspell --disable-meanwhile --disable-nm --disable-perl --disable-tcl<br /><br />$ make && make install<blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"></blockquote>This, will install Pidgin 2.6.1. :-)<br />Now, for the actual Voice/Video feature. To be frank, I haven't got it to work as i would've liked it to. :-(<br />This works only if the person you are trying to reach is either using the official Google Talk client on a Windows OS, or someone using Pidgin 2.6.1, with Video/Voice enabled on a Linux OS.<br />Open an IM window,<br />Conversation --> Media<br />Here, you have option to either make an Audio, Video or Audio/Video Call.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5yjhaaiLTenGmOKovjk86CZsNgkLfn7JJcuNq3xs7xIfy5exkOKi8UIJFx8lFwCvpC8JZAKBRXfWrHCbSrmxDoIr0OqV7P9U6JvkEjOHPuPjxBzgLHPADcSvnqpb1Im32panj8C686E0/s1600-h/callwindow1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5yjhaaiLTenGmOKovjk86CZsNgkLfn7JJcuNq3xs7xIfy5exkOKi8UIJFx8lFwCvpC8JZAKBRXfWrHCbSrmxDoIr0OqV7P9U6JvkEjOHPuPjxBzgLHPADcSvnqpb1Im32panj8C686E0/s320/callwindow1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372513021011003666" border="0" /></a><br />However, to my disappointment, although I can start a call, the concerned person on the other side, doesn't receive a notification for the same.<br />So the call is just active locally, it never propagates to the concerned person.<br /><br />Here's how it looks with a Audio/Video call.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YPsLxTmxJm3ygcKrWe6F1lcdqkclFpmQ2tCAqNxLRYDFBik90a99lIcfHtRZuOUMX3fyQazZg1blWsYCTjcZQY7ueRdplKn2kisALcx04xO0pON5LtyFv-Sm7GK1XkAB8pSUJKgolGQp/s1600-h/callwindow3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_YPsLxTmxJm3ygcKrWe6F1lcdqkclFpmQ2tCAqNxLRYDFBik90a99lIcfHtRZuOUMX3fyQazZg1blWsYCTjcZQY7ueRdplKn2kisALcx04xO0pON5LtyFv-Sm7GK1XkAB8pSUJKgolGQp/s320/callwindow3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372507807391825010" border="0" /></a><br />and, with an Audio only call.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo_NtMSS4XKmyu4h0bfFX-Mpv-mjqOj5ssS8__T_FnhS9z5WEcTNp5JEZ9HPHuEsPrrMXc2FUBLXeB4x382VhkpnSIlDimquXTWTnsnvVBhmDBFpCHdvZE9JiMlgaUe3VKCqkOBQYTz4L/s1600-h/callwindow2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYo_NtMSS4XKmyu4h0bfFX-Mpv-mjqOj5ssS8__T_FnhS9z5WEcTNp5JEZ9HPHuEsPrrMXc2FUBLXeB4x382VhkpnSIlDimquXTWTnsnvVBhmDBFpCHdvZE9JiMlgaUe3VKCqkOBQYTz4L/s320/callwindow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372507801683434466" border="0" /></a><br />In anticipation of a solution, I have reported this as a bug <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10017">here</a>.<br /><br />Next, I tried to see, if I could receive calls. And here, I was disappointed even more.<br />Pidgin <span style="font-style: italic;">crashes</span>, when someone calls you.<br />What's worse, the person calling still is able to see an active call on his side, while your instance of Pidgin has crashed.<br />I have also reported this bug <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10016">here</a>.<br /><br />So, in the end, I haven't been able to get the Voice/Video chat feature working properly, although, I seem to have come much close.<br />Oh! And as reported by my friends, you get the "camera"-like status-icon against your name in your friends' chat lists. :-)<br /><br />Tracking the above two bugs now, seems the only solution :P<br /><br />Till then,<br />Cheers!<br /><br /><br />EDIT:: The bug, wherein your pidgin client crashes has been <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a3cbe3e11bc3bb7a4c1ecd17011d62ffba9abedf">patched</a> and is committed to milestone 2.6.2 :-)Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-650808135984697332009-05-19T20:19:00.013+05:302009-08-22T12:15:27.235+05:30Very slow burning speeds with Brasero in JauntyIt's been a while since I installed Jaunty Jackalope, and was really satisfied with everything except sound issues.<br />However, another issue came to light when i tried burning a DVD today.<br />It is a normal data DVD, 4.3 GB worth, which I'm burning with Brasero...<br />I started at 7.01 pm , its 8.23 pm as I am writing this and Brasero still hasn't finished burning :|<br /><br />The process starts with a <span style="font-style: italic;">checksum image</span> being generated which takes about 5 mins...<br />Then the actual burning process starts with burning speeds reported at <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">0.3x</span> (OMFG!)...<br />The progress bar goes upto exactly 50% after which the progress bar returns to 0%...<br />Hereafter, you are left wondering when the process will end with the progress bar not <span style="font-style: italic;">progressing </span>at all<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>.<br />Then finally the <span style="font-style: italic;">finalizing</span> process starts with another checksum being calculated.<br />Its been around 30 odd minutes and Brasero is <span style="font-style: italic;">still</span> calculating the final checksum.<br /><br />DMA!! ... Nope! DMA is enabled for my DVD drive (by default in Jaunty)... so this definitely seems a bug with Brasero...<br /><br />It has been reported :<br /><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/330068">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/330068</a><br /><br />However, there seems to be no progress on this front watsoever. People have also reported that burning speeds are normal with K3b and Gnomebaker. So, I'm definitely switching to one of these...<br />I'll edit this post, once the burning process is done!<br /><br />Till then, Cheers!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EDIT:</span><br />(101 mins):: Its 8.42pm, the final checksum process has still not finished...<br /><br />(131 mins):: Its 9.12pm... I'm running out of patience!<br /><br />(147 mins):: 9.28pm ... I'm out of patience... I hit 'Cancel'... Instantly, I get DVD successfully burnt, Total time : 02:27:18. <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Uncool... </span></span>x-(<br /><br />:: 3.2 GB with K3b in 00:09:29 ... <span style="font-weight: bold;">\m/<br /><br /><br /></span>Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-27238025806992454392009-05-03T00:47:00.008+05:302009-06-07T11:59:48.262+05:30Sound in ubuntu 9.04Recently installed ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope on my new HP dv5 1104TU laptop ( :D ) ...<br />However, i was a bit surprised to find that there was no sound at all!! ...<br /><br />After a bit of fidgeting & googling ( and wondering why <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/sound-solutions-for-ubuntu-904-jaunty-users.html">this post on Ubuntu geek</a> didn't help me ), I finally stumbled upon a solution :<br />It is as simple as,<br /><br />adding :<br /><blockquote><pre>options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m4-2 enable_msi=1<br /></pre></blockquote><pre></pre><br />to your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file<br /><br />Reboot and you have sound! :-)<br />Cheers!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-87146201716634581712009-02-18T20:19:00.002+05:302009-02-18T20:23:49.155+05:30Hilarious or what?!A friend of mine just shared this link and I simply couldn't resist putting it up...<br /><br /><a href="http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=83854">Read it here!</a><br /><br />LOL! I'm still laughing...Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-50340568968709910922009-01-25T20:14:00.004+05:302009-01-25T20:20:08.399+05:30Writing ResumesHere's a cool link specifically for programmers on how to write resumes...<br />Its a long post but be sure you'll be entertained all along the post...The poster's sense of humour is simply amazing! Have a look yourself... :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/09/ten-tips-for-slightly-less-awful-resume.html">Ten Tips for a Less Awful Resume</a><br /><br />Cheers!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-45920416823330634942008-11-27T00:29:00.007+05:302008-11-27T11:10:05.010+05:30Easy auto mounting NTFS partitions in ubuntuIf you have a dual boot system with Linux and Windows, in all probability you would want your NTFS drives to appear in Linux as well.<br />You can always edit your /etc/fstab to auto-mount your NTFS drives in Linux..<br />If you go through the file, you will notice that is is fairly simple to understand the structure and do what this post will describe further (you will need ntfs-3g installed before you can do this too).<br />It is as simple as adding this line :<br /><br /><blockquote>/dev/sda<span style="font-weight: bold;">x</span> /media/disk1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=<your>[your locale] 0 0</your></blockquote><your><br /><br />Here,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">/dev/sda</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">x</span> - is the partition to be mounted<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">/media/disk1</span> - is the mount point. You can access the files in the partition through this directory<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">'ntfs-3g'</span> - describes the filesystem<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">defaults</span> - Uses the default options that are rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async. ( A google serach for the other options might help :) )<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">locale </span>- the default locale of your system. Can be found by executing 'locale' at the terminal.<br />The last two numbers stand for <span style="font-weight: bold;">'dump'</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">'fsck'</span>.<br />A <span style="font-weight: bold;">0</span> in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">'dump'</span> column means the partition will not be backed up.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">0</span> in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">'fsck'</span> column tells the fsck to ignore checking the filesystem, else the number in this column would indicate the order in which the filesystems are checked.<br /><br />You can do this for each of your NTFS partitions...<br />However, there is always a possibility of non-geeks ( euphemism :P ... no offence :) ) messing up their fstab...<br /><br />There is however a clever tool available which will mount your NTFS drives for you at startup, without you having to manually mount them ( a double-click isn't that hard, but then again, you wouldn't even need to do that :) )<br /><br />In ubuntu,<br />go to Application | Add/Remove...<br />Search for 'ntfs configuration tool'<br />and install it...<br />unmount any ntfs drives that you may have mounted at this point...<br />Then, go to Applications | Sytems Tools | NTFS Configuration Tools<br /><br />At this point you should be presented with a screen asking you to assign mountpoints... just key in the name of the directory where you want the drive mounted. The directory need not exist, it will be created later in the /media directory<br />Then, after you are done here, make sure you have both the options ticked on the next screen and you are done!<br /><br />Keeping this post small as there is really nothing much to write...<br />Will try to make a better one tomorrow...till then...<br />Cheers! :)</your>Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-67199637502441577022008-08-25T20:37:00.006+05:302009-05-03T00:36:34.279+05:30Grub Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition ! --> The Solution!I recently had the misfortune of having to re-install Windows XP on my dual-boot PC. After the Windows installation I repaired GRUB and tried booting into my Ubuntu Installation but had this error pop on to the screen :<br /><blockquote><br />Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition<br />Press any key to continue ...</blockquote><br /><br />This happens because sometimes Windows can do funny things with your computer without you knowing!!<br /><br />Here's a way to make everything normal -<br /><br />First, at the GRUB screen, press 'c' to get into the GRUB CLI.<br />At the CLI, type<br /><blockquote>find /vmlinuz</blockquote><br />You will get an output similar to<br /><blockquote>(hd<span style="font-weight: bold;">x</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>)</blockquote><br />Note x and y<br /><br />Next, insert your LiveCD and boot from the CD<br /><br />Open a terminal, mount your "root" ( / ) of your Linux installation somewhere<br />and open the file :<br /><blockquote>/boot/grub/menu.lst</blockquote><br />with admin privileges (" sudo" if you are working with Ubuntu )<br /><br />Go to the section where u see something similar to :<br /><br /><blockquote>## ## End Default Options ##<br /><br />title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic<br />root (hd<span style="font-weight: bold;">x1</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;">y1</span>)<br />kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=ef9d3ff9-0f14-4eab-879b-11c517ab26c1 ro splash quiet<br />initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic<br />quiet</blockquote><br /><br />Replace the <span style="font-weight: bold;">x1</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;">y1</span> with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">x</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span> pair we just found above, save the file and you are done! :)<br /><br />(Note : "title" can be different and depends on your distro. That is not the important part, the "root" part is! :) )<br /><br />Now you can reboot your system and happily boot into your Linux installation :)Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-70311732250896487412008-08-22T19:56:00.015+05:302009-08-22T12:06:58.410+05:30Invisible Status in Gtalk using Desktop clientsIt's been a long time since Google added an "invisible" status option in their Gmail chat box. However, no invisibility option is available through the desktop client Gtalk.<br /><br />Read on ;)<br /><br />Since, most of my blog is dedicated to Linux, let's start with Linux clients...<br /><br /><a href="http://pidgin.im/">Pidgin</a>, which is currently the default IM program in Gnome, supports this tweak.<br />First, through -->Tools|Plugins enable the XMPP console.<br />Next, access the console through Tools|XMPP console.<br />and paste the following code<br /><blockquote><br /><pre><br />{{{<br /><presence><br /><priority>5</priority><br /></presence><br /><presence type="unavailable"><br /><priority>5</priority><br /></presence><br />}}}</pre></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><br />Voila! You are now invisible through a desktop client!<br />You can change back to other statuses the usual way...<br /><br />XMPP protocol is basically XML code , which you can easily make out.<br /><br />The only problem is that every time you need to go invisible, you have to go through the process of pasting the XML code again. I don't know if this feature will be integrated in future versions of Pidgin, I sure wish they do!<br /><br />Now coming to Windows, Pidgin for windows doesn't come with the XMPP console. You need to <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/BuildingWinPidgin">build pidgin from source</a> for it to appear. The same procedure for invisibility can then be followed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EDIT </span>: Newer versions of Pidgin for Windows now include an XMPP console. Good news for those with Windows :)<br /><br /><a href="http://psi-im.org/">Psi</a> is another IM client for Windows which can support "invisibility".<br />After installing Psi, add an ID, enter any name for account.<br /><br />Jabber ID : your gtalk ID<br />Password : your gtalk password<br /><br />In the Connections tab, tick all options and enter the host as : talk.google.com<br />You are done now.<br />To go Invisible, right-click on the name of the account and select the XML console, paste the code and you are invisible!<br /><br />However, I really wish that Google would add and Invisibility option to their desktop client just like Yahoo!. But, first things first and I think they should really release a Gtalk client for Linux, although Pidgin isn't doing a bad job at all!<br /><br />Signing Off!<br />Cheers! And Happy IMing! :)<br /><br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote>Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-28118261796822667012008-08-13T20:22:00.012+05:302008-08-14T17:13:45.894+05:30Installing New Experimental Plugins for CompizA blog post after quite a few days (months)...Ouch!! I'm stiff :P<br /><br />Three new experimental plugins for compiz-fusion have recently been released...<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atlantis2</span>: Adds an aquarium to the dekstop with customizable fish.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Freewins</span>: Lets you rotate and resize windows in 3D.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screensaver</span>: Let's you rotate the cube or make the windows fly as a screensaver.</li></ul>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Atlantis2</span> Plugin running on my desktop:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8541/atlantisvz1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8541/atlantisvz1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's a screenshot for <span style="font-weight: bold;">screensaver</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">with the "flying windows" animation</span>. Although, somehow the animation isn't clean and there are a few graphic glitches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1290/saver1yy6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1290/saver1yy6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And my personal favourite - <span style="font-weight: bold;">screensaver with "rotating cube" animation</span> ... very smooth, very clean, I can go idle just to watch this thing rotate away in it's full glory ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6193/screen3kx5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6193/screen3kx5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I will post a screenshot for the Freewins plugin as soon as I figure out how it works :) I'm kinda "bizzy" watching the cube rotate :D.<br /><br />All three are available through a "git" download<br /><br />To install these plugins make sure you have the following packages installed:<br /><ul><li>compiz-bcop</li><li>compiz-dev</li><li>build-essential</li><li>libtool</li><li>libglu1-mesa-dev</li><li>libxss-dev</li><li>libcairo2-dev</li><li>git-core</li></ul><br />In Ubuntu, you can do this using the following command :<br /><blockquote>sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core</blockquote><br /><br />Download the plugins from the terminal using the following commands, make a new directory to download these if you want to keep everything neat and clean :)<br /><br /><br />git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/metastability/atlantis2<br />git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/warlock/freewins<br />git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/pafy/screensaver<blockquote></blockquote><br /><br /><br />Each plugin will be downloaded to its individual directory...<br />go to each directory through the terminal and do<br /><blockquote>make && make install</blockquote><br /><br />Now, you can access the new plugins through System->Preferences-><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Compiz</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Config</span> Settings Manager..<br /><br />Cheers! :)Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-49919889328346784462008-05-30T23:59:00.001+05:302008-05-31T00:05:42.307+05:30Spread Firefox! The Firefox Download Day 2008Pledge to get Firefox 3 during Download Day to set the Guinness World Record for Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours.<br /><br /><a href ="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/">HELP FIREFOX SET A RECORD - http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/</a><br /><br />Think Free...Think FOSS....Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-86875000926670845582008-03-31T22:21:00.007+05:302008-08-13T21:30:43.730+05:30Mac, Vista Pwned !! Linux Lives On !!The <span style="font-weight: bold;">PWN to OWN</span> contest at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver has showed why Linux is more reliable .. read on ...<br /><br />Famed iPhone hacker <span style="font-weight: bold;">Charlie Miller</span> showed the MacBook Air on display who its father really was. Apparently, Mr. Miller visited a website which contained his exploit code (presumably via a crossover cable connected to a nearby MacBook), which then allowed him to seize control of the computer. Thus, the MacBook Air was compromised within 2 minutes flat of the conference commencing !! It was Safari that fell victim to the hack !!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mac Pwned !!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shane Macauley</span> of Security Objectives will be receiving a Fujitsu U810 with Vista Ultimate SP1. He managed to compromise the computer after he installed the latest version of Adobe Flash. He received assistance from his friends Derek Callaway and Alexander Sotirov. The zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash that Shane exploited has <span style="font-weight: bold;">not</span> been made public, but rather reported to Adobe. No other information will be provided until the flaw has been remedied.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows Vista with SP1 Pwned !!</span><br /><br /><br />The <span style="font-weight: bold;">only</span> notebook to remain unhacked at the end of the competition was the Sony VAIO running on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon</span>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Linux remains untouched !!</span><br /><br />Linux again shows why it is more famed as a more reliable OS than its contemporaries ( read Mac and Windows ) !!<br /><br />Cheers !!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-50022201148282025812008-03-24T00:30:00.005+05:302008-03-24T19:36:31.492+05:30Setting up graphics on DevC++Basically u can use the BGI library only with Turbo C/C++<br /><br />Find out <a href = "http://amod--h.blogspot.com/2008/03/graphicsh-without-turbo-cc.html">HERE</a> on <a href = "http://amod--h.blogspot.com">Amod</a>'s blog how to use the BGI libraries with DevC ++<br />You may also try out <a href = " http://www.codecutter.net/tools/quincy/">Quincy 2005</a> which comes with built in equivalent of the BGI libraries !<br /><br />Cheers !!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-51863761364657734832007-11-25T23:53:00.001+05:302009-08-22T12:07:28.849+05:30Compiz Fusion vs AeroWho said Linux Desktops are bore ??<br />Check out these screenshots of my Ubuntu 7.10 desktop with <a href="http://www.compiz.org/">Compiz Fusion</a> enabled below...these are only 2 of the 30 odd effects which are available FREE of cost since it is released under the GNU Public License (GPL)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcoVhhYYRSn-j0007gaWCdIO-RATPi9ws0QvG6uRuMZNS4dqRdF4fgYIv9IPQD0IDygMsgNB1qGfDsjIQGSctUPRVO1pt3O-XGnRrFa1SGUde1qrdw0mU-2A5dKxgN761iP9yO4-q4U2O/s1600-h/burn4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcoVhhYYRSn-j0007gaWCdIO-RATPi9ws0QvG6uRuMZNS4dqRdF4fgYIv9IPQD0IDygMsgNB1qGfDsjIQGSctUPRVO1pt3O-XGnRrFa1SGUde1qrdw0mU-2A5dKxgN761iP9yO4-q4U2O/s320/burn4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136846121053522770" border="0" /></a>The "Cube" effect showing all 4 workspaces as a cube<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPUSzE7MV8mqm6vsdEdsfBUr4-8o4_FhO3XRBt1scycvq5jNCZnKrACFq5-biHCJQPP0Jxz_jJm6lbDOwi-Gyf1AacQ3YOWXbm5HIe-mig0mzabCJPwxZ8ngy2-zOfQDKsc2Z6ftpu3lc/s1600-h/burn3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPUSzE7MV8mqm6vsdEdsfBUr4-8o4_FhO3XRBt1scycvq5jNCZnKrACFq5-biHCJQPP0Jxz_jJm6lbDOwi-Gyf1AacQ3YOWXbm5HIe-mig0mzabCJPwxZ8ngy2-zOfQDKsc2Z6ftpu3lc/s320/burn3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136846129643457378" border="0" /></a>The Ring Switcher<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">here's all the features in this video...<br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-033955268862672683 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-048761725441518045 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-048761725441518045 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08999831366483382 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E4Fbk52Mk1w&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />But with Windows' new Aero there aren't as many customizable effects as Compiz....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIggrHW7ySv0HfaWFu6Wg6cyR_0hBngD-F-OCx07wJBqkjc9oAv90Cx9_DsgDcPQM9meMQvtQvpM7S4SHjZ8FB_uifhiO0OgwVx8TbVHCcSSdoTMqt12Bpi4lTWzIaY8qICDaS-VOyPF2/s1600-h/Flip+3D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIggrHW7ySv0HfaWFu6Wg6cyR_0hBngD-F-OCx07wJBqkjc9oAv90Cx9_DsgDcPQM9meMQvtQvpM7S4SHjZ8FB_uifhiO0OgwVx8TbVHCcSSdoTMqt12Bpi4lTWzIaY8qICDaS-VOyPF2/s320/Flip+3D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136849844790168450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The "famous" Flip 3D<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Other effects like Video playback in thumbnails and preview windows etc are also present in Compiz Fusion....<br /><br />The best part being that it being FREE...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">My Verdict</span> : If you really don't need Windows....Compiz rocks...<br /></div></div></div></div>Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-44562054162595600202007-11-11T22:31:00.001+05:302009-08-22T12:07:47.381+05:30Jargon Buster : MotherboardsThe first in the series of a few jargon busters i have planned :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">1.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MoBo : </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Mo</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">ther</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Bo</span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);">ard</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">2.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Northbridge : </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">This is the chip that interconnects the CPU, RAM, video card, and the Southbridge. On Intel specific MoBos, it features the memory controller and can also be called as </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">M</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">emory </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">C</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ontroller </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ub ( MCH). The Northbridge also assigns the clock frequency of the processor and thus is the most important factor defining the overclocking potential of the MoBo.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">It is generally plced on the upper half of the MoBO and hence the name Northbridge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">3.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Southbridge : </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">/O </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">C</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ontoller </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">H</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ub ( ICH ) or Sothbridge connects all the input and output ports to the processor through the Northbridge. The PCI bus, PCI Express x1 x2 and x4 slots and all other peripheral buses connect through here. The Southbridge of the MoBO defines what onboard IDE controller, USB controller, sound card, and Ethernet adapter goes into the system.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">4.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">eSATA : </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">eSATA allows one to connect high-capacity eSATA capable external SATA drives to the computer. It performs as a regular SATA port, making it much quicker than USB and Fire Wire interfaces. The eSATA standard allows cable lengths upto 2 meters .<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">5.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">RAID</span></span> : <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">R</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">edundant </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">A</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">rray of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ndependent </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">D</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">isks ( RAID ) is a standard for storage devices that allows enhanced performance, reliability and fault tolerance compared to a single hard-disk, It requires the use of multiple disks that store data in 'stripped' </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels"> </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> RAID 0</span> </a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> or 'mirrored' </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">RAID 1</span> </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> modes depending on the configuration.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">6.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">FSB</span> : <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">The </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">ront </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">S</span>i</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">B</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">us ( FSB ) is the bus that facilitates communication between the CPU and the Northbridge. Since the memory and all other peripherals are connected to the processor through the Northbridge it is the FSB that passes data to the CPU. Thus the speed of the FSB ( in MHz ) is the speed of the data transfer to and from the processor.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">This is all for now...do keep in touch for the next in this series...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Cheers :) !!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880009803019414812.post-45589357505616865362007-11-03T17:42:00.002+05:302009-08-23T00:56:11.080+05:30Changing the GRUB splash screenGRUB stands for <span style="font-weight: bold;">GRand Unified Bootloader</span>, which is a boot-loader shipped with many popular Linux distros.<br />If you are bored with the default splash screen...here's a way how you can change it :<br /><br />The method I'll be describing here is applicable for Ubuntu but can be applied to other distros using GRUB easily...<br /><br />First try downloading a good GRUB splash screen of your choice from sites like <a href="http://www.gnome-look.org/">GNOME look</a>...<br />the downloaded file must have a ' .xpm.gz ' extension ( you might have to unzip the downloaded file first). Copy the file into the /boot/grub directory. At the terminal type :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >sudo cp /your downlaod directory/ filename.xpm.gz /boot/grub/filename.xpm.gz</span><br /><br />where - "download directory" is your download directory and "filename" is the downloaded file's name<br /><br />Next, at the terminal type :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst</span><br /><br />Next, find this line:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:courier new;" >## ## End Default Options ##</span><br /><br /></span><br />look for the following line just below the above line<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:courier new;" >root (hd</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >x</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:courier new;" >,</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >y</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:courier new;" >)</span><br /><br /></span>(x and y are numbers)<br />Note down x and y<br /><br />Below the line : <span style="font-family:courier new;">## ## End Default Options ##</span><br /><br />Add this line :<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >splashimage=(hd<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">x</span>,<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">y</span>)/boot/grub/filename.xpm.gz</span><br /><br />Replace x,y with your with the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">x</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">y</span> you noted earlier...<br /><br />Your file should now look like this :<br />-<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >## ## End Default Options ##</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >splashimage=(hd</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >x</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >,</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >y</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >)/boot/grub/filename.xpm.gz</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.18-11-generic</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >root (hd</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >x</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >y</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >|</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >|</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;" >|</span><br />and some more lines....<br /><br />You might see different titles, which depends upon your distro...<br />-<br />Save the file, and reboot ..<br />Enjoy your new splash screen !!<br />Cheers !!Aditya Jaltadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14655035147749773211noreply@blogger.com0