Tag: Miscellaneous

gtk-recordmydesktop problem in Debian #solve

If you are using recordmydesktop and advance tab is not working then this is probably due to this :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk-recordmydesktop/+bug/447011
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589769

 

su root ;                                                         // login as root
cd /usr/local/bin ;                                         // go to the /usr/local/bin directory
gedit  jack_lsp ;                                                 // created the file jack_lsp 
                                                                   //Write following in the file and save it: 
                                                                   //#!/bin/bash
chmod 755  /usr/local/bin/jack_lsp ;                 // Made it executable ( rwx for owner , rx for group and others )

Master Reset in the canon i1980 ( Ink absorber Full )

Recently i brought a new Canon i1980 photo printer and when I changed the cartridge it shown me the error :

Contact the nearest Service center .The ink Absorbers are full [4 Orange + 1 Green Light Blinks]

then their are 3 things you can do :

1.Take your printer to the canon service center.

or

2.Do the master reset of the Printer motherboard.Press the Orange button for more then 120 second and reset it permanently. [Ink may start flowing out]

or

3.Switch off the printer , press the on/off switch on printer and while holding the button power on the printer , and press orange button 2 times while holding the on/off button.Now leave the on-off button and print.This is not a permanent remedy.[Ink may start flowing out]

Broadcom driver for Linux

If the lspci command on your computer give the following configuration for your Network Controller :

02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

Then to get the wireless up on your system follow these steps :

for Debian (Easy Way)

1.Install the following package for your Debian distribution : firmware-brcm80211_0.27_all.deb

for Debian (Long way)

1.Install Module Assistant , broadcom-sta-common_5.60.48.36-2_all.deb ,broadcom-sta-source.

2.Run the module-assistant from the command select the broadcom driver and then do get , build and install sequentially .

for Fedora

1. Install the following packages

broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
kmod-wl-[uname -r]-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.5.i686.rpm
kmod-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.5.i686.rpm

2.Do system-config-network and probe new hardware accepting all the default options

Reboot and enjoy.

 

New Rupee Symbol in Debian

Steps to include new rupee font in Debian:

1.Download the file named Rupee Foradian.ttf from the the Foradian Technology blog “http://blog.foradian.com/rupee-font-version-20”

2.In your Debian machine login as root or use su

mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ttf
cp Rupee_Foradian.ttf /usr/share/fonts/ttf
apt-get install ttmkfdir
cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf
ttmkfdir  > fonts.scale
mkfontdir
cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf/
chmod 644 /usr/share/fonts/ttf/Rupee_Foradian.ttf

For other Linux versions see the below presentation :

3.Now either reboot your computer or restart gdm and start enjoying Indian rupee Symbol 😛

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