Feisty and Gutsy no longer supported

Since Ubuntu stopped to support the versions Feisty and Gutsy I might want to look for another operation system for any newer version of Ubuntu is unable to deal with the tablet.

As I still can run some programs under Gutsy like Xournal and GIMP to use my tablet I might split the hard disk and install a supported newer version of Ubuntu beside the Gutsy to be able to use the features of those versions as well as I might install a Windows XP on the other partition instead of a newer version of Ubuntu to enjoy programs such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Recognita, and some .NET applications I'm unable to run under Ubuntu.

As I do hate Windows for it being absolutely not user-friendly compared to linux I might split the hard disk one more time and install 2 versions of ubuntu AND a windows.

rar

I downloaded from rarlabs site.
The rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz was the one that worked for me.
Uncompress, go to the directory in the terminal and type sudo make
The End.

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXi


--> install libxi-dev package through synaptic.

Lexmark E323 Network Printer

I installed it as > Generic > PostScript Printer, and it seems to be working fine.

A fresh copy of a 32-bit Gutsy

After all, I couldn't get the java applets work under 64-bit Gutsy. As these were necessary for my internet banking I had to do something about it - I installed 32-bit Ubuntu Gutsy.

And now it works. Firefox with Java applets.
Now I'll have to try everything I tried until now again to find out if they work under 32-bit. (As soon as I get back my pen from the service.)

cib.hu java small applet vs firefox and opera

After wasting nearly 10 hours total I finally got the youtube constantly working on 64-bit firefox (2).

However there is this site www.cib.hu which has this little button at the top-right side of the page under the title "CIB INTERNET BANK" called "Belépés". I just couldn't get the applet it opens to work.

I tried epiphany but the result was the same. I almost thought I had some problems with my ubuntu when I downloaded Opera and it worked like magic.

How to change default application for a filetype?

Right click on the file, choose Properties, select Open with tab, change the application.

How to change your MAC Addresses

$ sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

add the hwaddress line under the apposite device - for example:

auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
hwaddress ether UR:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS


(ether is the type of device, according to ifconfig - "Link encap:Ethernet")


to restart / stop /start networking:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking start

ImageMagick converting multiple files

*I do not use this method anymore, although it was a great start.*

After being a book-worm for half a day, I found out how can I write a working script to solve my imagemagick output problem.
It looks like this:

#!/bin/sh

for i in `find -iname '*.jpg'`
do
convert $i -background white -flatten -colorspace Gray -negate -edge 1 -negate -normalize -sharpen 1 -threshold 50% -despeckle -blur 0x.5 -normalize +dither -posterize 8 gif:- >> $i.gif
done

1.) open your favorite text editor
2.) copy paste the script
3.) save as anyname.sh
4.) make it executable

Usage:
1.) copy anyname.sh in the folder containing only the image files you want to make simple
2.) go (cd) to this folder in the terminal
3.) type ./anyname.sh
4.) wait and see.

How to convert this to pdf?

mogrify -format pdf *.JPG

How to join these single-page pdfs?

pdfjoin *.pdf --outfile newname.pdf

ImageMagick

I gave up on tesseract, so now I'm modifying the photos I took to a smaller size, and attaching them in a PDF with gscan2pdf.

I installed ImageMagick with synaptic, and found the matching script on it's webpage.
I had to modify this script, because convert didn't find the -contrast-stretch.
Now it looks like this:


convert eredeti.JPG -background white -flatten -colorspace Gray -negate -edge 1 -negate -normalize -sharpen 1 -threshold 50% -despeckle -blur 0x.5 -normalize +dither -posterize 8 verzio_dit3.gif

Since I want to modify a lot of images, I tried to do this simple, so I tried to use these tricks:
- input filename globbing (convert *.JPG [outputfilename])
- output filename references (convert *.jpg myimage-%d.jpg) which should produce myimage-1.jpg, myimage-2.jpg, etc.
However, the output just didn't want to work. It always gave me a single file: the last file. But the procedure was so long, I think the program did the work, just saved all the images over that one file.

To see if this is only because of the older version (2.4) of the program, I tried to install, the newest version(2.6). It installed well, however, something went wrong, and I got the following error while trying to use convert

error while loading shared libraries:libMagickCore.so.1
Now I'm reinstalling, following these tips
./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib"
Installation was a success.

However, converting more files at once still doesn't work.

Cinelerra

Installing:

With Synaptic Package Manager:

Open the Software Sources Window:
- Synaptic Package Manager: Settings -> Repositories.
Make sure you have universe, multiverse and restricted sources checked in the first tab.
Click on tab Third Party. Click on the Add button and enter your chosen repository (for me the next line):
deb http://giss.tv/~vale/ubuntu64 ./
(for AMD64 (and also Core Duo Intel64), by Valentina Messeri)
Clicking Add Source will display the new repository enabled in the Software Sources window.
You should now see Cinelerra in the list of packages available in Synaptic.
Follow Synaptic instructions for installation.

Tesseract

Guided with the idea of language files not being separated in tesseract versions below 2.0, so that training will be not supported, I tried to install a newer version from source.
The winner was 2.01. with the ./configure, make and sudo make install it went well. I only had to install the language files manually. I downloaded the 2.00 language files, and overwrited the 0 byte files in the /user/local/share/tessdata.

Now it works fine. I only have to train it for Hungarian.
I also want to find an easier way to prepare the images...

gnokii again

I get this when I try to:

~$ gnokii --identify

GNOKII Version 0.6.27
Unsupported [global] connection value "bluetooth"
Couldn't read /home/user/.gnokiirc config file.
No connection type specified in the config file.

Now what shall I do? ...
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I varied some thing in synaptic like:
installed "bluetooth", uninstalled "bluez-cups", installed "gnome-bluetooth" and "libbluetooth-dev"
than I installed gnokii from source, and it worked! (at the end of the configuration check if bluetooth is marked "yes" for installation!)

MPlayer ?!?

I ran into the following problem:

VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
aspect: Warning: no suitable new res found!
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0

MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.
gnome_screensaver_control()

I found this:

MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module vo_check_events or this error

"X11 error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)" using an intel card

• add Option "LinearAlloc" "8192" to xorg.conf and restart X

I added the line Option "LinearAlloc" "8192" to /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the Device section, restarted X (ctrl+alt+backspace) and voila, it works.

Gutsy vs HP-Compaq TC4400 Checklist

Tablet:

• Pen with tablet - WORKING
• Pen buttons - WORKING
• Pen Activated Tablet buttons - NOT WORKING
• Scroll button on tablet edge - WORKING
• Ctrl-Alt-Del button - WORKING

Features:

• Fingerprint Sensor - not tested
  
• Ambient Light Sensor - not tested
  

Communication:

• Wired Network - WORKING
  
• Wireless Network - WORKING
• Modem - not tested
  
• Bluetooth - WORKING
  
• Infrared - not tested

Slots:

• MMC-SD - WORKING
• PC Card - not tested

Other Interfaces:

• External Monitor - not tested
  
• S-Video TV Out - not tested
  
• USB 2.0 - WORKING
  
• Docking Connector - not tested
  
• Accessory Battery Connector - not tested
  
• LED Status Indicators - WORKING

Sounds & Audio

• Mono speaker - WORKING
• Line Out / Headphone - WORKING
• Internal Mic - WORKING
• External Mic - WORKING

Keyboard, Mouse, Buttons:

• Touchpad & Mouse Buttons & Side Scroll - WORKING
• Pointstick & Mouse Buttons - WORKING
• Function Keys & Number Pad - WORKING
• Additional Buttons - WORKING
  

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I think this is it. Did I leave something out?

SD card slot

I just tried out the SD Card Slot. It works perfectly.

xrandr

For some reasons after the latest ubuntu update xrandr just doesn't want to work. I don't know exactly why, but adding the following line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf solved the problem. Idea is from here.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Inte$
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "RandRRotation" "true"
EndSection

Wine

I had to install an .msi - I used wine (installed through synaptic) - It worked :-)

Check out: the wine FAQ page

Convertig Tiff to PDF

sudo apt-get install libtiff-tools

# tiff2pdf tiff_akármi_file.tiff -z -o pdf_akármi_file.pdf

[SOLVED] flash & amd64 with nspluginwrapper on gutsy

open synaptic

install flashplugin-nonfree and nspluginwrapper


download latest flash plugin and
# sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

than
# sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

restart firefox

voila.

idea comes from here.

Of course it does'nt work perfect: I can watch maybe 1 or 2 videos, and than it quits, and I have to restart firefox....


After all, this doesn't work. So what remains: 32bit firefox again.