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Monthly Archives December 2008

Using multiple Firefox profiles

In a Firefox installation, users settings such as bookmarks, add-ons, preferences, etc, are stored as one profile. In normal usage, a default profile is created. When you launched Firefox from the menu or panel icon, you are actually using the default profile. Even when you opened a second Firefox window, the same [...]

Posted 08 December 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

142857

Many years ago, my high school maths teacher showed me a mysterious number 142857. This number has always remained in my memory since it’s so intriguing.
To follow along, you would probably need a calculator. Unless you are one of those who could do numbers in his head.
How to memorise this number
Think [...]

Posted 04 December 2008 § Misc thoughts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What is “⁄etc⁄papersize”?

Ok, so I have a Samsung USB printer connected to a desktop PC. I thought I would share this PC in the network so I could print from my eeePC.
First, enable Samba. I used the steps which I previously described here. Then, install Samsung driver, described here. Finally, add a network [...]

Posted 03 December 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Automating windows arrangement on desktop

Recently, I have been working on the Debian NSLU2. During the process, I usually have at least three terminal windows opened in my Ubuntu PC. In the beginning, these terminal windows were randomly placed on the desktop, usually on top of each other and getting in the way. After awhile, I would [...]

Posted 02 December 2008 § Ubuntu Linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Chronicles of iplist in Debian NSLU2 part 4

Part 4 chronicles my third attempt to build iplist on the Debian NSLU2. In previous attempts, I have been using libnfnetlink and libnetfilter_queue from the official Debian repository. However, iplist has failed to work due to “error: can’t set packet_copy mode”.

The Debian Etch repository held libnfnetlink version 0.0.16 and libnetfilter_queue version 0.0.12. The next step was to use latest versions from netfilter.org.

Posted 01 December 2008 § Hacking Linksys NSLU2 ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,