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Running XAMPP on Different Ports

You will need to access the application by the following:
http://localhost:8080/
https://localhost:444/

Change port 80 to 8080 twice in the following file:
F:\Programs\xampplite\apache\conf\httpd.conf

Change port 443 to 444 three times in the following file
F:\Programs\xampplite\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf

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Use Ubuntu with VirtualBox Behind Proxy

There seems to be problems with Ubuntu 9.04. It is possible to install from CD-ROM instead by using:

  1. Press System → Administration → Software Sources.
  2. Go to the Third Party Software tab and click on the Add CD-ROM button.
  3. Insert the CD.

Do the following in your terminal prior to using apt-get:
export http_proxy=http://username:pword@HALPROXY1.flagship.hal.com:80

Virtual Box Settings

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Installing Ubuntu 9.04 on Dell 1545 Laptop

Basic Install Items
Reference Guide Ubuntu904

  • Ubuntu restricted extras from Add/Remove
  • DVD Playback
    • sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 totem-gstreamer
    • sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
    • check with Synaptic Package Manager you should see the following packages installed after searching for libdvdread4, libdvdnav4, libdvdcss2
  • System, Preferences, Main Menu -- trim down menu, remove things you are not going to use
  • Nautilus Edit, Preferences, Preview -- turn off thumbnails
  • Install Sun Java 6
    • sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
    • sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
    • sudo update-alternatives --config java

Lessons Learned

  • Turn off visual effects, it causes VLC and MPlayer to crash by locking the computer.
  • After you install Eclipse you will need to run the sudo update-alternatives --config java again because Eclipse installs its own version of Java, and this will set the defaults.  Sun's version runs faster.

Flavors of the Month

  • Comix - Manga viewer
  • Gwenview - Simple image manipulation
  • Eclipse
  • ISO Master - Redo contents of ISO images

Other Items

  • Here's the grub menu.lst as of May 3, 2009: menu.lst
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Recovering Grub (menu.lst) after Windows Re-install

Reference: link

  • Boot the Desktop/Live CD. (Use Ubuntu 8.04 or later)
  • Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)
  • Start grub as root with the following command
    • sudo grub
  • You will get a grub prompt which we will use to find the root partition and install grub to the MBR (hd0)
    grub>
  • Type the following and press enter:
    find /boot/grub/stage1
  • If you get "Error 15: File not found", try the following:
    find /grub/stage1
  • Using this information, set the root device (fill in X,Y with whatever the find command returned):
    grub> root (hdX,Y)
  • Install Grub:
    grub> setup (hd0)
  • (In case you want to install GRUB to another drive (like hdX) use the above command as 'setup (hdX)' and then continue)
  • Exit Grub:
    grub> quit
  • Reboot (to hard drive). Grub should be installed and both Ubuntu and Windows should have been automatically detected.
  • 6. If, after installing grub, Windows will not boot you may need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
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Uninstall GRUB fix MBR for Windows

Boot your computer using FreeDOS on CD-ROM, and run the following command from a command prompt.

fdisk /mbr

This restores your master boot record, and effectively eliminates GRUB.  You now have orphaned Linux partitions on your hard drive you will either need to use windows to delete and reformat as additional partitions or use a 3rd party utility to reclaim the space.

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Komodo Edit

Komodo Edit 5 has been successfully installed to:
/home/mruckman/Komodo-Edit-5

You might want to add 'komodo' to your PATH by adding the
install dir to you PATH. Bash users can add the following
to their ~/.bashrc file:

export PATH="/home/mruckman/Komodo-Edit-5/bin:$PATH"

Or you could create a symbolic link to 'komodo', e.g.:

ln -s "/home/mruckman/Komodo-Edit-5/bin/komodo" /usr/local/bin/komodo

Documentation is available in Komodo or on the web here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/Komodo

Please send us any feedback you might have or log bugs here:
komodo-feedback@ActiveState.com
http://bugs.activestate.com/

Thank you for using Komodo.