http://netvouz.com/narky/folder/6459517517552436011/Computing+Linux+Howto?feed=rss&pg=1 narky's bookmarks in folder Howto on Netvouz http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=408086 Making network shares accesible from any app in linux. Handy howto! Computing > Linux > Howto narky Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:04:17 GMT http://www.debuntu.org/2006/05/31/58-how-to-smbfs-smbmnt-must-be-installed-suid-root/ Okay, so I was trying to mount SAMBA shares so all the programs could see them. Sounds simply it's so not! So when I finally found a program that could find the shares. They wouldn't mount. You have to follow this guys code. see note. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:54:13 GMT http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80492&highlight=amarok+svn I've always had odd problems with the version of amaroK that came with Breezy and Hoary. It is also my favorite application on linux! For that reason I like to have the very latest version of it installed. The way to do that is to periodically build it from the latest SVN source. The amaroK community provides an automated script that makes the process fairly easy, but you have to install a number of development files in order to get it to compile. This how-to will walk you through that process. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:08:34 GMT http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 I was having the most difficult time in the world trying to figure out how to mount samba shares which were created on a Japanese windows 2000 server and transferred over to my replacement Ubuntu network file server. Nautilus mounted them fine, and displayed the correct folder and file names, but the files were not cashed which caused very slow response times, and I was having difficulty with my keyring among other things. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:02:05 GMT http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-216333.html Hi, what's the hotkey in gnome to switch workplaces? Computing > Linux > Howto narky Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:05:10 GMT http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280391 An SMB network browser for Linux and X11. This package allows users to browse SMB (e.g. Windows Network Neighborhood) networks under X, and mount/unmount SMB shared filesystems via a graphical interface. It is somewhat more network-efficient that other similar tools because it uses the proper protocol for identifying network shares rather than simply scanning IP address ranges. In order for LinNeighborhood to work properly, you must have the smbfs filesystem compiled into your kernel and have a working Samba setup. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:53:40 GMT http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,13094.0.html Hey, I just moved my music files over to another pc on the network, and set up a samba share and mounted it. I wanted amarok to be able to play these files. I add them to the collection and that's fine, but when I go to scan, after about 86%, it gives me a list of files that it couldn't process. Somehow this leaves me with about 3/4 of my music unable to be added to the collection. I checked the files and they do have the proper permissions, just like every other file in these folders. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:41:32 GMT http://www.fugitivethought.com/projects/amarokcompile/ Compiling amaroK from its source code is a tedious process. However, that is not to say that doing so is a bad idea. Indeed, a direct-from-source compile is necessary when your distribution lacks a package management system, has infrequently updated packages, or simply offers a package that does not suit your needs. Additionally, if you prefer gnome, xfce, enlightenment, fluxbox, or some other window manager and thereby do not use kde, getting amaroK functioning can be quite difficult. Indeed, I prefer the xfce or fluxbox window managers. Nevertheless, I endeavored to try out amaroK, and once I did, I must say I was quite impressed. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:51:02 GMT http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/disable-touchpad-temporarily-when-typing/ Recently, I faced a different problem. When typing on the new laptop that I got, my thumb often accidentally brushes the touchpad, and this leads to me continuing to type things in entirely a different place. This is because the thumb moves the mouse pointer to a different spot that where the typing cursor is, and then there is an accidental click. Argh! very annoying. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:00:42 GMT http://www.lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/hack-attack-top-10-ubuntu-apps-and-tweaks-195437.php I've been more than impressed with the number of great, full-featured applications available for Linux, many of which outshine their Windows counterparts. And what's best - they're all totally free. Here are my top 10 favorite applications and tweaks that made replacing Windows with Ubuntu a breeze. Computing > Linux > Howto narky Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:13:23 GMT