I want to uninstall the Vmware workstation on my laptop . Oprating System : Ubuntu 9.04 -64bit .. Just following the comments … kartook@moon:~$ vmware-installer -l Product Name Product Version ====================== ==================== vmware-workstation 7.0.0.203739 kartook@moon:~$ sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation […]
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I want to disable the username in the GDM Login screen . Step 1 . Logout of your current session and return to the GDM Step 2. Switch to the tty command line prompt using Ctrl-Alt-F1 Step 3. Login using your normal login/password Step 4. at the command line prompt type: export DISPLAY=:0.0 […]
How to install/uninstall .deb files? To install .deb file sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb To uninstall .deb file sudo dpkg -r package_name
How to mount/unmount Image (ISO) files without burning? 1. To mount Image (ISO) file sudo mkdir /media/iso sudo modprobe loop sudo mount file.iso /media/iso/ -t iso9660 -o loop 2. To unmount Image (ISO) file sudo umount /media/iso/
We need an addition command-line tool called qemu. sudo aptitude install qemu You’ll new be able to convert a .vmdk (VMware image) to a .bin format, which can then be converted to a Virtualbox native .vdi format. qemu-img convert /path/to/original.vmdk converted.bin You’ll then need to use the VBoxManage utility that comes with Virtualbox to convert […]
he VNC client bundled with Ubuntu, Vinagre, works half the time. Fortunately, we can also VNC with the installed “Terminal Server Client” The “VNC” option with the default installation of Terminal Server Client is disabled or grayed-out. To enable it you need to install the xtightvncviewer package in Synaptic or with the following command on […]
Kubuntu’s default desktop environment is KDE. Sometimes people using Kubuntu want to try out Gnome as well. I need to install my kubuntu Box sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Wait for the packages to download During the installation process, you should be asked whether you want to use KDM or GDM as […]
Sarg — Squid Analysis Report Generator is a tool that allow you to view “where” your users are going to on the Internet. Sarg provides many informations about Squid users activities: times, bytes, sites, etc… You can download; install latest version of sarg. You need to update sarg.conf for your proxy logs details. /usr/local/sarg/sarg.conf You […]
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for UEC and EC2, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed “Karmic Koala”, 9.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. We consider this […]