pdftk *.pdf cat output onelargepdfile.pdfSKIP_CHECKS=yesto the compiz-manager file
~/.config/compiz/compiz-manageror
/etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-managerThis will remove the blacklisting check, and allow the card to render compiz effects..
i8042.reset i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop
/boot/grub/menu.lst
vobcopy -o [outputdirectory]Will extract a decrypted version of the vob files into the mentioned output directory !
$ cd usr/share/doc/libdvdread[N]where [N] is an integer; for me it was 4. And then run the script "install-css.sh"
$ ./install-css.shMake sure you are plugged into the internet ;) and the system will fetch and install the necessary packages.. Once that is done, all those dvds which wouldn't play till now would miraculously start playing !! Yeah !
or
$ sh install-css.sh
NOTE: That is the procedure for 8.10. For others it may be different.sudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32asound2 libasound2-plugins; wget -N boundlesssupremacy.com/Cappy/getlibs/getlibs-all.deb; wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-amd64; sudo dpkg -i skype-install.deb; sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb; sudo getlibs -p libqtcore4 libqtgui4 bluez-alsa
root@vmathew-laptop:~# xmodmapNow, once I run a vm in vmware and use ctrl-alt-enter, to full-screen it, and then come back to the host (ctrl-alt), the output goes.
xmodmap: up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71), Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
root@vmathew-laptop:~# xmodmapThe fix is to use the "setxkbmap" command. This will restore the keycodes for the modifier keys.
xmodmap: up to 1 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift
lock
control
mod1
mod2
mod3
mod4
mod5
Client:from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
def poke(n):
print "I was poked %d times" % n
return ("dumb_server", "8000")
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
server.register_function(poke, "poke_the_server")
server.serve_forever()
Reference: http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.htmlimport xmlrpclib
proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000/")
reply = proxy.poke_the_server(3)
print "The server %s is listening on port %d" % (reply[0], reply[1])
import osThe only problem with this code at the moment is, I don't know how to get readline() to return when there's nothing to read. In short, we always end up hanging!
import sys
def function():
r1,w1 = os.pipe()
r2,w2 = os.pipe()
if (os.fork() == 0):
# we're the child
os.close(1)
os.dup2(w2,1)
os.close(0)
os.dup2(r1,0)
sys.stdin = os.fdopen(0)
sys.stdout = os.fdopen(1,'w')
os.execl("/bin/bash")
else:
# we're the parent
to_child = os.fdopen(w1,'w')
from_child = os.fdopen(r2)
to_child.write("ls\n")
to_child.flush()
to_child.write("echo hi\n")
to_child.flush()
temp = from_child.readline()
while temp:
print temp
temp = from_child.readline()
function()
>>> import osThe problem with readline hanging still exists, but the code's much simpler
>>> i,o,u = os.popen3("/bin/bash")
>>> i.write ("ls\n")
>>> i.flush()
>>> o.readline()
'bin\n'
>>> o.readline()
'Desktop\n'
>>> o.readline()
'Documents\n'
>>> o.readline()
'mounting-vmdk.pdf\n'
>>> o.readline()
'order-cardbus-to-express.pdf\n'
>>> o.readline()
'public_html\n'
>>> o.readline()
'vmware\n'
>>> o.readline()
# at this point, again we hung !!
# rmmod loopUnfortunately, that doesn't work for me. The max_part=63 parameter is rejected by modprobe for me. Guess something else needs to be enabled/compiled-into my kernel for me to support this. (My kernel qualifies by the version info they give there, though)
# modprobe loop max_part=63
# losetup -f /path/to/your/disk/image.raw
# mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt/path
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # losetup /dev/loop0 data.rawBut note here that the units displayed is cylinders. Our second partition starts at cylinder 64, but we don't know the exact sector. To find this information
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # fdisk /dev/loop0
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/loop0: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb96bb154
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/loop0p1 1 63 506016 83 Linux
/dev/loop0p2 64 130 538177+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): uNow we quit the fdisk tool. We have our start sector = 1012095. So our start offset = 1012095*512 = 518192640. Thus to mount this file, we first detach the loopback and create it at this offset, and then just mount it.
Changing display/entry units to sectors
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/loop0: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders, total 2097152 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb96bb154
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/loop0p1 63 1012094 506016 83 Linux
/dev/loop0p2 1012095 2088449 538177+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): qAdditionally, checkout the manpage on qemu-img (you need qemu installed) to learn to use this gorgeous converter which can convert between some standard disk image types.
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # losetup -d /dev/loop0
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # losetup --offset 518192640 /dev/loop0 data.raw
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 temp/
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl # ls temp/
jklh.txt lost+found
vmathew:/data/vmathew/vmware/dsl #