Happy New Year 2013

Wishing everyone a happy new year 2013.

Disable intellipark for WD Caviar Green in Linux

I just came across an article regarding the technology use by Western Digital Harddisk - intellipark. This technique will shorten the life of the harddisk use by linux. The solution is:-
1. Use HP format tool to format a usb drive .
2. Format it toinclude dos. So it can be boot from the usb drive.
3. Download wdidle3 from this link. Click Here!
4. Copy the file wdidle3.exe to the the usb drive.
5. Start the machine and go to BIOS.
6. Set the Disk controller to IDE mode.
7. Boot from usb disk.
8. From the command prompt, type wdidle3.exe /r to check Load/Unload Cycle Count, LCC.
9. type: wdidle3.exe /S300 toset the time to 5 minutes.
10. Done.

Burn .flv DVD movie in Linux with DeVeDe

I got few .flv movie and want to burn it into DVD for my DVD player and watch in TV. I tried using k3b but it can't recognized the video format. Then, I tried it on windows 7 with Nero. Still Nero would not recognize the video format. After googling around and I found this article "How to create DVD movies in Linux with DeVeDe" click here. I installed the program and follow the steps. Finally I got the .iso file. I used k3b to burn it and it is.

Backup and restore Mageia2 system with FSArchiver

Download the latest version of System Rescuecd and burn into CD
Run the CD
fsarchiver probe (check the partitions)
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda7 /mnt/backup (this is to mount the partition in my hard disk for storing the backup)

fsarchiver  -j2 -o savefs /mnt/backup/mageia2.fsa /dev/sda1 (archive) (j2 means cpu with 2 core)

fsarchiver restfs /mnt/backup/mageia2.fsa id=0,dest=/dev/sda1 (restore)

What things to do after installed Mageia 2

First boot into mageia gnome 3 fallback mode. Update the the repository for software download base. Install AMD display driver. Reboot.

Install gnome-tweak-tool for setting up theme, font etc.
Install dconf-editor for gnome 3 system setting
Install gstreamer0.10-faad for f4v playback
Install flash player

These software is a must but not included in the installation.

Mageia 2 experience

I installed Mageia 2 with gnome 3.4 environment for more than one week. I really don't like the gnome-shell and shift to fallback mode. For many years of using gnome. It is getting better and better, but until gnome 3 came out. It is really a disaster. So many software and utilities are not install by default. I have to one by one added by myself.
Yesterday I tried out Linux Mint 13 Maya with cinnamon environment. It's great. Almost like gnome 2 have all the thing I use to have and do. To my surplise, they update firefox 13.

Launch nautilus as root in Mageia

I just found a way to launch nautilus as root in Mageia.

1. To install gksu.
2. Press alt+F2 to launch Run dialog box.
3. Type in: gksu nautilus
4. Enter password and press OK.
5. It is done.

Drivers for wireless usb adapter - Mageia1

I recently bought a new wireless usb adapter. But my Mageia1 can't detect it. I search the net but can't find any. Something that cross my mind. I had a Backtrack 5 DVD. It is for cracking wifi. It support many wireless and it should have the driver my want. That's it I found the driver in the /lib/firmware folder. I copy the files in that folder. It works!!!

Install reaver-wps1.4 in Mageia2

First download it from: http://code.google.com/p/reaver-wps/downloads/list
Then, update the repository. Install libpcap-dev and sqlite3-devel.
Compile reaver-wps with ./configure, make, make install and make clean.
That's it.