.strm file for xbmc

Get the url for the tv channel. Create a file and paste the url in the file. Save the file with .strm extension.

Store the .strm file in ~/.xbmc/userdata/playlists/video

Blank newtab page in firefox

1. Type in address bar about:config

2. In the search bar type in browser.newtab.url

3. change the value to about:blank

4. That's it.

Gnome-tweak-tool cannot start in gnome-shell 3.6

I got the problem starting gnome-tweak-tool in gnome-shell 3.6 but can start in fallback mode.

After googling and found the solution as below:

sudo cp  /home/USERNAME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/user-theme@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme.gschema.xml  /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas

Where USERNAME is login name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)