How to get sudo privilage in debian lenny

Normally in debian lenny we can use only su to become the root ifwe nee to use the sudo power then we have to edit the /etc/sudoers file
first become root by using su

ganesh@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/ganesh# visudo

Now add the username to the list..
ganesh  ALL=(ALL) ALL

am attaching the scrrenshots

How to make your own custom dist or custom ubuntu

I made a custom ubuntu distribution(ubuntu 10.04) with all these packages for electronics and electrical students  with all these packages installed in it....

1. texmaker
   kile
   lyx
   scipy
   numpy
   sympy
   gap
   maxima
   gnuplot
   xfig
   dr.geo
   scilab
   ocatve
   qtoctave
   Rkwrd(gnu r)
   emacs
   labplot
   electric-electrical cad
   gnusim8085
   gpsim
   gresistor
   gwave
   kicad
   ktechlab
   qucs
   piklab
   avrdude
   simulavr
   ngspice
   geany
   grass
   splat
   bluefish editor
   emu8051
   eric
   geda-gschem
   gperiodic
   Sagemath
   Geogebra

I used Remastersys backup tool for this ......
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/
Its is simple for beginners to use the gui and for experienced users can use thecommand line you can akso take the backup including the userdata by using remastersys

Remastersys can be found in synaptic after adding this line in /etc/apt/sources.lst
# Remastersys
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/

How to fix apache the problem i faced!!!!!!!!

While trying ti install moinmoin a python based wiki engine i faced a weird problem with apache server after installtion when i tried to restart apaches it displayed a n error like this.....

* Restarting web server apache2                                                                               apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
 ... waiting ..apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

This is how i solved the problem.....


ganesh@linux:~$ sudo kate /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

am now using kubuntu so i used kate as text editor instead of kate u can use gedit,vi etc

By default httpd.conf file will be blank. Now, simply add the following line to the file.
ServerName localhost
Save and exit the text editor
Now restart the apache using the command

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

my screenshots are given below discard the errors shown while opening the file with kate k....

Happy Hacking.............

How to get Desktop zoom in ubuntu similar to Mac

Get compiz fusion installed in your system...Enable Enhanced Desktop zoom effect...chenage hotkeys according to your like i configured so that ctrl+mousebutton1 gives zoom in and shft+mousebutton1 gives me zoom out......

Select compiz settings manager and enable enhanced desktop zoom

select the hotkeys

 The above picture shows desktop before zooming.....

This is after zooming....

Enjoy....Happy Hacking....

Show the List of Installed Packages on Ubuntu or Debian

The command dpkg –get-selections will list all the installed packages in ubuntu/Debian system...

Mobile Media Convereter in Linux...

Two days gao for my friend i was in search on a mobile media converter in which we can adjust the audio and video bit rates....After tiring search i found a mobile media coneverter...and after my experience its a superb one with all features even i can convert to mp3,mp4,wav,3gp,ipod etc.....Happy Hacking all....
The link to the site is given below....
http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverterDown.htm

How to install ruby on Ubuntu 10.04

 command: 

 sudo apt-get install ruby-full

open up a shell and type irb and hit enter 

then u will geta prompt like this

irb(main):001:0>

first program in ruby

Hello world in ruby: 

 irb(main):001:0> "Hello World"
=> "Hello World"

How to add new icon sets to ubuntu

Here i will tell you how to add new icons to ubuntu in an easy way...
you can download the icon files from ubuntu artwork site or gnome-look.org  and going to ubuntu icons tab.....or by going to the below link directly....

http://ubuntu-art.org/index.php?xcontentmode=8125

extract the downloaded folder...Then go to your home folder then press ctrl+H simultaneously....then you can see some hidden folders...search for .icons folder and paste the extracted icons folder here....
Then go to your desktop>rightclick>select change desktop background
Then select themes tab...select customize from lower right corner near install and in the new window opened select the folder from icons tab...

Enable Facebook chat in pidgin

To use facebook chat in pidgin enter the followig commands

1.sudo apt-get install pidgin-facebookchat

2.wget http://pidgin-facebookchat.googlecode.com/files/pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb

Now you should have pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb package.Install this .deb package using the following command

3.sudo dpkg -i pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb

This will complete the installation.After installation you need to restart Pidgin! You will then have a FacebookChat option in your accounts manager dialog.

screenshot of terminal is added

Configuring twitter in Ubuntu

This will help you to configure twitter in ubuntu....
open termnal....
type this command
sudo apt-get install pidgin-mbpurple
this is a plugin to use twitter in pidgin.....
After instalation select add account then in the protocol select Twitter IM there is also an old twitter im dont select that...
then type the account details.....
use it.....

To see the replies, send the command /replies
To look for new tweets (although it auto-refreshes), send the command /refresh

for othr IM's you can use /buzz for making a buzz