After success upgrading to Karmic on my PC, now it’s turn to upgrade my wife’s netbook which is HP Mininote 1016. Before upgrading, this netbook using Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex as it’s OS, and everything work out of the box. However after upgrading to Karmic, I found problems related to Broadcom Wireless driver, it doesn’t […]

After success upgrading to Karmic on my PC, now it’s turn to upgrade my wife’s netbook which is HP Mininote 1016. Before upgrading, this netbook using Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex as it’s OS, and everything work out of the box. However after upgrading to Karmic, I found problems related to Broadcom Wireless driver, it doesn’t working! Then I search on Google and found the solutions, here is how:

Offline Mode [in case you can’t connect using wired connection]:

• Open Synaptic Pacakage Manager
• Make sure 9.10 LiveCd is in CD drive
• Go to Settings > Repositories > Ubuntu Software
• Check the installable from cd and close
• Reload
• Search for “bcmwl-kernel-source”
• Mark for installation
• Apply
• Reboot computer

Online Mode [You can connect to internet whether using wired or other wireless device]:

• Open Synaptic Package Manager
• Search for  “bcmwl-kernel-source”
• Mark for installation
• Apply
• Reboot your computer

I’m using the second option [Online Mode] because I’m able to connect to the internet using my SMC USB Wireless Card.

Credit goes to Jomtois on Ubuntu Forums.

Today, I’m invited by Google Adsense team to join Adsense Webinar. Last time I’m tried to attend webex webinar using Linux, I haven’t succeeded (several years ago using other distro). Thanks god, now I can join webex webinar using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron + Firefox. What I’m to do to fix this is:
Step 1: Type […]

Today, I’m invited by Google Adsense team to join Adsense Webinar. Last time I’m tried to attend webex webinar using Linux, I haven’t succeeded (several years ago using other distro). Thanks god, now I can join webex webinar using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron + Firefox. What I’m to do to fix this is:

Step 1: Type this command on your terminal:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 sun-java6-plugin

Step 2: Edit your ~/.profile and add these two lines:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.66
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Step 3: Restart X session by logging off/on or ctrl+alt+backspace

That’s it, I’m done, now I can join webex webinar using Ubuntu Linux! Thank you for the author who posted this superb tips on his blogs.

Several days ago, my sister bought notebook, IBM Lenovo 3000 G430. She asked me to install Linux on her new notebook, then I tried Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, as I assumed that Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distro which have one of the best hardware support. Installation was running successful. Almost all of […]

Several days ago, my sister bought notebook, IBM Lenovo 3000 G430. She asked me to install Linux on her new notebook, then I tried Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, as I assumed that Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distro which have one of the best hardware support. Installation was running successful. Almost all of the hardware was running well, except for synaptics touch pad.

Then I tried to googling further to find more information about this problem. Refer to this Synaptics Touchpad Community Ubuntu Documentation, I should enable SHMConfig in order to make the touch pad work. How to enable SHMConfig? First, open your terminal, then type this command:

sudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi

Copy and paste this into the file:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<deviceinfo version=”0.2″>
<device>
<match key=”input.x11_driver” string=”synaptics”>
<merge key=”input.x11_options.SHMConfig” type=”string”>True</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

Save and close gedit then reboot the machine. Is it all done? No, not yet, I still can’t make my touchpad work, then I tried to find keyboard combination to activate the touchpad, which is Fn - F8.  I hit it twice, then voila.. Now I can make my touchpad work.

I’m sure that this is not final solution, cause I still have to hit keyboard Fn - F8 twice everytime I boot into GNOME Desktop Manager. But, don’t worry, in the next Ubuntu release (9.04) Jaunty Jackalope, I hope this problem can be solved 100%.

Skype, many people use Skype to call from PC to PC, PC to Phone, chat, and many others. Skype available in Windows, Linux and Mac, thats why many people use Skype, including me. Do you Ubuntuers (Ubuntu users) too? Want to install Skype? Looking for the tutorial installing Skype in easy way? If you answer […]

Skype, many people use Skype to call from PC to PC, PC to Phone, chat, and many others. Skype available in Windows, Linux and Mac, thats why many people use Skype, including me. Do you Ubuntuers (Ubuntu users) too? Want to install Skype? Looking for the tutorial installing Skype in easy way? If you answer yes, then try adding Medibuntu repositories rather than downloading Skype package from their official sites. Here is the tutorial:

It needs only 3 steps:

Step 1: Add Medibuntu repositories into your sources.list

For Intrepid Ibex users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Hardy Heron users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Gutsy Gibbon users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Feisty Fawn Users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/feisty.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Edgy Eft users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/edgy.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For Dapper Drake users, copy and paste this to your terminal

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Step 2: Add the GPG Key 

After choosing the right repo according to your Ubuntu version, now copy and paste this command to add the GPG Key

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install Skype

Still using your terminal, execute this command:

sudo apt-get install skype

That’s it, you’re done! Happy Skype-ing However, if you have further questions about this tutorial, drop a comment here, and I will try to help you.

Further Readings:

•  Medibuntu Documentation

Sometimes I want to see my CPU history, Memory and Swap History or Network History from my computer. This can be done by looking at System Monitor (System > Administration > System Monitor). But, I think this is not efficient task, I want to see the whole record from my desktop but not from the […]

Sometimes I want to see my CPU history, Memory and Swap History or Network History from my computer. This can be done by looking at System Monitor (System > Administration > System Monitor). But, I think this is not efficient task, I want to see the whole record from my desktop but not from the panel, since my panel already cluttered with some other things.

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