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Fixed: Twitter not updating facebook

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26 February 2011

My twitter feed stopped updating facebook randomly. I tried removing it and adding it back with no luck. Finally I managed to fix it using this technique.

1. Go to: http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/

2. Untick ‘Allow Twitter to post updates to facebook profile’.

3. Refresh the page.

4. Retick ‘Allow Twitter to post updates to facebook profile’.

All should work perfectly and Twitter will now automatically update your Facebook status. Why I had to do this I have no idea. Seems quite a few other people have been affected by this problem too.

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Android is now officially the most used operating system on smartphone

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31 January 2011

Android is now officially the most used operating system on smartphones. Symbian’s been totally blown out of the water. A colossal 615% quarter on quarter growth now shows Google has market dominance. Full article at AndroidGuys here.

Mobile OS by market share:

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Fixed: E:Can’t mount /dev/block/stl10

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19 January 2011

Here’s how to fix the E:Can’t mount /dev/block/stl10 error when flashing firmware to you Samsung Galaxy S (I9000 international version).

I received the following error after trying to flash JS3 and by mistake repartitioned using a PIT file even though I only had the PDA TAR.

E:Can’t mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid Argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can’t mount DBDATA:

I solved it by reflashing JPC using the 512.PIT and making sure to repartition.

I then reflashed JS3 with no repartition and no PIT. Solved the problem. Now no errors.

JPC:

http://www.multiupload.com/WB3104V8G0

Pass = samfirmware.com

512 PIT

http://www.multiupload.com/I5WICSBFJ1

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Black border problem using HMDI overscan / underscan with AMD card

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4 January 2011

If you are using an AMD (ATI) graphics card and getting a black border or zoomed out effect when connected to your monitor using HDMI, you need to adjust the overscan setting in catalyst control panel. Further more you need to do this for every different refresh rate and resolution to fix the problem in 3d modeslike running games fullscreen.

Open Catalyst, drop down graphics and select ‘Desktop & Displays’. Then right click on the small screen at the bottom and click configure. Enable GPU scaling, then click on the ‘Scaling Options’ tab and set underscan to 0%. Click apply. Don’t close the window.

Now right click on the windows desktop. Select screen resolution and advanced settings. Select monitor and change the refresh rate to all the different rates. For each one, apply, then go back into catalyst and set the underscan setting to 0% again. Repeat for all desired combinations of resolution and refresh rate.

Now the borders should have gone.

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Edimax EW-7612PIn Windows 7 Drivers

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20 November 2010

The most recent drivers for the Edimax EW-7612PIn wireless network card can actually be found on the RealTek website. The Edimax website is not very reliable and the links seem to be broken or to the wrong files. The card uses the RealTek chipset so might as well get the driver direct from RealTek as it will normally be more up to date than the one from Edimax.

Go to http://www.realtek.com and search for:

RTL8192SE

Scroll down to the software link and then it will give you a list of different drivers. Avoid the one at the top as this is for SU. You want the SE one.

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Howto set up Sopcast in Ubuntu 10.10 including Chromium sop links

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30 October 2010

To install sopcast player you need to add the following repository. (Thanks to Roberto @ llfl)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/sopcast
sudo apt-get update

Then, install sopcast-player as follows:

sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

Finally you will need to set up Chrome (Chromium) to link to sopcast links from websites.

gconftool-2 –set –type=string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/sop/command ‘sopcast-player “%s”‘
gconftool-2 –set –type=bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/sop/enabled true
gconftool-2 –set –type=bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/sop/need-terminal false

You can now enjoy moments like seeing Arsenal score in the 87th minute against West Ham like I just did thanks to MyP2P.eu

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Setting up Docky in Ubuntu 10.10

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26 October 2010

Docky is the cool new dock for Gnome that borrows rather a lot from MacOS. Then again OSX borrowed thousands of lines from BSD, Konqueror etc. Don’t feel bad about enjoying a good UI component whoever developed the original idea. Problem is, installing the default Docky in the Ubuntu 10.10 repositories leaves an incomplete version with some major bugs. Fortunately, it’s easy to remedy.

First add the docky private repository, update and install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:docky-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docky

Now you will need to make sure that it doesn’t autoload in anything other than Gnome. You don’t want docky to autorun in KDE as it will get annoying and in your way.

gedit ~/.config/autostart/docky.desktop &

Add this line to the end of the file:

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;

Excellent. Now, the final touch is to get rid of the hard links to firefox, rhythmbox and empathy. Don’t get me wrong, they are all good applications, but you want to be able to pin them and unpin them. By default docky insists that you have these icons all the time and you cannot remove them. This again is annoying. Run the gnome configuration editor tool:

gconf-editor &

Follow the following path:

/apps/docky-2/Docky/Interface/DockPreferences/Dock1

Double click on ‘Launchers’ and remove anything you don’t want. Also double click on ‘SortList’ and remove anything you don’t want from there too. Now quit docky (right click on the anchor) and reload from the applications menu. You have now removed the hard links and you can pin whatever you want on the dock to keep it there permanently.

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Changing Chrome magnet link association in Ubuntu

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24 October 2010

Setting the default program that Chrome / Chromium uses to open links in Ubuntu is easy. One thing that really annoyed me recently was that magnet links would default to Transmission instead of Vuze. I’ve since decided that I actually prefer Transmission now that it has DHT, but here’s how to adjust the association:

At the terminal run:

gconf-editor

This will open up the gnome configuration editor.  The magnet url handler can be found at: /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet.

Then set the ‘command’ string to launch the application you want. For example, the transmission command line would be:

transmission "%s"

The %s simply appends the link after launching transmission. You can change transmission to azureus if you want Vuze to run instead, or any bittorrent client of your choice.

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Jupiter Laptop Power Controller in Ubuntu

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17 October 2010

Jupiter is what became of the eee-tray application that allows you to adjust the speed of your laptop for power saving or performance. It also allows you to turn things like wi-fi and bluetooth on and off. Basically it’s the EeePC tray application.

Jupiter works on all laptops and despite being designed for Aurora OS (originally eeebuntu) works fine in Ubuntu to. To install, follow the steps below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jupiter-support-eee jupiter

This will set you up nicely for controlling your EeePC.

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How to Install Japanese Input in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) using iBus

Filed Under: Japanese, Linux by — 1 Comment
13 October 2010

This method uses iBus which is the default and easiest input method to install. It does not require complicated setup or terminal commands.

First, make sure language support is correctly installed. From the desktop, click on System / Administration / Language Support.

If it tells you that the language support is not installed completely, click install.

Click on ‘Install / Remove Languages’. Select Japanese and then tick ‘Input Methods’ and ‘Extra Fonts’. Click on close.

Change ‘Keyboard input method system to ibus’. Click on close.

The correct files should now have been installed automatically. All you need to do now is configure the the input method. First, log out and then log back in again.

To enable the Japanese input system you have just installed, select ‘System / Preferences / Keyboard Input Methods’. Drop down, Japanese, Anthy, Add.

There should be a keyboard icon in the top right of your screen. You can click on it to change to Anthy (Japanese input) or use Ctrl+Space. Open a text editing program, change to Anthy and you can now type in 日本語。

If you want extra options, click on the keyboard (ibus) icon on the top right and select preferences. Then change the ‘show language panel’ to ‘When active’. This will pop up a further language bar that you can use to tweak Anthy.

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