Generate random strings

Problem :

Needed random strings, characters from one liner bash to use on password. Read the rest of this entry »

iTerm, Screen & Linux is not playing well

Problem :

When connecting to Linux box and use screen from iTerm, the delete does not work as backspace. Rather, it function as delete key. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Convert Video Format from RMVB or RM to AVI in Apple Mac

You have downloaded a lot movies and videos in Real Player rmvb and rm format, and in a sudden you would like to convert rmvb or rm video files to avi in Apple Mac OS X version 10.4, aka Tiger. How can that be done? Read the rest of this entry »

ubuntu intrepid 8.10 – no sound after viewing flash webpage

Problem :

Sound was working fine until visit some flash website and all of sudden, all sound related apps (amarok, totem, pidgin & etc) are “mute” or no sound. Checking /var/log/message got these “pulseaudio[?????]: protocol-native.c: Warning! Too many connections (64), dropping incoming connection.”

Solution :

apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

Viola!

ubuntu thunderbird with enigmail – error

Problem :

After the installation of thunderbird, opengpg does not work, complained about “Enigmail: Enigmime service not available”

Solution :

  1. shutdown thunderbird
  2. apt-get clean
  3. apt-get remove enigmail mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail
  4. apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail

Viola!