How To's

You are enjoying Flock 0.9.0  and happen to have followed a link to check out “Awn svn, in all its 3D and reflective glory” when you realize that Flash isn’t doing the flash thing.

Whoops! OK, here is what you need to do. Open a terminal and cd to the plugins directory of Flock. Now type this:

you@desktop:~/path2/plugins$ sudo cp /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so .

Refresh the streaming video page and you are good to go.

cheers,

macewan

Appears that Google lost the bidding war for Stumble - it’s going to eBay  instead. In the spirit of competition *retaliation* Google has quickly released a button for their Googlebar to perform basic SU functions. Surprisingly this isn’t available for the Linux platform, but no worry here’s a breakdown of adding the GoogleUpon function to your bookmark toolbar.

First, create a bookmark for your toolbar with http://www.google.com/searchhistory/items?op=rec_rd&cd=ifb&hl={locale} as your location.

Second,

Third, PROFIT!

I have a friend that owns a studio and teaches pottery. I have a friend in the computer security field. I have a friend that has been an EMT. I have a friend that is purchasing a villa. I have a friend that is a math geek. I have a friend that knows computer hardware, software and wireless networking security, principals and design. I have a friend that knows this guy in Jersey… just kidding. If I had questions about anything related to these areas I would direct my query to one of these dear souls.

The point is that you look for direction from those that more than likely can point you in the right direction. Most wise folks would say it’s the wise thing to do.

If you want to install enterprise level software… you call in the geeks. If you create a technology committee you need people that understand technology. This is where the helpful hint comes in - knowing how to send email or print a document does mean you are a technology person and if you believe this then you need to remove yourself from the committee immediately. Not being aware of your limitations because people don’t point them out is a problem because time is money and if you have the free time to learn new fields of expertise you  are costing that organization money. Close your lips, sit and think about it a few seconds.
Listen, learn and grow.

A friend from Australia wrote requesting help installing geargui. This was an unpleasant install experience so if you drink beer, smoke, meditate or channel the wise ones, now is the time to do so. I don’t drink or smoke, but I do enjoy creating brick paths in the yard. Since it’s dark outside I went to a glass of water.

ok, let’s do this

gnome-terminal, xterm or any flavor of term needs to be opened. Do so now. Nod your head when it’s open. great. you’ll notice that you presented with something along the lines of:

yourUserName @ whateverComputerYouHappen2bOn:~$

Mine looks like this:

macewan@moc:~$

This is how I performed the install…

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macewan@moc:~$ mkdir gearTemp
macewan@moc:~$ cd gearTemp
macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$ wget ftp://downloads.gearsoftware.com/demos/linux/gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz
–19:28:33–  ftp://downloads.gearsoftware.com/demos/linux/gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz
=> `gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz’
Resolving downloads.gearsoftware.com… 198.65.117.42
Connecting to downloads.gearsoftware.com|198.65.117.42|:21… connected.
Logging in as anonymous … Logged in!
==> SYST … done.    ==> PWD … done.
==> TYPE I … done.  ==> CWD /demos/linux … done.
==> PASV … done.    ==> RETR gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz … done.

[    <=>                              ] 7,255,377    491.15K/s

19:28:49 (464.86 KB/s) - `gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz’ saved [7255377]
macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$ tar xzf gear*.gz
macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$ ls
deinstall  gearunix502_linux_rc02_demo.tar.gz  install  license.txt  pltfrms
macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$ sudo ./install
[enter your password]

The window will fill with Licensing information. Tap the spacebar until you see:

Do you accept the terms and conditions of this license agreement? (yes/no)

You should now type:
yes

Do you accept the terms and conditions of this license agreement? (yes/no) yes

The next screen will look like this:

Install GEAR PRO UNIX 5.02 on Linux 2.6.17-10-386 - Setup
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1) Start installation
q) Quit

Your choice? [1]:

You should now type:
1

Install GEAR PRO UNIX 5.02 on Linux 2.6.17-10-386 - Setup
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1) Start installation
q) Quit

Your choice? [1]: 1

It will install and present the following screen to you:

Install GEAR PRO UNIX 5.02 on Linux 2.6.17-10-386 - Installation
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Installing GEAR Pro for Unix 5.02 GUI+CLI … successful

Press to continue.

You should now hit the [enter] key.

You will now see the following screen:

Install GEAR PRO UNIX 5.02 on Linux 2.6.17-10-386 - Show package status
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Name        Status          Description
========================================================================
GEARGUI     (installed)     GEAR Pro for Unix 5.02 GUI+CLI

Press to continue.

You should now hit the [enter] key.

It will present the following information on the screen:

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Copying generic documentation … done.
Installing gearuser … done.
Creating symbolic links … done.
Copying IDE-SCSI Emulation documentation … done.
Creating LINUX device files … udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/
done.

Installationscript has finished - Press to continue

You should now hit the [enter] key.

You will then be dropped back to the commandline like so:

macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$

Now it wants you to type:
geargui

macewan@moc:~/gearTemp$ sudo geargui

Now you will be presented with a gui application. Answer all the questions. Now here’s the important part:

It will create a file called GEAR.lrq in the /usr/geargui/bin/ directory

/usr/geargui/bin/GEAR.lrq

You will need to send an email to trial_license@gearsoftware.com with GEAR.lrq as an attachment.

Their automated response quickly sent me a response with the license key attached. Except it wasn’t attached. Embedded within the two page message was this:

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Content-Disposition: inline; filename=”GEAR.lic”
Content-Length: 1048
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-Type: text/plain; name=”GEAR.lic”

GEAR License activation file (GEAR.lic)

GEAR SOFTWARE USA
One Main Street, Suite 205
Tequesta, FL 33469
Phone: +1 561 575-4327
Fax:   +1 561 575-9315
sales.us@gearsoftware.com

GEAR SOFTWARE EUROPE
Zuidende 31
5701 KX Helmond
The Netherlands
Phone: +33 1 47 95 22 47 (sales)
Phone: +33 6 03 57 12 47 (sales mobile)
Phone: +31 (0) 492 594094 (office)
Fax:   +31 (0) 492 476110 (office)
sales.eu@gearsoftware.com

http://www.gearsoftware.com

Thank you for purchasing GEAR PRO for Unix.

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GEAR use only.  Please do not modify
FIRST_NAME = Robert
LAST_NAME = MacEwan
COMPANY = Use OSS instead of this!
ADDRESS = 123 Tux Lane
CITY =
ZIP_CODE =
COUNTRY =
PHONE =
FAX =
EMAIL = macewan@gmail.com
DISTRIBUTOR_NAME =
PRODUCT_TYPE = GEAR PRO for Unix
LICENSE_ACTIVATION_KEY = RLL4C-TCQYP-7WMXC-MM34X-YFM6Y-7TCRL-7FYDR-SZXJA
LICENSE_TYPE = Demo, Trial period: 60 days
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Since nothing has been pleasant in the least bit so far why should this be different? I had to select just that bit of information, paste it in gedit and saved to my Desktop as:

GEAR.lic

Grab another beer because the fun continues. None of what I’ve written so far was explained - I had to read between the lines. The license was no different. I did not know if this was going to work, but it does in the end.

From within the terminal - gnome or x - doesn’t really matter, you will need to type this:

macewan@moc:~$ cd Desktop

macewan@moc:~/Desktop$ sudo cp GEAR.lic /usr/geargui/bin

Now we can run the software like so:

macewan@moc:~/Desktop$ sudo geargui

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This worked on Ubuntu Linux Edgy.

cheers

When responding to someones post, especially when it pertains to anything Internet, Linux or other geeky subjects, you… OK - deep breath.

A week or so ago I jokingly posted a rant about installing Joost on Linux. So far only Brent & a spammer have responded. The comment from the spammer dealt with increasing the size of my & * ( < - I'm not too concerned about that so that comment was deleted. Brent on the other hand had this to say.

http://www.macewan.org/2007/03/05/how-to-install-joost-on-linux/

In the defense of Joost, as a beta user of it, and as a Linux user, I say this. This is still an invitation only beta product. They have said that they plan to make a Linux version. These people have made a native Skype client, so I’d say that it is safe to assume that they will also do the same for Joost.

This program is not in it’s infancy. It’s not even born yet. I’d give it some time dude. Plus one must face the fact that the most downloads of Joost will most likely be for Windows, followed by OSX. Therefore, this demand must be satisfied first.

Secondly, if it is to be installed with wine is that terrible, as long as it works? I find Google’s Picasa to be a nice bit of software, despite the fact that it requires wine. It still works just as well as in Windows.

I’m willing to bet that in time, we will see a native Linux Joost client, that is if this Joost hype truly takes off. So far, it isn’t that great yet, imho. It is not going to replace cable tv anytime soon.

Just my two cents, but I hope this gives a bit of reason to the doubt.

Thanks.

Wow, that was so thoughtful Brent. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply with such a well written reply to my obviously ill informed ignorant rant. At times I need that.

There are however a couple of things that I just did not comprehend with you reply. You mentioned Joost still being in beta. Maybe I’m getting old, just turn 39 :), but I still call it The Venice Project. That was the project name back when I got my invite. Silly me and my old ways. Doesn’t matter. Being so full of knowledge I decided that maybe I could search the forums to hopes of grabbing more of your know-how, but I couldn’t find you.

You see my problem. Things are just difficult for me to grasp at times. As a Linux user you probably know that we’ve been asking about our flavor of the Venice Project for quite awhile. Checking today I see that there are 279 postings after searching* the topic.

On the subject of using WINE to run Google software - I don’t really mind that much. Back in 2005 when I wrote of how to install Google Earth on Linux good ole WINE was required. Even last summer when I wrote an update WINE was required. And if you do a search for Google Earth Linux you’ll see them still mention WINE. Go ahead and look. As far as Picasa the image software goes, I prefer standard Linux software on that. Maybe trying F-Spot from time to time, but it’s written in C# on the Mono platform and yes, I know, a *nix version of the .N37 development platform seems kinda icky keep in mind it is an ISO standard which gives it a couple of tiny thumbs up. At least with me it does.

As far as native Joost goes… with the OS-X version running behind the Windows version just as it was in the Skype situation I have little faith in a native Lin* version any time soon. But don’t loose hope - we’ve been installing with WINE from time to time so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. That is if you want to watch tv on your computer. Me? I have a TV card that works no problem when I care to kill my brain cells.

*note: you’ll need to join the forum to actually join the search which in itself is a rather interesting subject. At first we didn’t have a search function. We asked and asked for a search. Funny thing is that shortly after I posted a link to information on adding the search function to this forum software - they found the same thing and added it.

my post of how to add search:

Re: Search function in this forum

http://api.pocoo.org/pocoo.pkg.core.search-module.html

Robert MacEwan

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a posting that search has been added:

Re: Search Function for the Forum

Search the Forum is now in the header of the forum - in the image

Story Charms

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• Posted on: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:19

sorta cool timing.

Again, thank you for your reply.

cheers,
macewan

Well, first off if you have found the definitive answer to the incompatible versions of Apache, PHP & mySQL - please speak up for the masses. Surely I am not the only concerned. I’ve never had this much trouble with setting up a CMS. Geeez.

Due to some auto-update problem this morning & old article was placed here instead of this one.