Friday, September 11, 2009

Setting in pidgin for google talk

if you are using pidgin for google talk then follow some steps:-

1. Advanced Settings :-





























2. Proxy Setting :-































3.General Setting :-





Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Add startup application in fedora

if you install a app. in your fedora machine and you want that app. always come in startup then do not worry just follow some steps

1. Like i install "cairo-dock" in my fedora machine and i want this app. always come in startup.

2. go to " system -> preference ->Startup Application"

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3 click on the add button and type your app. name and command for that app.

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4 just click add and your app. is now on startup.

Mount NTFS partition in Linux

Some people think that if they install linux then they do manually mount ntfs partition each time but if you want your ntfs partition already mounted then just follow some commands

1. open your terminal and make superuser "$su"
2 type "$fdisk -l" it show your all partition ntfs and extended.
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3. Note the ntfs partitions in above screen shots these are "/dev/sda1,/dev/sda2,/dev/sda3"

4 type "$cd /media"

5 make new directories for mount these partition like in above screen shots i have 3 ntfs partition then i make 3 new directories by using "$ mkdir c_drive d_drive e_drive"

6 type "$ gedit /etc/fstab"

7 add those line at the end of file like


Sunday, September 6, 2009

Retrieve deleted file / partition table in Linux

Me and My friend was doing a project and suddenly some project file was delete due to his mistake by using 'rm' command. then we both search some software which retrieve our project file and at last we got success the name of that software is "testdisk".

How can you get testdisk :-
just click following link "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download"

How to install :-
1. open your terminal and go to download directory .
2 just type "rpm -ivh NameOfPackage.rpm".

How to Use :-
1 if you want to repair your file system then type "testdisk" in your terminal and follow on screen instructions.
2 if you want to retrieve your deleted data then first go to that folder and then type "photorec" and follow on screen instructions.


screen-shots:-

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Change file permissions in linux

Many time you notice that when you want to execute a particular file or open a particular directory you got a message "permission denied" It means you do not have permission to open that file Do not worry you just use some command and you can access those file and directory.
steps :-
1. open your terminal
2. first make superuser "$su"
3. go to that file/directory location.
4. "chmod 777 filename/directory name"

if some files in that directory and you also change permission those file then
"chmod -R 777 filename"

what is chmod and how it work -
chmod is a linux command which use for change permission and we are using following options for permissions -
4- Read mode
2- Write mode
1- Execute mode