Alecs Notes

Uniconverter and sK1 to Read Corel Draw Format in Linux

Alec — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:07:38 +0000

I had some situation when my designer sent me a pretty nice logo in a .cdr (Corel Draw) format which I wanted to use in my web site. Searching over the internet showed there is a vector graphics editor which can handle this format, sK1. I was unlucky to make it work under Fedora 11 and [...]

ioncube Encoder Protects Your PHP Code

Alec — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:40:52 +0000

This entry is part of a series, PHP Development Tools for Linux and Windows Desktop» With the growing number of “employers” trying to trick you out in all possible ways, a freelancer needs a tool to protect his/her work from being stolen. ioncube Encoder is one of the competable tools available on the commercial market [...]

Professional PHP, MySQL Developer and Consultant Freelancer for Hire

Alec — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:25:37 +0000

A professional PHP and MySQL freelancer consultant (me) is looking for contract work (long-term employment is preferred). My most recent experience is cakephp, mysql stored procedures, Sphinx and jquery but I am flexible to use another frameworks and libraries (make me write a new one). Most generalized skills include: freelancing experience since 2000, recommendations available in [...]

Scanning in Linux (BearPaw 1200 CU Plus on Fedora 11)

Alec — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:46:29 +0000

In my case, the scanner hardware is BearPaw 1200 CU Plus. Get the firmware file PS1Gfw.usb from your scanner installation disk or google for it. Plug in the hardware to an USB port. sudo yum -y install skanlite xsane sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/gt68xx sudo cp PS1Gfw.usb /usr/share/sane/gt68xx/ sane-find-scanner The last command outputs something like: found USB scanner (vendor=0x055f, product=0x021b [USB Scanner], chip=GT-6816) [...]

VirtualBox Update on Fedora 11

Alec — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:42:53 +0000

New VirtualBox update is available. Update as the below: cd ~/software/ wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.0.4/VirtualBox-3.0.4_50677_fedora11-1.x86_64.rpm mv VirtualBox-3.0.4_50677_fedora11-1.x86_64.rpm\?e\=SOME_LONG_STUFF_HERE VirtualBox-3.0.4_50677_fedora11-1.x86_64.rpm sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck VirtualBox-3.0.4_50677_fedora11-1.x86_64.rpm Works perfectly well this time: [Share/Save]

Udev Downgrade to Solve CD Automont Problem in Fedora 11

Alec — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:53:21 +0000

This is free software, mate, quite a good pretext for “good people”, and we have to know the ways to make it work. The below partially solves the problem we faced here, but only partially. The problem faced: no CD/DVD automount in Fedora 11 Solution: downgrade of udev Result: kinda ambiguous, just read on… After quite a [...]

Safe Update with Yum

Alec — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:17 +0000

If you decide to make a major update of your system, do make sure to install some core packages first, otherwise just simple “sudo yum update” might lead to a corrupt installation. This is all because, for instance, that when a new kernel is ready and available, kmod-nvidia drivers in the Livna repo might be [...]

LiVES, a Non-Linear Video and Multimedia Editor

Alec — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:00:58 +0000

This entry is part of a series, Audio and Video Encoding GUI Tools in Fedora Linux» “LiVES is a simple to use, yet powerful video editor and VJ tool.” Written at http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=432. It is claimed to be capable of handling a variety of file formats. We start with the dependencies listed at this page. sudo yum -y [...]

No CDROM / DVDROM Automount In Fedora 9

Alec — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:00:18 +0000

This entry is part of a series, Working with CD / DVD drives in Linux» In Fedora 9, my DVD-ROM refused to mount automatically on inserting. Attention Fedora 11 users! The below does not refer to Fedora 11, CD mount problem refers to a kernel bug which is not fixed yet, I will update this post as soon as [...]

Fixing broken Samsung ML-1630W installation after Fedora upgrade

Alec — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:00:19 +0000

After yum upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, my Samsung ML-1630W refused to work. Examining the proprietor’s drivers control panel showed that printer support is deeply down. Please note that I have never needed wireless support for this printer yet, so everything is based on the USB connectivity only. First, I removed the files as described [...]

Easytag and Gtkpod Lost m4a Support in Fedora 11 (Solved)

Alec — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:29:43 +0000

After yum upgrade from Fedora 10 to Fedora 11, easytag and gtkpod do not have access to or recognize tags in m4a files. Cured with: sudo yum -y remove easytag gtkpod sudo yum -y install libmp4v2* libmp4v2* taglib-extras easytag gtkpod [Share/Save]

PHP, MySQL, Javascript Programmer Consultant (Freelancing, Telecommuting)

Alec — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:00:07 +0000

Coding PHP, MySQL and Javascript hard since 2001, I can witness that communication is the key to problem solving for any project of any complexity level. I am am looking for a long-term programming-related position at present . I have most recent solid experience with cakephp, mysql stored procedures and jquery but I am flexible to [...]

Get Codec and/or Stream Information of Media Files in Linux

Alec — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:00:49 +0000

This entry is part of a series, Audio and Video Encoding GUI Tools in Fedora Linux» Normally, it’s a pain finding stream, codec or bitrate information for media files. Some information can be discovered using file [some_file].avi ffmpeg -i [some_file].avi However, there is a better way of doing it using mediainfo[-gui] package available from this site. mkdir -p ~/software/mediainfo cd ~/software/mediainfo echo [...]

Fixing broken Downloader for X in Fedora 11

Alec — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:00:29 +0000

After upgrading to Fedora 11, the Downloader for X, d4x, complains that it cannot load the shared file or library libssl.so.7. Cured with the below on x86_64: sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libssl.so.8 /lib64/libssl.so.7 sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.8 /lib64/libcrypto.so.7 [Share/Save]

Keyboard Layouts Icons Fix in GNOME

Alec — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:41 +0000

There is a known dysfunction of a keyboard layout switcher in GNOME – a habit of not showing a country flag. It is so much well-known that soon it is going to be even more well-known than GNOME. UPDATED It does not take much to fix it in Fedora, just locate a needed flag icon (it should [...]

Fedora 10 to 11 on Acer Aspire 6930 Update with Preupgrade

Alec — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:40:12 +0000

Finally, I have transferred my main working laptop, Acer Aspire 6930, to Fedora 11. Fedora 11 is much faster than Fedora 10, mate, and I find it really amazing. Before starting the upgrade process , I was updating the system in chunks during the day to make it sort of unobtrusive. sudo yum -y update firefox php [...]