Thursday, November 12, 2009

Resolve failed connect from Wii Mplayer CE to Samba server

In HomeBrewChannel I've got installed MPlayer CE. This software enables connect to samba shares. Follow these steps to working this connection success full:

1. configure samba access on SD cars, in file /apps/mplayer ce/smb.conf according to readme from mplayer distribution
2. change parameter security in /etc/samba/smb.conf on your pc (samba server)
set security=user
3. voila you got it

Ubuntu 9.10 and error when installing Adobe Air

I tried install Adobe Air. All cases with the error alert:
An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator


But these steps helps:
1. in synaptics remove broken package adobeair
2. sudo rm /opt/Adobe -R
3. sudo rm /etc/opt/ -R
4. sudo apt-get remove adobe-certs
5. sudo dpkg --purge adobe-certs


I got it :) Adobe Air installed on karmic koala.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Ubuntu Fixes - too big font in KDE (Kubuntu)

Bug Description:
I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 karmic koala. Then I installed xubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop. After the login to KDE are fonts too big e.g. menu entries are on the hlaf of screen.

Solution:
sudo gedit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
line ServerArgsLocal add parameter -dpi 96