Heres how I got OpenCV installed: First install some needed packages sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev Now you need to grab FFmpeg for the install to work svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg The svn didn’t work for me, probably something to do with the proxy I’m under at Uni so I had to grab the...
Read more →Google Wave has been in and out of the trending topics since the first set of beta invites were available, tons of people are still requesting and sharing invites via twitter many of who would usually not even know about Wave at this point. The massive spread of the service must be astronomical in...
Read more →UPDATE I now have it working and wrote a guide of how I got it to work - http://alexsleat.com/2009/12/02/howto-install-opencv-in-ubuntu-karmic-9-10/ END UPDATE I found a great guide on getting OpenCV to install on Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) –http://ivkin.net/2009/11/installing-opencv-2-0-on-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/ Most the comments show the guide works however I have a couple of problems: Firstly when reloading the...
Read more →This issue is caused by switching from a proxy to a none-proxy network, even when the proxy has been set to direct internet connection and applied system wide if the system has not rebooted it still seems to be configured to be under that proxy. The easiest way to fix it is to go...
Read more →Great guide by wootah from the ubuntuforums.org of how to get the wireless receiver for PC working under linux, using the Userspace Xbox/Xbox360 USB Gamepad Driver for Linux from grumbel. It works pretty much perfectly, I use it as a remote to control my laptop when it is displayed on my TV. Supported Controllers...
Read more →MP3/Flash/DVD sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras Music Applet sudo apt-get install music-applet Banshee sudo apt-get install banshee Mirage – Banshee Plugin sudo apt-get install banshee-extension-mirage Before Mirage can be used you need to make it scan your music so in Banshee Tools->Mirage Playlist Generator->Rescan the Music Collection as shown below dockbarX sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main sudo...
Read more →Pretty simple and quick way to add a user to the sudoers list in fedora: Login as root user: su Password: *enter root password here* Add write permissions to the sudoers file: chmod +w /etc/sudoers Add the user (change alex to the user you want to add to sudoers) to sudoers and set no password...
Read more →To fix this error you will need to edit some of the repo files located in /etc/yum.repos.d/ heres how: su - cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ gedit fedora.repo In here you are going to want to remove the comments ‘#’ from the lines beginning with baseurl and then comment out the lines beginning with mirrorlist. Now do the same...
Read more →To set up your surround sound first open up Terminal, or alternatively Alt+F2 and type the following in either: gedit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf Now you’re looking for this line, it may be commented out so make sure to remove the ‘;’ in order for it be seen. default-sample-channels = 2 You might have a different amount...
Read more →The power cable for my Acer Travelmate 5720 started playing up, it started by turning on and off just while I was typing and so I checked it out just in time to catch it smoking. So I quickly removed it from my laptop and the wall and took it outside to cool down...
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