You need this package :

sudo apt-get install dvdrtools

First, to format you can try :

dvdrecord dev=0,0 -v blank=fast

If it fails, you can use this command :

dvd+rw-format -force /dev/dvd

The solution :

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

And voilà !

After install, edit this file :

/usr/share/dtc/admin/gfx/skin/bwoup/skin.css (or choose your theme directory if you change it)

search “header” section and add inside it :

display: none;

A really really great plugin for your Gimp software :

Layer effects

List of supported effects :

• Drop Shadow
• Inner Shadow
• Outer Glow
• Inner Glow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Satin
• Color Overlay
• Gradient Overlay
• Pattern Overlay
• Stroke

And what is the best : you can make dynamic test with a preview button without doing and undoing your work everytime !

It’s a shame that a simple Python plugin can make what has fed gorgeous troll for so many years all over the world about layer effects lacks in Gimp (as opposed to Photoshop)… Thanks for this piece of software, this is a truly piece of peace !
Hint : you have to use Python version to benefit of the preview button

With Linux / Ubuntu / Whatyouwant here is the process to generate a favicon (found on linuxproblem.org) :

Your problem

You want to create an icon for your website (which is displayed in the browser’s location bar). You already know, that you have to place a file called favicon.ico in your web server’s document root directory. But how can you create one?

The solution

You need an image file that GIMP can open (PNG, GIF, etc.). And you need the command line tool ppmtowinicon from the netpbm-tools (on SuSE you have to have installed the package netpbm). Now perform the following actions:
# Open your image with GIMP.
# If your image is not a square then resize the canvas with GIMP.
# Scale the image to 16×16 pixel (Image, Scale image).
# Choose File, save as.. and save as favicon.pnm or favicon.ppm with raw encoding.
# Close GIMP
# Convert favicon.pnm resp. favicon.ppm using the command line utility ppmtowinicon:

> ppmtowinicon -output favicon.ico favicon.pnm

resp.

> ppmtowinicon -output favicon.ico favicon.ppm

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Go to http://www.vmware.com/download/player/download.html and download last version (today 2.5).

Accept licence and choose Linux Bundle version.

Save VMWare-…-file.bundle on your disk.

Chmod : chmod +x VMWare-…-file.bundle

Launch install : sudo ./VMWare-…-file.bundle

That’s all !

Le bip système, la première chose à désactiver lorsqu’un linux est fraîchement installée (à moins que vous n’aimiasses ce bip relaxant chaque fois que vous activiates la completion).

How to :

sudo pico /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf

ajouter à la fin :

install pcspkr /bin/true

Puis :

sudo modprobe -r pcspkr

sudo modprobe pcspkr

Und voilà !

If you are using Mysql with Ubuntu, be careful with apparmor when you move your mysql datadir.

If you’re symlinking to databases outside /var/lib/mysql and you’re getting unexpected “(errno: 13)” (permission denied) errors, check your MySQL settings for AppArmor (particularly on Ubuntu as of 8.04) or SELinux. Specifically, make sure your new path is listed in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld then restart apparmor.

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