[HOWTO] DVD Ripping in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
Posted by Mr. IT Guy | Filed under Howto, IT in General, Linux, Operating System
This is completely illegal in the United States due to some copyright law. This site does not condone illegal activity; thus, if you’re in US, you’re on your own when you do the following.
Install the packages by running the command:
sudo apt-get install dvdrip subtitleripper ksubtitleripper gocr mplayer libdvdread3 debhelper fakeroot rar unrar libxine1 xine-ui
After the package is installed, run the following:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
NOTE: You don’t have to do this second part if you have already followed my previous guide on enabling DVD playback on Ubuntu.
Tags: 8.04, dvd, hardy heron, Linux, ubuntu
[HOWTO] Migrating Cacti From One Server to Another
Posted by Mr. IT Guy | Filed under Howto, IT in General, Linux
Here’s what I did to transfer my cacti from and old beat up server to a newer one. My old server is running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) and my new server is running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron).
- Install Cacti on the New Server
- Turn Off Cacti at the Old Server
- Migrate the Database
- Copy the RRD Files as XML
- Reconvert the XML back to RRD File
- Activate the New Cacti
More details available after the jump.
Tags: Linux
[HOWTO] Enabling DVD in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
Posted by Mr. IT Guy | Filed under Howto, IT in General, Linux, Operating System
This is completely illegal in the United States due to some copyright law. This site does not condone illegal activity; thus, if you’re in US, you’re on your own when you do the following.
Run the following command from the Terminal:
sudo apt-get install totem-xine libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
You only need to this ONE time only.
[SOLVED] Slow GUI (Compiz) on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) using ATI Radeon X300 Mobility
Posted by Mr. IT Guy | Filed under Howto, Linux, Operating System
I finally managed to fix the issue as described in: Slow GUI (Compiz) in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) using ATI Radeon X300 Mobility
The solution revolves around:
- Download and install binary driver from ATI
- Remove the MESA driver
- Force aticonfig to renew the xorg.conf
- Make sure AIGLX and Composite is On/Enabled
Removing MESA Driver
Run the command:
sudo apt-get remove xorg-xgl
Run aticonfig
Run the command:
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
Check AIGLX & Compositing are enabled
- Run the command:
sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- Search for the keywords ‘AIGLX’ and ‘Composite’.
- AIGLX should be under ServerFlags section and the value should be ‘On’
Options AIGLX 'On'
- Composite should be under Extensions section and the value should be ‘Enable’
Options Composite 'Enable'