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Getting rid of SYSFS xserver-xorg-input-wacom error log during Debian Squeeze boot up

I have a system upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze and every time, during boot up sequence, I am seeing the log below: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules:11 I don't have a wacom device really, so I just decided to get rid of this error message. To do so, do: #: aptitude remove xserver-xorg-input-wacom Then, delete file z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules from /etc/udev/rules.d Is this the right way to do it? I don't know :) @timus@

Rubberband selection and text selection not working in Debian Squeeze

I was playing around with Debian Squeeze and observed that rubberband selection and text selection is not working. The Debian Squeeze machine is a VirtualBox guest upgraded from Debian Lenny. I suspected that this maybe caused by Gnome/gtk configuration that was messed during upgrade to Squeeze. Tried to install LXDE and still no dice, same issue observed. I was guessing then that this might be an xorg driver issue (vboxvideo) or mouse (vboxmouse). I started making adjustments to my xorg.conf and waalaah.... issue fixed. This is a snippet of the original configuration: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "vboxmouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Changed it

Minimal Debian Lenny wiht Fluxbox on VirtualBox

Work in progress!!!!! #: aptitude install x-window-system-core #: aptitude install fluxbox fluxconf #: exit (to user) $: startx From the fluxbox session, open a terminal. Do the following to install VirtualBox integration: $: su #: aptitude install build-essential #: aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r #: mount /media/cdrom #: cd /media/cdrom #: sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run #: reboot We should have a nicely integrated. Note that this configuration will start in console mode (init 3). You should run startx to go to the X session. Now try to change to one of the default styles, this case "flux". menu | Styles | flux Setting up fonts in Debian - link

CentOS 5.4 netinstall on Virtualbox

Note*: This is applicable to both CentOS 5.4 and 5.5, maybe applicable to older versions as well. Introduction: One of the installation methods possible in installing CentOS 5.4 is network installation or NetInstall. There are good reasons why one would like to do NetInstall and not install from the full CDs. Installing from CD means you have to download monster files. In CentOS 5.4, NetInstall iso file is only 8.9MB whereas the CDs (6 sets) are ~700MB each. So if you are planning to install just once or if you are going to use VirtualBox (note snapshot functionality, branching and cloning), then netinstall would really make sense. Note that to have good installation experience you have to have a fast connection to internet or a mirror in your intranet. To start with, you need to have VirtualBox installed. I am using W7 Home Premium with 8GB as the host machine. This should not matter much actually if you are familiar with VirtualBox. Then download netinstall iso from http:/

Installing QNX on Virtual Box

Configuration: OS Type: QNX Base Memory : 512 MB Storage/IDE: 80 GB Processor: 1 Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Disabled Audio/Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network : Intel PRO/1000 T Server (Bridged adapter, Microsoft Loopback Adapter) Installation: Select boot option: F3 - Install QNX to a new disk partition QNX partition: F1 to continue License: Enter your license EULA : F1 Accept Choose disk: F1 Disk larger than 8.4 GB: F1 Allow the QNX partition to be anywhere on the disk Partition Type: F1 or type 179 Partition size: F1 Use all available space Install default location:  y GNU Public License Utility package: y Configuration information...following file: Remove media: On reboot: phgrafx: - Display : 1 - Driver: svga - Color Mode: 32K (+1 bit alpha) - Resolution: 800x600 - Refresh: 60Hz - Cursor: Hardware Observed that Photon GUI is faster with vesabios driver ~ts

Text Editors - Windows

EmEditor ( link ): text editor is a lightweight, yet extendable, easy-to-use text editor for Windows. EmEditor is very customizable, and it supports Unicode and powerful macros. EmEditor now supports very large files - up to 248 GB or 2.1 billion lines! EmEditor is certified for Windows Vista! The x64 Edition is also available! The portable version is also available for USB drive setup! UltraEdit ( link ) is the ideal text, HTML and hex editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. UltraEdit is also an XML editor including a tree-style XML parser. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later). Download a free trial today and discover why UltraEdit is the defacto standard with over two million users worldwide. Zeus Lite Editor ( link ) : Zeus is a powerful, full featured programmers IDE designed specifically for the task of software development. Zeus is pa

Installing Qt 4.6 in OpenSuse 11.2

This is a quick how-to in installing the latest, as of 12/24/2009, Qt framework 4.6 in OpenSuse 11.2. By the way, Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. It can be used to develop web-enabled applications and user interfaces once and deploy them across Windows, Mac, Linux/X11, embedded Linux, Windows CE and Symbian. Download the binaries from http://qt.nokia.com/ . As of this writing, the latest version is 4.6 which comes with a lot of new features especially the multi-touch aware which is pretty much what is expected from latest generation of smartphone applications. Change to the directory where the file was downloaded, like: $: cd /home/username/ $: chmod u+x qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2009.05.bin What we just did was to make the file executable. Finally, install the application by running the following command: $: ./qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2009.05.bin See below for screen capture while installing Qt. Note that Qt SDK needs additional software to work