This is a short rant about the latest Firefox Release...23.0.x.
It appears that Mozilla decided to change the Address Bar functionality so that instead of always searching with a default search engine, it would search with the selected Search Bar engine. While I understand the idea it simply does not work, for my workflow. I have been dealing with it, silently cursing Mozilla for a week or so now when finally a Google search gave me a workable fix.
I installed the ad-don, Keyword Search which sets the address bar search engine and locks it. So far so good. When I type in the address bar I always get the Google search that I want. I hope this helps others.
Found the Ad-don here: http://superuser.com/questions/629530/firefox-search-behavior-changed-in-version-23-can-i-get-the-old-behavior-back
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
ReadyNAS NV+ v2 Transmission BT with flexget
This guide will cover the steps that I followed to get the Transmission BitTorrent client installed and working with my RSS feeder on a NetGear ReadyNAS NV+ v2 (ARM) I did all of this with RAIDiator 5.3.7 (the OS version)
1. Install the Root SSH Access plugin
http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203
To install plugins on the ReadyNAS
1) Download the .bin file
2) Navigate to the ReadyNAS configuration dashboard (https://ReadyNAS_IP) Select Configure from the header bar.
3) Navigate to the Add-ons section of the configuration dashboard (If you don't see it click on the double arrow (>>)
4) Click on the Add Add-on button (top right below Dashboard)
5) Browse to the bin file and Upload it.
2. Grab the Free Transmission plugin:
http://www.sergeysurba.com/projects/transmission
Install it the same wasy as the Root SSH plugin above.
3. Configure Transimission.
The transmission settings can be set via the webgui, for the most part. However some items can only be configured via the ssh connection, settings file is /c/transmission/settings.json
Information about the configuration variables: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles
Example of my configuration
To reload the configuration you must stop and re-start the Add-on. This can be accomplished by navigating to the Installed Add-on page, clicking on the name of the Add-on. Unchecking the enabled box, saving, then checking it again, and saving.
For easy torrent control I recommend flexget and the transmission-rpc plugin.
4. How to install flexget and the transmission-rpc plugin. Follow the guide for Linux here:
http://flexget.com/wiki/InstallWizard/Linux/Environment
1) Install python and python-pip
2) check that the python installed is 2.6/2.7
3) Install FlexGet
4) Install the FlexGet transmission-rpc plugin
6. Configure FlexGet: http://flexget.com/wiki/Configuration
Example of my configuration (simple because I have a webserver do the real filtering for me)
It is recommended to use a symbolic link to place the configuration files into the RAID area (/c)
e.g.
7. Test that FlexGet works, and doesn't show any errors
7. Schedule FlexGet to run following this guide:
http://flexget.com/wiki/InstallWizard/Linux/Environment/FlexGet/Scheduling
@hourly /usr/local/bin/flexget --cron
Or the following equivalent expression
0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/flexget --cron
In cron the values are as follows
min hour day month day-of-week
If you set divisions it runs when there is a zero remainder or you can think of it as every multiple of the divisor. e.g. */10 = 0,10,20,30... or */2 = 0,2,4,6,8...
1. Install the Root SSH Access plugin
http://www.readynas.com/?p=4203
To install plugins on the ReadyNAS
1) Download the .bin file
2) Navigate to the ReadyNAS configuration dashboard (https://ReadyNAS_IP) Select Configure from the header bar.
3) Navigate to the Add-ons section of the configuration dashboard (If you don't see it click on the double arrow (>>)
4) Click on the Add Add-on button (top right below Dashboard)
5) Browse to the bin file and Upload it.
2. Grab the Free Transmission plugin:
http://www.sergeysurba.com/projects/transmission
Install it the same wasy as the Root SSH plugin above.
3. Configure Transimission.
The transmission settings can be set via the webgui, for the most part. However some items can only be configured via the ssh connection, settings file is /c/transmission/settings.json
Information about the configuration variables: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/ConfigFiles
Example of my configuration
root@NAS:~# cat /c/transmission/settings.json
{
"alt-speed-down": 50,
"alt-speed-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
"alt-speed-time-day": 127,
"alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
"alt-speed-up": 50,
"bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
"bind-address-ipv6": "::",
"blocklist-enabled": true,
"blocklist-url": "http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1&fileformat=p2p",
"cache-size-mb": 2,
"dht-enabled": true,
"download-dir": "/c/media/Torrents",
"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,
"encryption": 2,
"idle-seeding-limit": 30,
"idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
"incomplete-dir": "/c/transmission/incomplete",
"incomplete-dir-enabled": false,
"lpd-enabled": false,
"message-level": 2,
"peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
"peer-limit-global": 240,
"peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
"peer-port": 15000,
"peer-port-random-high": 65535,
"peer-port-random-low": 49152,
"peer-port-random-on-start": false,
"peer-socket-tos": "default",
"pex-enabled": true,
"port-forwarding-enabled": true,
"preallocation": 1,
"prefetch-enabled": 0,
"queue-stalled-enabled": true,
"queue-stalled-minutes": 30,
"ratio-limit": 2.0,
"ratio-limit-enabled": true,
"rename-partial-files": true,
"rpc-authentication-required": false,
"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
"rpc-enabled": true,
"rpc-password": "password",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-url": "/transmission/",
"rpc-username": "username",
"rpc-whitelist": "*",
"rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,
"scrape-paused-torrents-enabled": true,
"script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-done-filename": "",
"seed-queue-enabled": false,
"seed-queue-size": 10,
"speed-limit-down": 100,
"speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
"speed-limit-up": 50,
"speed-limit-up-enabled": true,
"start-added-torrents": true,
"trash-original-torrent-files": false,
"umask": 0,
"upload-slots-per-torrent": 14,
"utp-enabled": true
}
To reload the configuration you must stop and re-start the Add-on. This can be accomplished by navigating to the Installed Add-on page, clicking on the name of the Add-on. Unchecking the enabled box, saving, then checking it again, and saving.
For easy torrent control I recommend flexget and the transmission-rpc plugin.
4. How to install flexget and the transmission-rpc plugin. Follow the guide for Linux here:
http://flexget.com/wiki/InstallWizard/Linux/Environment
1) Install python and python-pip
root@NAS:~# apt-get update root@NAS:~# apt-get install python python-pip
2) check that the python installed is 2.6/2.7
root@NAS:~# python -V Python 2.6.6
3) Install FlexGet
root@NAS:~# pip install flexget
4) Install the FlexGet transmission-rpc plugin
root@NAS:~# pip install transmissionrpc
6. Configure FlexGet: http://flexget.com/wiki/Configuration
Example of my configuration (simple because I have a webserver do the real filtering for me)
root@NAS:~# cat .flexget/config.yml
presets:
tv:
all_series: yes
set:
path: /c/media/Torrents
transmission:
host: localhost
port: 9091
username: username
password: password
tasks:
showRSS:
rss: http://showrss.karmorra.info/rss.php?user_id=getYourOwn&hd=null&proper=null
preset: tv
It is recommended to use a symbolic link to place the configuration files into the RAID area (/c)
e.g.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2013-02-12 18:45 .flexget -> /c/flexget/To create this link do the following
root@NAS:~# cd ~ root@NAS:~# mkdir /c/flexget root@NAS:~# ln -s /c/flexget/ .flexget
7. Test that FlexGet works, and doesn't show any errors
root@NAS:~# flexget --testI recommend using this test action anytime you make changes just to be assured that the configuration is still valid.
7. Schedule FlexGet to run following this guide:
http://flexget.com/wiki/InstallWizard/Linux/Environment/FlexGet/Scheduling
root@NAS:~# contab -einsert and paste:
@hourly /usr/local/bin/flexget --cron
Or the following equivalent expression
0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/flexget --cron
In cron the values are as follows
min hour day month day-of-week
If you set divisions it runs when there is a zero remainder or you can think of it as every multiple of the divisor. e.g. */10 = 0,10,20,30... or */2 = 0,2,4,6,8...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Get iperf3 (new version) source code
There is a new version of iperf, iperf3 at code.google.com/p/iperf/. I am not sure if it is any better than iperf2 but it is cool to have a new source to play with. Anyways if you want to build this code on Ubuntu you may encounter a failure due to missing libraries.
Here is a quick review of my attempt to build this tool.
1. Download the latest beta code
user@localhost:~$ wget http://iperf.googlecode.com/files/iperf-3.0b4.tar.gz
2. Extract the code
user@localhost:~$ tar -xvzf iperf-3.0b4.tar.gz
3. With most source code you then have to run the configuration tool for the makefile to be properly built
user@localhost:~$ cd iperf-3.0b4/
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ ./configure
This is the output that I got
www.debian-administration.org/article/334/Finding_which_package_contains_a_file
and the apt-file tool
4. So let us use apt-file and figure it out and then install the necessary library.
4a. If you don't have apt-file follow the guide available at the link above to install it and prepare, or just do the following
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ sudo apt-get install apt-file && sudo apt-file update
4b. Search using apt-file for libuuid
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ apt-file search libuuid
I look at this list and choose uuid-dev
4c. Install the chosen package
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev
5. Re-run ./configure to confirm success
If no other errors run make to build the tool.
6. user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ make
Now you can look in the src directory for iperf3 which is a compiled version you can use on the same architure of linux...enjoy the iperf tool
Here is a good site on how to use iperf basics linhost.info/2010/02/iperf-on-windows/. Note: it was written with iperf2 on Windows. Perhaps I will write a quick guide, later, regarding my primary use case for iperf, validating VPN performance.
Here is a quick review of my attempt to build this tool.
1. Download the latest beta code
user@localhost:~$ wget http://iperf.googlecode.com/files/iperf-3.0b4.tar.gz
2. Extract the code
user@localhost:~$ tar -xvzf iperf-3.0b4.tar.gz
3. With most source code you then have to run the configuration tool for the makefile to be properly built
user@localhost:~$ cd iperf-3.0b4/
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ ./configure
This is the output that I got
./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for ranlib... ranlib checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for ar... ar checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking for uuid_create... no checking for uuid_generate... no checking for uuid_generate in -luuid... no configure: error: libuuid is not availableWhat I noticed is that libuuid is not available. So how do we find where we can get libuuid? A google search lead me to this page:
www.debian-administration.org/article/334/Finding_which_package_contains_a_file
and the apt-file tool
4. So let us use apt-file and figure it out and then install the necessary library.
4a. If you don't have apt-file follow the guide available at the link above to install it and prepare, or just do the following
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ sudo apt-get install apt-file && sudo apt-file update
4b. Search using apt-file for libuuid
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ apt-file search libuuid
cruft: /usr/lib/cruft/filters-unex/libuuid1 drizzle: /usr/lib/drizzle7/libuuid_function_plugin.so drizzle-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/drizzle7/libuuid_function_plugin.so fp-units-base-2.4.4: /usr/lib/fpc/2.4.4/units/x86_64-linux/uuid/libplibuuid.a fp-units-base-2.4.4: /usr/lib/fpc/2.4.4/units/x86_64-linux/uuid/libuuid.o fp-units-base-2.4.4: /usr/lib/fpc/2.4.4/units/x86_64-linux/uuid/libuuid.ppu fpc-source-2.4.4: /usr/share/fpcsrc/2.4.4/packages/uuid/src/libuuid.pp libdata-uuid-libuuid-perl: /usr/share/doc/libdata-uuid-libuuid-perl/changelog.Debian.gz libdata-uuid-libuuid-perl: /usr/share/doc/libdata-uuid-libuuid-perl/copyright libuuid-perl: /usr/share/doc/libuuid-perl/changelog.Debian.gz libuuid-perl: /usr/share/doc/libuuid-perl/copyright libuuid-tiny-perl: /usr/share/doc/libuuid-tiny-perl/changelog.Debian.gz libuuid-tiny-perl: /usr/share/doc/libuuid-tiny-perl/copyright libuuid1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 libuuid1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0 libuuid1: /usr/share/doc/libuuid1/changelog.Debian.gz libuuid1: /usr/share/doc/libuuid1/copyright libuuidm-ocaml-dev: /usr/share/doc/libuuidm-ocaml-dev/README libuuidm-ocaml-dev: /usr/share/doc/libuuidm-ocaml-dev/changelog.Debian.gz libuuidm-ocaml-dev: /usr/share/doc/libuuidm-ocaml-dev/copyright libuuidm-ocaml-dev: /var/lib/ocaml/lintian/libuuidm-ocaml-dev.info libuuidm-ocaml-dev: /var/lib/ocaml/md5sums/libuuidm-ocaml-dev.md5sums libuuidtools-ruby: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby/changelog.Debian.gz libuuidtools-ruby: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby/copyright libuuidtools-ruby-doc: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby-doc/changelog.Debian.gz libuuidtools-ruby-doc: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby-doc/copyright libuuidtools-ruby1.8: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby1.8/changelog.Debian.gz libuuidtools-ruby1.8: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby1.8/copyright libuuidtools-ruby1.9.1: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby1.9.1/changelog.Debian.gz libuuidtools-ruby1.9.1: /usr/share/doc/libuuidtools-ruby1.9.1/copyright mingw-w64-dev: /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libuuid.a mingw-w64-dev: /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libuuid.a mingw32-runtime: /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/libuuid.a pandora-build: /usr/share/aclocal/pandora_have_libuuid.m4 uuid-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.a uuid-dev: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so wine1.4-amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/libuuid.a
I look at this list and choose uuid-dev
4c. Install the chosen package
user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ sudo apt-get install uuid-dev
5. Re-run ./configure to confirm success
If no other errors run make to build the tool.
6. user@localhost:~/iperf-3.0b4$ make
Now you can look in the src directory for iperf3 which is a compiled version you can use on the same architure of linux...enjoy the iperf tool
Here is a good site on how to use iperf basics linhost.info/2010/02/iperf-on-windows/. Note: it was written with iperf2 on Windows. Perhaps I will write a quick guide, later, regarding my primary use case for iperf, validating VPN performance.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Proper upstart script for the No-IP DNS Update Client
Updated script again, better error handling and readability. Only looked at it due to a little bit of rebuilding my HTPC which runs this tool.
If you have a No-IP Dynamic DNS account, free at no-ip.com Then you likely want to use the DUC (Dynamic Update Client) to automate the process of keeping it up-to-date. No-IP provides a client for Windows, Mac, and Linux. I have an Linux host running 24x7 at my house, so I decided to try the Linux version.
http://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php?page=linux
This tool used to be in the Ubuntu repositories but has been removed, so No-IP provides the source to be compiled, however, they don't provide a good start script and do not use the upstart method to install the automatic starter. So I decided to create a proper script to follow the upstart method. I understand that this script is not following all LSB standards, however, it should do what people need after following the process that No-IP Provides to compile and install.
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: noip2
# Required-Start: networking
# Required-Stop: networking
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts instance of noip2
# Description: No-IP DUC (DNS Update Client) start stop service script
### END INIT INFO
#
# copy to /etc/init.d
# run "update-rc.d noip2 defaults" to install
# run "update-rc.d noip2 remove" to remove
#
# Version 1 by Craig Lorentzen
# Version 2 - Added LSB INIT INFO
# Version 3 - Improved error handling and readability
# Version 4 - Added status (to check if the service is running and with what PID
NAME=noip2
PATH=/usr/local/bin
DAEMON=$PATH/$NAME
PID=$(/bin/pidof -s $DAEMON)
do_start()
{
echo "Starting $NAME."
echo
if [ $PID ]; then
echo " WARNING: $NAME is already running."
echo
PID=
else
$($DAEMON)
fi
}
do_stop()
{
echo "Stopping $NAME."
echo
if [ $PID ]; then
kill $PID
PID=
else
echo " WARNING: $NAME is not running."
echo
fi
}
do_status()
{
if [ $PID ]; then
echo "$NAME is running as $PID"
else
echo "$NAME is not running"
echo
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
stop)
do_stop
;;
restart)
echo "Restarting $NAME."
do_stop
do_start
;;
status)
do_status
;;
*)
echo " Usage: $NAME (start|stop|restart|status)"
echo
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
If you have a No-IP Dynamic DNS account, free at no-ip.com Then you likely want to use the DUC (Dynamic Update Client) to automate the process of keeping it up-to-date. No-IP provides a client for Windows, Mac, and Linux. I have an Linux host running 24x7 at my house, so I decided to try the Linux version.
http://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php?page=linux
This tool used to be in the Ubuntu repositories but has been removed, so No-IP provides the source to be compiled, however, they don't provide a good start script and do not use the upstart method to install the automatic starter. So I decided to create a proper script to follow the upstart method. I understand that this script is not following all LSB standards, however, it should do what people need after following the process that No-IP Provides to compile and install.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Mac OS X: Disable auto iTunes load on Audio CD insertion
If any of you have been frustrated as I was by not being able to configure iTunes to ignore inserted Audio CDs I have found the solutions. What we do is configure the CD and DVD handling preferences to not load iTunes. Here is how:
Access the 'CDs & DVDs' System Preferences Page
Apple->System Preferences, CDs & DVDs
Original Screenshot:
Now select Ignore for the option when inserting an Audio CD. We can also see that we can accomplish similar changes for DVDs and Picture CDs. Hope this helps others as it helped me.
Access the 'CDs & DVDs' System Preferences Page
Apple->System Preferences, CDs & DVDs
Original Screenshot:
Now select Ignore for the option when inserting an Audio CD. We can also see that we can accomplish similar changes for DVDs and Picture CDs. Hope this helps others as it helped me.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Re-enable Java6 for Chrome if you have upgraded Mac OS X
Here is a document from Apple on how to re-enable Java6 for Chrome
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Latest GIMP for Ubuntu
If you are interested in keeping up-to-date with GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program) on your Ubuntu install, look no further than the otto-kesselgulasch/gimp PPA (Personal Package Archive)
Process:
I find GIMP to be a good professional style image manipulation program, however, it doesn't beat simple tools like IRFanView for simple resize/cropping activities. I found this PPA useful, so just posting for others.
Process:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimpOne command at a time, or add a double ampersand (&&) between each item and concatenate it onto one line.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
I find GIMP to be a good professional style image manipulation program, however, it doesn't beat simple tools like IRFanView for simple resize/cropping activities. I found this PPA useful, so just posting for others.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Mac OS X 10.7 show the Users Library
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion
Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad -> Utilities, and enter the following command to show or hide the directory:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
The users Library folder will immediately become visible again. Reverting this back to the standard Lion setting is simple too:
Hide User ~/Library in OS X Lion (default setting)
This returns to the default setting of hiding the user Library directory:
chflags hidden ~/Library
Changes take effect immediately again, and Library becomes invisible to the user.
Update: temporary one-off solutions are also available for quick access to User Library in Lion
Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion
Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad -> Utilities, and enter the following command to show or hide the directory:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
The users Library folder will immediately become visible again. Reverting this back to the standard Lion setting is simple too:
Hide User ~/Library in OS X Lion (default setting)
This returns to the default setting of hiding the user Library directory:
chflags hidden ~/Library
Changes take effect immediately again, and Library becomes invisible to the user.
Update: temporary one-off solutions are also available for quick access to User Library in Lion
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Available for Windows/Mac/Linux
Mac install instructions taken from http://forums.warchestgames.com/showthread.php/14517-ET-OSX-2-60d?p=383459&viewfull=1#post383459 Tested and working for me too (MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2011).
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How to run Wolfenstein ET on OS X Lion: (Tested on Macbook Pro 2011)
1. Download (Wolfenstein Enemy Territory 2.60d)
2. Drag the Wolfenstein ET folder to your Applications folder.
3. Run the punkbuster installer.
4. In ~/Library/Application Support/ create "Wolfenstein ET" folder and therein "etmain" folder.
5. Download a punkbuster etkey
6. Put the etkey in the following location: ~/Library/Application Support/Wolfenstein ET/etmain
7. In ~/Library/Application Support/Wolfenstein ET/etmain/ create a file: "autoexec.cfg"
8. Paste the two lines of this file:
seta r_colorbits "32"
set r_allowExtensions 0
9. Run ET.
10. Set screen resolution via the following commands in the game console (press ~ after launching the game to view game console):
/r_customwidth XXXX
/r_customheight XXXX
/r_mode -1
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Here is the proper link to download WolfET for Any OS
http://www.splashdamage.com/content/download-wolfenstein-enemy-territory
I'll see you on the battlefield. Enjoy!!!
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How to run Wolfenstein ET on OS X Lion: (Tested on Macbook Pro 2011)
1. Download (Wolfenstein Enemy Territory 2.60d)
2. Drag the Wolfenstein ET folder to your Applications folder.
3. Run the punkbuster installer.
4. In ~/Library/Application Support/ create "Wolfenstein ET" folder and therein "etmain" folder.
5. Download a punkbuster etkey
6. Put the etkey in the following location: ~/Library/Application Support/Wolfenstein ET/etmain
7. In ~/Library/Application Support/Wolfenstein ET/etmain/ create a file: "autoexec.cfg"
8. Paste the two lines of this file:
seta r_colorbits "32"
set r_allowExtensions 0
9. Run ET.
10. Set screen resolution via the following commands in the game console (press ~ after launching the game to view game console):
/r_customwidth XXXX
/r_customheight XXXX
/r_mode -1
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Here is the proper link to download WolfET for Any OS
http://www.splashdamage.com/content/download-wolfenstein-enemy-territory
I'll see you on the battlefield. Enjoy!!!
Monday, May 28, 2012
AppCleaner
For those who are interested in cleaning out all traces of an Apple "App" when removed from the OS.
http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Sunday, May 27, 2012
com.apple.quarantine
If you are like me, you may have gotten annoyed in both Windows and Mac OS X by the warning window.
Mac OS X Example Screenshot
These warnings come from a metadata source that the OS is evaluating. On Windows, Microsoft uses a NTFS feature called Alternate Data Streams. In Windows when you open the file you get a warning...You can click OK and the ADS will remain, or you can uncheck the box "Always ask before opening this file". Unchecking that box and clicking Open/Run will delete the ADS which tells Windows that this file was downloaded from a network location. For more details on the ADS associated with a file, and/or to delete the ADS check out the Sysinternals Streams tool.
In Mac OS X, Apple uses a feature called extended Attributes. You can see that a file has extended attributes via the List Long output (ls -l) and looking for the at (@) symbol.
I downloaded synergy 1.4.8 from http://synergy-foss.org/ as an example
user:~$ ls -l synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user group 13783645 Apr 25 17:42 synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
Now let's see what Extended Attributes are associated with this file.
user:~$ xattr synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms
com.apple.quarantine
Note: When opening the Disk Image we do not get a warning, however, some of the attributes follow any file copied from the Disk Image. Also, new attributes are added after opening thanks to some checks performed on Mac OS X. Just Notes, I haven't looked into these other items.
I extracted the Synergy.App so that I can use it to example the filewarning
user:~$ xattr Synergy.app/
com.apple.quarantine
If you do not want to receive this warning we need to remove (delete) the Extended Attribute com.apple.quarantine
user:~$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Synergy.app/
user:~$ xattr Synergy.app/
#Note: No Output since the one attribute was removed.
user:~$
When I am working with a large amount of data downloaded for tech-support purposes, and I trust the source, I will tend to remove this attribute manually from the Terminal just so that I don't have any trouble with any files not opening.
user:~$ xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine folder/
I hope this helps others dealing with there Mac and improves our knowledge. Thanks to this Macworld Article as the stepping stone to my understanding of Extended Attributes.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1145324/filewarnings.html
Mac OS X Example Screenshot
These warnings come from a metadata source that the OS is evaluating. On Windows, Microsoft uses a NTFS feature called Alternate Data Streams. In Windows when you open the file you get a warning...You can click OK and the ADS will remain, or you can uncheck the box "Always ask before opening this file". Unchecking that box and clicking Open/Run will delete the ADS which tells Windows that this file was downloaded from a network location. For more details on the ADS associated with a file, and/or to delete the ADS check out the Sysinternals Streams tool.
In Mac OS X, Apple uses a feature called extended Attributes. You can see that a file has extended attributes via the List Long output (ls -l) and looking for the at (@) symbol.
I downloaded synergy 1.4.8 from http://synergy-foss.org/ as an example
user:~$ ls -l synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user group 13783645 Apr 25 17:42 synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
Now let's see what Extended Attributes are associated with this file.
user:~$ xattr synergy-1.4.8-MacOSX107-x86_64.dmg
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms
com.apple.quarantine
Note: When opening the Disk Image we do not get a warning, however, some of the attributes follow any file copied from the Disk Image. Also, new attributes are added after opening thanks to some checks performed on Mac OS X. Just Notes, I haven't looked into these other items.
I extracted the Synergy.App so that I can use it to example the filewarning
user:~$ xattr Synergy.app/
com.apple.quarantine
If you do not want to receive this warning we need to remove (delete) the Extended Attribute com.apple.quarantine
user:~$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Synergy.app/
user:~$ xattr Synergy.app/
#Note: No Output since the one attribute was removed.
user:~$
When I am working with a large amount of data downloaded for tech-support purposes, and I trust the source, I will tend to remove this attribute manually from the Terminal just so that I don't have any trouble with any files not opening.
user:~$ xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine folder/
I hope this helps others dealing with there Mac and improves our knowledge. Thanks to this Macworld Article as the stepping stone to my understanding of Extended Attributes.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1145324/filewarnings.html
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Get QuickSilver
Get quicksilver
http://www.blacktree.com/
This tool is similar to the built in Spotlight but is a little different. Many people find is more efficient for them.
After installing the tool then use Control+Space to launch and type what you want.
http://www.blacktree.com/
This tool is similar to the built in Spotlight but is a little different. Many people find is more efficient for them.
After installing the tool then use Control+Space to launch and type what you want.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Lock Me Now
Those who have used Windows or Linux before are probably used to the Super+L or Control+Alt+L actions to lock your screen. The utility of this is noticeable when you work in a Cube Farm and need to ensure that no one access your workstation when you are away from it.
By Default the way to Lock the screen, not very intuitive if you ask me, is to hit Control+Shift+Eject on your Mac Laptop. Now how do I map this to a USB keyboard that I use when at the office? Not possible you might say.
Solution:
There are a couple solutions I have tried. One is okay, the other is good. The Okay method, which I do not recommend can be found here
I don't recommend it because it is a little finicky and does not directly address the concern.
The good way is to use Lock Me Now (iTunes Store) it's free. After installing and running it you will find a small lock icon in the System Tray (not sure if this is the proper Apple term). Edit the Preferences to configure the key combination you want and confirm that the Application starts at boot. The only complaint I have is that the "Paus iTunes Music" Option will start iTunes, even if it is not running, so that it can Pause the nothing that is playing.
Another Option Using BetterTouchTool (Read my previous post on how to get BetterTouchTool Setup)
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/9930/bettertouchtool-and-mac-os-x-lock-your-mac-with-a-touchpad-gesture-keyboard-shortcut-and-more/
By Default the way to Lock the screen, not very intuitive if you ask me, is to hit Control+Shift+Eject on your Mac Laptop. Now how do I map this to a USB keyboard that I use when at the office? Not possible you might say.
Solution:
There are a couple solutions I have tried. One is okay, the other is good. The Okay method, which I do not recommend can be found here
I don't recommend it because it is a little finicky and does not directly address the concern.
The good way is to use Lock Me Now (iTunes Store) it's free. After installing and running it you will find a small lock icon in the System Tray (not sure if this is the proper Apple term). Edit the Preferences to configure the key combination you want and confirm that the Application starts at boot. The only complaint I have is that the "Paus iTunes Music" Option will start iTunes, even if it is not running, so that it can Pause the nothing that is playing.
Another Option Using BetterTouchTool (Read my previous post on how to get BetterTouchTool Setup)
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/9930/bettertouchtool-and-mac-os-x-lock-your-mac-with-a-touchpad-gesture-keyboard-shortcut-and-more/
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Mac OS X Manage Login Applications
Log in as the user who wishes to have a login item or as an admin user.
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Choose Accounts from the View menu.
Click the name of the user.
Mac OS X 10.3.x: Click the Startup Items button.
Mac OS X 10.4 or later: Click the Login Items button.
Click the "Add {+}" button.
Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Choose Accounts from the View menu.
Click the name of the user.
Mac OS X 10.3.x: Click the Startup Items button.
Mac OS X 10.4 or later: Click the Login Items button.
Click the "Add {+}" button.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
MD5 sums
Mac OS X has a really awful MD5 tool. On Linux we have the md5sum tool which outputs the following when you run it against a file
#md5sum file
8c45b25f15362fb3a74959bb7056df5f *file
On Mac we have a wrapper for openssl md5 which provides the bellow output
#md5 file
MD5 (file) = 8c45b25f15362fb3a74959bb7056df5f
On Linux I can then sort the output numerically and then very easily see what files are duplicates. I can also use the wonderful -c option to take in a file containing MD5s and file-names in the same style as the output of md5sum so that I can -c Check that the files are the same.
On Mac OS X neither of these simple and effective uses can be completed without bending over backwards with manual work or coming up with some script to do the same thing. I tried to install md5sum from ports, however, it doesn't exist there. So for now I am stuck with an inferior tool which does not accomplish my goals of using the MD5 hash to both remove duplicate files and confirm that moved files haven't been corrupted.
This Rant is brought to you by Craig
#md5sum file
8c45b25f15362fb3a74959bb7056df5f *file
On Mac we have a wrapper for openssl md5 which provides the bellow output
#md5 file
MD5 (file) = 8c45b25f15362fb3a74959bb7056df5f
On Linux I can then sort the output numerically and then very easily see what files are duplicates. I can also use the wonderful -c option to take in a file containing MD5s and file-names in the same style as the output of md5sum so that I can -c Check that the files are the same.
On Mac OS X neither of these simple and effective uses can be completed without bending over backwards with manual work or coming up with some script to do the same thing. I tried to install md5sum from ports, however, it doesn't exist there. So for now I am stuck with an inferior tool which does not accomplish my goals of using the MD5 hash to both remove duplicate files and confirm that moved files haven't been corrupted.
This Rant is brought to you by Craig
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Installing Applications
I have seen this problem since even before I got my Mac. Most Mac OS X Applications are packaged in dmg (Disk Image) files. By opening this file the Disk Image is mounted and the contents displayed in Finder. At this point I see some users double-click the Application and run it from there. They then keep this App icon in the Dock. When they do this, everytime they open the App it re-mounts the dmg and runs. This is an incorrect way to install your App and could easily cause problems when you clean up your Downloads folder.
Instead follow these steps
1. Mount the dmg (Open it)
2. Click and drag the App to the Applications folder (or any folder you wish to "Install to")
Mac OS X Apps are pretty cool in that they are a single file containing all needed libraries.
It is an archive that you can even navigate it, not that it is very useful, but you can by right clicking (Secondary Click in Apple lingo) and select "Show Package Contents".
3. Run the App from the folder that you installed it to. Add to Dock if you like.
Use the Finder to confirm that all Disk Images are un-mounted (click the Eject Icon) and then run the App again to confirm you accomplished the above steps and no longer have the OS doing double duty to run the App.
Just a quick tutorial, I hope it helps noobs get used to their Mac.
Instead follow these steps
1. Mount the dmg (Open it)
2. Click and drag the App to the Applications folder (or any folder you wish to "Install to")
Mac OS X Apps are pretty cool in that they are a single file containing all needed libraries.
It is an archive that you can even navigate it, not that it is very useful, but you can by right clicking (Secondary Click in Apple lingo) and select "Show Package Contents".
3. Run the App from the folder that you installed it to. Add to Dock if you like.
Use the Finder to confirm that all Disk Images are un-mounted (click the Eject Icon) and then run the App again to confirm you accomplished the above steps and no longer have the OS doing double duty to run the App.
Just a quick tutorial, I hope it helps noobs get used to their Mac.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Get BetterTouchTool
Click here for the home of BetterTouchTool (Direct Download).
BetterTouchTool
Is necessary if you want to make Mac OS X work with the keyboard like Windows 7 and many Linux window managers.
By default after installing BetterTouchTool it will start at login so it should be always available unless you quit it. I need BetterTouchTool to provide Windows 7 like (actually better than) window snapping. So that when you pull a window to the edge of the screen it automatically makes that window take up a known section of the screen. I generally use Left and Right side (50%) of the screen so that I can work on two things at once.
To enable Window Snapping, first you must enable the Advanced view in BetterTouchTool (BetterTouchTool options are opened via the Control+Alt+Super+O keyboard shortcut). When Advanced in enabled you wil have Gestres, General Settings, and Action Settings. Select the Action Settings tab and check the box for "Window Snapping Enabled" if I remember correctly all of the while dragging options are enabled by default when you enable Window Snapping.Many Mac OS X users will be happy with this as they may tend to like using a mouse. For me, however, I must be able to do a lot of this without removing my hand from the keyboard. To add "Gestures" to BetterTouchTool do the following
- Select the input device you wish to use for the Gesture
- On the bottom right select the action you wish to accomplish (Maximize Window Left)
- Click in the Shortcut area, use the input device to record the geture which will affect the action. (Control +Super+Left)
Example from top line of my keyboard shortcuts below.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
Shortcut Action / Shortcut | |
⌘⌃← | Maximize Window Left |
⌥⌃← | Move Window to Next Monitor |
⌥⌃→ | Move Window to Next Monitor |
⌘⌃↓ | Restore old window size |
⌘⌃↑ | Maximize Window |
⌘⌥⌃O | Show BTT Preferences |
⌘⌃→ | Maximize Window Right |
Normal Mouse Buttons: Global
Modifiers Gesture Action / Shortcut Notes | |||
(null) | Button 3 | ⌘[ | Back |
(null) | Button 4 | ⌘] | Forward |
Happy BetterTouchTool tweaking.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Home/End
In every OS I have worked with Home/End takes me to the Begging/End of a LINE. In Mac OS X to be different they made it be the Beginning and End of the page.
Control+A/Control+E like in the Terminal can sometimes work instead, however it is not fool-proof and can create a very frustrating environment where you either have to hold the Arrow for an eternity or use your mouse. And like most Linux users I have grown to ignore the mouse for most work.
Update: Linux/Windows Home/End functionality with full support in all text applications is Super+Left/Super+Right. Also, Mac OS X Home/End can be reproduced with Super+Up/Super+Down.
Just learned this today and thought I would share it.
Control+A/Control+E like in the Terminal can sometimes work instead, however it is not fool-proof and can create a very frustrating environment where you either have to hold the Arrow for an eternity or use your mouse. And like most Linux users I have grown to ignore the mouse for most work.
Update: Linux/Windows Home/End functionality with full support in all text applications is Super+Left/Super+Right. Also, Mac OS X Home/End can be reproduced with Super+Up/Super+Down.
Just learned this today and thought I would share it.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Enable SSH Access to your Mac
The Apple Mac OS X operating system has SSH installed by default but the SSH daemon is not enabled. This means you can’t login remotely or do remote copies until you enable it.
To enable SSH Access on your mac do the following:
1. Open the 'System Preferences' Tool
2. Open the 'Sharing' preferences tool which can be seen under the‘Internet & Networking’ header
3. Select the checkbox next to 'Remote Login'In the list that appears, check the ‘Remote Login’ option.
This starts the SSH daemon immediately and you can remotely login using your username. The ‘Sharing’ window shows, at the bottom, the name and IP address to user. From the Shell you can determine your username using 'whoami' and you can confirm your IP Address with the 'ifconfig' tool.
To enable SSH Access on your mac do the following:
1. Open the 'System Preferences' Tool
2. Open the 'Sharing' preferences tool which can be seen under the‘Internet & Networking’ header
3. Select the checkbox next to 'Remote Login'In the list that appears, check the ‘Remote Login’ option.
This starts the SSH daemon immediately and you can remotely login using your username. The ‘Sharing’ window shows, at the bottom, the name and IP address to user. From the Shell you can determine your username using 'whoami' and you can confirm your IP Address with the 'ifconfig' tool.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Got Caffeine?
Caffeine is an invaluable tool for doing presentations with a Mac OS X based system Caffeine. Installable via the App Store.
Use Caffeine to disable the Mac from going to sleep or from displaying the screensaver, as needed. Don't keep running back to your Mac to hit a key or unlock from the screensaver.
Use Caffeine to disable the Mac from going to sleep or from displaying the screensaver, as needed. Don't keep running back to your Mac to hit a key or unlock from the screensaver.
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