I’ve found some trouble to find the DEB version of Skype but after some research, i’ve found the solution and it’s pretty easy:

acido:~# wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
acido:~# su
hp:~$ dpkg -i skype-debian_1.4.0.118-1_i386.deb

With wget you download the latest version of Skype for your distro, like root you do the installation and you have finished!

EDIT: If you use the URL above, instead the first:

http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-deb

you can download Skype 2 beta version with video support.
Thanks a lot to po3ts for the advice.

linux, debian, skype

Today i would let know you Edith a french girls that on youtube and myspace is knowed like chewwinggum.
She has a beautiful voice and she is also cute.

Here you can listen the cover of “Through the glass” a song by StoneSour (HardRock and Alternative Metal group made in USA).

Have fun with the video and at the end of the post you can find the links for the Edith’s personal page (on youtube and myspace, so you can listen all the others songs) and the link to the original video of the song.

Youtube.com
MySpace.com
Through the glass - StoneSour

music, StoneSour, cover, youtube, myspace

Another hard war: ME vs MyNotebook!
Sometimes happen that if you have some multimedia keys, the system could discover them itself. If you would modify the function of that special keys, you have to read this how-to.

First of all go in System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcut
Here there are two section: Desktop and Audio.
Go in audio and disable(click on each row that you would disable and press BACKSPACE) all keys that you would use (in my situation Play/Pause, Pause, Skip Prev/Next Track).

Now open a term and write:
xev | grep keycode | \
sed s/"^.*keycode *([0-9]+).*$"/"keycode 1 "/ | uniq
xev is used to capture the “code” for each key that we press. Press all keys that you need and after that, close the term. In output you see something like:
keycode 36
keycode 144
keycode 162
keycode 164
Exlude the first row (it’s the Enter Key). The other rows are keycodes about your keys.tutte le altre in ordine sono i keycode legati ai vostri tasti. Now modify the file xmodmap: go in your home and make a copy of your file
xmodmap -pke > xmodmap.conf
Edit it (gedit or nano or whatever you want) and insert near the Keycode that you have discovered before, a name.
For example your PLAY key have
keycode 162

Go at the row “keycode 162” and insert after the “=” a name to identify the key
keycode 162 = AudioPLAY

Repeat this for all keys that you need.
Now you have to substitute you new xmodmap.conf to the older one and you have some ways:

1) edit the file %HOME/.xsession and insert
/usr/bin/xmodmap $HOME/xmodmap.conf
2) edit the file /etc/gdm/Init/Default and substitute the row sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap using the path of your xmodmap (for me is /home/utente/xmodmap.conf)

3) if you are luky, if you restart Gnome, it can discover the new xmodmap.conf in your home and ask to you if you would use it instead the default file

After that, open a term and launch
root:~# gconf-editor

go in /apps/metacity/keybindings_commands

Here you can set 12 commands(command_1, command_2…).
You can insert all command that you would use for your keys (start browser, pause a song, disable the sound, etc…).

Go in /apps/metacity/global_keybindings and you see run_command_1 … run_command_12 that you can use to associate a key to the command that you have write in the step before.
Near run_command_1 write the name that identify the key that you would use.

To do an Example
keycode 162 = AudioPLAY

in /apps/metacity/keybindings_commands
command_1 xmms

in /apps/metacity/global_keybindings
run_command_1 AudioPLAY

Have fun!

linux, debian, keyboard, multimedia, gnome

Gkrellm is a good utility that let us to monitoring the entire system: battery status, temperature (CPU, HDD, Video, …), fan speed. But it’s not enaught: it need help from some daemons or kernel’s modules.

Now i try to explain how to check the temperatures.

Open a term and write (like super-user):

root:~# apt-get install lm-sensors hddtemp

and after the installation

root:~# sensors-detect

you have to follow the sensors setup (use the default answers); after that, in output you see some modules

#----cut here----
# module options
<module_1>
<module_2>
#----cut here----

that you have to insert in the file /etc/modules.
(if you would start the modules immediately use like root modprobe <modulo_1> <modulo_2> )

To start the harddisk sensor:

root:~# hddtemp -d /dev/hda
(or hdb, hdc or sda, sdb: it depends from the harddisk that you would monitoring)

Now start gkrellm goo in

Function > Sensors > Temperature

Here you can find all sensors from your PC.

Tips:
If you exec
acido:~$ sensors

in output you can see all sensors (exept harddisk);

root:~# hddtemp /dev/hda
(or hdb, hdc or sda, sdb: it depends from the harddisk that you would monitoring)

in output you can see harddisk sensors;
if you would start hddtemp like a daemon (each time that you start your pc) use:

root:~# nano /etc/default/hddtemp

and set RUN_DAEMON=“true“ and DISKS=“/dev/hda” (your harddisk).

linux, debian, gkrellm, gnome

After the Compiz installation, sometimes happen that it’s not possible to see movie on fullscreen!

Let’s start gmplayer and go in Option.
Choose the Video “tab” and set x11 driver.

Now close gmplayer, open a term and write
echo "zoom=yes" > $HOME/.mplayer/config

Start gmplayer and watch movie in fullscreen!

mplayer, gmplayer, compiz, linux

Recently i’ve installed localized WordPress italian version (downloaded from wordpress-it) but after the installation it was in english yet. I’ve checked the settings in the file wp-config.php but they were right:

define('WPLANG','it_IT');

in the folder wp-includes/languages/ there was it_IT.mo and it_IT.po so all were setting fine, but wordpress was in english yet. I’ve thinked that it could be a file’s permission problem but i was on fault.
After a research i discover that it could be a wordpress’ bug: if it run on a server with a 64bit CPU, it can’t set the right language.

To solve the problem edit gettext.php (it is in wp-includes/ ), move at line 116 and where you find

$this->STREAM = $Reader;
$magic = $this->readint();
if ($magic == ($MAGIC1 & 0xFFFFFFFF) || $magic == ($MAGIC3 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) {

substitute it with

$this->STREAM = $Reader;
$magic = $this->readint() & 0xFFFFFFFF;
if ($magic == ($MAGIC1 & 0xFFFFFFFF) || $magic == ($MAGIC3 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) {

Upload file on your webspace and WordPress will be translated in the languages that you have choosen.

wordpress, bug, languages, translation, localization, traduzione

I’ve decided that every Sunday I would make a post about Music and more exactly I would be a talent scout!

I use often youtube to find and listen to songs that i’ve heared on tv or radio and I always find (over the original video) cover from people around the world…

It’s amazing to see all this people that share their singing and playing skills!
Then I would share them with all!

The first is for sure Otan Vargas: I’ve found his videos when I was searching for Staind songs, and I like it!

His voice is similar to Aaron Lewis’s voice (Staind’s singer), and he is good to play guitar… he’s good! And maybe he was able to do an own group, he was engaged by a record label and on his myspace you can find 5/6 good songs written by himself.

And finally the video: Zoe Jane (Staind’s cover), song that Aaron wrote for his daughter.

music, video, staind, talent

Probably ixquick it’s not famous yet: is a meta-websearchengine (it’s a service that do a websearch using all others websearchengine togheter) that don’t save information about users that done a websearch.

To know better, read this article published on no1984.org.

By the way, who use iceweasel (firefox on debian) maybe want to add ixquick in the searchengine list that it’s on Iceweasel’s toolbar.

If you go on ixquick’s website, in the right area you are not able to insert the plugin, so we have to do it by ourself.

Download here the package that contains th plugin and the icon.
Open a shell, go on folder where you have downloaded the package and extract it:

acido:~$ tar -xf ixquick_it.tar.gz

Now:

acido:~$ mv ixquick_it.* /usr/share/iceweasel/searchplugins/

(if you are not able like user, do it like root)

Now start iceweasel and you can find ixquick in the search engine list!

ixquick, iceweasel, linux, ixquick plugin

To add technorati tags to yours blog is very easy:

• download here the SimpleTags plugin for Wordpress
• extract
• edit simpletags.php and substitute the string pre_replacement and post_replacement like this
  $pre_replacement = '<p class="technorati_tags"> ';
$post_replacement = '</p><br>';
• save and upload the folder in /wp-content/plugins
• make a Technorati icons or download one from here
• upload the icon in the images folder
• now edit the CSS (Presentation > Themes Editor >style.css) and add at the end of file
  .technorati_tags {
background: url(images/technorati_icon.gif) no-repeat left center;
padding-left: 20px;
}

Finish!

Now, to add technorati tags, you have two choice:

1) at the end of each post insert the keywords that you want between
[ tags ] [ / tags ]
2) into the post write the main words between
[ tag ] [ / tag ]

wordpress, technorati, tags

Who remember Gta and its sequel? How many hours spent to steal, hit and destroy? Now the RockStarGames have decide to give for free some old games: Gta, WildMetal and Gta2!

You need only to compile a form here and you can access to download area!

Have fun!

rockstargames, gta, gta2, giochi