[Fix] Codeblocks-Contrib install problem (libhunspell)

When you're installing Code::Blocks contrib packages using apt, at some point you might face the issue of unsatisfied dependencies for

libhunspell-1.2-0
valgrind
cccc
cscope etc...

Even though you can install all the other packages manually using just the names provided in the error messages you cannot install the libhunspell package. There's an obvious reason for this. It's not in any Ubuntu repositories. To address this issue, you have to do as follows
1. Go to [ http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libhunspell-1.2-0 ]
2. Download the .deb package for your respective architecture.
3. Using Terminal, go to the directory where you stored the .deb file and install it using

sudo dpkg -i <package-name>.deb

4. Now go for installing the Contrib package again, it should go smooth.

[Fix] Linux startup problem after installing VMWare 9

VM Ware has released a version for Linux. Its' a shell script installing the files in your / (root). While installing the application at one point it might output a black screen with all sorts of error messages. This is most likely caused by a conflict with the new kernel (version 3.5). It has been fixed but how do you fix your setup?? Well, following this method and combining a live setup (USB, SD Card, Live CD/DVD) we can address the issue. Follow the instructions below.

1. First make a Live setup of your distribution or one of similar kind. I used Linux Mint 14 with KDE on a SD Card.
2. Boot into the Live setup.
3. Log in as root [ type { sudo su } and type your root password ]
4. Locate your setup's root drive (the one with the mount point / in your original setup) and mount it. It will be assigned a mount point most probably using a UUID, note that down. You'll find that in /media of your Live setup. What I did as find a unique part of the mount point's name and used it with { grep }. So, my mount point was /media/d4324-32d43-4242 and I used { ls | grep "d4324" }. You can ignore it and use the name provided directly.
5. Now use

/media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )

before every directory mentioned here. Or you can ignore the

/media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )

part and instead use

/media/<your-mount-point>

directly.
6. Do these in the sequence

cd /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/lib/modules/<your-kernel-version>/misc
# Note: If you have multiple kernel directories in the /lib/modules/ directory do the following for each one of them. If the files are not found in any kernel directory, ignore and go on with the commands.
mv vm* /tmp
cd /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/proc/modules/
rm vmnet.o
rm vmmon.o
rm vmci.o
rm vmblock.o
rm vmppuser.o
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/etc/rc2.d/*vmware*
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/etc/rc3.d/*vmware*
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/etc/rc5.d/*vmware*
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/etc/rc6.d/*vmware*
rm -rf /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/etc/vmware*
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator
rm /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/usr/bin/vmnet*
rm -r /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/usr/lib/vmware*
rm -r /media/$(ls /media/| grep "d4324" )/usr/share/doc/vmware*

After that, try booting into your system. If all has gone well, you should be leaving a breath of relief.

Run Code::Blocks programs using Gnome-Terminal, Konsole etc.

Ok, so we all (mostly) love Code::Blocks. But using the XTerm window (the one you get to test your codes into) is a real pain (for me at least) in the ... Instead I wanted to use the default terminal that I use for commands. Now, I've been a user of Gnome-Terminal for quite sometime and now have shifted to KDE. So now I use Konsole. Finding the exact attribute string is a bit annoying after each install so here's a collection. I'll add more when I use more.
For Konsole:

konsole --workdir $WORKDIR --title $TITLE -e

For Gnome - Terminal

gnome-terminal $TITLE -x

For X-Term

xterm -T $TITLE -e

Credits:
Eragon0605: [ http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9190211&postcount=3 ]
jens: [ http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,11245.msg76596.html#msg76596 ]

Install Intel Drivers on Ubuntu

We all miss games, no matter how much we love our OS, we miss the games more just because playing them on our favorite OS just makes things better. I missed the game Need For Speed: Most Wanted a lot. I had to go into Windows to play that and for every other luxury in the world, had to boot back to Linux. I hated this, for this kept my out of an awesome creation, for it kept me in a very disturbing computing setup, for it reminded me that there was something that stopped Linux from being perfect, for it was just unfair. And all that for what?? I didn't have the drivers for my Graphics module. But now, it's over. :D
To install the Intel drivers in your setup simply do the following.
1. Add the ppa to your sources.list

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

2. Update the apt

sudo apt-get update

3. Run the upgrade, it also upgrades your other system components, so it's reasonably big. Mine was around 500 MB

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

After it's done, reboot your machine. Now run the game using Wine. Enjoy, and shout it out loud.

Linux FTW, the best OS to ever exist

[Linux/Ubuntu][Fix] MATLAB on an NTFS Partition

To start with, I was in a huge mess yesterday because today was my Image Processing exam and all of a sudden, MATLAB wasn't working on my computer (Linux Mint). Apart from installing in a Windows partition, everything was exactly the same as the last one and I didn't have a Windows version to go to. It started throwing all sorts of errors related with Java and JVM. 4 hours from the exam I still didn't have any luck, when all of a sudden searching with the Error strings, I hit an Ubuntu forums page describing the same scenario as mine. MATLAB on an NTFS Partition. This was also the first time I used the fstab file in Linux.
Source: [ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10157469#post10157469 ]
First, Linux cannot change permisssions on a Windows filesystem outside of a mount or through fstab. This is the way it's always been. Second, the default permissions set on mounting NTFS partitions through File Manager has changed since Gutsy which is why it used to work and now it doesn't. You will need to automount your partition by adding a line to fstab so that you can force the permissions you want. The general steps to automount are as follows:
[1] Go back to File Manager and unmount the drive (Or use a command, your choice. Generally I use

sudo umount /media/<partition-name>

[2] Create a permanent mount point for the partition

sudo mkdir /media/NTFS1

[3] Find out how you system sees your partition

sudo blkid -c /dev/null

You'll get something that looks like this:

/dev/sda2: LABEL="WinXP2" UUID="DA9056C19056A3B3" TYPE="ntfs"

[4] Using the info above as an example you would add a line in fstab that looks like this:

/dev/sda2 /media/NTFS1 ntfs defaults 0 0

This might be a bit different for your system. Just open the fstab file using nano, using

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and see how your system lists them. If your system uses UUID, replace the first part with the UUID

UUID=DA9056C19056A3B3 /media/NTFS1 ntfs defaults 0 0

[5] Running the following command will check for errors and mount the partition:

sudo mount -a

That, should do it. Now try running MATLAB. Hopefully there won't be any errors.

Segment Tree [Tutorials]

Some of the links are shortened because some Google services are blocked in my country. So I have to use proxies that generate Long links.
1. Tutorial 1

Mounting NTFS in Xperia Neo V via USB-OTG (Read / Write both)

For newer devices (I don't know how to categorize them, maybe 2012 devices) it's easy to mount any filesystem in both R/W mood for Xperia series. But a little older devices (maybe all the others?) it's not so easy. Some support it partially and some don't (totally). My phone is Xperia Neo V and it doesn't seem to support that. Had a hard time to find this workaround but it's effective, FINALLY !!! :D
To mount NTFS in full support you need two things. A set of modules and the mount script. How to do that follows.
Pre-requisites:
1. Rooted device (you can find tutorials on that)
2. CWM installed (you can use X-Parts from Play Store
3. Script Manager

Steps:
1. First download this file. It is the ntfs-3g modules set compiled for Android.
2. Copy the zip to your SD-Card, in a folder that you can easily recognize by name
3. Reboot into recovery, to do this first turn your phone off. Then power it up and wait for the Sony Logo. When it comes keep pressing the volume down key repeatedly (the key maybe different for another device, do a little Googling to know which).
4. Now you're in CWM (hopefully, you'll see screen with a list of things). Choose 'install zip from sdcard'. Choose the zip file from the sdcard. It will show some messages. If all goes well the last line should be something like "....done"
5. Now supposing the modules have been installed correctly copy this script and save it with the name "MountScript.sh" in your SD-card.

#!/system/bin/sh
#
# Mount USB OTG NTFS Storage device - shardul_seth@xda
# Mount point checking added by - tafhim

# load fuse support
if [ ! -e /system/lib/modules/fuse.ko ]; then
 busybox echo -e "WARNING: fuse module not found!\nIs fuse built into kernel?"
else
 insmod /system/lib/modules/fuse.ko 
fi

# mount partitions
sdn=0
ls -l /dev/block/sd??
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 for sd in `ls /dev/block/sd??`; do
  if [ -d "/sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn" ]; then
   umount /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
      rm -R /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
  fi 
  if [ ! -d "/sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn" ]; then        
   mkdir /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
   chmod 777 /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
   ntfs-3g -o umask=0 $sd /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    busybox mount -o umask=0 $sd /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn
    echo "$sd mounted on /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn"
   else
    echo "$sd (NTFS) mounted on /sdcard/usb_drive_$sdn"
   fi
   sdn=`expr $sdn + 1`
   if [ ! -z $SM_VERSION ]; then echo showToastLong "$sdn Drives mounted!" >&$SM_GUIFD; fi
  fi
 done
else
 echo "No drive found! Exiting.."
 if [ ! -z $SM_VERSION ]; then echo showToastLong "No drive found! Exiting.." >&$SM_GUIFD; fi
 exit 1
fi
exit 0

6. Connect your drive using the OTG cable.
7. If not installed download Script Manager from the Play Store. Run it and browse to the place where you saved the script. Select it
8. You don't have to change anything just select the "su" option that has an Android Skull (Pirate-ish) over it. Now select "Run" from the top-most menu.
9. If you see the message "1 drive mounted" or similar, you're done. Just go to the SD-card and drag down and you'll see the folder "usb_drive_0". If you have multiple partitions, all will be mounted.

You need to do all these only the first time. From later on, you only need to follow steps 6-9 only :)

For help on rooting / CWM Installation / etc head over to XDA Developers Forum.
For help on using FlashTool in Linux read this.

Xperia Neo V specific stuff:
Some nice kernels for Xperia Neo V are the Suave Kernel, the Super Stock Kernel and the Alliance Kernel MOD.
You can download kernel .562 and kernel .587 for Xperia Neo V MT11i. You need these to root your device using this method
The DooMLord rooting kit (windows) is available here
The DooMLord rooting kit (linux) is available here
The CWM Installer (windows) is available here
X-Parts apk is available here