I wanted something to create screencasts of my laptop screen.
So I did a simple :-
yum install gtk-recordmydesktop recordmydesktop
and now I have a screen cast application under the group Sound and Video in Applications menu. It has a gtk and qt interface. I tried out the gtk interface and it worked fine for my needs.
Ok about the sound, I didnot try recording anything as yet. Shall post back on it.
The home page is http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/rug/toc.php
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
installing google earth
That was fairly simple... just went to the google earth site and downloaded the binary for the installer. Then I did
sh '/root/Download/GoogleEarthLinux.bin'
and it self extracted and installed the application. Just have to type googleearth to start the application from any terminal window or may like to create a short cut and leave it on the panel.
Note :- The double 'ee' in "googleearth" is not a typo. Also remember to switch off the atmosphere layer under the view menu option, when you start googleearth the first time, or it may look a bit odd!
I ran into a small problem when I click on the googleearth shortcut or the program menu icon under the Applications menu nothing seems to happen . I checked out with ps -ef | grep googleearth but it showed google earth isn't running. So what went wrong ? I opened up a term window and typed googleearth and it showed this :-
[root@localhost ~]# googleearth
Warning: Unable to create prefs directory '/root/.googleearth'. File exists.
Google Earth appears to be running already. Please kill the
existing process, or delete /root/.googleearth/instance-running-lock if this is an error.
I just removed the instance-running-lock file in my home dir and I was back in business as usual. Thanks good old terminal window ......!
sh '/root/Download/GoogleEarthLinux.bin'
and it self extracted and installed the application. Just have to type googleearth to start the application from any terminal window or may like to create a short cut and leave it on the panel.
Note :- The double 'ee' in "googleearth" is not a typo. Also remember to switch off the atmosphere layer under the view menu option, when you start googleearth the first time, or it may look a bit odd!
I ran into a small problem when I click on the googleearth shortcut or the program menu icon under the Applications menu nothing seems to happen . I checked out with ps -ef | grep googleearth but it showed google earth isn't running. So what went wrong ? I opened up a term window and typed googleearth and it showed this :-
[root@localhost ~]# googleearth
Warning: Unable to create prefs directory '/root/.googleearth'. File exists.
Google Earth appears to be running already. Please kill the
existing process, or delete /root/.googleearth/instance-running-lock if this is an error.
I just removed the instance-running-lock file in my home dir and I was back in business as usual. Thanks good old terminal window ......!
Reinstalling winXP on my dual boot system
Well that doesnot seem like easy....?!?
I have a dual boot system - I installed winXP first and then installed fedora 10. It took me at least couple of hours over two or three days to customize my fedora install.
The problem is I have a problem with my windows install and wish to reinstall it. But won't the fresh install rewrite the grub ? If so then fedora won't be available even if it is still around, becoz the fresh install would write MBR over the grub stage 1.
So the solution could be in first backing up the grub and the partition table first, then install windows and finally reinstall grub with the partition table back over the MBR on the superblock , from within the windows install.
But the question is how to do it ?
I have a dual boot system - I installed winXP first and then installed fedora 10. It took me at least couple of hours over two or three days to customize my fedora install.
The problem is I have a problem with my windows install and wish to reinstall it. But won't the fresh install rewrite the grub ? If so then fedora won't be available even if it is still around, becoz the fresh install would write MBR over the grub stage 1.
So the solution could be in first backing up the grub and the partition table first, then install windows and finally reinstall grub with the partition table back over the MBR on the superblock , from within the windows install.
But the question is how to do it ?
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