Adjust the brightness on ACER Aspire 4740 in Ubuntu

My new laptop is Acer Aspire 4740 which configuration is very good. But I am having problem in adjusting the brightness after installing Ubuntu 10.10. This problem is occurred due to Intel HD graphics with the BIOS firmware version 1.05 . Whatever, I had to do a little hack to fix it. So, first I … 

 

Resolve the dependency: libnss3-1d while installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu

Recently, I switched to new version of Ubuntu 11.04. When It is newly released distro, it has some bugs. I faced it when I tried to install Google Chrome. It showed me as error message: chromium-browser: Depends: libnss3-1d (>= 3.12.3). libnss3-1d is a set of libraries of Network Security Services (NSS), which is basically designed … 

 

Install software in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal using the Ubuntu 10.10 Partner repository

Recently I upgraded my OS from Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) to 11.04 (Natty Narwhal). But I am having problem installing some software in the latest version from Ubuntu Software Center. Because the Ubuntu 11.04 Partner repository is not ready properly with all packages. I did a little hack here. After that, I have followed the … 

 

Send email using SMTP Authentication by PHP PEAR package

I need to do some hacks on sending email using SMTP Authentication. So, I am looking for a good solution. Finally, I got very nice PHP component in PEAR. Let me say something about PEAR Package. PEAR stands for “The PHP Extension and Application Repository” and it is basically a framework and distribution system for … 

 

Install Apache Tomcat server with Open JDK on Ubuntu

I need to run JavaServer Pages(JSP) in one of my client projects. So, I installed Apache Tomcat server on my Ubuntu. Basically, Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation for Java Servlet and JSP. I will show you the manual way to install on OpenJDK implementation of Java. You can also run tomcat on … 

 

Install Sun Java JDK and JRE on Ubuntu

Just type few lines and install it. First, enable the repository by editing /etc/apt/sources.list. So, open the source list by any test editor sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list Add the following line in it deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner Then save and close the test editor. Keep in your mind that the repository link will be based on … 

 

Taste incompatible Add-on in Firefox 4 (Minefield)

Recently, I installed Firefox 4 (codename: Minefield and version: 4.0b13pre) in my pc. I am amazed to see its new look and features. But started feeling bad when some of my useful add-ons were not installed. Actually Firefox 4 does not allow to install these incompatible add-ons. So, I had to do a little hack …