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Getting Wifi to Work with Fedora 8 on V3000

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/02/fedora-8-presario-v3000-wifi-install.html Getting Wifi to Work with Fedora 8 on V3000 So far...Downloaded NDISWrapper.Tried make. Got[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.52]# makemake -C drivermake[1]: Entering directory `/home/arun/ndiswrapper-1.52/driver'Makefile:24: *** Kernel tree not found - please set KBUILD to configured kernel. Stop.make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/arun/ndiswrapper-1.52/driver'make: *** [all] Error 2Problem was I dint have the source, downloading source. But what is the kernel number ?uname -rI knew I had ...

Sony Vaio Gamma error and color is not saved (Nvidia Geforce GT 300)

http://digitalpbk.com/hardware/sony-vaio-gamma-correct-color-not-saved-nvidia-geforce-gt-300 Sony Vaio Gamma error and color is not saved (Nvidia Geforce GT 300) The default settings on my Sony Vaio CW Series laptop had wrong Gamma settings, therefore the color reproduction on the screen was slightly on the redish side. The setting on the Display on Control Panel was not getting saved due to some reason (Windows 7). This issue can be resolved by changing the Gamma setting on the Nvidia Control Panel as shown highlighted in the image below. The Control Panel can be accessed from ...

Apache 2.2.6 Getting 403 Forbidden on all pages

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/12/apache-403-forbidden-virutal-host.html Apache 2.2.6 Getting 403 Forbidden on all pages IntroThis is the issue about getting 403 Forbidden Error on all pages when you are working on localhost. I have used Virtual Host to simulate multiple sites on my computer. So I get 403 Forbidden on all pages. I tried for many solutions couldn't find anything much relevant. After sometime tweaking here is the solution or rather the problem I found....The error forbidden arises due to Directory Path, eg C:/www/># many things here ...

How to Access Stock Quotes Realtime through Google Finance

http://digitalpbk.com/stock/google-finance-get-stock-quote-realtime than scrapping a page. UPDATE: http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=NASDAQ:GOOG,NASDAQ:YHOO You can get multiple quotes in a single request by comma separating the symbols on q parameter. Will come back soon with a script that does something based on this realtime data from Google Finance. UPDATE: The Code in Python import urllib2 import json import time class GoogleFinanceAPI: def __init__(self): self ...

Django SocialAuth Fix Google Email Open id attribute exchange

http://digitalpbk.com/django/django-social-auth-fix-google-open-id-email , "alias": "email"}] The other change is in the code which reads the openid parameters when login completes in socialauth/auth_backends.py. Here is the complete openid authentication backend code with the fix. class OpenIdBackend: def authenticate(self, openid_key, request, provider): try: assoc = UserAssociation.objects.get(openid_key = openid_key) return assoc.user except UserAssociation.DoesNotExist: #fetch if openid provider ...

Drag 'n Drop Files from explorer to VB

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/12/drag-n-drop-files-from-explorer-to-vb.html is the module code:DragDrop.basPrivate Const WM_DROPFILES = &H233;'&H233; is the windows message id for the drop files message.'It is the value of the uMsg parameter in the window procedure call.Private Const GWL_WNDPROC = (-4)'The index parameter to the SetWindowLong function 'that specifies to change a windows message handler procedure.Private Declare Sub DragAcceptFiles Lib "shell32.dll" _(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal fAccept As Long)'DragAcceptFiles enables or disables ...

Increasing the karma ratings on Orkut

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/01/increasing-karma-ratings-on-orkut.html . The cat=0 in the URL specifies the fan function. cat=1 : stands for trusty rating.cat=2 : stands for cool rating.cat=3 : stands for sexy rating.The next GET parameter val=1 has to be modified as : val = 0: for 0 ratingval = 1: for 1 val = 2: for 2val = 3: for full rating.So our final URL for full trusty rating is : "http://www.orkut.com/setKarma?cat=1&val;=3&gid;=FR[friends id here]/[your id here]"Eg: "http://www.orkut.com/setKarma? ...

My First useful PERL program

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-first-useful-perl-program.html My First useful PERL program #!/usr/bin/perl -w$username = $ARGV[0];$username = "s28arunpbk" if(!$username); ## Get the username from the first command line argument# If null assign my user id.#use LWP;use LWP::UserAgent;## Initialize objects#$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;$ua->agent("Checkmap/1.0");my $req=HTTP::Request->new(GET => "http://sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s;=$username&r;=0");my $res = $ua->request($req);## Send a request and grab ...

Making any Window Transparent on XP

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2007/01/making-any-window-transparent-on-xp.html _EX_LAYERED = &H80000;Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)Const WS_VISIBLE = &H10000000;Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2; Private Declare Function WindowFromPoint Lib "user32" (ByVal xPoint As Long, ByVal yPoint As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetCursorPos Lib "user32" (lpPoint As POINTAPI) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Long) As IntegerPrivate Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long ...

Reset the root password on a linux box

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2009/03/reset-root-password-linux-fedora-debian.html .Edit Choose the OS you want to boot into and press "e" to edit.Edit Find the line that corresponds to kernel, and again press "e". Add the following line to the end of the line. single init=/bin/bashThen press enter, and then "b" to boot the OS. After booting you will get a root shell.Mounting the filesystem in readwrite mode: Type in the following command to remount the filesystem in read write mode.mount -o remount,rw / Not doing this step might give the following error ...