mylinuxnotes: October 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

i am not being able to play amr files..????

i am not being able to play the files transfered from my phone. They are amr files recording from my phone.

In order to listen to amr files try the program called Mobile Media Converter

http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm

As a prerequisite install libstdc++5 through synaptic MMC should do the job

Hope it helps,

Bhavani Shankar.

source:- https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/21732

Saturday, October 17, 2009

create or edit short cut entry in Gnome, Thunar etc

1) create a file app-name.desktop

2) edit app-name.desktop file , to have the following entries

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=GIMP
Exec=gimp (command to be executed)
Tcon= location of the icon file
Type=Application

NB:- tested on ubuntu 9.04

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

dpkg-deb

With dpkg-deb, it is possible to extract information and data from DEB files . To print a package’s control information, use the tool as follows:

zodiac@zodioc:/var/cache/apt/archives$ dpkg-deb --info wallpaper-step-into-freedom-theme_1.4.0.jaunty.ppa1_all.deb
new debian package, version 2.0.
size 1556530 bytes: control archive= 641 bytes.
386 bytes, 12 lines control
641 bytes, 7 lines md5sums
Package: wallpaper-step-into-freedom-theme
Source: step-into-freedom-theme
Version: 1.4.0.jaunty.ppa1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Adrien Beudin
Installed-Size: 1592
Suggests: step-into-freedom-theme
Section: x11
Priority: extra
Homepage: http://francois.vogelweith.com/
Description: Step-into-freedom wallpaper
This package contains Step-into-freedom wallpaper.