Accessing windows shared folder from ubuntu

-> Install the smbclient on ubuntu

    *) Open the terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

        *) Type the following command
        sudo apt-get install smbclient

        

*) It will prompt for password. Enter the password to install this package

-> Now access the shared folder
    *) Open the Nautilus file manager window from Places -> Computer

    *) Open Location option from Go -> Location

    *) Now its shows the Location bar
    *) Type the shared folder path and press enter with smb protocal as
        smb://<IP Address>/<Shared Folder>
        Example:
                   smb://192.168.1.10/Public

    *) It will ask for the user credentials for accessing the server with the specified IP Address. Enter username and Password and then press enter
    *) The shared folder will be mounted and folder will be displayed on your desktop with same name
    *) Now you can access all the contents from the shared folder. You can copy the files/folders from this shared folder like any other directory.
    *) Once you complete the access, unmount the folder like any other mounted file systems by right clicking on shared folder icon and select Unmount.

How to change Login Ring password in ubuntu

Follow these steps to change your default keyring password in ubuntu

From the main menu,
Open Passwords and Encryption Keys from Applications menu, or,
Open Applications -> Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys

Under the Passwords Tab,
choose the item Passwords: login
Right click and choose the menu item Change Password

Now enter the old password followed by 2 times the new password.

This will change your default key ring password.
 

Configuring N900 for accessing BSNL 3G

Even though it looks simpler once you configure it really took lot of time for finding the proper settings... Even the representatives in Customer Service Centers provided the configuration details, it didn't worked with my mobile. Online search also not helped much. Finally called customer care(1503 from my mobile). Just followed IVRS instructions to talk with customer care executive. He asked me to try following steps.. With little modifications it worked....:)

Follow these steps for configuring 3G on your N900 mobile.

1) Type a SMS as "Nokia N900" and send it to 58355
2) You will receive 4 configuration messages. All the messages will ask for a PIN. Type 1111 as PIN for all the messages. And save the settings.
3) Go to Settings -> Internet Connections -> Connections.
4) Check how many connections are listed there. If you found bsnlnet there use that as your default connection for accessing GPRS.
5) For me, it listed only bsnllive in connections. so i have edited the bsnllive connection. I have changed the access point name from bsnllive to bsnlnet. Other settings are same as default.

Thats all.. I am able to access all the sites...

Depending on the signal strength it shows 2.5G/3G/3.5G on the device...:)

VLC Media Player Installation procedure for Nokia N900 mobile

Try following steps for installing VLC Media Player in Nokia N900 mobile:

1) Open Application Manager and create a new catalog with following details

URL: http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/maemo/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free

Save the catalog details
2)From Application manager click on update.

3)Search for vlc from the list shown

4)Install vlc(VLC media player and streamer) and vlc-player(VLC media player) packages

5)Even though vlc player installation is successful, It will show only vlc media pl. shortcut in applications with out an icon.  If you click on that vlc media pl., it will crash.  As a work around you can run vlc shell command from X Terminal.

6) To fix this issue, open X Terminal window
type sudo gainroot (to get the root access)

7) Delete following files
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/hildon/vlc.png
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/vlc.png
rm /opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/hildon/vlc.png

8) Come out of X Terminal and go back to the applications, now click on vlc player pl. icon. First time it will fail and then it adds the vlc standard image for the icon.

9) Now click again on vlc player icon created,It will open the vlc player.

10) You can use following short cuts for vlc player

'A' for modifying aspect ratio
'C' for crop the video size
'F' for full screen mode
'T' for Show time Played/time left
Space : Play/pause
S : Stop 

Ctrl + Right Arrow  for Medium forward jump

Ctrl + Left Arrow  for Medium  backward jump

Ctrl + Up Arrow for increasing the volume
Ctrl + Down Arrow to decrease the volume

Ctrl + Q  to Quit (Close) player

TXSeries for Multiplatforms

What is TXSeries for Multiplatforms?

IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms is a general-purpose online transaction-processing software for handling security, data integrity, and resource scheduling. it helps to create a Customer Information Control System (CICS) environment on distributed environment for deploying CICS applications written in C, C++, COBOL and PL/I.. For More Info visit TXSeries for Multiplatforms.

TXSeries for Multiplatforms Trail version can be downloaded from Trail.

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Enabling X11 Forwading for AIX Server

Forwarding the X11 display from AIX machines to client machine:

     1. Use putty to connect to AIX machine with SSH Protocol
     2. Open Putty from your client machine.
     3. On left panel, click on Connection -> X11. On right panel click on Enable X11 forwarding check box.
     4. On left panel of putty, click on Session and then click on save option shown on right side
     5. Enter AIX machine name on Host Name field  and choose SSH as protocol. Click on open.
     6. Provide root user credentials to login
     7. In root prompt enter folling
        cd /etc/ssh
         vi sshd_config
     8. Change following options.
        Un comment following lines and change the arguments as follows for all occurences in the file.
         X11Forwarding yes
         AllowTcpForwarding yes
     9. Stop the ssh service as
         stopsrc -s sshd
    10. Start the ssh service as
         startsrc -s sshd
    11. Start the XWinServer or any X server on client machine.
    12. Take a new session for the AIX server and try xterm after logging in.