dd With Progress Bar 2.0

many of you might remember my first article about this. It was written in 2009 and by the looks of it is somewhat outdated.

What is dd?

dd is an application to make bit for bit copies of a hard drive, or anything else you need a bit for bit copy of. One of dd’s downfalls is that it doesn’t have a progress bar. Instead you are just staring at a blank screen, waiting for dd to finish copying your drive.

Installing 32 bit Packages On A 64 bit System

Are you running a 64 bit version of your Ubuntu or Kubuntu desktop?  Running into apps like Adobe Air who only have a 32 bit package available?  There are two simple steps to running 32 bit under 64 bit install getlibs, a package that will solve 32 bit dependencies for your package.

sudo apt-get install getlibs ia32-libs

This getlibs package can do a lot more then you would expect go here for more information.  In our example you could use it to install Skype or Adobe Air, how ever the below described method can be used for any 32 bit deb package.  To force dpkg to install the 32 bit dependencies we have to use --force-architecture .  Run the code below to now install the package.

We Have a Android in Our Lives

Yes the phone, my wife bought a HTC Aria.  As all of you know I don’t use a smartphone, I don’t even use a cellphone anymore.  As a result of this I couldn’t get to my servers when on the road without a laptop.  With the Aria this all changes, I can now use the wifes phone to connect to the servers when on the road.  As you all know I am notoriously cheap, so we opted for the cheapest mandatory data plan we could get.  We only plan on using the phone on our home network, and reserving the 3G network for emergencies only.

Fix Kopete Crashing On MSN Sign In

“Mini How To”: Fix Kopete Crashing On MSN Sign In

Why?

I have experienced some crashes with my Kopete lately.  Every time MSN would try to sign in Kopete would crash.  I searched around on the Internet.  But couldn’t really find an answer.

So I’ll provide one for people having the same problems.

The Solution For A Crashing Kopete

The solution is really quite simple just remove the configuration files.  Here is the thing Kopete has those files in two places.  Both located in the .kde/share/. Run the following commands in Terminal to remove the files.

dd With Progress Bar? Try dcfldd

UPDATE the below described method doesn’t work any more click here to read “dd With Progress Bar 2.0″

“Mini How To” dd With Progress Bar? Try dcfldd.

Introduction

As you know dd works very well but it has no progress bar.  There is really no way to tell how far along dd is.  This is annoying if you are waiting for dd to finish.  In this how to I’ll show you how to install and use dcfldd.

How To Install dcfldd

Open terminal or adept or synaptec what ever is you flavor of choice.  In the latter search for dcfldd.  In terminal Type: