check the status of mysql

To know that status of mysql use the command below in shell:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql status

to start mysql
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

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Problem with sudo: "user" is not in the sudoers file

If you cannot use "sudo" from a particular user then you will have to fix it in the "sudoers" file, /etc/sudoers,

You may have a line like : root ALL=(ALL)ALL
similarly, just add another line with the username from which you want to used "sudo" like: username ALL=(ALL)ALL

This line means that the user with the name username can execute from ALL terminals, acting as ALL (any) users, and run ALL (any) command.

SopCast in Kubuntu 8.10

Download the file gtk-sopcast 0.2.8 from

http://linuxtoy.org/archives/gtk_sopcast.html

Now to view the sopcast you will have to have a video player. I used mplayer and it works fine so try installing mplayer with the command

$ apt-get install mplayer

when you run gsopcast you might have to wait since it will populate the available channels...

have fun

How to use Ktorrent in kubuntu 10.8

open the file with the application ktorrent by browsing to:

/usr/bin/ktorrent

which should start the download process

Intrepid Ibex

This distribution has been the first linux distribution that seems to be made for my laptop (hp 530). Everything from the display to the wireless is working perfectly. It's smooth.
Hope all of you enjoy it.

flash player for konqueror 4.1.2

Step 1:
Download the adobe flash player from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Step 2:
Install it. installing different files has different steps.
Step 3:
Setting>Configure Konqueror...>Plugins and move the directory /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins to the top of the list and click on scan for plugins.

wala

if iceweasle dosen't know your jre

Eventhough if you have jre installed in your computer and iceweasel says you don't. It's just the fact that it couldn't find it so go to the iceweasle's plugin folder and make a soft link to the libjavaplugin_oji.so file. I did it in the following way :

ln -s /home/pj/java/jre1.6.0_06/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

hope it saves someones time