how to install ndis atheros wifi driver on lenovo T60 ubuntu

download the windows xp driver from : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-70480

install with the 1st stage with wine to extract the driver files

copy the extracted driver from : ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/WIN/WLLANATH/WinXP_2K
to ~/lenovo

isntall :
sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

disable the ath9k driver :
sudo modprobe -vr ath9k

activate the ndis driver :
Go to System>Administration>Windows Wirless Drivers, (NDISWRAPPER will open now, (after password is given)).
Choose Install Driver.
Goto location line, click on the right folder tab and browse to:
~/lenovo/WLLANATH/WinXP_2K
Choose to install.

to stop ath9k loading at boot
sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist ath9k

reboot

reference :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=739998

how to configure ubuntu linux to manage amazon ec2 machine

start an instance @
https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home

download : ec2-api-tools @
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=351
unzip to $HOME/bin/ec2-api-tools-1.3-46266

add to .bashrc :
# EC2 - begin                                                                                                               
export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=$HOME/keys/pk-KWJIYEWJXT7MOMSS2OHMIS7IYLHAGTN7.pem
export EC2_CERT=$HOME/keys/cert-KWJIYEWJXT7MOMSS2OHMIS7IYLHAGTN7.pem
export EC2_HOME=$HOME/bin/ec2-api-tools-1.3-46266
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/
# EC2 - end

run :
. .bashrc

test :
./bin/ec2-api-tools-1.3-46266/bin/ec2-describe-instances

docs : 
http://docs
.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EC2StartersGuide

how to enable syntax highlight imacros iim scripts in gedit on ubuntu linux

download imacros.lang from http://albertux.ayalasoft.com/tag/imacros/

sudo cp imacros.lang /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/
sudo chmod a+r /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/imacros.lang

restart gedit

how to configure fixed ip on ubuntu linux

sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces
[ CHANGE : ]
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

[ TO : ]
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet static
 address 192.168.0.8
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 network 192.168.0.0
 broadcast 192.168.0.255
 gateway 192.168.0.1
 dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

how to find & fix badblocks on ext3 partittion

readonly test :
sudo e2fsck -c -C 0 -y -vv /dev/sdi1

read-write test :
sudo e2fsck -cc -C 0 -y -vv /dev/sdi1

how to install eclipse with sftp on ubuntu linux

option 1: Aptana Studio
  http://www.aptana.org/

option 2: Eclipse Pulse
  http://www.poweredbypulse.com/

option 3: how to install sftp on any eclipse
help->install new
[wait for the catalog to update
select : -- Alla Avaliable Sites --
search : target managment


help->install new
[wait for the catalog to update
select : -- Alla Avaliable Sites --
search : remote system

how to find all unread email in gmail inbox

search :
label:inbox is:unread

create rule to mark all as read, apply, delete rule

how to configure polipo proxy on ubuntu linux

sudo apt-get install polipo

sudo vim /etc/polipo/config
================================= public : 8< =======================================
# Sample configuration file for Polipo. -*-sh-*-

# You should not need to edit this configuration file; all configuration
# variables have reasonable defaults.

# This file only contains some of the configuration variables; see the
# list given by ``polipo -v'' and the manual for more.


### Basic configuration
### *******************

# Uncomment one of these if you want to allow remote clients to
# connect:

# proxyAddress = "::0"        # both IPv4 and IPv6
proxyAddress = "0.0.0.0"    # IPv4 only

# If you are enabling 'proxyAddress' above, then you want to enable the
# 'allowedClients' variable to the address of your network, e.g.
allowedClients = 127.0.0.1, 192.168.0.0/24
                                            
# allowedClients = 127.0.0.1              

# Uncomment this if you want your Polipo to identify itself by
# something else than the host name:

# proxyName = "polipo.example.org"

# Uncomment this if there's only one user using this instance of Polipo:

# cacheIsShared = false

# Uncomment this if you want to use a parent proxy:

# parentProxy = "squid.example.org:3128"

# Uncomment this if you want to use a parent SOCKS proxy:

# socksParentProxy = "localhost:9050"
# socksProxyType = socks5


### Memory
### ******

# Uncomment this if you want Polipo to use a ridiculously small amount
# of memory (a hundred C-64 worth or so):

# chunkHighMark = 819200
# objectHighMark = 128

# Uncomment this if you've got plenty of memory:

# chunkHighMark = 50331648
# objectHighMark = 16384


### On-disk data
### ************

# Uncomment this if you want to disable the on-disk cache:

# diskCacheRoot = ""

# Uncomment this if you want to put the on-disk cache in a
# non-standard location:

# diskCacheRoot = "~/.polipo-cache/"

# Uncomment this if you want to disable the local web server:

# localDocumentRoot = ""

# Uncomment this if you want to enable the pages under /polipo/index?
# and /polipo/servers?.  This is a serious privacy leak if your proxy
# is shared.

disableIndexing = false
disableServersList = false


### Domain Name System
### ******************

# Uncomment this if you want to contact IPv4 hosts only (and make DNS
# queries somewhat faster):

# dnsQueryIPv6 = no

# Uncomment this if you want Polipo to prefer IPv4 to IPv6 for
# double-stack hosts:

# dnsQueryIPv6 = reluctantly

# Uncomment this to disable Polipo's DNS resolver and use the system's
# default resolver instead.  If you do that, Polipo will freeze during
# every DNS query:

# dnsUseGethostbyname = yes


### HTTP
### ****

# Uncomment this if you want to enable detection of proxy loops.
# This will cause your hostname (or whatever you put into proxyName
# above) to be included in every request:

# disableVia=false

# Uncomment this if you want to slightly reduce the amount of
# information that you leak about yourself:

# censoredHeaders = from, accept-language
# censorReferer = maybe

# Uncomment this if you're paranoid.  This will break a lot of sites,
# though:

# censoredHeaders = set-cookie, cookie, cookie2, from, accept-language
# censorReferer = true

# Uncomment this if you want to use Poor Man's Multiplexing; increase
# the sizes if you're on a fast line.  They should each amount to a few
# seconds' worth of transfer; if pmmSize is small, you'll want
# pmmFirstSize to be larger.

# Note that PMM is somewhat unreliable.

pmmFirstSize = 16384
pmmSize = 8192

# Uncomment this if your user-agent does something reasonable with
# Warning headers (most don't):

# relaxTransparency = maybe

# Uncomment this if you never want to revalidate instances for which
# data is available (this is not a good idea):

# relaxTransparency = yes

# Uncomment this if you have no network:

# proxyOffline = yes

# Uncomment this if you want to avoid revalidating instances with a
# Vary header (this is not a good idea):

# mindlesslyCacheVary = true

# Suggestions from Incognito configuration
maxConnectionAge = 5m
maxConnectionRequests = 120
serverMaxSlots = 8
serverSlots = 2
tunnelAllowedPorts = 1-65535
================================= 8< =======================================
or
============= private via ssh socks tunnel : 8< ============================
### Basic configuration
### *******************

# Uncomment one of these if you want to allow remote clients to
# connect:

# proxyAddress = "::0"        # both IPv4 and IPv6
# proxyAddress = "0.0.0.0"    # IPv4 only

proxyAddress = "127.0.0.1"
proxyPort = 8118

# If you do that, you'll want to restrict the set of hosts allowed to
# connect:

# allowedClients = "127.0.0.1, 134.157.168.57"
# allowedClients = "127.0.0.1, 134.157.168.0/24"

allowedClients = 127.0.0.1
allowedPorts = 1-65535

# Uncomment this if you want your Polipo to identify itself by
# something else than the host name:

proxyName = "localhost"

# Uncomment this if there's only one user using this instance of Polipo:

cacheIsShared = false

# Uncomment this if you want to use a parent proxy:

# parentProxy = "squid.example.org:3128"

# Uncomment this if you want to use a parent SOCKS proxy:

socksParentProxy = "localhost:8081"
socksProxyType = socks5


### Memory
### ******

# Uncomment this if you want Polipo to use a ridiculously small amount
# of memory (a hundred C-64 worth or so):

# chunkHighMark = 819200
# objectHighMark = 128

# Uncomment this if you've got plenty of memory:

# chunkHighMark = 50331648
# objectHighMark = 16384

chunkHighMark = 33554432

### On-disk data
### ************

# Uncomment this if you want to disable the on-disk cache:

#diskCacheRoot = ""

# Uncomment this if you want to put the on-disk cache in a
# non-standard location:

# diskCacheRoot = "~/.polipo-cache/"

# Uncomment this if you want to disable the local web server:

#localDocumentRoot = ""

# Uncomment this if you want to enable the pages under /polipo/index?
# and /polipo/servers?.  This is a serious privacy leak if your proxy
# is shared.

disableIndexing = false
disableServersList = false

disableLocalInterface = false
disableConfiguration = false

### Domain Name System
### ******************

# Uncomment this if you want to contact IPv4 hosts only (and make DNS
# queries somewhat faster):
#
# dnsQueryIPv6 = no

# Uncomment this if you want Polipo to prefer IPv4 to IPv6 for
# double-stack hosts:
#
# dnsQueryIPv6 = reluctantly

# Uncomment this to disable Polipo's DNS resolver and use the system's
# default resolver instead.  If you do that, Polipo will freeze during
# every DNS query:

dnsUseGethostbyname = yes


### HTTP
### ****

# Uncomment this if you want to enable detection of proxy loops.
# This will cause your hostname (or whatever you put into proxyName
# above) to be included in every request:

disableVia = true

# Uncomment this if you want to slightly reduce the amount of
# information that you leak about yourself:

# censoredHeaders = from, accept-language
# censorReferer = maybe

censoredHeaders = from,accept-language,x-pad,link
censorReferer = maybe

# Uncomment this if you're paranoid.  This will break a lot of sites,
# though:

# censoredHeaders = set-cookie, cookie, cookie2, from, accept-language
# censorReferer = true

# Uncomment this if you want to use Poor Man's Multiplexing; increase
# the sizes if you're on a fast line.  They should each amount to a few
# seconds' worth of transfer; if pmmSize is small, you'll want
# pmmFirstSize to be larger.

# Note that PMM is somewhat unreliable.

pmmFirstSize = 16384
pmmSize = 8192

# Uncomment this if your user-agent does something reasonable with
# Warning headers (most don't):

# relaxTransparency = maybe

# Uncomment this if you never want to revalidate instances for which
# data is available (this is not a good idea):

# relaxTransparency = yes

# Uncomment this if you have no network:

# proxyOffline = yes

# Uncomment this if you want to avoid revalidating instances with a
# Vary header (this is not a good idea):

# mindlesslyCacheVary = true

# Suggestions from Incognito configuration
maxConnectionAge = 5m
maxConnectionRequests = 120
serverMaxSlots = 8
serverSlots = 2
tunnelAllowedPorts = 1-65535
================================= 8< =======================================
sudo /etc/init.d/polipo restart