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  • OSX 10.6 Give Apache2 read&write access to mounted windows share

    - by JohEngstrom
    On Mac OS X Snow Leopard I'm trying to give the apache2 user _www full rights to a mounted hidden windows server share. I've used Connect to Server with smb://servername/share$ and saved the username/password in the keychain. The domain username used for the mount got full rights to the share on the windows server. It all works this far. I can browse and edit the files in the share from the Mac. However I can't find a way to give the apache2 user _www rights to write to the mounted share. I have a perl script that is supposed to create a file in the mounted folder but only get permission denied. I've tried all kinds of chmod and chown but it doesn't change the permissions of the share. Does anyone know how this can be done please?

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  • OSX Server permissions weirdness...

    - by kylex
    I have a work network running off an OSX server. I've set the permissions so that any user in our group can access a certain folder. It's become apparent though, that whenever a user accesses a folder, that the folder becomes locked for all other users afterwords, and I have to reset the permissions again. No clue why this is happening. Any suggestions?

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  • Cannot kill firefox in OSX 10.6

    - by lydonchandra
    I tried killing Firefox 3.5 from OSX command line using "kill -9 pid", and the process was still running mini-2:~ prompt$ ps -ef | grep firefox 501 15087 183 0 0:00.00 ?? 0:00.00 (firefox-bin) After this, I could not start firefox (as it said Firefox is already running) nor can I kill firefox (again). What is going on? How can I fix this (besides logging of or restarting my machine) ?

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  • Mac OSX keyboard shortcuts for terminal

    - by user10826
    Hi, after googling for some Mac OSX terminal shortcuts, I wanted to find how can I go back characters on a line on the terminal or words or similar. I found ALT+B but it does not work. Do you know some other shortctus, or how can I customize them or links to cheat sheets? Thanks

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  • Configuring zsh in OSX to auto start processes

    - by calumbrodie
    I've recently converted to using zsh instead of bash in OSX and was wondering if it is possible to do the following: When I launch my terminal I would like to start various tabs and have each tab run a different process e.g tailing logs, running ruby scripts etc. Currently I need to cmd+n multiple tabs and then manually start each process. While this doesn't take long I would like to be able to just launch my terminal and have these various tabs start and run those commands automatically. Is this possible?

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  • QNAP ftp: hide Mac OSX hidden files .DS_Store and others

    - by tobia.zanarella
    I am using a QNAP as an FTP server. Users access this NAS from their Mac OSX Lion clients and put files and folders inside the QNAP shares, which are later being accessed via FTP from external points. The problem is that inside the folders uploaded to the QNAP folders Mac OS leaves its .DS_Store and .* hidden files. I know that for a Samba share, for example, I need to add two lines to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file: veto files = /._*/.DS_Store/ delete veto files = yes But what can I do on a QNAP FTP service? Thank you.

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  • ^C not working in zsh on Mac OSX

    - by Vitaly Kushner
    Ctrl-C stopped working for me at the terminal when using zsh (on mac osx). I didn't notice the exact moment that it happend so I can't be sure what caused it. I didd't update zsh in a while though. and didn't touch .zshrc (I have it at a repo http://github.com/astrails/dotzsh) If I run bash, ^C works in it. If I run any command, like cat, ^C will work to stop it too. but inside zsh it just doesn't do anything. bindkey | grep \\^C gives "^B"-"^C" self-insert zsh 4.3.10 (i386-apple-darwin10.4.3), installed though ports (zsh-devel @4.3.10_0+doc+examples+mp_completion+pcre) mac os 10.6.6

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  • GoogleTest C++ Framework Incompatible With XCode 4.5.2 and OSX 10.8.2

    - by eb80
    I am trying to follow the instructions mentioned here for setting up Google's C++ framework in XCode Version 4.5.2 (4G2008a). First, I got "The run destination My Mac 64-bit is not valid for Running the scheme 'gtest-framework'". The answers here Xcode 4 - The selected run destination is not valid for this action are not working for me. I was able to change the build SDK following the instructions here Unable to build using Xcode 4 - The selected run destination is not valid for this action, except this resulted in many build failures such as "Unsupported compiler '4.0' selected for architecture 'x86_64'" and "Unsupported compiler '4.0' selected for architecture 'i386'" I've changed nothing out of the box, so this is very frustrating that I cannot seem to get this to build. Details of Machine: 64bit Mac OSX 10.8.2 Build 12C3006 Details of XCode: Version 4.5.2 (4G2008a)

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  • PHP web application can't connect mysql installed with Zend Server CE on Mac OSX

    - by Kane
    I'm setting up development environment on Mac OSX. However the PHP web application can't connect the mysql server installed with Zend Server CE. The error information is below, [Type] dbnot_connect [2013] Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 61 Mysql database can be accessed via phpAdmin installed with Zend Server CE as well. The same code works well on Windows or Linux in Zend Server CE.

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  • MySQL Error for Mac OSx

    - by OckhamsRazor
    I'm trying to run the mysql command on my mac osx but keep getting the error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) I did try researching this extensively but could'nt find a suitable solution. Most of the solutions refer to /etc/my.cnf but I don't seem to have this configuration file in the first place. I'm pretty much stuck and have been for quite a while. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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  • Synergy 1.5 crash (OSX 10.6.8)

    - by Oliver
    THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS I recently installed Synergy 1.5 r2278 (for Mac OSX 10.6.8) and was using it fine for most of the day, then it decided to stop working (the only thing I changed systemwise was the screensaver - and then after it started crashing disabled it - to see if it would resolve). When I start Synergy (on the Mac - Client) it says: after about 5 seconds (and successfully connecting to the Server) "synergyc quit unexpectedly" Here is the crash log (w/ binery info removed - too long for post requirements) Process: synergyc [1026] Path: /Applications/Synergy.app/Contents/MacOS/synergyc Identifier: synergy Version: ??? (???) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: Synergy [1023] Date/Time: 2014-05-28 15:36:17.746 +0930 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) Report Version: 6 Interval Since Last Report: 2144189 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 23 Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 10242 sec Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 9 Anonymous UUID: 86D5A57C-13D4-470E-AC72-48ACDDDE5EB0 Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 5 Application Specific Information: abort() called Thread 0: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95cf3afa mach_msg_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95cf4267 mach_msg + 68 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95af02df __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95aef3c4 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x95aef1f1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93654e04 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392 6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93654bb9 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354 7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x937dd137 ReceiveNextEvent + 83 8 synergyc 0x000356d0 COSXEventQueueBuffer::waitForEvent(double) + 48 9 synergyc 0x00010dd5 CEventQueue::getEvent(CEvent&, double) + 325 10 synergyc 0x00011fb0 CEventQueue::loop() + 272 11 synergyc 0x00044eb6 CClientApp::mainLoop() + 134 12 synergyc 0x0005c509 standardStartupStatic(int, char**) + 41 13 synergyc 0x000448a9 CClientApp::runInner(int, char**, ILogOutputter*, int (*)(int, char**)) + 137 14 synergyc 0x0005c4b0 CAppUtilUnix::run(int, char**) + 64 15 synergyc 0x000427df CApp::run(int, char**) + 63 16 synergyc 0x00006e65 main + 117 17 synergyc 0x00006dd9 start + 53 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d607da __sigwait + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d607b6 sigwait$UNIX2003 + 71 2 synergyc 0x00009583 CArchMultithreadPosix::threadSignalHandler(void*) + 67 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d21259 _pthread_start + 345 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d210de thread_start + 34 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d21aa2 __semwait_signal + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d2175e _pthread_cond_wait + 1191 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d212b1 pthread_cond_timedwait$UNIX2003 + 72 3 synergyc 0x00009476 CArchMultithreadPosix::waitCondVar(CArchCondImpl*, CArchMutexImpl*, double) + 150 4 synergyc 0x0002b18f CCondVarBase::wait(double) const + 63 5 synergyc 0x0002ce68 CSocketMultiplexer::serviceThread(void*) + 136 6 synergyc 0x0002d698 TMethodJob<CSocketMultiplexer>::run() + 40 7 synergyc 0x0002b8f4 CThread::threadFunc(void*) + 132 8 synergyc 0x00008f30 CArchMultithreadPosix::doThreadFunc(CArchThreadImpl*) + 80 9 synergyc 0x0000902a CArchMultithreadPosix::threadFunc(void*) + 74 10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d21259 _pthread_start + 345 11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d210de thread_start + 34 Thread 3: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d1a382 kevent + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d1aa9c _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 215 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d19f59 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d19cfe _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d19781 _pthread_wqthread + 390 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d195c6 start_wqthread + 30 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d19412 __workq_kernreturn + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d199a8 _pthread_wqthread + 941 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d195c6 start_wqthread + 30 Thread 5 Crashed: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d610ee __semwait_signal_nocancel + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d60fd2 nanosleep$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 166 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95ddbfb2 usleep$NOCANCEL$UNIX2003 + 61 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95dfd6f0 abort + 105 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d79b1b _Unwind_Resume + 59 5 synergyc 0x00008fd1 CArchMultithreadPosix::doThreadFunc(CArchThreadImpl*) + 241 6 synergyc 0x0000902a CArchMultithreadPosix::threadFunc(void*) + 74 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d21259 _pthread_start + 345 8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95d210de thread_start + 34 Thread 5 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x0000003c ebx: 0x95d60f39 ecx: 0xb0288a7c edx: 0x95d610ee edi: 0x00521950 esi: 0xb0288ad8 ebp: 0xb0288ab8 esp: 0xb0288a7c ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000247 eip: 0x95d610ee cs: 0x00000007 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0x002fe000 Model: MacBook2,1, BootROM MB21.00A5.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.16 GHz, 2 GB

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  • How to Switch Mac OS X to Use OpenDNS or Google DNS

    - by The Geek
    Are you still using your service provider’s DNS servers? If you’re on Comcast, you probably noticed their DNS servers completely died recently, taking down the internet—but anybody using the more reliable OpenDNS or Google DNS had no problems. Here’s how to set it up on your Mac OS X computer. There’s lots of other reasons to use OpenDNS or Google DNS other than just their rock-solid reliability—they are often much faster than your ISP’s DNS server, and in the case of OpenDNS, there’s loads of extra features like content filtering, typo correction, anti-phishing, and child protection controls. If you’re using Windows, be sure and check out some of our other articles on the subject: Speed Up Your Web Browsing with Google Public DNS Easily Add OpenDNS To Your Router Protect Your Kids Online Using Open DNS Otherwise, keep reading for how to set it up on your Mac. Latest Features How-To Geek ETC The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials The 50 Best Registry Hacks that Make Windows Better The How-To Geek Holiday Gift Guide (Geeky Stuff We Like) LCD? LED? Plasma? The How-To Geek Guide to HDTV Technology The How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop, Part 8: Filters Improve Digital Photography by Calibrating Your Monitor Exploring the Jungle Ruins Wallpaper Protect Your Privacy When Browsing with Chrome and Iron Browser Free Shipping Day is Friday, December 17, 2010 – National Free Shipping Day Find an Applicable Quote for Any Programming Situation Winter Theme for Windows 7 from Microsoft Score Free In-Flight Wi-Fi Courtesy of Google Chrome

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  • Google Chrome for Mac, CSS colors and display profiles

    - by Trevor Burnham
    So, I'm aware that some browsers correct the colors in images in accordance with system settings, and that browsers differ in how they do this. But I'm very surprised when a color specified in a stylesheet appears different from one browser to another on the same system. With the latest Safari and Firefox, if I draw a div with background: #885500, I get a box with that color (as confirmed by the native DigitalColor Meter app): But when I load the same page in Chrome (Mac version 12.0.742.91) on the same system, a MacBook Pro with the default "Color LCD" display profile set, I get a noticeably different-colored box (DigitalColor Meter reports #a34d00—much more red, a bit less green): I tried a few different color profiles, and found that the color reported by DigitalColor Meter changed under Chrome. It stays constant in Safari. What's going on? Is it that Chrome is adjusting its colors depending on the system's display profile, or is it that Safari and Firefox are doing so? Does this happen under other operating systems, or is it purely a Mac phenomenon? And is there any way, from CSS/JavaScript, to detect/prevent this behavior so that colors are consistent across modern browsers on the same system?

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  • Making a 64 bit shared library that dynamically links to a 32 bit library on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

    - by carneades
    Update: After some more reading I see that this problem is totally general, you can't mix architectures in the same process, so 64 bit Java cannot dlopen() a 32 bit library like FMOD. Is there any possible workaround for this, keeping in mind I'm writing my own C interface to the FMOD library? I need to make a 64-bit dylib on Max OS X because Java Native Access only likes 64-bit libraries on 64-bit machines. The problem is, my C source code dynamically includes FMOD which on Mac only provides 32-bit dylibs. When I try to compile without the -m32 option (since I must output a 64-bit dylib) I get the following error: gcc -dynamiclib -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -O3 -fPIC -pthread -o ../bin/libpenntotalrecall_fmod.dylib ../../src/libpenntotalrecall_fmod.c -lfmodex -L../../lib/osx/ ld: warning: in /usr/lib/libfmodex.dylib, missing required architecture x86_64 in file Undefined symbols: "_FMOD_System_CreateSound", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Channel_GetPosition", referenced from: _streamPosition in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_Create", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_PlaySound", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Sound_Release", referenced from: _stopPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Channel_IsPlaying", referenced from: _playbackInProgress in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_Update", referenced from: _streamPosition in ccJnlwrd.o _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Channel_SetPaused", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_Release", referenced from: _stopPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_Init", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Channel_SetVolume", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_System_Close", referenced from: _stopPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o "_FMOD_Channel_SetCallback", referenced from: _startPlayback in ccJnlwrd.o ld: symbol(s) not found collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [all] Error 1 Shouldn't it be possible to get a 64 bit dylib from my source code that dynamically includes 32 bit libraries?!

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  • How to See Your Current Wi-Fi Connection Speed in Mac OS X

    - by The Geek
    Ever since I’ve been using my new MacBook Air, I’ve been befuddled by how to do some of the simplest tasks in Mac OS X that I would normally do from my Windows laptop—like show the connection speed for the current Wi-Fi network. So am I using Wireless-N or not? Normally, on my Windows 7 laptop, all I’d have to do is hover over the icon, or pop up the list—you can even go into the network details and see just about every piece of data about the network, all from the system tray. Here’s how to see your current connection information on your Mac Latest Features How-To Geek ETC The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials The 50 Best Registry Hacks that Make Windows Better The How-To Geek Holiday Gift Guide (Geeky Stuff We Like) LCD? LED? Plasma? The How-To Geek Guide to HDTV Technology The How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop, Part 8: Filters Improve Digital Photography by Calibrating Your Monitor Free Shipping Day is Friday, December 17, 2010 – National Free Shipping Day Find an Applicable Quote for Any Programming Situation Winter Theme for Windows 7 from Microsoft Score Free In-Flight Wi-Fi Courtesy of Google Chrome Peaceful Winter Road at Sunset Wallpaper Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Why Pac-Man’s Ghosts Move the Way They Do

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  • 5 Mac Applications For Web And Graphic Design

    - by Jyoti
    In this article free applications useful and effective for the development and creation of websites with your Mac computer. Without further ado, here are 5 Excellent Mac Application for Web and Graphic Design. Fotoflexer : Fotoflexer claims to be “The world’s most advanced online image editor”. It offers completely free access to numerous features such as photo effects, graphics, shapes, morphing, and the creation of collages. You can also integrate and share your art with social sites like MySpace, Flickr, Facebook, and more. This can be an important app if the site you are creating is going to use applications. Simple CSS : With Simple CSS you can create Cascading Style Sheets from scratch or edit them right from the comfort of your desktop. Update styles on multiple pages all at once and reduce the data transfer usage on your page for faster loads. Blender : Blender is an open source software that allows you to create 3D animation with interactive playback leaves you with the option to optimize the style of your site with a few graphics. You can create animations with shades of colors, glossy features, soft shadows and advanced rendering features. JAlbum : Jalbum is a very useful app that allows you to create stylish photo galleries to publish on the web. All you have to do is simply drag selected folders into a pane where any images contained within the folder will automatically be arranged into a photo gallery. You can add several different themes and templates to enhance the appearance of your gallery, later then gain the HTML code and publish the complete gallery onto the web. Colorate : With Colorate you can create harmonized color palettes along with color schemes. Generate these palettes for images, photographs and more.

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  • The Differences between MAC Address and Network Layer Address

    A Mac address is a fixed number associated with a NICs onboard memory. It is initially assigned at the factory. The MAC address is broken up into 2 parts. The first part is the Block id which is six digit sequences that is unique to each vender. The second section is the device id which is created and assigned by the manufacture. A Network layer address is different because there format based on the type of protocol and network used. Also, there unique id is based on a hierarchal addressing theme on subsets of data  and narrowing it down. Just like in an address you can narrow down your house, for example: Florida, Boca Raton, 33428, SW 53th street states that you live in Florida. You also live in the area located in Florida called Boca Raton and you are also in the area of 33428 which is located in Boca Raton. Finally you live on SW 8th street which is in the area of 33428 which is located in Boca Raton which is also located in Florida.

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  • Rebuilding a Mac Mini (early 2009) --- Update

    - by Kelly Jones
    A couple of months ago I rebuilt the family’s Mac Mini (you can read the details in this post).  Things had gone pretty smoothly until a few weeks ago.  That’s when my wife mentioned that different applications would spontaneously crash. She kept track for a few days, and it turned out to be any or all of the applications that she uses (Safari, Quicken, Entourage, etc.) . I did some online research and didn’t really find too much – but then how do you do a proper Google search for “Mac OS 10.5.8 applications crash”.  The best suggestion seemed to be issues around 10.5.8, where people suggested that you go back to a previous version (something like 10.5.6).  The only way to do that is to completely reinstall the OS – which is what I had just done. SO, instead of doing that, I decided to just reapply the 10.5.8 update by downloading it from Apple (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update ).  I had installed the updates after the rebuild through the Apple Update mechanism built into OS X.  I thought maybe the combo update would reinstall some corrupted file (or something). I did this about a week ago and sure enough, we’ve had one crash this week with the same usage patterns as before.  I still have no idea what was causing the crashes, but at this point, I’m just going to declare it fixed and move on.

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  • Ubuntu Font Family and Mac OS X confusing font name and font

    - by William
    I really like the Ubuntu Font Family, and frequently use it in my documents. At school, I want to be able to use the font family so my documents that make at home using Ubuntu show up correctly at school. However, we do not have permission to use Font View (which also allows you to install fonts), so I copied the .ttf files for the Ubuntu font into the /home/Library/Fonts directory. The fonts now show up in the list of available fonts. However, when I click on Ubuntu Light, it uses the Ubuntu font, and when I click on Ubuntu, it us the Ubuntu Light font. This is irritating because my documents that I make on my home computer show up in the opposite font at school, and documents I make at school show up in the opposite font at school. This is really irritating. My school uses Mac OSX 10.4. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Wirenet : découverte du premier trojan Linux/Mac OS X interplateforme de vol de mot de passe

    Wirenet : le premier trojan Linux/Mac OS X interplateforme De vol de mot de passe Doctor Web, l'éditeur russe d'antivirus, a annoncé l'émergence du premier Trojan Linux/OSX interplateforme de vol de mot de passe. Par l'utilisation d'un backdoor, le malware au nom de code BackDoor.Wirenet.1 arrive à transporter les données de l'utilisateur vers un serveur de contrôle situé à l'adresse 212.7.208.65. Les données récoltées comportent les touches de claviers tapées à l'image d'un keylogger et les mots de passe des utilisateurs enregistrés dans les navigateurs Opera, Firefox, Chrome et Chromium et dans les applications Thunderbird, SeaMonkey et Pidgin. L'AES (Advanced Encryption...

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  • Ubuntu installation on iMac

    - by Shanew
    I have an iMac configured as follows - Screen 27" CPU 3.4 GHz i7 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6970 1024 MB I downloaded Ubuntu version 11.10 64 bit ISO and burnt that to both DVD and USB stick as per the instructions on Ubuntu's download page. Neither will boot. Symptoms are as follows - DVD: When the iMac is restarted and booted from DVD (labelled Windows which isn't mentioned in Ubuntu's website instructions) one line is displayed against a black screen displaying a message about the developer and date. After 5 minutes the message hangs and the DVD ceases to spin. USB Stick: Strangely I have to select the EFI boot CD icon which appears after holding down the Alt key. A text menu appears offering me to try Ubuntu without installing. I select this and the screen goes blank and stays blank. Any ideas? Lastly, after writing Ubuntu to DVD and USB stick, neither could be read by OSX making the instructions to eject them as per Ubuntu website's instructions useless. This might help? Thanks, Shane.

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  • Firmware/driver for Broadcom wifi card, PowerBook G4 running Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

    - by user107831
    This question already has an answer here: How to Install Broadcom Wireless Drivers 40 answers This is my first time working with Ubuntu (or Linux), so please be patient. I am running Ubuntu 12.04-powerpc "Precise Pangolin" on a Mac PowerBook G4 with 1.67GHz processor. The firmware/driver for the wifi card is missing. For reasons not worth explaining, I cannot physically plug the computer into the network. I have another computer, a MacBook Pro running OSX, from which I can download files and port them by USB thumb drive. The wifi card in the PowerBook G4 is by Broadcom. The chip is BCM4306, rev. 3. The PCI number is 14e4:4302. I have downloaded b43-fwcutter_015-14_powerpc.deb and dropped it into the Home folder on the Ubuntu machine. However, it will not install. When I double-click, it opens with Ubuntu SoftwareCenter, but the "Install" button is inactive: I can't click it. There's a message beside the inactive button saying, "An older version of 'b43-fwcutter' is available in your normal software channels. Only install this file if you trust the origin." If I "right-click" the .deb file and open with Archive Manager, it shows me the "DEBIAN" and "usr" folders, but I'm unsure what to do from there...and fairly certain this is not the right way to do things. Maybe I have the wrong version of b43-fwcutter for my machine/version of Ubuntu? The documentation for this problem is a mess. It refers to all sorts of out-of-date Ubuntu versions and to an array of different "cutter" and firmware files. Maybe I'd be able to figure this out if I were a more seasoned Ubuntu user, but I have no idea why Sofware Center won't let me do the install. I would be VERY grateful for an explanation of how to get the wifi card working on this machine again. Thank you!

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