Zindus - Zimbra contact sync for Thunderbird Filed under ( Thunderbird, Zimbra )

Zindus is used to sync contacts from thunderbird and google mail.

How to install Zindus in Thunderbird

1. Download Zindus add-on here
2. In thunderbird, open tools > addon and click install
3. Locate the add-on installer and click ok. Restart the thunderbird once installation completed

How to configure Zindus

1. Go to tools > zindus
2. It will open up the Zindus Configuration Settings
3. Click on add and select the zimbra as the sync option
4. Complete the login details such as mail server url , username and password
5. Test the connection and once its successful click ok and you will be re-directed to the previous screen
6. Click sync now

How to enable sound recorder in Ubuntu 10.04 Filed under ( Sound )

I'm using Skype in Ubuntu 10.04 and unable to communicate via video call as i cant enable sound recording. So, i've installed GNOME Alsa Mixer and changed some settings and it WORKS now !!!

Just few steps and sound recording works.

1) sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
2) Go to Application > Sound & Video > GNOME ALSO Mixer
3) It will open a control panel




















4) Just check the Rec checkbox and control the volume for capture
5) Done

Huawei E1762 connection in Ubuntu 9.10 Filed under ( Broadband )

Here are few simple steps to enjoy your Huawei E1762 broadband in Ubuntu 9.10

1) Edit /etc/usb_modeswitch

Change your settings as per below....

##########################################################
Huawei E220 (aka "Vodafone EasyBox II", aka "T-Mobile wnw Box Micro")

# Huawei E270
# Huawei E870
# and probably most other Huawei devices (just adapt product ID)
#
# Two options: 1. removal of "usb-storage" 2. the special control
# message found by Miroslav Bobovsky
#
# Contributor: Hans Kurent, Denis Sutter

DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
;DefaultProduct= 0x1003
DefaultProduct= 0x1446

TargetVendor=0x12d1
TargetProduct=0x140c

# choose one of these:
;DetachStorageOnly=1
;HuaweiMode=1

MessageEndpoint=0x01
MessageContent="55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

##########################################################################

2) If you are connected to the Broadband but unable to browse internet, then you guys have to add the following DNS in your mobile broadband settings;
a) IPV4 Settings method should be Automatic (PPP) Addresses Only
b) DNS Servers : 58.71.136.10, 58.71.132.10

3) Reboot your machine to enjoy your broadband.

Source : (Forum on www.draisberghof.de)

Start page for Thunderbird-3.0 Filed under ( Thunderbird )

Recently, i upgraded my Thunderbird 2.0 to Thunderbird 3.0 (Shredder). Ive loaded my existing profiles and mails but i encountered an error when the Thunderbird starts. It shows "The requested URL /thunderbird-3.0/start was not found on this server". So i tested new Thunderbird-3.0 installation on different machine and still having the same problem. It seems that , the link given by default is broken. So ive replaced the link to http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0/start/

The link can be pointed to any URL but the default Thunderbird 3.0 start page should be pointed to the above mentioned. To change the link, just go to Edit > Preferences > Change the url on the Shredder Start Page location. Now restart your Thunderbird.

Linux Benchmarking Suite Filed under ( Benchmark )

..It has been quite long since i updated my blog as i was engaged with a lot of stuffs especially benchmarking on distros/linux platforms...Few tools/scripts available to do benchmarking on linux but for me the most reliable tool is non other than Phoronix Test Suite. This suite made my life easy in doing benchmarking..I installed Phoronix Test Suite on Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 to measure the performance of each distros. The installation is quite straight forward as it can be installed from package management tool. This test suite powers more than 120 test profiles and just to name a few, for example tests on Apache, RAM speed, filesystem evaluation, memory-bandwidth testing, AIO stress test and the list goes on...The results of each tests can be viewed on browser. The output of each test comprises several sections such as specification on system hardware, details on system software, additional details on test and the test results in bar chart.