Linux

Canon LBP6650 under Ubuntu 11.04

Canon provide Debian Packages to install the driver under ubuntu for download. Offical supported is only the previous version 10.04 of ubuntu. Extracting the zip file you will find under

<language>/32-bit_Driver/Debian

the deb packages. First thing to install is cndrvcups-common_2.20-l_i386.deb with dpkg -i <deb file>. The problem is that ubuntu 11.04 doesn’t contain the required gs-esp package.

Workaround is to download and install it with

dpgk -i gs-esp_9.01~dfsg~svn12047-0ubuntu1_all.deb

After that you can install the common canon driver and afterwards the ufr driver:

dpgk -i cndrvcups-common_2.20-1_i386.deb dpgk -i cndrvcups-ufr2-uk_2.20-1_i386.deb

Now you can open the driver setup application and click on the add button. Choose network printer, enter the ip of your canon printer and click on examine. Select from the list below Canon and click on next. Select “LBP6650” and click on next. Confirm dialog with use button. Test your configuration with printing a test page.

Android

Looking for iphone apps in the android market

I’m recently switched from Iphone 3GS to Samsung Galaxy SII. About 119 Apps was on the Iphone installed from the Apple itunes market store. Google android market contains  less of half of it:

Looking around in the Android market i find the following new apps:

Database

Generating MySQL Database Documentation for Confluence with MySQL Workbench Plugin

The MySQL Workbench can nicely  generate a Entity Relationship model from your existing MySQL Database. After Installing click in the column labelled “Data Modelling” on the link below to “Create EER model from existing database”. Follow the wizard to have a generated diagram including your existing tables and their related information. Don’t forget to save the new ER model as *.mwb file.

For Documentation in a  project is Confluence as Wiki very good compared to other ones like MediaWiki.

I have written a small plugin to MySQL Workbench as Lua Script to generate Database Model Documentation as Confluence Markup. If you are interested look here for Documentation about the available classes to use in your own scripts.

Part of the generated output from the sample database world from MySQL shown as result in Confluence:

Howto:

  1. Download this Script here or from github
  2. Start your MySQL Workbench
  3. Choose from the “scripting” menu the entry “Install Plugin/Module…”
  4. Change Drop down in the Dialog to File type “lua Files..”
  5. Choose downloaded File and click open
  6. Restart Workbench
  7. Open previously generated ER model file *.mwb
  8. Choose from the “Plugins” menu the entry “Catalog” and their the new entry “Confluence Markup Exporter…”
  9. Markup is now in the clipboard
  10. Open in Confluence an existing page or create a new onw
  11. Click on “Edit” button and go to tab “Wiki Markup”
  12. Paste the generated documentation and click on “save” button
internet

Trash mailer

a short list of trash mailer…

https://anonbox.net/de/
http://www.guerrillamail.com
http://www.mytrashmail.com
http://tempinbox.com
http://spam.la
http://spamavert.com
http://www.trash-mail.com
http://www.sofort-mail.de
http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail
http://www.mailinator.com
http://www.sofort-mail.de/
http://www.privy-mail.de
http://www.wegwerf-email.net/
http://www.twinmail.de/
http://www.jetable.org/de
http://www.spambox.us/
http://www.tempemail.net/
http://www.spambog.de/
http://www.nervmich.net/
http://www.anon-mail.de/
http://www.spam.la/
http://www.spamgourmet.com/
http://www.spambog.de/

Linux, Windows

Printing via SMB from Ubuntu 10.04 to Windows 7

I have successfully installed Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 on my Samsung NC10 with dual boot side by side to windows XP Home. The installation process is very smart and allow you to import settings like desktop background from the installed windows xp home. Printer configuration was a bit complicated. The first thing is to change the workgroup definition in

/etc/samba/smb.conf

workgroup = XYZ

Change XYZ to your windows 7 workgroup name. Next step is to uninstall the “Windows Live Sign-In Assistant” under windows 7 which is the main cause why the windows shares like the printers are not available from ubuntu. After that go to menu item System => administration => Printer. Click on add button and select from the list under network printer the last entry “windows printer via SAMBA”. When you now click on browse will be your workgroup and below your windows 7 pc with the printer shares be available.

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