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ION proxy login problem

Ankur Shrivastava — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:59:10 +0000

a few days ago ION (WiFi provider in Manipal University) started an ISA based proxy using NTLM authentication, which according to them was a client install!!! some people were facing problem with it, like their browsers were asking for authentication (login) again and again, and repositories were not working on Linux.
So here is a simple screencast with solution for this problem it works great in Linux (esp. Fedora) i have also included configuring yum here, if someone wants to use apt-get (debian/ubuntu) they can do

export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865

Ok coming to the main point, go and download http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntlmaps/ and then watch the video here
People on windows can install python from here and then follow the steps
ION proxy problem solved
Note:- If You face any problem please post back here….
PS:- every thing in Text form coming soon… (i am lazy)

Synaptics Touchpad in Fedora 9

Ankur Shrivastava — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:30:35 +0000

I have been using Fedora 9 from a long time and it really kick’s ass but i was facing the problem that my Touchpad was not working with it but the i found the solution here
Here is how to do it

The easiest was will be to install the package http://atrpms.net/dist/f9/synaptics/
or you can do it manually here

edited the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Added the following to the ServerLayout Section
InputDevice “TouchPad” “CorePointer”

add a new section:
Section “InputDevice” Driver “synaptics” Identifier “TouchPad” Option “SendCoreEvents” Option “Protocol” “auto-dev” Option “SHMConfig” “on” Option “TapButton1″ “1″ Option “TapButton2″ “2″ EndSection

all done logout and login again and everything should be working fine

Update: found the rpm package here

Installing Ndiswrapper on Ubuntu 8.04

Ankur Shrivastava — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:49:32 +0000

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 today and faced this problem of WiFi again but ths time even installing ndiswrapper diddnt worked so had to find a way to make WiFi work on boot and here it is

For this First You need to install ndiswrapper, no need for net coz the packages are included in the CD / DVD of Ubuntu just go to System>>Administration>>software sources then uncheck all downloadable from internet, Third party and Update repo’s only select Installable from CD-ROM/DVD. Now open a Add/Remove from Applications>>Add/Remove.. there select all avaliable appliactions in show, now seach for ndis you will see Windows Wireless Drivers select it and click Apply changes it will ask you for the CD insert the CD and it will get installed, now you just have to install the drivers of your card for this open System>>Administration>>Windows Wireless Drivers and install the windows wireless drivers ( bcmwl5.inf for hp6515b bcm4312) now follow these steps, type
sudo -i now you must be as root then type
nano /etc/rc.local the file should read
rmmod ndiswrapper rmmod ssb modprobe ndiswrapper exit 0
all done now just reboot and enjoy your Linux……..