\[Solution\] Solaris issue with wget not resolving Domain name (DNS name lookup failure)

2010-08-09 2 min read Solaris

Today I was working with <a class="zem_slink" title="Solaris (operating system)" rel="homepage" href="http://oracle.com/solaris">Solaris and after I had set up the <a class="zem_slink" title="NIS+" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIS%2B">NIS+, <a class="zem_slink" title="Name server" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_server">DNS server, IP Address and completing the basic setting. I was using the pkg-get util from the freesunware.com

The utility was using wget and it was failing constantly. From the looks of it, it was very clear that the wget utility was unable to find the <a class="zem_slink" title="IP address" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address">IP address from the name. <a class="zem_slink" title="Name resolution" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_resolution">Name resolution was not happening, while dig and <a class="zem_slink" title="Nslookup" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nslookup">nslookup was able to do the DNS lookup.

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Best Mobile Internet Browser (Opera Mini vs. SkyFire)

2010-08-07 3 min read Bash Linux

Showdown: Best Mobile <a class="zem_slink" title="Internet" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet">Internet Browser (<a class="zem_slink" title="Opera Software" rel="homepage" href="http://www.opera.com">Opera Mini vs. <a class="zem_slink" title="Skyfire" rel="homepage" href="http://www.skyfire.com">SkyFire) mobile internet browsersDo you browse the web on your mobile device? As <a class="zem_slink" title="Mobile phone" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone">cell phones get faster connection speeds, processors, bigger screens and better applications, it’s getting easier and easier to go online with them. Add in the fact that most websites have a mobile version now and it makes this an even simpler process.

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when you press f9 'paste' is on , press f9 again and 'paste' is off, and so forth (works in insert-mode and command-mode)

2010-08-02 1 min read Bash Linux

<a class="zem_slink" title="Vim (text editor)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.vim.org/">vim&#8217;s pastetoggle: when you press f9 &#8217;paste&#8217; is on , press f9 again and &#8217;paste&#8217; is off, and so forth (works in <a class="zem_slink" title="Insert key" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insert_key">insert-mode and command-mode) $ nmap :set paste!:set paste? Sets as paste toggle, with visual confirmation of state

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Using mtpaint of Fedora to modify your images and make them look different.

2010-07-31 3 min read Fedora Photo

Here is the description of mtpaint :

mtPaint is a simple painting program designed for creating icons
and pixel-based artwork. It can edit indexed palette or 24 bit <a class="zem_slink" title="RGB color model" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model">RGB
images and offers basic painting and palette manipulation tools.
Its main <a class="zem_slink" title="File format" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format">file format is <a class="zem_slink" title="Portable Network Graphics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics">PNG, although it can also handle <a class="zem_slink" title="JPEG" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG">JPEG, <a class="zem_slink" title="Graphics Interchange Format" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format">GIF,
TIFF, <a class="zem_slink" title="BMP file format" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format">BMP, <a class="zem_slink" title="X PixMap" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_PixMap">XPM, and <a class="zem_slink" title="X BitMap" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_BitMap">XBM files.

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Shape Collage – Simple software to create collage with a java application.

2010-07-31 1 min read Linux Photo

Download from <a href="http://www.shapecollage.com/download.html">here.

Very useful utility to create collage in variety of ways. Here are some screenshots to give you a idea of how this works.

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_0011.bmp"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_0011.bmp" alt="Shape Collage Settings" title="Shape Collage Settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1292" />

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_002.bmp"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_002.bmp" alt="Shape Collage Settings" title="Shape Collage Settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1293" />

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_003.bmp"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_003.bmp" alt="Shape Collage Settings" title="Shape Collage Settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1294" />

<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_004.bmp"><img src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.com/wp-content/uploads/amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/screenshot_004.bmp" alt="Shape Collage Settings" title="Shape Collage Settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1295" />

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Auto Key press fill forms through simulating key presses | Linux.com

2010-07-31 2 min read Bash Linux

This script can be used to repeatedly press <a class="zem_slink" title="Electronic keyboard" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_keyboard">keys on the <a class="zem_slink" title="Keyboard (computing)" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_%28computing%29">keyboard, it was used to fill out 100 odd entries on a <a class="zem_slink" title="Web page" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page">web page while testing without having to physically enter the data.

Save the code below some where like <a class="zem_slink" title="Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard">/usr/bin/ with what ever file name you like, set the file to be <a class="zem_slink" title="Executable" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable">executable with <a class="zem_slink" title="Chmod" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod">chmod +x /usr/bin/keyrepeat

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