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01.13.08

Moving windows with alt+left mouse button on XP

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:44 am by are

When using Windows XP I always missed the very practical alt+left mouse button to move windows, and alt+right mouse button to resize windows. All Linux systems have it, and it saves you allot of time moving the mouse and trying to point at the correct place just to move and resize…annoying.

But today I found an utility:
http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads/modules/win32wm.zip (includes source)

You just run it and voila…Windows suddenly is much more usable :-)

01.06.08

Middle button scroll in VNCViewer on Windows

Posted in Uncategorized at 12:42 pm by are

Using the thinkpad ultranav, middlebutton, to scroll is usefull. But it did not work on vncviewer.exe

This is the fix:

Add
*,*,vncviewer.exe,*,*,*,VkKeys,0,9
to
c:\Programfiler\Synaptics\SynTP\tp4table.dat

Then reboot, or restart the SynTPEnh.exe process.

09.05.06

Mission accomplished, sort of

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:18 pm by are

While multiple people at work have been possessed by the game WoW, I avoided the whole thing intentionally. I remember back in the Diablo and Diablo II days. Night after night was ruined and sleep was for the dead…. This time I wanted a life… and I made it…woho ;-)
I heard it’s almost impossible to play WoW now, because there are no one that is low level and can help you with tasks and monsters.

I won!! …
Well…ehm… I haven’t played WoW…but I have played multiple old Sierra and Lucas Arts games…but face it, they actually end after a while.

(If Diablo III ever come out, I’m doomed anyway)

07.22.06

Dual head on Nvidia under linux

Posted in Uncategorized, HTPC at 1:38 pm by are

After getting a projector I wanted to use my HTPC on both the TV and the projector at the same time with the same picture. When I only play music I don’t want to use the projector. But when I play movies…well you know.

(I have a Nvidia graphicscard)

To set up X to display both on TV-out and DFP (DVI) in clone mode:

Section “Device”
Identifier “nvidiacard”
Driver “nvidia”
VideoRam 65536
Option “TwinView”
Option “TwinViewOrientation” “Clone”
Option “MetaModes” “800×600, 800×600″
Option “HorizSync” “TV-0: 30-50; DFP-0: UseEdidFreqs”
Option “VertRefresh” “TV-0: 60; DFP-0: UseEdidFreqs”
Option “SecondMonitorHorizSync” “UseEdidFreqs”
Option “SecondMonitorVertRefresh” “UseEdidFreqs”
Option “TVStandard” “PAL-B”
Option “TVOutFormat” “SVIDEO”
EndSection


07.08.06

The good old adventure quests from the 80s and 90s

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:53 am by are

I’m one of those that loves the adventure quest games. I have played almost every title from Sierra and Lucas Arts. So head on over to
Vintage Sierra - A Sierra On-Line Museum and take a look back in history.
They don’t make games like these anymore, at least not many…it’s a shame.

Some of the games is available for download, such as Kings Quest 1,2 and 3. Go here: http://www.agdinteractive.com/

Good o’l GoldRush…ahh…


05.27.06

Don’t blindly trust SSH

Posted in Uncategorized, Linux at 6:49 pm by are

I saw an article at Slashdot quoting this article about how SSH is not that secure you might think.

Quote:

“In UNIX, all things are files. To send network traffic, UNIX writes the traffic to the network device file. In this case, the connection to Box A (and that private key used for authentication) is a socket file. This file will shuttle the authentication traffic between Box A and Box P. So what’s the risk? Maybe the hacker can’t get a copy of the private key through the socket file, but something better (from his/her view) can be done. If the hacker has root on Box D, he or she can point a private copy of the agent forwarding software to that socket file and thereby point the authentication process to the administrator’s credentials–the ones kept on the ’safe’ intranet. What are the chances that the administrator has configured access to all the DMZ servers he controls?”