Nothing To Lose

When you start using GIMP first question comes to your mind is how do i create a circle, ellipse etc in GIMP.

There is no default tool to do the same, but we can achive the same using the stroke path option.

Follow the steps and have fun.

1. Select the “Ellipse Select Tool” from the tool box and create a selection ellipse or circle, (using shift and control you can get different effects)	Circle Selection
2. From “Edit” menu select “Stroke Selection“. Next form the dialouge box select “Stroke With Paint Brush” and click on Stroke.	Stroke Type Selection
3. Your Circle is ready.	Stroked Selection

You can have different looking circles if you decide to use different Brush

Circle Stroked with calligraphy brush

Circle stroked with X brush

Cricle stroked with Square Brush

Enjoy!!!!!

Last year i took this phone because it could be used under Linux, i.e the phone memory card was accessible easily.

When I was using OpenSuse 10.2 (kernel version 2.6.18.2-34), when I used to connect the phone,(while the phone was on, the phone rebooted and asked an option to use it for ‘file transfer’ or ‘phone mode’, selecting file transfer), it was detected as sda1 and could be mounted, (it used to get mounted automatically).

Later when I tried to connect it on Mandriva 2009.1 (kernel  2.6.29.1)  using the above procedure, it would not get detected as mass storage device and the kernel kept trying to use it as a modem.

Finally i got a solution how to get it working in i.e get it detected as mass storage device.

First switch off the phone

connect the cable from the phone to computer.

Now the phone switches on automatically and will be automatically selected for flle transfer. Depending upon your system either it will get mounted automatically or you can mount it manually.

this is the o/p of ‘dmesg’

usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0fce, idProduct=e0d0
usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-5: Product: Memory Stick
usb 2-5: Manufacturer: Sony Ericsson
usb 2-5: SerialNumber: 3558650274248670
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Sony Eri Memory Stick     0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 7852032 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.02 GB/3.74 GiB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] 7852032 512-byte hardware sectors: (4.02 GB/3.74 GiB)
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete

Hope this is helpful if you are using the same on Linux.

The X File Explorer

If you are one of those, like me, slowly getting frustrated of too much of eye candy or unnecessary graphics, zip

zap zoom effects and want to get aways from it, window maker can be for you.
Window make will give four desktops, and very less icons on your desktop.

Now if you have become use to KDE you might want certain stuff to get you tuned to get started with window maker.

aterm

First thing that you need to do is get window makers menu. This is available on right click of screen. Please note that the menu will not just disappear off the screen, click on the upper right corner a cross will appear, click on it again.

Usually this menu is not very useful right now, we will see how to modify and get it according to your need later on in some other post.

But the first thing we need to do is get the “Run command dialog” box to get it working with alt+f2 key. So that we can run what ever commands from the dialog box easily.

xchat IRC client

Download/install few other things which you may want for daily work.

1) xfe –  the X file explore. A very light weight file manager, good for the CCP, ie cut copy paste.

2) aterm — a nice terminal — yes we have to leave ‘konsole’ behind. Suggested by Zoyd –
here is a nice combination for:- aterm command “aterm -tr +sb -sh 80 -fg cyan -font -*-fixed-*-14-*-*-iso8859-1″

3) gkrellm with loads of plug-ins.
4) Wvdial to get on to net

gkrellm

5) few text editor.  (vi on aterm is nice)
6) pidgin for all in one messenger
7) xchat for irc.. for more adventurous ones irssi
Was wondering how to take screen-shots, found out that GIMP can do the same. Nice found, in any case used to open the screen-shots to do the same. (start gimp –> file –> create –> new screenshot )

One issue is to get the resolution changing on the fly. use the following command on aterm:
to query modes that are applicable.
xrandr -q
1280×800       60.0*    50.0
1024×768       60.0
800×600        60.0     56.0

the first one or the marked is the current running mode
to change to any other use
xrandr -s 1
will change to 1024×768
to revert back
xrandr -s 0
where
0 is first mode
1 is second mode
2 is the last mode

More later….

Recent conversation on my face book status with my sister.

• Gaurav Pant:aterm is better than xterm which is better than konsole
• Nalini Dhir: #%@#”$^&^%#$#
• Gaurav Pant: yes its command line….
• Nalini Dhir: wah tu samajh gaya.. sirf ek comp genius hi isko samajh sakta tha .. he he !