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Hardy Heron
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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 12:27 am
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OK so i managed to get my hands on Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron. Seems pretty decent, shipped with FF 3b5, and all that jazz.
I fucked up the upgrade by keeping the old menu.lst. My nvidia graphics card started having issues, i dug out some articles via google to help me out but no one seemed to really get an answer to it. Out of desperation i tried the beta version of nvidia's proprietary drivers, and thats what caught my fancy. When i tried installing them, it returned an error that the installed kernel was compiled using gcc 4.1 where as current one is 4.2. That somehow prompted me that the installer was looking at menu.lst where the label/UID of the OS/kernel was still the old one, so i just deleted the menu.lst generated a fresh menu.lst using upgrade-grub. Voila, on the restart the nvidia driver got installed but still it didn't quite work. So i uninstalled it and then tried the stable version (from the repos) and it worked like magic, i am back to 1280x960 and it feels awesome! The 3D effects are turned full on too! Too bad it took me hours to figure out the solution, but atleast i did it myself YAY!
Update: OK, i did get full on graphics but only just. After rebooting, the system once again started running on lower graphics. So apparently i have to wait until people create enough noise for nvidia to take notice of it!
Update 2: So here's the final (temporary) solution to the nvidia driver issues in Hardy Heron:
- Remove envy if you are using it for nvidia drivers, just remember to uninstall the drivers that were installed using envy.
- Do $ "sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-generic linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic" (without the quotes) to remove restricted drivers and modules, then reinstall the linux-image package.
- Download the nvidia beta driver for your card and run it in the terminal.
- Start gdm and then do "sudo nvidia-settings", give your resolution and save to xorg file. Restart your X and voila, you are done!
Update 3: Removal of restricted drivers meant the sound of fucked up. So i removed gstreamer and with it the entire ubuntu-desktop was removed. I reinstalled gstreamer, and did the same with alsa. Additionally linux-ubuntu-modules was required for sound to work. So on the next boot sound was restored but i wasn't able to log into my account. After a few minutes i realized that since there's no ubuntu-desktop, it can't log into anything, so i reinstalled ubuntu-desktop and so for now everything is running perfectly.
Mahn troubleshooting the system is good for kicks!Current Mood:  bouncy Current Music: Throw Yourself Away - Nickelback |
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Guitar Gods
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Apr. 8th, 2008 @ 03:25 pm
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With time my music collection has expanded so much that i actually don't have anything more to collect, that was what i thought until yesterday. Although its much like *you name it and i have it* kinda collection but it still didn't have something from Guitar Gods. I am not talking about any band, i am talking about the men who actually taught the likes of Kirk Hammett! I got some stuff from Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen, if you want to hear pure unadulterated technical riffs you've got to hear either of them! No doubts they are regarded as guitar gods!Current Music: Guitar Solo - Yngwie Malmsteen |
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Doomed
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Apr. 3rd, 2008 @ 10:49 am
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My racing days are over. Yes i am a NFS fanboi but its time for some "Gun and Run" stuff. Just tried Doom3, if you love gun and run games, then you've gotta play this one. The guns take time to reload, the game is totally engaging, has awesome horror elements (complete darkness and flashlight funk is teh cool!) I just can't wait to get my hands on Quake 4 though, its built on the same engine as Doom 3 so it should run just as good on my PC. Serious gamers should try getting something from nVidia GeForce 8 series or better still get a PS3 before trying any of these games.Current Music: Sex n Money (Club Mix) - Oakenfold ft Pharrell |
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Nisa is mine!
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Mar. 16th, 2008 @ 06:39 pm
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Nisa is mine!
Originally uploaded by NA.dir.
Current Music: The Package - A Perfect Circle |
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Welcome Nascar 1
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Mar. 16th, 2008 @ 05:43 pm
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So finally the 2008 season of Nascar 1 Formula 1 is underway. Lets start by a short note to Monty aka Juan Pablo Montoya, the driver who's got more liver than brain! Dear Juan, sad that you left so early, Mosley has decided to consider your comment that F1 was boring, a bit too seriously. Now that there is no traction control, electronic aides et al, its bound to become all that eventful!
IMFHO Mosley is a retard, he can go direct the guys riding their bicycles in Tour de France to stop pedalling so hard, all for the love of Global Warming. The distinction between F1 and the feeder series like Champ Car et al has been that the cars in F1 have always been way too advanced/powerful and precise. There's no fucking reason why the traction control and electronic aids be removed from an F1 car.
Yes it becomes more challenging for a driver if the aids are removed, the boys do get separated from men, but then the glory is lost. Those powerful V12s were much more delightful to watch, the precision of 2007 F1 cars was awesome even though it was monotonous/boring to watch the entire race. 2008 Oz GP felt like there were a bunch of kids playing around in 2002 Minardis!
Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsports, its not another fucking edition of Extreme Games, we have plenty of those being telecast on ESPN. F1 is about racing the machines, i just don't understand how a driver can race competitively if he doesn't feel safe enough while pushing the car to the limit. Wonder whats next on Mosley's agenda, maybe merging of Champ Car and F1, giving it a brush of Nitrous boosts in the form of extra unlocked BHPs.
The only positive out of the race today was that the problem of backmarkers was completely eliminated, yeah there were no fucking backmarkers. I wonder how things will be in Monaco!Current Mood:  amused Current Music: Seven Stories Underground - The Gutter Twins |
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Watched Jodhaa Akbar at PVR Saket. The movie was just about fine, the performances were average, dialogs were awesome but the dialog delivery was very weak. Ashutosh Gowarikar aptly displayed how strong storylines can be ruined. Although, the movie had to be a 4 hour affair in order make the viewers get the full picture of events.
PVR Saket is one of the suckiest cinemas in Delhi, grossly overpriced, with sucky sound and video equipment. I am not going there anymore. Waves, Noida ruleth!
PS: Still confused what the title means? Go learn a bit of Urdu! ;P
Mar. 7th, 2008 @ 07:10 pm
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| » "House"less! |
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For quite a long time i have been trying to get hooked to House, but instead i ended collecting lots of 90s' Dance Hits, some of them were my childhood faves and rest just represent those FA (full ash!) days. Not that i am not impressed with some of the House tracks but i don't know where to find good House compilations, and i don't have enough time to build mine.
Some of the most notable acquisitions in my collection are:
1. Fat Boy Slim - Rockafellar Skank, Right Here Right Now
2. Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Codie's suggestion)
3. Chemical Brothers - Piku, It Doesn't Matter
4. Prodigy - Breathe, Diesel Power
5. Massive Attack - Karmacoma
These are my childhood faves:
6. 2 Unlimited - Tribal Dance
7. Whigfield - Think of You
8. Scatman John - Scatman
9. LondonBeat - I've been thinking about you
10 Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
11 Rednex - McKenzie Brothers
12 Aerosmith - Love in Elevator
Among other stuff i tried out Bjork, she has such a distinct style, her Greatest Hits album is a must have! Definitely for those who like Jem.
Feb. 11th, 2008 @ 01:42 pm
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| » JWM |
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JWM is the finest romantic movie i have ever seen, it makes the movies like Kal Ho Na Ho and all those stupid Karan Johar/SRK flicks seem like nukkad dramas, nautankis rather. I totally agree with Codie about the added burden on presentation and the way it has been handled.
I immediately wanted to watch JWM once again. I watched Partner and Om Shanti Om on two successive days. OSO has taken bollywood to a new low, it portrays how you can get away without any script, without any acting (or an overdose of it!), just on your star power, six packs and some insane amount of promotion! It was a real thanda act. JWM managed to create the same intensity of punches even on the second run!
PS: Well i am alive and a Happy New Year to you. Here's hoping that you don't drop your cameras, or scratch your lenses and that you upgrade to better equipment - speedlights, lenses and even camera bodies!
Jan. 5th, 2008 @ 03:14 am
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| » Return of the silly season |
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WTF its time for silly season once again, and by that i don't mean to start over with Alonso-Renault talks...
Its winter, and as usual i have started getting shocked with the static in my fingertips. Damn i totally hate winters.
Dec. 5th, 2007 @ 11:14 am
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| » The Greatest Entertainer |
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Maybe there were good entertainers, there will come even more, but one thing is for sure, no one makes the music the way MiJac did. Talk about THE greatest entertainer of all times and no you won't be talking about Elvis or Metallica or any blah stuff, its gotta be Michael. I don't think there is any other band/artist that i have heard as much as him. I just watched Liberian Girl and had this realization for the nth time. Damn whatever, i guess i need to watch Moonwalker once more ;)
Nov. 26th, 2007 @ 09:18 pm
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| » The Departed |
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WTF if there was any movie i regret having missed, its got to be this! Period.
Nov. 16th, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
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Well its been 21 years since i first opened my eyes in this world. Its been 21 years of God knows what, coz they still say that i need a life! Last year had been one helluva r0cking year. The next year looks even more promising, maybe i am on my way to putting my life back on track!
So anything special for the day? Yeah, for the first time my mates got the B'Day treat in the college! Thankfully i escaped the b'day bumps, but couldn't do anything about the PJs, by the end of the party entire crowd in the canteen knew who the bday boi was! Unfortunately, my gift is still a good two months away, so no pics from the party.
There are some other pics that i clicked out of boredom, view them on my Flickr photostream!
Nov. 5th, 2007 @ 04:46 pm
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| » Out Of Control |
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Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
I don't understand what you want from me
I feel like I'm spinning out of control
Try to focus but everything's twisted
And all along I thought you would be there
To let me know I'm not alone
But in fact that's exactly what I was
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
Out Of Control by Hoobastank
Nov. 2nd, 2007 @ 07:05 pm
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| » Nostalgia |
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Nostalgia can grip people so easily, it doesn't need to be a concious effort though! Yesterday i browsed through the oldest music collection that i have and played "You Drive Me Crazy" by Britney Spears and boy, the memories came rushing back, those school days, the days of Red Hat, the raw power of 600Mhz Athlon, dial-up internet, XMMS/Winamp player, playlists, DSP Plugins, Matrix OST and The Unforgiven II by Metallica. The wait for Codie to come back just so that i could have my compie fixed :P
Those were the fun days, since then my definition of fun and life in general have continued to change instantaneously! Dayum there's something about that song that almost makes me re-live those days.
Oct. 30th, 2007 @ 07:51 pm
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| » My Windows is shatterred! |
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I guess me going down with a viral infection wasn't enough! For the first time in my life i am compelled to get an antivirus and clean the shit thats been done to my Windows. Had i not been playing too much on my PC, i wouldn't have ever noticed the keedas residing quitely in my Win2k. Time now for damage control.
Oct. 4th, 2007 @ 08:00 am
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| » When i was a kid... |
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I saw this pic and thought that the thin DOF was actually due to some crappy mobile cam.
Its strange how life changes, i can't even understand some of the comments that i posted some years ago!
Sep. 28th, 2007 @ 08:45 pm
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| » Voda! |
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Hutch is now Vodafone! w00t! Support the Macs, use Vodafone! ;)
Sep. 22nd, 2007 @ 11:21 am
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| » Another Trip |
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Last week i went to my parents' hometown, and boy the experience was awesome. While going there, i drove for about 1 hour in complete darkness on the highway (NH 24), no street lights, just car's high beam headlights doing a decent 100-110! Mahn, It was simply insane, its like driving with your eyes closed, add to it the uncertainty of finding a diversion out of nowhere!. While coming back it was a lot saner drive, and thanks to NHAI for rebuilding lots of parts of NH24, i did 100+ for most of the part, yet mom/dad never complained! 
I maxed out at 135 without significant vibrations, though i could have gone much further, but its not bad for a 5 year old car!
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This year is surely turning out to be the Year Of Travel. I have traveled about 8000 kms in this year only! How much have you traveled?
Sep. 17th, 2007 @ 08:15 am
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| » Burn the rubber! |
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Yeah, right! If NFS Underground 2 was good, this one is gonna be much better. NFS Most Wanted simply r0cketh, so does my Samsung SyncMaster monitor whose presets gimme the power to switch to gaming mode (i.e.higher contrast settings) with just three button clicks, no hassles! Woohoo! NFS MW is the uber cool gaming experience. Long Live NFS and Long Live EA!
Sep. 8th, 2007 @ 09:09 pm
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| » BBC to the rescue |
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My TataSky box blew up day before yesterday. Suckers at customer care marked 6th as the preferred day for complaint redressal instead of 4th. A bit of nagging made the guy from TataSky visit our place today, still no cable, it would take another day for him to get a new set top box.
I needed to watch India-England ODI, sadly though i could only manage to get Live scores from BBC for England innings. England's innings was so good towards the end, that i grew quite desperate to catch the action. Tried getting commentary on the transistor, but in vain. So finally i turned back to bbc.co.uk, thankfully i noticed BBC's Live commentary. So here i am listening to BBC's commentary on the net. r0xcz!
Update: India win a helluva tight match! w00t!
Sep. 5th, 2007 @ 08:37 pm
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