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Howto Install Sun JDK with EE into Ubuntu 10.4

This tutorial is for Ubuntu 10.4 Beta. 10.4 full release is only next month. Well here you go. Download Java for linux from the Oracle Sun website. Download the 32bit version of libstdc++5 from here: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/amd64/libstdc++5/download Make sure you get the 32 bit version. It would seem that the installer for Java requires that you have a 32bit version of this library installed. I think this is for the installer GUI only. Extract the library like this: dpkg-deb -x libstdc++5_3.3.6-18_i386.deb libstdc++5 Copy the library into /usr/lib32 sudo cp libstdc++5/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 /usr/lib32/ Create a simlink to the file in /usr/lib32/ sudo ln -s libstdc++.so.5.0.7 libstdc++.so.5 Now you can install java like this: ./java_ee_sdk-5_08-jdk-6u18-linux.bin All done!

VirtualBox - AMD-V and KVM

I usually use the KVM on my linux host for Virtualisation. It's default with Fedora and I know it. Usually ... Today I thought I would try the Ubuntu 10.4 Beta 1 on VirtualBox. I installed the latest VirtualBox ( version 3.1.6 ) and then had a crack at installing the Ubuntu 10.4 64bit. Of course an error came up saying that while AMD-v was enabled, it was not operational. After much googleling about, I found that the KVM modules were causing VirtualBox issues with access. So a quick "rmmod kvm_amd" and "rmmod kvm" fixed it. Next time I want to use KVM, I will need to re-enable these with, I suppose, a quick, "insmod kvm_amd" and "insmod kvm"

Freeview ( DVB-T ) Linux / Fedora in New Zealand.

I dont have anything fancy other than a fairly good CPU. Its an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+. I have an avermedia A800 DVB-T tuner from www.nicegear.co.nz I DO NOT have a VDPAU enabled graphics card which can do on board H.264 decoding for me. That will be soon though. Need to save a bit of cash first. I am in New Zealand so there are some special areas of concern that needed to be addressed. Here is a very brief rundown of how i get free view working in my linux. **** COMMENT **** Here is a great website. I use this now for post processing. http://quadpoint.org/projects/simplerip#audio_and_video_bitrates On my fedora system i have to change -oac copy to -oac pcm and of course I still use my compiled mplayer and the -lavdopts fast:threads=2 option on the 3 lines. Steps to get Mplayer working. ******************************************************************************** ******************** ~./mplayer/channels.conf ********************************** *************