> Gang what is up with this Windows DNS virus? Here's an article that fell in to my google reader:
http://extremesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/12/dns-chanager-20.html If there is more you want to know about it Paul I could do some research on it. -Josh Smith On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Rion D'Luz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Warner White wrote: >> Hi all-- >> >>I would like to switch completely to Ubuntu, but I need Quicken for a week or >>two more, > Altho xen is my virtualizer of choice, I've been playing around with > virtualbox and am surprised at its ease of use; > not that I'd want to, but there are a lot of ppl installing windows clients > on them for just such reasons as > yours. Maybe, perhaps w/out too much pain, you could try that as a solution > to dual-boot'ing. >>I can't get my Centro to hotsync in Ubuntu, > What is a "Centro"? > >>and I can't get my Epson Perfection 3170 to work with Ubuntu > I have an Epson Perfection 4490 that just worked flawlessly under xsane, both > on CentOS5 and Ubuntu8.10. > apt-get install libsane libsane-extras > apt-get install sane sane-utils xsane xsane-common > vi /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf and added: > usb 0x04b8 0x0119 > > => Connect and power up the scanner. > Apr 18 11:21:21 localhost kernel: [17264269.084000] usb 5-3: > new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 > > => make sure the scanner is detected. In a terminal windows run > sane-find-scanner > it should report : > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0119 [EPSON Scanner]) at > libusb:001:006 > The address at the end of the line will probably be different for you, > depending on where you connect. If san > e-find-scanner can't find a scanner at all, stop. You have to solve that > problem first. > > scanimage -L > scanimage is a command-line interface to control image acquisition devices > such as flatbed scanners > or cameras. The device is controlled via command-line options > > Note: CentOS repos has a nice app called iscan (Avasys_Iscan - which i hardly > ever use, but seems handy) > NAME > Image Scan! for Linux - scanner frontend for SANE > > DESCRIPTION > iscan (Image Scan! for Linux) provides a graphical user-interface to > control EPSON scan- > ners. It allows the previewing and scanning of images. iscan can be > invoked either from > the command-line or through the GIMP image manipulation program. > > When run from the command line, iscan acts as a stand-alone program > that saves acquired > images in PNM, PNG or JPEG format. Alternatively acquired images can be > sent directly to a > printer, provided your print system handles PNG natively. CUPS and > Photo Image Print Sys- > tem, versions 1.3.1 and later, do this. LPRng and other LPD based > printer systems may need > a little help. Refer to your print system's documentation for more > information on how to > set this up. When run as a GIMP plugin, the images are passed to the > GIMP for further pro- > cessing. > > iscan accesses EPSON image acquisition devices through the SANE > (Scanner Access Now Easy) > interface. > > Installing it from RPM was a 1-step painless experience. On ubuntu however, > you have to jump > thru some hoops: > > => get your Epson driver package > http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_scan.html > Answer their questionnaire then goto the downloads area and get the rpms > chmod 0666 /proc/bus/usb/005/002 (or whatever busID your scanner is on) > > => convert the .rpm files to deb packages > In a terminal window change to the directory where the two downloaded driver > files are stored then: > sudo alien iscan_2.5.0-1_i386.rpm > sudo alien iscan-plugin-gt-x750_1.0.0-2_i386.rpm > This should produce the two .deb packages: > iscan_2.5.0-1_i386.deb > iscan-plugin-gt-x750_1.0.0-2_i386.deb > > ./alien iscan-2.6.0-0.c2.i386.rpm (Note below: i had errors w/2.6 until i > installed 2.5 first) > Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package iscan: postinst postrm > preinst prerm > Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts. > iscan_2.6.0-1_i386.deb generated > alien iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm > Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package iscan-plugin-gt-x750: > postrm > Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts. > iscan-plugin-gt-x750_1.0.0-2_i386.deb generated > > => Install the two packages from a terminal window with dpkg, doing the main > iscan package first. > sudo dpkg i- scan_2.5.0-1_i386.deb > sudo dpkg -i iscan-plugin-gt-x750_1.0.0-2_i386.deb > => If the main iscan package will not install cleanly because it reports > file conflicts > with certain sane-related packages previously installed, > just go ahead and force dpkg to overwrite the problem files: > sudo dpkg i- --force-overwrite iscan_2.5.0-1_i386.deb > dpkg -i --force-overwrite iscan_2.6.0-1_i386.deb > (Reading database ... 197485 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking iscan (from iscan_2.6.0-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.la', which is also in > package libsane-extras > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1', which is also in > package libsane-extras > Setting up iscan (2.6.0-1) ... > WOW:: iscan runs and pulls up a cool GUI > > So, if all of the above makes too little sense, you can go thru the same > process I did via forums: > Welcome to the club of people who own a 4990 and cannot fully use it under > linux. > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-124331.html > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/24946 > also > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-124202.html > > Or, just let me know and I'll archive all my .debs and send them to you:) > > > Hope this helps, > > Rion >
