Dealing with Debian Squeeze and Nvidia drivers

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Arkold Thos

Heya, happy new year :) , for start with great stuff this year, I just Debian again after two years of using Kubuntu/Windows-lately, and I had few problems installing Nvidia drivers, with the repository drivers, so I wrote a little guide of how to make it with Nvidia site drivers – this guide is meant for working with 64 bits operating system and that you have closed the X system.

Downloading the needed stuff, nvidia driver, the kernel headers, changing permissions and installing it
wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/190.53/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run

And depending of what desktop manager do you use, you will start it (gdm, kdm, w/e)
/etc/init.d/kdm start or restart (depends if it is running)
/etc/init.d/gdm start or restart (depends if it is running)

If it doesn’t run, just run
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

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Top 10 metal albums of 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Arkold Thos

1. Be’lakor – Stone’s Reach
2. Heavenly – Carpe Diem
3. Kalisia – Cybion
4. Obscura – Cosmogenesis
5. Nile – Those Whose The Gods Detest
6. Katatonia – Night is the new day
7. Amorphis – Skyforger
8. Ensiferum – From Afar
9. Ghost Brigade – Isolation Songs
10. Riverside – Anno Domini High Definition

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2010 promises to be pwning!

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Arkold Thos

With albums of very pwning bands from classics like ZZ Top, Scorpions, the big bands as Iron Maiden, Burzum, Overkill,  to great bands as Angra, Pain of Salvation, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Exodus, Anubis Gate, etc. List updated on 27/11/2009 an took from Metalstorm.ee (RECOMMENDED SITE FOR HEADBANGERS!)

Sometime in the year
········ Dragonland – TBA
········ Morbid Angel – TBA
········ ZZ Top – TBA
········ All Ends – TBA
········ Halcyon Way – TBA
········ Enthroned – Pentagrammaton
········ Vanishing Point – TBA
········ Heidevolk – TBA
········ Pain Of Salvation – Road Salt
········ Manigance – TBA
········ The Sword – TBA
········ Slumber – Resonance
········ Aborym – TBA
········ Van Canto – TBA
········ Cynic – TBA [EP]

January 2010
········ Obituary – Live Xecution – Party.San 2008 [DVD]
········ Pure Inc – TBA
········ Carnal Forge – TBA
········ Thrudvangar – TBA
········ Canvas Solaris – Irradiance
08.01 Throwdown – Deathless
15.01 Astral Doors – Requiem Of Time
15.01 Valkyrja – Contamination
15.01 Exodus – Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities) [DVD]
15.01 Iron Mask – Shadow Of The Red Baron
15.01 Mnemic – Sons Of The System
18.01 Annotations Of An Autopsy – The Reign Of Darkness
19.01 Sigh – Scenes From Hell
19.01 Six Feet Under – Graveyard Classics III
22.01 Dark Fortress – Ylem
25.01 Heathen – The Evolution Of Chaos
25.01 Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR
25.01 Deathbound – Non Compos Mentis
25.01 Dream Evil – In The Night
25.01 Ihsahn – After
26.01 Living Sacrifice – The Infinite Order
29.01 Varg – Blutaar
29.01 Overkill – Ironbound
February 2010
········ Nominon – TBA
········ Crematory – Infinity
········ Burzum – TBA
········ De Profundis – A Bleak Reflection
········ Kruger – For Death, Glory And The End Of The World
········ Mortification – Years In The Underground [Compilation]
········ Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
········ Orden Ogan – Easton Hope
········ Kalmah – 12 Gauge
01.02 Blaze Bayley – Promise And Terror
05.02 Rage – Strings To A Web
05.02 Meshuggah – TBA [DVD]
05.02 Fear Factory – Mechanize
09.02 HIM – Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice
09.02 Arsis – Starve For The Devil
15.02 Rotting Christ – Aealo
17.02 Finntroll – Nifelvind
19.02 Jon Oliva’s Pain – Festival
22.02 Borknagar – Universal
23.02 Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory
28.02 Darkseed – TBA

March 2010
········ High On Fire – TBA
········ Vreid – TBA [DVD]
········ Corpus Christii – TBA
········ Leng Tch’e – TBA
········ Armored Saint – La Raza
········ Soulgrind – The Tuoni Pathway
········ Ludicra – The Tenant
········ The Ocean – TBA
········ Demians – TBA
········ Kobra And The Lotus – Out Of The Pit
········ Malpractice – TBA
········ Dark Tranquillity – TBA
········ Flotsam & Jetsam – The Cold
········ Ratt – Infestation
········ Reflexion – TBA
········ Devillac – TBA
········ Almah – TBA
········ Kiuas – TBA
········ Poisonblack – TBA
········ In Mourning – TBA
········ Porcupine Tree – TBA [DVD]
········ The Vision Bleak – Set Sail To Mystery
········ Jon Oliva’s Pain – DVD [DVD]
········ Universum – Mortuus Machina
06.03 Metsatöll – TBA
10.03 Rhapsody Of Fire – The Frozen Tears Of Angels
19.03 Imagika – Portrait Of A Hanged Man
23.03 The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis

April 2010
········ Kamelot – TBA
········ Angelus Apatrida – Clockwork
········ Darksun – TBA
········ Yakuza – Of Seismic Consequence
········ Pretty Maids – TBA
········ Shining – VII – Född Förlorare

May 2010
········ Revamp – TBA
········ Excalion – High Time
········ End Of You – Remains Of The Day
········ Symphony X – TBA
········ Sonic Syndicate – TBA
········ Eluveitie – Everything Remains As It Never Was
········ Stam1na – Viimeinen Atlantis [Working Title]
········ Hell Within – TBA
········ Edenbridge – TBA

June 2010
········ Abigor – TBA
········ Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
········ Mouth Of The Architect – TBA [EP]
········ Sick Of It All – TBA
········ Landmine Marathon – Sovereign Descent
········ Dimmu Borgir – TBA
········ Stigma – TBA
········ Heretic Soul – Born Into This Plague
········ Abysmal Dawn – TBA
········ Angra – TBA
········ Grave – TBA
········ Scarpoint – TBA
········ Machinery – TBA
········ To/Die/For – TBA
········ Control Denied – When Man And Machine Collide
········ Firewind – TBA
········ Trap Them – TBA
········ Bleeding Fist – Macabrum Bestia Ex Abyssus [EP]
········ Operatika – TBA
········ Ov Hell – TBA

July 2010
········ Cavalera Conspiracy – TBA

August 2010
········ Die Apokalyptischen Reiter – TBA
········ Monster Magnet – TBA

September 2010
········ Vreid – TBA
········ The Ocean – TBA

October 2010
········ Infestation – Bow To None [EP]
········ Demons And Wizards – TBA
········ Vintersorg – TBA

December 2010
········ Sabaton – TBA
········ Crashdïet – TBA
········ Cradle Of Filth – TBA
········ Cult Of Luna – TBA
········ Tarja – What Lies Beneath (Working Title)
········ Abscess – Dawn Of Inhumanity
········ Stone Sour – TBA
········ Mekong Delta – TBA
········ Gamma Ray – TBA
········ Black Majesty – In Your Honour
········ Tristania – TBA
········ Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony / Angel Of Babylon
········ Kinetic – TBA
········ Cathedral – The Guessing Game
········ Filter – TBA
········ Darkwater – TBA
········ Anathema – TBA
········ Prototype – TBA
········ Black Label Society – TBA
········ Drowning Pool – TBA
········ Decrepit Birth – Polarity
········ Darkest Hour – TBA
········ Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls And The Systematic Dehumanization Of Cool
········ Harkonin – Detest
········ Lordi – TBA
········ Anubis Gate – TBA
········ Sylosis – TBA
········ Accept – TBA
········ Jag Panzer – The Scourge Of Light
········ Bonded By Blood – TBA
········ The Eternal – TBA
········ Sotajumala – TBA
········ Negură Bunget – Vîrstele Pămîntului
········ Magnacult – TBA
········ Nothnegal – TBA
········ Paths Of Possession – TBA
········ Chaosweaver – TBA
········ Subterranean Masquerade – In Pastille Colors
········ Burden Of Grief – Follow The Flames
········ Baltimoore – TBA
········ Allen/Lande – TBA
········ Unleashed – TBA
········ Highland Glory – TBA
········ Catamenia – Cavalcade
········ Den Saakaldte – Kapittel II: Faen I Helvete
········ Black Comedy – TBA
········ Setherial – Ekpyrosis
········ Hour Of Penance – TBA
········ Exciter – TBA
········ Freedom Call – Legend Of The Shadowking
········ Naglfar – TBA
········ Nirnaeth – Splendour Of The Abyss
········ Devildriver – TBA
········ Pain Confessor – TBA
········ Iron Fire – TBA
········ Exodus – The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit B
········ Motörhead – TBA
········ As I Lay Dying – TBA
········ Immolation – TBA
········ Mordab – TBA
········ Corpus Mortale – TBA
········ Apocalyptica – TBA
········ Nightwish – TBA
········ Vicious Art – TBA
········ Torchbearer – Death Meditations
········ Ikuinen Kaamos – Fall Of Icons
········ Candlemass – TBA [DVD]
········ Mael Mórdha – Manannán
········ Soilwork – TBA
········ Testament – TBA
········ Alchemist – TBA
········ Iron Maiden – TBA
········ Soulfly – Omen (Working Title)
········ Keep Of Kalessin – TBA
········ Gwydion – TBA
········ Avenged Sevenfold – TBA
········ Negative – TBA
········ Krieg – The Isolationist
········ Haemorrhage – TBA
········ Gaia Epicus – Dark Secrets
········ Septicflesh – TBA
········ Ragnarok – Collectors Of The King
········ Mors Principium Est – TBA
········ Manticora – TBA
········ Aeon – TBA
········ Benighted – TBA
········ Godsmack – TBA
········ Winterfylleth – The Mercian Sphere
········ Labyrinth – Return To Heaven Denied Pt.2
········ Voodoo Six – TBA
········ In Vain – Mantra
········ Darkane – TBA
········ Legion Of The Damned – TBA [DVD]
········ Visions Of Atlantis – TBA
········ Agalloch – TBA
········ Moonspell – TBA
········ Demon Hunter – TBA
········ Revolution Renaissance – TBA
········ Blind Guardian – TBA
········ Falconer – TBA
········ Waylander – TBA
········ Gloria Morti – Anthems Of Annihilation (Working Title)
········ Nachtmystium – Black Meddle Part II (Working Title)
········ Master – The Human Machine
········ Pegazus – TBA
········ Circus Maximus – TBA
········ Misery Index – TBA

Listening new album of Nile now :>, The top 10 of this year list coming next month

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My new axe

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Arkold Thos

My new ltd-401 guitar with EMG pickups

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Arkold Thos

Just seen in BestBuy that the release date of Final Fantasy Versus XIII for Playstation 3 is 6/20/2010. Hurray!

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Upgrading WordPress

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Arkold Thos

Common problem while upgrading WordPress, lately when I click on automatic upgrade, I’m having problems with memory allocation, this upgrade (2.8.5), the same problem that I had on last versions of WordPress. I had to download the diff file and patch it, now here the solution:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 2354671 bytes) in ../public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/http.php on line 1331

How to fix the upgrade problem of WordPress, first, you have to open your FTP client on the folder the blog is and open wp-config.php and add this under MySQL setting sections and you add this.

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');

Click on upgrade and the problem got fixed! Good luck!

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Google Wave invitations, who have?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Arkold Thos

I was wondering if someone that reads mine blog has an invitation for Google Wave that could send it to me. Well if someone haves one please comment here and put your email there, I’ll contact you, I would be happy! . Thanks in advance!

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Installing Firefox 3.5 with Flash 64 bits on Karmic Koala

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Arkold Thos

Well, to stay using applications cutting edge, you need to update from your old Firefox 3 to Firefox 3.5, and sometimes is a pain to make it work with Flash for first time if you haven’t used Firefox before. So here is the fast guide, you must have universe repositories enabled.

Installing Firefox 3.5, before something else

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

After installing it, you will need to download Flash for 64 bits from Adobe Labs

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
tar xvfz libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Then a fast command to move it to the right place

sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Now open Firefox 3.5 and enjoy Flash!

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Intel Audio Issue fix in Karmic Koala

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Arkold Thos

This worked for me and I don’t know if will work with others, but here it is my solution

First of all, you have to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

search for this lines

# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

and put a # before it, and will look like

# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
# options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N

After each reboot, you will have to do this

sudo alsa force-reload
alsamixer

In alsamixer you will have to unmute the Master, Headphones, PCM, Center and LFE. And sound got fixed! I hope this works, but this will be fixed on coming days (I suppose that needs to before Karmic Koala release)

Looking on IRC I have noticed many people is getting problems with sound here I will add information that might work for more people.

Mitac computer (Polarina@freenode) with 00:1b.0 Audio Device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) added the following line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1 model="basic"

(Not sure if that probe_mask is required).

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Java Sound Synthesizer and TuxGuitar on Karmic

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Arkold Thos

Since I upgraded to Karmic Koala I missed using TuxGuitar, I found easier to install Virtual Box with Windows XP and then Guitar Pro 5 to search the guide, but well, I was quite bored this morning, I mean, is 6:52 am and I haven’t sleep nothing yet. So I started to see how make it work and thanks to ZaHACKieL on Ubuntu Forums found out how, and here an easy guide.

First of all, download and install TuxGuitar (if you got installed from repositories, uninstall them and install this) – this is for 64 bits, if you got 32 bits system or the download link on wget didn’t work, download the correct Ubuntu deb package from here

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tuxguitar/TuxGuitar/TuxGuitar-1.1/tuxguitar-1.1-ubuntu-amd64.deb?use_mirror=softlayer
sudo dpkg -i tuxguitar-1.1-ubuntu-amd64.deb

Now, we need to get Java Sound API: Soundbanks, I selected the deluxe edition, that have better sound quality and weights a little more (4MB) for others or if the download link is broken, here is the site link. In this same step we will make a move the extracted file to the folder where it belongs to.

wget http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/sound/soundbank-deluxe.gm.zip
unzip soundbank-deluxe.gm.zip
sudo mv soundbank-deluxe.gm /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib

Now all is installed!

Open Tuxguitar and go to Tools -> Settings -> Sound -> On MIDI Port select: Java Sound Synthesizer.

Now is working; the only problem that you might find is that the timebar on TuxGuitar don’t work as supposed, you can still change the instrument do you want to see but actually, it doesn’t show but I am able to live with that until the bug is fixed (I wish I can), tried with the binary and the Live version of TuxGuitar, none worked.

Dont ask me why Timidity now just don’t appear in TuxGuitar, I don’t have a clue, and now that it is working I don’t care, so no questions about this please!

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