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Howdy guys,, Now Its the turn of Mint 12..So new Tips and Tricks should come to help the new comers. So Here is some thing which will help the beginners and some professionals to over come the mounting confusion .To auto mount a device u need to follow the following steps Step 1: U need to create a directory where you will mount the drive .Use the following command : sudo mkdir /media/WinDriveD Step 2: Go To file system in the menu ,then go to /etc/fstab Step 3: then paste the below code in the bottom of the page , /dev/sda5 /media/WinDriveD ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=46 0 0 Step 4: By doing the above step, you will be able to mount the sda5 drive to the windrived now start terminal and type sudo mount –a This is how my /etc/fstab look like ----------------------------------------- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the univers...

Howdy Guys, Today i will tell you how to setup a Auto Login in your Fire Fox Browser.Usually Asianet Login may time from few seconds or may be a minute(in my case),This is how you can make a Auto login in any os.. Step 1: Install the Ad-don called, Secure login in the following link :: Secure Login Step 2: Now in Fire Fox tab Type "about:config" Step 3: Now search for extensions.secureLogin@blueimp.net.autoLogin  Step 4: Now turn the value to true ,by clicking the extension there Step 5: Now login to Asianet Data-line Login page again, in order to save the password  I think its all over now...If it don't work your Firefox maybe having some problem

Howdy Guys,                            Many will be looking to how to mount drives when you start the Ubuntu.Although there are many solutions , here is a simple solution to do it.Gut it will need internet connection to transfer a total data about 600KB.Here are the steps Step 1: Open Terminal and type: sudo apt-get install pysdm Tye your password and done,it will do the rest.Now you had installed a new App .To get it goto System>>Administration>>Storage Device Manager Step 2: Left side will show many sda's you have.T know your local drive try this on your terminal: sudo fdisk  -l /dev/sda The above command will display the local drives in your system Step 3: Select on the drive ,which you want to mount automatically and click Ok.All done

Hi readers, This is the method to change the login theme and background in Ubuntu.This has to be done at the following order.Here you will set the appearance screen in the login menu and u need to bring it back else it will make it difficult for you Step 1: Open terminal and type: sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow Step 2: Logout or switch user and select the background and the theme u needed to place then login Step 3: Now open terminal and type : sudo unlink /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop Now all done... enjoy Ubuntu...

Hi Guys i will tell you to how to change the Avatar ,which is your login picture in Ubuntu.This is not a new idea but i just came to know it. step 1: Go to system>>Preference>>About me Step 2: Click on the photo and select the photo which you want to use it as your Avatar Step 3: Logout and see the change Hope you understand it..

Howdy guys, Its been a long time since i posted one.S i had cam with something very helpful for a new Ubuntu beginner , as u may tried to update the Synaptic manager for update ,some packages may get broken and this will prevent you to install any other packages.So to solve it you can open the terminal and type the following two commands: Command 1: sudo dpkg --configure -a Command 2: sudo apt-get install -f Wonder!! it is fixed now...... if not fixed then tell me... bye guys