#!/usr/bin/env python # Filename: passgen.py import random, string mystr = string.ascii_letters+string.digits random_string = [] while len(random_string) <= 8: random_string.append(random.choice(mystr)) print "".join(random_string)
September 15, 2010
Python password generator
September 14, 2010
Acer Aspire One USB Rescue Image
A lot of people have been asking about where to find a rescue USB image for the Acer Aspire One. A long time ago someone with the nick gouki volunteered to host the file on a private server, but unfortunately, this is not so anymore.
I have placed the file on a new server, so you can now find it at http://jorge.fbarr.net/files/aa1_usb_recovery_image.gz. Right on the link and select Save link as to download it.
As for instructions on how to use it, I’ll repost a snippet of what I’ve written previously in the article Acer Aspire One Tips and Tricks:
I had to use an external USB drive for this, as I don’t have a USB-pen that’s above 125MB, but it works just the same. Besides the Acer One Aspire, I’ve another machine with Fedora 9 on it. Once the external drive was plugged in, this is what dmesg came up with:
usb 2-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=0702 usb 2-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 2-2.1: Product: External HDD usb 2-2.1: Manufacturer: Western Digital usb 2-2.1: SerialNumber: 575845363037433636303733 usb-storage: device found at 14 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb-storage: device scan complete scsi 16:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 1200BEVExternal 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB) sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] 234441648 512-byte hardware sectors (120034 MB) sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through sdb: sdb1 sd 16:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk sd 16:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
So now we know that the drive has been assigned /dev/sdb. Let’s make the recovery usb drive then.
WARNING: This next command will end up erasing your WHOLE drive, so be cautious when you type it. As root, type:
# zcat aa1_usb_recovery_image.gz > /dev/sdbNotice that it’s /dev/sdb and NOT /dev/sdb1, as we’re overwriting the whole disk, and not just a partition of the disk.
That did the trick for me. Once the command was completed, remount the external drive and you’ll see that the new contents is there. Unmount it again, plug it into your Acer Aspire One, boot the machine, and press F12 during boot to select the USB-pen/external harddrive as the device to boot. You should be on your way towards recovery. :)
If someone happens to know how to do this in Windows, please give me a shout so that I can add it to this post. :)
A big thanks to Mithrandir for providing the file. :)
September 8, 2010
Spotify for Linux rpm
I’ve taken the liberty of converting the “Spotify for Linux”-files located at http://www.spotify.com/no/download/previews/ from .deb to .rpm. For now it can only be used if you have a Premium account.
To install it on Fedora 13, do the following:
su - rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://jorge.fbarr.net/files/spotify-client-gnome-support.noarch.rpm http://jorge.fbarr.net/files/spotify-client-qt.i386.rpm
And that’s it. Now you can run Spotify as a Linux-application instead of through Wine. :)
August 27, 2010
August 13, 2010
Hoping for a change
Time to write a little about what has happened I guess. If you’ve read my blog before, you’ve probably noticed that I sometimes go into hibernation mode, and nothing is written. It’s just that really, not that I’ve forgotten the blog, just that what I have to write isn’t that important. Not that this is either. But hey, I have to vent sometimes, right. :P
The last real thing I posted I guess was that I got married! My wife and I are really happy together, along with our two kids, which are growing fast! Noah got his first tooth not long ago, and Michael seems to be discovering more and more about himself. And things he can do. Boy has he discovered things. Let me just say that he need a chain and lock around his diapers so he can’t take them off during the night.
Being parents for two kids is really hard, and time consuming, but it really is worth it. Both our boys are starting to play with each other, so that’s always fun to see. :)
Work is going great as well, lots of challenges, and lots of opportunities to develop. So I’m glad on that department.
With me, well, things seem to be going in a new direction. Wednesday the 18th I start Taekwondo, and I’m really excited. Bit scared though, at 26 I feel kind of stupid, but I’m hoping that it’ll pass, and that I’ll be able to appreciate the training and discipline it requires. I’m really really hoping that it’ll be life-changing, and just the thing I need to get in shape. Time will tell I guess.
So here’s hoping for a change.
