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Set Proxy For Picasa In Ubuntu

Published on March 10, 2009 in Tech. 0 Comments
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Ubuntu logo

I am behind a proxy server and needed to set the proxy for picasa to work on my Ubuntu Intrepid. The instructions have been recorded below :

  • First you need to start the registry editor of picasa
    • /opt/picasa/bin/wrapper regedit
    • The above should do. However my picasa wrapper was located at a different place, namely
      • /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/wrapper regedit
    • Check yours and run the command appropriately
  • Navigate to the following user key
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings
  • Now we need to add a few entries. They are
    • ProxyEnable
      • REG_BINARY
      • 01 00 00 00
    • ProxyOverride
      • String value
    • ProxyServer
      • String value
      • Server:Port
        • For example I had to set 144.16.192.247:8080
  • Thats it, done. The change should be immediate.
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Change Firefox Location Bar Search Engine

Published on February 4, 2009 in Tech. 2 Comments
Google Search

Google Search

I have been using firefox for quite a long time now and have got used to its location bar search action. Recently, I did a few plugin installs and uninstalls and somehow managed to mess up the configuration such that the location bar search failed. It would display a neterror message and an error page instead of the google search or the I’m Feeling Lucky result. Upon searching for some time, I came across the fix.

Its pretty simple. All you have to do is this -

  • Type about:config in the location bar and press enter.
  • In the filter text box shown, type keyword. Alternately, you could try searching for the keyword.url option.
  • Modify the value of this key to this – http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=

That’s it ! We are done. Once again the search feature from location bar works. Also you could have any other search engine instead of google by appropriately modifying the value of the key.

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Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life For Me

Published on September 20, 2008 in Tech. 0 Comments

Google has released a new lingo – Pirates. Save the Settings page and then navigate to google search to see the new homepage.

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