Script to Login to a remote machine with a given password

#!/bin/bash
HOST="localhost"
USER="myuname"
PASS="mypassword"

VAR=$(expect -c "
spawn ssh $USER@$HOST
expect \"password:\"
send \"$PASS\r\"
expect \"\\\\$\"
send \"ls\r\"
expect -re \"$USER.*\"
send \"logout\"
")

echo "==============="
echo "$VAR"


ref : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192929

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How to fix intel video card freezing problem in Ubuntu 10.04

If you have an intel video card of i845, i855 and other 8xx chips, most likely you're going to face a freezing problem when booting your computer as mentioned on here.

This issue was known by ubuntu team and they provided a few solutions for it, but the instructions are not quite easy to understand for new Linux users.

In order to apply any of those changes, you need to boot your computer using

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Downgrading GRUB [ Ubuntu 10.04 ]

Open a terminal:

Make backup copies of the main GRUB 2 folders & files. (Optional)

sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.old
sudo cp -R /etc/grub.d /etc/grub.d.old
sudo cp -R /boot/grub /boot/grub.old

Remove GRUB 2

sudo apt-get purge grub2 grub-pc


The system will be unbootable until another bootloader is installed.
Once the packages are removed, many files will still remain in ‘/boot/

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Easter eggs in Firefox !!

Visit these addresses in Firefox 3:
about:mozillaabout:robots
Also some other interesting things to find:
about:configabout:cacheabout:creditsabout:licenseabout:buildconfig


finaly try this too in your firefox's address bar
chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

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How to change Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) 's Plymouth ( boot splash ) theme

You need to first go to synaptic and search for 'plymouth', and then add more themes. or do


sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-*


after that execute in terminal


sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth




select the desired theme !!

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Expected features in Fedora 13 Goddard

boot.fedoraproject.org

boot.fedoraproject.org (BFO) is one of the unique features in Fedora. This effort by Fedora community hopes to completely remove DVD installations in long term. It allows users to download a single, tiny image and install current and future versions of Fedora without having to download additional images.
This method is similar to Pxeboot, can also be considered as a Fedora

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