Yahoo messenger problem in Empathy in Linux/ubuntu

Posted Dec 22, 2009 by Softminer
in June 2009 yahoo has chenged some setting regarding to instant messaging and cause empathy not to work in last configuration.

if you can not login into yahoo messanger using Empathy  this would help you:

to fix the problem after creating an yahoo messenger account:

change scs.msg.yahoo.com to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com



update: Gyachi is the other messenger for ubuntu with sound and video
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VPNC for linux

Posted Dec 22, 2009 by Softminer
Freiburg university users need to have VPN connection to connect to local university network.

university usually suggest cisco-vpn but VPNC software is more easier to install.

to install vpnc i386 on ubuntu:

1. download and install vpnc i386 from
+ or +

2. Create a config file /etc/vpnc/default.conf :
you can easily copy sample.conf to default.conf

IPSec gateway ipsec-rz.vpn.uni-freiburg.de
IPSec ID campus
IPSec secret campus
Xauth username username
Xauth password pass

3. To start the client, enter: vpnc
4. To stop the client, enter: vpnc-disconnect
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Debugging Java script in visual studio 2008

Posted Dec 21, 2009 by Softminer
Usually firefox has some extensions for debugging javascript.

to debug javascript in visual studio asp.net 2008 do the following steps:

Enable client-side script debugging in Internet Explorer
1.Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.
2.On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3.On the Advanced tab, locate the Browsing section, and uncheck the Disable script debugging check box, and then click OK.
4.Close Internet Explorer.

In your JavasSript function add the keyword debugger .
like this

debugger;

This causes VS.NET to switch to debug mode when it runs that line.

Run your ASP.Net application in debug mode.

PS: SLint.VS is Add-In for Visual Studio that provides errors in JavaScript during compiling enabling you to spend less time in browser catching bugs and typos.

http://www.codeplex.com/jslint
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Temporary email address

Posted Dec 13, 2009 by Softminer
most of the time while surfing the web you need an email address for registration.

here is some websites that you can use as temporary email address.

http://mailinator.com
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