Pidgin SSL Certificate Error? Here’s The Fix

Pidgin SSL Certificate Error? Here’s The Fix

Update: The latest version of Pidgin (2.7.7) has fixed this issue. For Windows users, uninstall your current version, download and install the latest version. For Ubuntu users, add the following PPA and update your system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

If you are using Pidgin to connect to your MSN messenger, you will probably receive the SSL certificate error message. it’s kinda irritating and prevents you from connecting to your MSN account. Here’s the fix.

1. Go to https://omega.contacts.msn.com/
2. On the URL bar, click on the security lock (usually just in front of the URL). Click on the certificate information.

3. Go to the Detail tab and click the “Export” button. Save the file as “omega.contacts.msn.com” (without the quotes).

4. Copy and paste this file to
“/home/your-username/.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers/omega.contacts.msn.com”. When prompted, select “Replace” to replace the existing file.
That’s it. Open your Pidgin and the SSL certificate error will be gone.

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Install Photoshop CS5 in Ubuntu Maverick 10.10

Install Photoshop CS5

in Ubuntu Maverick

10.10

If you are running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and own a copy of the Photoshop CS 5 installer, you will find that you won’t be able to install it under wine. Photoshop CS5 on Ubuntu 10.4 works fine, but not 10.10. Here’s what I did to get it running on my Ubuntu Maverick machine.
What you’ll need:

• A computer running Ubuntu Maverick
• A computer running Windows (it doesn’t have to be a computer. It can be a virtual machine running Windows in Virtualbox)
• A copy of Photoshop CS5 installer. You can get the trial version at Adobe website

Let’s get started

In your Windows machine, download (if you don’t own a copy) and install the Photoshop CS5.
Once the installation is completed, go the Start menu and type “regedit” on the search bar. The registry window will appear. Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Adobe“, right click the Adobe folder and select “Export”. When prompted, name the file “adobe.reg”.


Back to your Ubuntu Maverick machine, we will need to install wine and the Microsoft true type fonts

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1	sudo apt-get install wine ttf-mscorefonts-installer

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winecfg

This will create the “.wine” folder and prepare wine for usage.
Next, we are going to perform some hacks

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1	wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

2	sh winetricks msxml6 gdiplus gecko vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 msxml3 atmlib

Copying Photoshop files from Windows

Since we can’t get the installer to work in Ubuntu 10.10, we have to copy the core files from Windows to the Ubuntu machine. Folders/files you need to copy/paste are listed down below:

Copy the following folders/files from Windows	and	Paste to Ubuntu
C:\Program Files\Adobe\	->	$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe	->	$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files/Adobe
C:\Documents and Settings\$USER\Application Data\Adobe	->	$HOME/.wine/drive_c/users/$USER/Applications Data/Adobe
C:\windows\system32\odbcint.dll	->	$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/odbcint.dll

Lastly, save the “adobe.reg” file to the Home folder. In your terminal, type:

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1	wine regedit adobe.reg

This will import the “adobe.reg” into the wine registry.
That’s it. Now go to “Home -> .wine -> drive_c -> Program Files -> Adobe ->Adobe Photoshop CS5“, right click on the Photoshop.exe file and select “Open with Wine Windows Program Loader”.

Photoshop CS5 should load. You can also add a shortcut to the Application Menu for quick access.
Note:
1. Some people have mentioned that Photoshop CS5 in Ubuntu crashed with the text function. This has been fixed with the addition of atmlib.dll file.
2. Complex PSD file should load without problem.
3. The above mods were done with wine version 1.2.1. and Photoshop CS5 trial version. If you are using other version of wine or Photoshop, there is no guarantee that the above method will work.

Alternative to Photoshop CS5

For those who can’t get Photoshop CS5 to work, or find it too heavy for your daily usage, you can try out PhotoShop CS5 Portable. This is the unofficial portable version of Photoshop CS5 (not released by Adobe) and the installer work fine with wine. You will still need the atmlib.dll file for the text function to work.
:).

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Fix for GPG error UBUNTU

Fix for GPG error UBUNTU 

When you try to access ubuntu extras you might see following GPG error
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.
GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5C1192

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/Release
Solution
Open the terminal and run the following commands

gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 3E5C1192
gpg –export –armor 3E5C1192 | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

finish
If yaou got more error leave coment or send email to me thanks :).

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