Najam Sikander Awan
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101 Hidden Tips & Secrets For Photoshop
Apr 13th
1. Press Tab will hide tool bar and palette, Shift+Tab will hide only palette.
2. Hold Shift + click the top blue bar for toolbar and palette will move them to the nearest edge.
3. Double click the top blue bar, on any palette window, to minimize it.
4. Double click the gray background will bring up open file option, Hold Shift+double click will open up the browser.
5.
Sick of the default gray background around your image? Select paint
bucket, hold shift and click on the gray background, it will change to
whatever color you have in your foreground color box.
6. In Photoshop, all “Cancel” buttons in a window can be changed to a “Reset” button by holding Alt.
7. Caps lock will switch your cursor for accuracy.
8. Press F button, it will switch between 3 different screen modes and give you more working area.
9. To draw a straight line, click then move to the end point and hold shift + click.
10. Hold Ctrl will temporary make any tool into move tool until you release Ctrl.
11. Ctrl + Alt and click drag the image, it will make a duplication of the current image over lay on top.
12. Hold Space bar, it will make any tool into “Hand Tool” until you release Space bar.
13. While in Zoom Tool, Ctrl+space = zoom in, alt+space = zoom out.
14. Hold Ctrl and press “+” or “-” it will change the % for image in navigator window.
15.
When Using eyedropper tool to capture foreground color, hold Alt and
click, it will instantly capture the color for background.
16.
With Measure Tool, draw a line then hold Alt and draw another line from
the end of the first line, it will measure the angle.
17. Ctrl+Alt+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z will go back and forth in the history.
18.
Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace will fill in the whole screen with
foreground color or background color, Shift+backspace will bring up
option window, Alt+Shift+Backspace and Ctrl+Shift+Backspace, will fill
the image with foreground or background color but will leave the alpha
transparent area alone.
19. When free transforming with Ctrl+T,
hold Alt to keep the original image and then to transform a duplicated
layer of it. Ctrl+Shift+T to repeat whatever you did in the last
transform.
20. To make sure your Crop is on the edge of the image, hold Ctrl while cropping.
21. Ctrl+J will duplicate the current layer.
22.
Ctrl+Shift+E will merge all visible layers to one layer,
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E will make a copy of the original and merge all visible
layers.
23. While using Marquee Tools, hold Alt it will make the starting point as a center of the selection.
24. Ctrl + D to deselect, Ctrl+Shift+D to reselect what you deselected.
25. While selecting with Marquee tool, pressing the space bar can allow you to move the selection.
26. Hold Shift and press “+” or “-” it will switch between the layer mode:
N = Normal
I = Dissolve
M = Multiply
S = Screen
O = Overlay
F = Soft Light
H = Hard Light
D = Color Dodge
B = Color Burn
K = Darken
G = Lighten
E = Difference
X = Exclusion
U = Hue
T = Saturation
C = Color
Y = Luminosity
Q = Behind 1
L = Threshold 2
R = Clear 3
W = Shadow 4
V = Midtones 4
Z = Highlights 4
***The shortcut works even for following situation:
***Alpha turned off, Indexed Mode, Line tool, Bucket Tools, Dodge and Burn Tools
27. While using Brush or any other tools, change the opacity by typing the number.
*** type one number for % of it’s ten times [4=40%]
***type two number for exact % [press 7 then 2 will get 72%]
28. Hold Alt while clicking on the eye icon beside the layer, it will hide all other layers.
29. Hold Alt while clicking the pen icon beside the layer, it will unchain this layer from all layers.
30. Select a layer, hold Alt and click the top edge of another layer, it will group them.
31. Hold Alt and click the button “Create a new layer”, it will create a new adjustment layer.
32.
Select a layer and hold Alt, then click on the garbage can button. It
will instantly delete the layer, marquee where you want alpha and
Ctrl+click the “Create new channel” button, it will create an alpha
only on the area you marquee.
33. File> Automate > Contact
Sheet: this can create a small thumbnail for every file, this can save
you some time from searching.
34. When Move Tool is selected,
toolbox on top can be useful from time to time, these are “Auto select
layer” and “Show bounding box”.
35. While Move Tool is selected,
hold Shift (Alt+Shift+Right click) and allow whether or not to make a
current layer chain with your upper layer.
36. With grid on,
click the top left corner of the grid and drag to anywhere on the image
to set the pivot, double clicking on the icon again reset the pivot.
37. After, draw a path on the image with pen tool, Ctrl+shift+H can hide/show it.
38. Control Navigator with keyboard sometimes can be more time efficient than mouse.
***
Home = move to top left corner
End = move to right bottom corner
PageUp = move up one page
PageDown = move down one page
Ctrl+PageUp = move left one page
Ctrl+PageDown = move right one page
Shift+PageUp = move up 10 pixel
Shift+PageDown = move down 10 pixel
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp = move left 10 pixel
Ctrl+Shift+PageDown = move right 10 pixel
39. Ctrl+Tab allows you to switch between different image files you are working on.
40. F12 = Revert to how the file was the last time you saved it.
41. Shortcuts for Channel: RGB, CMYK, indexed color…
***
Ctrl+”~” = RGB
Ctrl+1 = red
Ctrl+2 = green
Ctrl+3 = blue
Ctrl+4 = other path
Ctrl+9 = other path
Ctrl+”~” = CMYK
Ctrl+1 = light green
Ctrl+2 = pink red
Ctrl+3 = yellow
Ctrl+4 = black
Ctrl+5 = other path
Ctrl+9 = other path
Ctrl+1 = Indexed
Ctrl+2 = other path
Ctrl+9 = other path
42. hold Ctrl then you can draw a red box in the Navigator thumbnail for viewing.
43. Hold Alt and click on any of the history steps, that step will be copied and become the most recent one.
44. Alt drag a step from a serial action can copy it to another action.
45. Alt-click the flare preview thumb, and you can fill in numerical co-ordinates for lens flare.
46. Holding Shift + Alt while transforming an object will do it proportionally, from the center.
47.
If you have the move tool selected and you want something duplicated
just hold the alt key and move the image, holding the Shift + Alt while
doing this, it will move it along one axis.
48. If you want to
straighten an image that is crooked (maybe from scanning), click on the
eyedropper tool or hit the I key 3 times to get the ruler. Click on the
left side of the straight edge, then the right side of the straight
(but crooked) edge. The choose Image> Rotate Canvas> Arbitrary,
Photoshop will give you the degrees of rotation you just click ok.
49.
If you create something in Illustrator, copy and paste it in Photoshop,
it will ask you if you want this to be a pixel, path, or shape layer.
50.
If you have a mask on a layer and you want to place a image in there
and keep the mask. Simply open the image, say copy, and then Ctrl click
on the layer to select the mask and use Shift + Ctrl + V to paste it
into the mask which will also put it on a new layer as well.
51. To center an image, Ctrl + A , Ctrl + X, Ctrl + V, I think it also puts that image on a new layer.
52. Ctrl+E will merge the highlighted layer down to the next
53. When you have a brush selected, using [ or ] will scroll up or down that brush list.
54.
Double clicking the zoom tool will make the image 100%, double clicking
the hand tool will fit the image to your screen resolution.
55. Typing Content:
Ctrl + H will hide the highlight on your selected type.
If
you click once while your type is selected on the font list, you can
use your arrows to scroll up and down and see the fonts change on the
fly!
Alt + Left or Right arrows will change your tracking in increments of 10
Ctrl + Alt + Left or Right arrows will change your tracking in increments of 100
Ctrl + Alt + Up or Down arrows will change your leading in increments of 10 pts
Shift + Ctrl with < or > will change your font size in increments of 2 pts
56. Ctrl + Alt + T to make a copy of the layer in which you want to transform.
57. Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow. duplicates the layer you are on.
58. Change the active layer : Alt + [ or ].
59. Move the active layer up and down : Ctrl + [ or ].
60. Link 2 layers: with move tool click in the first layer hold Shift and click in the second one.
61.
Ctrl+[plus key] will let you zoom in on an image anytime while
Ctrl+[minus key] zooms out. Ctrl+Alt+[plus key] will zoom in AND RESIZE
the window to fit the image size… same for Ctrl+Alt+[minus key] as
well.
62. When using the Polygonal Lasso Tool, click backspace to undo a lasso step.
63. Pressing X will switch the selected foreground and background colors.
64. Pressing D will reset the foreground and backgrounds colors to black and white.
65.
If your image has multiple layers, create a Marquee selection and press
Ctrl+Shift+Cit won’t work if you selected a hidden layer) will copy the
image into memory as if they were flattened! Paste it on a new document
to see the result.
66. Ctrl+Alt+Z will do multiple undo, versus just one.
67. Ctrl+click a layer thumbnail to select the layer transparency
68. To see what your layer mask looks like (and edit it), Alt+click its thumbnail in the layers palette
69.
Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and click the Help bar with your mouse, drag it
down and highlight “About Photoshop” and let go of the left mouse
button for a different About Photoshop splash/screen.
70. When using Polygon lasso tool hold Shift to make a perfect line, it goes every 30 degrees
71.Photoshop
CS2: Group many layers by clicking the layers you want to group by
clicking it while holding the Shift key down, and then press Ctrl+G to
group them into a folder for means of better organization.
72. Ctrl+Shift+N creates a new layer with a dialog box; Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N gets you a new layer without the hassle.
73. Back to brush, [ and ] will increase/decrease your brush size, Shift + [ or ] will soften or harden your brush edge.
74.
Still in [ and ], Ctrl + [ or ] will move your currently selected layer
up and down the hierarchy and Shift + [ or ] will select upper layer or
lower layer.
75. Stamp Tool (s) is used to copy an area of image
(defined by alt+clicking and area) and paint it somewhere else
(cloning). It also works when you have multiple images open at the same
time. Alt click an area of any opened file image and paint it anywhere
else.
76. After you created a text you can click on font type
tab and tap “down” key over and over to scroll through the font list
and see the changes in (relatively) real time. A feature that I am
tired of waiting to happen in illustrator.
77. Still in text
mode, a trick from Microsoft word to apply hi-light to your text hit
Ctrl+Shift+ < or > to resize your text, to your preferred font
size. Pressing Ctrl key while you are typing also gives you a free
transform box temporarily and will go if you release it. Resizing text
also works by pressing Ctrl+T (on selected layer, not when you are
typing). It still retains as an editable text layer after.
78.
And remember, pressing enter when you type will take you to a new line
just like typing a letter but pressing Ctrl+Enter or Enter on numeric
key will finish what you type.
79. You can drag a layer on to
any other opened images in Photoshop and it will copy it as a layer
(better than copy and paste image). Holding down Shift while moving it
will snap the image right on the center of the other opened image
80. If you are working with sets….
Click
on the set, in the blending mode it shows pass through by default… if
you have an adjustment layer within a set and you want that adjustment
layer to effect those layers underneath it within the set only, set the
blending mode of the set to “normal” instead.
CODE
Mentioned before with more explanation:
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Pressed F to switch to 3 different viewing mode… when I first try it
I said “wtf? what it’s for?” Well, if you are sick of painting your
image on the corners just to find yourself resizing your current image
window, with F you can pan way outside your image. Happy corner
painting!!
- Create a new file, 500×500 px, create a new
layer, get a standard brush and paint a dot on the top center of your
image (like the number 12 position on a clock). Press Ctrl+Alt+T, it
will duplicate your original layer and free transform the new one. Move
the pivot point (the circle with little dot in it found when you are
free transforming something) to the center of your image, rotate your
image 30 degrees to the right and hit OK to confirm the transform
now………
Be excited……….
Hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T 10 times and see what happens!
81.
When using the “move tool” you can select any layer by holding down the
CTL key(CMD on a Mac) and clicking on the part of the layer on the
canvas with your mouse. This way you won’t have to go to the Layers
palette every time and you don’t have to keep checking on or off the
auto select options for the move tool.
82. You can link up
layers without going into the layers palette, by selecting the layer
(how I just mentioned above) and holding down CTL + Shift(CMD + SHIT on
a Mac) for each additional layer you want to link up. You can unlink
them by clicking on the layer again.
83. You can delete more
than one layer at a time…….by linking up all the layer you want to
delete, and holding down CTL(CMD on a Mac) while you click on the
garbage icon to delete the layer.
84. When using the type tool
you can ok it by pressing CTL + Enter(CMD + Enter on a Mac) instead of
clicking on the check mark on the options.
85. If you have more
than one type layer, and want to make any of the following changes
color/font/size/alignment/initializing to all of the type layers at the
same time…..All you have to do is link up the type layer, hold down
the Shift key and in the options for the type tool make your change
i.e. color, size, etc.
86. You can use your number pad to change
opacity for a layer…. I.e. type 5 and the opacity will be 50; type 55
and the opacity will be 55. You can use the number pad for any tool
that uses opacity…like the airbrush tool, stamp tool, brush,
gradient, etc.
87. Pressing Tab key will hide the Tools palette
and any other palette that you have on the stage. Pressing “F” will
change between Full Screen modes. Using these two tips you can view
your work Full Screen without any palettes.(You can press CTL+Alt+0 to
fit your work to the screen, or you can press CTL+0 to zoom to 100%)
88. Pressing the “+” and “-” keys while holding down CTL+Alt will resize the whole document window, not just the work area.
89.
You can delete a layer by holding down the “Alt” key and pressing “L”
twice……actually now with Photoshop 7 you got to press “L” three
times. It’s not actually a keyboard shortcut, but it’s a quick way to
do it….don’t know if it works on a MAC.
90. Pan documents with the space bar.
91. Ctrl+click a layer (in layers palette) to select it’s transparency.
92. Ctrl+Alt+click between 2 layers in the palette to group them.
93. Alt + click in “add layer mask” button to add a black layer mask (instead of a white one).
94.
When you select something, pressing Ctrl+J will copy the selected area
and add another layer with the copied area – opposing copying the
layer, making a new layer, and pasting it.
95. To glue the
palettes together (all palettes combined into one strip), you just drag
& drop a palette onto the end of another palette (watch the
rectangle that indicates where the palette will get attached to).
96. Hold down Alt while Burning to Dodge instead, and vice versa.
97.
Ctrl-click a layer to select an objects; alternatively, you may select
more than one object/s in more than 1 layer by holding Shift while
using the method just mentioned (Ctrl-click). To deselect, just press
Ctrl+D.
98. If you have a mini scroll on your mouse, you may use that to zoom in (scroll up) or zoom out (scroll down).
99.
Need to locate a layer quick? Use the Move Tool (V) and right click on
the area the object lays. There should now be a “cursor-menu” with all
the layers that is in that particular area. Now take a good guess and
see which one of them fits the shoe; select a layer and Ctrl-Click the
layer in the Layer Palette – see if the selection traces the object you
desired to edit/find. Useful for those messy people (i.e. me!).
100.
Need to get rid of a background quick? Assuming you at least know how
to crop around an object, do so. Now press Ctrl+I or Shift+Ctrl+I for
Inverse Selection. Press Ctrl+X to %@#!* that part out, and you should
be left with the object!
101. Want to save the time from loading
All your Photoshop brushes, when your Photoshop accidentally forgets to
load them up (happens to me sometimes)? Select the brush tool, and
click the little arrow pointing right (located at the top toolbar),
next to the Master Diameter tick. Go down to Preset Manager and now
there should be a menu of all the brushes currently loaded. Click on
the first brush (top left) and scroll down to the bottom. Now hold
Shift and click the last brush (bottom right). This should highlight
all the brushes. See the “Save Set” to the right in the menu? Click
that and name your brush set whatever you want, for this matter I just
name it All (so I remember that this brush set contains all the brushes
I currently have loaded, and is located near the top when loading the
brushes up).
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Vychat alternative for my suse 10.2 laptop
Mar 12th
After switching to suse what I badly missed is vychat a very popular LAN chat client
that support many useful functions such as file transfer and real time chat capabilities. All of my network users use windows and they communicate and file transfer with each other using vychat so after setting up suse I googled and end up with many vychat clones for unix and linux. Below is the list of some clones
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Trix
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Vqcc-gtk
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Vyqchat
I have successfully installed trix and vqcc-gtk but the only problem with them is that they were not showing any users. So I decided to take help from linux irc help channels and from there a kind guy named yasir told me that i have to either disable firewall or add vychat ports to my susefirewall.
After disabling firewall i get all of my users in trix and vqcc-gtk. You can turn on and off firewall on suse by typing following commands in shell as root.
Turning firewall off
rcSuSEfirewall2 stop
turning firewall on
rcSuSEfirewall2 start
How to enable full multimedia capabilities on Suse 10.2 using the xine engine
Mar 12th
NOTE: The package manager in Suse 10.2 appears to be working a lot better than the one in 10.1, so this time we will be using YAST and not SMART to install the required packages.
The first step in resolving the multimedia issue is to setup additional YAST software sources. The software repositories used in this howto, are Packman and Guru. If possible, please use a mirror instead of the main download site to prevent overloading one download location. The mirrors for Packman are listed here and the ones for Guru are on the section titled “Mirrors” on this page.
Adding the Packman Repository
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Start YAST -> Software -> Installation Source and click on “add”
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Select HTTP or FTP as the protocol and click on “next”
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In the box that is labeled “Server Name” enter the address of the ftp or http server of your mirror e.g. mirror.geht-schon.de or ftp.uni-erlangen.de. Please do not enter the preceding http:// or ftp://.
Working Example:
Server Name: mirror.geht-schon.de -
In the box labeled “Directory on Server”, enter the path to the packman directory for Suse 10.2 e.g. /packman.links2linux.de/suse/10.2 or /pub/mirrors/packman/suse/10.2
Working Example:
Directory on Server: /packman.links2linux.de/suse/10.2 - Once thats done, click on the finish button and depending on your net connection YAST may take a few seconds or a few minutes to setup the repo.
NOTE: If you are asked about a “KEY” please choose the option to import the key.
Adding the Guru Repository
*The process is similar to adding the packman repo, the only difference being the mirros, so I won’t delve into that. Follow the instructions above and just substitute server names and directory paths.
Working Example
Server Name: ftp.gwdg.de
Directory on Server: /pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.2/RPMS
Installing the required packages
Once the mirrors have been setup do the following,
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YAST -> Software -> Software Management
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Search for xine and when the search results show up:
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Select libxine1 for installation
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Select xine-lib for deinstallation
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If you want amarok to use the xine engine, select “amarok-xine” for installation if it is not already installed
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If you use totem and prefer to use xine instead of gstreamer as the backend, select libxine1-gnome-vfs for installation
- Search for w32codec and select it for installation
Once thats done, click accept and YAST should install the packages for you and hopefully you can play mp3, mp4, wmv etc.
NOTE: We did not use any packages from the Guru repository, but it has some apps e.g. Kmplayer, amarok-xmms, and others as well as not multimedia packages that you may find useful.
Playing encrypted DVD discs
Xine cannot play encrypted dvd discs without some help. If you want to do this, then go to videolan and download the libdvdcss rpm. Install the rpm by doing
Code:
#rpm -Uvh libdvdcss2-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm
NOTE: Using libdvdcss maybe illegal in your country, so please check with the authorities before downloading and using it. We will not be held responsible or accountable if you use this software where you are not supposed to.
A note on package management
If you have problems with your package manager, it maybe a good idea to drop back to the old Suse package manager instead of the Zenworks related tools. To do this do
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YAST -> Software -> Software Management
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On the “Filter” box, select “Patterns”
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Navigate to the “Enterprise Software Management” pattern and deselect it and all the packages listed on the right
- Click accept and once YAST has completed the changes, close it and reboot.
When the system starts, you will notice that you have different tools for updating the system although YAST will work as usual but using the old backend.
NOTE: As usual, any comments, addition and correction are welcome.
Have fun. 
reinstall grub after installing windows xp
Mar 1st
hi guyz
Today i formated my c drive in which vista was installed and i replaced it with windows xp after installing win xp into my c drive my boot loader is disappeared as expected.
Fixing grub (boot loader) is simple insert your suse 10.2 dvd or frist cd into drive and boot from it choose “Rescue System” after loading some stuff system will take you into command prompt
- first I list all of my partitions by using fdisk -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 2167 17406396 7 Fat32 /dev/sda2 5822 12161 50926050 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda3 2168 5821 29350755 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda5 5822 6076 2048256 b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda6 6077 6270 1558273+ 82 Linux swap /dev/sda7 6271 7837 12586896 83 Linux /dev/sda8 7838 12161 34732498+ 83 Linux
- Then enter grub
- root (hd0,6)
- setup (hd0)
- quit
- reboot
Realtek HD sound card working
Feb 20th
Hi guyz
My sound card working now after installing latest Alsa driver, Lib and Utils.
Compile alsa-driver like this:
./configure –with-cards=hda-intel
make
make install
and alsa-lib and alsa-util in this order like this:
./configure
make
make install
Reboot and there you go!
Regards
Najam Sikander Awan
oh God Hd audio driver for linux
Feb 13th
hi guyz;
Well after solving problem for my lan card through mac spoofing next problem that I want to solve now is making sound work on my acer laptop while running fedore core 6 live cd.
Now as i inspect my hardware i get to know that i have a realtek sound card that has hd audio codec Alc 883 now.
to check if your hardware is detected by linux or not you have to run following command in shell
/sbin/lspci
This will list hardware check your sound card vendor and note model for your card.
output of sbin/lspci for my laptop is listed below
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Now as i googled i come to know that this problem is because alsa bug and older kernel many users with latest kernel like 2.6.17 and fedora 6 live hai kernel 2.6.18 so i think i don’t need to play with kernel.
You can also find currently running modules for your sound card by running following into shell/sbin/lsmod
output of /sbin/lsmod is given below
Module Size Used by
i915 23361 3
drm 72789 4 i915
ipv6 267489 12
hidp 24129 2
rfcomm 46041 0
l2cap 31681 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 58917 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
cpufreq_ondemand 11085 1
dm_mirror 33041 0
video 21061 0
sbs 20225 0
i2c_ec 9281 1 sbs
button 10961 0
battery 14405 0
asus_acpi 20697 0
ac 9541 0
parport_pc 31205 0
lp 17033 0
parport 40841 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_hda_intel 22613 2
snd_hda_codec 154049 1 snd_hda_intel
joydev 13697 0
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0
snd_seq_oss 37185 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57137 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 12621 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 46561 0
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80325 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
ipw2200 112037 0
snd_timer 27077 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
pcspkr 7361 0
serio_raw 11205 0
snd 57029 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
8139too 31169 0
8139cp 28609 0
i2c_i801 11853 0
soundcore 14113 1 snd
mii 9665 2 8139too,8139cp
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core 25537 2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801
ieee80211 34953 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 10433 1 ieee80211
ext3 136009 1
jbd 63337 1 ext3
squashfs 49093 1
dm_snapshot 21357 1
dm_mod 61529 6 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
loop 20297 134
uhci_hcd 27725 0
ehci_hcd 35661 0
ide_cd 42337 3
cdrom 38625 1 ide_cd
Now 2nd thing is to check your alsa driver version now i don’t how to check that 
currently stuck on that i don’t know from where to download alsa driver for fedora 6 live and then how to make it work and i don’t want to run fedora 6 live on my laptop i just want all the functionality while running it with cd.
Please help me out here.
Check my laptop specification if you need to know them to solve this problem.
Regards
Najam Sikander Awan
My Acer Aspire 1642ZNWLCi
Feb 13th
Hi i just wanted to share my laptop specification with you.
- Intel Pentium M processor 735A (1.7 Ghz, 400 Mhz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
- 15.4” CrystalBrite LCD
- Intel Graphics Media Accelator 900 has 64mb for games
- 60 Gb hdd
- 512Mb DDr2
- 802.11b/g
i have two laptops of this configuration.
Regards
Najam Sikander Awan
Fedora Core6 live-configuring internet by spoofing mac address
Feb 11th
hi
Guyz i am writing this post while using fedora core 6 live cd and it took 2 hours to make internet working on this live distro.
I have acer 1642ZNWLCi with 1.7 ghz, 512 mb, and 60 gb HDD. I have a cabel connection and my cabel operator is keepig record of my mac address and only one mac address is allowed so to run internet on all my pc i have to spoof mac addresss. If you like to spoof your mac address for fedora core 6 live follow these steps.
1. get su by typing su in shell and hit enter.
2. run /sbin/ifconfig and check your ethernet details check its on enth0 or eth1 interface for my case its eth1.
3. then run /sbin/ifconfig eth1 down hw ether 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
4. then run /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up
5. finally run /sbin/ifconfig to check if your mac address changed or not. for my case its changed.
now its all set up fire your browser like firefox or firefox 
and visit any site you want like http://www.najam.wordpress.com/
Best of luck now
Regards
Najam Sikander Awan
How to make custom spray for CS
Jan 6th
hi
its very easy to use custome sprays in counter strike just follow all the steps given below
1. download spray file with extension wad
2. then rename it to tempdecal.wad
3. now i have cs 1.6
4. goto Counter-Strike\cstrike and paste wad file
5. now start game goto options select srap
6. apply it and start playing and during play press T to spray.
vola
