“The finite mind tries to limit the infinite.” – Toba Beta
YOU ARE INFINITE!
Install + Config mutt-sidebar
Hello everyone !
Lets make mutt more intersting by adding sidebar in mutt. Install it
For ubuntu $ sudo apt-get install mutt-patched
For Arch $ sudo pacman -S package-query yaourt $ sudo yaourt -S mutt-sidebar
Add following to your .muttrc file and make changes accordingly.
#change width accordingly set sidebar_width=30 #Visible at first, then change its value to yes set sidebar_visible=no set sidebar_delim='|' set sidebar_sort=yes mailboxes =inbox =ml mailboxes =inbox =ml bind index CP sidebar-prev bind index CN sidebar-next bind index CO sidebar-open bind pager CP sidebar-prev bind pager CN sidebar-next bind pager CO sidebar-open macro index b '<enter-command>toggle sidebar_visible<enter>' macro pager b '<enter-command>toggle sidebar_visible<enter>' bind index B bounce-message
Shortcuts to use
CP = Previous folder in sidebar CN = Next folder in sidebar CO = Open Selected folder in sidebar b = toggle sidebar
If you want to change shortcuts, then change the values in .muttrc file accordingly.
Enjoy your new mutt sidebar. 😛
xterm : enable 256 color support on : xterm-256color
You might need 256 bit color support in your various terminal applications like vim, mutt, mplayer, htop and others. Below are the instructions to enable 256 bit color support.
Pretty quick, issue command in your terminal
$ export TERM=xterm-256color
To make it permanant, add the same to your .bashrc or .zshrc file, according to the shell you’re using.
Test the output with
(x=`tput op` y=`printf %76s`;for i in {0..256};do o=00$i;echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}$x;done)
That’s it, enjoy colors !
MUTT : Background sending with mSMTP
I am regular mutt user. Here is a good fix to remove waiting while the mutt interacts with the SMTP server to send an email. Previously I used a local mail server, now I am going to use mSMTP which is a SMTP Client just like mutt. We will let the mSMTP do the sending part in the background and will keep reading mails in the mutt, Sounds cool, eh ?
At First, Do Install and Configure mSMTP, don’t worry its a quick one.
Open your .muttrc file, remove smtp_url variable, or comment it.
#set smtp_url = "smtp://vigas@csiom.com@csiom.com"
Append following, change things accordingly.
#sets path to msmtp command set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp" set envelope_from=yes #Tells mSMTP to use which block of address to send the email macro generic "1" ":set from=email@gmail.com" #Background sending, Hurray ! set sendmail_wait=-1
That’s it guys !
Feel free to share problems, if any. I’ll be back after some sleep.
Installing and Configuring mSMTP
mSMTP is an SMTP client which can be used with various applications and scripts such as Mutt, Php, Python etc
Remember, we will do everything as a sudo user and NOT root.
Install the msmtp and ca-certificates packages.
For Arch $ sudo pacman -S msmtp ca-certificates
For Debian/Ubuntu $ sudo apt-get install msmtp ca-certificates
For Fedora/Rhel/CentOS $ sudo yum install msmtp ca-certificates
Create a new .msmtprc file in your home directory and open it with your favourite editor. VIM neerds alert! (If you don’t know what this means, never mind. Just open the file.)
$ vim ~/.msmtmrc
Copy following text into the .msmtprc file. If you have only one email ID, keep the default section, if you have more then two, add more accordingly.
account default
host smtp.gmail.com
from email@youremailhost.com
auth on
port 587
user email@gmail.com
password MySecret
logfile ~/.msmtp.log
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
account custom
tls off
tls_starttls off
host smtp.youremailhost.com
from email@youremailhost.com
auth yes
port 25
user email@youremailhost.com
passwordeval gpg -q --for-your-eyes-only --no-tty -d .mutt/.pass.gpg | awk '/email@youremailhost.com:/ {print $2}'
logfile ~/.msmtp.log
As you can see I have two examples one with simple password and one with encrypted password. You can use password variable for basic use, as used for default account in .msmtprc file. If you don’t want your friends to see your password, who use your computer, and more specifically your user, then you should definately use passwordeval variable. passwordeval variable tells the msmtp to fetch password from an encryped gpg file. More details on Encrypting password in with GnuPG, of course you need to see what you want from that link.
Test your configuration with following command
echo -e "Subject: Test Mail\r\n\r\nThis is a test mail" |msmtp --debug --from=default -t username@gmail.com
It probably won’t work 😉 Change permissions of .msmtprc file then.
chmod 600 .msmtprc
Doesn’t work? Apply common sense!
Still not working? poke me !
Troubleshoot Huawei E398 On Manjaro Linux
Its been days, my Tata Photon Plus device, E398 was not working properly on my favourite linux distro, Manjaro. So today I found some time to dig it and solve the problem.
Problem was that, My modem was showing up lsusb but was not getting detected by wvdial or dmesg.
$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 009: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard
First of all, install following packages.
Here, note down following.
Vendor ID = 12d1
Product ID = 1505
Now install these packages.
# pacman -S usb_modeswitch modemmanager wvdial ppp
Edit this file after installing the packages
vim /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules
Append following lines at the end, and replace Vendor ID and Product ID accordingly.
#Huawei E398
ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="1505", RUN+="usb_modeswitch '%b/%k'"
Issue following command to test
# usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1505 -V 12d1 -P 1506 -M "55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"
If everything goes right issue this command using your product and vendor ID.
modprobe option vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1506
Replug the Modem, It will work like a charm. Keep me posted if you face any problems.
Cheers !
Installing Gnome 3.10 on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) Final Beta
Want to spice up your desktop by installing the crisp of new Gnome shell ?
Gnome 3.10 is the major release after 3.8, which includes various performace + UI improvements. It also have various extensions already installed as well as “Tweak Tool” is also pre-installed. Use following commands to install Gnome 3.10 on Ubuntu 13.10 Final Beta.
Open Terminal :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop
Install it and have some fun 😉