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Shell script to install libdvdcss under Debian GNU Linux to play DVDs that use css for encryption

in Categories Desktop last updated April 9, 2008
#!/bin/sh
# Shell script to install libdvdcss under Debian GNU Linux
# Many DVDs use css for encryption.  To play these discs, a special library 
# is needed to decode them, libdvdcss.  Due to legal problems, Debian and most
# Linux distibutions cannot distribute libdvdcss
# Use this shell script to install the libdvdcss under DEBIN GNU/Linux
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Refer url for more info:
# Copyright info -  http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~dvd/
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
set -e
 
site=http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/deb/
arch=$(dpkg --print-installation-architecture)
 
soname=2
uversion=1.2.5
#available="alpha hppa i386 ia64 powerpc s390 sparc"
available="i386"
version=${uversion}-1
 
if ! type wget > /dev/null ; then
    echo "Install wget and run this script again"
    exit 1
fi
 
for a in $available; do
    if [  "$a" = "$arch" ]; then
	wget ${site}libdvdcss${soname}_${version}_${arch}.deb -O /tmp/libdvdcss.deb
	dpkg -i /tmp/libdvdcss.deb
	exit $?
    fi
done
 
echo "No binary deb available.  Will try to build and install it."
echo "You need to have debhelper, dpkg-dev and fakeroot installed."
echo "If not, interrupt now, install them and rerun this script."
echo ""
echo "This is higly experimental, look out for what happens below."
echo "If you want to stop, interrupt now (control-c), else press"
echo "return to proceed"
read dum
 
mkdir -p /tmp/dvd
cd /tmp/dvd
wget ${site}libdvdcss_${uversion}.orig.tar.gz
wget ${site}libdvdcss_${version}.diff.gz
wget ${site}libdvdcss_${version}.dsc
dpkg-source -x libdvdcss_${version}.dsc
cd libdvdcss-${uversion}
fakeroot ./debian/rules binary
echo "Any problems?  Interrupt now (control-c) and try to fix"
echo "manually, else go on and install (return)."
dpkg -i ../libdvdcss${soname}_${version}_${arch}.deb

Script to logoff KDE/Gnome desktop user session; you can use it from command line or from desktop via Lanucher

in Categories Desktop last updated April 9, 2008
#!/bin/bash
# Script to logoff KDE/Gnome user session. 
# With proper permission via sudo it is possible that rest of the users 
# can use the same script. You can create Launcher to use this script 
# from Linux desktop. Tested on Debian Linux 3.x, but it should work with
# other Linux distros and FreeBSD
# -----------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
# Bins, adjust them as per your UNIX/Linux/BSD system (default is Debian)
 
PS="/bin/ps"
AWK="/usr/bin/awk"
GREP="/bin/grep"
XARGS="/usr/bin/xargs"
KILL="/bin/kill"
 
# Send HUP signal to X server :)
$PS aux | $GREP X | $GREP -v "grep" | $AWK '{ print $2}' | $XARGS $KILL -HUP $1