Easy MoBlock for linux

Unixlord · July 30th, 2007, 11:21 AM

Archive is corrupt (won't open). Didn't notice you'd uploaded until now. In the DownloadButton section are you need to:
system("rm -rf ads-trackers-and-bad-pr0n.gz");
system("rm -rf nipfilter.dat.gz");
Since you're moving the folders without cleaning up.

xiaomhome · July 30th, 2007, 11:20 PM

Sorry Ill fix this soon, Im adding some exception checks. Expect more changes for the next time I upload (Ill keep my code commented). Thanks for noticing that.

I dont see any problems there, you should only get that kind of error when wget wont finish download, and when it tries to clean up you may get that message, Im not moving folders, im moving only the files we extract with gzip, bzip or zip, try those commands manually they wont leave the .bz2, .gz or .zip compressed files only the extracted file.

Edit: I reduced the number of random pointers, now its only using 3 pointers for reading / writing files. Just made it more readable.

Mac Daddy · July 31st, 2007, 12:43 AM

Keep up the good work guys Cheers

xiaomhome · August 1st, 2007, 08:17 PM

I just added some Exception checks (too much thing to mention here, check it by yourself in the source code) to avoid problems when handling the lists, I removed the DownloadButton in the Control Panel tab since its now deprecated by the Update button in the Lists Settings tab, but if it looks worst than before tell me, or if you want it back by yourself edit the source code, uncomment the downloadbutton lines (dont forget to remove the spacer that is taking downloadbutton's place). If you find any english errors e-mail me or PM me here (Im sure you'll find).

Ill be adding some kind of logger reader soon, so if you want to check what is being blocked or whats going on with moblock type this in console: tail -f /etc/MoBlock/MoBlock.log All suggestion are welcome, just dont ask impossible things like adding a Cassino Online tab.

For more information look README or INSTALL files located in the extracted source's folder. Remember always to run the program as root, ill be adding some kind of root check soon. I dont recommend new users to use beta programs, but it seems this one is better than the first release.

Unixlord · August 1st, 2007, 10:35 PM

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Remember always to run the program as root, ill be adding some kind of root check soon.

Haven't tried this but is:
system("gksu");
Upon initial run not viable? Ah I'm being lazy better edit and try it out myself. Don't worry about the cleanness of the code. I've seen coding that would make you weep, refuse to eat minced meat for a year and dye your hair orange.

xiaomhome · August 2nd, 2007, 02:24 AM

No that would not work, it would be just a single console output, would only work for one command, and if i use it in every system() it would annoy the user pretty much (gnome keyring is broken, and it wont work with kde, kde uses kdesu).

Unixlord · August 2nd, 2007, 01:11 PM

Well that goes back to the heavy script-like reliance on system commands. Only once would suffice for Gnome. Sorry I forgot about KDE users

. Maybe the answer lies within the nVIDIA driver script (That too checks for root privileges)? Got any KDE equivalents? The worst one could do is a big notice to run as root if the user isn't root.

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if i use it in every system() it would annoy the user pretty much

Following Microsoft's lead in annoying the user to death.

xiaomhome · August 2nd, 2007, 10:55 PM

No nVidia drivers dont check for root privileges, but if you want to use its xorg config generation through console or CP you'll need root privileges. If you are running the CP as normal user and try to add a resolution with the CP the new xorg configuration wont be saved - no one noticed that...
I found a way to make the program unusable for non-root users, when you try to run it as normal user the program wont launch, but if you have root privileges it will. I'll be posting here soon, maybe tomorrow, Im still doing some tests.

Unixlord · August 2nd, 2007, 11:49 PM

I actually meant the nVIDIA installer. If you're not root it shows a dialog box asking you to run it as root and exits when you press OK. Unfortunately while you can see the initial procedures that part is binary BS.

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I found a way to make the program unusable for non-root users, when you try to run it as normal user the program wont launch, but if you have root privileges it will.

That's better than launching but not working but not as good as asking for the password.

xiaomhome · August 3rd, 2007, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

I actually meant the nVIDIA installer. If you're not root it shows a dialog box asking you to run it as root and exits when you press OK. Unfortunately while you can see the initial procedures that part is binary BS.

That's better than launching but not working but not as good as asking for the password.

Ill make an installer that will create shortcuts, thats just to avoid user from running it from console without root privileges (since the console is the only way to see the download progress for now...).

nVidia drivers for linux are a problem to install too, but when you are installing it you always will need root privileges, since you need to shutdown (X) (G) (K) dm and acess to /usr/src/linux folder to compile the modules on your kernel.

Edit: I removed the old betas, the new beta with the root check is here.

Edit2: Read the first post. The lastest beta is there.