tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103935922024-03-06T23:47:56.150-08:00z0man's Techi CornerMy techi thoughts on internet, computers and technology.z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-12630008228480425722010-04-09T15:29:00.000-07:002010-04-09T16:04:50.436-07:00Ubuntu Karmic : Vodafone Dongles<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Symptoms:</span><br />Vodafone Mobile Internet Dongles used to work on previous versions of Ubuntu. Unfortunately Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 has issues and cannot connect to the Internet.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Resolution</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fix Vodafone Dongle(only need to do this once)</span><br /><br />1) Safely Unmount the Virtual CDrom and SSD card<br /><ul><li>Click Places->Computer<br />If you see a virtual CD rom & a SSD card slot<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">right mouse click </span><span style="font-style: italic;">on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Virtual CD rom</span> (you don't need it, there windows drivers) & select safety remove device)</span><br />Then when the SSD card reader & virtual CD rom has dissapered , close the computer browser box</li><br /></ul>2) Open a terminal up<br /><ul><li>Click Applications->Accessory->Terminal<br />Then copy & paste these</li></ul><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo rmmod usb-storage<br />sudo modprobe -r option<br />sudo modprobe -r usbserial<br />sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1001<br />sudo pppd ttyUSB0<br /></code></pre><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then every time you plug the Dongle into Machine<br /></span>Double check that your virtual CD ROM AND SDD card is <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">not</span> mounted.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">See step 1 of this resolution</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connected to Internet and No Internet still!?</span><br />Vodafone's Connection Service sometimes plays up giving information to your computer that enables you surf the Internet.<br /><br />So keep just keep trying to connect and check your nameservers assigned by typing<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>cat /etc/resolv.conf<br /></code></pre><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[pending]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305931">Ubuntu Forum - Reference to Fix</a><br /><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8900062&postcount=71">Ubuntu Forum - Reminder about Resolving Names</a><br /><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/446146?comments=all">Launchpad - Bug Report</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-86219017492581470162010-02-27T11:50:00.000-08:002010-02-27T13:09:31.671-08:00Ubuntu: Stuttering Sound<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms</span></span><br />Stuttering sound<br />Sometimes the sound just doesn't and some times it does<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Possible Reasons</span></span><br />I have seen odd sound effects sometimes on older hardware. I Believe as of 8.04, the Ubuntu team moved to "PulseAudio" instead of ALSA.<br /><br />PulseAudio is still in development to support older sound hardware. Yet ALSA still supports the old.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resolution</span></span><br />Switching Safely from PulseAudio Back to ALSA (Ubuntu Karmic)<br /><div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Run the following commands in this order:</div> <pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; overflow: auto; width: 640px; height: 34px; text-align: left;">$ sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio</pre> </div><div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Code:</div> <pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; overflow: auto; width: 640px; height: 34px; text-align: left;">$ sudo apt-get autoremove</pre> </div><div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Code:</div> <pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; overflow: auto; width: 640px; height: 34px; text-align: left;">$ sudo apt-get install alsa-base alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils alsa-oss linux-sound-base alsamixergui</pre> </div><div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;"> <div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom: 2px;">Code:</div> <pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; overflow: auto; width: 640px; height: 34px; text-align: left;">$ sudo apt-get install esound esound-clients esound-common libesd-alsa0 gnome-alsamixer</pre> </div>restart your computer!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Final Thoughts</span><br />It does kinda improve the sound quality, yet u may need to tinker with the PCM and Master volume to get the stuttered lowered to almost nothing.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span></span><br /><a href="http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8284273&postcount=4">Ubuntu Forums</a> (Thanks to '<a class="bigusername" href="http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=702166">nullrend</a>')<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-26505313708592989812010-02-26T14:36:00.000-08:002010-02-27T11:50:33.910-08:00ThinkPad and LinuxI've an old 'IBM ThinkPad T20 2647' and still wondering about how to improve my sound issues. I stumbled upon this place.<br /><br />Anything related to ThinkPad issues and Linux is <a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/">here</a>.<br /><br />Yet I still have yet to find an issue with my sound volume. I am starting to find clues...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Sound Issues</span><br /><ul><li>Everytime I raise or lower the volume, the sound output corrupts</li><li>If I start another application with sound, it corrupts the output (Obviously it cannot handle more than one application playing sounds, probably driver)</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">FIXED!!!! see my new posting coming<br />....[its coming]<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-66531935123954256632010-02-20T01:46:00.000-08:002010-02-20T01:55:10.249-08:00Xubuntu 9.10 : Fix Muted Sound on StartupThanks to Ubuntu community they did it again for me ^^.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">sudo mousepad /etc/init.d/alsa-utils</span><br /><br />near the end of the file, comment out the line (Place a # character at the beginning of the line)<br /><br /><pre class="alt2" dir="ltr" style="border: 1px inset ; margin: 0px; padding: 6px; overflow: auto; width: 640px; height: 34px; text-align: left;">mute_and_zero_levels "$TARGET_CARD" || EXITSTATUS=1</pre><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moments Later...</span><br />Due to my budget IBM ThinkPad with dodgy sound issues, think I'll keep it muted heh. [/me uncomments line again]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">References</span><br /><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1326505&page=2">Ubuntu Forums</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-59254589459453909432010-02-07T11:02:00.000-08:002010-02-07T11:08:35.620-08:00Amusing Linux CommandsWo, soo many fun tricks with the Linux command line...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/">Commandlinefu.com</a><br /><br />I think I will be sure to keep checking this place. Stay update by following them on Twitter<br /><br />Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/commandlinefu10">10 star commands via Twitter</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-26957406771381438812010-01-16T16:29:00.001-08:002010-01-16T16:44:28.534-08:00Kindle 2 : RevisitedNice to hear that Amazon reduced their price of their Kindle from $499 to around $259.<br /><br />Also I like how they the provided a "<a href="http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/1/16/amazon-rolls-out-kindle-self-publishing-platform-worldwide/">Global Self Publishing Platform</a>".<br /><br />Think everyone around the world may be pleased about this. Yet still the price should still be lower :/<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Ca Mon Amazon you can Do it!</span><br />I can't believe I am actually "Wooing" Amazon here...<br /><br />If Amazon plays their cards right, we will see all our books digitized and become a successful "Online Digital E Storage Service" similar to Steampowered.com for our games.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/163609/amazon_kindle_markup_cost_revealed.html">Why Kindle is Pricy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-71102105151836394902010-01-12T15:16:00.000-08:002010-01-12T15:17:40.681-08:00Ubuntu : Genius Pen F610I know getting the Genius Pen is a technical hardware issue, yet I knew my new mouse tablet pen "F610 Genius"would be part of my development environment.<br /><br />So I published my steps on how to get it working in my Developer's <a href="http://z0mans-dev.blogspot.com/2010/01/ubuntu-genius-pen-f610.html">blog</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-89111496236000498692010-01-08T10:05:00.000-08:002010-01-10T04:33:48.174-08:00Review : Asus Eee PC - Windows 7 StarterA friend of mine, has started to suffer from bad back problems due to the mass required books for university. One of her solutions was to invest in a netbook. She bought the Asus Eee PC preinstalled with 'Windows7 Starter'. I was asked to prepare the system for University, which gave me an opportunity to experience Windows7, so here is my first thoughts.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Issues</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Updates</span><br />Took an age to install updates and it felt like it took half a day.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Preinstalled Trial Software</span><br />Be prepared to uninstall individually. I have to still to look at the recovery CD, yet initially there does not seems to be a mass uninstall for trial software.<br /><br />Uninstalling the MS Office 2007 (roughly 7 packages, including language packs) and replacing it with 2003 wasn't nice :/ Crashed on one of the uninstalls.<br /><br />You are automatically suggested to start using this trial security software Micro Trends. Also Microsoft doesn't seem to let you know that you can install "Microsoft Security Esstentials". Can't be that important huh :-p<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Final Thoughts<br /></span>Love the hardware, welldone Intel and Asus and an extend applause to the creators of "One Laptop per Child" for initiating the idea of cheaper more energy efficient laptops. As for Windows7 solution for pre-installed software.... It took an age to clean up the pre-installed os. "Purple Place" game was probably the only happy experience whilst updating Windows7. Oh it was a pleasure of using the Eee PC too ^^, the keyboard felt just right and nice, the hardware is nice and compact with little noise. The networking was a breeze too with sharing devices to install software, I can't say the same for wireless networking between machines.<br /><br />Seriously....It is by far quicker to install XP or Ubuntu and I am sure Mac is also quicker. Yet once set up it does appear kinda smoother than Vista. Also have noticed of less message anoying periodic warnings. I must admit I did like the "Pin and Unpin" wording for the task bar/dock system and the window desk spliting (By dragging the windows to the left and right of the screen).<br /><br />I have a feeling setting up Windows7 would be quicker if you just completely re-install it. I could be wrong as I wasn't impressed with the speed of the updates. Spent half a day just installing updates.<br /><br />Try and avoid the "Pre-installed" Windows7 and buy it seperately if you can. It may be expensive yet in the long run you may save time, money on electricity. Hopefully you be able to bypass alot of uninstalling of unnessary trial software. Oh and by the way, it takes an age to uninstall also :/ Took from 12pm till 8:30pm to clean up this Win7 pre-install :/ ....You know what I am going to say now....<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"avoid Windows7 if you can"</span>. Yet overall once fully cleaned/patched it does run smooth.<br /><br />While I'm at it, I wish Adobe stop with this "Install McAffee Free Scan Trial Request" warning crap!!!!! What Adobe are entering the security market now?! My brain has turned to mush after this epic "Netbook Win7 clean up and install of required software"....[kookoo Baaahhahaaa /me blows raspberry QWERTYT$"%£$%^& So err you think Windows8 will be rock our world?! I think NOT haha.<br /><br />End of line.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-45383573991660778372010-01-04T04:03:00.000-08:002010-01-04T04:29:33.904-08:00Ubuntu : Genius Pen F610[pending article]<br /><br />I am trying to get the pen buttons to work and I am very new in using Tablet Pens with Linux, so here are my current findings.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finding the Driver</span><br />With this <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetup">guide</a> I found out the the correct hardware name is "WALTOP International.<br /><br />I visited their site and found their <a href="http://www.waltop.com.tw/download.asp?lv=0&id=2">Linux Driver</a>.<br /><br />PS: I haven't tried the drivers as my current kernel does recognize the tablet<br /><br />Using this command, "cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product" I found it using a "Slim Tablet" driver.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buttons Don't work</span><br />As Karmic 9.10 my pen works kind of. The buttons on the pen doesn't work. Curious why.<br />There is talk of configuring the xorg in someway...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wizard Pen</span><br />There is talk of this "WizardPen", something tells me it is mean to solve all tablet issues.<br />Think I'll follow this guide via Ubuntu Community Docs.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">References</span></span><br /><a href="http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1354123">Waltop Slim Tablet - Buttons don't work</a><br /><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpen">Wizard Pen Setup</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-52227526581295064692010-01-02T06:04:00.000-08:002010-01-02T06:11:26.479-08:00Getting Started with Ubuntu GuideMade this for one of my close friends, so they can get started with Linux gently.<br /><br />Hopefully he'll pull through :)<br /><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgv5t4v5_384d74cvxhd">Preparing and Install Ubuntu</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-32922744829405765482010-01-02T04:20:00.000-08:002010-01-02T06:09:08.017-08:00Ubuntu : Fix : “subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2″ Error<span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms</span><br />I after installing a bunch of software and then crashed half way, they didn't get to be configured.<br /><br />You recieve an error saying something along the lines<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2</span><br /><br />Re installing the packages do not help.<br />You cannot uninstall the packages.<br /><br />Tried using the following commands and it didn't resolve the errors of partial installs.<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">dpkg --configure -a </span></li><li><strong style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;"> sudo aptitude –configure -a</strong></li><li><strong style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">sudo apt-get install -f</strong></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resolution</span><br />You have to remove the offending packages from the "dpkg" status file.<br /><br />1) Back up the status file<strong style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;"><br />sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /home/yourplace/status.old</strong><br /><br />2) Edit the file<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">gksudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status</span><br /><br />3) Search for the offending packages and remove the whole paragraph to do with that package.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">NOTE: Make sure there is a just ONE space between paragraphs</span><br /><br />4) Save the file<br /><br />5) Run "Synaptic Package Manager".<br />You will find the packages removed, you can now install them again with no errors.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Thoughts<br /></span>The packages that I was installing that failed on me due to a pre mature crash was, "Empathy, Pingus and Konversation".<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br />There was around 4 packages that related to Empathy and 2 from Pingus that failed. Thanks to help of a blog (See references), I managed to fix those :)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span>Seeing this resolution working, made me a feel that the community will some day improve the package manager to automate the cleaning of damaged packages in the "status" file.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span></span>Oh and this issue happend to be me in Xubuntu yet I am sure it be similar with other distros.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />References</span><br /><a href="http://odzangba.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/how-to-fix-%E2%80%9Csubprocess-pre-removal-script-returned-error-exit-status-2%E2%80%B3-error/">Odzangba Kafui Dake’s Blog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-62005807002689989652009-12-10T02:26:00.000-08:002009-12-10T02:44:04.549-08:00Ubuntu (Karmic) : Wireless Works OnceManaged to change tarriffs on my phone to have unlimited text and web.... Just so long as I don't view any Videos I'll be fine under the "Fair Use Policy" of 500mb.<br /><br />Found out connecting to "Mobile Broadband" / "Wireless Networking" only worked once. Then when I tried to reconnect, that nice network-manager icon span really fast blinking green and grey, and to stop that I had to click on it and then disconnect to something that I have connected to yet!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Resolution</span><br /></span>Make a script to restart the "networking" and "network-manager". Run this script everytime you disconnect.<br /><br />1) Create a file called "3gfix" in your home folder.<br />2) Edit the file with your fav text editor.<br />3) Add the following lines<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>#!/bin/bash<br />sudo service networking restart<br />sudo service network-manager restart<br /></code></pre>4) Save it<br />5) Change the permissions on that file to be executable<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now to run it</span><br />1) Click Applications->Accessories->Terminal<br />2) Type the following and then press enter :)<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>./3gfix<br /></code></pre>OR you can<br /><br />1) press "ALT+F2"<br />2) Type "./3gfix"<br />3) Tick "run in terminal"<br />4) Press Enter or click "Run"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Final Thoughts</span><br />Give the Ubuntu Community time to resolve this minor networking issue, <span style="font-style: italic;">patience is a virtue </span>:)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-75105264966925267932009-11-30T09:29:00.001-08:002009-11-30T09:39:01.706-08:00Ubuntu Upgrade : 9.04 to 9.10Soon Karmic came out, I was a bit heasitant to pressing the "Upgrade Distro" button and decided to wait for 3 months. It felt very smooth ^^. Here is my experience during the upgrade.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">During the Upgrade<br /></span><ul><li>Asked if I wanted to keep my original configs for [Networks and vsftpd]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Issues I had<br /></span><ul><li>Services menu item is missing from "System->Administration".</li><li>My apache2 virtual hosts went missing yet again.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span>Resolutions</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><ul><li>Found an <a href="http://z0manifest.blogspot.com/2009/11/ubuntu-karmic-910-service-handling.html">alternative way to managing my Services</a>.</li><li>Had to edit my "/etc/hosts" file to have my Apache2 Virtualhost names back in :)</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-38598233575775604802009-11-30T09:11:00.000-08:002009-11-30T09:28:43.880-08:00Ubuntu : Karmic 9.10 : Service HandlingAfter a fairly smooth upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10. I found System->Administration->Services .... The "Services" GUI is missing in the menu, so I couldn't help but look to see if there is another way and turns out there is :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The "service" Command Way</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A nice clean way of seeing services in action.</span><br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>service --status-all<br /></code></pre><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Example of seeing a service status</span><br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo service vsftpd status<br /></code></pre><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">The Other Way?</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Shows the various services</span><br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>ls /etc/init.d/<br /></code></pre><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Example of seeing a service status</span><br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>/etc/init.d/vsftpd status<br /></code></pre><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Final Thoughts</span><br />I actually Like the "service" command as it seems more cleaner to look at.<br /><br />Think I'll check the "Menu Editor" to see if it hasn't accidently been de-activiated. [moments later] Heh, it is missing.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-63994382995391632562009-10-30T10:10:00.001-07:002009-10-30T10:56:37.149-07:00Enabling SLI Technology in Ubuntu 9.04Getting SLI technology working with Ubuntu 9.04 is a bit wierd to know, yet hopefully in later versions we shouldn't have to keep doing this :) ANYWAY follow these seteps.<br /><br />You have tried typing "startx" and that didn't work, and you still at command prompt and wondering what to do now... Try this :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enabling SLI</span><br /><br />0) Backup your old Video configuration just for convience<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%;font-family:Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace;font-size:12px;"><code>cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/youraccount/xorg.conf-bk<br /></code></pre>So if that worked before you can restore it back.<br /><br />1) Find the BusID address to the first PRIMARY card<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; font-size: 12px;"><code>lspci<br /></code></pre>An output of the above commad is<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; font-size: 12px;"><code>04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a1)<br />06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a1)<br /></code></pre><br />2) make note of BusID of primary (first) graphics card<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; font-size: 12px;"><code>e.g. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">04:00:00</span> (last 0 might not be shown but need it anyway)<br /></code></pre><br />3) Generate a new Video configuration file<br /><pre face="Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace" size="12px" style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo nvidia-xconfig<br />enter password<br /></code></pre>You will be brought back to a new prompt.<br /><br />4) Edit the Video configuration file to enable SLI technolgoy<br /><pre face="Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace" size="12px" style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf<br /></code></pre>go to EndSection of Devices section<br />press Enter<br />press up arrow once<br />Type BusID "04:00:00"<br />Press Enter<br />Type Option "SLI" "Auto"<br />press ctrl o to save<br />press ctrl x to exit<br /><br />The section should look something like this (Red is the new two lines added)<br /><pre face="Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace" size="12px" style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>Section "Device"<br />Identifier "Device0"<br />Driver "nvidia"<br />VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> BusID "04:00:00"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Option "SLI" "Auto"</span><br />EndSection<br /></code></pre>5) Verify the configuration works<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>startx<br /></code></pre>Then open up a terminal window and then type<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>nvidia-settings<br /></code></pre><br />Click on the "screen0"section, it should saying in the "GPUs" section something like<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>GeForce 7600 GS (GPU 0),<br />GeForce 7600 GS (GPU 1)<br /></code></pre><br />Enjoy :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Addtional<br /></span>You may try a different option in the device section of the video configuration file.<br /><br />Off : As in OFF, don't use the SLI technology.<br />Auto : auto-select rendering option<br />SFR : Split Frame Rendering<br />AFR : Alternate Frame Rendering<br />AA : <i>Anti Aliasing</i>.<br />AFRofAA : Alternate Frame Rendering of <i>Anti Aliasing (!?!? not sure of this one haven't tried it)</i><br /><br />Personal Note: I believe "auto" maybe better as the device would then pick which RENDER is best for any current situation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Link_Interface">Wikipedia</a><br /><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=607385">Ubuntu Forums</a><br /><i></i><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-4435554926952830652009-10-26T23:58:00.000-07:002009-10-29T03:02:01.266-07:00Yahoo Pulls Plug On GeocitiesA line quoted from a news article made me wanted to document my first baby steps onto the Internet.<br /><p style="font-style: italic;">"I think GeoCities was the first proof that you could have something really popular and still not make any money on the internet. </p><p style="font-style: italic;">"It was a fascinating experiment in the pre-industrial era of the internet."<br /></p><span style="font-weight: bold;">My first Baby Steps</span><br />I was in my teens and discovered the Internet via Netscape for the first time. Then I kept asking a next door neighour at a computer, "How did you do that?". "How is this possible?"... I learnt about this file transfering software called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS_FTP">WS-FTP</a>, a free online storage facility called Geocities, a graphics package called PaintShop Pro, the interrupter language called HTML and how it all pieces together.<br /><br />Thankfully he kept showing me and after a week or so of playing around, I managed to make some mad looking site. Unfortunately I have no picture of my very first site. Yet I will describe it as like a hobby show off site, documenting my favourite toon show ("The Simpsons") and my newly played fav game "Hexen".<br /><br />It took me an age to get used to using "Paint Shop Pro", I am still amazed I have not turned pro into graphics. Yet I have managed to learn the basics, slicing, making nice effects, feather touching, simple smudging techniques, even made an animation clip of a film credit from scratch (Took me a while).<br /><br />Whilst taking up a <span style="font-style: italic;">GNVQ course in Intermediate in IT at Henley College </span><span>and </span>with no qualifications under my belt, only armed with a Geocities site... At the age of 14 I landed my first part-time Web Designer job at <a href="http://www.uxbridgecollege.ac.uk/">Uxbridge college</a> and helped them create their first site ever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-1-TWZnibgr8-aQVDY4n5S82o5gBw3eQG8aEcleYtscfJIHjCmYdVlXulLquDo6fgxFBvYnUPwkd4IZ5Iaxmk-HpZbXPBT-C9_K9620NyQooriIjyDTHz1d5M-0fAu2NS_lXrQ/s1600-h/uxbridge_college.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-1-TWZnibgr8-aQVDY4n5S82o5gBw3eQG8aEcleYtscfJIHjCmYdVlXulLquDo6fgxFBvYnUPwkd4IZ5Iaxmk-HpZbXPBT-C9_K9620NyQooriIjyDTHz1d5M-0fAu2NS_lXrQ/s400/uxbridge_college.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397180373194219538" border="0" /></a><br />Sounds amazing doesn't it? Really my father was the "IT manager" for Uxbridge College at the time, and after my father initially starting up the web server technologies on their campuses, he was wondering who to give the 'Web Designer' job to, at the time he only knew me who had the skills to create websites, so it saved him having to look for long and concentrate on other important priorities.<br /><br />After a year of working with them, Uxbridge College, took control and I got made redundant :( They thought they could save money by having some lecturer who only just recently learnt HTML and thought they be able to save some money....The site got shut down for a very long period as it was too complex to look after.<br /><br />Why was it complex? The Website boasted off it's latest prospectus and it had a multi-tier arrangement as at the time, computers could not handle much rendering (3 Frames worth of pages was stretching it) so I was asked to create a setup system to make the site look even more basic with the user wished it to speed up the browsing. Yes you can safely say I used JavaScript programming langauge in which to create the system.<br /><br />The screen-shot of the the desktop showed I used Windows95 and never knew of this so called software <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_history">Open source</a> at the time and only saw and heard of meir hints of Unix [/me blushes]<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8325749.stm">BBC : Yahoo Pulls Plug on Geocities</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO">Google Finance : YHOO</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-58465941124703062782009-10-24T08:52:00.000-07:002009-10-26T23:48:00.939-07:00I Feel Sick Everytime I see windows7 AdvertHaving been mainly using Ubuntu and dual boot into XP once in a while just to play games for a while now (Since Ubuntu's first launch) and over time I have seen Ubuntu mature to a point where I can see the founder's vision coming true. Yet just recently I have been feeling wierd :/<br /><br />Every time I see an advert about Windows7 I get this weird feeling of sick. I am thinking it is because of the following reasons...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reasons</span><br /><ul><li>Witnessed IE8 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9fhjnJcB0">banned Ad Video</a></li><li>Seen Windows7 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ">launch party video</a></li><li>Digusted reading <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10346669-62.html">miss-education about Linux training to "Best Buy" employers</a></li><li>Been told about the price about Windows7 being <a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=118088">£149 (Home Premium Edition)</a> which was interesting seeing the price cut for <a href="http://www.ryman.co.uk/Microsoft-Office-Home-and-Student-2007-1611010361.asp">"Office 2007 Student Edition</a></li><li>Read the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7#Hardware_requirements">hardware requirements</a> then compared it to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#System_requirements">Ubuntu's</a></li><li>Witnessed Microsoft's attempt at making <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/">their own Open Source movement</a></li><li>Saw the boot up speed differences between <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbB8RT6Aas">Ubuntu and Windows7</a></li><li>Recently saw how this guy's face just beemed jolly as I said "What do you think of Windows7" and how clueless he looked after asking, "What is your thoughts on Ubuntu"....And this is at a Computer Recycling plant, installing XP and Microsoft Office that cost them!?! And they don't even dual boot them!?<br /></li></ul>I felt sick on and off whilst writing this article!? A while back having heard, Windows7 is a major improvement from Vista and that Microsoft improved their way of developing...Having seen all these bizzare movements by Microsoft, it gets to me now :(<br /><br />Thanks a bunch Microsoft :/<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">After Posting to Reddit</span><br /><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9xda1/i_get_a_feeling_of_sick_every_time_i_see_a/">Reddit link</a><br /><br />To answer the first <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9xda1/i_get_a_feeling_of_sick_every_time_i_see_a/c0evscg">comment</a>... People and family and friends are amazed how I loath Microsoft so much, I can get that annoying to them too :/ Think it maybe because I am too "open source dependant".<br /><br />After reading a comment mentioning their <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9xda1/i_get_a_feeling_of_sick_every_time_i_see_a/c0evsxu">hardware</a> is more good, I felt kinda better would you believe, yet reminded about the [cough] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9xda1/i_get_a_feeling_of_sick_every_time_i_see_a/c0ew5fo">erm</a>...<br /><br />I will try and make an effort to try and ignore the annoying bits about Microsoft and try and see their better side, their "hardware sector"... Maybe I should actually see Windows7 in action and that may lift off a bit of this... Yet I'm in no hurry as it seems to be the touch screen as the big thing, seen it on the iphone though so it's nothing new :/ I will still say it is a major improvement from Vista yes. Also during my timeout from the Internet, I kinda also thought I shouldn't of seen that 'banned IE8 ad' either. I hope to also provide the computer recycling plant some assistance for dual booting and providing alternative 'friendly User Ubuntu documentation'.<br /><br />Thank you Redditors for responding :) Yet I still probably haven't figured of a good way to counter-act this feeling... Well I have helped some friends get Ubuntu installed on their computers and I have only just started to providing a network solution for small organizations and charities. Knowing that kinda helps but it isn't enough :( hmmm<br /><br />Heh, this made me laugh after googling "Ubunto"...Now... I wonder what this "<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1297281">Ubunto</a>" is :P Oh and felt relieved after reading this <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/9xda1/i_get_a_feeling_of_sick_every_time_i_see_a/c0ew0l3">comment</a>. :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading that has Helped me :)</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/24/microsoft-ageing-giant-windows-7">Guardian :Microsoft Aging Giant</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYnSGTUU4P0">PC Wiz Kid's First Look at Windows7</a><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/10/24_hours_with_ubuntu.html">BBC : 24hrs with Ubuntu</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm">BBC : Ubuntu Readies Karmic Koala</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8315541.stm">BBC : Windows7 Pros and Cons</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-50247690075437956752009-10-23T04:15:00.000-07:002009-10-24T04:00:03.801-07:00Installing BBC iplayer on Ubuntu 9.10 64bitFollow this <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298378">link</a> and follow the instructions exactly, also please note the warning below :) Enjoy :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Use "Computer Janitor" With Caution</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Remove/Fix the following files</span><br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>adobeair1.0 (.deb package)<br />bbciplayerdesktop.39453645783645bla (.deb package)<br />getlibs (.deb package)<br /></code></pre>Or you could corrupt the installation and when you attempt to fix, you will get messages from Adobe Air Installation like:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.</span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resolution </span><br />If you have done by mistake...Like me and others :P You have to delete the cert files.<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo dpkg --purge adobe-certs<br /></code></pre>Also you shouldn't have to worry about switching off the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">web browser</span> either when you reinstall Adobe-air either.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8053541"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ubuntu Forums</span></a><a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/air/"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-69770589247047225982009-10-22T17:01:00.000-07:002009-10-22T17:17:26.825-07:00MS Funnies : Microsoft Miseducates Linux<span style="font-weight: bold;">If this is true...<br /><br /></span><span>MS sending miss-leading information on Linux to "Best Buy" Staff.. then I feel gob smacked at how low they willing to go.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10346669-62.html">Cnet</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-28760441263833237282009-10-22T14:31:00.001-07:002009-10-22T14:34:30.471-07:00MS Funnies : MSN Live Messenger Size<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoKNVT7iujfmfFf6A0TgNYcu3bVpXlLIdhquMWrJHaXLvh-oOB1biIDCSr-jjHiy7NND5NlqEQnTwDb9sIvaEF6b3EYOxYS03KdKvR-NOMmkihSmhWF9pkBM7bu1lSz4Wgc1JRQ/s1600-h/Screenshot-winxp-pro+%5BRunning%5D+-+Sun+VirtualBox-1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaoKNVT7iujfmfFf6A0TgNYcu3bVpXlLIdhquMWrJHaXLvh-oOB1biIDCSr-jjHiy7NND5NlqEQnTwDb9sIvaEF6b3EYOxYS03KdKvR-NOMmkihSmhWF9pkBM7bu1lSz4Wgc1JRQ/s400/Screenshot-winxp-pro+%5BRunning%5D+-+Sun+VirtualBox-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395540490416394786" border="0" /></a>Looks like MSN Live Messenger isn't designed for 800x600 any more<br />Not that I'm bothered, I can just make out the OK button.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-86458199852374326582009-10-22T13:07:00.001-07:002009-10-24T04:47:52.569-07:00Wifi and LinuxI knew I had to some research on finding the best WIFI pci card, I was bemused about the question....<br /><br />Just warning this article babbles about me moaning about the various Linux hardware compatibly pages scattered about the Internet.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >How I found a good WIFI card</span><br />There is so many out there even trying to surf the latest "<a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/">Hardware compatibility List</a>" was a little tormenting. Browsing <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo">Ubuntu Community WiFI Hardware List</a> didn't help show the makes properly that was good. Well it was nice to see what worked and what didn't I guess. I eventually found one via a site that done some home work for me already.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Linux Emporium : Done homework already and have supposedly found the official BEST tested wifi hardware. See below for link</span><br /><br />I have seen sites where you could see if a device was fully implemented or shows how much of of a driver has been implemented more friendlier than that. Yet you had to know the "Kernel Driver Module Name" to begin with.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >I Eventually bought a </span><br />"EDiMAX Wireless 802.11b/g Turbo Mode PCI Adapter"<br />Once plugged in, it worked with Ubuntu.<br /><br />What is also cool is that I can buy an antenna (EA-IO5D or EA-ID6D) that can increase wireless coverage later :)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When I typed, "lspci" in a Terminal it shows</span><br />Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI<br />So it was wierd seeing "RaLink" instead of "EDiMAX" yet I was happy I was able to see wireless networks atleast :) Most probably the name of the chip really which is very understandable :)<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Final Thoughts</span><br />I guess I am crying for a better managed view of Kernel drivers and easily browseable via hardware names in some way rather than having to do the complex kernel compiling just to see or even browse a list.... I know the HCL is there yet it be nice to see that more easily visible and bigger letters and not too techi looking (Not that I'm a noob in Linux).<br /><br />The kernel's offical site should show their work more nicely someday yet I know their priority is to just get hardware working and worry about the fancy looks later. Touch wood Ubuntu Community may pick this up somehow.... hmmm<br /><br />I know Linux is designed to you shouldn't have to worry about hardware yet I know it could you need to see how things are getting on when you want to try new hardware.<br /><br />Merge all them hardware compatiability sites together into one somehow ... Us Linux users WE ALL USE THE SAME LATEST LINUX right!? right!?... I know I know I just google the question and figure out it out.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I luv Linux<span>. Patience is a virtue and things that been in the planning and still being thought out, will eventually break through.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Further Reading</span><br /><span>Linux Emporium : </span><a href="http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/wireless/">Linux Compatible Wireless Devices</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-57017284984328903892009-10-12T03:18:00.000-07:002009-10-12T03:29:40.772-07:00Kindle (For reading E-Books) : What a rip offThis is my opinon on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle">Kindle</a>....<br /><br />Don't even think of buying the Amazon Kindle. They not colourful, they don't have expansion slots, they don't even have wifi support. For $499 dollars?!<br /><br />Get yourself a laptop, where you have unlimited reading and colourful moving images etc, with WIFI support so you can easily browse the Internet at ease. You can even enlarge the text of your browser just pressing a key combination of "Shift and +" and "Shift and -".<br /><br />If they provided those extra features of colorful, expandable memory slots, with wifi support, I just may like it then. Yet I still probably wouldn't buy it for other various reasons.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/10/amazon-kindle-uk-launch-book">Guardian : Kindle UK Launch</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-32253321760039712782009-10-08T11:48:00.000-07:002009-10-08T12:07:09.861-07:00Linux : Enabling Marvell Sata DriveRecently got a Sata Drive for a thankyou for helping my parents.<br /><br />My motherboard is a M2V and has the SATA2 (aka 300gig per second). It is on the Marvel chip 88SE61xx. Yet the only problem I initially couldn't see it :/ Yet I managed to figure it out :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Symptoms </span></span><br />You cannot see the sata drive by either using the following command<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>df -h<br /></code></pre>OR<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo fdisk -l<br /></code></pre><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enabling the Driver</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ubuntu 9.04 </span><br /><pre></pre>1) Start a super user edit of the Grub menu settings<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst<br /></code></pre><br />2) Add "<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">ahci.marvell_enable=1</span>" (excluding double quotes) to a line at the end "kopt",<br />For example :<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code># kopt=root=/dev/mapper/vg0-root ro ahci.marvell_enable=1<br /></code></pre><br />3) Finalize the changes<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>sudo update-grub<br /></code></pre><br />4) Reboot the machine and your drive should now be visible :)<br /><code><br /></code><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further Reading</span><code><br /></code><a href="http://www.deuxpi.ca/2009/01/enabling-the-marvell-sata-cont.html">Enabling the Marvell Sata on an Asus M2V</a><code><br />Full credit to this person's blog!!!! As older posts via forums, wikis etc got miss leading.<br /></code><div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-71246530859108865122009-10-05T09:57:00.000-07:002009-10-05T10:12:01.618-07:00Ubuntu : Remote Control ExperienceI can now remote control my machine from my phone !!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111 :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Initial Setup<br /></span>You must Attach your machine to know that your phone always exists (Do 1st step <a href="http://z0manifest.blogspot.com/2009/09/wammu-getting-bluetooth-to-work.html">here</a>).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HOW!?</span><br />Easiest Remote Control Setup is with Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)<br /><br />Remote Control Machine Guide <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl">here</a>.<br />Download Remote Application Configuration files <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothRemoteControl#Configuration%20files">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Technical Issues I bumped into</span><br />Think during the time of experimenting with VirtualBox(Download n installing SP3 for XP), I bumped into a bluetooth conflict or something and hate some bizzare issue.<br /><br />Restarting the machine once which resolved my bluetooth conflict. Seems to be fine with my virtualBox still running.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10393592.post-92070746713505027532009-09-19T03:11:00.001-07:002009-09-30T12:54:31.017-07:00Wammu : Getting Bluetooth to Work<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span>Wammu will not work until you have set up Ubuntu Bluetooth device first, so this is a two part solution.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Check List</span> <ul style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><li>You have Ubuntu (The instructions has been made with version9.04 and hopefully work for older).<br /></li><li>Your mobile bluetooh is visible and shows name.</li><li>You have a bluetooth USB dongle or your computer has it's bluetooth feature on.<br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;">1st Setup Ubuntu</span><br />1) First install your bluetooth USB dongle into the back of your machine or whereever.<br />2) System -> Preferences -> Bluetooth<br />3) Change Friendly Name to something nice :) I did "BURD.BURDEN"<br />4) Click "+" button and then click "forward" button after<br />5) Select your device and then make sure you have fixed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKbmcCg6n8TA2DdOdd7823iK7eX3JQ-Yr8kikkT_0D4Jpom72a0HmQr9bpxRhG74l7hbosjMPpRcmOhL5nH0QUSxJNFStz_jSfNYO8thngFo2KdU-TvVttxfl6O0fPnFF_i3Yeg/s1600-h/Screenshot-Bluetooth+Device+Wizard2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKbmcCg6n8TA2DdOdd7823iK7eX3JQ-Yr8kikkT_0D4Jpom72a0HmQr9bpxRhG74l7hbosjMPpRcmOhL5nH0QUSxJNFStz_jSfNYO8thngFo2KdU-TvVttxfl6O0fPnFF_i3Yeg/s400/Screenshot-Bluetooth+Device+Wizard2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383121280733815490" border="0" /></a>7) Do the test with your phone<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXV7UiYiFtk8NQK8XIT69n5Q6FU7RcDhcKJJEXwD3TYQUXQuXT9ZvWva73K3cD8ikVlxcI-FkLCw4jPhsIshvBTonFpErpckd4kfvEJ0Wh1xybAzc0_KDNcl4yfnYUqKIiMJpw4A/s1600-h/Screenshot-Bluetooth+Device+Wizard3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXV7UiYiFtk8NQK8XIT69n5Q6FU7RcDhcKJJEXwD3TYQUXQuXT9ZvWva73K3cD8ikVlxcI-FkLCw4jPhsIshvBTonFpErpckd4kfvEJ0Wh1xybAzc0_KDNcl4yfnYUqKIiMJpw4A/s400/Screenshot-Bluetooth+Device+Wizard3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383121561983883874" border="0" /></a>6) Hopefully it should be successful.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">2nd Setup Wammu</span><br /><br />1) Get your bluetooh phone address by running an ubuntu terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)<br /><pre style="border: 1px dashed rgb(153, 153, 153); padding: 5px; overflow: auto; font-family: Andale Mono,Lucida Console,Monaco,fixed,monospace; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; width: 100%;"><code>hcitool scan<br /></code></pre>Mine is "<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">00:16:B8:22:89:48</span>" which also has an additional "w810i" description on the end.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Remember this value for later :)</span><br /><br />2) Start "Wammu"<br /><br />3) Click Wammu->Phone Wizard<br /><br />4) Click "next" and then select "Guided Configuration" then next again.<br /><br />5) Select "Bluetooth" then click "next"<br />6) Select your phone mobile (Mine is Sony Ericsson phone) then click "next"<br />7) Select "AT based" then click "next" (Yet your phone may be different for other)<br />8)Select "AT over bluetooth" then click next<br />9)Type in "00:16:B8:22:89:48" (see step1 of this 2nd part) then click next<br /><br />Give it a a moment to test and it should say something like this.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oVPl1Mdu1Qv-TmwGszqq9EXUTfGojLVkLR9y6rsRbvIYYkG2aZtGXwoF18eX9UIB0kyw9em6Yqv3e-AUmtrbl8xV_ksmqp9l_sthmc7QAg6TX5Fg0ttOF-3e0geVCNuW_eUj6w/s1600-h/Screenshot-Wammu+Phone+Configuration+Wizard1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oVPl1Mdu1Qv-TmwGszqq9EXUTfGojLVkLR9y6rsRbvIYYkG2aZtGXwoF18eX9UIB0kyw9em6Yqv3e-AUmtrbl8xV_ksmqp9l_sthmc7QAg6TX5Fg0ttOF-3e0geVCNuW_eUj6w/s400/Screenshot-Wammu+Phone+Configuration+Wizard1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383125001889461538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />10)Leave it as it's default name it suggests or change it then click "Finish".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">FINALLY : Try it out</span></span><br />You should now be able to connect to the phone via "Bluetooth" on Wammu<br />Just click "Phone->Connect"<br /><br />Thew<br /><br />WOOOO YAAA!<br />Enjoy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Wammu Usage Notes"</span> can be found at the bottom of <a href="http://z0manifest.blogspot.com/2009/03/wammu-and-finding-usb-ports.html">this</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Techi Journel</div>z0manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081645513035840733noreply@blogger.com0