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alga 42: Huawei E220 USB HSDPA modem on Linux
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2008/06/huawei-e220-usb-hsdpa-modem-on-linux.html
Huawei E220 USB HSDPA modem on Linux. Tested on Ubuntu Hardy. When you plug the modem in, things happen:. 1872829603] usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci hcd and address 11. 1872988741] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice. 1872998189] usb-storage: probe of 5-2:1.0 failed with error -5. 1872998226] airprime 5-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected. 1872998441] usb 5-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0. 1873058803] usb-storage: device found at 11. Chat file fo...
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alga 42: Failed escape
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2013/04/failed-escape.html
After a while I just restored the backup, updated the new root FS UUID in /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.cfg and went on with life. On Ubuntu. I'm still on Precise, probably worth trying an upgrade to Raring. I'll keep the backup of the Precise system partition, though. April 3, 2013 at 1:14 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. My blog in Lithuanian. My photos on Flickr.
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alga 42: Goodbye, Palm V
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2009/03/goodbye-palm-v.html
Goodbye, Palm V. Recently, my Palm died on me due to me neglecting to charge it and brought with it more than a year's worth of statistics of my car's fuel useage, petrol prices, and mileage. Surprisingly from today's standpoint, Palm's memory is not flash and has to be powered in order to keep its contents. If the battery discharges, the device returns to the factory state. And keeping tabs on my cars' fuel usage with Fuel Log. Sounds like a good opportunity to retire the Palm at last. Applications: Not...
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alga 42: The joys of Linksys WRT 54GL
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2008/06/joys-of-linksys-wrt-54gl.html
The joys of Linksys WRT 54GL. I connected a laptop directly to the uplink cable, configured the static IP address. Lo and behold, the pings go through. Apparently the uplink Ethernet port on my OpenWRT router got fried. Luckily, this router does not just have an uplink port and four lan ports, it has a programmable switch and an open firmware (OpenWRT 7.09 "Kamikaze") lets me tap into it. I looked at /etc/config/network, and found the following lines at the top:. Option vlan0 "0 1 2 3 5*". Subscribe to: ...
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alga 42: Hardware problems with OLPC XO-1: my 2 cents
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2008/09/hardware-problems-with-olpc-xo-1-my-2.html
Hardware problems with OLPC XO-1: my 2 cents. Problem: my kid's XO wouldn't turn on. The power light would go on, but the screen would stay dark. And it wasn't just the backlight. There was no startup sound as well. Powering on while holding D-pad left did start the hardware diagnostics, but the machine turned off in the middle of the test and wouldn't come back up. On the OLPC wiki I found excellent information on startup diagnosis. And look for a connection shaken loose or some mechanical damage. Совет...
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alga 42: Ubuntu Oneiric FTW :(
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2011/11/ubuntu-oneiric-ftw.html
Ubuntu Oneiric FTW :(. If GNOME is just as problematic as Unity now (as it seems to be), Im not sure if moving will help. But yes, Ive had similar frustrations on my desktop. November 9, 2011 at 4:14 PM. I tried Gnome 3 first for a couple of weeks. Moving to Unity was, to my surprise, a marked improvement in stability and usability. November 9, 2011 at 6:30 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. My blog in Lithuanian. My photos on Flickr.
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alga 42: Freeing up some space on Ubuntu
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2010/10/freeing-up-some-space-on-ubuntu.html
Freeing up some space on Ubuntu. I tried upgrading to Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat, but, as it often happens, the upgrade manager brushed me off saying I need to clear up about 970 MB of disk space on the root filesystem. Time to buy a new hard drive, but in the meantime I still want to upgrade with what I have. Freed up some space, but more than an order of magnitude less than the gig I needed to find. Deborphan -anz sort -n. I got my gig (and more! October 11, 2010 at 2:37 PM. View my complete profile.
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alga 42: Android FTW
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-ftw.html
Finally, I got an Android phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy S SCL. Got it at the end of Friday, had the whole weekend to play. Small, posh box. Quality accessories. A charger the size of a matchbox, practically just the plug. Earbuds with rubbery thick wires that do not tangle up. The device is slick, the UI is fast and smooth. The UI is all translated, with a couple of amusing bugs. One of them is that the Bluetooth menu is, in fact, Italian, not Lithuanian (it, lt, big deal! Turns out it's true. Android...
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alga 42: Make use of the Caps Lock key
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2011/10/make-use-of-caps-lock-key.html
Make use of the Caps Lock key. So, there is this Caps Lock key on all keyboards, sitting untouched in polite society. Why not put it to good use? Here are the commands that map the Find symbol to the Caps key on Linux. Stick them somewhere in the X session startup:. Xmodmap -e 'remove Lock = Caps Lock'. Xmodmap -e 'keycode 0x42 = Find'. Then I map the key to the keyword completion command in Emacs like this. The second command is needed for Emacs in a terminal window:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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alga 42: The Future
http://alga42.blogspot.com/2009/10/future.html
I've touched it. Nokia N900. Is awsome. The shape and size is that of a large phone, like the early Symbian smartphones. But it is very slick and is. With features. It has a slide-out keyboard, a camera with a sliding cover, a leg to stand on the table, a Micro USB connector for power and data, a hardware key lock, several hardware buttons, etc. Great But. how about localization in N900? Is the interface available in Lithuanian? Can you change keyboard layout to Lithuanian? November 26, 2009 at 8:42 AM.
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