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Ubuntu
Infotec IS 2320 and Ubuntu Jaunty
This is a reminder for me and a note for you: the Infotec IS 2320 is a multifunctional copier that works fine with Ubuntu Jaunty using the OpenPrinting driver (Infotec IS 2320 – CUPS+Gutenprint) while the default driver didn’t work so well (you have to add the repository, of course).
Eee Box and Wubi
Eee Box comes without cdrom: I’ve tried to install a GNU/Linux distro within a USB stick but the BIOS didn’t recognise it every time (I don’t know why). So the fastest way to install it – without a cdrom or a stick – was using Wubi. Changing boot order was simple too!
Installing libmozjs0d solves Firefox hangs
This is a reminder for me and a note for you: if using JavaScript based applications extensively (aka the new GMail) you have experienced hanging problems with Firefox on Gutsy, -installing libmozjs0d (the Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScript library) should solve them.-
Update (2008-01-03): Tommaso suggests to disable Html Validator for mail.google.com.
Syncing Sony Ericsson agenda with OpenSync
I succeeded (one way) in syncing my Sony Ericsson K800i using the OpenSync Ubuntu packages: as stated on their website, they are in a very early stage of development!
You could find the following notes useful.
add
deb http://www.in.fh-merseburg.de/~jahn/opensync-0.21/ feisty main
to your
/etc/apt/sources.list
install
libmultisync-plugin-backup
libmultisync-plugin-evolution
libmultisync-plugin-irmc
libmultisync-plugin-irmc-bluetooth
libopensync-plugin-evolution2
libopensync-plugin-evolution2-dev
libopensync-plugin-file
libopensync-plugin-gnokii
libopensync-plugin-google-calendar
libopensync-plugin-gpe
libopensync-plugin-irmc
libopensync-plugin-jescs
libopensync-plugin-kdepim
libopensync-plugin-ldap
libopensync-plugin-moto
libopensync-plugin-opie
libopensync-plugin-palm
libopensync-plugin-python
libopensync-plugin-sunbird
libopensync-plugin-synce
libopensync-plugin-syncml
libopensync0
libpisync0
librsync1
libsynce0
libsyncml0
msynctool
multisync
multisync-gui
opensyncutils
python-opensync
using multisync-gui, set the syncml-obex-client plugin for the source with
<bluetooth_address>xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</bluetooth_address>
<!– your sync ml channel –>
<bluetooth_channel>1</bluetooth_channel>
<identifier>PC Suite</identifier>
<version>1</version>
<type>2</type>
and set [...]
Fixing fast running Feisty kernel
Upgrading one of my PCs to Feisty, I noticed that the clock started to run too fast as described in this post on the Ubuntu Forum (Clock going 2.5 times faster than it should) and it happens with both linux-image-generic and linux-image-lowlatency.
linux-2.6.21.x is still not available on Feisty so I’ve just made a deb package [...]
K800i UMTS modem over USB
I previously described how to PPP over GPRS via Bluetooth to a Sony-Ericsson K family mobile modem. With my previous K700i, using Dapper (I didn’t try with Edgy), talking to the modem via USB was very simple because the modem was reachable at /dev/ttyUSB0: the modem of my new K800i is reachable at /dev/ttyACM0 [...]
Switching from fetchmail to getmail4
It seems to me that the fecthmail shipped with Edgy is rather buggy so I’ve just switched to getmail4.
The configuration file to fetch emails from a POP3S server and pass them to procmail is:
[retriever]
type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server = xxxxxx.xxxxx.it
username = xxxxx
password = xxxxxxxxxx
[destination]
type = MDA_external
path = /usr/bin/procmail
# unixform is essential
unixfrom = true
which is saved as ~/.getmail/name1.
The [...]
How to get Oracle support in Tora on Edgy
If you are used to selling pieces of your soul, taking time to let some free software talk with the enemy, you could find it useful to read how I get Oracle support in Tora on Edgy.
I followed what is described here (it is written in Italian but I’m sure you can understand the main [...]