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U10i Aino and CIFS
My Sony Ericsson U10i Aino is able to join a Wi-Fi network and then export its file system using CIFS, so on my Ubuntu side I was able to mount it (and then rsync it, of course) with the following one-liner: mount.cifs //$PHONE_IP/Memory\ Stick /mnt -o password=fake
HP Compaq LA2405wg with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
The HP Compaq LA2405wg is a 24” TFT monitor that works at 1900×1200: I use it as the external monitor of my new notebook (ASUS UL30A). Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid doesn’t have a xorg.conf file: it tried to get the correct resolution on the fly but it wasn’t able to guess the right resolution for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 (I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]