Category Archives: Linux

May 11, 2008
16:57
by: Dan

Ubuntu from a USB key on a Samsung Q1 Ultra

Man I love Linux.  Uh-lot. I am setting up these extremely sweet Samsung Q1 Ultra machines for a D-RATS demo.  These uber-slick ultra-portable tablet PCs are pretty amazingly small.  The biggest problem is that they run Vista.  I’ve read all … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2008
16:37
by: Dan

Making a KVM-bootable image

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to re-learn how to create a bootable image from a filesystem tree (such as a tarball of a root filesystem, or a Xen partition image).  If for no other reason than … Continue reading →

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January 11, 2008
17:11
by: Dan

S/PDIF and Dolby Digital out from MythTV

One of the nice things about getting the upstairs movie room finally bootstrapped is the return to having a real Dolby Digital receiver and more than just stereo sound.  I’ve always been a big fan of loud bass-booming movies with … Continue reading →

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January 9, 2008
17:13
by: Dan

libvirt-cim in Fedora

Today the first build of libvirt-cim hit the Fedora development tree.  This means that by just running “yum install libvirt-cim“, you can have a working CIM provider for Xen on your Fedora 8 machine (assuming you have the development repository … Continue reading →

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January 7, 2008
17:18
by: Dan

AGP + PCIe = Bad news

While the title seems gloomy, this post is actually very good news for my TV addiction. So, in an attempt to redistribute video capabilities in the house to accommodate the new TV, I decided to reprovision my second-best MythTV frontend … Continue reading →

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November 20, 2007
15:50
by: Dan

Mock Rocks!

I’ve been working through the process of getting a libcmpiutil package built for Fedora 9.  I’ve never packaged something for a distro before, so some of the things are a bit new to me.  Luckily, Daniel Veillard did a good … Continue reading →

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November 17, 2007
14:02
by: Dan

Automatic Pidgin status with DBUS and NetworkManager

It’s official.  I have a new mistress and her name is DBUS.  After seeing how easy it was to take an action when a particular storage device was attached, I was hooked.  Since I know NetworkManager has a robust DBUS … Continue reading →

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November 11, 2007
09:51
by: Dan

Using DBUS to take action on a USB storage device

I keep my password-encrypted SSH and PGP keys on a small USB key.  I do this to keep these sensitive files separate from my laptop, in case I were to lose it.  I figure it’s easier to keep a USB … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2007
15:22
by: Dan

Finally: T41p, radeon, and DVI hotplug

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I've never been able to use the open-source radeon driver with my T41p.  The main reason being that the radeon driver seemed doomed to permanent suckage when it came to using my external 1600×1200 … Continue reading →

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February 4, 2007
09:53
by: Dan

Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks Pro

I recently helped a friend setup a new Logitech Quickcam for Notebooks Pro under Ubuntu Edgy.  My worry was that such a new device was likely to be unsupported under linux.  Indeed, Ubuntu did not have support for it by … Continue reading →

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