Add the following kernel boot option to the kernel line in grub’s menu.lst and reboot ( I’m not sure which one does the trick ):
loop.max_part=63 max_part=63
Create a sparse disk image file ( 40 GB reserved, 0 bytes on disk )
dd if=/dev/zero of=fs.image bs=1024 seek=40000000 count=0
Initialize a new loop device ( /dev/loop0 )
losetup -f fs.image
Create a [...]
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Install BlueMon bluetooth manager ( replaces gnome-bluetooth ) and install ipheth from a PPA using the following instructions:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/iphone-tethering-on-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html
Make Ethernet-Tethering again available on the iPhone using a patch from Cydia:
http://www.iphoneclub.nl/forum/f59/iphone-help/f60/wiki-handleidingen/46330-tethering-6-stappen-op-firmware-3-1-2-via-cydia-jailbreak.ht
Maybe you need to do this too:
Optional/needed: remove PDANet and like applications
Some reboots
Reinstall of gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse
Both Bluetooth and USB tethering work fine!
When USB is connected, [...]
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In Gnome it is possible to have a gnome-panel for each monitor. This is very useful. One can create a new gnome-panel by pressing right-click on a existing gnome-panel ( make sure that when the entire gnome-panel space is filled with applets and programs you temporarily remove some applets or close some programs ). Click [...]
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On the to-be-woken-up computer make sure to enable ACPI/APM (S3/STR) and Wake-On-Lan(WOL) in the BIOS and add in /etc/network/interfaces:
post-up /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g
post-down /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g
Write down the MAC-ADDRESS. Powerdown the computer. Only when the computer is powered down to S3 or STR(Suspend to ram), the computer can be woken up. A [...]
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
The CTRL-ALT-DELETE option in the Server Console of VMWare Server 2.0.1( 2009/03/31 | Build: 156745 ) is missing. This is very anoying. In Ubuntu, when pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE the ‘Close Computer’ screen appears. Also pressing CTRL-ALT removes keyboaard/mouse control from the VMWare Server Console window back to Ubuntu/X Server. So is there no way yo login [...]
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
vlc, mplayer, kdenlive are not able to open my webcam(/dev/video), while aMSN is able to. I have the following webcam:
ID 046d:08ad Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
It seems that Ubuntu recently switched from V4L to V4L2 causing some trouble with some devices. Fortunately there is a solution:
sudo apt-get install ld.so.preload-manager
sudo ld.so.preload-manager /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
alternatively (note the lib32. You [...]
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Finally, it’s working. Mounting the iPhone in Linux over USB. No stupid (ADHOC) wireless connection is required. It also works on non-jailbrroken iPhones. Though, the developers still say that only “developers” should use it. Of course there is still a problem accessing the Media iTunes library on the iPhone – the key Apple uses on [...]
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
For some time now I experience problems with my Atherios Wireless NIC in combination with NetworkManager. For quite some time now, it’s possible for me to connect to a normal Wireless Access Point. Now I have an iPhone and want to use PDANet to connect a Laptop to the Internet using the iPhone 3G fast [...]
