Archives for: September 2009
By basd on Sep 28, 2009 | In kde4, linux, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
So, if I have a gui-based dialog for tethering the blackberry via bluetooth, why can't I have one for tethering via USB cable?
Given enough time-wasting and useless research, it is possible:
#!/bin/bash
# launch startup
#
pppd call barry-verizon &…
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By basd on Sep 28, 2009 | In linux, opensuse, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
Now having a [more] satisfactory bluetooth to blackberry connection, it seemed to me that I should be able to make the precise same connection via USB cable. But noooo.
After all, step 1 is activate rfcomm0, step two is "use kppp with modem /dev/rfco…
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By basd on Sep 28, 2009 | In kde4, linux, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
Okay, so I wanted to reduce the number of steps to launch the Blackberry tethered connection and also reduce screen clutter.
I came up with this:
kdesu rfcomm connect 0 &
kdialog --title "Bluetooth to Blackberry" --yesno "rfcomm up?" 6 25
if…
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By basd on Sep 28, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, tethered blackberry | Send feedback »
I wanted to get my blackberry working in Linux on the Gateway LT3103u; and then I wanted to get it working via bluetooth.In that order, since I have had the Tour working via USB and "Barry" on my Sony laptop, but not via bluetooth.
On the one hand, a…
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By basd on Sep 26, 2009 | In vista | Send feedback »
I used to have an "i hate vista" category, which I got rid of when I completed my conversion to linux. There wasn't much point to posting about all the stuff I hated about Vista when I didn't ever use Vista anymore.But as noted here recently, I have a n…
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By basd on Sep 24, 2009 | In off-topic | Send feedback »
Customizing has a way of sowing the seeds of disaster.
So, I shut off the paging file in my new Gateway LT3103u Vista. Vista is running surprisingly okay. It is probably faster as the result of no paging file and everything I have done so far has wo…
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By basd on Sep 23, 2009 | In cloud computing | Send feedback »
So far, my new Gateway netbook LT3103u is working great! Well, in ... get this ... Vista. If my Sony had this few problems with Vista, I probably never would have gotten around to converting to Linux.
That is not to say that I will now be migrating…
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By basd on Sep 22, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, gnome | Send feedback »
Some of the good, bad and ugly:
1. Do NOT add the OpenSuse ATI repository for the Gateway LT3103u. This is a very bad idea, because now your video will not work, which is very close to saying now your computer will not work.
2. If you have alrea…
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By basd on Sep 22, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
It's a lot better to set up a new computer when you do not actually need to use it right now.
So ... I have been down sizing laptops. Two iterations ago, I had a 17" boat anchor. My next computer was a 14.1 (but I wondered at the time whether I shou…
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By basd on Sep 8, 2009 | In linux, opensuse, arghhh!! | Send feedback »
The Kworld PVR-TV 305u (video only) now works fine using TV Time Television in Linux. Sleuthing out the solution was an adventure and an education -- especially with respect to yet more evilly stuff from Microsoft.
I had previously loaded everything…
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By basd on Sep 7, 2009 | In linux, arghhh!! | Send feedback »
I don't watch much tv. At my remote location, I've got this old black & white tv, one of those digital converters, and some rabbit ears.I've also got a Kworld pvr 305u usb tuner, which I got some time ago -- about the time I gave up on Windows viabl…
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By basd on Sep 3, 2009 | In arghhh!! | Send feedback »
So, I was using a combination of att roaming (connecting to a hotel wireless across the street) and my blackberry for web access at my remote location. I did not want to spend the $$$ on another high speed connection. As you may recall from an earlier…
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By basd on Sep 3, 2009 | In kde4, linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
Turns out a problem I was having with KMail related (apparently) to changes in the ports/login to my IMAP account. It was logging in and retrieving email, but doing so very poorly and erratically. I read the FAQ, made a change and now it works fine.…
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By basd on Sep 3, 2009 | In linux, opensuse | Send feedback »
I mentioned I was using a linux google chrome alpha/beta. Since I didn't bookmark the location, I was looking for the install on another computer and came across the codeweavers port of chromium, the underlying codebase. Their FAQ says they are using W…
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