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Today I released a complete rewrite of XNotesPlus, which I've renamed XNotesNG.  This version was properly architected (well, mostly) and implemented in Java.  Unlike other Java developers, I don't use IDEs like Eclipse or NetBeans.  Instead, I rely on the tried and true tools of kernel developers:  cscope and vi.  […]

XNotesNG: XNotesPlus never dies, it just evolves

 in Fedora / General / GTK+ / java / Linux / SWT  tagged calendar manager / cscope / GTK+ / java / java plugin / jpf / Linux / plugin api / rpm / XNotesNG / xnotesplus (updated 5560 days ago)
I'm working with libvirtd/virt-manager/qemu at work.  I have a bunch of F11 systems installed and working just fine.  Today I tried one of the extra lab boxes, same OS config, but when I tried to use the virt-* commands I'd get an error: mjhammel(tty0)$ sudo virsh –connect qemu:///system error: failed […]

virsh/libvirt error: failed to connect to the hypervisor

 in Fedora / General / Linux / virtualization  tagged hypervisor / libvirtd / qemu / rpm / virsh / virtualization (updated 5657 days ago)
I’ve been having problems with my external USB drives used on my MythTV backend.  The drives are no longer being recognized on bootup.  This started happening after I added additional 500GB and 1TB drives to the system when there was already a 500GB drive.  All of the drives are USB […]

Reviewing disk labels, problems with USB attached drives and running ...

 in Hardware / Linux / MythTV  tagged external usb / mass storage devices / MythTV / western digital (updated 5751 days ago)
My daughter is heading off to college shortly and I’ve been informed that mother and daughter will be communicating via text messages.  I disabled text messaging on my and my wife’s phones to prevent unwanted charges from dorks sending unwanted messages.  Now I have to turn it back on.  Oh […]

Getting new phones: argument for the Palm Pre = Linux ...

 in Hardware / Linux / Personal / Software Development  tagged capitalism / consumer choice / gsm network / kernel / Linux / music / sim card / sprint phones / text messages (updated 5807 days ago)
Another kernel upgrade, another VMware failure.  This gets old.  It used to be you patched using the vmware-any-to-any patches but these appear to have dried up.  Now we have a new patching mechanism: google till you find someone who fixed the problem.  Fortunately, someone fixed the problem for VMware Workstation […]

VMware Server 2.0.1 on linux 2.6.29

 in Linux  tagged Fedora / kernel / vmware
I placed an order for a gray Peek from Amazon.  The gray Peek’s are$2 less than the colored ones.  Who needs a colored one for hacking?  Anyway, it should arrive by Saturday.  In the meantime I’ve been watching the videos and scanning online resources to learn about the internals of […]

Peek ordered, learning about the hardware

 in GTK+ / Hardware / Linux / Peek  tagged framebuffer device / GTK+ / jtag interface / kernel / Linux / mobile wireless / peek / standard vga / usb port / video display / wifi / wireless lan (updated 5834 days ago)
My previous posts on doing Fedora upgrades cover most of the topic but I realized there were a few things I left out. Installing additional applications The first thing has to do with some useful applications that Mauriat Miranda doesn’t cover on his excellent Fedora installation guidelines. xpdf – a […]

Upgrade addendum: other packages of interest, configuring a Wacom ...

 in Fedora / Linux  tagged evolution / Fedora / gdm / GIMP / gnome / GTK+ / kde / keycodes / Linux / logitech internet navigator / Wacom / Writing / xmodmap / xorg
I just wanted to brain dump a few things I thought were interesting and worth looking at more deeply.  This is just so I don’t forget about them. Making KVM images I got this from Linux Journal’s August 2009 issue, in Serge Hallyn’s article on Making Root Unprivileged: qemu-img create […]

Interesting stuff, nothing major

 in General / Hardware / Linux  tagged arm port / cool devices / kernel / Linux / linux journal / Open Source / peek / qemu / real time (updated 5846 days ago)
I was researching why Battle of Britain would not auto-fill using the new tmdb.pl in MythTV’s Video Manager when I started a tail on the backend log. tail -f /var/log/mythbackend.log I got a bunch of these messages: 2009-07-07 20:09:22.069 Error: offset>181, pes length & current can not be queried According […]

MythTV: EIT errors in backend log and fixing Video Manager ...

 in Linux / MythTV  tagged battle of britain / mythbackend / MythTV / tmdb / ubuntu / useonairguide / Video (updated 5803 days ago)