Yearly Archives: 2007

I downloaded Google’s Android SDK today. The kit is about 55MB for Linux and was a breeze to get running. The kit comes with an emulator that displays a generic phone with the Google UI. The majority of the online help is geared towards creating applications that run on Android. […]

Google’s Android – a first look

Tue November 13, 2007 in Android / Hardware / Linux / Software Development tagged Android / graphics / java / Linux / Writing (updated 6018 days ago)

I’m building Minimyth on a number of machines in order to debug a problem with the build I’m having on Fedora 7. The machines are running FC5 and FC6 and are on an internal network that connects to the Internet via a proxy. Minimyth’s source is a build system whose […]

A little tip: wget through a proxy

Tue November 06, 2007 in Linux / MythTV / Software Development tagged Fedora / Linux / proxy

I’m finally getting back to using my Epia M10000 board as a MythTV frontend. The goal here is to configure it to run with a CF card for booting and a wireless card to communicate with the backend, and use the TV-output connected to our TV in the living room. […]

Bringing up MiniMyth on an EPIA M10000 using wireless

Sun October 21, 2007 in EPIA-M / Hardware / Linux / MythTV / Open Source / Software Development / Via Motherboards tagged epia / Fedora / graphics / Linux / MythTV / Video / wifi (updated 6044 days ago)

My main system at work is up to date now, thanks to some help with missing multimedia tools and various other applications. Two sites helped with this: The Fedora 7 Installation Guide and Fedora 7: Installing multimedia Support. Both are well written and very helpful, but not absolutely complete. Neither […]

Fedora 7: The missing applications

Wed October 17, 2007 in Linux / Open Source tagged atrpms / Fedora / graphics / livna / multimedia / rpm / yum (updated 6049 days ago)

I’ve upgraded pretty much all my systems, both at home and at work, to F7 now. I’m not completely pleased with it – the issues with the intel driver on my laptop are still a problem. But something that is more prevalent across all machines is general, perceived performance. I […]

Fedora 7 performance issues

Wed October 17, 2007 in General / Linux tagged Fedora / gnome / intel / java / kde (updated 6049 days ago)

Well, I’m getting further along. I now understand how to use the intel driver better, well enough to setup dual head dynamically using xrandr. But there is a serious limitation that makes me think either the Intel guys don’t understand X11 or there is a shift in Xorg away from […]

i915GM/Fedora 7: Dual head success with intel driver, but ...

Tue October 09, 2007 in Hardware / Linux / MythTV / Open Source / X11 tagged Fedora / gdm / gnome / graphics / intel / MythTV / Video / X11 / xrandr (updated 6057 days ago)

I posted a question about getting my i915GM graphics working on my laptop with Fedora 7. Kevin Fenzi of tummy.com, who works on the Fedora project, suggested trying a stock xorg.conf config then plugin the VGA output and do xrandr –auto. The stock xorg.conf uses the intel driver, which he […]

i915GM and Fedora 7: intel bad, i810 good

Mon October 08, 2007 in Hardware / Linux / X11 tagged Fedora / gdm / gnome / graphics / intel / MythTV / Video / X11 / xrandr

I posted some queries about getting dual head working with my laptop, which uses the Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller, aka i915GM. Under FC5 the i810 X.org driver supported dual head AND TV-out. But I’m having a problem getting dual head working under F7 with either the i810 […]

i915 dual head configuration (FC5 – F7 doesn’t work yet)

Wed October 03, 2007 in Linux / X11 tagged graphics / intel / Linux / MythTV / ubuntu / X11 (updated 6062 days ago)

While making notes on my upgrade to Fedora 7 I discovered that my WYSIWIG editor in WordPress 2.2.1 was seriously broken. When I hit the Save or Save and Continue Editing buttons I was told that navigating away from the current page would lose all my edits. So I had […]

Another upgrade issue: TinyMCE Editor in WordPress 2.2.1

Sun September 30, 2007 in Wordpress tagged Fedora / Wordpress (updated 6065 days ago)

It’s that time again. Time to upgrade all the servers in the house (and at work, probably early next month) to the latest Fedora release. I started with my MythTV server since it only serves two purposes: run as the MythTV backend and run BOINC. I jumped into this a […]

Upgrading to Fedora 7 and MythTV 0.20.2 (Schedules Direct)

Sat September 29, 2007 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Hardware / MythTV / X11 tagged atrpms / Fedora / gnome / graphics / intel / ivtv / Linux / livna / mysql / MythTV / rpm / Video / xrandr / yum (updated 6062 days ago)

So we here lots about how IBM is a big supporter of the Linux OS. Granted, “Linux” is different than “Linux distribution”, but let’s not mince words here. IBM says they support it all. And mostly, they do. Unless you want to look at the Live Scores on the US […]

Does IBM really support Linux and open source? I ...

Mon August 27, 2007 in General / Linux / Open Source / sports tagged Linux / Open Source (updated 6099 days ago)

I've been hearing quite a bit about Michael Vick being charged with dogfighting. It's disgusting to think anyone would allow such a thing to happen. It's cruelty beyond belief. It's barbaric. For his actions, Michael Vick should be banned from the priviledge of playing sport for money. Permanently. Now I […]

Boycott the NFL (Vick) and NBA (Marbury): Dogfighting is ...

Wed August 22, 2007 in General / Personal / Politics / sports (updated 6103 days ago)

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