Monthly Archives: January 2009

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Back in late 2006 I bought an Aiptek 12000U drawing tablet to work with GIMP.  I had limited success back then and put the tablet back in the box.  I pulled it out again the other night to give it another try.  Without any additional configuration the wireless mouse worked […]

Using the Aiptek 12000U on Fedora 10

 in Aiptek Tablet / Art and Graphics / Fedora / General / GIMP / Hardware / Linux / Wacom  tagged aiptek 12000u / drawing tablets / Fedora / GIMP / graphics / input drivers / Wacom / wireless mouse
The Boulder Linux User Group mailing list had a short but interesting discussions today.  Karl Horlen asked how he could reduce a constant buzz he was receiving from his power amp/speaker connected to his laptop.  The buzz only occurs when the power supply is plugged in.  I found this problem […]

Reducing audio buzz for the average guy

 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Audio / Hardware  tagged battery powered speakers / Boulder / cheap microphone / electromagnetic interference / ground loop / isolation transformers / laptop / recording
I use GNOME or XFce for my desktop environments at home and work.  In both places I tend to listen to movies while I work.  I have a large collection of DVDs and even a larger collection of VHS tapes.  The former are mostly ripped to disk now but the […]

Using Xine with your MythTV videos: small screens while you ...

 in Art and Graphics / Linux / Movies / MythTV / Open Source / TV / Video / X11  tagged desktop environments / f10 / Fedora / firefox / GIMP / gnome / livna / MythTV / nfs / rpm / vhs tapes / Video / xfce / xine
I just heard about this a few minutes ago:  Roland Emmerich will be directing the film adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series.  Emmerich directed hits like Independence Day and Stargate along with bombs like 10,000 BC. IMDB says he’s also in pre-production on a remake of Fantastic Voyage. A quick […]

Quick Hit: Roland Emmerich to helm “Foundation”

 in Movies  tagged dune / fantastic voyage / film adaptation / foundation series / hancock / independence day / isaac asimov / peter berg / roland emmerich / stargate
If you’re like me and log into work from home, you should probably be using the AllowUsers option in your sshd_config at work.  This option allows you to specify IP addresses that are allowed to login to your system.  So, for example, I might have an entry like this: myUserid@192.168.1.* […]

Cutting down sshd logs

 in Fedora / Linux / Security  tagged ddos attacks / dictionary searches / Fedora / Linux / logwatch / open ssh / script kiddies / ssh port / ssmtp / tcp wrappers
Judging from the most used searches and posts  (thank you wordpress stats), interest in the Intel Xorg. driver is extremely high.  While it’s easy to see that’s true on the X.org mailing list, looking at my own blog stats was the first time I realized other end users were having […]

Intel driver updates: 2.5.99.2 and 2.6.0, plus a little about ...

 in Fedora / Hardware / Intel Driver / Linux / X11  tagged dell / drm / graphics / intel / intel driver / kde / kernel / Linux / nvidia / Open Source / Video / Wordpress / X11 / xorg (updated 5589 days ago)
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Long ago I slid my way into the Linux world by attending and taking an active part in two different Linux user groups in Denver.  One of these is the Colorado Linux User Enthusiasts, or CLUE, which got its start in the south Denver metro area.  This group remains very […]

An (oral) introduction to Asterisk – BLUG 1/8/09

 in Asterisk / Hardware / Linux  tagged Asterisk / audio transcription / BLUG / Boulder / boulder linux users group / CLUE / CLUE-North / colorado springs / David Anselmi / Linux / livescribe / Open Source / PBX / recording / Sean Reifschneider / Writing
I was reading various web sites today when I came across an article on ComputerWorld discussion the 5 best features of Linux 2.6.28.  On of these items is GEM, the Graphics Execution Manager.  This is a new architecture of sorts that allows for better X performance (in a nutshell).  Why […]

F10 intel driver: a few more tidbits

 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Hardware / Intel Driver / Linux / X11  tagged aspire / computerworld / dual monitors / f10 / Fedora / graphics / intel / intel driver / kernel / laptop / Linux / lwn
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My problems with the intel driver provided in the F10 distribution have been resolved.  I had to compile the driver manually, along with the libdrm prerequisite, but it was rather painless and surprisingly easy to accomplish.  MythTV is now happily serving up live TV and videos on my laptop monitor […]

F10 and xorg intel driver: solved

 in Acer Aspire 1690i / Hardware / Intel Driver / Linux / MythTV  tagged autogen / drm / f10 / freedesktop / graphics / intel / intel driver / kernel / laptop / Linux / live tv / MythTV / rpm / Video / xorg / xrandr (updated 5600 days ago)
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I’m a constant tinkerer on my computers.  While I hate system administration I like to experiment with things.  But a computer is a virtual world.  What you get is visual and (in some cases) auditory.  You don’t get a hands on feeling.  You don’t really build something substantial.  I think […]

makezine.tv: Getting my fix of hands on projects

 in dept 56 / Holiday lighting  tagged colorado springs / dept 56 / dept56 / disney / disneyworld / electric light parade / electrical lighting / graphics / holiday / holiday theme / Make Magazine / makezine.tv / mickey and friends (updated 5505 days ago)