tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18000078303435417862024-03-12T17:16:10.961-07:00Tech-RevealSvantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-22441877532084825582015-03-06T06:00:00.001-08:002015-03-06T06:30:46.297-08:00Harrison Ford Plane Crash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure</i></span></div>
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Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-57466074408122700472014-03-08T15:04:00.000-08:002014-03-08T15:05:11.618-08:00SvtPlay på ChromecastSå här gör man för att få igång SvtPlay på Chromecast:<br />
<ol>
<li>Installera följande Appar på din telefon eller platta: Play SE (för svtplay.se) och BubbleUPnP.</li>
<li>Ställ in (strartad) Chromecast under Devices i BubbleUPnP.</li>
<li>Ställ in Play SE att använda en extern videospelare och välj BubbleUPnP när du startar ett inslag.</li>
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Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-42452287206988003622014-03-08T14:41:00.000-08:002014-03-08T14:42:26.806-08:00Chromecast - finally the one total streaming solution?I finally got the Chromecast unit after the recent news on support for additional apps and platform opening up a bit. This post is to jot down some of my experiences.<br />
<h3>
Replacing the SMART TV functions</h3>
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My first test was on my daughter's recent SMART TV. Booting up and Chromecast takes over the TV beautifully, landscape background imagery with a super easy configuration. Using an Android phone I installed the Chromecast configuration App which was used to set up WiFi. After that no more configuration was necessary.</div>
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<b>Youtube and Netflix</b><br />
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Youtube and Netflix Apps on the phone finds the Chromecast straight away and plays everything as expected.</div>
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<b>DLNA</b><br />
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Now, how about the movies on my DLNA NAS? BubbleUpnp is already my favourite Android DLNA player, now with supposed Chromecast support. The instructions say a transcoding server (also from Bubble) needs to be installed (this is because Chromecast only supports a few media formats and other media needs converting).</div>
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I'm not intending to set up any transcoding server so I'll try without BubbleUpnp finds the Chromecast straight away (right along the actual SMART TV playback server). Playing media from my NAS does not work at all. Browsing is good but starting movies or mp3's does not work. Playing media from the phone actually works quite well (movies recorded with the phone camera and some local mp3's and photos).</div>
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This is where it all really turns: I switched BubbleUpnp to use the SMART TV instead of the Chromecast and everything just works - all movies and mp3's from my NAS play just the way I want. The TV also include apps for Netflix and Youtube so here's where I pulled the Chromecast from that TV.</div>
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Read my later posts for more Chromecast tests.</div>
Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-86562163304236941222013-01-31T06:22:00.002-08:002013-02-10T13:54:43.110-08:00Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on Sony Vaio XUbuntu now works completely out of the box for the Sony Vaio X. One can forget about using the Unity desktop environment though - it's beyond sluggish. Moving back to the fallback/older GUI is the perfect option. Just follow the usual guidelines for <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">installing Ubuntu from USB</a>.<br />
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As always, take precaution before completely removing Windows if you want to get the WWAN 3G modem working. See step 3 of <a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2011/07/here-is-how-i-make-my-sony-vaio-x-work.html">this post</a>.<br />
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Confirmed to be working:<br />
<ul>
<li>Display (GMA500, <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo">info</a>)</li>
<li>External display/VGA (with Fn+F7 - non mirror dual untested)</li>
<li>Audio (with keyboard volume control/mute / Fn+F2,F3,F4)</li>
<li>Webcam (with Skype)</li>
<li>Trackpad (with edge scrolling and two-finger scrolling)</li>
<li>Bluetooth (with Mouse and Headset)</li>
<li>Youtube video/audio (full screen working but rather laggy/chippy)</li>
<li>WLAN</li>
</ul>
Not working:<br />
<ul>
<li>Display brightness keyboard controls / Fn+F5,F6 (adjusts ok but has no effect on display)</li>
</ul>
Not tested:<br />
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<ul>
<li>WWAN 3G modem (Qualcomm Gobi 2000)</li>
<li>Hibernate/sleep (will try and close lid after publishing this article - EDIT: ALERT! Had to re-install everything after Sleep-test !!! :-)</li>
</ul>
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My tweaks:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback # And log in with Classic No Effects ditching Unity and Compiz</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'menu:minimize,maximize,close' # move windows buttons to the right</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type=string </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">'menu:minimize,maximize,close' # again for chrome</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true # Fix broken address bar in Nautilus</span></blockquote>
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Remove top desktop panel (place tray on the bottom right and set up Ubuntu Main menu bottom left using Alt-Right clicks), <a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2012/09/decent-sensitivity-for-mouse-with.html">Tweak my MS-mouse speed</a>. </blockquote>
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Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-11215853543454433282012-09-18T17:39:00.005-07:002013-09-11T06:26:15.288-07:00Decent sensitivity for mouse with UbuntuHaving acceleration/sensitivity set to their slowest/lowest settings in System Settings, for a lot of mouse devices such as the otherwise so excellent Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, the sensitivity/moving speed is still far too high.<br />
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Here is how to fix that (from Ubuntu 12.04):<br />
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First, you will need your mouse ProductName and ID:<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ xinput list</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>id=14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>[slave pointer (2)]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">...</span><br />
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Test a new sensitivity level (14=device id, 1.7=level - higher level lowers sensitivity):<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ xinput set-prop 14 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 1.7</span><br />
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Create a new xorg file for the new setting:<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">$ sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mymouse.conf</span><br />
Containing the following:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Section "InputClass"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Identifier "Microsoft Mouse 5000" # Whatever you want</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> MatchProduct "Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000" # Product name from xinput list</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> Option "ConstantDeceleration" "1.7" # The same value as xinput</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">EndSection</span><br />
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Setting now sticks after reboot.</div>
Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-4888500224848207352012-09-02T00:32:00.000-07:002013-01-29T14:39:12.689-08:00Getting the Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard to work with Ubuntu 12.04Modify the 97-bluetooth-<span style="font-family: inherit;">hid2hci.rules </span>file:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules</span></blockquote>
Look for the folowing lines:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> # Logitech devices<br />KERNEL=="<b>hiddev</b>*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c70[345abce]|c71[34bc]", \ RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"</span></blockquote>
Simply change from <b>hiddev</b> to <b>hidraw</b> like:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> # Logitech devices<br />KERNEL=="<b>hidraw</b>*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c70[345abce]|c71[34bc]", \ RUN+="hid2hci --method=logitech-hid --devpath=%p"</span></blockquote>
Restart Ubuntu (sudo reboot now). Short-press connect button on both keyboard and dongle. Done.<br />
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Same fix also works for Ubuntu 11.10, only use the file 62-bluez-hid2hci.rules file instead:<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo gedit </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">/lib/udev/rules.d/62-bluez-hid2hci.rules</span></blockquote>
Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-16352785122362730272012-08-30T16:32:00.000-07:002013-09-11T06:26:26.736-07:00Quick power off button on UbuntuHere is how I permanently make the power switch/button simply shut down Ubuntu from 12.04 (no more questions asked) as root:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">echo "event=button/power (PWR.||PBTN)" > /etc/acpi/events/power; echo "action=/sbin/poweroff" >> /etc/acpi/events/power; /etc/init.d/acpid restart;</span></blockquote>
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Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-42615668368931785022012-08-17T05:59:00.000-07:002013-01-29T14:41:17.668-08:00König USB 300 Mbps WLAN Dongle for Ubuntu / Linux<h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">It just works</span></h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Having tried and returned (and possibly breaking) a number of dongles i finally found one working out of the box with Ubuntu 12.04.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://di1-2.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/3f/09/19/95933732-260x260-0-0_KOENIG+KoeNIG+USB+WLAN+ADAPTER+150MBit+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://di1-2.shoppingshadow.com/images/pi/3f/09/19/95933732-260x260-0-0_KOENIG+KoeNIG+USB+WLAN+ADAPTER+150MBit+s.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CMP-WNUSB40</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">
It's really small and simple and connecting it just makes all surrounding networks visible in a flash. Had it running for a couple of hours and done numerous speed tests on <a href="http://bredbandskollen.se/">bredbandskollen.se</a> measuring some 55 Mbps (on a 100 Mbps line). Same result on a second computer (Ubuntu 11.10).</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">The KÖNIG (KONIG) Electronic </span>USB 300 Mbps WLAN Dongle / Ultra compact adapter can be found in Teknikmagasinet (Gallerian, Stockholm) for 199 SKR and <a href="http://cdon.se/hemelektronik/adapter_k%C3%B6nig_cmp-wnusb40_300mbps_n_usb_dongle-9091613">CDON</a> for 219 SKR.</div>
Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-15447446498129880922012-07-24T02:08:00.001-07:002012-08-30T16:57:26.089-07:00Sony Vaio X and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise<br />
So, here is how to install Ubuntu 12.04 on a Sony Vaio X (my model: VPCX11S1E).<br />
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With minor adjustments, the intel GMA500 video card is now working out of the box.</div>
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I don't use the built-in WWAN 3G modem but if you do you should probably keep some driver files from the Windows partition! See <a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2011/07/here-is-how-i-make-my-sony-vaio-x-work.html">this post</a>.<br />
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Working:<br />
<ul>
<li>LAN + WLAN</li>
<li>Trackpad with edge scrolling/scroll area (no/disabled multi touch/two-finger scrolling)</li>
<li>Audio/built-in speakers/microphone and camera (mic really bad though) and volume control</li>
<li>Graphics with brightness (after fix below)</li>
<li>USB/Bluetooth</li>
<li>Suspend (works sometimes, I don't really use/test the suspend feature) </li>
</ul>
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Not working/tested:<br />
<ul>
<li>External VGA</li>
<li>Graphics boots up with faulty resolution sometimes (including during installation). Just reboot to fix.</li>
<li>WWAN 3G modem</li>
</ul>
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Steps:<br />
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1. Create Ubuntu install USB (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">info</a>).<br />
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2. On the USB, add the following boot options to syslinux.cfg:<br />
quiet splash console=tty1 acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux acer_wmi.blacklist=yes mem=1920mb<br />
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3. Install Ubuntu from USB and reboot (to a black screen).<br />
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4. Fix the black screen by dropping to console (Crtl-Alt-F1) and log in.<br />
sudo nano /etc/default/grub<br />
# Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash console=tty1 acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_osi=Linux acer_wmi.blacklist=yes mem=1920mb"<br />
# Change GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768x32<br />
# Add GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1366x768x32<br />
sudo update-grub <br />
sudo nano /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution# Add echo insmod 915resolution<br />
# Add echo 915resolution 58 1366 768 32<br />
sudo chmod a+x /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution<br />
sudo reboot<br />
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5. Fix suspend:<br />
sudo nano /etc/pm/config.d/gma500<br />
# Add ADD_PARAMETERS='-quirk-vbemode-restore'Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-13162843261724467692012-05-29T07:02:00.001-07:002012-08-17T06:02:04.208-07:00Getting the NETGEAR N300 Wireless USB Adapter WNA3100 to work with Crunchbang/DebianThis guide installed the driver, enabled network browsing, attaching to SSID and surfing/apt-getting for a while. The entire network dies when accessing http://bredbandskollen.se so I'm returning the adapter.<br />
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<b>Update: Recommending this adapter instead: <a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2012/08/konig-usb-300-mbps-wlan-dongle-for.html">Konig 300</a></b><br />
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Anyway here it is:<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">setxkbmap se # swedish keyboard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndisgtk --fix-missing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">mkdir disk1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda1 disk1; </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">cp "disk1/Program Files/NETGEAR...Win2000XP/"* tmp # (make sure get all windows driver files - in this example the files were installed on another partition on the same computer - or look for </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> bcmwlhigh5.zip (or bcmwlhigh6.zip for 64bit) online</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">sudo apt-get install firmware-brcm80211 # (??? to what effect?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">sudo modprobe ndiswrapper # (FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"># </span><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/acx#Firmware" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/acx#<wbr></wbr></a></span><br />
Firmware<br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/firmware</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for i in "" c16 c17 r16 r17 ; do sudo wget -P /usr/local/lib/firmware </span><a href="http://acx100.erley.org/fw/acx111_1.2.1.34/tiacx111$i" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank">http://acx100.erley.org/fw/<wbr></wbr></a></span><br />
acx111_1.2.1.34/tiacx111$i<span style="font-size: x-small;"> ; done</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">sudo su - # (switch to root)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> apt-get install module-assistant wireless-tools</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> m-a a-i acx100</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> exit # end root</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo modprobe ndiswrapper # (allright!!!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo ndisgtk # (point to ini-file in tmp)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">#AND WERE DONE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sudo modprobe acx # (still: FATAL: Module acx not found.)</span></div>
Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-8002185355384558132012-04-03T04:38:00.000-07:002012-04-03T07:47:50.478-07:00Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Beta 2 on Sony Vaio XThe latest Ubuntu versions have all been a mess to work with my Vaio X. The problems are mainly in desktop performance where the interface clearly deteriorated with the introduction of Unity. The best way to get Ubuntu to work well is probably to move back to 10.04 (or thereabouts) but I'm going to give Ubuntu one last chance with 12.04.
Rumor says that the GMA500 (graphics chip) is now supported from start.<br />
<ol>
<li>Downloaded the beta ISO image: <a href="http://mirrors.se.eu.kernel.org/ubuntu-releases//precise/ubuntu-12.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso">ubuntu-12.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso</a></li>
<li>Made the USB boot from ISO using usb-creator-gtk</li>
<li>Started from USB with "Try Ubuntu" option</li>
<li>Installed Skype</li>
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Results:</div>
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Ok, the "Try/Install" Ubuntu screen worked but it was really messed up and split horizontally with only the top half part working.<br />
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It took a couple of attempts to get the screen resolution right (no changes - just that many times the screen boots in only 1024x768 mode).<br />
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Also the screen is flickering slightly and I filed some 3-5 bug reports (popup kept informing abt. several background crashes). (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972294">bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972294</a>)<br />
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All this allowed me to try most of the gadgets. Working:<br />
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<li>Display</li>
<li>Audio (with keyboard volume control/mute / Fn+F2,F3,F4)</li>
<li>Webcam (with Skype)</li>
<li>Trackpad (with edge scrolling)</li>
<li>Bluetooth (with Skype)</li>
<li>Youtube video/audio (full screen working but rather laggy/chippy)</li>
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Not working (tested):<br />
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<li>Keyboard display light controls / Fn+F5,F6 (adjusts ok but has no effect on display)</li>
<li>Multitouch trackpad (never got that to work with Ubuntu before either)</li>
<li>External display/VGA (nothing happens when connecting a monitor, keyboard switch / Fn+F7)</li>
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CPU/fan noice is irritating (saddest part of the Vaio X) but I must say that it's behaving and the fan shuts off completely from time to time. Running nothing but a Youtube clip spinns it up though.</div>Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-5149944497390590542011-07-04T07:03:00.000-07:002011-07-04T07:45:25.950-07:00Vaio X and Ubuntu 11.04 Natty<div>Here is how I make my Sony Vaio X work with Ubuntu 11.04.</div><div>The installation/upgrade is not seamless and still need some tweaks.</div><div>Working:</div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">LAN + WLAN</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Trackpad (no scroll area and no multi touch)</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Audio/built in speakers</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Graphics *</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">USB/Bluetooth</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">WWAN 3G modem (Qualcomm Gobi 2000) *</li></ul></div><div>Not working:</div><div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Built in web camera (haven't even tried)</li><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Stand by / hibernation</li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are my steps:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Install Ubuntu from USB (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">info</a>).</div><div>Keep a few files from Windows 7 before completely removing it (see 3. below).<br /><div><br /></div></div><div>* 2. Install EMGD video driver for GMA 500 (<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo">info</a>):</div><div><div>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/emgd</div><div>sudo apt-get update</div><div>sudo apt-get install xorg-emgd emgd-dkms</div><div>sudo emgd-xorg-conf</div></div><div><div># Replace /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-emgd.conf with http://paste.ubuntu.com/612551/</div></div><div><br /></div><div># Make brightness buttons work:</div><div>sudo apt-get install emgdbl</div><div># Add "blacklist poulsbo" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf</div><div># Add "emgdbl" to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules</div><div># Add "acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=video" to /etc/default/grub (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT)</div><div>sudo update-initramfs -c -k all</div><div>sudo update-grub</div><div>sudo reboot</div><div><br /></div><div>* 3. Install WWAN 3G modem support:</div><div># Make sure you have the following files backed up from Windows 7:<br /><div><div><div># C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\UMTS\AMSS.mbn</div><div># C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\UMTS\Apps.mbn</div><div># C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Images\Sony\6\UQCN.mbn</div></div></div></div><div>sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/gobi</div><div><div><div>sudo cp AMSS.mbn Apps.mbn UQCN.mbn /lib/firmware/gobi</div></div></div><div>sudo apt-get install gobi-loader</div><div># and then Enable Mobile Broadband in the network tray application.</div>Svantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950454855489639659noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-27100321083815575512010-10-20T04:24:00.000-07:002010-10-29T08:20:47.853-07:00Vaio X and Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick<div>Here is how I make my Sony Vaio X work with Ubuntu 10.10.</div><div>I recently upgraded from 10.04 (<a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2010/06/vaio-x-and-ubuntu-1004-lucid.html">here is my guide for installing 10.04</a>) and found 10.10 much better (includes WWAN loader).</div><div>The installation/upgrade is not seamless and still need some tweaks.</div><div>Working:</div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">LAN + WLAN</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Trackpad with scroll area (no multi touch)</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Audio/built in speakers</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">2D graphics with external display (3D and Hardware Video Acceleration is also claimed to work) *</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">USB/Bluetooth *</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">WWAN 3G modem (Qualcomm Gobi 2000) *</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Built in web camera (Tested ok with Skype, PIP does not work / worked in 10.04)</li>
</ul></div><div>Not working:</div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Stand by / hibernation (kernel regression? - display comes back too bright or white)</li>
</ul></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here are my steps:</div><div><br />
</div><div>1. Install Ubuntu from USB (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">instructions here</a>).</div><div>Keep Windows 7 (WWAN drivers are located there).</div><div><br />
</div><div>* 2. Install Poulsbo video driver for GMA 500 (<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo">information here</a>):<br />
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config && sudo reboot</div><div><br />
</div><div>* 3. Bug fix for USB/Bluetooth:</div><div>sudo nano /etc/default/grub<br />
# append " memmap=1K#0x7f800000" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT)<br />
# My working example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=1900mb nohz=off acpi_osi=Linux memmap=1K#0x7f800000"<br />
sudo update-grub<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">* 4. Install WWAN 3G modem support:<br />
sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/gobi<br />
sudo cp "/media/70E256E3E256ACDA/Program Files/QUALCOMM/Images/Sony/UMTS/"* /lib/firmware/gobi<br />
sudo cp "/media/70E256E3E256ACDA/Program Files/QUALCOMM/Images/Sony/6/UQCN.mbn" /lib/firmware/gobi<br />
sudo apt-get install gobi-loader<br />
# and then Enable Mobile Broadband in the network tray application.</div><div><br />
The above leaves the Vaio X fully working. I have always been a fan of hibernation but with web browsers being able to remember windows/tabs between restarts I'm still surviving without so far.</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-28461685617015182382010-10-12T14:36:00.000-07:002010-10-12T14:42:20.419-07:00Bind a non-root service to port 25 on Ubuntu with AuthbindPorts 1-1024 including 21 (ftp), 22 (ssh), 25 (smtp), 80 (http), 110 (pop3) can only be bound by services running as root.<br />
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Error messages indicating you have this problem are "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Permission denied</span>", "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">IOError when attempting to open socket ( constructor ), shutting down! java.net.BindException: Operation not permitted</span>" or "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">java.net.SocketException: No such file or directory</span>".<br />
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I recently developed my own smtp listener (converting e-mail to text/sms messages) and rather run the service as it's own user. Here's how (for port 25):<br />
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<b>Install authbind</b> (allows a program which does not or should not run as root to bind to low-numbered ports in a controlled way):<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">apt-get install authbind</span><br />
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<b>Configure authbind</b> (replace user with your user):<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">touch /etc/authbind/byport/25</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">chown user:user /etc/authbind/byport/25</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">chmod 755 /etc/authbind/byport/25</span><br />
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<b>Start the service</b> (simple test):<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">authbind nc -l -p 25 -e "/usr/bin/uptime"</span></div><div><br />
</div>Start the service (<b>java</b>):<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">authbind --deep /bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true com.cent.texter.TexterServer"</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-77435200508895381112010-06-29T00:01:00.000-07:002010-10-20T04:26:10.904-07:00Vaio X and Ubuntu 10.04<a href="http://tech.jacobsen.se/2010/10/vaio-x-and-ubuntu-1010-maverick.html">For Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, see this post.</a><br />
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For months we put up with poor performance and non-working fixes for my Vaio X. Even though <a href="http://westhoffswelt.de/blog/0041_sony_vaio_x_ubuntu_installation_experience.html">Jakob Westhoffs</a> articles put us in the right directions, they got a bit dated when the Ubuntu 10.04 release finally came.<br />
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</div><div>10.04 does not take care of everything:</div><div><br />
</div><div>Working:</div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Bluetooth</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">USB</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">LAN + WLAN</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Built in web camera (Skype)</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Trackpad with scroll area (no multi touch)</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">2D graphics with external display (3D and Hardware Video Acceleration is also claimed to work) *</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Audio & built in speakers *</li>
</ul></div><div>Not working:</div><div><ul><li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">Stand by & hibernation (10.04 kernel regression?)</li>
<li style="margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;">WWAN 3G modem (modem is detected but so far disconnects from network)</li>
</ul></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here are my steps for a working installation:</div><div><br />
</div><div>1. Install Ubuntu from USB (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">instructions here</a>).</div><div>No need to keep Windows 7 (unless you want to experiment with some of the WWAN solutions out there).</div><div><br />
</div><div>* 2. Install Poulsbo video driver for GMA 500 (<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo">instructions here</a>).</div><div>They just recently included instructions for the 3D and Video Acceleration beta installation.</div><div><br />
</div><div>* 3. Install Alsa 1.0.23 for built in speaker support (<a href="http://monespaceperso.org/blog-en/2010/05/02/upgrade-alsa-1-0-23-on-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/">instructions here</a>).</div><div>10.04 comes with Alsa 1.0.21 but Vaio X requires 1.0.23. Tested with kernel 2.6.32-22, 2.6.32-23, 2.6.32-24 and 2.6.32-25.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The above leaves the Vaio X fully working. For WWAN I use my 3G phone over bluetooth. I have always been a fan of hibernation but with web browsers being able to remember windows/tabs between restarts I'm surviving without so far.</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1800007830343541786.post-65306765719082577262010-06-11T02:50:00.000-07:002012-09-02T00:35:02.790-07:00Stop automatic restart after Windows Update<b></b><br />
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Windows restarts without user prompt when certain updates has been installed automatically during Windows Update leaving the following message:<br />
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<b>Solution/how to:</b><br />
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<li>Go to Start > Run and type gpedit.msc</li>
<li>Under Computer Configuration go to Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update</li>
<li>Find No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations, double click on it, Enable it and click OK.</li>
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More information (server auto reboot policy change): <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/b/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx</a> </div>
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