Problems with sata_promise
We've just connected the new disk to our mirror, but they are not yet usable. At first we had a defective sata cable and after fixing that, it seems that the PCI ID of the SATA controller is not yet in...
View ArticleRenaming network devices with udev
If you're running Debian unstable and have updated recently, your eth interfaces may be numbered differently now. This is because udev is now started earlier (at 05) than module-init-tools (at 20). If...
View ArticleGallery with bins and wgHTML
I've been using bins for my photo galleries for some time now. It doesn't have all the features that Gallery has, but i like the clean themes. To use bins (which generates static html files) with...
View ArticleVernor Vinge - Accelerating Change 2005
Vernor Vinge - Accelerating Change 2005 on IT Conversations - In this keynote address from Accelerating Change 2005, Vernor Vinge discusses the potential for a "technological singularity" - the event...
View Articlereading mailing lists and joey on thread patterns
Joey has blogged about thread patterns in mailing lists and how to select interesting mails based on these patterns.I use evolution, which could learn some things from mutt about threaded display. It...
View ArticleCode for MD4/5 collisions released
The code needed to create two bitstreams with the same hash is public. It takes about 45 minutes to find a MD5 collision. This does not allow to create a bitstream which maps to a given hash, so md5 is...
View ArticleMigrating to dm-crypt/lvm-root on debian
The 22C3 in Berlin is coming up and after helping a friend convert his notebook to dm-crypt/lvm, i'm ready to try it myself :) It was not quite straightforward, so i'll describe the necessary steps...
View ArticleNews from the Linux desktop
Just some nice things from the Desktop side:Leaftag: Tag files on your system (Homepage, Video)XOrg Bling: Using OpenGL to make nice effectsby Novell/SuSE:Compizby RedHat: aiglx (Videos: 123)
View Article22c3 recordings have been released
Today the long awaited lecture videos have been releases here. We have a complete mirror available.If you want to create a public mirror, please contact me. I'll give you access to a non-public server...
View ArticleLet's start blogging again
After a long break i'll start blogging again. :) All the software has been updated to the current versions and it seems to be working.Yesterday i've recieved the confirmation that i'm in the Neo1973...
View ArticleNeo1973 hardware delayed
Sean Moss-Pultz has just announced that the Neo1973 hardware has been delayed by some necessary changes and bad luck. The software will be released anyway, so we'll be able to take a look at it soon.I...
View ArticleThe OpenMoko website is live
The OpenMoko websites are available:Main PageWiki (see "Disassembling Neo1973" for some photos)SVNSome new lists have been created.BugzillaHappy hacking!
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Supertux on the Neo
We now have a game working on the Neo: SuperTuxSound and music are not yet working and its impossible to control Tux (because we would need more buttons ;). Perhaps we can use a Bluetooth gamepad.
View ArticleOpenMoko on Chaosradio Express (in german)
The latest Chaosradio Express podcast (#42) is about the OpenMoko project. Tim Pritlove and OpenMoko core developer Harald 'laforge' Welte talk about the project and its challenges, the Neo1973 phone...
View ArticleIntel releases PowerTOP
Intel has just released a new utility called PowerTOP. It uses the new statistics made available by the 2.6.21 kernel and shows which processes (or devices) cause the processor to wake up.Keith Packard...
View ArticleNext Neo1973 revision may use the SMedia Glamo3362 GPU
While reading the OpenMoko commitlog I noticed this patch by Harald 'laforge' Welte. It updates the initialization routines for the GTA02 (the next Neo1973 hardware revision, Phase 1+ and 2) and...
View ArticleThe long wait is over!
Today i've recieved a mail from James Troup saying that my Debian account has just been created! This means my NM-Process took about 16 months (6 months in "Awaiting DAM Approval").I'd like to thank...
View ArticleDebian on the Neo1973
Thanks to a patch by Roman Moravcik i was able to close OpenMoko bug 677 today. This problem made the SD slot unusable for anything except some simple tests. To verify that everything is working now, i...
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Going to DebConf '08
I've just booked my plane tickets for my first DebConf and if everything goes according to plan, i'll be there for the whole camp and conference. During the camp i'll work on getting E17 into unstable...
View ArticleDebian and the Beagle Board
After having read about the board a bit and getting courious, at LinuxTag 2008 i could try the real hardware for the first time. They had a demo running which showed a full Enlightenment desktop and...
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