The kitchen computer project will be powered by a black ASUS EeeBox B203! The ancient 800 MHz (VIA Samuel 2 crap CPU) Mini-ITX machine I use for the prototype is very slow, has issues with the USB network adapter (NetGear WG111v3, ID 0846:4260), and freezes occasionally so it will be retired soon! I will try… Continue reading New hardware ordered: printer and kitchen computer
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Upgraded my FreeBSD file server
Upgrading a FreeBSD server should be less painful than putting a graphics card in a Windows server, unless there is a huge technical debt involved of course… At home I’ve been upgrading my three year old FreeBSD file server. I bought 3 new 500 gigabyte hard disk drives for a new graid3 setup, but I… Continue reading Upgraded my FreeBSD file server
Solved problems installing a graphics card in a Windows 2003 Server
My computer troubles did not stop with the RAM failure on my laptop. The next issue was a server upgrade at work. We needed to put a graphics card into a server. (Don’t ask why!) The HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server has a built-in Matrox G200e (with 8 megabytes of RAM) and I installed a … Continue reading Solved problems installing a graphics card in a Windows 2003 Server
Mysterious crashes = RAM memory failure
I had some mysterious crashes on my Thinkpad T60p the other day. First I got Firefox hangs, second Firefox didn’t start, third I got segfaults when listing a directory on the hard disk, four I got kernel panic when running fsck… Now I’m running Memtest86 and it does not look good: That computer is soooo… Continue reading Mysterious crashes = RAM memory failure
New Windows PC and monitor ordered
I usually pride myself with not falling for "special offers" but when I found this €450 computer and monitor package I could not resist. The new hardware is an HP Compaq dx2450 Microtower PC and an HP L2208w 22-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor. It’s not high-end stuff, but I think it should work nicely for iTunes,… Continue reading New Windows PC and monitor ordered
Highway to Dell, part six
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part five.) Yesterday I noticed a problem with ssh on the Dell Inspiron 1525: I could ssh in any direction between the laptop and other computers on the same wireless network, but not to a computer outside of the wireless network. The issue was already reported as Bug #237894: I… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part six
Highway to Dell, part five
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part four.) My wife upgraded the Dell Inspiron 1525 to Ubuntu 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") the other day and as far as I know, everything works fine after correcting the No Sound After Distribution Upgrade issue. I still haven’t upgraded my Thinkpad T60p from Ubuntu 7.10 and it makes be both… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part five
The WLAN router as a development platform?
I have a Fonera WLAN router (unfortunately it has been offline for a while now, but nevertheless) and I really like their thing. In their blog I read that their next generation WLAN router will be an open platform for developers. Interested developers will be able to join Fonosfera: The FON Development Community. Also worth… Continue reading The WLAN router as a development platform?
Highway to Dell, part four
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part three.) Before buying the Dell Inspiron1525 I did some research and I found a thread about PPP problems with Ubuntu on the machine. I sent a PM to the author of the post and asked of his/her experiences. I got this reply (quoted with permission): I am no longer… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part four
Highway to Dell, part three
(Continued from Highway to Dell, part two.) The trackpad is much easier to work with since I followed these instructions. I also set MaxTapTime to "0" (zero) to disable tapping on the trackpad, and SHMConfig to "on" so that I can use synclient, gsynaptics or similar programs to play with the settings at runtime. The… Continue reading Highway to Dell, part three