it's not about mac, it's about unix

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope - NVidia TNT2 Model 64 32MB

2009-08-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,

I'm using Linux in a old PC and today I clean all old systems ( yeah I didn't clean the system since 5 years).

After install 9.04 I can't put 1024x768 resolution.

After google it I found a thread talking about it [1]

======xorg.conf delujoč========================
###############################################
# MANUALLY REFURBISHED xorg.conf FOR
# UBUNTU 9.04 JAUNTY!!!
#
# Edit under Linux:
# 1. Open terminal.
# 2. sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#
# (^-Ctrl key in nano.)
#
# USE AS TEMPLATE ON YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILTY!!!
#
# 1. FIRST, ENTER CORRECT VALUES FOR MONITOR, KBD,
# VIDEO CARD. THEN START WITH TESTING.
# 2. IF IN DOUBT, COMMENT OUT ERRATIC AND
# UNWANTED PARTS.
#
###############################################
# THIS FILE IS GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE "AS IS".
# Modified by Joze Klepec in May, 2009.
###############################################

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl - you can safely remove entire section
# along with definitions in Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
#Option here defines new variable named XkbModel with value pc105.
#pc102??, pc101??, pc104??, pc85??, pc84??
Option "XkbLayout" "si"
#en, de, es....
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
#Don't change unless you don't have more than one monitor!!
#This probably affects monitor order.
ModelName "Nokia 449Xa"
#Monitor name as got from specs. If not from papers, search
#on the Internet.
HorizSync 30.0 - 65.0
#Horizontal syncronization rate in KHz.
VertRefresh 48.0 - 120.0
#Vertical refresh in Hz. Picture frame rate actually.
#Good=above 60Hz, very good=above 85Hz, excellent=>120Hz.
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
#Change identically to monitor settings.
Driver "nv"
#Use proper driver here.
#
#options (roughly described):
# nv - Geforce, Geforce2/Geforce MX (Gf2 or mobile onboard),
# NV5 (RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro), NV4, and down.
# Support all up to Geforce 6xxx.
# You'll need 71 or 96 line driver for this.
# nvidia - Geforce 6xxx and newer line models support
# Works with 173 or 180 line drivers.
# nouveau - development, open source driver line
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Default bit depth - 8, 15, 16, 24, 32 are some possible values.
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
#Specs = PC75 MAC75 PC85 PC120
#Unoffically also "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" by different cards
for Nokia449Xa.
# 1280x1024x60Hz, 1152x864x60Hz, other untested and may burn your monitor!!!
#Ubuntu will automatically set maximum available resolution.
#Enter correct values - you can burn out some older monitors which don't
support DDC!
EndSubSection
EndSection

For me it is useful and then I publish it here. Even I want support to 3D acceleration I read that it's not possible (waiting for new hacks from nvidia team, but I'm guessing that is not incoming.)

[1] - http://liste2.lugos.si/pipermail/lugos-list/2009-May/053134.html

VirtualBox

2009-05-04T02:19:00.001-07:00

Hello,

Today I'd like to say that I'm using VirtualBox[1] - it is a very nice platform to run virtual machines, similar VMware but it is free.

It is a product from Sun.

[1] - http://www.virtualbox.org/

Just some applications on Mac

2009-04-11T13:01:00.001-07:00

I'm witting this post thought the dashboard, and i'm really impress about it. I'm using Mac since more than a year, and I wasn't using it correctly yet. I just using the dashboard for simple things like calculator, weather.

And now?

I'm using for blog, for twitter, for youtube, to sticky notes, translator and more others cool features.

Another interesting thing to use is the dictionary in spotlight, try write a word in Spotlight, it's really wonderful.

I'm leaving now with a list of a nice apps/widgets:

- Quicksilver
- Superdock
- Twitterific
- Twidget
- Camino (A nice browser )
- Grapher ( Native in Mac OS )

Cheers!

How to mantain several branches tracking a trunk?

2009-01-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

Last few years, I was working inside some projects (Umit and others).
When you work with other peoples commits are limited so the best idea is create a branch. But how I do that? From last few years I was thinking that svn doesn't have support branches, and the way to do that it's just copy the trunk and make "svn merge .." and keep update the branch.
Last month a guy named Guilherme, show me how I really make a branch inside Subversion.
It's not easy if you're working with old tracking. It's the reason of the post.

I would like to talk about:
- branches
- tags

There was a application 'svnmerge' available to create branches. So it keep branch tracking changes on trunk. That's really cool. Advantages?

How svnmerge works with old versions?

First you need to initialize the branches: svnmerge init PATH ( You should do it first at branch, later at trunk)

You can rollback some merges, sample: svnmerge rollback -M r100-120.

The team will take the real avantages after integration, or if you create svnmerge at begin.

In your branch, you can merge easy way: svnmerge merge, and optionally we can specify the revision interval, between revision x and revision y, -rx-y.

At trunk you should do same thing, to push branch changes:
svnmerge merge -S brach_directory

Easy? :D

Thanks Guilherme, it's really cool.

Archlinux - oh can't install

2008-09-21T03:04:00.000-07:00

Hi folks,

I was a guy of archlinux some years ago. :)
But it had severals bugs when I was trying use.

Today I was trying install ArchLinux. But oh. I coudn't.

Error no /src/core/pkg is missing and if I try by FTP errors return on select packages.

How solve?

Solution: Remove /tmp/.pkgcategory [1]

[1] - http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52584

Cheers!

ssh server without auth (no auth server/client)

2008-08-07T05:40:00.000-07:00

Well I have a Mac OS and Ubuntu.

My ubuntu have sshd - server.

I didn't want no autentification on ssh server.

Introdution and overview about keygen

if you want no auth in ssh server, you need access on your ssh server to change some configs.
If it is a public server (like hosting servers ) configs on server should be done.

Only need to upload your key.

How to say to ssh server that it's my machine trying login?

Client generate a private and public key. You share public key with server.
private and public key matches by algorithm and it's authentication.

So server recognize the keys and doesn't ask password.

How to do that?

Server

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Change some configs to:

RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
UsePAM no

Reload server:

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh reload

Client

Gerate key:

ssh-keygen -q -f id_rsa -t rsa

scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@server:~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
ssh user@server
cd .ssh
cat id_rsa.pub>>authorized_keys
rm id_rsa.pub
exit

do same on server if you wish.

AutentificationTroubles?

Put this at server:

server$ chmod go-w ~/
server$ chmod 700 ~/.ssh
server$ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Doesn't it works?

cat /var/log/auth.log and grep it!

References:
Troubles page ssh

Umit 0.9.5 released and Mapper and Network Inventory, Interface Editor and others comming...

2008-08-05T11:39:00.001-07:00

Now umits will integrate soc projects! :D

What is comming?
- Mapper
- Network Inventory
- Interface Editor
- Target widget
- NSE Script Editor

soon!! Stay tunned on trunk.

Official message from Umit:

Hi everyone!

We're happy to say we finally have a stable release. We fixed bugs, language files and complemented documentation.

Try it and let us know if you have any trouble. You can send a message to this mailing list or, if you find a bug, please report on our trac[1].

Changes since RC2:

* Changes on tarball, now it does not have *.mo (binary) files
* Fixed icons directory, it was causing problems on uninstall_umit
* Fixed CrashReport message - now have formatted view on trac
* Added number version in components of Umit (umitGUI, umitCore, higwidgets) - it is useful to view if umit is using old stuff in CrashReports.
* Remove some lines that was debuging and it was freezing Umit in some situations (Search Scans and CrashReport)
* Update keyboard shortcuts for Profiles Deletion (it was in conflict with another shortcuts)
* Update language files
* Complement documentation

You can download Umit from here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=142490&package_id=156443&release_id=617967

http://www.umitproject.org/?active=download

Now we are ready to start integration of the projects of GSoC and make several improvements on Umit.
Stay tunned!

Cheers!

[1] http://trac.umitproject.org

--
Luís Silva and Rodolfo Carvalho

umit on macports?

2008-07-24T04:32:00.000-07:00

First install macports and X11:

Links here:
X11:
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki
or older:
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/tools/X11.html
Macports:
http://www.macports.org/

sudo port selfupdate

sudo port install umit

Just make umit and it runs.

or sudo umit. :)

just easy right now

Macports umit source portfile:

http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/net/umit

Bugs report to me

mercurial && svn -- is it usefull?

2008-07-24T04:15:00.000-07:00

Hi all.

Yesterday I was talking with Bartosz ( a friend from Poland) and we're discussing about svn and mercurial. I never had used mercurial before.

Before begin technical skills to do that I need to explain situation.
If you're developer of a application that use svn and you have two computers, and you want to sync code but you can't commit it online. So mercurial it's a nice shot. I'm shipping with it.

In my example I have a desktop and a laptop (macbook) and I development lot of time in Desktop but some times I like to continue coding without commit and without copy the files by other system.

So how I can do that?

Syncing folder between a Mac and a Linux computer

What do you need?
- mercurial
- ssh server

It's easy.

In Desktop computer:

$ cd root_svn_directory
$ hg init
you need to write a similar file here:
bastiao@bastiao-desktop:~/root_svn_directory$ cat .hg/hgrc
[ui]
username = Your name - desktop
bastiao@bastiao-desktop:~/root_svn_directory$

And you need to wrote .hgignore. The sample it's for python. It's extension to ignore. In my case I want to ignore .svn and pyc (byte compile) files.

bastiao@bastiao-desktop:~/root_svn_directory$ cat .hgignore
syntax: glob
*~
*.pyc
*.svn
bastiao@bastiao-desktop:~/root_svn_directory$

Nice in desktop.

Let's to laptop:

hg clone ssh://user@ip_or_host/root_svn_directory

add contents in .hg/hgrc similar of the desktop file

it's done

Now you only to do on server:

hg update
hg commit -m "message"

on the other computer, clients:

commit:
hg commit -m "message"
sync server: (push to server)
hg push

to update:
hg pull
hg update

Thanks Bart!

Umit running on Mac OS with X11 (draft)

2008-02-29T13:12:00.001-08:00

Hi,
Well recently I became a mac user. I bought a macbook (intel).
And I want run Umit on my laptop. So what's can u do to run it??

Steps:
- Install Xcode
- Install macports

- Install py25-gtk ( I suppose that all dependencies should be installed )
sudo port
install py25-gtk
install py25-sqlite3
(may be lack some dependences yet, i'll confirm it)

if u have Bus Error:
disable sqlite : deactive (...)
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/12543

svn co http://svn.umitproject.org/svnroot/umit/trunk umit

cd umit
go to install_scripts/macos/dependences/
and install py2app
go to umit dir and run:
python2.5 umit

Umit is running now

www.umitproject.org
If u have troubles send me a email.

Primeira experiencia com mac...(draft)

2008-02-29T13:11:00.000-08:00

Aproveito para cumprimentar todos os visitantes deste novo blog!

Este é a minha experiência com Macbook. Mais propriamente a minha primeira experiência com o Mac OS.

Estou a escrever no editor de texto e confesso que ainda tive de procurar ate o encontrar. Também foi a primeira vez que olhei para isto. Na altura nem sabia que as Applicações estavam num unico directorio.

Enfim recebi a encomenda, excelente, ligaram-me para confirmar a morada.

Recebi, tirei da caixa...

Retirei a bateria e configurei o OS X. Era quase o meu primeiro contacto com o Mac OS.. Fiquei absolutamente espantado não apenas com o Sistema Operativo em si ( baseado num antigo conhecido meu: UNIX ) mas também com o portátil em si. Trazia um comando, não resisti a experiência. Carreguei no menu e apareceu o Front-Row. Na altura nem o conhecia mas comecei a ver que era excelente a maneira com que eu poderia trabalhar no meu portátil. Peguei na maquina fotográfica e fui descarregar algumas fotos e fiquei a conhecer o iPhoto. Excelente programa para organizar fotografias. Voltei ao Front Row e comecei a ver as fotografias. Estava espantoso. Ponto complicado da coisa: onde estava a botão direito do touchpad? Ok. Descobri que tinha de carregar: Ctrl + Click e ele aparecia. Existe um monte de combinações de teclas possíveis inclusive utilizando a tecla Fn.

E como Hibernar?

Bem existe o safe sleep. Tipicamente é só fechar a tampa e ele hiberna.

Algumas configurações do modo sleep:

Abrir um terminal que fica em Aplicações -> Utilitários -> Terminal e colocar o seguinte comando,

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 1

depois é reiniciar e quando fechas a tampa ao macbook ele hiberna.

Para suspender:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

Para voltar ao padrão:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3

Já agora para copiar não se usa Ctrl + C nem Ctrl + V para colar, usa-se a tecla: "cmd".

(...) falar mais de safe sleep

Um aspecto importante também é que quando uma aplicação no Mac OS crasha (sim é raro mas pode acontecer, não é problema do Sistema Oprativo mas sim da aplicação) vai-se à dock, botão direito do rato e faz-se "Forçar Saida".

The only FREE way I have figured out how to do it is:

1. Install X11

2. Install Darwine

3. Download MagicISO

4. Open Winehelper (it's in the Darwine folder)

5. Using Winehelper, open the MagicISO installer

6. Install MagicISO

7. Using Winehelper, open MagicISO

8. Under 'Tools' Select 'Decompress UIF files' Select the UIF file you want to convert and hit 'Decompress.' It will output as an ISO. You can then use Disk Utility to open or burn the ISO."

http://blog.0hlsson.se/2008/01/uif-to-iso-converter-mac-forums.html

Tipicamente depois de instalar o Darwin podemos emlar algumas aplicações do Windows.

Ver ficheiros CHM

http://chmox.sourceforge.net/

(... ) Tweaks para Mac OS.. instalar apps, filmes etc.. acrescentar dps..

Estava na hora de verificar o mito: Pode o Macbook suportar Triple Boot?

Visto que sou estudante, iria precisar do Windows e de uma distribuição GNU/Linux.

Escolhi o Windows XP Corp SP2, e o Ubuntu 7.10 amd64 bits (Atenção, penso que e importante tratar-se da versão 64bits , por causa de alguns drivers ).

Primeiro passo: Instalar um bootloader: refit

Antes disto eu instalei uns updates ao Kernel,

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chrisirwin/ubuntu gutsy main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chrisirwin/ubuntu gutsy main

Now update:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

woww.. it works (Macbook with Broadcam 4328 Wifi working - yes ):

Using: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...85a57abee8a0c9

Driver: http://www.alex.conlinux.net/drivers/bcm4328.zip

Quote:

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

ndiswrapper -l

sudo depmod -a

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.orig

echo -e 'auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n' | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces

sudo ndiswrapper -m

echo 'ndiswrapper' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

echo 'ENABLED=0' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/wpasupplicant

Alguns links de referência:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=594298

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=607300&page=2

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook_Santa_Rosa