I like Linux and I’m glade to see/have Linux-based devices. One of them is Internet tablet Nokia770. It’s really geek and cool. A new game console GP2X is also based on Linux. It’s powered by Dual core CPU, supports MPEG 4, XviD, DivX, MP3, OGG, JPG, BMP, PCX, GIF, PNG and allows to read eBooks. CPU which has 2D accelerator enables you enjoy games anytime […]
Installation VMvare Workstation on Fedora 5
I use WMvare Workstation 5 on my home PC under Windows about four months. Once I decided to try it on Linux. Installation of VMware is more or less trivial. First, download VMware Workstation for Linux (I chose RPM) and install it. After that before the first running VMware it should be configured using VMware config script: vmware-config.pl But there is the first trick. It […]
Upgrade to Fedora Core 5 finished!
My epic work with upgrade to Fedora Core 5 finished successful this morning. As I wrote there was only one problem after upgrade – Embperl gave a Segmentation fault. Gerald spent more than two weeks tried to resolve this. During this time he released a new version of Embperl which was adapted for latest version of Apache. But it still didn’t work properly. Funally, Gerald […]
The first LINUX-based sequencer
Lionstracs released the Mediastation X-76, a next generation music workstation & performance keyboard based on Linux and AMD’s 32bit Athlon or 64 bit Opteron CPUs in 2004. This isn’t news but nevertheless it very interesting device: The sound generation system is based on a combination between DSP and software synthesis: a total of 256 voices provided by DREAM DSP chips to provide GM/GS sounds. Besides […]
Upgrade to Fedora Core 5
After upgrade to Fedora Core 5 I spent one-two days to resolve some problems. First were are the same as after upgrade to Fedora Core 4. Sure I supposed that Fedora is too crude and it was my choice 🙂 1. Embperl New Feodra contains latest Apache and mod_perl. As I understand Embperl development team didn’t follow them. That’s why after upgrade Embperl-based web applications […]
Howto get Apache stackbacktrace
Recently I faced with problem: Embperl started give Segmentation fault after upgrade to Fedora Core 5. To resolve this problem Gerald Richard – the author of Embperl asked me send him Apache stackbacktrace. I didn’t do this before. I made a search and found a simple receipt howto get the stackbacktrace. start gdb: gdb httpd we have to specify config file for Apache and define […]
Funny grep under Debian
Recently I played with Plutohome which is based on Debian I found some strange thing with grep. When I tried to find the word ‘pluto’ in the directory /etc/init.d: grep -i pluto /etc/init.d/* -n I was very surprised when I saw error messages about missing files in this directory. It seems that grep under Debian uses locate to retrieve a list of files for specified […]
Prepare for Nokia 770 development
Recently Nokia has released an excellent device – Internet Tablet 770. It’s based on Debian Linux and it seems attractive for open source developers (see a bunch of already created applications). My interest for Nokia 770 conditions on possibility to use it as Plutohome Orbiter – graphical console to controle Smarthome system. It’s compact, has touch-screen and supports SDL – Simple DirectMedia Layer which is […]