Comments for Clogging up the Web http://www.larcun.com The (time permitting) blog of Larkin Cunningham Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) -> 6.04 (Dapper Drake)… Upgrade by Fredi http://www.larcun.com/2006/02/13/ubuntu-510-breezy-badger-604-dapper-drake-upgrade/#comment-6288 Fredi Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:38:03 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2006/02/13/ubuntu-510-breezy-badger-604-dapper-drake-upgrade/#comment-6288 Awesome items!! Give us the full lowdown along with loads of pictures when you get back. Awesome items!! Give us the full lowdown along with loads of pictures when you get back.

]]> Comment on Localization in Model-Glue - Part I by Free http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/17/localization-in-model-glue/#comment-5038 Free Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:08:23 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/17/localization-in-model-glue/#comment-5038 I appreciate you cross-linking to my article, "Localization in Model-Glue 2". But honestly - you missed something. I mentioned at the bottom of my posting that localized text tokens are for another article. The article provides a way to have localized views - and a fallback method when no localized view is present. Combined with your approach - a full localization internationalization system can easily be modeled. I appreciate you cross-linking to my article, “Localization in Model-Glue 2″. But honestly - you missed something. I mentioned at the bottom of my posting that localized text tokens are for another article. The article provides a way to have localized views - and a fallback method when no localized view is present. Combined with your approach - a full localization internationalization system can easily be modeled.

]]> Comment on Localization in Model-Glue - Part II by Localization in Model-Glue - Part I at Clogging up the Web http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/18/localization-in-model-glue-part-ii/#comment-4934 Localization in Model-Glue - Part I at Clogging up the Web Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:39:52 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/18/localization-in-model-glue-part-ii/#comment-4934 [...] Photo Blog « CFML goes open-source Localization in Model-Glue - Part II [...] […] Photo Blog « CFML goes open-source Localization in Model-Glue - Part II […]

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]]> Comment on Localization in Model-Glue - Part I by Larkin http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/17/localization-in-model-glue/#comment-4931 Larkin Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:53:12 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2008/04/17/localization-in-model-glue/#comment-4931 I have implemented suggestion 1 above. Now I have a wrapper component for the resourceBundle component called resourceBundleCollection, which is now a structure containing the locale as a key to retrieve the resource bundle for the locale. I use coldspring to inject the directory path and a comma-delimited list of locales to load. Works a charm. Now I have just the locale string, e.g. "en_GB" stored in the session and I only retrieve the resource bundle each time in the request. This will have a lower memory footprint the more users there are. I will post up the code solution for this soon. Most of what is above still holds true with the modifications I will post up. I have implemented suggestion 1 above. Now I have a wrapper component for the resourceBundle component called resourceBundleCollection, which is now a structure containing the locale as a key to retrieve the resource bundle for the locale. I use coldspring to inject the directory path and a comma-delimited list of locales to load. Works a charm. Now I have just the locale string, e.g. “en_GB” stored in the session and I only retrieve the resource bundle each time in the request. This will have a lower memory footprint the more users there are.

I will post up the code solution for this soon. Most of what is above still holds true with the modifications I will post up.

]]> Comment on Motherboard Woes - MSI RS482M-IL (ATI Radeon Xpress 200) with Linux by J. http://www.larcun.com/2006/01/31/motherboard-woes-msi-rs482m-il-ati-radeon-xpress-200-with-linux/#comment-3698 J. Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:06:30 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2006/01/31/motherboard-woes-msi-rs482m-il-ati-radeon-xpress-200-with-linux/#comment-3698 I am not sure whether this will work. I have problem with displaying grahic under Mandrake 9.2 and was searching around in the internet. Here are something I found on the search. Hope it will help. https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html I am not sure whether this will work. I have problem with displaying grahic under Mandrake 9.2 and was searching around in the internet. Here are something I found on the search. Hope it will help.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/gentoo-radeon-faq.html

]]> Comment on Lenovo ThinkPad X61s and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon by Larkin http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3348 Larkin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:24:55 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3348 I have been opening and closing the lid a lot recently and it works every time, suspending and un-suspending. USB devices work on the right- and left-hand sides. The only annoyance I have now is that the wireless does not come back up when the lid is opened, but it just takes a few seconds to enter the password and uncheck / re-check the box next to the wireless connection. I have yet to try the external display option. I have a Sony TV that takes VGA directly, so I'll test that. With Compiz working and almost everything else (and maybe more soon via patches), Ubuntu on the X61 has exceeded my expectations. I have been opening and closing the lid a lot recently and it works every time, suspending and un-suspending. USB devices work on the right- and left-hand sides. The only annoyance I have now is that the wireless does not come back up when the lid is opened, but it just takes a few seconds to enter the password and uncheck / re-check the box next to the wireless connection.

I have yet to try the external display option. I have a Sony TV that takes VGA directly, so I’ll test that.

With Compiz working and almost everything else (and maybe more soon via patches), Ubuntu on the X61 has exceeded my expectations.

]]> Comment on Lenovo ThinkPad X61s and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon by Linxucity http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3344 Linxucity Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:44:35 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3344 There must be some patch to the system. I can feel the system is a lot cooler now than before. There was a couple of updates, so I'm not sure if those fix the warm palm issue. It can be put to suspension, but after CTRL ALT F1 then F7, the wireless message and needed to restart the computer. There must be some patch to the system. I can feel the system is a lot cooler now than before. There was a couple of updates, so I’m not sure if those fix the warm palm issue. It can be put to suspension, but after CTRL ALT F1 then F7, the wireless message and needed to restart the computer.

]]> Comment on Lenovo ThinkPad X61s and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon by Brian Behlendorf http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3332 Brian Behlendorf Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:10:16 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3332 Ugh, *lots* of problems with this laptop and Ubuntu. The only idiot-me one was not realizing the WLAN card had an external switch to "turn it on", just below the front of the keyboard (it looks like the latch that opens the laptop). Once that was flipped, wireless reception improved (it was working before, but dying all the time), and bluetooth stopped dying, but wireless reception and reliability is still far below what it was with the X40 and what Apple laptops can get. Otherwise, things that still don't work, even with the 1.08 BIOS rev that required windows to update: suspend - getting that dreaded "inu" in yellow that others have. No combination of kernel flags appeared to make a difference, nor did uswsusp. But as others reported, diddling with cntrl-alt-F1 and F7 a bunch (in no discernable pattern) appears to bring it back, so far each time I've tried. Still a long way from the reliable suspending that the X40 had. external video - again, something that worked out of the box on the X40 but not at all here. Looks like the "intel" video driver doesn't know how to use a second screen yet? I tried using the "i810" one but it would often leave the laptop in a bad state, downgrading to 640x480 and reverting the driver to "vesa". All I want is to mirror the LCD to the video out, not even any Xinerama fanciness, but no deal. Anyone else? I've got a USB thumb drive that isn't recognized in the USB ports on the right hand side, only the one on the left. odd. I'm considering downconverting to an X40 so this can become a machine usable for travelling and presenting again. :( Brian Ugh, *lots* of problems with this laptop and Ubuntu.

The only idiot-me one was not realizing the WLAN card had an external switch to “turn it on”, just below the front of the keyboard (it looks like the latch that opens the laptop). Once that was flipped, wireless reception improved (it was working before, but dying all the time), and bluetooth stopped dying, but wireless reception and reliability is still far below what it was with the X40 and what Apple laptops can get.

Otherwise, things that still don’t work, even with the 1.08 BIOS rev that required windows to update:

suspend - getting that dreaded “inu” in yellow that others have. No combination of kernel flags appeared to make a difference, nor did uswsusp. But as others reported, diddling with cntrl-alt-F1 and F7 a bunch (in no discernable pattern) appears to bring it back, so far each time I’ve tried. Still a long way from the reliable suspending that the X40 had.

external video - again, something that worked out of the box on the X40 but not at all here. Looks like the “intel” video driver doesn’t know how to use a second screen yet? I tried using the “i810″ one but it would often leave the laptop in a bad state, downgrading to 640×480 and reverting the driver to “vesa”. All I want is to mirror the LCD to the video out, not even any Xinerama fanciness, but no deal. Anyone else?

I’ve got a USB thumb drive that isn’t recognized in the USB ports on the right hand side, only the one on the left. odd.

I’m considering downconverting to an X40 so this can become a machine usable for travelling and presenting again. :(
Brian

]]> Comment on Lenovo ThinkPad X61s and Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon by Larkin http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3282 Larkin Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:08:59 +0000 http://www.larcun.com/2007/11/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x61s-and-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon/#comment-3282 Compiz is mostly working from me. In the file /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager, I just added the line: SKIP_CHECKS=yes I installed the packages compiz-fusion-plugins-main and compiz-fusion-plugins-extra System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects shows all the fancy desktop and wndow options such as wobbly windows, cube rotation, etc. The majority of these work fine. There are issues with a few, such as minimize effects which leaves some artifacts on the desktop. Vista doesn't come close in the desktop effects department IMHO. Compiz is mostly working from me. In the file /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager, I just added the line:
SKIP_CHECKS=yes

I installed the packages compiz-fusion-plugins-main and compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects shows all the fancy desktop and wndow options such as wobbly windows, cube rotation, etc. The majority of these work fine. There are issues with a few, such as minimize effects which leaves some artifacts on the desktop.

Vista doesn’t come close in the desktop effects department IMHO.

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