Aparatey's Blog

Juana juega en la calle

2013-05-24T18:10:00.001-07:00

Los juegos de siempre vuelven a la vereda

Stands de juegos tradicionales
Buffete casero
Entrada libre y gratuita
Locro y pastelitos patrioicos

SE SUSPENDE POR LLUVIA

Sabado 25 de mayo de 12 a 16hs
En la cuadra de Araoz al 1000 (e/ Lerma y Cordoba)

Blog de destapaciones-ya

2012-10-05T07:39:00.002-07:00

Blog amigo de destapaciones :

http://destapaciones-ya.blogspot.com

Sitios Amigos

2012-09-29T16:09:00.002-07:00

Sitios Amigos :

Destapaciones de cañerias, servicios de plomeria en general.

Atencion las 24hs.

Destapaciones Ya!

Destapaciones

http://www.destapaciones-ya.com.ar

Guia de servicios, productos y eventos relacionados con la pedagogia Waldorf

http://www.ladespensadejuana.com.ar/

JavaME Game Radar Rat Race for cellular phone

2008-12-05T11:29:00.000-08:00

For those who remember with pleasure the Commodore 64 computer and its games.
Here is my little contribution.
The Radar Rat Race game in JavaME for cellular phones.
It requieres CLDC-1.1 and MIDP-2.0.
It runs in 128x128 mode or in 240x240 depending on the screen resolution.
I programmed so it would resemble the original one of the year 1982.
It was tested on Nokia 5200, Nokia 6131 and SonyEricsson z310.

The Original 1982 game :

The JavaMe Game :

the download location :
Download folder at esnips

The great yanquee millionaire will cease to be

2008-09-29T20:21:00.000-07:00

In the year 1938 Benjamin Solari Paravicini (an argentine prophet that drew psicographs in his sleep) drew the following image in which he wrote "The great yanquee millionaire will cease to be", "Stocks fall to the floor", "Crisis Crisis".

Today after another day of global finantial loss I would like to publish this psicograph. Another of his prophecies that comes true.

Banks are shaking even without clients withdrawing their savings.
So much greed to accumulate "ones and ceroes" in the banks' computers.
Little by little they will realize the truth about their wealth.

As to the "bail-out" plan... will somebody someday think about bailing out the millions of human beings that live in misery throughout the world?

Maybe the USA will not completely fall this time,but at least they will have less money to spend on weapons and invasions. That, at least, is something to look forward to...

Lectures of Jon 'maddog' Hall in Argentina

2008-08-24T17:24:00.000-07:00

Last week Maddog visited argentina to participate in the "8th Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre"

Organized this year by CaFeLUG

The meeting took place in "Universidad de Belgrano" on august 20,21 and 22, 2008.

For those who don't know who Jon Hall is, he is the Executive Director of Linux International, a non-profit organization who wishes to support and promote Linux-based operating systems and the utilization of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

On August 21st Maddog gave a lecture about "Making Money and Saving Money with Free Software", it was scheduled that Mark Shuttleworth have to give a lecture, but unfortunately he couldn't came to Argentina so Maddog gentely gave the lecture instead.

The auditorium was all dark, and suddenly we heard the music "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" from the film "2001 : A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick. Then Maddog appeared wearing a space suit and saying the same words commander Neil Alden Armstrong said during the Apollo XI mission to the moon. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for Free Software".
He introduced himself jokingly as "Mark Shuttleworth" and said he would give a lecture prepared by Maddog who died in the Microsoft Wars. He pretended that we were in 2040.

He explained what a commodity is, using the example of a can of corn, If someone spends more than 5 seconds choosing between two different cans of corn, obviously they would be mad. But if someone has to choose what car to buy, he would spent a considerable time choosing the one that fulfilled all his needs. Maddog's conclusion was that corn was a commodity and a car wasn't. Later he explained that Wall Street and the mayor software companies made software like a commodity, and that gave to them a huge huge huge profit. Because their investment was low and their profit near the sky.
Later he explained that people buy a car because they want transportation, in the same way they buy software beacause they simply want to send email, surf the web, and do some stuff, people don't want to reinstall a new operating system every three years and spend a lot of money to buy software.
It is necessary to think about software in a different way in order to give people what they really need not what the software company wants. This is the importance of free software.

Here you can see the presentation and the first 9 minutes of lecture.

Presentation like 2001 - Space Odyssey

First 9 minutes of lecture

On August 22nd he gave another lecture about "Sustainable computing: Computing for the 21st Century"

Fortunately I could speak a few words with him, he is a brillant and good man.

Troubles with file Thumbs.db:encryptable

2008-04-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday under M$ Window$ I tried to copy the folder "My Documents" to and external hard disk in order to backup the content.

After a few minutes I got the following error :
"Cannot copy Thumbs: The file exists."

I found that the problem was the file :
Thumbs.db:encryptable , 0 KB , DB:ENCRYPTABLE File

I ran chkdsk /F but it didn't found an error.

I opened an explorer and selected "Tools" then "Folder options" and in the "View" tab i activate the option "Do not cache thumbnails".

I tried again, but I got the same error.

I tried to delete the file "Thumbs.db:encryptable" (it isn't marked as a read-only) and I got the error :
"Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk"

Searching the Web I found a few programs that can work with the NTFS data streams or alternate data streams.

LADS - List Alternate Data Streams

It didn't work, I got the error :
"Error 2 opening C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.HORUS\My Documents\Thumbs.db:encryptable"

I tested the program Streams.exe by Sysinternals with the same result.

"Error opening C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.HORUS\My Documents\Thumbs.db:encryptable:
The system cannot find the file specified."

Another program ADSPY

And the last hijackthis

But it didn't show the file thumbs.db:encryptable.

At last I rebooted window$ and started Ubuntu with the package ntfs-3g installed. So I deleted the file without problem (Ripley's Believe It Or Not!)

Ubuntu : An african word than means "Your Solaris will be destroyed!!!"

2007-11-08T17:08:00.000-08:00

Yes!!!

I burned the new Ubuntu 7.10 live cd and booted from it.

I started using the system and after playing an hour I rebooted from my hard disk...

I only got a blank screen with the words : GRUB

I booted from an old 3 1/2" floppy drive and run the Norton Disk Editor 3.0 and compared the partition table

of my hard disk with a saved copy that I had in a file. Not a single byte was changed...

So the problem was inside the solaris partition.

I booted again from ubuntu Live Cd and I noticed that my solaris partition was used as SWAP!!!.

Here you can see that I have 4 gb swap partition and my partition info...

Why has Ubuntu used a partition ID "BF" (Solaris new partition) as a swap????

Maybe because Ubuntu means "Your Solaris will be destroyed!!!"

I don't want to reinstall Solaris again, I give up.
Bye Java Desktop Environment!!! :-(

Installing Slackware 12 on Compaq Presario 1500US

2007-08-27T12:00:00.000-07:00

Installing Slackware 12 on Compaq Presario 1500US

Last updated: August 27, 2007

General Hardware Specifications of Compaq Presario 1500US

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Pentium IV Processor, 2.4 GHz	Works	To make CPU Frequency Scaling see the instructions below
15.4 SXGA+ TFT Display	Works	See instructions below
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (M7) - 32MB Video	Works	See instructions below
512MB, DDR SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
TOSHIBA MK4018GAP (40 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Hard Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal Floppy Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card - Intel(R) PRO/100 VE	Works	You must run the command network during setup
Internal 56k Modem - SoftV92 - Harmonics (Conexant) HSF 56k HSFi Modem	Not work yet!	I'm trying to make it work using the proprietary HSF driver from Linuxant.
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102 (DVD:8x, CD:8x/8x/24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio - Intel 82801CA ICH3-S - AC'97 Audio Controller	Works	After installation you must run the commands - alsaconf, alsamixer, alsactl store
Lithium-Ion Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation

This laptop is now operating under Kernel version 2.6.21.5-smp

Basic Installation of Slackware 12 :

Why use Slackware :
Because it was the first distribution I used. I installed in 1995 the Slackware 2.10 that came in a cd in the magazine "Solo Programadores"
Obtaining Slackware 12 :
You can download it from the site :
Get Slack!
Select your nearest country and then browse in the ftp site for the directory "Slackware 12.0"
Then download the 3 install cds
slackware-12.0-install-d1.iso
slackware-12.0-install-d2.iso
slackware-12.0-install-d3.iso

or the DVD

slackware-12.0-install-dvd.iso

Afterwards burn the cds/dvd, insert it in the cdrom and reboot the notebook.
Installing :
After the computer reboots you will see a console with the message :

This prompt is just for entering extra parameters. If you don't need to enter any parameters, hit ENTER to boot the default

kernel "hugesmp.s" or press [F2] for a listing of more kernel choices.
boot :

Press Enter

-------------------------------------
Then you will see a message :
"If you are not using a US keyboard...
To continue using the US map, just hit enter.
Enter 1 to select a keyboard map : "
Press "Enter"

Then when you get the prompt type the command :
pcmcia

"The PCMCIA/CardBus subsystem is now installed.... then press [enter] to continue."

Press Enter.

Then type the command :
network

"Press [enter] to automatically probe for all network cards, or switch to a different console and use 'modprobe'...

SUCCESS: found card using eepro100 protocol -- modules loaded."

If needed you must reconfigure your hard disk partitions with the fdisk command.
(please don't play with that command because you can destroy all your hard disk information)
This isn't a dummy guide, is just a guide to share my experience configuring slack12 for my laptop.

Here the information about my hard disk :

fdisk /dev/hda

Command (m for help) : p

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 3215 25817368+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 4278 4788 4095096+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 3215 3749 4294080 a5 FreeBSD
/dev/hda4 * 3749 4278 4248720 bf Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Afterward type the command :
setup

Then you will see the following screen :

Then select TARGET and choose your partition table (in my case was /dev/hda2 and after that I selected Format).
Then I selected ext3 Journaling Filesystem.
After that it detected the NTFS partition and was added to /etc/fstab

Then select
1 - Install from Slackware CD or DVD
Then "auto" Scan for the CD or DVD drive (recommended)

Then a screen with the Package Series Selection
* A - Base Linux System
* AP - Various Applications that do not need X
* D - Program Development (C, C++, Lisp, Perl, etc.)
* E - GNU Emacs
* F - FAQ lists, HOWTO documentacion
* K - Linux kernel source
* KDE - Qt and the K Desktop Environment for X
- KDE - International language support for KDE
* L - System Libraries (needed by KDE, GNOME, X, and more)
* N - Networking (TCP/IP, UUCP, Mail, News)
- T - TeX typesetting software
* TCL - Tcl/Tk script languages
* X - X Window System
* XAP - X Applications
- Y - Games

Then "Select Prompting Mode"
full - Install everything (4,5+ GB of software, RECOMMENDED!)
menu - Choose individual packages from interactive menus
expert - This is actually the same as the "menu" option
newbie - Use verbose prompting (the X series takes one year)
custom - Use custom tagfiles in the package directories
tagpath - Use tagfiles in the subdirectories of a custom path
help - Read the prompt mode help file

If you have enough space please choose "Full"!!! otherway choose "expert" and be very carefull because if you don't install a required package the system will not boot or work fine.
Many package aren't marked as REQUIERED but in fact they are.

After the installer copies the files to the hard disk the Lilo configuration begans
Y selected "expert" - Use expert lilo.conf setup menu.
Then inside the "Expert lilo installation"
Begin - Start LILO configuration with a new LILO header

I selected 1024x768x256 Frame buffer console, 1024x768x256
then 5 seconds timeout
Then
Linux - Add a Linux partition to the LILO config
/dev/hda2
Windows - Add a Windows FAT or NTFS partition to the LILO config
/dev/hda1
With the name M$ Windows XP

then I selected to Install LILO in the first sector of the Slackware root partition.
Because I had to preserve the Solaris Grub in the MBR. Because LILO can't boot the solaris partition slice.

Afterward select your mouse configuration (I choose ps/2 mouse).
Then enter your hostname, domain name, DHCP or static IP, DHCP server name (is applicable), and confirm the network setup.

Then the startup services, custom screen fonts, hardware clock set to UTC, timezone configuration.
Afterward the default window manager. I selected KDE (you can choose XFCE or TWM too).

Then configure your root password.

After reboot I can't be able to boot from the hard disk. I got the error :
No filesystem could mount root. tried :
kernel_panic not syncing :
VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknow_block (3,2)

I realized that the problem is that the kernel doesn't support the EXT3 filesystem.

I inserted the slackware 12 install Cd 1, and in the boot option I entered :
boot: hugesmp.s root=/dev/hda2 rdinit= ro
After logged I use the command :
mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.21.5-smp -m ext3 -f ext3 -r /dev/hda2
Then I edited the lilo.conf and added
initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
after the line : image=/boot/vmlinuz

then I rebooted without problem.

Configuring the video display
After a lot of tests my best configuration for the ATI mobility Radeon 7500 is the following.

Open the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and paste the following lines.

----------------

# File generated by xf86config.

#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# NOTE: This is a NEW IMPROVED version of XF86Config-fbdev that uses the vesa
# driver instead of the fbdev driver. Thanks to Kenneth Fanyo who pointed
# this out to me. :)

# This XF86Config file is designed for use with the VESA framebuffer.
# This generic interface should work with nearly all video cards
# (although not every card will support every resolution).

# With the new driver, it should no longer be required to have frame buffer
# support in the kernel, or to run it on the console.
#
# Enjoy! :)
# -- volkerdi@slackware.com
#

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

# Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
#Load "speedo"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
Load "ddc"
Load "vbe"
Load "dri"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "DontZoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts. These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific. These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

# Option "standby time" "20"
# Option "suspend time" "30"
# Option "off time" "60"

# On some platform the server needs to estimate the sizes of PCI
# memory and pio ranges. This is done by assuming that PCI ranges
# don't overlap. Some broken BIOSes tend to set ranges of inactive
# devices wrong. Here one can adjust how aggressive the assumptions
# should be. Default is 0.

# Option "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters. Not all platforms implement
# this.

# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"

# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).

# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a European
# keyboard, you will probably want to use one of:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
#
# If you have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# If you have a US "windows" keyboard you will want:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
#
# or:
#
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org
#
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

# Option "Protocol" "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection

# Some examples of extended input devices

# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 40-90

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 7500"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 32768
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 32768
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI RADEON 7500"
Monitor "My Monitor"
# Option "UseFBDev" "true"
# Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
# Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
DefaultDepth 16
# DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Then you can start the KDE with the startx command.
With these settings you will have a 1000 fps according to the glxgears command.

The first time I tried to activate compiz I got the error :
GLX_EXT_Texture_from_pixmap is missing
Failed to manage screen : 0
No manageable screens found on display : 0.0

Here a picture :

I fixed the problem usign the prefix LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true before the compiz command.

So if you want to activate compiz use the following command :

LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz --replace --indirect-rendering decoration wobbly fade minimize cube move place resize rotate scale switcher water zoom &

Then :
kde-window-decorator &

Then you can press the ctrl+alt+left arrow or the ctrl+alt+Button1 mouse and the cube should work!!!

Ramdonly I got the error : The application KWD (kde-window-decorator) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV).
See the picture :

If you got that error you can relaunch the KWD with the command : kde-window-decorator &

If you want that compiz starts automatically with KDE, just create a file :
/root/.kde/Autostart/compiz.sh
And type the following :
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz --replace --indirect-rendering decoration wobbly fade minimize cube move place resize rotate scale switcher water zoom &
sleep 6
kde-window-decorator &
Then save and add the execute permisions :
chmod +x compiz.sh

Setting up additional features for Slackware 12

Making CPU Frequency Scaling work for you

You must edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules-2.6.21.5-smp
and delete the simbol "#" of the line /sbin/modprobe p4-clockmod

# Intel Pentium4/Xeon clock modulation
/sbin/modprobe p4-clockmod

and delete the simbol "#" of the line /sbin/modprobe cpufreq_ondemand

# Set the frequency on demand. What you want is what you get
/sbin/modprobe cpufreq_ondemand

Then I installed kpowersave version 07.1

you can download the package from :
kpowersave
Here the download link :
Download kpowersave

and installed with pkgtool.

Later you can run the kpowersave with the command

/opt/kde/bin/kpowersave
(I added these command to the compiz.sh script)

Afterward you can show the Cpufreq in the panel with the package kcpufreq-0.3

Main site
Download - kcpufreq-0.3.tar.gz

You can install it using the commands
gunzip kcpufreq-0.3.tar.gz
tar xvf kcpufreq-0.3.tar
cd kcpufreq-0.3
./configure
make
make install

Then right click in the panel and select "Add Applet to Panel" and select kcpufreq.

Installing lm-sensors to monitor CPU temperature
First you must install the lm-sensors package that is included in the distribution.
Then you must download the script "unhide_ICH_SMBus" that show the chip/sensor :
Here the link :
unhide_ICH_SMBus

Remember to make the file executable using the chmod +x
Then run the script :
./unhide_ICH_SMBus

Enabling SMBus PCI device ...
Rescanning the bus ...
Loading i2c-i801 ...
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Done!

After that you must execute :
sensors-detect
Then the program will show you the following lines :

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `adm1031' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x2c
Chip `Analog Devices ADM1031' (confidence: 7)

Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x50
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x51
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)

EEPROMs are *NOT* sensors! They are data storage chips commonly
found on memory modules (SPD), in monitors (EDID), or in some
laptops, for example.

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules.conf:

#----cut here----
# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
#----cut here----

To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
modprobe adm1031
modprobe eeprom
# sleep 2 # optional
/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended
#----cut here----

If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will
contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really
should try these commands right now to make sure everything is
working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed
modules are loaded.

Do you want to generate /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (yes/NO): YES
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.

You must edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add the folowing lines :

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
modprobe adm1031
modprobe eeprom
# sleep 2 # optional
/root/unhide_ICH_SMBus
/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended
#----cut here----

Then you can download a monitoring applet. I'm using kima. You can download it from :

Kima - kde-apps.org

Be carefull to download the tarball (source) because the slackware package is for version 11 and is not working under slackware 12.
So install it with the classics commands (gunzip,tar, ./configure, make , make install)
Then right click in the panel and select "Add Applet to Panel" and select kima.

Here a picture with cpufreq and kima running :

Resolving Automount problems
When you insert a CD or a pen drive you will see an error message :
"A security policy in place precents this sender from sending this message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file (rejected message had interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal")
So you must add you current user to the group plugdev

Audio

You must run the commands
alsaconf
then
alsamixer
raise the volume and run the command :
alsactl store

Startup to a GUI
If you want to start KDE automatically after boot you can modify the file : /etc/inittab and edit the line :
id:3:initdefault:
and change "3" for "4".
id:4:initdefault:

Unsolved issues

Make the modem driver works!!!

Test the S-Video Output function

Fix the random signal 11 (SIGSEGV) on KWD (kde-window-decorator)

Configuration Files

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

# File generated by xf86config.

#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# NOTE: This is a NEW IMPROVED version of XF86Config-fbdev that uses the vesa
# driver instead of the fbdev driver. Thanks to Kenneth Fanyo who pointed
# this out to me. :)

# This XF86Config file is designed for use with the VESA framebuffer.
# This generic interface should work with nearly all video cards
# (although not every card will support every resolution).

# With the new driver, it should no longer be required to have frame buffer
# support in the kernel, or to run it on the console.
#
# Enjoy! :)
# -- volkerdi@slackware.com
#

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

# Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
#Load "speedo"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
Load "ddc"
Load "vbe"
Load "dri"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "DontZoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts. These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific. These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

# Option "standby time" "20"
# Option "suspend time" "30"
# Option "off time" "60"

# On some platform the server needs to estimate the sizes of PCI
# memory and pio ranges. This is done by assuming that PCI ranges
# don't overlap. Some broken BIOSes tend to set ranges of inactive
# devices wrong. Here one can adjust how aggressive the assumptions
# should be. Default is 0.

# Option "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters. Not all platforms implement
# this.

# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"

# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).

# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a European
# keyboard, you will probably want to use one of:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
#
# If you have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# If you have a US "windows" keyboard you will want:
#
# Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
#
# or:
#
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for X.Org
#
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

# Option "Protocol" "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection

# Some examples of extended input devices

# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 40-90

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 7500"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 32768
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 32768
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI RADEON 7500"
Monitor "My Monitor"
# Option "UseFBDev" "true"
# Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
# Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
DefaultDepth 16
# DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local startup commands in here. Also, if you have
# anything that needs to be run at shutdown time you can
# make an /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown script and put those
# commands in there.
#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
modprobe adm1031
modprobe eeprom
# sleep 2 # optional
/root/unhide_ICH_SMBus
/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended
#----cut here----

/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors

# /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors - Defines modules loaded by
# /etc/init.d/lm_sensors
# Copyright (c) 1998 - 2001 Frodo Looijaard
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
#
# See also the lm_sensors homepage at:
# http://www.lm-sensors.org/
#
# This file is used by /etc/init.d/lm_sensors and defines the modules to
# be loaded/unloaded. This file is sourced into /etc/init.d/lm_sensors.
#
# The format of this file is a shell script that simply defines the modules
# in order as normal variables with the special names:
# MODULE_0, MODULE_1, MODULE_2, etc.
#
# List the modules that are to be loaded for your system
#
# Generated by sensors-detect on Tue Jul 31 22:03:48 2007
MODULE_0=i2c-i801
MODULE_1=adm1031
MODULE_2=eeprom

More Specific Information

lspci

bash-3.1# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:04.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
02:0e.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
03:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
03:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
bash-3.1#

Links:

My blog with more tips on other distributions and installing other operating system on a Compaq Presario 1500 Laptop
Ubuntu 7.04
Solaris 10
PC-BSD 1.3.01
Link to the laptop manufacturer
Compaq Presario 1500US Notebook PC
Linux on Laptops!

This laptop works very well. I have been using it for four years with many operating systems without hardware problems.
The only problem is its tendency to overheat. So you have to clean it with compressed air every 6 months.

Aparatey

Fernando Schwarz conference in Buenos Aires - Argentina

2007-08-14T06:18:00.000-07:00

Last August 4th I went to a conference by Fernando Schwarz about his new book :

Egipto Invisible

The meeting took place in "Centro Cultural Nueva Acropolis" - Amenabar 863 from 18hs to 21hs.
Here the site of Nueva Acropolis

For those who don't know who Fernando Schwarz is, he is an anthropologist and a consultant in Egyptology. He is argentine but he lives in Paris - France, where he directed, for many years, the module of religious anthropology at the School of Anthropology of Paris ("l'Ecole d'Anthropologie de Paris"). He is the author of many works on old philosophies and civilizations, in particular on Egypt. He was a co-author of the "Egipto Revelado" Tv series for the Infinito Channel, and a co-author of the Sacred Architecture and Geography ("Architecture et Géographie Sacrée") for the French television under the direction of Julien Ries.

He introduced his last book "Egipto Invisible". "Egypt invisible for the senses, is discovered with the heart, the residence of the soul and conscience", he showed many excellent photographs. Later answered many questions and at last signed books.

When he was signing my book, I showed him a banner of the presentation of his first book "Geografia Sagrada del Antiguo Egipto" that took place more than 10 years ago in Centro Cultural San Martin. He was happy to see it again, and took a photo.
Then he wrote in my book "for a loyal reader" :-)

Today I finished reading the book, it is mainly about the Osiris Myth, the Kohiak ceremonies, and the temple of Abydos and Denderah. The book has many excellent photographs.

He isn't a classical or orthodox egyptologist. For example, he compared the seven chapels at Abydos Temple with the seven principles of Kybalion (the principal book for the Hermetic and the Thoth philosophy).

Later he introduced the concept that the famous Osirion (the temple behind the Sethy I temple at abydos) was built only for initiation ceremonies. Then he compared the initiation ceremonies from the papyrus of Leiden, Tomb of Amenhotep, and statue of Hor.

The Osirion temple is a very old one, is very different to all other temples in Egypt, the only similar temple is the one near the Sphinx in Karnak.

Here are two of my own photos. See it for yourself.

Temple near the Sphinx in Gizeh

Osirion Temple in Abydos

As you can see they haven't any inscriptions and are very similar in structure. They have many blocks of more than 50 tons!!!.

In my opinion, these temples are older than the classical egypthologist accept them to be. They date it as a New Kingdom temple built by Sethy I. For me they were built in the same era of the Sphinx Temple at gizeh.
Unfortunately Fernando didn't say anything about the dating of the Osirion Temple and he called it cenotaph.

It is a good book, his work about the Denderah chapels and the Abydos temple is very good and well documented.
I recommend it.

Installing stellarium on Ubuntu 7.04

2007-07-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

Stellarium is one of the best planetarium programs I have seen and the best of all is that it is free and open source!

To install this gem you must run the following command :
ubuntu@horus:~$ sudo apt-get install stellarium stellarium-data
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libsdl-mixer1.2 libsmpeg0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libsdl-mixer1.2 libsmpeg0 stellarium stellarium-data
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 22.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libsmpeg0 0.4.5+cvs20030824-1.9build1 [102kB]
Get:2 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main libsdl-mixer1.2 1.2.6-1.1build1 [136kB]
Get:3 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe stellarium-data 0.8.2-3 [14.2MB]
Get:4 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe stellarium 0.8.2-3 [1809kB]
Fetched 16.2MB in 2m17s (118kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libsmpeg0.
(Reading database ... 116812 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsmpeg0 (from .../libsmpeg0_0.4.5+cvs20030824-1.9build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libsdl-mixer1.2.
Unpacking libsdl-mixer1.2 (from .../libsdl-mixer1.2_1.2.6-1.1build1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package stellarium-data.
Unpacking stellarium-data (from .../stellarium-data_0.8.2-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package stellarium.
Unpacking stellarium (from .../stellarium_0.8.2-3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libsmpeg0 (0.4.5+cvs20030824-1.9build1) ...

Setting up libsdl-mixer1.2 (1.2.6-1.1build1) ...

Setting up stellarium-data (0.8.2-3) ...
Setting up stellarium (0.8.2-3) ...

After that I ran the stellarium but it started in an invalid screen resolution
so I had to edit its config file :

gedit /home/ubuntu/.stellarium/config.ini

Then I modified the screen resolution, because I use 1400x1050.
So I changed the following lines :
screen_w = 1024
screen_h = 768
for :
screen_w = 1400
screen_h = 1050

Afterward I ran again the stellarium with the command :
stellarium

The basic operations are :
Use the mouse or arrow keys to look around.
Use the page up and page down keys to zoom in and out.
Use the left mouse button to select an object, the right button to deselect the object and middle mouse button or spacebar to center on the selected object.
J slows down or reverses speed, L increases time speed, and K makes time return to normal speed.
You can also use the time control buttons in the lower right of the screen.

It runs on Mac and Micro$oft Window$ too!

I strongly recommend this software.

Asa Dotzler conference in Buenos Aires - Argentina

2007-07-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

Last July 3rd I went to a conference by Asa Dotzler about Firefox.
The meeting took place in "La comedia" Theatre - Rodriguez Peña 1062 from 11:30am to 14hs It was organized by "Comunidad Mozilla Argentina" and "Comunidad de Software Libre de Argentina". It was very interesting to listen to Asa Dotzler.

For those who don't know who Asa Dotzler is, he is a co-founder and community coordinator for the Spread Firefox project, launched in October 2004, where he spearheads open source marketing projects.Dotzler has been an active member of the Mozilla community since 1998. After volunteering for more than a year, Dotzler joined the Mozilla organization, and has played a key role in delivering products including the release of Mozilla 1.0 and
the release of the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail and usenet client.

Asa started by explaining about mozilla, and the firefox numbers :

* 100+ Millon users worldwide
* 2.500+ community-contributed extensions
* 41 languages (and growing)
* 16% Worldwide market share
* 1,600+ contributors to code base
* thousands of volunteers & evangelist
* fewer than 100 employees

He explained the global usage of firefox and the security related issues in every browser. He remarked the importance of how much time the programmers needed to fix a bug. He said something that I completely agree with : that every software has bugs, and the problem is how long you take to fix them.

*In 2006 Firefox users were at risk for 9 days
*MSIE & MSIE-Based browser users at risk for 284 days.

Then he talked about the importance of the community that helps firefox, more than 1600 programmers, more than 10000 testers every night and more than 500000 beta testers around the world! and how they organized all these people.

At last he spoke about What's Next :

*JS2
*Offline
*uFormats
*Graphics - Cairo
*FUEL (Firefox User Extension Library)
*Malware protection
*Places

In the end of the conference he answered a few questions from the public.

My impression was that Asa is a very modest and smart guy. I was happy to meet him in such a geeky atmosphere.

I have to say that M$ Internet explorer 7 deliberatly copied the tab browsing of Firefox.Just like other Micro$oft "innovations", they unabashedly copy someone else's program and relaunch it, but of course in a Micro$oft-Way (Bugs, Unsecure, Privacy monitoring, etc) A good example are Vista's Gadgets being just a bad copy of "Yahoo Widgets" or the Xbox being a bad copy of Playstation... just to name a few...

I strongly recommend using Firefox. Even aliens use it!!!

See it usign Google Maps :
Firefox Field

And don't forget to check the Mozilla Foundation:

"The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet."

Thanks Asa for your visit!!!

Running Windows XP under Ubuntu with VirtualBox

2007-07-16T12:11:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I installed another virtualization product under linux. It's name is VirtualBox
I have been using VmWare but I decided to use an open source virtualization tool. So I found VirtualBox that is freely available under GNU General Public License (GPL).

According to its site :
VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.

After reading the site I understand that there are two versions, one open source with GPL license and one in binary format with an installer and a PUEL license

First I downloaded the file
virtualbox_1.4.0-21864_Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb
from the site :
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

After the download was complete I ran the command :
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox_1.4.0-21864_Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb

Then it appeared in the menu Applications->Systems :
InnoTek VirtualBox

Afterwards I allowed my user to run virtualbox.
I went to the menu System->Administration->Users and Groups
Clicked on "Manage Groups" and added my user to the group "vboxusers"

I rebooted and afterward I launched the VirtualBox application and pressed the New Button and followed the wizard.
I created a 5 gb disk and a virtual PC with 256MB ram.
I enabled the cdrom drive and inserted the Windows XP that came with the laptop in the cd-rom drive.
Before starting the virtual machine I changed the "Host key" because the default is the right ctrl, but my laptop doesn't have a right-ctrl.
So I selected the menu File->Global Settings and then in the Input option I changed it for the left ctrl (Control_L).
Afterward I started the virtual machine and the Windows XP installer appeared.

If I moved the mouse over the virtual machine window it captured your mouse, to get out I pressed the "host key".

Windows XP was installed with only 800x600x32 bits screen resolution. To have a better resolution I installed the guest add-on (In the running virtual machine window I selected devices->Install Guest Additions).
After that in my case I was able to select 1400x1050x32bits.
And then when I moved my mouse over the virtual box window it captured the mouse, but if I moved the mouse away it freed the control (without need to press the "host key").

I was able to surf the web inside XP, but I want to share a folder between both operating systems so I opened a terminal in ubuntu and ran the command :

VBoxManage sharedfolder add Virtual_Machine -name "sharedfolder" -hostpath "/foldertoshare"

Virtual_Machine : is the name of the virtual machine. Mine is "Windows XP".
sharedfolder : is the name of the resource to be used in the "net use" command under Windows.
foldertoshare : is the name of the folder in ubuntu that you want to share.

Here is the command I used :

ubuntu@horus:~$ VBoxManage sharedfolder add "Windows XP" -name discoD -hostpath /diskD/

I exited the terminal started the virtual machine and after I was logged in windows XP I ran :
net use Z: \\vboxsvr\discoD
Then I was able to share data with my ubuntu.
Here a Picture with the net use command :

Using a file as a Swap Partition for Ubuntu

2007-07-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

I have one internal hard disk in my laptop Compaq Presario 1500 with 4 partitions
XP, Ubuntu, Solaris 10, Pc-BSD. So I can't create another partition to use as a swap for Ubuntu. But I have one large external hard disk connected by USB, so I used a file in this disk as a swap partition.
First I created a 1GB file in the disk (already mounted as /diskD/) :

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/diskD/swapubuntu bs=1M count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 86.4074 seconds, 12.4 MB/s
Afterwards :
sudo mkswap /diskD/swapubuntu
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1073737 kB
no label, UUID=6da4119f-3329-4935-a921-10a5cbe521be
Then :
sudo swapon /diskD/swapubuntu

Then just to check I ran the following command :
free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 515852 509052 6800 0 100460 170968
-/+ buffers/cache: 237624 278228
Swap: 1048568 0 1048568

In order to have the swap activated in every reboot I modified the file /etc/init.d/rc.local
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc.local
Adding the following line :
swapon /diskD/swapubuntu
Here my rc.local :

#! /bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start() {
if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
/etc/rc.local
log_end_msg $?
/home/ubuntu/unhide_ICH_SMBus
swapon /diskD/swapubuntu
fi
}

case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
stop)
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on Compaq Presario 1500US

2007-06-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on Compaq Presario 1500US

Last updated: June 29, 2007

General Hardware Specifications of Compaq Presario 1500US:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Pentium IV Processor, 2.4 GHz	Works	To make CPU Frequency Scaling work you must manually edit the file : /etc/modules and add p4-clockmod after installing ubuntu.
14.1 SXGA+ TFT Display	Works	See instructions below
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 (M7) - 32MB Video	Works	See instructions below
512MB, DDR SDRAM, 2DIMMs	Works	No special procedure required during installation
TOSHIBA MK4018GAP (40 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Hard Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal Floppy Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card - Intel(R) PRO/100 VE	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem - SoftV92 - Harmonics (Conexant) HSF 56k HSFi Modem	Works only in 14400 bauds	You must install the proprietary HSF driver from Linuxant. Free version works only in 14400 bauds. Full version with 56K support for USD 19
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2102 (DVD:8x, CD:8x/8x/24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)	Works	No special procedure required during installation
SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio - Intel 82801CA ICH3-S - AC'97 Audio Controller	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Lithium-Ion Battery	Works	No special procedure required during installation

This laptop is now operating under Kernel version 2.6.20-16-generic

Basic Installation of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn :

Why use Ubuntu :
I always used Slackware in this laptop (I tested other distributions too) but I decided to test Ubuntu because a lot of people are talking about this distribution and has superb forums.
According to distrowatch is the most popular linux distribution!
Obtaining Ubuntu :
You can download Ubuntu from the site :
Ubuntu Download
Select the : Standard personal computer (x86 architecture) version.
Afterwards burn the live-cd, insert it in the cdrom and reboot the notebook.
Installing :
After the computer reboots you will see a menu with a few options :
Select :
"Start or install Ubuntu"

Configuring the video display

After a few seconds you will see a garbled display.
Here a photo :

Then you must press "crtl-alt-f2" and run the command :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Then you have to choose the following options :

Attempt to autodetect video hardware? : "Yes"
X server driver : "ati"
Identifier for your video card : "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]"
Video card's Bus identifier : "PCI:1:0:0"
Amount of memory (KB) to be used by the video card : "32768"
Use Kernel Framebuffer device interface : "Yes"
Then a few questions about the Keyboard & mouse
Write default files section to configuration file ? : "Yes"
Attempt Monitor Autodetection ? : "Yes"
Identifier for the monitor : "Generic Monitor"
Video Modes to be used by the X server : "1400 x 1050"
Method for selecting the monitor characteristics ? : "Medium"
Resolution : "1400x1050 @ 60Hz"
Write monitor sync ranges to the configuration file : "Yes"
Desired default color depth in bits : "16"

Then return to the gnome session usign the crtl-alt-F7

And press the ctrl-alt-backspace twice. Then the gnome will restart with a 1400x1050 @ 60Hz resolution without problem.

Then from the system menu select Install Ubuntu.
Partition the hard disk (if need) and continue the installation.

Post-Install modifications/tweaks
After reboot open a terminal and edit manually the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with the command :
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And modify the file as show below :

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 7500"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 32768
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI RADEON 7500"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

With these settings you will have a 1000 fps according to the glxgears command.

Afterwards you can activate the desktop effect. Just go to the menu : System->Preferences and select "Desktop Effect" then press the button "Enable Desktop Effect" and activate the options :
"Windows Wobble when Moved"
"Workspaces on a Cube"

Then in a terminal run the following commands :

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize 4

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/number_of_desktops 1

Then you can press the ctrl+alt+left arrow or the ctrl+alt+Button1 mouse and the cube should work!!!

Setting up additional features for Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

Making CPU Frequency Scaling work for you

If you press the right mouse buttom over the taskbar (the panel) and select "Add to panel" you will see many applets and if you select the CPU Frequency Applet, you will get an error message saying CPU Frequency Scaling is not Supported.
In order to make it work you must open a terminal an run the command :
sudo gedit /etc/modules
And add the following line at the end of the file :
p4-clockmod

In order to test it you can run the following commands :
sudo modprobe p4-clockmod
sudo powernowd
You should get an output similar to this :
powernowd: PowerNow Daemon v0.97, (c) 2003-2006 John Clemens
powernowd: Found 1 scalable unit: -- 1 'CPU' per scalable unit
powernowd: cpu0: 300Mhz - 2400Mhz (8 steps)

Getting connected using the modem
I made the modem work using the driver from Linuxant, I couldn't find an open source driver for it.
According to Linuxant site :
This cannot be effectively done by the open-source community because a significant portion of such drivers is technology protected by trade secrets, patents, or other restrictions, and it requires a NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) which most open-source developers are not willing or not able to sign without getting into a difficult position.

So basically you must download the driver from their site :
Linuxant Download for Ubuntu
Select the file :
hsfmodem_7.60.00.09full_k2.6.20_16_generic_ubuntu_i386.deb.zip
Be carefull to download the correct version of the driver, it depends of the kernel you are using.
You can obtain your kernel version with the command :
uname -r
After install the package you could run the command :
wvdial
and then manually edit the file /etc/wvdial.conf
sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
and add the following lines :

[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/modem
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
SetVolume = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Init4 = ATM1L3

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 115200
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/modem
ISDN = 0
SetVolume = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Init4 = ATM1L3
; Phone =
; Password =
; Username =

[Dialer ppp0]
Username = alternativa
Password = gratis
Phone = 55555555
Inherits = Dialer Defaults
Stupid mode = 1

As you can see I used the username, password and telephone number of a free ISP here in Buenos Aires, Argentina (replace with your ISP data).
After that you can test the connection using the command :
wvdial ppp0
Here is the output :
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: ATM1L3
ATM1L3
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT55555555
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT55555555
CONNECT 115200
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Thu Jun 28 21:31:15 2007
--> Pid of pppd: 8812
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> local IP address xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> remote IP address xxx.xx.xxx.xxx
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> primary DNS address xxx.xx.xxx.x
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]
--> secondary DNS address xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
--> pppd: [08][01][06][08][08][02][06][08]

After that you will be able to browse the web at 14400bps. Here is a picture of my test :

Notice that you will see in the panel (taskbar) a message of restricted driver "Conexant modem engine".
Installing lm-sensors to monitor CPU temperature
Here is an extract of my more detailed explanation located at :
Installing lm-sensors on Presario 1500

First you must install the lm-sensors package :
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

Then you must download the script "unhide_ICH_SMBus" that show the chip/sensor :
Here the link :
unhide_ICH_SMBus

Remember to make the file executable using the chmod +x
Then run the script :
ubuntu@horus:~$ sudo ./unhide_ICH_SMBus
Password:
Enabling SMBus PCI device ...
Rescanning the bus ...
Loading i2c-i801 ...
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Done!
After that you must execute :
sudo sensors-detect
Then the program will show you the following lines :

To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
adm1031
eeprom
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines to /etc/modules automatically? (yes/NO)
Select "Yes".

To make the sensors work in every boot you have to run the unhide_ICH_SMBus first.
In order to run the command in every boot I edited the file /etc/init.d/rc.local:
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc.local
Then I added the line calling unhide_ICH_SMBus first :

#! /bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start() {
if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
/etc/rc.local
log_end_msg $?
/home/ubuntu/unhide_ICH_SMBus
fi
}

case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
stop)
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

Afterwards you can download an applet to show the temperature in the panel :
Computer Temp 0.9.6.1

You can install it with a simple double-click and after that you can right click in the panel (taskbar) and select "Add to panel" then browse to "System and Hardware" and select "Computer temperature monitor".

Here is a picture with the Temperature and CPU frequency monitors in the panel :

Unsolved issues

Free modem driver to work in 56K and with faxing capabilities
Test the S-Video Out function

Configuration Files

/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 7500"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 32768
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPSize" "32"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI RADEON 7500"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

/etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

fuse
lp
sbp2

# Generated by sensors-detect on Thu Jun 14 21:25:02 2007
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
adm1031
eeprom

p4-clockmod

/etc/wvdial.conf

[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/modem
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
SetVolume = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Init4 = ATM1L3

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Baud = 115200
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/modem
ISDN = 0
SetVolume = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Init4 = ATM1L3
; Phone =
; Password =
; Username =

[Dialer ppp0]
Username = alternativa
Password = gratis
Phone = 55555555
Inherits = Dialer Defaults
Stupid mode = 1

More Specific Information

lspci

root@horus:/home/ubuntu# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:04.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
02:0e.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
02:0e.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
03:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
03:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

Links:

My blog with more tips on Ubuntu and installing other operating system on a Compaq Presario 1500 Laptop
Solaris 10
PC-BSD 1.3.01
Link to the laptop manufacturer
Compaq Presario 1500US Notebook PC
Linux on Laptops!

Installing lm-sensors on a Presario 1500

2007-06-15T12:11:00.000-07:00

I continue configuring and tweaking my ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on my Compaq presario 1500US.
Yesterday I configured the lm-sensors package in order to install a desklet or an application to see the current motherboard temperature. Because this laptop has a tendency to overheat! (see my other post :
Notebook overheat problem or Frying Eggs on Presario 1500)

First of all I launched Synaptic and searched "lm-sensors" and installed the package without problem.
(another option is to run in a terminal : sudo apt-get install lm-sensors)
Then I Ran the command :
sudo sensors-detect
and I obtained the following text :

ubuntu@horus:~$ sudo sensors-detect
Password:
# sensors-detect revision 4171 (2006-09-24 03:37:01 -0700)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): yes
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Sorry, no known PCI bus adapters found.

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'... No
Probing for `VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `AMD K8 thermal sensors'... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found `Nat. Semi. PC8739x Super IO'
(no hardware monitoring capabilities)
Trying family `SMSC'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `ITE'... No
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported. See doc/FAQ,
doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html or http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ
(FAQ #4.24.3) for further information.
If you find out what chips are on your board, check
http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for driver status.

So, basically the sensors package didn't detect the sensors.
I read an installation instruction and ran the commands :
sudo gedit makedev.sh
Copy the next lines :

#!/bin/bash
# Here you can set several defaults.
# The number of devices to create (max: 256)
NUMBER=32

# The owner and group of the devices
OUSER=root
OGROUP=root
# The mode of the devices
MODE=600

# This script doesn't need to be run if devfs is used
if [ -r /proc/mounts ] ; then
if grep -q "/dev devfs" /proc/mounts ; then
echo "You do not need to run this script as your system uses devfs."
exit;
fi
fi

i=0;

while [ $i -lt $NUMBER ] ; do
echo /dev/i2c-$i
mknod -m $MODE /dev/i2c-$i c 89 $i exit
chown "$OUSER:$OGROUP" /dev/i2c-$i exit
i=$[$i + 1]
done
#end of file

Then :

sudo chmod +x makedev.sh
sudo ./makedev.sh

Afterwards I ran again sensors-detect but nothing changed... then I remembered that in my M$ Windows I used the motherboard monitor and later the speedfan so I booted M$ Windows and obtained the Speedfan output :

Win9x:NO 64Bit:NO GiveIO:YES SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
SMBus successfully enabled
Linked Intel 82801CAM ICH3 SMBUS at $1200
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
SuperIO Chip=PC8739x
Scanning Intel SMBus at $1200...
ADM1031 (ID=$31) found on SMBus at $2C
SMART Enabled for drive 0
Found TOSHIBA MK4018GAP (40,0GB)
Found ACPI temperature (59,0C)
End of detection

After that I found out the chip/sensor for my laptop an Intel 82801CAM ICH3 with an ADM1031. So I checked the www.lm-sensors.org and found that that chip/sensor is supported.
After searching and trying many things I finally found the script "unhide_ICH_SMBus" that show my chip/sensor :
You can download it from :
unhide_ICH_SMBus

Just in case here is the script (you can cut and paste using the gedit) :

#!/bin/bash
# (C) Rudolf Marek ,
# Jean Delvare
#
# Thanks Jean Delvare and Oliver Dreier for testing.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# as published by the Free Software Foundation

pcibus="/sys/bus/pci/slots/"
device="00:1f"

if [ "$UID" -ne 0 ] ; then
echo "You need to be root to run this script!"
exit 252
fi

smbus=`lspci -n -s $device.3 grep -i '0c05: *8086'`
if [ -n "$smbus" ] ; then
echo "ICH SMBus is already there!"
lspci -s $device.3
exit
fi

intel=`lspci -n -s $device.0 grep 8086`

if [ -z "$intel" ] ; then
echo "Not for your chipset - Intel (ICH) only"
exit 255;
fi
modprobe fakephp &> /dev/null

if [ ! -d "$pcibus" ] ; then
echo "You need the fake PCI hotplug driver! (fakephp.ko and 2.6 kernel)"
exit 255;
fi

echo "Enabling SMBus PCI device ..."

newval=$( printf '%x' $((0x$(setpci -s $device.0 f2.w) & 0xfff7)))
setpci -s $device.0 f2.w=$newval

echo "Rescanning the bus ..."
echo 1 > $pcibus/0000:$device.0/power 2>/dev/null
if [ ! -d "$pcibus/0000:$device.3" ] ; then
echo "Failed to enable the SMBUS"
exit 253;
fi

if [ ! -d "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/i801_smbus" ] ; then
echo "Loading i2c-i801 ..."
modprobe i2c-i801
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
exit 251
fi
fi

lspci -s $device.3
echo "Done!"

-----------------------------
I ran the script :
ubuntu@horus:~$ sudo ./unhide_ICH_SMBus
Password:
Enabling SMBus PCI device ...
Rescanning the bus ...
Loading i2c-i801 ...
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Done!

Afterwards I ran again :
sudo sensors-detect
And this time it ran Ok.
Here the output :

ubuntu@horus:~$ sudo sensors-detect
Password:
# sensors-detect revision 4171 (2006-09-24 03:37:01 -0700)

This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
unless you know what you're doing.

We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): yes
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel 82801CA/CAM ICH3

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-i801' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
Do you want to load `i2c-dev' now? (YES/no): yes
Module loaded successfully.

We are now going to do the I2C/SMBus adapter probings. Some chips may
be double detected; we choose the one with the highest confidence
value in that case.
If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address,
you can specify that address to remain unprobed.

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1200
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): yes
Client found at address 0x2c
Probing for `Myson MTP008'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM80'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM85 or LM96000'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1027, ADT7460 or ADT7463'... No
Probing for `SMSC EMC6D100, EMC6D101 or EMC6D102'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7462'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7470'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADT7476'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM87'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM93'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83792D'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83793R/G'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791SD'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627DHG'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.1)'... No
Probing for `Asus AS99127F (rev.2)'... No
Probing for `Asus ASB100 Bach'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL518SM Revision 0x00'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL518SM Revision 0x80'... No
Probing for `Genesys Logic GL520SM'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM9240'... No
Probing for `Dallas Semiconductor DS1780'... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM81'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1026'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1025'... No
Probing for `Philips NE1619'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1024'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1029'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1030'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1031'... Success!
(confidence 7, driver `adm1031')
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1022'... No
Probing for `Texas Instruments THMC50'... No
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'... No
Probing for `ALi M5879'... No
Probing for `SMSC LPC47M15x, LPC47M192 or LPC47M997'... No
Probing for `Winbond W83791D'... No
Client found at address 0x50
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `eeprom')
Probing for `EDID EEPROM'... No
Probing for `Maxim MAX6900'... No
Client found at address 0x51
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1033'... No
Probing for `Analog Devices ADM1034'... No
Probing for `SPD EEPROM'... Success!
(confidence 8, driver `eeprom')
Client found at address 0x69

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to
write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though.
Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots!
Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): yes
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J' at 0x290... No
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF' at 0x290... No
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'... No
Probing for `VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors'... No
Probing for `AMD K8 thermal sensors'... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS' at 0xca0... No
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC' at 0xca8... No

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): yes
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
Trying family `ITE'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... Yes
Found `Nat. Semi. PC8739x Super IO'
(no hardware monitoring capabilities)
Trying family `SMSC'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes
Found unknown chip with ID 0xea11
Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f
Trying family `ITE'... No
Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No
Trying family `SMSC'... No
Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No

Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `adm1031' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x2c
Chip `Analog Devices ADM1031' (confidence: 7)

Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted):
Detects correctly:
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x50
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)
* Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 1200'
Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x51
Chip `SPD EEPROM' (confidence: 8)

EEPROMs are *NOT* sensors! They are data storage chips commonly
found on memory modules (SPD), in monitors (EDID), or in some
laptops, for example.

I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.
Just press ENTER to continue:

To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
i2c-i801
# Chip drivers
adm1031
eeprom
#----cut here----

Do you want to add these lines to /etc/modules automatically? (yes/NO)

I selected "Yes".
Then in order to test it I ran the commands :

root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo modprobe i2c-i801
Password:
root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo modprobe adm1031
Password:
root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo modprobe eeprom
Password:
root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo depmod -a
Password:
root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo update-modules
Password:
root@horus:/home/ubuntu# sudo sensors
Password:
adm1031-i2c-0-2c
Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 1200
CPU Fan: 12053 RPM (min = 661 RPM, div = 4)
Case Fan: 16875 RPM (min = 661 RPM, div = 4)
SYS Temp: +57.0°C (low = +51°C, high = +70°C)
SYS Crit: +87°C
CPU Temp: +52.5°C (low = +46°C, high = +60°C)
CPU Crit: +75°C
AUX Temp: +0.0°C (low = +0°C, high = +80°C) DISCONNECT
AUX Crit: +100°C

I checked the /etc/modules file and all was correct. So I restarted Ubuntu and after booting I ran :
sudo sensors
But only got "No sensors detected".
To make the sensors work I had to run the unhide_ICH_SMBus first. In order to run the command in every boot I edited the file /etc/init.d/rc.local:
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc.local
Then I added the line calling unhide_ICH_SMBus first :

#! /bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

do_start() {
if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
log_begin_msg "Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
/etc/rc.local
log_end_msg $?
/home/ubuntu/unhide_ICH_SMBus
fi
}

case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
stop)
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

Afterwards I restarted Ubuntu and this time the sensors worked!

I decided to install a gdesklet to see the mother/cpu temperature in the desktop, unfortunately after trying every gDesklet that show sensors/temperature I gave up... none of them worked!!!
Finally I found the application that I wanted :

Computer Temperature Monitor

You can download the .deb package for Ubuntu Feisty here :
computertemp_0.9.6.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
After installed with a simple double-click I right clicked in the task-bar and select "Add to panel" then browsed to
"System and Hardware" and selected "Computer temperature monitor".

Then the temperature reading appeared in the task bar :

Installing a Weather Desklet on Ubuntu 7.04

2007-06-14T07:19:00.000-07:00

Finally I installed a working weather forecast desklet on my ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.

Here an screenshot :

I found many bogous desklets that only show error messages : Error retrying information, no connection,...

Finally I found a working wheather forecast desklet, if you want to install the same desklet follow the next steps :

First you must have gDesklet installed :

Go to the task-bar and select

System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Then in the the top of the Synaptic Package Manager window, click the Search button.

In the search window type : gDesklets

Then select and install the "gDesklets" and "gDesklets-data" packages.

after that go to Applications>gDesklets.

And the gDesklets Shell window appears

(or in a terminal, type : gdesklets)

Afterwards in the menu select "File" and "Install Remote Package" and use the following URL :

http://gdesklets.zencomputer.ca/GoodWeather.tar.gz

After the downloading and installation you will see the GoodWeather desklet in the right panel.

Then double click on it and place it on the desktop.

Then configure the desklet with the right button and selecting configure then use your city code. To find your city code go to http://www.weather.com/ and find your city, then select it and watch the address bar of the browser and write down the code.

In my case was :

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/ARBA0009?from=search_city

So my city code was : ARBA0009

Then paste the location code in the desklet's configuration panel. Then restart desklet.

There are lots of desklets in the site :

http://gdesklets.zencomputer.ca/

Running Vice 1.21 Commodore Emulator under Ubuntu 7.04

2007-06-13T11:20:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I installed Vice 1.21 - Commodore Emulator on my Ubuntu 7.04 - Festy Fawn.
First I downloaded the tarball (source code) from the site
vice-1.21.tar.gz
The official site of Vice is :
Vice Team
VICE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
So don't be afraid to download it!

Then I opened a terminal and ran the commands In order to obtain the gcc compiler :
sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then I decompressed the file with the command :
tar xvfz vice-1.21.tar.gz
Then I changed the current directory to the /vice-1.21 and ran the command :
sudo ./configure
Then I ran :
sudo make

Then I got the following errors :
../../src/arch/unix/x11/xaw/uiarch.h:33:27: error: X11/Intrinsic.h: No such file or directory
../../src/arch/unix/x11/xaw/uiarch.h:34:28: error: X11/StringDefs.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ../../src/arch/unix/x11/xaw/videoarch.h:5,
from ../../src/arch/unix/videoarch.h:9,
from video-canvas.c:39:

So I Installed the libxt-dev package to fix the problem :
sudo apt-get install libxt-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libice-dev libsm-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libice-dev libsm-dev libxt-dev
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 563kB of archives.
After unpacking 1675kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Then I ran again :

sudo make

And another error was reported :
FileSel.c:47:29: error: X11/Xaw/SimpleP.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:48:28: error: X11/Xaw/Simple.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:49:28: error: X11/Xaw/LabelP.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:50:27: error: X11/Xaw/Label.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:51:30: error: X11/Xaw/CommandP.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:52:29: error: X11/Xaw/Command.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:53:27: error: X11/Xaw/FormP.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c:54:26: error: X11/Xaw/Form.h: No such file or directory
In file included from FileSelP.h:25,
from FileSel.c:71:
DirMgr.h:86: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
In file included from FileSel.c:71:
FileSelP.h:27:31: error: X11/Xaw/Cardinals.h: No such file or directory
FileSel.c: In function ChildrenCreate:
FileSel.c:767: error: labelWidgetClass undeclared (first use in this function)
FileSel.c:767: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
FileSel.c:767: error: for each function it appears in.)
FileSel.c:805: error: commandWidgetClass undeclared (first use in this function)
make[7]: *** [FileSel.o] Error 1
make[7]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src/arch/unix/x11/xaw/widgets'
make[6]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src/arch/unix/x11/xaw'
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src/arch/unix/x11'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src/arch/unix'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src/arch'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ubuntu/vice-1.21/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

So I Installed libxaw7-dev and libxaw-headers packages :

sudo apt-get install libxaw7-dev libxaw-headers

ubuntu@horus:~/vice-1.21$ sudo apt-get install libxaw7-dev libxaw-headers
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxpm-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxaw-headers libxaw7-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxpm-dev
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 389kB of archives.
After unpacking 1577kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Then I ran again :

sudo make

that finished without errors. So I ran :

sudo make install

I started the emulator via the x64 command to my surprise the screen was always black, If i pressed the left mouse button or the right button a menu appeared but the screeen was always black.
After googling a little I found the solution :
Just a simple change (a 0 for a 1) in the file :
vice-1.21/src/arch/unix/x11/xaw/uicolor.c

So I changed the line :
im = XCreateImage(display, visual, x11ui_get_display_depth(),
ZPixmap, 0, (char *)data, 1, 1, 8, 1);

for :

im = XCreateImage(display, visual, x11ui_get_display_depth(),
ZPixmap, 0, (char *)data, 1, 1, 8, 0);

Then I recompiled again with :
sudo make
then
sudo make install

Then the program worked!!!
Thanks to the open source it was posible to fix the game and play ASYLUM!!!
This is one of the benefits of having the code!!!

Here the screen with the compiling console, gedit with the source, and Asylum (a C64 Adventure Game) !!!

For those who don't know the Asylum game here is a link with the D64 disk image :

http://www.retrosite.de/adventure/asylum/asylum.html

Please, remember don't look up in Asylum!!! ;-)

Data Execution Prevention NIGHTMARE!!!

2007-06-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I used three new computers with Windows XP service pack 2.

The computers specs are :

Two Pentium IV Intel 3.0 Dual Core 925 775 with Asus P5V-VM and one Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 4MB with Asus P5N-E SLI

After a while the computers started to randomly restart without any messages.

This is the default behavior of Windows XP, after a major error the system automatically reboots without showing any message or warning, just the same if you unplug/plug the power supply. Yes! another good idea by Bill Gate$ .

In order to know what is happening I first deactivated this default behavior :

In the desktop select the "My Computer" icon, then right-click and select "properties" then in "Advanced" tab. Locate the Startup and Recovery area and click on the Settings button.
In the "Startup and Recovery" window, locate and uncheck the check box next to "Automatically restart". Click OK in the Startup and Recovery window. Click OK in the System Properties window.
So next time the computer won't reboot automatically.

After a few moments I got the first BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) the error was :

STOP: 0x000000FC (0xA8D347C4, 0x0CAAF963, 0xA8D34730, 0x00000001)

After searching the web I found the Micro$oft article 886348 :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886348/en-us

It was related to a "bad driver" or "WhoKnowsWhat" that was trying to execute in a memory data range. So the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) decided to reboot the machine without a message. I really hate this kind of "Big Brother's Tool" that monitor and take actions by its own.

Why do we need a monitor of our activities? Why doesn't it show a message to the user? It wasn't a virus, the machines are completely clean with few software installed.

According to Micro$oft site :

"These checks, known as software-enforced DEP, are designed to block malicious code that takes advantage of exception-handling mechanisms in Windows."

But who decides what is malicious code and what isn't. Yes, the decition is taken by the binaries of Micro$oft, that are plagued of bugs, errors and are reduntant and inefficient. So, don't be surprised that DEP takes incorrect actions.

So the OS decided to reboot on its own. And I decided to deactivate for ever this kind of Big Brother's Tools.
To do that I Clicked the "Start" button, clicked "Run" and typed the following command :

bootcfg /raw "/noexecute=alwaysoff /fastdetect" /id 1

That deactivated the DEP forever.

If you want to check if the command finished sucefully :

Click "Start", click "Run", type "sysdm.cpl", and then click OK. Then on the "Advanced" tab, under "Startup and Recovery", click "Settings" and in the "Startup and Recovery" dialog box, see if the line have the "/noexecute=alwaysoff" command.

After that neither computer has restarted again. The problem was M$ DEP.

It seems the PC had DEP activated when they made this commercial :

Ubuntu Installed Grub - Bye Solaris 10!

2007-05-28T08:57:00.000-07:00

As usual Solaris suffered when I tried others operating systems.
One of the most common causes of the Solaris destruction is the fact that the Solaris partition ID is 0x82 (the same as the Linux Swap partition). So if you boot from a Live CD (like Ubuntu) it will automatically assign your Solaris partition as a Swap... Yes!!! without a prompt!!! so it will destroy the Solaris installation!.
Later with Solaris 10 Sun changed the partition ID for 0xbf to avoid this problem.

Another problem is the modified grub that Solaris uses.
As you can read in another post I finally decided to install Ubuntu. I have one hard disk with :
Windows XP (that came with the laptop), PC-BSD 1.3.2, Solaris 10, and Slackware 11 (now Ubuntu 7.04).
I have 4 primary partitions :
Windows - Partition 0
Slackware 11 - Partition 1
PC-BSD - Partition 2
Solaris - Partition 3

I was using LILO in my MBR (Master Boot Record / Partition Table). When I Installed Ubuntu over the Slackware partition, it also installed the grub in the MBR. The problem was that I couldn't boot Solaris again.
Yes... I modified the menu.lst of the grub in Ubuntu hundres of times, but nothing worked... I only got different errors messages : Invalid Partition, Filesystem type unknown, etc.
Finally I decided to search in the Sun Web Site and I found the following :

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/grub_boot_solaris.html

GRUB as obtained from sources other than Sun does not currently recognize Solaris on-disk VTOC and UFS formats. Sun has submitted changes to the GRUB project to support this; until they have been integrated, only the Solaris GRUB will work. If Linux installed GRUB on the master boot block, you will not be able to get to the Solaris OS even if you make the Solaris partition the active partition. In this case, you can chainload from the Linux GRUB by modifying the menu on Linux. Alternatively, you can replace the master boot sector with the Solaris GRUB in the above example, by using the installgrub(1M) command:

installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s3

Before the Solaris VTOC and UFS implementation is propagated to the standard GRUB release, only the Solaris version of GRUB will work.

I tried the installgrub command booting from the Install DVD and selecting option 6. But I only got an error message : /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 : Not a character device. I tried with rdsk and another disk number but neither worked.

So I reinstalled Solaris again. But when I click "Finish" and the system rebooted the Ubuntu Grub menu appears... I was expecting the Solaris grub... what happend??
I don't really know but maybe Solaris got confused with ubuntu's grub in the MBR.
So I had to use and old 3 1/2" diskette with DOS and a Norton Disk Editor 4. I booted DOS ran DE and selected the hard disk as physical disk and saved the MBR in a file. Just to have a backup of the MBR!
Then I booted from the Windows XP CD and used the recovery console and ran the FIXMBR command (with my fingers crossed).
It deleted ubuntu's grub from the MBR.
Then I Rebooted and installed again Solaris. Without the Ubuntu Grub, the Solaris installation wrote the MBR with its grub.
Then I was able to boot Solaris 10 and modified the menu.lst in Solaris with the following :
------------
title Solaris 10 11/06 s10x_u3wos_10 x86
root (hd0,3,a)
kernel /plataform/i86pc/multiboot
module /plataform/i86pc/boot_archive

title ubuntu, Kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=b98c9312-17fb-4e5b-8459-7d4008a8858d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title ubuntu, Kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=b98c9312-17fb-4e5b-8459-7d4008a8858d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title PC-BSD 1.3.2
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainload +1

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainload +1

---------

Now I finally can boot Solaris and the others OS again...

Why does my Solaris always get hurt???

Installing Ubuntu 7.04 on a Compaq Presario 1500 Notebook

2007-05-24T18:41:00.001-07:00

Finally I decided to try again the Ubuntu 7.04 live cd.

I booted and selected the "Start or install Ubuntu" option.

When the screen showed a garbled display I pressed "crtl-alt-f2" and ran the command :

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Then I chose the following options :

Attempt to autodetect video hardware? : "Yes"
X server driver : "ati"
Identifier for your video card : "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]"

Video card's Bus identifier : "PCI:1:0:0"
Amount of memory (KB) to be used by the video card : "32768"
Use Kernel Framebuffer device interface : "Yes"
Then a few questions about the Keyboard & mouse
Write default files section to configuration file ? : "Yes"
Attempt Monitor Autodetection ? : "Yes"
Identifier for the monitor : "Generic Monitor"
Video Modes to be used by the X server : "1400 x 1050"
Method for selecting the monitor characteristics ? : "Medium"
Resolution : "1400x1050 @ 60Hz"
Write monitor sync ranges to the configuration file : "Yes"
Desired default color depth in bits : "16"

Then I returned to the console usign the crtl-alt-F7

And pressed the ctrl-alt-backspace twice. Then the gnome restarted with a 1400x1050 @ 60Hz resolution without problem.

I installed the distribution and rebooted.

Then I opened a terminal and I edited manually the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

In the following link you can download my xorg.conf.

http://aleks.vigio.pl/?lang=spain&page=show&id=256

The glxgears shows an average of 1000fps.

I pressed the button "Enable Desktop Effect" and activate the options :
"Windows Wobble when Moved"
"Workspaces on a Cube"

But the cube effect didn't work until I ran the following two commands :

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize 4

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/number_of_desktops 1

Then I pressed the ctrl+alt+left or the ctrl+alt+Button1 and the cube worked!!!

Now I'm using Ubuntu... so... I'm Finally a Human Being!!!

Is Ubuntu not for ati mobility beings???

2007-05-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

I decided to test the Desktop LiveCd of the most popular linux distribution (according with Distrowatch.com) http://distrowatch.com/

Yes... I tested the Ubuntu Live Cd of the versions 6 (Dapper Drake) and 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).

According to its site (http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatIsUbuntu) ubuntu is a linux for human beings and a "linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers"...The graphical installer enables you to get up and running quickly and easily...

So I expected to insert the cd, boot from it and just use it.

But as usual I found some problems with these "easy to use" distributions.

My equipment is a Notebook Presario 1500US with a Pentium 4 2.4GHz and an Ati mobility Radeon 7500 32MB a 4-year-old equipment.

I was able to boot and use version 6 (Dapper Drake) but the screen was a little moved up and when I tried to change the resolutions/refresh rate I saw something very strange :

Resolution : 1280x1024

Refresh Rate : -19569 Hz

What??? A 19569 negative Hertz??? what!? My notebook is displaying characters more faster than the speed of light?? or I'm traveling in Warp 10??? One second for the laptop is -1 seconds to me...

I would like to show my notebook to Heinrich Rudolf Hertz but unfortunately that is impossible... roughly 1 Hertz can be defined as 1 cycle per second. So what is a negative hertz? are they the cycles that don't happen in a second? or maybe because the time scale for the notebook is different than mine...

Am I reaching the time dilatation of the Einstein Theory? For Einstein it was the relative motion which caused both observers to see the other's clocks as having slowed down.I'm sitting in a chair It has a small wheel and I admit that sometimes I use it to move in the room, but reaching the speed of light with these small wheels???

In a fast movement I shutdown the X server because I was afraid that I couldn't return to my time (year 2007 BC).

So I inserted the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Desktop live Cd and I chose the "Start or install Ubuntu" option.These time the screen went worse, I only saw a garbled display.

Here is the image :

I reset and choose the "Start Ubuntu in safe graphics mode" and I got this funny output :

Later I boot again and pressed "F4" and chose a different resolution... I always got the same garbled display.Later still I used the crtl-alt-f2 and ran the "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" command. Unfortunately I tested a few configurations without success.

(update : I finally made it work. Here is the guide :

http://aparateys.blogspot.com/2007/05/installing-ubuntu-704-on-compaq.html

)

Really I don't want to download another cd (the alternate cd that has a console installation) burn it, test it and spend four or five hours trying to get the ATI driver to work, because this is "an Easy to setup distribution" if I have to spend four or five hours trying to install a so called "Easy to install distribution" then that make not sense to me.

I can install a new slackware in less time (A so called difficult to install distribution).

So. Is ubuntu not for ati mobility beings??? or maybe I'm not a human being.

Anyway, now I could boot the Dapper Drake with a -19569 Hz frequency and I'm reaching the limits of the reality and the universe...

I'm travelling at the speed of light!!! join me, don't be afraid : "No one can face the infinity without feeling vertigo"

A Wow echo?

2007-05-10T11:00:00.000-07:00

Why did Micro$oft decide to use the "Wow!" slogan for the new windows Vista operating system?
Maybe it was because Bill remembered hearing it said in another Windows Operating System presentation, Windows 98.
Do you remeber that presentation???
Here is the link :

My Experiences with OS/2

2007-05-03T08:41:00.000-07:00

I would like to share my experience with OS/2.
It was mid 1993 (I guess) and I saw in a computer store the OS/2 2.1 box so I decided to purchase and test it.
I started the installation and all went well, the only problem was that I had to choose the standard VGA because it didn't recognize my video card (an OAK-067). So I called to the IBM BBS using my 2400bps modem in order to look for my drivers (google.com wasn't there in those old times). Amazingly they had the drivers, but the driver downloads was only permited to registered users...
What?!?!
I called IBM and a telephonist explained me that I had to send the registration card that came in the box in order to validate that I was a OS/2 customer. So I filled the paper and sent it.
A few weeks later I was able to download the file. The driver worked fine. The operating system was robust but I didn't found additional OS/2 native applications.

Two years later, mid 1995, I bought the OS/2 Warp 3.0 a better OS : excellent compatibility with DOS or Win applications, it included the Bonus Pack, true 32 bits OS not like Micro$oft windows 3.1 or 95 running over DOS. But with most of the old problems : it was nearly impossible to pass information between applications, the single input queue problem. And you had to choose if the application was full-screen or windowed, but was impossible to change the mode after you selected one.

I really never understood this "blue pill or the red pill" Matrix Philosophy.

Morpheus : You take the windowed pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the fullscreen pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember -- all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the difference is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
(Neo Takes the fullscreen pill)

I never found a free Software Development kit too. And the OS itself was expensive. Nowadays the sucesor of OS/2 warp the eComStation 1.2R costs $ 259 dollars.
http://www.ecomstation.biz/cgi-bin/db2www/biz_art2.d2w/report?catname=eComStation

On the other hand, in those long gone times, Micro$oft Windows was cheaper and in some cases almost free (my mouse logitech came with a complete windows 3.1 edition for free) with a lot of drivers (and no one asked for a registration card to download a simple driver), free Software Development Kits, came pre-installed in millons of computers, and a great marketing campaing. I don't like Micro$oft Windows, back then I prefered OS/2 (later I chose Linux). But I can deny that OS/2 died before Windows (I am still hopefully waiting for that day, the fall of Micro$oft). And for me that had everything to do with those issues. (expensive software, lack of hardware support, registration to download a driver (?), the windowed or fullscreen pill...)

OS/2 Warp 4 Under VMware Workstation 5.5.3

2007-04-26T12:07:00.000-07:00

I tested VMware installing the OS/2 Warp 4.0 as a guest Operating System.

I created a new virtual machine and selected "Other OS".Then I had to prepare the booting Floppy Disk, because the OS/2 Installation CDROM is not bootable but in the cd there is a directory called

\diskimgs\os2\35\

So first I booted from a DOS 6.22 Floppy disk with an atapi cdrom driver in the config.sys... Do you remember those old times??

I had to do that because under a DOSEMU or Windows XP I got some errors. Maybe because it was trying to access using the BIOS Interruptions.

After booting from floppy execute :

C:\DISKIMGS\LOADDSKF C:\DISKIMGS\35\disk0.dsk A:

Label it "INSTALLATION"

(notice that in my case the cd-rom drive letter is C: because DOS cannot recognice any partition on my hard disk)

C:\DISKIMGS\LOADDSKF C:\DISKIMGS\35\disk1_cd.dsk A:

Label it "Disk 1"

C:\DISKIMGS\LOADDSKF C:\DISKIMGS\35\disk2.dsk A:

Label it "Disk 2"

After that I booted and started the new virtual machine with the Installation floppy disk and the cd inserted in the cd-rom.

After a while inserted disk 1 and 2 and made a partition and formated the virtual hard disk.

Then reboot again and the installation started.

After a long time the installation appears to be hung in this screen :

So I decided to change the following value in the file "Other.vmx"

guestOS = "other"

for

guestOS = "os2experimental"

I restarted the VM and after a long time the installation finished.Then I restarted again and the OS/2 Warp was ready to use.

The only problem I found is the perfomance in my compaq presario 1500 (Pentium IV 2.4ghz) the OS runs so slooowwwly.

But I got some fun seeing the presentation manager and the OS/2 style again.