Zoneminder

The setting to get Zoneminder working on Ubuntu 12.04 Card: Leadtek Winfast 2000xp, BT878 based /dev/video0 channel 1 NTSC BGR24 384x288 ERR [Shared data size conflict in shared_data for monitor Monitor-1, expected 328, got 316] To fix this error just make the following changes to /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm at around line 130 #our $arch = int(3.2*length(~0)); our $arch = 32;

Linux backup and restore

trying this to see if it works.

Command I use:

sudo tar cvpzf /data/backup0926.tgz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys --exclude=/data --exclude=/media --exclude=/tmp /

DesireHD

Mostly followed this blog and this page to downgrade from 1.84 software to 1.32, root, and SHIP S-OFF the phone.
Download tools here.

Then burned the RCMix3D 2.3.3 ROM.

Only problem left is to import SMS from my old faithful WinMo6.5 Raphael to this new Android baby. I fiddled with many different solutions and ended up with the following:
1. Use iMobileTool SMS Backup to export SMS on WinMo to a csv file.
2. Edit the csv file to remove the unnecessary fields.
3. Use Anything2SMS (Athg2sms, a free app on Android Market) to import the csv to Android.
Conversion set used:
Indox: "Inbox";"$(dateyyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss)";"$(address)";"$(body)";[\n]
Sent: "Sentedbox";"$(dateyyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss)";"$(address)";"$(body)";[\n]

VPN:
Both get-a-robot-vpnc and vpnc widget works.
Possible Solution

New MBP 6.2

Change touchpad sensitivity

Emulate a USB drive

Problem with joining Win7 VM to Cisco domain: solution

Win7 client need to set WINS server address to get Outlook connected to exchange server over VPN: source
Adding printers in Win7 link

Enable Medibuntu to install mencoder that's compiled with libfaac to convert video to iPad format.
Enable Empathy IM to display nicknames in MSN group chat: link
Empathy bug: can't connect to MSN
and this

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on MacBookPro 5.3

Haven't updated this for some time.

My beloved X61s got stolen, so I got a new MBP from company and immediately started done the path of repartitioning and dual booting with Ubuntu.

Some notes along the way:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro5-3/Lucid

http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/java#TOC-Install-JRE-64-bit-
to get webex working.

Install Medibuntu codecs

Ubuntu on new HTPC

Use x11vnc instead of vino

Update alsa to 1.0.20 to get spdif working.

Use arialuni.ttf to replace /usr/share/xbmc/media/Fonts/arial.ttf, and choose GBK as charset in XBMC settings to get Chinese filenames working.

Mythtv:
Couldn't connect to database after installation. Had to:

mysql -u root -p
mysql>grant all privileges on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"localhost" identified by 'avxGzq44';

Use tar to backup and restore the system: link
Using rsnapshot, rdiff-backup, flyback and timevault look interesting too.

New HTPC build

I'm going to build a new mATX HTPC for use in both WXP and Linux. It needs to play 1080p H.264 smoothly and be quiet.

I bought a case already thanks to this thread.
Mobo/CPU/Video/Audio:
It seems the latest crop of on-board video cards are not too bad for HD video playback, with AMD's 780G better than Nvidia's 8x00 chipesets in this respect. However, there is no hardware acceleration for HW decoding in Linux for AMD so far, while Nvidia has VDPAU.
So I'm looking at this combo on newegg.
Edit 7/16: Now I'm leaning towards the new Athlon II x2 Regor 250, an AM3 socket CPU but the M3N78-EM board also support it, sans DDR3 support. I'll probably buy the CPU from newegg (update 7/17/09, bought with coupon AMD791 for $10 off) and buy the board from ewiz (update 7/17/09: bought).

HS: I'll probably buy this one from svc.com which is a little cheaper than newegg and can be picked up locally. The fan needs to be removed and the case vent and fan will be used to force air through the HS. The case fan can be connected to CPU fan header for control.

RAM: (update 7/17/09: bought this one)

HDD: maybe reuse some old drive laying around.

OS: I'll try Ubuntu first.
Media frontend: try XBMC first, Mythtv if XBMC isn't enough.