Despite all the warnings about updating Fedora 8 to 9 using YUM i had to give it a go. I did this succesfully a couple of months ago but was left with a couple of minor problems that are related to the actual new version of Fedora rather than the update method.
Firstly, I cant run wine anymore. It seems like, because I have an nvidia card and the drivers for Fedora 9 still havent been released, there is some sort of crashing caused perhaps by an attemtp from wine to access direct3d or opengl features from a driverless card. This is a bit of a guess as you can see but i have seen complains all over the web.
Last night I finally saw the x11 nvidia drivers in the udpates list so I will be checking today if this has changed and fixed the situation.
The second problem i am experiencing, i have to admit i have been too lazy to figure out whats causing it, is that I cant run the updates through the new, pretty graphical interface. Note that I log in as root (yes, i do and you can give me all the reasons you want not to do it, I will still log in as root, i am a carefull user) and it seems that the issue is related to that in some way (I read somewhere someone say "it confuses yum to log in as root" ????). I can still open a terminal and run yum update and it works perfectly.
I will see if wine is working again and drop a post about it.
---> Edit
I almost forgot about this one. The actual problem with Wine is with some of the files it creates the first time it runs. I run Linux as root (naughty) so, what i did was, I deleted the ./wine directory from the /root directory and then started wine. It works perfectly now.
On the other hand, yum still wont update from its GUI and I have to run yum update -y from a shell. I really havent looked at this, its so easy to just use the command line for it that it seems a waste of time. I'll post here if I ever fix this.
Friday, 6 June 2008
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
The Netgear Rangemax routers and the PS3
I have a Netgear Rangemax router, a DG834PN to be more percise, its been working great since i bought it up until i got my PS3. Ever since then, when the PS3 is on or on standby, I can clearly notice that browsing the internet becomes incredibly slow on my other laptops. I have all these devices connected through wireless and never before have i had a problem of this nature.
Looking around on the net i found mention about PS3s being incompatible with RangeMax due to some N protocol they use, so i thought the best test was to borrow another router to check this. I used a router supplied by BT for Business Broadband customers, a 2wire, set it up exactly as I had the netgear and gave it a go. It worked perfectly all the time, being able to have my PS3 on and browse the internet at decent speeds (*).
Yesterday I thought i'd go back to my Netgear and see if I could get it to work. I connected it back up, went to wireless settings and checked the "Mode" option which gives you : b and g modes, g only or Auto (108 mbps). I changed the setting to g and tried the whole thing. Its now working perfectly fine, I will give it a couple more days of testing but its clear that the mode used for 108 mbps is somehow incompatible with the PS3's wireless functionality.
(*) Note: This was particularly noticeable whilst attempting to play World of Warcraft since I could see the Lag bar going read while the PS3 was on. Switching the PS3 off from the back switch would return things to normal.
Right, call me a liar, tried it yesterday and its causing the same issues. I had to go back to the 2wire router. Furthermore searches on the internet show lots of people complaining about the same issue. Nothing on the Netgear website but, then again, no surprise tehre.
Looking around on the net i found mention about PS3s being incompatible with RangeMax due to some N protocol they use, so i thought the best test was to borrow another router to check this. I used a router supplied by BT for Business Broadband customers, a 2wire, set it up exactly as I had the netgear and gave it a go. It worked perfectly all the time, being able to have my PS3 on and browse the internet at decent speeds (*).
Yesterday I thought i'd go back to my Netgear and see if I could get it to work. I connected it back up, went to wireless settings and checked the "Mode" option which gives you : b and g modes, g only or Auto (108 mbps). I changed the setting to g and tried the whole thing. Its now working perfectly fine, I will give it a couple more days of testing but its clear that the mode used for 108 mbps is somehow incompatible with the PS3's wireless functionality.
(*) Note: This was particularly noticeable whilst attempting to play World of Warcraft since I could see the Lag bar going read while the PS3 was on. Switching the PS3 off from the back switch would return things to normal.
Right, call me a liar, tried it yesterday and its causing the same issues. I had to go back to the 2wire router. Furthermore searches on the internet show lots of people complaining about the same issue. Nothing on the Netgear website but, then again, no surprise tehre.
Friday, 28 December 2007
Spiderman - One More Day
Warning, Spoilers Ahead.
I have just finished reading the last issue of Spiderman: One More Day. I've been left with a weird feeling of anger and disappointment.
The storyline basically shows Peter Parker's aunt taken to the hospital due to a bullet she took by mistake instead of Peter. Because of Spiderman leaving Tony Stark's side at the end of the Civil War, he is at the moment an Outlaw and has no financial means to confront helping Aunt May's critical situation. He goes and asks Tony for help and after a pretty cool fight were Peter shows he could even rip his armor off if he wanted, Tony declines directly helping him and warns him that next time they meet, he is taking him prisoner.
Tony, facing feelings of guilt sends his butler to pay for the costs of Aunt May's medical bills. Still, there is no way to help her due to her condition and so, Peter is approached by all time baddy, Mephisto. He shows him the images of people he could have been in other realities and one of a little girl he intends to explain later. Mephisto gets Peter and Mj together and tells them that he can save Aunt May in exchange for their marriage.
After a long discussion, MJ and Peter decide to go ahead with it and save Aunt May when Mephisto reveals to them, that the little girl he saw was their possible future daughter that they will now never have.
Next thing we know, Peter wakes up in a world where he is single and Aunt May is alive. Other things look different which is odd since Mephisto did say "Everything else will remain the same".
Anyways, give it a read if you get a chance and you will see what i mean about anger and disappointment. Spiderman, who was once Captain Universe, who's faced all sort of tricksters like Misterio and others, who's won and lost everything over and over again, who's only good thing in life was MJ goes and throws it all away because he doesnt have the guts to carry the weight of his own actions... that, to me, is ridiculous and very disappointing. If they wanted an excuse to get Spidey back to the old times, to a more careless attitude, fair enough, but i think, in the process, they have made the character look like a complete "noob".
Bad effort really, not the ending i expected, but yes the one I feared Marvel would come up with.
Check here for some slightly more official info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_More_Day_%28comics%29
I have just finished reading the last issue of Spiderman: One More Day. I've been left with a weird feeling of anger and disappointment.
The storyline basically shows Peter Parker's aunt taken to the hospital due to a bullet she took by mistake instead of Peter. Because of Spiderman leaving Tony Stark's side at the end of the Civil War, he is at the moment an Outlaw and has no financial means to confront helping Aunt May's critical situation. He goes and asks Tony for help and after a pretty cool fight were Peter shows he could even rip his armor off if he wanted, Tony declines directly helping him and warns him that next time they meet, he is taking him prisoner.
Tony, facing feelings of guilt sends his butler to pay for the costs of Aunt May's medical bills. Still, there is no way to help her due to her condition and so, Peter is approached by all time baddy, Mephisto. He shows him the images of people he could have been in other realities and one of a little girl he intends to explain later. Mephisto gets Peter and Mj together and tells them that he can save Aunt May in exchange for their marriage.
After a long discussion, MJ and Peter decide to go ahead with it and save Aunt May when Mephisto reveals to them, that the little girl he saw was their possible future daughter that they will now never have.
Next thing we know, Peter wakes up in a world where he is single and Aunt May is alive. Other things look different which is odd since Mephisto did say "Everything else will remain the same".
Anyways, give it a read if you get a chance and you will see what i mean about anger and disappointment. Spiderman, who was once Captain Universe, who's faced all sort of tricksters like Misterio and others, who's won and lost everything over and over again, who's only good thing in life was MJ goes and throws it all away because he doesnt have the guts to carry the weight of his own actions... that, to me, is ridiculous and very disappointing. If they wanted an excuse to get Spidey back to the old times, to a more careless attitude, fair enough, but i think, in the process, they have made the character look like a complete "noob".
Bad effort really, not the ending i expected, but yes the one I feared Marvel would come up with.
Check here for some slightly more official info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_More_Day_%28comics%29
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Thursday, 27 December 2007
Adding Themes to the PS3
As you well know, proud owner of a PS3, the Playstation Store doesnt have a particularly impressive variety of themes to install on your PS3 but installing them is very straightforward. Now, what happens if you want to grab a theme you found on the net or that came with a magazine and install it? What you need to do is very simple too, if not a little bit tedious. First of all, grab a form of media storage:
Remove the media from your pc making sure the files finished copying over and connect it to your PS3. Once connected go to your Theme Settings, go to choose a new theme and click on the top option "Install". You will then be presented with an option of what device to get the themes from, choose then whichever media you connected and afterwards you will be able to see a list of all the themes available. One by one, you must then choose a theme and repeat the process.
It is a bit annoying of course that you need to copy them individually, but hey, that's the way it works.
- Memory Stick
- SD Card
- USB Stick
- PSP with Memory Stick
Remove the media from your pc making sure the files finished copying over and connect it to your PS3. Once connected go to your Theme Settings, go to choose a new theme and click on the top option "Install". You will then be presented with an option of what device to get the themes from, choose then whichever media you connected and afterwards you will be able to see a list of all the themes available. One by one, you must then choose a theme and repeat the process.
It is a bit annoying of course that you need to copy them individually, but hey, that's the way it works.
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Thursday, 15 November 2007
ialmrnt5 - Intel's Display Drivers Strike Again
If you are wondering why your computer's resolution has suddenly gone down to a measly 640x480 and you are only displaying 4 colors and if that wasnt enough, a threating windows error has popped on your screen saying something along the lines of "the ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally...", dont worry, its just intel's drivers making a booboo, yet again.
All you need to do is go to the Intel website and download the needed driver updates.
Here are some related links:
http://www.eddieoneverything.com/windows-xp/how-to-fix-the-ialmrnt5-display-driver-error.php
http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa;jsessionid=1c1ilw0bqmvcr?messageID=890225󙕱
Alternatively, right click on your Desktop, Properties, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and move the Hardware Acceleration option down to None.
All you need to do is go to the Intel website and download the needed driver updates.
Here are some related links:
http://www.eddieoneverything.com/windows-xp/how-to-fix-the-ialmrnt5-display-driver-error.php
http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa;jsessionid=1c1ilw0bqmvcr?messageID=890225󙕱
Alternatively, right click on your Desktop, Properties, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and move the Hardware Acceleration option down to None.
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Why is Norton(CCAPP.exe) eating my CPU?!?
We just got some pcs reconfigured to use Outlook and Norton. They had been using webmail until now without a hitch but there seems to be a certain belief that as users go up in the employee/management hierarchy they should be allowed to have things installed such as Powerpoint, Access, Ms Outlook, etc, even when they dont even know how to use them.
Surprise, surprise, some users started complaining afterwards about their pcs getting slower and slower, problems sending emails and more. After a quick check to the Task Manager (Right click on the Systray or Ctrl+Alt+Del and then Task Manager) I found that CCAPP was using roundabouts 70-80% of CPU. I thought I'd google this up but to my disappointment, all I could find was obvious SEO websites with lists of explanations as to what CCAPP is/does but noone explaining how to solve the issue other than to disable outgoing email checking.
I have uninstalled Norton for the time being and I will be depending on our linux server's email antivirus. I'll carry on searching...
Surprise, surprise, some users started complaining afterwards about their pcs getting slower and slower, problems sending emails and more. After a quick check to the Task Manager (Right click on the Systray or Ctrl+Alt+Del and then Task Manager) I found that CCAPP was using roundabouts 70-80% of CPU. I thought I'd google this up but to my disappointment, all I could find was obvious SEO websites with lists of explanations as to what CCAPP is/does but noone explaining how to solve the issue other than to disable outgoing email checking.
I have uninstalled Norton for the time being and I will be depending on our linux server's email antivirus. I'll carry on searching...
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