Ali5451, with module (Alsa) snd_ali5451 works fine for a long while now. However, I’ve discovered just a short while ago that it will not recored / use for SkyPE sound sourced from the microphone. I have tried various settings with alsamixer but was unable to record sound yet. I can hear the noises made well…
I add to this blog all pieces of information which I might think could help other people. One of the things I have encountered short while ago had to do with DL140 G1 system cannot boot Linux. It’s Linux system (RedHat 4 32bit) was deployed by an external system and the system could not boot….
Some of you might take it lightly, some of you might take it seriously, and encrypt your wireless network, block the network to specific MAC addresses, etc. This guy had one special treat for his neighbors. Maybe I should try that too…
To be able to fax a text file containing Unicode (especially non-English characters), a suggestion can be found in this mailing-list post. I could not use it, though, because my Unicode text had ASCII-art-tables, and the printing process forced using variable font. I was unable to convert the text to an encoding (using iconv or…
Per the last post in this thread, I have created a startup script to an Oracle setup I’ve had. The script is rather simple – you “su –” to the Oracle user, and you just start the DB. Same goes for shutting it down. I have tested it and it worked well. Due to the…
Installing older Linux systems on new hardware is always fun. SuSE 8 especially might be tricky, due to several assumptions during install: 1. The install kernel is the Single CPU version. However, on an SMP system, the Single CPU kernel would not be actually installed. 2. HP assume you have a floppy with your server….
