High forked-daapd cpu usage?
So there I was playing with Rhythbox and bemoaning the non-existant DLNA support when I noticed (even though it’s always been there) the DAAP plugin. “What is this DAAP of which you speak?” I thought, and ended up installing mt-daapd. Turns out DAAP is rather good, and there’s even a very useful Android app for [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: cpu usage, daap, forked-daapd, Linux, rhythmbox, ubuntu
AR5008 and Network Manager.
In both Ubuntu Jaunty and now Karmic, I have been experiencing pretty dreadful wireless performance using a combination of the Atheros AR5008 chipset and the default GNOME connection management tool Network Manager. I have read elsewhere that Network Manager scans at regular intervals for available networks in the vicinity, which appears to have the effect [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: ar5008, atheros, connection, Linux, networkmanager, ubuntu, WICD, wireless
Turning Firefox into a web screensaver using a bash script
There’s a little program available for windows that lets you turn your browser into a screensaver, looping through various web content. However, there are 2 things wrong with it. Firstly it costs money. Secondly it doesn’t run on linux. So what? – we have bash – and after a bit of digging around this morning [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: bash, command line, command line options, firefox, Linux, screensaver, ubuntu, xulrunner
Nvidia 180 on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
EDIT: It seems the packages needed are in Intrepid updates now, so as long as they are enabled in System > Applications > Software Sources they should be installed with a simple sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180 As a long-time (since Gutsy) follower of Ubuntu bug 99508, the one about the badly [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: 180, 8.10, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, Linux, nvidia, titlebar, ubuntu
Synaptics touchpad, SHMConfig, xorg.conf and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
EDIT – Please note that this post only refers to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu. Some significant changes have been happening to the X server over the past couple of releases of Ubuntu. One of the most noticeable alterations has been the removal of the xorg.conf file from the default Ubuntu install (edit – [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: 8.10, ibex, intrepid, SHMConfig, synaptics, touchpad, ubuntu, xorg.conf
FirstClass. On 64 bit AMD64 Ubuntu.
For my OU course in Web Applications Development, I have to use a piece of software called FirstClass, from OpenText. Thankfully the nice people at OpenText have packaged up a version for Debian and Ubuntu, version 8.315-2 (one major release behind Windows admittedly, but perfectly usable). If you’re using a 32 bit version the install [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: amd64 64 bit, firstclass, libqtmt, Linux, ubuntu
Amarok, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10, Bluetooth and Sony MBR-100 Audio Receiver
As we all know Amarok is the best music player in the world, and it’s free. It’s only available on Linux at the moment but the devs are working hard to port it to Windows. Anyway I digress. I wanted to explain how I got Amarok playing on my laptop, accessing my music collection on [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: alsa, amarok, bluetooth, gutsy, Linux, mbr-100, sony, ubuntu
RT73 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
If you’ve used the Ralink RT73 chipset under Ubuntu for any length of time, you’ll know that the default drivers aren’t yet perfect (some supporting evidence). Some may have had more success, but in my experience they drop out regularly and transfer rates are pretty mediocre. The modules used are the rt2x00usb and rt73usb. These [...]