tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16001100924429753712024-02-19T05:17:03.029+01:00JO3RIJO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-89233910723285800182009-10-13T08:43:00.005+02:002009-10-13T09:55:25.751+02:00re-review Parrot PMK5800More then a year ago, I bought the <a href="http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/plug-n-play-car-kits/parrot-pmk5800">Parrot PMK5800</a>. This device is a portable Bluetooth hands-free kit, FM Stereo Transmitter. The reason I bought this device, was that I wanted to be able to listen to the music on my phone, a <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/w880i?lc=en&cc=au">SE W880i</a>, with my car's stereo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqubzu8eIUdRIYeoe1UBYc0YKBSuofMPvtck7bDq_EkiE6Op8CVGv72ZDhLgPRhoxf8nV2P7icEW-IDzIrf5OxxzQjc7-Gfepm5xDAQcsR0yok3pjby4viC4W_L3FKdd7hQoZ3uoG_w/s1600-h/img4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqubzu8eIUdRIYeoe1UBYc0YKBSuofMPvtck7bDq_EkiE6Op8CVGv72ZDhLgPRhoxf8nV2P7icEW-IDzIrf5OxxzQjc7-Gfepm5xDAQcsR0yok3pjby4viC4W_L3FKdd7hQoZ3uoG_w/s320/img4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391972890644718018" /></a><br /><br />But I actually never used it. The reason? very poor sound quality. Way too much bass and the sound was completely distorted. So the device ended up in a box. I tried a lot of things: Adjusting the equalizer, changing phones (<a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/z750i?lc=en&cc=au">SE Z750i</a>), tried an other car.<br /><br />Some time ago, I received a new phone, a <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/z770i?lc=nl&cc=be">SE Z770i</a>, but I forgot all about the Parrot PMK5800. It's only recently, I rediscovered the kit. Watching <a href="http://www.ergoproxy.com/">Ergo Proxy</a>, I fell in love with the title song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIRptFpTyM&feature=related">"kiri"</a>, made by <a href="http://www.monoral.com/">Monoral</a>. I wanted to listen to this song in my car, so I thought, why not give that Parrot an other try.<br /><br />This time, I was able to change the phone's equalizer and the sound was exactly what it needed to be. It worked. So conclusion: If you buy an FM transmitter and the sound quality is very poor, it might very well be your phone not using the Bluetooth Stereo A2DP profile in the correct way.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-36868316589583257642009-08-06T09:24:00.009+02:002009-08-12T09:05:12.259+02:00Moblin or JolicloudIt has been a while since I posted my last entry, but with the upcoming new netbook OS's it seemed to be the right time to get back into blogging.<br /><br />I have tried both: <a href="http://moblin.org/">Moblin</a> and <a href="http://www.jolicloud.com/">Jolicloud</a>. Both are different OS's and have there own strengths. I will not tell you about bugs, hang ups, because both OS's haven't reached final release yet. Moblin is in Beta and Jolicloud in Alpha release.<br /><br />Let's get started. Well as for Moblin, you can just download the image, put it on an usb-stick and install or test run. As for Jolicloud you'll need an invitation, which you can ask on there site. On the other hand, Moblin doesn't run on a whole lot of machines, certainly not those small screen netbooks (like EeePC701 with a 800x480 screen). That may already be a very good point, considering your choice.<br /><br />Let's start with Moblin. This one, actually is a complete new Linux Distribution. It doesn't look, feel or handels like any other Linux distro (but it still is one). Claiming it is a new OS is completely wrong, as for Jolicloud, same story. Both are Linux. Moblin went for the looks. They got a completely new GUI, never seen before. clean, simple and very intuitive. Actually, I think, this is the way GUI on netbooks should look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fbwARZkqe5YohpRIN1hy8UDRUEr4khR-ZPnVtn2WpO8YJ6ZRmhycVzXi6KdXqVTh47DfiWQHFbJIh16hyphenhyphenCLLRbq-5rYHEFzwj4kLuUmebb2CEoRp3FADQtske1H-6KyRnttYII-4Sw/s1600-h/moblin_v2_netbook_beta.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fbwARZkqe5YohpRIN1hy8UDRUEr4khR-ZPnVtn2WpO8YJ6ZRmhycVzXi6KdXqVTh47DfiWQHFbJIh16hyphenhyphenCLLRbq-5rYHEFzwj4kLuUmebb2CEoRp3FADQtske1H-6KyRnttYII-4Sw/s320/moblin_v2_netbook_beta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368245287305822562" /></a><br /><br />Moblin made a choice: simplicity. All you need on a netbook is: a browser, an instant messenger, a status reporter, PIM and media. A very smooth taskbar which gives you access to all those programs and a home screen with all your favourites summed up. No more, No less. But if you want more, you can install more.<br /><br />Now Jolicloud, that is a completely different story. This Distro is based on Ubuntu NBR, even the GUI has Ubuntu NBR written all over it. But, don't get fooled. Jolicloud has it's own repositories. Now the biggest difference I could see, is that jolicloud actually runs as a program on top of the distro.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1apsjZG9F7K9ERCZCLXwhTEhjMnCB7JkRRxmIONqoBLdTVnhvNWezDGM_pV5yiAs2TpdZbSOuzNk5p8eCRdyUyPdpjU7uTwG9VnSmgb-oJqSP4GewZ0pOiruFfOPxTcuGTbe9w7B0w/s1600-h/take-tour.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1apsjZG9F7K9ERCZCLXwhTEhjMnCB7JkRRxmIONqoBLdTVnhvNWezDGM_pV5yiAs2TpdZbSOuzNk5p8eCRdyUyPdpjU7uTwG9VnSmgb-oJqSP4GewZ0pOiruFfOPxTcuGTbe9w7B0w/s320/take-tour.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368250608407430930" /></a><br /><br />What is it? well to me it feels like a manager to install programs, but with the advantage of storing the configuration files on-line. This way you can reinstall or install it on an other netbook and keep all of your installed programs and there configs. Very handy, because you will only need to make your configurations once.<br /><br />The other smart thing is, that is makes use of <a href="http://prism.mozilla.com/">prism</a>. This way, you can add internet sites to your desktop as they would be standalone programs. Combining this with maximized windows and it really feels like your using a program instead of a browser. Well and that's about it.<br /><br />Now which one should you download? None of both. As stated above, they or not in final release yet. I used both, and sometimes they got buggy. Before I left for my holidays, I reinstalled ubuntu 9.04, just to be sure I wouldn't get stuck.<br /><br />But let's forget for a minute that those distro's are in alpha or beta. Which one should you get your hands on. Well as for Moblin you can start downloading it right now. Jolicloud won't let you do that, you'll need an invitation code. You can ask one, on there website and then you'll have to wait, wait and wait some more. After a month or so, you'll be Jolicouded and get the download code.<br /><br />But seriously which one should you go for? In my opinion? They should bring out a mix of both ditro's. Because I like the GUI Moblin (very very much), but I really love the special thing Jolicloud does (but I don't like the GUI). My guess is, that changing the GUI of Jolicloud is something that would be much easier to do, than making out of Moblin a Jolicloud alike. So for now, you'll have to go for the looks of an Italian sports car, or the "easy to use" of a Swedish car, but you can't have both for now.<br /><br />links:<br /><br />Jolicloud: <a href="http://www.jolicloud.com/">http://www.jolicloud.com/</a><br />Moblin: <a href="http://moblin.org/">http://moblin.org/</a>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-2311935084674246612009-05-19T11:49:00.006+02:002009-05-19T13:41:06.715+02:00Migrating roaming profiles to new Samba PDCWhen the time has come to replace your existing DC (Domain Controller), you probably will use new hardware and reinstall your Linux OS next to your old DC. I decided to use an other domain name as well. And while I was reinstalling I decided to use ldap with Samba.<br /><br />After the installation, I was able to join the computers to the new domain. But than I realized, I would have to recreate all user roaming profiles. This would take a lot off time because all user specific program configurations would be lost.<br /><br />So On the internet I found a way to just "migrate" the existing roaming profiles to the new domain. It isn't really migrating, but more changing the "old" roaming profile's permissions to suite the new domain.<br /><br />I will summary the steps to follow, but you should read <a href="http://www.simonsen.bz/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=61">Morgan Simonsen's Homepage</a> so you can follow the exact list of actions you have to take.<br /><br />1. you have to join the computer to the new domain<br />2. login in with your new account in the new domain, so a profile is created<br />3. logout, restart and login as an administrator with domain privileges<br />4. copy the old profile folder into the new one and reset permissions<br />5. logout and login with the new account<br /><br />Morgan states:<br /><br /><blockquote>These are the items in the old profile that you lose access to from the new user:<br /> Data that is protected by the Data Protection API (DPAPI)<br /> DPAPI helps protect the following items:<br /> o Web page credentials (for example, passwords)<br /> o File share credentials<br /> o Private keys associated with EFS, S/MIME, and other certificates<br /> o Program data that is protected by using the CryptProtectData() function</blockquote>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-45930371060752565422009-03-28T11:16:00.003+01:002009-03-28T12:11:37.501+01:00Restrict incoming and outgoing mail on #exim4 with #ldapWhen I first had to set up an emailserver with Exim4, it took me some time to figure out how to restrict incoming and outgoing mail. This way some accounts were allowed to send mail outside the domain and others could receive mail from the outside world and most could do both.<br /><br />This turned out to be very useful. I managed to do this with a list including all names. allowed_out and allowed_in. The next step was to figure out how to setup this within the ldap database. Setting up a list, wasn't hard to manage. Finding out the router settings was a lot harder, but I finally found out.<br /><br />First you'll have to make an ldap entry containing all the users allowed to send mail outside your domain. The ObjectClass for now is inetOrgPerson, better would be something like PosixGroup in combination with memberUid attribute. (I'll change this later)<br /><br /> dn: cn=allowed_out,dc=example,dc=com<br /> cn: allowed_out<br /> objectClass: inetOrgPerson<br /> objectClass: top<br /> o: EXAMPLE<br /> sn: Allowed out<br /> mail: cow@example.com<br /> mail: horse@example.com<br /><br />Now, you'll have to make a router for your Exim4 config. /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/081_local-config_check_out (whatever filename you like in that dir, but make sure, it's one of the first routers checked)<br /><br /> check_outgoing:<br /> driver = redirect<br /> #don't check local mail<br /> domains = ! +local_domains<br /> #if the sender doens't match the ldap list allowed_out<br /> senders = ! : !{${sg {${lookup ldapm {ldap://127.0.0.1/cn=allowed_out,dc=example,dc=com?mail?sub?}}}{\\s+}{:}}}<br /> # fail sending the mail<br /> allow_fail<br /> # giving the sender next message<br /> data = :fail: You are not allowed the send mail outside this domain. example.com<br /><br />You can do the exact same thing for incoming mail.<br /><br /> dn: cn=allowed_out,dc=example,dc=com<br /> cn: allowed_in<br /> objectClass: inetOrgPerson<br /> objectClass: top<br /> o: EXAMPLE<br /> sn: Allowed out<br /> mail: cat@example.com<br /> mail: horse@example.com<br /><br />This time you'll have put some lines in /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl/30_exim4-config_check_rcpt just above the line "acl_check_rcp"<br /><br /> #deny if the mail address is not in the ldap list specified<br /> deny<br /> # but don't check this if the sender is from within the same domain<br /> !hosts = +relay_from_hosts<br /> recipients = !:! {${sg {${lookup ldapm {ldap://127.0.0.1/cn=allowed_in,dc=example,dc=com?mail?sub?}}}{\\s+}{:}}}<br /> message = This email-address isn't allowed to receive mail outside of it's own domain. example.com<br /><br />That's all, now don't forget to update your Exim4 config and restart the service.<br /><br />update-exim4.conf<br />/etc/init.d/exim4 restartJO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-57040130727777546422009-03-19T13:22:00.005+01:002009-03-19T14:58:52.836+01:00Virtualisation: firewall and webserver on ESXiIn this article I'll explain howto put a firewall (IPCOP), a webserver (apache) and if you like a small PDC (Primary Domain Controller) on one Server. We will use <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/">VMware ESXi</a> for the virtualisation. It's free, but you will need to register.<br /><br />Before you start downloading, you'll have to be sure, <a href="http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=base&deviceCategory=server">your hardware</a> is recognized by ESXi. Or you could just download it and test the iso image, as I did.<br /><br />I used an <a href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/en/WF05a/15351-15351-3328412-241644-3328421-3683232.html">HP Proliant DL120 G5</a>. It is not mentioned in the hardware list as being compatable with ESXi. But I tried any way and succeeded. But There are some things you need to know.<br /><br />- For any ESXi installation you'll need more than 1 GB ram(less just wont do, I found out the hard way), go for 4GB<br />- on the HP Proliant you can't use SATA raid (it actually is a software raid and ESXi has no drivers for RAID setup), so you'll have to disable it in the BIOS<br />- also you'll have to put SATA in native mode<br />- For this setup you'll need at last 2 nic's<br /><br />Once you installed ESXi, witch is not more than downloading the iso, burning it on a cd an than booting your server with the CD. You will be able to do a minor config on the console.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.vmware.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/04/image002.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 528px; height: 262px;" src="http://blogs.vmware.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/04/image002.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />You'll need the set a root password, the name, domainname, IP address (pick out the right nic. if you only connect 1 nic with a cable, you can see witch one you'll have to pick), subnetmask, gateway and DNS. When your done, you should be able to browse to the servers ip address. http://ip-address-server You might get something about wrong certificat, just add it. The site you'll see shows you a link for downloading the VMware Infrastructure Client. Go download and install this. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/images/esx_server_installation/19-Webpage.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 649px;" src="http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/images/esx_server_installation/19-Webpage.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Once your done, you can run the cliënt and login in to your ESXi host. So, now you Host has been set up and ready to be configured. First thing you should do, is configure the netwerkcards, because we will have some real nic's and some virtual ones.<br /><br />Before we continue I should explain a bit about <a href="http://www.ipcop.org/">IPCOP</a>, the firewall we will use. <blockquote>IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) users. The IPCop interface is very user-friendly and task-based. IPCop offers the critical functionality of an expensive network appliance using stock, or even obsolete, hardware and OpenSource Software. This is what you'll find on IPCOP:<br /></blockquote><br />Luckly it doesn't much of computer to run: a 386 processor, 32Mb of RAM, and 300Mb hard disk. Very nice. If we want to put up a firewall we will need at last a network interface for the connection with the internet and one for the connection with our own network. Running a webserver, will give you the need to have a third. and here is the beauty of ESXi, we will use a virtual nic.<br /><br />So in short this is our setup( follow <a href="http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/install/html/decide-configuration.html#network-interfaces">this link</a> for more info on IPCOP's nic setup):<br /><br />GREEN + ORANGE + RED (ipcop interface setup)<br /><br />VMNIC0 + VSWITCH2 + VMNIC1 (ESXi setup)<br /><br />I'll explain a bit more about the virtual nic's and virtual switches you'll have to setup. In you your cliënt console, go to configuration > Networking. You'll see allready a virtual switch is pressent and it's connected to a nic. Click on properties of this virtual switch and add a virtual nic and call it GREEN. Next we'll have to add a new virtual switch and connect it to the other free real nic. Call this one RED.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceYSk15HaiAY-mD1ut-knuYy76g_03tSy-FVr-ZBRO-UsxyGjWKZ2lvotqqIMgLwuwcjkSPZXszhrqlcCybeTCaHz09I-OEXz2a-vDNCGMmJ-7wngGidoM_KOglhoo66X5F5bdQ85TA/s1600-h/ESXinetwork.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceYSk15HaiAY-mD1ut-knuYy76g_03tSy-FVr-ZBRO-UsxyGjWKZ2lvotqqIMgLwuwcjkSPZXszhrqlcCybeTCaHz09I-OEXz2a-vDNCGMmJ-7wngGidoM_KOglhoo66X5F5bdQ85TA/s320/ESXinetwork.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314897622237966658" /></a><br /><br />For our webserver we will use a virtual nic and a virtual switch , that will be connected to a virtual nic (ORANGE) on our firewall, so we wont need a real nic. When you're finished adding your nic's and switches, you can now start adding virtual machines. Setting up a custom machine, other 32-bit linux system with 256 Mb ram, 1 cpu and about 500 MB disk space will do fine. Add 3 virtual nic's (GREEN + ORANGE + RED) and your ready to install ipcop. Download the ipcop iso image, you don't have to burn a cd, you can connect an iso with your cliënt as a CD. reboot you virtual machine (CTRL+ALT+Insert) when your in console mode and follow the <a href="http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/install/html/">IPCOP's installation guide</a><br /><br />Now you can add a new virtual machine and install a webserver on it. You only have add a new virtual nic on the same switch of your IPCOP's ORANGE virtual nic. And if you want, you can even add another Virtual machine as an PDC. Just add a new virtual nic on the same switch of your IPCOP's GREEN virtual nic.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-74709457548168566812009-03-12T08:56:00.005+01:002009-03-12T10:15:44.589+01:00CeBIT 2009: ASUS, secrets not on the FlyersAs you all know, Asus had a very big stand on CeBIT 2009. Lot's of new stuff, we already knew about, but now had the change to touch. And I really mean touch. Lot's of EeePC T91 and Eee PC T101H to try out. Very nice of ASUS.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pceee.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/asus-eee-pc-t91-11.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="http://www.pceee.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/asus-eee-pc-t91-11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pceee.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/asus-eee-pc-t91-2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://www.pceee.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/asus-eee-pc-t91-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And yes, a "new" concept: no keyboards, only 2 screens. Behold, the dual-screen-notebook.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eee-pc.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nseries.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.eee-pc.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/nseries.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Also the Eee keyboard, the Eeetop and the Eee box B202, B204 and B206 were there to touched, alltough the Eee keyboard was keept behind big locks. Only on demand it came out of its cave and no touchy touchy.<br /><br />I could post some more video's an pictures, but make google your friend and you'll find plenty of those on the net. What I'm about to tell you, is probably not that easy to find on other places.<br /><br />The first day on CeBIT, I just tried to see as mutch as possible. The second day, I started to ask questions. So on the Asus stand, I went to an Asian looking guy and started asking questions. At first that person didn't feel much in anwsering my questions. But he came along, and this is what I found out.<br /><br />NO MORE LINUX on the new devices. I asked this question because I wanted to buy a Eeebox B206 (this should do HD), but no go for Linux. The Asus person even told me I wouldn't be able to put Linux on it. Why? problems with the drivers for some components. He even told me (of the record), it is not only the graphics chipset that distinguishes the B202 from its two other brothers (B204 and B206). And the drivers were the main problem to get Linux on those devices. His advices: Buy a B202 model. Is this true? Time will tell.<br /><br />Now about the Eeekeyboard, no linux on it for sure, but this thing is only a prototype. I might come out, it probably will come out, but they are still developing the gadget. And for now, it won't do anything (yet?)<br /><br />And what about the dual-screen-notebook? Should I still remind you: No Linux. Well The dual-screen is not more than actually 2 screens put together. There is no computer in it. It's only a showcase. Not for real. They even don't know if it will ever come out.<br /><br />So what should you remember of this: No more Linux for ASUS. Damn, one of the reasons I loved ASUS is gone now. But there are enough brave souls out there, that will find there way to put linux on all Asus devices.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-90553171186759193482009-03-05T12:16:00.004+01:002009-03-05T14:11:38.714+01:00Cebit Hannover 2009: the overview.Before telling what I saw and how it was, let me give you some tips, if your planning to go yourself. Wear a tie, learn german and make some business cards. I do speak some German (enough to ask questions and understand the answers), I do have real business cards, but I didn't wear a tie (not our company policy) and that my friends, kept people from sharing there precious information.<br /><br />So what did I expect and what did I see. Hoping to see OLED, colour e-ink and lot's of e-readers seemed to be an illusions. Found one <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/">e-reader</a> though. Furthermore, I wanted to find out more about Document management solutions, Anti Virus Solutions and Infrastructure. Nothing new. Lot's of scanning, but no new management solutions. Same story on Anti Virus, but I did find the infromation I wanted on Infrastructure and Wireless Technologies.<br /><br />But there were others things that made the trip worth going. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/22/ipoint-3d-brings-gesture-based-inputs-to-3d-displays/">True 3D screens, without the need of glasses.</a>, <a href="http://www.tobii.com/corporate.aspx">Tobii Eye Tracking system</a>, that makes you controll a system with your eyes, and people it really workes. <a href="http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acstartseite&Itemid=110&lang=en">ART+COM</a> shows a real <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcmH5p-jfU">surface touch table</a>, not some little childeren surface table. We also found the Open Source Section, the Asus and Msi stand.<br /><br />If you ask me, you should visit hall 6,9,19,20,21 and 25, but for the resellers part in hall 25, you'll need to disguise into a reseller, or you're not getting in. I've seen things I didn't expect and expected things I haven't seen, but I'm happy I went, though I can't feel my legs any more. Man, Hannover Messe I one big site. I forgot all about that, since I last went to <a href="http://www.expo2000.de/expo2000/index.html">EXPO2000</a>.<br /><br />I just want to thank some companies for there very helpfull and good information: ART+COM, Asus, BenQ, CBL, Foxit, OpenOffice, SAXNET, Tobii for answering all of my questions without searching for my tie. On Asus, I'll do some more later on.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-67436513752214626872009-02-03T11:22:00.002+01:002009-02-03T11:26:36.945+01:00How beautiful nature can beNo need for words, except that the pictures were taken on 10 jan. 2009. at <a href="http://maps.google.be/maps?q=hamme&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=be&ll=51.109989,4.137726&spn=0.189682,0.53215&z=11&iwloc=addr">Hamme</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J8ltwbKephCQ6zF5caxL4nHvH0T3kljP8Lm1Efa3pSIv13cZnhvmFTP5f_QNmidL7ISX4cBvK3qflI2nD_fzu6DMsPGym-9bvoX1rMAc5b552m3vV1pW2-N6qVkJl41TKAPOzcbvHQ/s1600-h/DSC00944.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5J8ltwbKephCQ6zF5caxL4nHvH0T3kljP8Lm1Efa3pSIv13cZnhvmFTP5f_QNmidL7ISX4cBvK3qflI2nD_fzu6DMsPGym-9bvoX1rMAc5b552m3vV1pW2-N6qVkJl41TKAPOzcbvHQ/s320/DSC00944.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298515080549195170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL8c6qX0I8gU5PV5AL59V3FmwrnAqCkdagQBJfVjbaG27-CXb2MzOZgmzE4F2b8q6QKPaRciHOc8u24NGIFsZ-6Ev8c1EV3WPkZrPPyxwyVqL1yTxV5IE7n2STtFaJKpC7wxA6_FjTQ/s1600-h/DSC00943.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL8c6qX0I8gU5PV5AL59V3FmwrnAqCkdagQBJfVjbaG27-CXb2MzOZgmzE4F2b8q6QKPaRciHOc8u24NGIFsZ-6Ev8c1EV3WPkZrPPyxwyVqL1yTxV5IE7n2STtFaJKpC7wxA6_FjTQ/s320/DSC00943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298515073910233074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3SkR7wZUGCHi6TlvCynjzxVt1yH6oOf3eJPEZtFlgzIaGm0Fvkm7cbXfcnfpzMnb6IjN7kdjxFC1GF7DnFczY4OMkzunM-5Af7qz4WEJBWAyw5IyWkWVE0vNdJbePNFYm_Ohpm_9FA/s1600-h/DSC00942.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3SkR7wZUGCHi6TlvCynjzxVt1yH6oOf3eJPEZtFlgzIaGm0Fvkm7cbXfcnfpzMnb6IjN7kdjxFC1GF7DnFczY4OMkzunM-5Af7qz4WEJBWAyw5IyWkWVE0vNdJbePNFYm_Ohpm_9FA/s320/DSC00942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298515074951980850" /></a>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-31654662259014202932009-01-09T15:23:00.004+01:002009-01-09T15:44:26.972+01:00Even more Eee, the Eee PC D200<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.einfach-eee.de/wp-content/myfotos/eee-pc-d200/2009-01-09_03-43-18DSC_5459.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://www.einfach-eee.de/wp-content/myfotos/eee-pc-d200/2009-01-09_03-43-18DSC_5459.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Well ASUS doesn't seem to stop putting Atom processors in every device they can think of. The Eee PC D200 seems to be some kind of NAS, media server, small computer kind of thing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.einfach-eee.de/wp-content/myfotos/eee-pc-d200/asus-d200-2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 598px;" src="http://www.einfach-eee.de/wp-content/myfotos/eee-pc-d200/asus-d200-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Facts that might be right (no official release yet):<br /><br />- Atom N270<br />- 2GB DDR-533<br />- 512MB flash-rom<br />- 3.5-inch touch-sensitive LCD <br />- 6-channel HD audio out<br />- DVI<br />- SlotIn-Multidrive<br />- 2x 3,5″ HDD-Slots<br />- 4x GbE lan<br />- 1x GbE Wan<br />- 802.11n access point<br />- 4x USB<br />- 275mm X 96 mm X 206 mm<br /><br />source: <a href="http://www.einfach-eee.de/eee-pc-d200/eee-pc-d200-multifunktions-nettop-mit-touchscreen/">www.einfach-eee.de</a>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-16012213610897438082009-01-08T13:38:00.004+01:002009-01-08T13:48:42.599+01:00Eee keyboard, again something new in the Eee-lineASUS introduced the world to the Eee Keyboard, a full-sized keyboard with built-in PC including WiFi (and Ethernet), wireless HDMI , speaker, mic, and 5-inch interactive display and touchscreen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 402px; height: 358px;" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 402px; height: 248px;" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 402px; height: 268px;" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/01/eeekey3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />source:<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/asus-eee-keyboard-revealed/"> engadget</a> and <a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5124985/eee-keyboard-an-entire-touchscreen-home-theater-pc">Gizmodo</a>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-1233802855590135212009-01-03T10:34:00.003+01:002009-01-03T10:50:54.582+01:00USB gadgets are best Christmas giftsYep, every year on Christmas Eve, we give each other lot's of gifts. Our family decided to make wish list, so you only get what you have put on your list. Very good idea.<br /><br />This year(like every other year) I didn't really know what to put on my list. So I decided to go for USB gadgets. And yes here they are.<br /><br />A cup heater (it has a build in usb-hub) to keep my coffee nicly warm and a windmill to cool it back down so I don't burn my tongue and a light so I can see what I'm drinking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEDGr8BiaZ3eqAKRLnd48DMNXXdQeEykx7fVeBfNDH1V3-AgsyfzZQN17aH2QrcpMHVtAxREzQCWMS4M_lb5jTg3QC7BAjXvRvrqWO8qntc2JQVvkvkS4pAK46zlt11tNoJ1IEriOQQ/s1600-h/DSC00935.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEDGr8BiaZ3eqAKRLnd48DMNXXdQeEykx7fVeBfNDH1V3-AgsyfzZQN17aH2QrcpMHVtAxREzQCWMS4M_lb5jTg3QC7BAjXvRvrqWO8qntc2JQVvkvkS4pAK46zlt11tNoJ1IEriOQQ/s320/DSC00935.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287000656233695890" /></a><br /><br />Best thing about USB gadgets, they work on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Unix, BSD, ... ;-)JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-53723366976933699782008-12-18T09:57:00.001+01:002009-06-16T10:12:26.280+02:00Mounting a cellphone through bluetooth on the EeePCBefore you start following this blog entry, make sure <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/12/bluetooth-application-on-eeepc-901-not.html">bluetooth is working</a> and your computer is all set for <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/12/pairing-bleutooth-devices-with-eeepc.html">pairing your device</a>. So this time I will explain how you can mount your cellphone, and browse your phone as if it were an internal disk. But before we start, You must know that browsing over bluetooth isn't the fastest way. Make sure your browser only shows lists and doesn't show icon's. This might speed things up. Or you could use a non graphical file browser like <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/">midnight commander</a> or if you want a GUI without the icon's, you could try <a href="http://www.krusader.org/index.php">Krusader</a><br /><br />Time to do some mounting. We do need several packages, so that we will be eable to mount a cellphone. We will be using the Obex file system, so you'll have to make sure your phone is capable of using obex. It's not that hard to find out, whether your phone can handle obex or not.<br /><blockquote>sdptool search --bdaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF 0x1002</blockquote><br />Replace the macaddress by the one of your phone. You will see a lot of services. You'll have to find the channel number for "OBEX File transfer" service.<br /><br />Now you'll have to check if you have fuse-utils, libopenobex1 and obexfs installed. On the EeePC with xandros, you'll have to download the obex files, because they are not in the repositories, and install them manually.<br /><blockquote>wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libo/libopenobex/libopenobex1_1.3-3_i386.deb<br />wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/obexfs/obexfs_0.10-3+b2_i386.deb<br /><br />sudo dpkg -i libopenobex1_1.3-3_i386.deb<br />sudo dpkg -i obexfs_0.10-3+b2_i386.deb</blockquote><br />Let's mount the phone for the first time. We will have to pair both the EeePC and the phone and therefore we need the passkey-agent. Replace the pin with the one you have put in the <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/12/pairing-bleutooth-devices-with-eeepc.html">givepin script</a>, the mac-addr. and the channelnumber (the x in -Bx). The phone will ask you a pin number.<br /><blockquote><br />mdkir /home/user/phone<br />./passkey-agent --default 1234 &<br />obexfs -b AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF -Bx /home/user/phone<br />ls /home/user/phone<br />fusermount -u /home/user/phone<br /></blockquote>Rember, bluetooth is slow, so give it time while browsing the device. The next time you mount, you won't need to run the passkey-agent again (pairing has been done). Trying to put this into /etc/fstab, doesn't work. There is some bug in the obexfs, so that unmounting as user keeps failing, but you could make a script that checks if the phone has been mounted or not and than does the opposite.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-77246665398890285072008-12-17T16:09:00.006+01:002008-12-17T16:33:27.163+01:00Huawai E270 HSPA USB modem on EeePCWhen I ordered my new EeePc 901, I got price for the EeePC 901 GO, but recived the one without the GO. The pricee was OK, so I didn't want to send it back, but still the company I bought the EeePc from, wanted to correct there mistake. So they have send me an USB modem, of which I told them would work with linux. How very nice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://business.mobistar.be/catalogue/documents/e270mini_250x399.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 399px;" src="http://business.mobistar.be/catalogue/documents/e270mini_250x399.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXG0sIGuTqO09mW7dg6pRolryXZMw_nhkvrWSU-0kdixpOQsG4b2W1o9u32f486DvDqMNiSoE-EUrSerLT2XjZVLkLJeHQTTl_rWg9VVsxfko9Q7Nq7klNXTA-oTfojieBjygmpRYmUg/s1600-h/DSC00899.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXG0sIGuTqO09mW7dg6pRolryXZMw_nhkvrWSU-0kdixpOQsG4b2W1o9u32f486DvDqMNiSoE-EUrSerLT2XjZVLkLJeHQTTl_rWg9VVsxfko9Q7Nq7klNXTA-oTfojieBjygmpRYmUg/s320/DSC00899.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280779650724315234" /></a><br /><br />I had to put my sim into the modem, connected it to my Eeepc and voila. The modem was recognized and an application was fired up. I only had to change the APN to mworld.be and I was ready for some surfing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaCbGw7Uju7Lpvbz6EMrm-09Xa5LYHj5yApksf-Gemrpi0btu4MbFySttcp17ab6eukU1un-4wv6713YlJyMTSpRxHmUuLCGVfwSJL6b3h3KZ_gCmwjbO8DmujB9sSnjRjJOe_PVYxQ/s1600-h/snapshot1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaCbGw7Uju7Lpvbz6EMrm-09Xa5LYHj5yApksf-Gemrpi0btu4MbFySttcp17ab6eukU1un-4wv6713YlJyMTSpRxHmUuLCGVfwSJL6b3h3KZ_gCmwjbO8DmujB9sSnjRjJOe_PVYxQ/s320/snapshot1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280780712430362018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWEyPX14l83-9CWfyrTzbIyIkO2cMnJTpXwKkXSoYF6YnO0lpJu9OYJTJ_V8x0wvG9e46FvXrxNVUiVNnfdDPaIUieOtpilqpGL7J9v27eORkChyJJuEtCZB-Hb9Ai6eSEN4yBjx-wA/s1600-h/snapshot2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWEyPX14l83-9CWfyrTzbIyIkO2cMnJTpXwKkXSoYF6YnO0lpJu9OYJTJ_V8x0wvG9e46FvXrxNVUiVNnfdDPaIUieOtpilqpGL7J9v27eORkChyJJuEtCZB-Hb9Ai6eSEN4yBjx-wA/s320/snapshot2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280780697775924418" /></a><br /><br />Just for the record. I made the picture with my phone, transfered it with bluetooth to the EeePC and then went online using the modem to make this post, using my bleutooth mouse.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-39569145628336306532008-12-17T10:44:00.006+01:002009-01-22T14:33:36.254+01:00Connecting bluetooth mouse, keyboard and other hid devices.It isn't that hard to get a mouse, a keyboard an even some cellphones, working as an input devices through bluetooth. These are all HID devices and do work out of the box. As for your cellphone, you have to make sure it supports HID. You can check this easly, but make sure you use your phones mac-addr.<br /><blockquote>sdptool search --bdaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF 0x1002</blockquote><br />Before we can actually use HID, we have to make sure it has been turned on. So edit the file /etc/default/bluetooth and enable the hid daemon.<br /><blockquote>HIDD_ENABLED=1</blockquote><br />Now you will have to restart bluetooth<br /><blockquote>/etc/init.d/bluetooth</blockquote><br />Let's pair out device with our computer. This time we don't need the passkey, because hidd devices don't use pairing, or the key has been set to "0000". If you do encouter problems, use the passkey-agent. Change the mac-addr.<br /><blockquote>sudo hidd --connect AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF</blockquote><br />That's all folks and your device will even work on reboot. Just put it "on" and press a button to make the connection. If you need the passkey-agent, use the following commands. Don't forget to replace the PIN with the one you have put in givepin and again change the mac-addr.<br /><blockquote>./passkey-agent --default 1234 &<br />sudo hidd --connect AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF<br /></blockquote>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-75924045934394387152008-12-12T11:44:00.017+01:002009-01-22T14:33:36.255+01:00Pairing bleutooth devices with the EeePCIn my <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/12/bluetooth-application-on-eeepc-901-not.html">last post</a>, I told you how to get Bluez working. Having done that, we now want to connect devices like a mouse, keyboard and even a cellphone. Make sure Bluetooth is working, by using hcitool scan (you should see other devices, if the are discoverable)<br /><br />So let's start with pairing devices and make them known by your computer. First let's get the address from the device we will be pairing. Press the connect button on your keyboard, mouse or other device.<br /><blockquote>sudo hcitool scan</blockquote><br />You should see the address and name of all the devices that are in discovery mode. You'll have to remember them. The tricky part about bluetooth is the pairing between devices. The thing is, there is no pairing helper in Xandros on the Eeepc and that makes it almost impossible to pair. But, there is a solution. Someone compiled the passkey-agent for Xandros EeePC.<br /><blockquote><br />wget https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/19226/passkey-agent<br />chmod +x passkey-agent</blockquote><br />You can put this application in what ever directory you like. Just don't remove it. Next we will need a small script that echo's the pin. Don't forget to replace the pin, by one your own one .<br /><blockquote><br />#!/bin/sh<br />echo "PIN:1234"</blockquote><br />Put the code above in a script called givepin and make the script executable.<br /><blockquote><br />vim /etc/bluetooth/givepin<br />chmod +x /etc/bluetooth/givepin</blockquote><br />We do need to change some entry's in /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf (the Bluetooth Host Controller Interface daemon). I'll paste my code here. The bold parts are pieces that have been changed.<br /><blockquote>#<br /># HCI daemon configuration file.<br />#<br /><br /># HCId options<br />options {<br /> # Automatically initialize new devices<br /> autoinit yes;<br /><br /> # Security Manager mode<br /> # none - Security manager disabled<br /> # auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections<br /> # user - Always ask user for a PIN<br /> #<br /> security auto;<br /><br /> # Pairing mode<br /> # none - Pairing disabled<br /> # multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices<br /> # once - Pair once and deny successive attempts<br /> pairing multi;<br /><br /> # Default PIN code for incoming connections<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">pin_helper /etc/bluetooth/givepin;<br /> # passkey "1234";</span><br />}<br /><br /># Default settings for HCI devices<br />device {<br /> # Local device name<br /> # %d - device id<br /> # %h - host name<br /> name "%h-%d";<br /><br /> # Local device class<br /> class 0x3e0100;<br /><br /> # Default packet type<br /> #pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1;<br /><br /> # Inquiry and Page scan<br /> iscan enable; pscan enable;<br /><br /> # Default link mode<br /> # none - no specific policy<br /> # accept - always accept incoming connections<br /> # master - become master on incoming connections,<br /> # deny role switch on outgoing connections<br /> lm accept;<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">discovto 0;</span><br /><br /> # Default link policy<br /> # none - no specific policy<br /> # rswitch - allow role switch<br /> # hold - allow hold mode<br /> # sniff - allow sniff mode<br /> # park - allow park mode<br /> lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">auth enable;</span><br />}<br /></blockquote><br />Now you only have to restart the bluetooth service and you can start pairing your devices.<br /><blockquote>/etc/init.d/dbus restart<br />/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart</blockquote><br />So how do you pair? Well the only way is, by starting a service over bluetooth. This, I will explain in the next blog entry's. I'll show you how to connect a mouse, keyboard or other hidd device, how to mount your phone and how to set up a network with your phone (so you can use the phone to connect to the internet)JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-73937131159055175282008-12-12T08:56:00.008+01:002009-01-21T09:04:00.497+01:00Bluetooth application on EeePC 901 not that solid.Not only the bigger screen, but also having a internal BT, did me decide to buy an other EeePC. BT really is my thing, we are using these a lot at the company I'm working. I have to admit, it's mostly Windows, but at home, I'm using it in combination with Mythtv and a mouse, keyboard and my cellphone as a nice and handy remote.<br /><br />Testing out BT on the new EeePC, gives a very positive impression. But, it doesn't seem to be as solid as I had hoped for. It keeps losing connection and it doesn't reconnect a hid device by itself, you have to reconnect over and over again.<br /><br />Didn't take me long to find out the Eeepc 901 isn't using Bluez, but something else, AzureBT. Even more, you can't set up a PAN with other devices. So, maybe it would be beter to use Bluez after all. I found <a href="http://blog.denix.org/2008/09/asus-eee-pc-bluetooth-troubles.html">some information on an other blog</a>.<br /><br />So I'll tell you very fast, hoping you know your way around linux, how to change from AzureBT to the <a href="http://www.bluez.org">Linux Bluez stack</a>.<br /><br />- make sure BT is active (switch with fn + F2)<br />- first quit the EeePC's BT application (if it's running, see blue icon in taskbar)<br />- remove azurebt: sudo apt-get remove azurebt<br />- update the dependencies: sudo depmod -a<br />- we need 2 deamons at boot: sudo vim /etc/fastservices<br />- and add: dbus bluetooth (each on one line starting with dbus)<br />- let's install bluez: sudo apt-get install bluez-utils<br />- we need to reboot, so that the modules and the deamons get loaded at boot<br /><br />that's all, now you can test if bluetooth is working with:<br />- hciconfig dev (you will get the BT address)<br />- hcitool scan (now you will scan other BT devices)<br /><br />If you are not able to use those two commands, something went wrong. In the next post I will explain how to get devices paired and how to connect them.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-64883547216356001402008-12-11T09:06:00.005+01:002008-12-11T09:16:26.628+01:00EeePC901 review in Dutch.Because I didn't feel like making a review on the new EeePC 901 I'm using nowadays, I decided to borrow it, to someone who has even made a website on these small notebooks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://eeepc-benelux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/dsc_00171.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 340px;" src="http://eeepc-benelux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/dsc_00171.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Well If you want to know more about the EeePC 901, <a href="http://eeepc-benelux.com/2008/12/review-asus-eee-pc-901-linux-versie/">go check the review</a>. It's in Dutch, that shouldn't stop you.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-74172387770588753912008-11-28T08:41:00.004+01:002008-11-28T16:39:23.222+01:002009 will be the year of the Box's and Top'sHere we still haven't seen the EeeBox nor the Eeetop, but in france they seem to get introcuced. But hey, Asus isn't the only company coming out with box's and top's. MSI have announced there new package for 2009. Guess what: a NetTop, a NetBox and a NetOne. Genius naming that is. Well let's just watch the pictures.<br /><br />So first all the Eee's made by Asus<br /><br />The EeeTop<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GODDNPVj1kM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=de&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GODDNPVj1kM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=de&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />The EeeBox<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-059nIfhADw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=de&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-059nIfhADw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=de&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And then all the Wind's made by MSI<br /><br />The Wind nettop 120 CS<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/3065096608_308b360de5_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 433px; height: 650px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/3065096608_308b360de5_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The Wind Box<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/3064256213_471ea25e1e_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 488px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/3064256213_471ea25e1e_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And the Netone M19<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/3065097056_f13caf9bd1_o.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 650px; height: 488px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/3065097056_f13caf9bd1_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />If you want to see some more picture or you want to find out the specs. And you know how to read French, then you might take a look at <a href="http://www.blogeee.net/2008/11/28/les-nouveautes-netbooks-et-nettops-msi-pour-2009/">www.blogeee.net</a>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-69041306979694965512008-11-27T08:52:00.006+01:002008-11-27T09:15:18.781+01:00From EeePC 701 to EeePC 901Yep, my new EeePC has arrived. Why, you may ask. What's wrong with the old one? Well actually, nothing really. But, I needed a very cheap computer that I could use as a lightweight server. So I decided to use an Eee PC. Logically, I will use the old EeePC as server and the new one will become my UMPC.<br /><br />Well here are some pictures. I could tell you all the differences, but google might help you as well.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.be/lh/photo/Zo3Ks1odkF-6vKPijKc0Bw?authkey=RcyU5Dnc3gU"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_QlRxzKWDKZqufWdGyoHhpNYfwnNW6cIZYd4QtanCmREGGjOmFxDJSA5eIrGe_a1-E1pDjSmMi1EQV-bo9l92pohvyct8c5UhKYdUuXJw-BuP8cUxnJ7YPwZY9zhH_DCfPET-GqYmg/s400/DSC00879.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></table><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.be/lh/photo/nYvvCaj16ayCMR1ot86SkQ?authkey=RcyU5Dnc3gU"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53Ff9y_dW6MIfTNaNFS0f42nr07vLhFOyU51ngE0ozB1ZDJlkcJ7aF9Ai-k5wLBNAfXqarDxOfPgoExdaopgaiRcSUZwXU7Ly6fH0t3K-KgVsk_I8jirPH9fbuRNymONB17yZ09mSHA/s400/DSC00880.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></table><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.be/lh/photo/WNSd8U7PStfoKLfdx7ltJw?authkey=RcyU5Dnc3gU"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf85Eq9KInk5Kwmb5eWrrd1Pki2s20O3S9s-51slHWCglDxts661xPzLyI6yayaB6X6123yqzeUeBVOUQJ-2osJph8NhFpbaVzUKgFDnydrdJyKMNGAFWUAXx2BrZ8F7YRra2VlmJB-g/s400/DSC00881.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"></td></tr></table><br /><br />This time it has bluetooth build in and a nice manager goes with it. Again I had to go for the French version, because I couldn't a Dutch version with Linux. So first thing I will be doing is changing the language. Not very hard to do, following the directions on <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/02/second-impression.html">this page</a>. So let's try out our new minicomputer.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-66510908269414331272008-11-06T09:26:00.004+01:002008-11-06T10:16:50.623+01:00Back to Xandros on the Eee PC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.waanzinnige.nl/images/xandros_hoofdscherm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 225px;" src="http://www.waanzinnige.nl/images/xandros_hoofdscherm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Yep, after testing a lot of other distro's I changed back to the good old stock Xandros. Seems to be the best choice after all. Don't get me wrong. Things like <a href="http://www.eeebuntu.org/">eeebuntu</a> and <a href="http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/">ubuntu eee</a> do work very good and are very easy to install. Well If you know your way around in Linux they are, but still.<br /><br />So why did I go back to xandros? Boot speed. And that's all I have to say to it. No, really, When using this kind of computers, you want it to boot fast, very fast. Only Xandros seems to know how to make it happen. The reason I changed to other distro's was bluetooth, but now I have been able to set it up with Xandros.<br /><br />An other thing I wanted, was Firefox 3. I only had to add a repository: <blockquote>deb http://updates.xepc.org/ p701 main</blockquote> and I was set to install Firefox 3.<br /><br />So now I'm very pleased to surf the web with the latest browser, using a bluetooth mouse and I'm doing all this within 15 seconds. Why did I want to install an other distro again?JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-43860079951325889412008-11-03T13:15:00.008+01:002008-11-03T13:25:56.575+01:00Mobistar sells Asus Eee PC 701 SD - Linux<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mini-pc.mobistar.be/nl/images/devices_two_eee.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 216px;" src="http://mini-pc.mobistar.be/nl/images/devices_two_eee.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Yep, <a href="http://mini-pc.mobistar.be/nl/minipc.cfm">nice price isn't it?</a> The <a href="http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=164&l3=0&l4=0&model=2420&modelmenu=2">Asus Eee PC 701 SD</a> seems to have the same specs as the 8G. The only difference that I could find is the 10GB free web storage, you can't have with the older models and it has only 512 MB ram (the 8GB has 1 MB ram), but you can upgrade (Elaborate Chassis Design for Memory Upgrades)JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-47820185309401711262008-10-28T14:20:00.002+01:002008-10-28T14:28:28.349+01:00Medion mini nootbook 10' at ALDI BelgiumYep, <a href="http://aldi-bn.aldi.be/OFFER_BN_MI/OFFER_44/OFF01.SHTML">at "den Aldi" they have an offer</a> starting at wednesday 29/10/2008 for the medion Mini notebook 10' for the nice price of 369,00 euro.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://aldi-bn.aldi.be/OFFER_BN_MI/OFFER_44/BILD01.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://aldi-bn.aldi.be/OFFER_BN_MI/OFFER_44/BILD01.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Specs in dutch because others don't really care I guess.<br /><blockquote><br /> * Processor Intel® Atom™ 1,6 GHz<br /> * 1 GB werkgeheugen<br /> * harde schijf van 160 GB<br /> * 10' breedbeeldscherm (ca. 25 cm, 1024 x 600 pixels)<br /> * videokaart Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950<br /> * geïntegreerde webcam en microfoon<br /> * USB 2.0-poort<br /> * multikaartlezer sd/mmc & ms (1)<br /> * Wireles LAN 802.11 b/g +<br /> * compleet softwarepakket met Windows® XP Home Edition (incl. Service Pack 3)<br /> * keuze uit zwarte of witte behuizing<br /> * incl. Bluetooth® dongle<br /> * aansluitingen: multikaartlezer voor sd/mmc & ms, 3 x usb 2.0, 1 x vga out, 1 x netwerk (RJ45), 1 x microfoon, 1 x Line out<br /> * incl. draagtas, Li-ion accu en netadapter<br /> * afmetingen: ca. 260 x 180 x 19/31,5 mm<br /> * gewicht: ca. 1,2 kg<br /><br /><br />3 jaar garantie<br />incl. 0,05 EUR Recupel<br />(1) geheugenkaarten niet inbegrepen</blockquote><br /><br />So, if you want a nettop, this might be a good choice, but I still prefer Asus Eee PC'sJO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-1453822416432425632008-10-27T09:13:00.005+01:002009-01-22T14:33:36.256+01:00XMLTV no longer welcome in BelgiumIt might look like a strange title, but I'll explain and you'll understand. Mediacenter software like Mythtv use a script for grabbing there program guide. Most use xmltv. In Belgium it uses the tv_grab_be script, which is made to use the site <a href="http://www.teveblad.be/FS_index.htm">www.teveblad.be</a>.<br /><br />Until a few weeks ago, there was no problem at all. But then suddenly it stopped grabbing the info. Fast enough, I found out teveblad had blocked the user agent xmltv. But there was a workaround. Make teveblad believe the user agent isn't xmltv, but IE.<br /><br />This worked for a week or two. But then it stopped working again. Don't know why, but I started looking for some other solution. Teveblad added a little suffix to the listings: <blockquote>The usage of software to extract data from this website for personal use or for display on other websites (screen scraping) is prohibited</blockquote><br />Now <a href="http://www.nabble.com/tv_grab_be-dutch-version-blocked-by-provider-td19968061.html">the developer for tv_grab_be</a> removed the teveblad part because of xmltv's general policy, which only allows the use of a script when the site allows such sort of screen scraping. So no more xmltv in the flemish part of Belgium.<br /><br />So I really had to find another solution, because EPG is an importent part of Mythtv. <a href="http://mc2xml.110mb.com/">Mc2xml</a> seems to have that solution. This program does the trick. Downloading only takes about 15 sec. Man it really is fast.<br /><br />All you need to do is run the program with your zipcode, then your are asked the listings you want ( I took Telenet analogue cable listings). When you use mythfilldatabase, it even fills out the right frequencies. How nice is that.<br /><br />This very noon, I will change my cronjobs and start using mc2xml.<br /><br />PS: yes I'm now using the Microsoft media Center service to keep my Linux Mythtv going. Let's hope they don't start blocking.JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-39768563547489811712008-10-15T13:17:00.002+02:002008-10-15T13:25:21.257+02:00A Bridge (might have been too far after all)In a <a href="http://jo3ri.blogspot.com/2008/09/bridge-not-too-far.html">previous post</a> I told you proudly how they started buidling the bridge I once have designed. Well, the company building the bridge has gone bankrupt.<br /><br />It was on a Belgian News Channel on 14/10/2008 (dutch language)<br /><br /><object id="deredactie_media_0.9553872242959562" width="468" height="340"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.deredactie.be/html/flash/vrtnieuws3/videoPlayer.swf"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="flashvars" value="v_thumbRights=VRT&v_videoRights=VRT&v_divId=deredactie_media_0.9553872242959562&v_formatInit=large&v_popup=false&v_subtitle=&v_thumbUrl=http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/10/132342726ONL0810144026646_urlFLVThumbnailDir_tmb/0045.jpg&v_title=BRUGGENBOUWER+MOENS+FAILLIET&v_videoUrl=http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/10/132342726ONL0810144026646_urlFLVLong.flv"/><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="" src="http://www.deredactie.be/html/flash/vrtnieuws3/videoPlayer.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" flashvars="v_thumbRights=VRT&v_videoRights=VRT&v_divId=deredactie_media_0.9553872242959562&v_formatInit=large&v_popup=false&v_subtitle=&v_thumbUrl=http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/10/132342726ONL0810144026646_urlFLVThumbnailDir_tmb/0045.jpg&v_title=BRUGGENBOUWER+MOENS+FAILLIET&v_videoUrl=http://media.vrtnieuws.net/2008/10/132342726ONL0810144026646_urlFLVLong.flv" height="340" width="468"> </embed> </object>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600110092442975371.post-8760583648368492382008-10-15T11:49:00.001+02:002008-10-15T12:01:21.183+02:00Penguins Linux AdJust for fun and because I love it. Watch it and love it too.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLHjT5-XM9o&hl=nl&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLHjT5-XM9o&hl=nl&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>JO3RIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782665617447457063noreply@blogger.com0