Rauchs Blog (Artikel mit Tag linux)

Gentoo auf Dell Vostro 1500

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:35 +0100

Vor einigen Wochen hab ich mir ein Dell Vostro 1500 geleistet, nachdem sich mein altes Notebook immer mehr in seine Einzelteile zerlegt hat. Erster Schritt war dann (natürlich), das vorinstallierte Vista in seine Schranken zu weisen und Gentoo zu installieren.

Dabei zeigte sich auch das ein oder andere Problem, nachfolgend eine kleine Tabelle der Hardware und deren Funktionsstatus:

Grafikkarte nVidia Geforce 8600M GT	funktioniert mit nvidia-drivers, nv funktioniert nicht! Gebootet wird über Grub mit den Parametern "vga=0x31B video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap"
Soundkarte Intel 82801H (ICH8) HD Audio Controller	funktioniert erst ab Kernel 2.6.23-rc3 wegen eines notwendigen Bugfixes!
Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX Netzwerkkarte	funktioniert, gelegentlich Probleme mit dhclient/dhcpcd (es wird keine IP-Adresse geholt, Initscript hängt dann. Nach Umstellung auf NetworkManager keine Probleme mehr.
Intel Wireless Lan 3945ABG	funktioniert (getestet mit ipw3945 und wep/wpa2 über NetworkManager)
SD/MMC-Cardreader	funktioniert, Modul mmc_block muss geladen sein, getestet mit 2GB-SD-Karte, wird als /dev/mmcblk0 eingebunden.
Firewire Ricoh R5C832 IEEE 1394	Nicht getestet mangels Firewireperipherie
Broadcom BCM2045	Funktioniert, getestet mit SDA II/Obex

Was aktuell nicht funktioniert, ist das Auslesen der Temperaturwerte mittels lm_sensors. Ansonsten jedoch (seit Kernel 2.6.23) ein durchaus linux-taugliches Notebook.

Weitere Details meines Notebooks:

Dell Vostro 1500
Intel C2D T7300 CPU, 2 GB Ram, 160 GB Festplatte (S-ATA), NVidia Geforce 8600M GT, 15,4"-TFT (1680x1050), keine Webcam.

Update: Mit Kernel 2.6.23-r1 (gentoo-sources) und dem coretemp-Modul funktioniert das Auslesen der Temperatur nun!

yakuake on XFCE

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:14:40 +0100

I have now running yakuake on XFCE

I had some problems with prior versions (unreadable console fonts), but yakuake 2.8 works (nearly). I just had to change the default theme to Plastik(Dark), otherwise the tabs for switching between consoles looked weird (double fonts in the background).

Building for openSUSE 10.3

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:25:21 +0200

I started building rpms for openSUSE 10.3 a few hours ago, the first packages are done, but not tested or uploaded yet, just give me some more time

Built until now:

BloGTK
Jabbin
KPodder
MTPaint

Setting up your own Build Service

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:15:37 +0200

I finally managed setting up my local Build Service! There were a few glitches, which could be resolved due to the help of some people on IRC and reading a lot

I added the information needed to the already existing tutorial of setting up your own Build Service on opensuse.org.

QtpfsGui 1.8.10 released

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:54:51 +0200

Qtpfsgui 1.8.10 was released today and I built new rpms. Now Tonemapping an HDR should not anymore result in an crash (due to a bug in Qt 4.2.1 which is used by Suse 10.2).

The new version should hit all mirrors within 24 hours.

New computer case

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:19:04 +0200

I just ordered a case for my soon to come Epia PC, an Antec Minuet, but with an 220W power supply, not the 300W and I even think of replacing this one with a smaller one

Now I still need the Epia LT board, which noone seems to have in stock until now plus hdd and ram.

You may ask "why this big case for a small epia board???"

Simple answer: I wanted a case, where I can mount an standard DVD drive, at least one hard disk and a card reader in the front. All of this fits on the Minuet case and I got it for 54 € including shipping (normal price is 80 € without shipping)!

I think till I get the Epia, I'll mount my Sempron 2400 in there for testing

ah, before I forget: YES, dual screen is supported for the CX700 chipset, drivers are available at Via! Though it seems like a big mess (new kernel, new MESA and so on), I'll give it a try.

fail2ban patch

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:41:20 +0200

I am currently building updated fail2ban packages due to a possible remote denial-of-service.

Users are encouraged installing either the updated packages or patching the file itself by applying an patch to /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/sshd.conf. The patch and an analysis can be found on ossec.net.

download numbers June 2007

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:03:40 +0200

Fail2Ban	66
filelight	2
GnuCash	38
GnuCash Docs	6
Jabbin	61
kpodder	7
mtpaint	18
ophcrack	0 (removed)
pam_mysql	7
Qtpfsgui	90
scponly	10
Squidview	7
Taxbird	32
wtf	4

Beryl, Compiz and Co

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:11:13 +0200

Today I tried Beryl (and afterwards Compiz), so here are my personal results:

Beryl looked very nice, was easy to configure via beryl-manager and just simply worked.

There was one glitch (which made me try compiz): It crashed my whole desktop from time to time while resizing some window.

So I tried Compiz and I'm afraid to say I did'nt like it. In order to get it work, it's not sufficient to start some manager as user, you have to change settings as root instead.

Additionaly there even is no such manager like Beryl has, everything has to be done through gconf-editor

I'm really awaiting compiz-fusion, the rejoin of Beryl and Compiz, hopefully more stable and more userfriendly!

2.5" harddisk

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:50:37 +0200

Today I bought a small 2.5" 60 GB harddisk for my homeserver as replacement for the (nearly unused) 80 GB 3.5" harddisk.

Now I need an adaptor from IDE + power to 2.5" connector and then I'll replace the old disk. Should save some more power and is still fast enough.

Oh, and yes, you, yes, the one over there all in black (you know who you are ), I did not forget you: When I have replaced the drive, I'll messure the power input

Strato and vServers reloaded

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:27:46 +0200

Finally Strato reacted (only a few days before the last security patch for SUSE 9.3) and released SUSE 10.1 for use with their vServers. They did not send any mail, it silently appeared in the config center with a notice in there.

So I am currently backing up all my data via rsync and will somewhen in the next days or weeks (as soon as my regular work gives me the time) install their image for 10.1.

After this I will first try to upgrade this one to 10.2 (and hope that it'll work). If it does not, I'll have to stick with 10.1 until they release something newer...

A few changes will take place during this upgrade as well:

I will replace apache with Lighttpd
I will install this one without plesk (almost useless for me and my style of configuration)
proftpd will be replaced with vsftpd
courier (used by plesk) will be replaced with dovecot.
I will finally try an rewrite of the jabberd-initscript for use with virtual jabber servers

That will be my ToDo-List for this

Stay tuned on new blog entries regarding this setup.

download numbers May 2007

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:03:00 +0200

Fail2Ban	70
filelight	0
GnuCash	20
GnuCash Docs	2
Jabbin	240
kpodder	1
mtpaint	1
ophcrack	3
pam_mysql	1
Qtpfsgui	46
scponly	3
Squidview	1
Taxbird	19
wtf	0

Removed...

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:45:45 +0200

Due to a (soon to happen) change of laws here in Germany, I had to remove one package from my repository

They have changed §202 StGB so that it is considered illegal now to manufacture, code, give away, spread or try to get software which can be considered as usefull on cracking or hacking machines/passwords/...

There is still a chance that this law will be revoked, but we'll have to wait at least until june.

As I cannot tell, if ophCrack will be used by someone this way, I choose to remove it before someone tries to sue me for this

If you are searching for it, maybe they are still on some mirror I have no control off, who knows?

If you want to build it yourself (or even take over building the package and publishing it in a country where it is still allowed) you can download the last spec for building (2.3.4) from here: ophcrack.spec

I really hate having to do this...

some new versions

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:12:29 +0200

Today I packaged some new versions for my repository:

MTPaint 3.11 (from 3.10)
Fail2Ban 0.8.0 (from 0.7.8 )
BloGTK 1.1 (new yesterday)
bwmon 1.3 (new)
QtpfsGUI 1.8.7 (from 1.8.3)

Slowly I'll begin to abandon 10.0 and only build newer software for 10.1 and 10.2, some (like QtpfsGUI) only for 10.2.

Upload is done right now, expect all mirrors to catch up within 12 hours.

Testpost via BloGTK

nospam@example.com (Rauch Christian) — Wed, 09 May 2007 21:22:09 +0200

So this is a small test for a post using BloGTK

Update: Seems to work, settings for S9y have to be:

URL: <blog-url>/serendipity_xmlrpc.php

Blogging System: Movable Type

Another Update: Even updating entries from within BloGTK works

Last Update: You can now find BloGTK in my repository!