Here are the keycodes that I was able to uncover using showkey -k . Unfortunately, the kernel logs don’t complain when I hit the unknown keys so there’s probably no point in setting up the extra scancodes (particularly since this Belkin MediaPilot keyboard is not the primary keyboard in the system, and the setkeycodes documentation [...]
The Situation I have a Hauppauge PVR350 card, which includes an IR receiver (connected via a 2.5mm socket on the card), but I also need to control an external cable box via an IR blaster (bought from irblaster.info), and have COM1 free. Actually, since I have a Belkin MediaPilot keyboard (mostly) working, I won’t need [...]
Simple schematic for building serial interface : http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~mozgic/UIR/http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html On 9-pin Serial plug :Ground : Pin 5Data : Pin 1 (actually DCD) Existing Hauppauge interface :http://www.irblaster.info/hauppauge_ir.html 2.5mm ConnectorTSOP 2238 IR ReceiverTip VCCRing SignalShield Ground VSOP (or Everlight) IRM2238http://www.datasheetarchive.com/preview/1808114.htmlVCC=5V, 38KHz USB Pinout :http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtmlPin 1 : VCC (+5V)Pin 2 : Data-Pin 3 : Data+Pin 4 : Ground Even [...]
Upgrade to 2.6.22 seems to break *everything* in the ivtv suite. It all disappeared from the rpms, so we need to install from source. ivtv ivtv-fb ivtv-xdriver ivtvfbctl (now gone) In particular, some web posts indicate that support for the PVR-350 has been eliminated somehow. This doesn’t seem to be completely true – but maybe [...]
Aim : Enable a lightly used Linux machine to additionally host a MythTV video card. Major Issues : Upgrade to 2.6.22 breaks *everything* : ivtv ivtv-fb ivtv-xdriver ivtvfb-ctl (now gone) Want to have two independent displays (two simultaneous X servers running) Complex /etc/X11/xorg.conf Need to use evdev to have dual keyboards Toy with /etc/gdm/custom.conf (not [...]
Situation Trusting to the power of Linux on my laptop, I blindly ordered an AirH Edge connectivity card from JCR (Air-H (Edge) Data Card for Laptops – No Airtime or Data Charges). Prior to leaving the US, I downloaded a few things, anticipating that I’d be ‘flying blind’ since I wouldn’t be able to connect [...]
NB: Ripped (and modified) from : http://tredosoft.com/comment/reply/37 How to install TrueCrypt 4.3a on Fedora 7 We are going to compile TrueCrypt from source so first grab TrueCrypt’s source code. When it’s downloaded, extract the source code and navigate to the Linux folder : tar xfz truecrypt-4.3a-source-code.tar.gzcd truecrypt-4.3a-source-codecd Linux Truecrypt needs to compile a kernel module [...]
Upgrading FC6 -> F7 is not painless at all (whereas FC5 -> FC6 was a breeze). The things that needed sorting out were : Samba shares no longer work – not sure why. Quickest to rebuild /etc/samba/smb.conf rather than sort it out properly. xorg.conf file fails (causing even greeter login to fail). Probably due to [...]
Somehow, configuration files on FC6 no longer work on F7. Seems best to scrap it all and use the system-config-samba tool to build it all again. This sucks.
Situation This machine previously had FC6 (upgraded FC1 -> FC2 -> FC3 -> FC4 -> FC5 -> FC6).However, the machine can’t boot from USB. Solution suggested elsewhere : Download ISO (F-7-i386-DVD.iso) via bittorrent Copy ISO into /root/Fedora7/ mount the ISO via loopback : cp the isolinux/vmlinuz and isolinux/initrd.img file from the iso to the /boot [...]