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Hey folks,

today I started using Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux in Version 10.3.1 . First of all, I have to give you some specs of the server:

It seems like my provider hasn’t noticed parallels, that he’s got a new customer…

I had some kind of trouble when I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) on my Eee PC 1005HA-H. The new Ubuntu comes with the upgraded Bootloader GRUB 2.0.  In this short tutorial I will tell you how to enable ACPI Hotkeys on your Eee PC or mabye other Netbooks from different manufacturers like Toshiba.

First, you have to know, that there’s a kernel module called “eeepc laptop” which can’t be loaded when GRUB isn’t configured for it. You have to tell the system which kind of ACPI model will be needed.

• Open /etc/default/grub with your favourite editor
• Go to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and add the following param: acpi_osi=Linux.

The config line should look this way:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux"

Then save the config file and execute the command “update-grub”
to update grub.

FYI: There looks like to be a bug that your pppoe-connection won’t work
and your eth0 NIC won’t be available after you edited the GRUB-Config.
Fore more information, see the bug report here:  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/505452

Hi outta there

Since this Tuesday (evening)  I’m the proud owner of a new ASUS Eee PC 1005ha-H in black. It comes with the Intel Atom N280 which has 60 Mhz more and is 20 percent more energy efficient. I’ve changed the memory so that there 2 GB 800Mhz DDR2 RAM built-in now.

I have installed the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (jaunty) and the pre-installed Windows XP Home. Now it’s multi-boot.

I had to do some research getting the network interfaces to work (wired and wireless).

Do this for wired network:

First, download the  AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz from http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx
Then do the following…

tar -xzvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz
cd src
make
sudo make install
sudo insmod atl1e.ko

With the now running wired network do

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty

Now all interfaces should run.

Further, abut the acpi-hotkeys: The scripts will be included in the next release of ubuntu in the 2.6.29 Kernel. There is no fix for this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/262679

Thank you for reading!

PS: I’m still searching people who will contribute to nautilusgit, my new project.

tar -xzvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz
cd src
make
sudo make install
sudo insmod atl1e.ko

Today the weather here in Germany was so nice. So I couldn’t realy make something new on my 2nd computer. I reinstalled Ubuntu (9.04 Jaunty) because there was a system crash and I wasn’t able to fix it after a aptitude dist-upgrade.

After the installation was finished I wanted to test new applications. At my work I’ve heard of a small application that makes the work with GNOME easyier – but not really faster. So I searched in my brain and the result was GNOME Do.

GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.

GNOME Do is inspired by Quicksilver & GNOME Launch Box.

You can install the application with a

aptitude install gnome-do

but don’t forget the plugins

aptitude install gnome-do-plugins

You can also do this with one command: aptitude install gnome-do gnome-do-plugins

There are a few plugins available for GNOME Do. I’ve already tested the twitter plugin (follow me: http://twitter.com/ikkerus).
Thank you for reading!

The Debian project announced the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename “lenny”).
This update fixes some security vulnerabilities and some other bux were fixed.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won’t have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.

New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will be available soon at debian.org.

If you have Debian already installed, simply do a “apt-get update” and a “apt-get upgrade” to get the updated packages.