linux

hi folks! i’ve had a problem with java, netbeans and my ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 system. so, i’ve decided to start my vmware and install a 32bit system - facing another problem: vmware-tools, in particular the mouse and filesharing. searching for solutions on the web, i found those two sites: http://www.csi-labor.de/archives/52-Howto-Vmware-Tools-Installation-unter-Ubuntu-9.04.html http://communities.vmware.com/thread/207410 in short: you have to patch the vmhgfs module and if you are using the gcc-4.3 also the vmware-config-tools.pl script....

hi folks! finally i initiated an update … but there were some problems: lost the possibility to start the “run application” over the alt+f2 shortcut lost the main-menu alt+f1 shortcut no ctrl+alt+bkspc shortcut anymore so, i started some research action on the www … this page gave me the first hint, but i have had to change following line “event.data.l[1] = (Time)0;” to following “event.data.l[1] = (Time) time(NULL);” to get a auto-focused window!...

hi folks! i’m a little bit angry. angry about proprietary software. especially products you need for your hardware, which were not cheap. i’m talking about my iphone and the software is, yeah you know it already, itunes. i’m not willing to be forced to buy a proprietary operating system for a free tool (itunes) i need to communicate with the purchased hardware (iphone). so i’ve decided to try my best with wine....

bin heute in der früh zufällig über diesen artikel gestolpert … die aussies vom zdnet haben auch eine coole strassenumfrage gestartet. hier das video dazu:

really annoying! have you ever seen this failure on a ssl connection? after a couple of times its really boring to refresh the site again and again and again … and some POSTs never get to the server :sad: here i found the source of the evil. and here the solution i took … for a fast go! thanks for the fish!