as you have read on this page before, it is possible to upgrade an iphone under ubuntu with vmware. BUT, as i’ve read on this page, it is easier as you think! here is my actually setup … iPhone 3G 8Gb ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) on lenovo t61p, kernel 2.6.31-19-generic vmware workstation 6.5.3 build-185404 guest: winxp professional sp3 with itunes 9.0.3.15 what has to be done? 1. create a file /etc/modprobe....
some essential and additional packages, which should be installed after an upgrade ;-) vim ssh nvidia-glx-185 thunderbird enigmail network-manager-openvpn network-manager-vpnc compizconfig-settings-manager gnome-do build-essential sun-java6-* ant pidgin unison-gtk awn-manager flashplugin-* rapidsvn ubuntu-restricted-extras xine-[ui|plugin] vlc libdvdread4 libqt4-dev a2ps hplip-gui gnomebaker blueman skype link-monitor-applet gdesklets* to be continued …
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....