The Road to Elysium

July 31, 2008

Packard Bell Easy One DC on Slackware 10.0

Filed under: Linux — jorge @ 17:44

Packard Bell Easy One DC running Slackware Linux 10.0 with Linux kernel 2.4.26

  • Mobile AMD Duron 700 Mhz
  • VIA Apollo KT133 chipset
  • LCD 12.1″ TFT SVGA , 800×600 pixel
  • 192 MB SDRAM (100MHz)
  • 6GB HDD
  • ATI Rage Mobility-M1 4MB APG Video Controller
  • Versaglide Touchpad / NX Pad
  • OZ6833 PC-Card Controller
  • VIA 686A PCI Audio Controller
  • Internal 24x CD-ROM drive
  • USB 1.0
  • Askey LT Winmodem (DSP1456/MARS3)
  • 2 Internet buttons
  • Super Input/Output Controller SMC FDC37N869

A list of built-in PCI hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8371 [KX133 AGP]
00:06.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 10)
00:07.4 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6832/6833 Cardbus Controller (rev 34)
00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6832/6833 Cardbus Controller (rev 34)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

X11R6.7.0 (X.Org)

I configured X11R6.7.0 (xorgconfig) with the ati generic driver and it worked fine.

From my Section “Device” in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Identifier  "** ATI (generic)               [ati]"
Driver      "ati"

Audio

The built-in audio card is an VIA686 PCI Audio Controller and is supported by the snd-via82xx module in the kernel.

ALSA device list:
#0: VIA 82C686A/B rev20

Internal 24x CD-ROM drive

Seems to work fine, and was found by kernel. No problem with playing any movies or sound.

hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12

Modem / PCMCIA

These are the things I’ve not had the opportunity to test myself, but I’ll attempt to give some information about them below.

  • The integrated modem seems to be recognized by the kernel.
  • I’ve not had the chance yet to test PCMCIA, but after a few searches on google, it seems like it doesn’t take much to make it work.

Should there be anything you would like to add to this document, please post a comment.

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July 30, 2008

In time of test

Filed under: Day to day — jorge @ 11:30

..family is best. That’s actually a Burmese proverb that pretty much sums up what I’m about to write. I’ve been going through a rough time these past few weeks (what else is new?), my social anxiety seems to have picked up some pace, and is creating havoc. And I’ve quit playing World of Warcraft again, which I at one point considered it to be my sanctuary, especially when I was feeling like I am these days. I’ve got no friends, and that in itself is rather depressing. But I do have my family. And by saying “my family”, I mean Marte and Michael, and my parents and sisters. Yesterday was one of the crappiest days I’ve had in a long long time, and one of the best. The day started pretty bad, I had gotten close to no sleep, and that stupid anxiety was making me nuts. If you had asked me during the morning how I was, it would’ve been a baaaad answer. Marte tries her best to cheer me up, and though she sometimes thinks that her effort makes no difference, I’ll say it right now, without her I would’ve been lost a long time ago. She’s the one that has always been there for me for years, and that’s just one of the many reasons that I love her. Michael cheers me up just by being him. He’s like a little spark of light that just smiles all the time, which in turn makes me smile. I’m still amazed at how he is, I can’t quite grasp that some things he’s seeing for the very first time, it be a car, a tree or a dog. Him just being him makes the world a better place. Marte and Michael complete me.

My parents and sisters are great as well. Always supportive, always calling me to see how I am doing, and always coming to our house to visit. I know my mom worries about it bothering me, they coming to visit that often, but I like it. I enjoy their visits a lot, and it helps me to take my mind off things. Both my parents are hard-working people, and I’m proud to be their son. I hope to be as they are someday.

What else is there to say, that in time of test, family is best.

July 8, 2008

ssh-clean-keys

Filed under: Snippets — jorge @ 09:16

Simple lines of code to clean invalid hosts from your .known_hosts-file.

ssh-clean-keys () 
{ 
    for host in $1 $(dig +short $1);
    do
        echo "Cleaning $host";
        ssh-keygen -R $host 2>&1 | sed -e 's,^,I,g';
    done
}

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