Published on Monday, 2nd February, 2009 .
Finally I have got my Viglen MPC-L which I purchased last year for the grand some of £80 thanks to the fine people at Ubuntu UK Podcast and this episode, working!!!
I had a few problems with the Xubuntu that was installed and decided to replace it with a fresh copy. This didn’t work, and I was also having problem with not having enough Ethernet ports.
Last week this was solved when my Granddad brought a 8 port switch tha had been my uncles.
So, on with Xubuntu? No. A friend said I should try Debian, and after a few failed attempts, I eventually succeeded.
To install I had to use the following line:-
- intall pnpbios=off pci=noacpi
Also there was a few hiccoughs with the partitioner, but finally it’s up and running.
So far have installed the following extra programs via apt-get
- irssi (using this the most as box will be on 24/7)
- lynx
- elinks (after friend told me was better than lynx)
- eggdrop (but still trying to figure this one out)
- Some others I can’t recall right now
Box has been running more or less constant for few days now and so far seems to be happy. Will report back soon, with how it’s really going (ie if any problems show up).
Published on Monday, 19th January, 2009 .
I was given some money by my Grandparents as my Uncle passed away last year, and amongst things like a new Ham Radio (see www.m0tzo.co.uk) I brought myself a Slingbox Pro. This was as my Slingbox Classic had stopped working.
Once the old Slingbox was removed and I was setting up the new one I realised I had made an error last time I moved the Slingbox. The Cable Modem and Slingbox had been moved to the same shelf. I wasn’t until I was packing up the old Slingbox I found it had the wrong power supply attached.
I checked and I had plugged the Slingbox 6v PSU into the Cable Modem, and the Cable Modem 12v PSU into the Slingbox. So for a few months I have been giving it 6v more than it needed. No wonder it was playing up. I haven’t actually tested if it will work, but offered it free to a friend who will have to test if it works.
So the New SlingBox Pro
The new box is working fine. I have also upgraded the firmware to the latest US version. Everything now seems to be working fine with one exception.
I now have a Nokia N95 8Gb phone. The Slingbox Mobile software works if I connect on the local network. I have also had friends (in Oxford and South Carolina) access the Slingbox, but I can’t use the mobile software if I use O2’s 3G service.
Shortly I will make a post on the O2 forum to see if this is a known problem (ie O2 is blocking) or my phone has a fault. I haven’t tested with my old O2 XDA Orbit phone, but not sure if this will help as it’s not a 3G phone. Guess I will have to live without day-time TV when on my lunch breaks.
Right,must get back to watching TV.
Published on Thursday, 15th January, 2009 .
It seems to me I am taking longer and longer in between posts on my blog, so although I rarely make New Years Resolutions, maybe I need one regarding my blogging.
Also I have changed the theme to a simpler design and added a plug-in that should be better at caching the pages on both my blogs.
The Akismet logo showing how many spam comments had been blocked has also been disabled as a friend noticed this was slowing the loading of the site as well. Akismet itself is still enabled though.
I am in the middle of a few posts, and hopefully within a week or so should have some more stuff posted here.
Published on Saturday, 20th September, 2008 .
Since I last posted a long while ago it seems, I have acquired 2 new computers, but the household has 3 new machines.
I have got a HP 2133 Mini-Note:-
- 1.2Ghz Processor
- 2Gb RAM (upgraded from 1Gb it came with)
- 120Gb Hard disk
- 8.9″ Screen
- Built-in Wifi, 2x USB2.0 ports, ExpressCard54 Slot, SD/SDHC Card slot
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- 3 Mobile network dongle
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Also I now have a computer from my Uncle who passed away earlier this year:-
- Lian Li PC-69 Case
- AMD Sempron 3000+ @ 2GHz
- 1536Mb Ram (3x 512Mb)
- 2x Sony DVD/CD RW Drives
- 2x 160 SATA drives (in Mirrored RAID array)
- Windows XP Professional
- 19″ Iiyama monitor
Lian Li PC-69 Case
Finally the 3rd Computer, my mum got a Flat Screen iMac. It’s her computer, so not publishing more info on it.
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