+ Linux Log +

This blog started out as an install log of RedHat 9 on a Compaq Presario 2538cl laptop ( linuxpresario.blogspot.com ) . However, I [...] things that worked for me, of course, your mileage may vary.

Any questions/comments? E-mail me at linux_atsign_boshoff|za|net.

Last Update: Sat Sep 30 07:18:01 2006

+ Not a lot happening... + Well, I've not tinkered much with anything lately. Trying to get this thesis written up and done, maybe in December I'll ...

+ Hibernate using acpid + I've written a little script to hibernate when I hit the power button. On my laptop, everytime you hit the power button it ...

+ Working swsusp kernel + I now have a working 2.4.22 kernel with Software Suspend turned on! No firewire yet, but I don't need this yet, so I'm not ...

+ USB Hotplug + I've noticed that a software resume causes my USB mouse to stop functioning. This is because /etc/hotplug/usb.agent cannot ...

+ Software Suspend Setup + Installed the suspend.sh script today by downloading it from the swsusp mailing list. (Check out the software suspend site). Then ran ...

+ 2.4.22 Kernel + I decided to give the kernel.org kernels a shot, instead of using Red Hat's kernels. Here's the log of how I set up the ...

+ To-Do + My to-do list currently stands at: Enabling software suspend. I stumbled upon the Software Suspend site at Sourceforge. Will try to ...

+ Grace EMF Export + Okay, here's the comment about automatically saving a .emf file from grace. After installing pstoedit, and making sure that it ...

+ WMF/EMF from Grace + I'm interested in being able to save Grace graph files to wmf/emf. So I found a neat library, libEMF, which I think might be able ...

+ Intel Fortran on RH 9 + Downloaded and installed the new kernel today. Recompiled according to my previous post. Also installed Intel Fortran Compiler today. ...

+ Drivers for 2D + Found drivers today for the video card! The performance is no doubt a lot better than with the VESA driver. It seems to provide 2D ...

+ NTFS + Mmm, noticed today that I can't mount the WinXP NTFS filesystems. So went to the RedHat NTFS Project Page and downloaded the rpm. ...

+ Streamlining + Tried today to do some power optimization. I've noticed that when leaving the laptop in Linux for some, after opening it it feels ...

+ Touchpad still works + Quick report - the touchpad functioned normally after the reboot. Also, kudzu sucessfully starts up now. Have not tested the linmodem ...

+ Latest RH Kernel + Installed the latest Red Hat kernel today. Followed the steps I laid out in the post on May 26th to apply the acpi patch. Also had to [...] rpm -i hsflinmodem-5.03.27lnxtbeta03042700-1.i386.rpm /usr/sbin/hsfconfig Haven't checked...