Today I got a webcam (loaned from work) working under CentOS. It's a nameless model from Fujitsu Siemens Computers (USB Vendor/Product 0c45:613b). The sn9c102-driver I have packaged the suitable driver from Luca Risolia. There also seems to be a binary-only driver which is only available for Ubuntu 7.04. This driver should be better, however it can't be used for free on other Linux distributions. Downloaded the .src.rpm for the driver from my homepage (direct download).
Unfortunately CentOS-5 does not have python-2.4 yet. When using wsgiref.handlers.CGIHandler for handling get() and/or post() requests the following ImportError occurs: ImportError: No module named wsgiref.handlers This can be solved by installing the Python Extension wsgiref. I've created an SRPM which can be rebuilt quite easily. After the installation of WSGI, the google_appengine/dev_appserver.py still does not find the library. This can be solved by configuring the wsgire as a third party module.
I'm using Thunderbird as mail client and RSS-reader. Firefox is the web browser of my choice. Now I would like Firefox to add links to RSS-feeds to Thunderbird. The next script makes that possible. #!/bin/sh # # Open an RSS-Feed with Thunderbird. # Idea from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4368033&postcount=7 # exec thunderbird -mail "feed:${1}" Unfortunately I was unable to make it work (using about:config) without a script.
This is an update for an older post by me: Installing Flash on CentOS-5.x86_64 CentOS-5.2 already includes NSPluginWrapper. Yust install it as usual with: yum -y install nspluginwrapper
Just a little note for those who are always looking for missing configuration parameters (like me). Guests can sync time with the host automatically if you set the following parameter in the .vmx file of the guest: tools.syncTime = "TRUE" The same can be achieved by using the VMware Tools, however these might not be installed and installing them could be troublesome on systems not containing a development environment.
Just had a (late) lunch at Gallia (corner Stargarderstr./Papelallee, Berlin). They change the menu every 3-4 weeks, so there is always something new to try. Today I had a chicken-melon soup (very exotic!). It's a very tasteful combination of chicken, gallia melon balls, lots of cream and some spices. It tasted really great and inspired me to Blog about it :) For the main course I chose Pasta Gallia. No melon on this dish, but therefor fried chicken, noodles and champions in a nice sauce.
Installation of SafeBoot SafeBoot can be installed over Tivoli. After installation, you need to authenticate on every boot and Windows will be started. Only the partitions used by Windows will be encrypted, the Linux partitions are not affected. Boot from a Rescue System Booted my CentOS x86_64 with the installation DVD, giving on the boot-prompt linux rescue. This rescue system automatically detects my /-filesystem and all used partitions. The dialogs explain how to change to the installed system:
A very good article about typing special characters under Linux: Compose key magic by cyberborean.
With some help from a post in the CentOS-wiki I was able to install the 32-bit version of Adobe's Flash-Plugin on a 64-bit Firefox. Using the nspluginwrapper RPMs and the flash-plugin from RPMforge. This is what I have done: install nspluginwrapper (viewer) install nspluginwrapper (plugin) install the flash-plugin: yum -y install flash-plugin or manually from the RPM run the following command as root: nspluginwrapper --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so check the installation: in the firefox addressbar about:plugins or visit a site with flash ;)
It's very anoying that the dictionaries from the Thunderbird Add-ons are not available for the version of Thunderbird from CentOS-5. After getting some error messages, and trying around I found Localized Dictionaries for Mozilla Thunderbird on mozilla.org. Unfortunately the downloadable .xpi does not work for me?! However there is a nice note about OpenOffice.org Dictionaries and Thunderbird on the same page. This seems to work perfectly!