Hacking the HTC Hero running Droid 2.1

Posted by Ryan on July 3, 2010 in Entertainment

was running 2.27.651.6
Must downgrade to 2.27.651.5, per http://dc250.4shared.com/download/2uQunBaV/RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2276515_R_si.exe?tsid=20100703-172327-a52ab322
how to: install drivers (ADB doesnt install) – Install HTC sync software, it includes the drivers (well at least for Windows 7 x86) http://www.htc.com/hero/m/files/downloads/HTCsync.zip
Run RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release.exe and follow the prompts.
Follow the wonderful walkthrough guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572

cannot mount cifs share from Fedora or Ubuntu

Posted by Ryan on June 10, 2010 in ComputerInfo, Linux

Trying to mount a cifs share from the command line fails when attempting the following:
mount -t cifs //<servername>/<share> will result in a “wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //<servername>/<share>…etc” and “CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22″ is found in the dmesg output.
mount -t cifs //<server IP>/<share> will result in “cannot mount [...]

Mythtv asx stream port change

Posted by Ryan on January 23, 2010 in ComputerInfo, Entertainment, Linux

I run mythweb on a different port (other than 80) and this change seems to have made the asx stream function just about worthless. When clicking on the asx link from the browser, it still sends out the asx stream file as port 80. (you can check this by opening the asx file with a [...]

Show the architecture of installed rpm packages

Posted by Ryan on October 6, 2009 in ComputerInfo, Linux

rpm -qa –queryformat “%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}-%{ARCH}\n” | grep <package_name>
Check out the link below for additional info.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-display-rpm-package-architecture/

Upgraded MythTV setup!

Posted by Ryan on October 5, 2009 in ComputerInfo, Entertainment, Linux

The hardware in my MythTV setup I previously mentioned is no more! Why? Well two reasons really:
I kept finding myself processor bound when trying to watch HD, let alone recording SD or HD at the same time (that was a lost cause)
AND
I was getting very odd I/O errors in the mysql/mythtv logs. I found many [...]

Creating my first animation with Blender.

Posted by Ryan on September 3, 2009 in Entertainment

Ok I’ve been spending some time playing with Blender. Blender is a free opensource 3d Animation program. So far with my experince it is great for making 3d stills and 3d animations… of course mine are pretty basic as I’ve only just begun. Check out what I’ve done so far with only about 4 hours [...]

“converter.agent.internal.fault.ImageProcessingTaskFault” Vmware converter error

Posted by Ryan on June 30, 2009 in ComputerInfo, Linux, Windows

Problem:
Error when trying to convert a Physical machine to a ESX 4.0 server VM. “converter.agent.internal.fault.ImageProcessingTaskFault” error on Vmware converter.
Solution:
Upgrade to the latest VMware Converter version and try again!

A New Fedora!

Posted by Ryan on May 20, 2009 in Linux

Alright, I’m making a move to Fedora.. and leonidas comes out soon. Check out some of the new features. I myself will be trying out the 20 second boot. I’ll report back 13 days from now!
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Ok Fedora 11 has been great. I’m currently using it for my work laptop and it has been [...]

MythTV, Mythdora, HVR-1600 installation and walkthrough guide

Posted by Ryan on March 25, 2009 in ComputerInfo, Entertainment, Linux

This is based on my experience, I’m sure there are probably other ways to accomplish this though. Let me know if there are any questions out there.
My hardware is:
AMD 3000+ 64bit
1.5 GB RAM
2x 1TB SATA
Nvidia Geforce 6200
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 ATSC/ClearQAM/NTSC TV Tuner PCI w/Remote 1178 PCI Interface – Retail
HTPC CASE NMEDIAPC|HTPC 6000B BK RT
A Few [...]

Exporting full X windows session via ssh

Posted by Ryan on February 20, 2009 in ComputerInfo, Linux, Solaris

Environment
client1 – your local machine that you want to view the server’s full gnome X session on.
server1 – the server that will send its X display through the ssh tunnel, to display on client1.
Syntax
Type the following from client side.
Xephyr -ac -screen 1024×768 -reset -terminate 2> /dev/null :1 &
DISPLAY=:1.0 ssh -XC root@server1 gnome-session 2>/dev/null