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Update CDT to 7.0 from CDT Helios site, then install Valgrind from Eclipse Helios site. Right click on the target project, select "Profile As"->"Profile With Valgrind". Install "SystemTap" via synaptic, but it does not work – utrace not available in … Continue reading →

By default Pidgin does not display Chinese in MSN conversations correction, offline log file is using " font-family: Segoe UI" for incoming messages.Pidgin "View Log" does not display chinese correctly. Solution:change file C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrcgtk-font-name = “SimSun 9″Run C:\Program Files\Common … Continue reading →

This is done by using "Update Manager". The most disappointing thing is reading that the following packages are no longer supported. I care most is "scim-pinyin". bluetoothcompiz-fusion-plugins-extraglchessglinesgnectgnibblesgnobots2gnome-pilotgnome-pilot-conduitsgnotravexgnotskigtaliiagnolatex-xft-fontslibcompress-bzip2-perllibesd-alsa0libgmime-2.0-2alibgtkhtml2-0libsensors3libtrackerclient0libusplash0mesa-utilsnetcat-traditionalplasma-widget-googlecalendarpython-sexyscim-pinyinsreadaheadubuntu-xsplash-artworkxsanexsane-commonxsplash The update process will upgrade 1736 packages, download 960MB content. It took about … Continue reading →

There are too many posts asking for enable rmvb support on ubuntu, but it is too difficult to follow the various instructions – some download links are broken, some instructions are vague, etc. At last I found codecs packages, but it … Continue reading →

IBus is built-in IME tool, but it is less user friendly. scim pinyin gives me better user experience.        sudo apt-get install scim-qtimm im-switch scim-pinyin      im-switch -z en_US -s scim

"tail /var/log/messages" says I am missing some firmware files. First install firmware for wireless card, the installer can automatically download fireware files.      sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutterrestart machinekill knetworkmanager (because it can’t connect to hidden wireless network) and then start "nm-applet".

After I connected to ubuntu karmic via Xming, my computer does not automatically connect to wireless network, and I have to run KNetworkManager manually. This is fixed by "System Settings" -> "Advanced" -> Autostart -> "Add Script…" /usr/bin/knetworkmanager

Xming 7.5.0.9.exe and Xming-fonts-7-5-0-11-setup.exe are installed on Windows XP to access FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2. I need to configure proxy for Epiphany via System->Preferences->Network Proxy. Epiphany is too slow to display http://www.sohu.com. Latest stable release Eclipse Galileo is not available, only Eclipse … Continue reading →

nc6230 8510p Battery Good, can still work 40+ minutes after 4 years Poor, can only last for 10 minutes after 2 years Wireless Good Poor, can’t connect to Wireless AP in another room Speaker Good Poor quality