Today i had to install suitable drivers for my broadcom wireless network interface card.I was using debian squeeze 6.0 . It took some time for me to understand and hook up all the dependencies. I had to install b43-fwcutter first and then install bcm4312 stuff.Totally it was a bit time consuming.So this task would be not that easy for absolute beginner.So i made a single package that could install it in a single command .no extra downloads required :D
in terminal :
sudo dpkg -i bcm4312.deb
The package is tested well under debian squeeze.The package can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecdebian/files/bcm4312.deb/download
Hope you guyzz will like the project.If it doesnt work please let me know
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, July 12, 2010
Acer Aspire 532 review
My New netbook : Acer aspire 532 h
I find it difficult to carry around my 14.1 inch lenovo ideapad so I was looking for something real and slimmy.I have decided to purchase a real "Netbook".After a few searches I had few options.
Few options I found interesting were
1)Acer aspire 532
2)Dell Inspiron Mini
3)HP Mini
I went to local store and I talked with the shop guy there and after thinking a lot I decided to go for Acer aspire 532.My decision didnt go wrong and it proved to be really worthy gadget to carry along
Battery
Battery stands for about 5hrs while running non multimedia apps and running less processor intensive ram.
Ports
On the left side of the netbook, there are two USB ports, an analogue video output (VGA) and the power outlet.Right side we have one usb ports external audio output and ofcourse a card reader.Keys have sufficeint stroke distance and provide comfortable touch.touchpad is also adjustable.
Memory
It has got 160 gb secondary storage and Single channel with one soDIMM slot DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM memory interface proves sufficient for my needs.it has got 3 in 1 card reader also.
Connectivity
Bluetooth 2.0 with enhanced data rate as well wifi 802.11 . Have to review this when college starts :D
Software
Windows Xp home comes preloaded with the model(win 7 available) .A few products also came along with it.
I find it difficult to carry around my 14.1 inch lenovo ideapad so I was looking for something real and slimmy.I have decided to purchase a real "Netbook".After a few searches I had few options.
Few options I found interesting were
1)Acer aspire 532
2)Dell Inspiron Mini
3)HP Mini
I went to local store and I talked with the shop guy there and after thinking a lot I decided to go for Acer aspire 532.My decision didnt go wrong and it proved to be really worthy gadget to carry along
Battery
Battery stands for about 5hrs while running non multimedia apps and running less processor intensive ram.
Ports
On the left side of the netbook, there are two USB ports, an analogue video output (VGA) and the power outlet.Right side we have one usb ports external audio output and ofcourse a card reader.Keys have sufficeint stroke distance and provide comfortable touch.touchpad is also adjustable.
Memory
It has got 160 gb secondary storage and Single channel with one soDIMM slot DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM memory interface proves sufficient for my needs.it has got 3 in 1 card reader also.
Connectivity
Bluetooth 2.0 with enhanced data rate as well wifi 802.11 . Have to review this when college starts :D
Software
Windows Xp home comes preloaded with the model(win 7 available) .A few products also came along with it.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Missing d3dx9_42.dll in XBMC
Now I am having bit fun with XBMC media player.I bet this is one of the best MEdia CeNTers in the market for which you dont even have to pay a penny.
Here are some of its screenshots
There was some problem in loading the program in windows 7 as well as
windows xp.There error message went like this
Some of the direct 3D librariies was missing so the program was not starting as expected.
So I decided to troubleshoot this.. :D
LUckily and amazingly I got the solution in the first step.Just go to dllfiles.com and download
a file called d3dx9_42.dll and place it in XBMC installed directory.You are done. :D
Here are some of its screenshots
There was some problem in loading the program in windows 7 as well as
windows xp.There error message went like this
Some of the direct 3D librariies was missing so the program was not starting as expected.
So I decided to troubleshoot this.. :D
LUckily and amazingly I got the solution in the first step.Just go to dllfiles.com and download
a file called d3dx9_42.dll and place it in XBMC installed directory.You are done. :D
MISSING SPACE IN THUMB DRIVE
Using unpartioned space in thumb drive...
Recently I download the mandriva 2010 ISO from on of the mandriva mirrors..Luckily it was a hybrid ISO that I could use in thumb drive. I downloaded a tool called Mandriva Seed which helped me to boot the image from thumb.Installation was successfull and I must admit the
distro is damn sexy..
But the problem came when i tried to format the thumb drive.Suprisingly only a 690 MB was available for me to format.Where did the rest 3.4GB disappear...??????
I checked the disk management utility provided by MS winxp.Only one active partition was there in thumb drive.Rest of 3.4 GB was shown as unallocated free space.My thumb was new San disk Cruzer which i bought 2 days ago.I donno wanna defigure it.So i downloaded a tool called HDD low level format tool from hddguru.com and my issue was fixed.
This is a great tool and its quite handy for formatting harddisks too.
So i hope all will give it a try when needed :D
Recently I download the mandriva 2010 ISO from on of the mandriva mirrors..Luckily it was a hybrid ISO that I could use in thumb drive. I downloaded a tool called Mandriva Seed which helped me to boot the image from thumb.Installation was successfull and I must admit the
distro is damn sexy..
But the problem came when i tried to format the thumb drive.Suprisingly only a 690 MB was available for me to format.Where did the rest 3.4GB disappear...??????
I checked the disk management utility provided by MS winxp.Only one active partition was there in thumb drive.Rest of 3.4 GB was shown as unallocated free space.My thumb was new San disk Cruzer which i bought 2 days ago.I donno wanna defigure it.So i downloaded a tool called HDD low level format tool from hddguru.com and my issue was fixed.
This is a great tool and its quite handy for formatting harddisks too.
So i hope all will give it a try when needed :D
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