Category Archives: HOW-TOs
How to make selective focus photo with point and shoot camera?
First let me admit that I am a noob in Photography, here is my first attempt in learning something on photography. My camera is Canon Powershot SD880 IS. It is a point and shoot camera for layman like me. I … Continue reading
Lilliput DisplayLink USB Monitor UM-70 (17e9:02a9) with QNAP TS-110 on Debian Linux (armel)
Some times before I posted about how I got this monitor working in Ubuntu How to get Lilliput DisplayLink based USB Monitor UM-70 (17e9:02a9) working in Ubuntu Linux. This post is about DisplayLink’s USB monitor from Lilliput working on QNAP … Continue reading
Debugging Texas Instruments MSP-EXP430G2 Launchpad with MSPDebug tool in Ubuntu Linux
This post brings you a way to debug Texas Instruments MSP-EXP430G2 Launchpad Development tool from Ubuntu Linux using MSPDebug tool. This tool provides source level debugging capability. Basically it supports MSP430 MCUs with JTAG and Spy Bi-Wire interface. It also supports … Continue reading
Setup Build and Debug environment for MSP430 MCUs using mspgcc and mspdebug in Ubuntu Linux
MSPGCC is a GCC toolchain for the Texas Instruments MSP430 family of ultra low power MCUs, This includes the GNU C compiler (GCC), the assembler and linker (binutils), the debugger (GDB), and some other tools needed to make a … Continue reading
Debugging eZ430-F2013 MCU with MSPDebug tool in Ubuntu Linux
This post brings you a way to debug eZ430-F2013 Development tool (Texas Instrument) from Ubuntu Linux 10.10 using MSPDebug tool. This tool provides source level debugging capability. Basically tt supports MSP430 MCUs with JTAG and Spy Bi-Wire interface. It also supports … Continue reading
Debugging eZ430 Chronos with MSPDebug tool in Ubuntu Linux
Following my post on Configuring ez430 Chronos Wireless Development Tool in Ubuntu Linux, which talks about control center, this post brings you a way to debug eZ430 Chronos from Ubuntu Linux using MSPDebug tool. This tool provides source level debugging … Continue reading
Configuring ez430 Chronos Wireless Development Tool in Ubuntu Linux
I have got my first wearable development kit in Watch form. This one is from Texas Instruments. It is called eZ430 Chronos Wireless Development Kit. It is based on 16-bit Ultra Low Power Micro controller Unit (CC430F6137). This Watch … Continue reading
How to get C-Media USB Sound adapter 0d8c:000c working as primary sound card in Debian Linux?
I have a cheap USB Sound Adapter bought from Amazon, plugged in this with my QNAP TS-110 NAS box. This NAS box is going to serve as Table top Media center also. You can refer this post for more info … Continue reading
Troubleshooting QNAP Debian NAS box by setting up DHCP and TFTP servers in Ubuntu
I have QNAP TS-110 home NAS box installed with Debian Linux 6.0 (Squeeze). Recently it was broken with latest kernel update (I expect all these since it is a Testing branch). I took this opportunity to learn more on recovery … Continue reading
How to fix “X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.”?
This is just a simple tips to solve a error message when you start your X session with “startx” command as normal user. The error message may be like this: blackgod@debian:~$ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/blackgod/.Xauthority X: user … Continue reading
HOWTO: Adjust your monitor backlight from command line in Linux
This is a simple tips to adjust the monitor backlight from command line in linux. This is very useful in portable devices like Laptop and Netbooks to conserve power. Here I am using Ubuntu 10.10 Beta. You need xbacklight command … Continue reading
How to launch your application in a specific CPU in Linux (CPU affinity)?
CPU affinity is a characteristic of Scheduler, which assigns a specific set of CPUs to a Process. Once it is assigned, the Process scheduler can’t run this process in any other CPUs. Linux kernel does manage the CPUs effectively (Natural … Continue reading
Benchmark: How to know your Hard disk speed on Ubuntu in 4 clicks?
Recently I thought of testing the hard disk performance with hdparm command, which initiated to write about this graphical way of running Read Benchmark in just 3 mouse clicks with Disk Utility in Ubuntu. Disk Management in Ubuntu has become easy … Continue reading
How to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus
This is a simple note on how to access remote linux machine files through SSH from GNOME File browser Nautilus. My server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Remote machine configuration Install the OpenSSH package as shown below. … Continue reading
How to configure NFS Server and mount it in Ubuntu
This is a little note on how to configure NFS (Network File System) server and mount it in Ubuntu. The server is Debian Squeeze and Client is Ubuntu 10.04. Here is how to get it done. Server configuration Step-1: Installing … Continue reading
