open suse chronicles

oct 16 around 5:11pm


opensuse11(gnome) was again installed. now on a P4(2.0ghz) pc,512 memory and with 256 mb video card. thanks for Ece nats for the great bargain.


some changes were
-mozilla wouldnt crash often. no need to download opera.
-fast switching and opening of apps..

thingking about:
-installing compiz



-add pidgin,xchat and gnome do to my favorites.
-tried to install videolan. failed, timed out
-update repositories.
-finally installed videolan. first there was no sound. set audio output to oss.solve.

linux so obsolete

Payday. End up upgrading the main computer. Well only means I will be using the former main computer in my room. I'm such accustomed to PClinuxos. They say it takes a scientist to run one but I beg to differ. Anyways, since I got the former main computer. I tried to install Pclinuxos, got one of those "cant mount livecd" error msg. Tried the acpi=off, linux all-generic-ide + irqpoll still cant install . So begins my Hunt for the next OS. Tried Zenwalk amongst others. Reminds me of ubuntu 5.10.hahahaha. After 3 hours of Zenwallking. I erase my whole disk.

Then comes Opensuse. I prefer KDE over gnome. I dunno, it just looks clean. Installing was one heck of a challenge. Before I forgot Im running P3, 1ghz, almost 500mb of memory and 128 mb of video power. Funny how it installs well. But after the initial restart it got stuck. After installing it again. I tried to unhook the cdrom and the second hard disk. works.

Then comes the hardest part hooking up the second hard disk on the ide2. no matter how I set it up. Either master,slave or cable select it always take a lot of time for the pc to boot up till start up. At 2:30 minutes after choosing opensuse on lilo it only says "fall back to dev/sda6". If you say no it fucks up and if you say yes, You got to wait another 2 minutes or so to finally see the main desktop.

crossover networks

I got two computers, one on the living room while the other is in my room. With 7 meters of cat5 cable, 2 rj45, and a crimper. I was able to connect two computers using one internet source. Building a crossover cable you can hook-up two devices that are the same(eg.. pc to pc, switch to switch). Heres my cheat sheet.
Go to this link and just follow the simple instructions. Word of advice crimp harder, if not enough use a flat screw to help the contacts of the Rj45 slice thru the copper wires insulator.

new life,new shit

Just happen to drop by " http://www.finalsense.com/ " grab this skin. Yes it added a new juice to this boring blog. I was quite please on how it looked no need for me to give it a touch of not/so/good html skill. HAHAHA, new life new shit

WATTAHAPPEN

try to play with some skin's. such a beginner , forgot to lock and download the old skin. Haha, either way I am trying to revive my so called "pa-tech-tech" journal.

how to reset cmos(using dos prompt)

*Usually we reset the " cmos" by shorting out the pins of our mother board. Theres another way to do it.By using the ever useful "dos prompt". But why do we reset "cmos".They say its a way of clearing out settings,passwords,viruses(if there is such).But for me its the ease of resetting the "cmos" without opening the case.


On DOS(if you dont know how to get to DOS. Just hit on start,go to run and type CMD)
Type in debug after the blinking cursor.
After typing debug you will get "-" which is were you can begin by typing A and pressing enter.

A
MOV AX,0
MOV AX,CX
OUT 70,AL
MOV AX,0
OUT 71,AL
INC CX
CMP CX,100
JB 103
INT 20
Note: Nothing is typed on this line
G
By pressing G this will execute the above script,
ensure you have read and agree to the above disclaimer.
Q

Then reboot and you will get a Setup Checksum Error.
Go into setup, correct all the incorrect values, time, date...

*source some others page.. :)
*I hold no responsibility if something did go wrong after doing this routine
*youve been warned, so enjoy

chikka xploit(sort of)

We know that you cant send more than five messages to your new chikka buddies.What you do... just remove and add your chikka buddies again...and presto!,you can send them text messages..