I use Spotify for my every day listening, and I decided to use it on a big screen : My 42″ LCD TV. Simply launch Spotify in a one-line .xinitrc script. It fit perfectly in full screen mode without any tweak. But … Continue reading
tag: linux, Python, spotifyI’m a long time Spotify user right now. I decided to opt for a unlimited account due to the price. The main issue : Spotify for Linux is a closed source software, doesn’t allow the user to change the sound … Continue reading
tag: alsa, linux, spotify
For a Linux embedded training, I need to find something fun to plug on an AVR32 board. The board used for the training is a NGW100 board. I decided to try to use the I2C bus. I have several I2C … Continue reading
tag: arduino, I2C, linux, openwrt
I bought a couple of months ago a little AVR Dragon card. My initial plan was to use it for debuging programs with the embbeded JTAG. But I run into several issue with that, mainly because the lack of doc … Continue reading
tag: avr, gdb, linux
For my new computer I bought a ATI HD 2600 PRO with a bunch of memory. This card has some really good 3D results, and works well on Linux. But I run into some issues with de xv extension on … Continue reading
tag: ati, drivers, linux, nvidia, q6600, ubuntuAfter a windows fresh install, the windows setup decided to drop my MBR to put its stuff in. Fine .. but I want my grub back now ! This is an old trick, but udev added a little complexity, so … Continue reading
tag: grub, linux, sata, ubuntuFor a little app, I need to send stream over UDP at a fixed rate. I have done severals tests w/ some buffers and sleep(), but I can’t achieve the desired speed. Mainly because sleep() doesn’t provide a stable enought … Continue reading
tag: linux, Python, rtcWhy this soundcard allow me to play 2 mp3 at the same time while this doesn’t.. Hum good question. In fact to support this kind of stuff the sound card should support have some sub-device, to be sure .. simply … Continue reading
tag: alsa, audio, computer, linux, soundcardI now have a Dell Latitude D400 for 1 month. This little (really small) computer is pretty nice to use, but it right now, it’s really hard to have suspend working on this kind of stuff. The main reason: it … Continue reading
tag: acpi, d400, dell, linuxEverybody hate binary kernel module: that’s clear, but sometimes that the only way to use some hardware. This is really a bad news to all webcam users: USB kernel hackers decide to patch PWC kernel driver to avoid the use … Continue reading
tag: linux, webcam