07:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)

Ok so I got my new laptop. Everything seems to have gone smoothly installing the latest debian 6.0.

Now let's fix the non-free stuff (the wifi):

$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 1c:75:08:79:91:84
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.20 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:32 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d0004000-d0004fff(prefetchable) memory:d0000000-d0003fff(prefetchable)
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d1100000-d1103fff

$ sudo lspci -s 07:00.0 -v
07:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8181
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at d1100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 88-55-22-fe-ff-4c-e0-00

Looks like I need:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=226&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#2262


http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590280


http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

bash.exe - entry point not found

the entry point rl_filename_rewrite_hook could not be located in the dynamic link library cygreadline7.dll

TOSHIBA Satellite L670-1JN

Found this post:

http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=29243

which links to:

http://209.167.114.38/support/techsupport/tsbs/all/-TSB001443.htm

What this post does not mention is that you cannot use USB drive to do the backup, you always have to keep your finger cross this tool can burn the image... why in the world can't you create a simple iso image...

Time to change my mac mini G4 harddrive

After carefully following the guide:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-Mac-mini-PowerPC-Hard-Drive/268/4

I tried it on mine:

I simply re-order the exact same one from amazon.fr:

Western Digital - Scorpio Blue WD800BEVE - Disque dur Interne 2,5" - PATA - 5400 tours/ min - Mémoire cache 8 Mo - 80 Go

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B000RHTIZO/

Reducing the size of a PDF

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen
-dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf

That's it !

Happy New Year !

Google has a problem retaining great engineers? Bullcrap. | The Linux Foundation

Google has a problem retaining great engineers? Bullcrap. | The Linux Foundation

warning: unable to rmdir my/module: Directory not empty

I am getting a bizarre behavior with git:

#!/bin/sh

# master
cd /tmp
mkdir test
cd test
git init
touch README
git add README
git commit -mREADME

# submodule
cd ..
mkdir module
cd module
git init
touch MODULE
git add MODULE
git commit -mMODULE

cd ../test
git submodule add file:///tmp/module my/module
git commit -a -m"adding submodule"

# empty branch
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/newbranch
rm .git/index
git clean -fdx
touch EMPTY
git add EMPTY
git commit -a -mEMPTY

# update
git checkout master
git submodule init
git submodule update
git checkout newbranch