Archive for June, 2009
Stereo Bluetooth iPhone 3.0 Support
Jun 20th
Aside from the other useless, non functional, or already implemented by Cydia, a new feature in iPhone OS 3.0 is stereo bluetooth that is something long awaited! Who wouldn’t want to use wireless headphones. What is needed is a pair of in ear buds that support the bluetooth protocol. There are a couple of options.
Motorola Bluetooth Headphones
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-MOTOROKR-S9-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B000SNOT4C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245523958&sr=8-1 The uber expensive Sensenheimer earbuds. These are well over 400 bucks; jeeez.
In ear stero bluetooth headphones
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-MX-W1-Wireless-Earphone/dp/B0012XDEI4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245524069&sr=8-4 Then there is the product I purchased. These are reasonably priced at 120 something:
JayBird bluetooth stereo headphones
http://www.jaybirdgear.com/bluetooth-stereo-headphones-features.php
Ubuntu – MythTV – OSX – Windows XP – Same Desktop!
Jun 20th
Worth posting a screenie again. I have Ubuntu, MythTV capturing HD via Firewire, OSX, and Windows XP all running on the same desktop using the default compiz fusion.
Compiz Desktop
AMD k10 Modules – Temp Sensor
Jun 20th
They say the AMD k10 support will be rolled into the k8 modules. Whatever they do in new, upcoming package is independent of chipset support now. After some painful seaching to get the source code for the k10 chipset I found this blog post http://blog.morrigan.ch/?p=9. It is not an easy to find post but it does walk you through the compilation and installation of the modules. I will repost it here because my blog is very easy to find on the internet due to great Google indexing. First download the make file: Makefile Download the source: k10temp Make sure you have build-essential installed:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Run:
make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$(pwd)
Copy to the appropriate system folder;
cp k10temp.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/hwmon
Load the module:
sudo depmod && sudo modprobe k10temp
Reboot. Install gnome-sensors and you can view the temperature of your system as a convenient applet in your top panel!
Phenom 1 x4 9650 ASUS M3A78-T Overclocking
Jun 20th
The Phenom chips have frequency scaling properties. The only reason to use this feature is to manage temperatures, if the frequency is lower the processor will consume less power and therefore run cooler. My computer with Thermaltake water cooling would run at 28C – 32C with the frequency scaling option enabled in the BIOS (AMD Cool’n Quiet). I currently have the BIOS configured with this feature off. The FSB is scaled to 215 with the multiplyer at 11.5. The processor voltage range is 1.15 – 1.25 and I have gold series OCZ 1066 DDR2 ram. The voltage for these chips are 2.1, and the timing is 5-6-6-18. Enable 2T and ganged mode. I cannot get the chips to operate at 1066, the computer wont post. No worries ram speed is not a major player in the speed of application launching. The FSB play a greater role. Currently the RAM is operating at 900 Mhz, and the processor is operating at 2.54 Ghz. The temperature of the computer is consistently 30C – 32C even under load.
iPhone 3.0 – at&t – No MMS – June 2009
Jun 20th
The new iPhone OS3.0 is here. It is completely useless upon its initial release. It was supposed to bring MMS support. Every other feature, ie. clipboard and search has been available via Cydia for a looooong time now, but the MMS was blocked by at&t. Now with the new OS3.0 here at&t still does not support MMS. This is the only substantial reason to upgrade. 3.0 has not been jailborken yet so now users do not have theming features, which pretty much leaves millions of iPhone users very angry. Its simply incredible the service provided by at&t. 3G is fast, but there is never reception. I mean there is NEVER reception. Sure if your standing in one place youll get reception, but when I drive through town and pass Main Street, and Central Drive bam the signal goes to Zero. and then when I pass Main Street and Shore Road, bam signal goes to zero; call dropped. Reception in Plandome, lol never had it; its simply incredible. Now since at&t is the only official provider of iPhone service in the US, why would Apple issue and update for features that are not even supported by the only official provider? Its counter intuitive, and a guaranteed way to make customers unhappy, or further unhappy with the service provided by at&t. This only leads more and more people to look into unlocking there phone to work with other providers to bypass the monopoly at&t has on the iPhone. Wouldn’t at&t say to Apple, waiiiiit we are not ready for the update!! There is no coordination behind the scenes. The same thing applies to the 3G rollout. Why would at&t sell a phone claiming that the phone is twice as fast, when the service provider cannot provide adequate reception. The claim should be the iPhone 3G is twice as fast, when you can get a signal.
Ubuntu Jaunty Flash Plugin NonFree – NSViewer
Jun 19th
With the 64 bit version of Ubuntu Jaunty I have experienced a substantial prosessor leak causing system crash. When I was just hosting this website in a Debian virtualmachine the system was able to ensure the leak and I used the plugin effectively. Then I added a MythTV system using firewire to record HD, and the system could not handle the leak. I would have constant repeating system crashes after opening Firefox and the plugin loaded. The system would hardlock and I would have to force restart. Very annoying tracking down what was causing the unnecessary processor load, but once the plugin was remove the systems processor load returned to normal load on idle ~1%.