If you read this message when you try to remove wicd

invoke-rc.d: initscript wicd, action "stop" failed.

do this:

~# mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/wicd.prerm /some/directory/
~# apt-get remove --purge wicd

linux, debian, wireless, wifi, wicd

HowTo config a wireless ASUS WL-167G (ralink chipset) to use a WPA wireless network. With ralink chipset we don’t have to use the wpasupplicant package.

Download the last driver:
root:~# wget http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz
Decompress it:
root:~# tar -xvzf rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz

Stop the modules that are used by the wireless interface:
root:~# ifconfig wlan0 down
root:~# modprobe -r rt73usb
root:~# modprobe -r rt2570
root:~# modprobe -r rt2500usb
root:~# modprobe -r rt2x00lib
Insert the modules that we have stopped into a blacklist so they can’t compromise the usage of new module
root:~# echo '\nblacklist rt73usb\nblacklist rt2570\nblacklist rt2500usb\nblacklist rt2x00lib' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

It’s easy: we would use the Ubuntu package’s!

HERE you can find all Pidgin packages. The exential packages are:

1. pidgin
2. pidgin-data
3. libpurple

download it and exec like superuser:
root:# dpkg -i *.deb

Have Fun!

debian, linux, pidgin

Ecco il modo per configurare l’accesso ad una rete WiFi da terminale.

Ecco alcuni comandi utili:

root:# iwlist <interfaccia> scan
mostra le reti wireless a cui potete connettervi

root:# dhclient <interfaccia>
ottenere un indirizzo IP in automatico

root:# ifconfig <interfaccia> <IP address> netmask <subnetmask>
assegnare a mano un indirizzo IP alla scheda di rete

root:# echo nameserver <IP_DNS> >> /etc/resolv.conf
aggiungere server DNS per una corretta navigazione

I’ve lost hope! Diablo was the only one games that steal my heart: Diablo, Hellfire, Diablo 2, Lord of Destruction! It was a lot of time that some rumors runs around Diablo 3 but they were only dreams. Finally the Blizzard have announced the development about Diablo 3! We have to wait until 2009 to play it!

Links:
Diablo 3 (official site)

games, diablo, blizzard

I’ve opened an irc channel to use it like a meeting point, like a chat room, in the sparetime… you can do what you want.

See you there. Have fun.

server: irc.quakenet.org
channel: #arearelax

news, irc, chat, fun

I knew it searching a Staind’s video on YouTube. The first result was Believe … and I didn’t remember a song with that title in their discography. So, I’ve visited their website and I found a nice present: The Illusion of Progress, the new album! There isn’t some news, no new sound in this album… when I’ve listen to it the first time, I’ve thinked that it wasn’t something special. But the second time was different: I really think that it could be the best album made by Staind until now.

And now the video of the new single: Believe! Good watch.

When i’ve tryed to install the closed nVidia drivers, the installation exit with the seguent error:

-> The CC version check failed:
The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.1) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc 4.2). The Linux 2.6 kernel module loader rejects kernel modules built with a version of gcc that does not exactly match that of the compiler used to build the running kernel.
If you know what you are doing and want to ignore the gcc version check, select "No" to continue installation. Otherwise, select "Yes" to abort installation, set the CC environment variable to the name of the compiler used to compile your kernel, and restart installation.

Again a cover of Apologize by OneRepublic played and sung by a beautiful girl from LosAngeles: Tamar. She’s 21 years old, she has good voice and she’s skilled to play the piano. With this cover, she won an award for the best Apologize’s cover in a competition made by OneRepublic. Have fun.

Links
youtube.com
myspace.com

music, cover, OneRepublic, Apologize, talent

After an update of my Debian SID, Compiz wont start regulary. Trying some commands, i see the following errors:

acido@hp:~$ glxinfo
Error: glXCreateContext failed

acido@hp:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.

acido@hp:~$ compiz-check
Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [FAIL]
Checking for non power of two support… [FAIL]
Checking for composite extension… [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig… [ OK ]

I have an nVidia video card and I use the proprietary drivers (so i don’t know if the same things happens with Ati or Intel video cards) and these errors happens by an upgrade of xserver-xorg package. You have to recompile yours drivers and that’s all.