Notes

In this example, I pass the parameter “card=42″ to the module “saa7134″ when the module loads at boot time.

1. Add your module to /etc/modules

   
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules
# that should be loaded at boot time, one per line.
# Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
saa7134


2. Add options saa7134 card=42 to the end of /etc/modprobe.d/options

   # Enable double-buffering so gstreamer et. al. work
options quickcam compatible=2

   # Default hostap to managed mode
   options hostap_pci iw_mode=2
   options hostap_cs iw_mode=2

   # Stop auto-association.
   # LP: #264104
   options ipw2200 associate=0

   # XXX: Ignore HPA by default. Needs to be revisted in jaunty
   options libata ignore_hpa=1

   options saa7134 card=42

Now reboot and you should be all set.

GLOBALSAT BU353 Waterproof USB GPS Receiver

GARMIN 010-00321-00 GPS 18 Deluxe USB Sensor

The Globalsat BU-353 would be my first choice, it has very good reviews and it is waterproof.

There are only 3 files you need to backup:

• signons.txt
• signons2.txt
• key3.db

You can find those in your Firefox profile:

Linux

~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/

Windows

1. Click the Windows Start button, and select Run….
2. Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK.

You can then copy those file to another computer in your Firefox profile to use them.

This example Bash script replaces “.JPG” with “.jpg” recursively in the current directory (It can handle filenames with spaces):


#!/bin/bash

find ./ -type f -name "*.JPG" | while read FILE
do
newname=`echo $FILE | sed s/.JPG/.jpg/`
echo $newname
mv "$FILE" "$newname"
done


Convert all characters to lowercase:


#!/bin/bash

find ./ -type f -name "*" | while read FILE
do
newname=`echo $FILE | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'`
echo $newname
mv "$FILE" "$newname"
done


It allows you to get Perl pre-compiled packages. You can avoid installing a C compiler which is needed for some packages (KinoSearch for example).

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/

Alternate packages repositories:
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/