Category: Computers

Thinkpad X201S Fan Control

December 13, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Linux , Technology - by admin - No Comments

I noticed the other day (it was kind of hard to not notice, to be honest) that my laptop shut down abruptly when it overheated. This shouldn’t be the case, as the thermal controls on the mainboard should have spun up the fans. After some poking around, I found that […]

MQTT Republishing Itch

September 23, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Home Automation , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

So, I had an itch. A variety of data coming in from a variety of sources, all over different protocols and methods, with different names, heirarchies, and paths. For a while I’d been pushing the data into MySQL, but this seemed a bit of a hack, and it still didn’t […]

Accessing Novell Groupwise from Ubuntu, Mint, etc

July 12, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Novell , Work - by admin - No Comments

We use Groupwise at work, and up until recently Groupwise support was available in Evolution. I don’t know why it was dropped, but it’s fairly easy to reinstate it again if you’re prepared to build from source. These are the steps I used to build it on two Linux Mint […]

Epson SX235W on Linux

February 24, 2012 - Computers , Geek , Linux - by admin - 7 Comments

Recently my parents purchased an Epson Stylus SX235W for use with their Linux laptops. It’s a combined inkjet printer and flatbed scanner with wireless network support, all for a decent price. My dad uses Ubuntu Lucid, my own choice back when Lucid was current, and it was also conveniently on […]

Making XBMC work on Mint 12, with HDMI Audio Passthrough and LIRC

December 11, 2011 - Computers , Geek , Home , Home Automation , Linux - by admin - No Comments

I’ve got a Dell Optiplex 755 hooked up to my Yamaha amp and surround system, and it was about time XBMC was installed on it. It uses a low profile Nvidia GeForce 8400GS for VDPAU acceleration and HDMI audio. These are some rough notes I took whilst setting it up. […]