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Comment on getting the lenovo sl300 camera to work on linux by Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:21:46 +0000

Kyle,
Sorted! I’ve just loaded Oneiric x32 on my SL300 and was grinding teeth about the webcam.
lsusb -v reports Syntek model 17ef:480a . There appears to be a kernel driver for the 17ef:480b which is in the SL400 and 500. Everything appeared fine in my webcam, the light came on, ‘Syntek Webcam’ was in the settings menu, Cheese and all webcam programs seemed very happy, no errors reported anywhere….BUT no freakin’ picture ever appeared!
Editing (well creating bcos I didn’t already have one) the options file as per yr above instructions has solved it completely.
So…thank you very very much for this extremely helpful post/blog
Mark

Comment on getting the lenovo sl300 camera to work on linux by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:34:54 +0000

I used this fix again yesterday to get my webcam to work on a fresh install of Maverick. Will probably file a bug later this week.

Comment on first academic conference and presentation: jcdl 2010 by Sanvir Manilal

Sanvir Manilal — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:38:44 +0000

So proud of you dude! All the best with your future endeavors.

Comment on nokia music store disappointment by Errol

Errol — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:04:08 +0000

Ok so Mac users can now download Nokia’s multimedia transfer app and get access to the store too. I doubt whether something will be done for us Linux users… for firefox or chrome. I’d consider buying music BUT there is NO way I’m doing so via anything on Microsoft. And if its locked up with DRM… well just another reason not to be bent outta shape by Nokia’s short sightedness with their business model.

Comment on great open source game by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:17 +0000

@Wesnoth
Hmmm…I wouldn’t say it’s up to the standard of Warcraft 3, but I agree that comparing it to Warcraft 2 could be seen as a bit harsh.
These screenshots should illustrate my views…
Wesnoth 1.6: http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.6-4.jpg
Warcraft 2: http://www.flatredball.com/frb/docs/images/d/d0/Warcraft2_Screenshot.jpg
Warcraft 3:http://www.freakygaming.com/gallery/strategy_games/warcraft_3:_the_frozen_throne/new_units.jpg

Comment on great open source game by Wesnoth

Wesnoth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:04:46 +0000

Bit unfair to say it looks like Warcraft 2, it’s more up to the standard of Warcraft 3.

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by Kyle Williams

Kyle Williams — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:17:46 +0000

@DrZook Thanks for the heads up DrZook, I'll check it out. Hopefully Nokia will fix this problem soon so that we don't need to use other programs to get a signal lock...

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by DrZook

DrZook — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:13:05 +0000

Instead of google maps, I used the “Trapster” application to the same effect. Opening the app first locked onto the GPS quite quickly. Then I opened Nokia maps and the fix was in a couple of seconds.

Comment on About by Xoluqobo

Xoluqobo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:20:16 +0000

Hello Kyle. nice blog. never knew u had one.

p.s. the marimba is pretty cool.

Comment on nokia maps bad gps signal workaround by Jeroen

Jeroen — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:46:57 +0000

This solution worked for me.
Without maps.google my signal was fixed sometimes even after 30 minutes.
Now with maps.google i got a fix within 20 seconds. After the fix i started Sygic (my navigator) and it picked up that fix inmediatly.

Thanks for this helpfull post!