Weblog by Tiago Boldt Sousa

26Jan Empathy’s auto-away

Empathy’s literally sending the user away with this kind of support. On how to disable the auto-away feature, you can read in the FAQ:

How can I disable idling / auto-away?

Switch to Pidgin. (not really, missing documentation)

Guess I really should stick with pidgin..

Edit: For that and more, I’m back to pidgin!

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21Dec Tuxes

As a long time Linux user, my love for Tux and penguins is enormous. Yesterday I’ve spent the day visiting once again the Zoo in Lisbon, where I’ve bought myself a gift. I’ll have some full-time company in my desk from now on :D

Tux

The Tux

MyTux

My Tux

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20Dec Install fglrx in Karmic

It’s been a long time since I started to use Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic. The main frustration over it was that I was unable to get my ATI Radeon HD3650 to work with the proprietary driver. A kernel panic would happen when X started.. Since the open-source drivers still don’t work that well with the HD series, I’ve started digging for some way to make it work. Yesterday I got it.

Really quick explanation, delete any fglrx driver you have from the repositories with:

sudo apt-get purge fglrx*

Next, download the driver from ATI’s site. Install it with (your version might be different than 9-12 and not x86_64):

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-12-x86.x86_64.run –buildandinstallpkg Ubuntu/karmic

Now we  have to configure the driver with:

sudo aticonfig –initial
sudo aticonfig –acpi-services=off

All done, reboot and you should be now using fglrx without a single issue. Have fun with those 3d games:)

Edit: Just tried and you can get the same result using the driver from the repository, so, instead of downloading, build and install it, you can just install it as bellow and configure it as above.

sudo apt-get instal xorg-driver-fglrx

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06Dec Codebits 2009

Wow, that was something!

This past 3 days I was at Codebits. That, I have to say, was one of the best tech conferences I’ve ever been.

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02Dec SAPO Codebits

Tomorrow I’ll be heading to Lisbon, attending Codebits, a 3 day conference organized by SAPO. Despite the late inscription, I’ve been accepted and since this is my first year attending, I’m really looking forward to it. The place is looking great, ready to accommodate 3 days of hacking by 600 attendees. You can check the calendar here.

I already have my idea and team for the programming contest, let’s see how it works out for us.

See you there? :)

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28Oct Google Gears in Ubuntu

Finally, Gears is available for all 64bit users out there in Ubuntu.
If you’re already using karmic, just do:

sudo apt-get install gears

You’re good to go!

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