2011年12月30日

Peoples (China Mobile HK) Data & MMS APN settings

http://androidhk.com/2009/09/09/peoples-china-mobile-hk-data-mms-apn-settings-android/
name: Peoples DATA
APN: peoples.net
APN Type: default
name: Peoples MMS
APN: peoples.mms
MMSC: http://mms.peoples.com.hk/mms
MMS PROXY: 172.31.31.36
MMS PORT: 8080
APN Type: mms

2011年12月20日

Free alternative PDF readers - Foxit Reader, Nitro Reader and PDF-XChange Viewer

Comments on the free alternative PDF readers

Foxit Reader: support annotations, load PDF quick, version 4.3 works well under Linux WINE
Nitro Reader: best for normal user, Office 2007-like easy-to-use interface, support annotations, built-in PDF creator
PDF-XChange Viewer free: support annotations, support OCR (in version 2.5), support page rotation.

Feature missing: merging pages, extracting pages -- solutions: PDFill

ref:
Battle of the alternative PDF Reader (Foxit Reader vs Nitro Reader vs PDF-XChange Viewer)
Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader

2011年11月18日

Fail to compile kernel 2.4 in VMWare Player

If you compile your own version of kernel, a error message are returned
No module BusLogic found for kernel 2.4.12
mkinitrd failed
Solution:

  1. Open a new terminal window and open the /etc/modprobe.conf file.
  2. Comment out the line with BusLogic and save the changes.

Ref: Upgrading VMware Tools fails with the error: No module BusLogic found for kernel x.x.xx-xx, aborting

2011年11月6日

Clean Lenovo System Update Temp Cached Files

System Update Disc Usage? - Lenovo Community
Yes, it's ok to remove most files from inside the \Lenovo\System Update\session directory. You should however NOT remove the following files from this location:
  • system
  • temp
  • QuestResponse.xml
  • updates.ser

de-duplicate files / find duplicate file

AllDup
http://www.alldup.info/

2011年11月3日

Auto Slient schedule/meeting/appointment software in Android

Auto Ringmode (Lite)
Auto Slience
Auto Cilent Pro
AutpCalm
Bibiku
RingWise Free
Silence Scheduler
Silent-Mode Gold

2011年10月18日

dante-client (socksify) broken on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

ERROR: ld.so: object '/lib/libdl.so.2' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

Solution:
ln -sf /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 /lib/libdl.so.2
ln -sf /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so


Ref:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dante/+bug/767085

2011年9月23日

2011年9月22日

PDF printer disappear after a Adobe Acrobat 8 upgrade

http://acrobatusers.com/forum/deployment-installation/adobe-pdf-printer-disappears-after-81-update#comment-30819
1. Start -> Settings -> Printers and Faxes
2. Add Printer
3. select 'Local printer attached to this computer' (uncheck the 'automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer' box)
4. In "Use the following port", select "My Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF Port)".
5. Pick a random Manufacturer and Printer
6. Printer Name ('Adobe PDF Printer' is what I use).
7. Right-click on your newly created printer in the Printers and Faxes folder -> Properties -> Advanced tab.
8. In 'Driver', select 'Adobe PDF Converter'
9. Done

2011年9月20日

halt problem in Ubuntu 11.04 amd64 and Dell Optiplex 990

Just add the option "reboot=pci" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1741668&page=7#62
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/768039

2011年9月18日

Change Microsoft Security Essentials Update Frequency

1. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Antimalware\MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate "

http://www.techrena.net/windows/change-microsoft-security-essentials-update-frequency/

2. http://www.mydigitallife.info/fix-microsoft-security-essentials-mse-not-auto-update-virus-and-spyware-definitions-signature-problem/
Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).
Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Microsoft Antimalware/Signature Updates

In the right pane, take ownership and grant full control permissions on a registry key, a REG_DWORD value named SignatureUpdateInterval.
Double click on the SignatureUpdateInterval. By default, its value is 24 (in Decimal) or 18 (in Hexadecimal). Change its value to any number between 1 and 24 (both inclusive) in Decimal.
The numerical value determines how frequent and how fast (in hours) Microsoft Security Essentials will check for updates and update the virus and spyware definitions.

Restart the computer.

2011年7月30日

靈格斯(靈格斯)軟件提示過期解決辦法

最近有部分用户出现”一直提示软件过期” 的问题, 解决的办法是点击过期提示对话框中的 “立即升级” 按钮, 完成后重启软件即可.如果还不行的话, 请从此处下载 system.inc 文件, 拷贝到灵格斯安装目录下覆盖原文件, 即可解决.
另外, 我们在近几日内就会推出正式版本, 彻底解决Beta版过期问题, 以方便大家使用, 请稍加耐心等候, 谢谢!

2011年5月24日

Compile tgif under cygwin (Windows)

Had imake, make, gcc, libX11, libXext, (xterm), libXt(for tgif4.2), libXmu(for tgif4.2), Xming install in your cygwin
Also download tgif (my case 4.1.42)
Then run:
rm Tgif.tmpl
cp Tgif.tmpl-cygwin Tgif.tmpl
xmkmf
make tgif.exe
make install
tgif.exe -display localhost:0

ref:
http://bourbon.usc.edu:8001/tgif/faq/compile.html
http://www.nebadje.org/doku.php?id=forum:blogcls#tgif_on_cygwin

http://uguisu.skr.jp/Windows/app.html

2011年3月6日

Windows batch for forceing HK access through CUHK VPN

@echo off
set gw=137.189.192.204
set itf=57
route ADD 14.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 27.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 58.0.0.0 MASK 254.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 61.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 110.0.0.0 MASK 254.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 112.0.0.0 MASK 248.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 175.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 180.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 182.0.0.0 MASK 254.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 202.0.0.0 MASK 254.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 220.0.0.0 MASK 252.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 210.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%
route ADD 218.0.0.0 MASK 254.0.0.0 %gw% METRIC 3 IF %itf%

2011年2月9日

Using Trackpoint in Thinkpad under Linux

我與小黑(ThinkPad X200s)之小紅點 
echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select
sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

2011年1月15日

Offline map generator for RMap -- TrekBuddy Atlas Creator

Dr. TYT 的 Android 地圖: Android 離線地圖系列(三):離線地圖製作器 TrekBuddy Atlas Creator 1.2 beta 1 (android-map.blogspot.com Version 1)
http://android-map.blogspot.com/2009/07/gps-trekbuddy-atlas-creator.html

 PC 端離線地圖製作軟體 Mobile Atlas Creator 1.8 正式版
http://android-map.blogspot.com/2010/11/mobile-atlas-creator-18.html
All In One 整合版 Mobile_Atlas_Creator_1.8_SQLite.zip

Mobile Atlas Creator
http://mobac.dnsalias.org/