Debian live USB persistent di HP Pavillion DV3 laptop

Laptop:

HP Pavilion dv3-2165ee

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&document=&product=4029986&

A. Membuat Debian live USB flash:

Source:

http://chalsattack.blogspot.com/2011/03/creating-debian-live-usb-pendrive-with.html

1. Buka website http://live.debian.net/ dan download usb-hdd image dari sini:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/i386/usb-hdd/debian-live-6.0.3-i386-gnome-desktop.img

2. Colokkan usb fflash drive, periksa mount point dengan menjalankan perintah di terminal $mount

3. Copy image ke usb flash drive dengan printah:

$ dd if=debian-live-6.0.3-i386-gnome-desktop.img of=/dev/sdd

(Sesuaikan sdd dengan nama device kita)

4. Setelah proses copy selesai, siapkan partisi di sisa space yang ada di usb flash drive untuk keperluan menyimpan data hasil live persistent nantinya.

Jalankan perintah di terminal: $sudo gparted

Dari menu pilihan drive, pilih sdd

Kita harus unmount drivenya, klik kanan dan unmount

Klik kanan pilih: new - Primary partition - ext2 - label: live-rw - add - apply changes

Selesai.

5. Pada saat booting, klik escape dan ketik:

boot: live persistent

B. Enable mouseclick with touchpad

C. Sesuaikan repo untuk mengakifkan contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

D. Kalau perlu, instal Nvidia driver:

VERSION=`uname -r`

apt-get install nvidia-kernel-$VERSION nvidia-glx

apt-get install nvidia-xconfig

nvidia-xconfig

apt-get nvidia-settings

Source:

http://www.unixmen.com/script-to-install-nividia-driver-in-debian-squeeze-with-one-click/

E. Instal flashplugins

F. Instal pulseaudio

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio paprefs pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils libasound2-plugins paman pavumeter pulseaudio-esound-compat libpulse0 libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio

Source:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/111432/#p111432

G. Masalah: suara tidak keluar.

Untuk mengatasinya buat hidden file di home bernama .asoundrc dengan isi:

pcm.pulse {

type pulse

}

ctl.pulse {

type pulse

}

pcm.!default {

type pulse

}

ctl.!default {

type pulse

}

Source:

http://www.shcherbyna.com/?p=1059

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Selesai

Note:

Debian live usb di laptop ini sangat cepat dan responsif.

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Debian Lenny - simple fix for Trident video card

My note for my old laptop which has Trident Cyberblade video card.

Reference:
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/nix/32431-omg-xorg-trident-video-4hours-wasted-time.html

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/49247

By default Debian Lenny and Ubuntus (even the latest 9.04 version) can only show 800x600 as the maximum resolution while the correct resolution should be 1024 x 768

To overcome the problem usually I copied the xorg.conf file from any other distros (mostly Mepis and Sidux).

Today I found the above references, and it turns out that the solution is really simple, just add 2 lines in the "Monitor" section of the default xorg.conf as follows:

HorizSync 28-96
VertRefresh 50-75

(The above values I took from sidux's xorg.conf).

Now from the System > Preferences > Screen Resolution menu, I can choose the refresh rate (60, 70 or 75 Hz).

Below is the complete xorg.conf

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver        "kbd"
 Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
 Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
 Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
 Driver        "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
 HorizSync      28-96
 VertRefresh    50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier    "Default Screen"
 Monitor       "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Xorg.conf for my desktop

For my own reference, this xorg.conf is taken from Linux Mint Elyssa on my desktop, works also for Mepis 8.0 Gnome:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver  "kbd"
 Option  "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option  "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver  "mouse"
 Option  "CorePointer"
 Option  "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor  "Configured Monitor"
 Device  "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen  "Default Screen"
EndSection

Yamaha YMF-754 sound card problem on Debian Lenny, my easy workaround.

I have installed Debian Lenny on my old laptop and everything works nicely except one very important thing: the sound did not work.
The sound card is Yamaha Corporation YMF-754.

This is my workaround which works for me:

Go to sidux's online manual, click on the left menu link:
Graphic Cards, Monitors & miscellaneous Drivers > Hardware needing non-free drivers

Scroll down and find this line:

Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 audio devices:
fetch the firmware from http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware-from-kernel.git
and place it under /lib/firmware/yamaha/.



I do not know what is "fetch" means, so I just click the above link and then click "snapshot" to download the firmware (the file is compressed in tar.gz).



Extract the file to get these three files:
ds1_ctrl.fw
ds1_dsp.fw
ds1e_ctrl.fw



Create a directory for the firmware:
# mkdir /lib/firmware/yamaha/

Copy those three files to that directory.

Restart the computer, and the sound card now works.


Problem solved.

Mencoba Debian Lenny di Laptop Jadul

Setelah mencoba Mepis Gnome, jadi kepingin juga merasakan induknya yaitu Debian Lenny :)
Akhirnya saya download cd net install nya dan menginstalnya di laptop jadul (Toshiba Tecra 8200, P3 850 Mhz 256 MB RAM, 20GB HD).
Dengan mengikuti beberapa panduan dari website (seperti Howtoforge, Deviceguru dsb), instalasi berjalan cukup lancar.
Dengan koneksi ADSL netinstal selesai dalam waktu sekitar 1,5 jam.

Berikut beberapa catatannya:

Repositori:
Setelah proses instal selesai, saya tambahkan repositori “contrib non-free” dan “debian multimedia” di file /etc/apt/sources.list sehingga hasilnya sbb:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090214-16:03]/ lenny main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

Kemudian dari terminal saya jalankan:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring
# apt-get update

Wireless:
USB wifi adapter tidak dikenali karena Debian tidak menyediakan firmwarenya berhubung lisensinya non-free.
Namun firmware tsb masih tersedia di repositori contrib dan non-free sehingga sangat mudah diinstal, cukup dengan membuka terminal dan jalankan:
# apt-get install zd1211rw

Multimedia:
Untuk menginstal “flashplayer-mozilla”, pertama2 harus dimatikan dulu flashplayer versi 9.0 bawaan yang ada di browser Iceweasel.
Caranya buka Iceweasel, klik menu > Tools >Add-ons > Plugins > Shockwave Flash 9.0 > Disable Kemudian buka terminal dan jalankan:
# apt-get install flashplayer-mozilla

Setelah terinstal, lanjutkan dengan:
# cp /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Selanjutnya install file2 ini agar Debian Lenny dapat memainkan aplikasi multimedia standar:
# apt-get install mozilla-mplayer , w32codecs , libdvdcss2

Aplikasi tambahan yang saya instal:
# apt-get nautilus-open terminal , nautilus-gksu , gdebi

Resolusi layar:
Resolusi layar hanya tampil 800x600, padahal seharusnya resolusi normal adalah 1024 x 768.
Laptop ini menggunakan video card "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/XP", dan sebenarnya drivernya (trident) sudah terinstal, namun Debian tidak bisa menampilkan resolusi layar dengan benar.

Saya kurang tahu bagaimana sebenarnya masalah resolusi layar ini di atur di linux (xorg.conf), karena beberapa distro yang saya coba di laptop ini secara otomatis akan mengatur dan menampilkan resolusi dengan benar (Mepis, Puppy Linux, Mandriva, dsb).
Sedangkan beberapa distro lain seperti Ubuntu dan semua derivatifnya tidak dapat menampilkan resolusi layar dengan benar.
Untuk mengatasinya, sementara saya lakukan dengan cara mengcopy file xorg.conf dari Mepis.

Update: masalah resolusi layar ini juga bisa diatasi dengan cara yang ada postingan ini.


Agak lambat:
Selain itu Debian Lenny juga terasa agak lambat dan sedikit kurang responsif dibandingkan dengan Mepis Gnome.
Ini agak aneh karena menurut beberapa review, Debian cukup ringan dan cepat.
Sampai saat ini belum ketemu kenapa Debian terasa lambat.

Update: setelah memakai Debian beberapa lama, ternyata tidak terasa lambat lagi, normal2 saja. Bahkan terasa cukup responsif dan sangat stabil.


Sound Card:
Masalah lain adalah: sound card tidak dikenali oleh Debian.
Laptop ini menggunakan sound card “Yamaha Corporation YMF-754 [DS-1E Audio Controller] ”
Kabarnya karena masalah lisensi juga, maka Debian tidak dapat menyediakan firmwarenya dan sayangnya firmware tsb juga tidak terdapat di repositori contrib dan non-free.

Sebenarnya sound card tersebut didukung oleh alsa-project dan firwarenya juga tersedia di sana, namun sayangnya cara instalnya kurang jelas.
Dari hasil googling kelihatannya banyak juga yang dipusingkan dengan kasus ini.
Seharusnya paling tidak Debian menjelaskan cara yang mudah untuk menginstalnya.
Jadi untuk sementara laptop berjalan tanpa suara :(

Update: masalah sound sudah teratasi, lihat postingan ini.




Kesimpulan:
Ternyata cukup mudah menginstal Debian dan mengaturnya dengan hasil tidak jauh berbeda dengan distro2 yang user-friendly seperti Ubuntu atau Mepis.
Hanya sayangnya di laptop ini Debian terasa agak lambat dan yang sangat mengganggu adanya masalah dengan sound.
Mungkin lebih baik instal Mepis Gnome lagi.

Tampaknya Debian akan bertahan lama di laptop jadul ini :)

Update:

Ternyata ada CD netinst Debian yang sudah memuat non-free firmware:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

Unofficial non-free CDs including firmware packages

These images are equivalent to the normal "netinst" CDs that we produce regularly, but they also include non-free firmware to make installation easier on some systems requiring proprietary but redistributable firmware.

See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for more details.

Mepis Gnome Remaster

Mepis Gnome Remaster is an unofficial remaster version of Mepis, changing the default desktop from KDE to Gnome.
More information including download sources is available in mepislovers forum.

Mepis is always one of my fav distro as it always works for me.
However after using Ubuntu I am getting used to gnome, so I am really glad that now there is a gnome version of Mepis.

I installed it on my aging laptop (Toshiba Tecra PIII 850Mhz 256MB RAM) and as I expected mostly everything works out of the box.

Some notes:

1. Boot up and shut down takes a little bit longer.
2. Screen resolution is perfectlly configured.
   As always, Mepis automatically recognize the trident cyberblade chip used by this laptop.
3. My wifi usb adapter works out of the box (it uses zd1211rw driver).
   By default nm-applet is not available, connection is exclusively handled by Mepis Network Assistant and so far it works flawlessly.
   (Edit: the new Mepis Network Assistant has been improved, now I can see and choose the available connections just like using gnome net work manager)
   
4. I removed the sensor applet from the panel as it showed error message.
5. I canged the default boot splash, wallpaper and theme as they are too "strong" for my taste :)
   Changed the boot splash from Applications / System Tools / Configuration Editor menu, select apps | gnome-session | options | edit splash_image.
   I also added upper panel as I am more familiar with two gnome panels.
   
   
   
   
6. Suspend to RAM works out of the box.
7. By default there is no office application, so I installed Open Office 3.0 by following the steps from here.
8. Other than Open Office I also installed gthumb (for simple picture resizing and editing) and system-config-printer-gnome (printing tools).
9. In the main menu there was "Debian" sub menu which was disabled.
   Enabling this sub menu reveals many important applications (for example: HPLIP printing/fax tools)
10. Like the original version of Mepis, multimedia support (flash, java, mp3) works out of the box, but Mplayer could not play my dvd movie.

So far using Mepis Gnome Remaster in my old laptop has been a very positive experience. Everything is just running smooth and stable.
Most notably it feels light and fast, better than any other Gnome distro I tried on this laptop.
I like it a lot.


(Last edited: 06/04/2009)

USB Wifi Adapter with zd1211rw driver in Debian

Download the correct firmware from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/

Extract the archive and copy all files to /lib/firmware/zd1211

Open terminal as root and type:

# modprobe zd1211rw

Network-manager applet should recongnize the usb wifi adapter and scan the network.

Otherwise as root type:

# iwlist scan

( Source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=3163685#post3163685 )

Information for Intel graphics driver users

Quote

........

Configuration

The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize the card. The only lines you should need in the "Device" section of your xorg.conf file are:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "intel"
   Driver     "intel"
EndSection

......

Unquote


Source:

/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz


(This post was edited on 16 Dec 2008 8:21 PM)
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How I installed Linux Mint theme into Ubuntu Hardy

I am very impressed with the "Lightning" theme of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa on my laptop, so I installed it on my desktop which is currently running Ubuntu Hardy.

The steps:

1. Go to Linux Mint Repository site and download these two files: gtk2-engines-aurora and gtk2-engines-candido
   
   
2. Go to this website and download this file: mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   This file contains Mint Green icons and several Linux Mint themes, wallpapers and GDM themes.
   
   
3. Install those three files in point 1 and 2:
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-aurora_1.4-1nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-candido_0.9.1-2nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg-i mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   
   
4. Using USB flash disk, copy the Lightning directory from /usr/share/themes directory in the laptop to home directory in Ubuntu desktop.
   
   Change its permission:
   sudo chmod 755 -R Lightning/
   
   move it to ./themes directory in Ubuntu:
   mv Lightning/ .themes/
   
   
5. Go to System > Preference > Appearance > Theme and select Lightning.

Enjoy the Lightning theme, it is really fast and lightning :)

Linux Mint + Plain Gnome + Lightning = lite and fast

Linux Mint has become very popular and naturally I tempted to try it again, so recently I installed it's latest version (Linux Mint 5-r1 Elyssa) on my old laptop.

It is nice but a little bit heavy for the limited resources on my laptop.
Searching in google, I found a guide to improve the gnome performance here.

Basically it simply suggest to make gnome "plain" by turning off the menu icons, splash screen, panel animation etc, plus "using a theme which require less cpu resources".

So I did as suggested and when I was playing with Linux Mint's themes, I stumbled upon one of the included themes, named "Lightning".
When I tried this theme, suddenly everything feels lite and fast.
And I think this theme is also beautiful:



Well, thank's to Linux Mint, now I have a nice, lite and fast distro which is perfect for my old laptop.

xorg.conf - Ubuntu 8.04 for Toshiba Tecra 8200 Laptop

For my personal note, I put here the content of xorg.conf file of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron for my old laptop.

I have to use this xorg.conf because the default one failed to give correct video resolution of the laptop.

This is also applicable on Linux Mint 5.0 Elyssa (I have tested it), and most probably on other distros based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

I created the xorg.conf by following a nice tips I found on Ubuntuforums.
Big thank's to ilovelinux33467 who wrote the tips ..... (and yes, he is only 14 years old !!! )


##
##
## SOURCE: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4772671
## BIG THANK'S TO: ilovelinux33467
##
##
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 0
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1024x768"
Horizsync 31.5-48.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
Modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" #
Identifier "device1"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 1
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Defaultdepth 24
Monitor "monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
Identifier "monitor1"
Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Puppy Linux 4.0 on my old laptop: it's getting better

Recently I tried one of my fav distro, Puppy Linux, on my very old laptop Toshiba Tecra 8200.
And this time I found a pleasant surprise.

Previous versions of Puppy Linux always failed to boot on this laptop as they were unable to recognize the video chipset of the laptop, which is Trident Cyberblade XP.

Usually as a workaround I followed the steps as suggested in this thread and this thread in Puppy's Forum, which was basically I had to copy a working xorg.conf from other distro and then pasted it to Puppy when the booting halted.

In the newest version of Puppy Linux, the 4.0 version, I don't have to do that workaround again.
Now during booting session, the following message came out:



I just followed the instruction, then the wizard came out guiding me to choose the video/display hardware configuration:






And it works !

(Posted from Puppy Linux 4.0)

The easiest way to create Ubuntu 8.04 LiveUSB

I just found the easiest way to create Ubuntu 8.04 live usb flash disk, thanks to this nice tool:

http://klik.atekon.de/liveusb/


The steps:

- Run the Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop live cd.

- Download the tool from here.

- Right click the downloaded file and click "Open with Gdebi Package Installer" (it will automatically download and install two additional packages, i.e. mtools and syslinux)

- Insert the USB flash disk.

- Go to System > Administration > Install Live USB



- A window titled "Create Live USB System" will pop-up, select the Target Drive, click Execute.
(bonus: there is an option to download and install Adobe Flash).


- Wait the files copied from cd to the flash disk.

- Done

Mencoba OpenBravo ERP di Mepis 7.0

Selain PostBooks, OpenBravo adalah salah satu aplikasi ERP opensource yang sangat populer. OpenBravo dirancang sebagai aplikasi berbasis web, sehingga setelah diinstal di server, untuk mengaksesnya cukup dengan menggunakan browser, yang bisa dijalankan dari Linux, Windows ataupun Mac.

Ada banyak referensi dan tutorial mengenai cara menginstal OpenBravo di linux, dan salah satu yang menurut saya sangat bagus buat pemula adalah ini:

http://www.moixo.com/en/setup-openbravo-ubuntu-feisty-fawn

Untuk menginstal OpenBravo, tahapan yang diperlukan adalah sbb:

1. Instal dan setup Java SDK
2. Instal dan setup Tomcat dan Ant
3. Instal dan setup PostgreSQL
4. Instal dan setup OpenBravo

Khusus untuk point ke 3 yaitu setup PostgreSQL, saya mengikuti tutorial yang juga cukup bagus dari:

http://www.murti.web.ugm.ac.id/2007/11/24/how-to-install-openbravo-on-gutsy/

Akhirnya di salah satu partisi yang berisi Mepis 7.0, saya coba install OpenBravo versi gratisnya yang terbaru (2.35-MP1).

Dari coba2 sesaat OpenBravo, memang terasa aplikasi ERP ini sangat bagus dan lengkap. Tidak heran jika OpenBravo saat ini menduduki ranking atas di sourceforge.net untuk kelompok aplikasi enterprise maupun finansial.

Beberapa link OpenBravo:

http://www.openbravo.com

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openbravo

http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/Openbravo_ERP_installation#Bitrock_installer

http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/Getting_started_with_Openbravo

http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/index.php/User_Manual

http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/index.php/User_Manual_2.3/Financial_Management


Beberapa screenshot:










Sekian dulu.

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Mencoba xTuple PostBooks ERP di Ubuntu Hardy

PostBooks adalah versi gratis aplikasi sistem ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) berbasis open source buatan xTuple.

Untuk menjalankan databasenya, PostBooks menggunakan Postgresql.

Setelah baca2 berbagai referensi, akhirnya berhasil juga menginstal PostBooks di Ubuntu Hardy.

Berikut referensi yang saya ikuti:

Howto Forge
http://howtoforge.com/postbooks_on_ubuntu704

Video Instalasi PostBooks di Ubuntu 7.04
http://www.xtuple.com/pbvideos/installu.html

Tambahan konfigurasi:
http://www.xtuple.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2266

Websites:
http://www.xtuple.com/
http://www.openmfg.com/index.php
http://www.xtuple.org/
http://www.xtuple.org/phpBB2/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/postbooks/

User Guide:
http://www.xtuple.com/docs/userguide/
http://www.openmfg.com/download/demo.pdf


Dan berikut beberapa screenshots-nya:

3Com OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless Router unable to connect over PPPoE [SOLVED]

For my internet connection at home I am using 3Com OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless Router (model 3CRWDR101A-75)

Some days ago, suddenly the router failed to make connection.

It turns out that the problem was caused by two things i.e.: the connection setting had changed from PPPoA to PPPoE and the router needed updated firmware to be able to connect over PPPoE.

Solving this problem is easy:

- download the latest firmware (the firmware name is 3CRWDR101A-75_v1.10.00.A.exe) from here

- extract it (since it's an exe file, I use 7zip on windows) and get this file: 3CRWDR100A-72_FW_V206T13.bin

- open the router web interface, go to the System Tools > Upgrade section and install the firmware from there

Problem solved.


Behind the scene:

Solving the above problem was easy, but how to find the solutions was not that easy for me.
I found out that there were two main things causing the problems i.e.: the connection from ISP had been changed to PPPoE and the router needed updated firmware to be able to connect using PPPoE.
But before came to that findings, I had to go through long and tedious trial and error steps:

- First try was resetting and reconfiguring the router to it's default setting provided by the ISP, but this had no effect.
All indicator lamps of the router were on, except the on-line indicator.

- My next try was checking whether there was a problem with the ADSL line so I unplugged the router and replaced it with the modem I got from the ISP (it is Speedtouch USB 330 ADSL Modem and it is not natively supported in linux). Booted to windows and tried to make connection, but still there was no connection.

- I concluded that there was a problem with the ADSL line so I called the ISP.
Their suggestion was reinstalling the driver of the modem.
Although I thought they did not understand the problem, I did their suggestion, reinstalled the modem driver and strangely connection worked using the modem. So the ADSL line was O.K.

- I replaced the modem with the router to make connection but still it was unable to make connection.

- Checked the log in the router, saw error message: "PPP fail: Timeout in LCP negotiation"

- Re-plugged the modem, made connection and checked the connection properties on the modem.
I noted that the connection now used PPPoE protocol (with encapsulate: LLC). I knew that initially it was PPPoA and WCMUX. I didn't have any idea why it changed.

- To make sure, I booted to Ubuntu 7.10 live CD, installed (on live mode) the USB ADSL Modem Manager and set the connection.
When I set it to PPPoE I got connection and when I set it to PPPoA the modem failed to connect. So it was confirmed the connection now use PPPoE protocol.

- However when I plugged the router again and reconfigured it's settings to PPPoE accordingly, it was still unable to get connection.

- Checked the log in the router and saw error message: "PPPoE send PADI"

- At this step I started to googling and googling, using the error messages on the log as the keyword.
I also tried many combination of keywords like: "router unable to connect pppoe" "3Com unable to connect with PPPoE" e.t.c.
After reading a lot of posting from google, I found several useful posting leading to the solution of my problem.

- This posting introduced me about something I did not realize: maybe I should upgrade the firmware of the router.

- Then this posting confirmed that a firmware upgrade was required.
The posting is in Spanish (?) but luckily the author quoted in English that there was a bug in the router firmware causing it to prevent to connect using PPPoE, and he also showed this link on 3Com website to download the firmware.

- I searched again to find out how to upgrade the firmware and found this posting.

- At this stage I realized that I should go to the manufacturers (3Com) website at the first place before searching from other sources.


Moral of the story:

- When there is a problem with the hardware, I should find out the error message from the log.

- Before googling, I should go to the manufacturer's website first and check the firmware update available for the related hardware and read the release notes.

Mandriva One 2008.1 and old laptop: it works \o/

Yes ! Eventually Mandriva One 2008.1 works in my old laptop !
(And it means I have to apologize to Mandriva for my previous post).

This is what happened:
- out of curiousity, I created the CD again, this time I burned it at the slowest speed
- run the CD and, same as previous, after three second of initial boot splash, the booting instantly stopped, the screen become blank and the laptop remain silent
- previously at this stage I would reset the laptop, but this time unintentionally I left the laptop on, I forgot to reset it
- then after about 3 minutes, suddenly the screen showed the initial boot splash again the cd started to spin, the booting process continued !
- about 7 minutes later, the desktop came alive perfectly :)




I knew it. I knew that somehow Mandriva would work, I just did not know how.

And I found some very interesting stuff:

1. When I inserted my USB flash, one application called "Drak Snapshot" came out. It is a back-up application and it is very nice and user-friendly.



2. My USB wifi adapter recognized out of the box and I think the wifi setup in Mandriva is the easiest ever.



3. The Control Centre is superb, it even has Parental Controls !



Also I have to mention that some Mandriva users have been kindly tried to help me.
In my previous post, meta and fabrice immediately dropped their comments offering some suggestions.

When I posted my problem on their forum, immediately it also got attention and very nice responses from Reebus (a very active and helpful user) and the famous moderator himself: Adam Williamson.
Thank you guys !

Well. now this is the hard part: shall I install Mandriva to replace Mepis....

Mandriva One 2008.1 and old laptop: alas ....

Several months ago, I had a chance to try running the live cd version of Mandriva One (version 2008) on my old laptop.
At that time I was very impressed, it was beautiful, very user-friendly and everything just worked flawlessly. I really like it so much that I decided to install it permanently replacing Ubuntu Gutsy.
Later on I postponed the plan in view that the new version (2008.1 Spring) was under development, I thought I better wait for it.
So when Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring was out several days ago, I was very excited.
Although I prefer the Gnome version, I also downloaded the KDE version to try this beautiful distro.

Alas, my excitement did not last long.

Both CD did not manage to boot, all I got was initial boot splash and then the booting instantly stopped, leaving the screen in black.
(Strangely both CD works fine on my desktop).

I have tried many distro on this laptop and that was the first time it failed to boot, so I was very curious.
I tried to boot using boot parameters combination (adjusting the screen resolution, set the acpi off, remove splash, etc) without any success.
For several days I tried and tried, searching any information on the net, hoping to find any clue, but so far I could not find any.

Well, for now I have to give up and forget installing this beautiful distro on my old laptop.
I guess this time I am not lucky :(

xorg.conf - Ubuntu Gutsy for Toshiba Tecra 8200 Laptop

Content of xorg.conf file of Ubuntu Gutsy for my laptop:


# xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/XP"
Driver "trident"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-51
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/XP"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection