duminică, 27 noiembrie 2011

Nook doesn't respond to buttons

The Nook Touch displays the screen saver. Message "Press the Button to unlock your nook" appears.
Pressing the Nook Button or Power doesn't unlock, doesn't change anything. It seems dead.
Solution: plug the charger and the nook will wake up.

joi, 24 noiembrie 2011

Hear microphone in headphones

Sometimes, like in an open space office skype talk, it is useful to hear your microphone in headphones - to not talk loudly.

To do this in Linux (Ubuntu tested):
* very easy:
-have Gnome ALSA Mixer installed
-open it
-un-check the Mute under Microphone.

Windows XP:
-double click on Sound icon
-un-set the Mute checkbox from Microphone
If Microphone doesn't appear, go to menu Options > Properties and set Microphone.

miercuri, 9 noiembrie 2011

Samba and Unix

Samba (used for Windows shares) access help:
-find name
#/usr/sfw/bin/nmblookup -A 172.16.100.8

-find resources
#/usr/sfw/bin/smbclient -L \\NETBIOS_NAME -I 172.16.100.8 -U -W

-connect
/usr/sfw/bin/smbclient \\NETBIOS_NAME\RESOURCE -I 172.16.100.8 -U -W

-or mount
#smbmount //NETBIOS_NAME/RESOURCE /mnt/tmp -o ip=IP.ADD.RE.SS