I saw this post the other day. Sun is coming out with a Java store to deliver applications. These stores are getting to be a trend! I have a “Market” for my Android phone. iPhone has the same type of thing. Linux has the repositories of packages, which though you can’t purchase programs, you can easily install programs in much the same way.
Right now, it looks like the store is just in beta. I am curious to see how this works and how it catches on.
I saw this post about Google Maps on Android, and I thought I would share my comments. I had the opportunity to use my Google Maps for navigation on a trip a couple of weekends ago to Chicago. During the middle of that trip, I decided to upgrade my Google Maps through the Market. Here are some things I noticed.
When I upgraded to Juanty, my sound did not work on my laptop. I found a couple of posts that helped me get it back up and running.
Ubuntu Forums: HOWTO: PulseAudio Fixes & System-Wide Equalizer Support
I think I found this post from this one:
Ubuntu Forums: No sound after upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04
I have had trouble with the pulseaudio service not running, and so I did a little research to find the command to restart it. I haven’t tried these so be warned.
This article suggests:
pulseaudio -k; sleep 4; pulseaudio -vv
This article points out that you can use “pulseaudio –check” to see if an instance is running. Also, they mention that if the -k doesn’t work, you can use “killall pulseaudio”.
Finally, since I use Skype, I have been contemplating going back to alsa. I am not ready for that, but I am keeping this in my back pocket:
When working in a mixed environment, you are bound to run into those ^M characters at the end of your lines at some point. Here is a great link describing how to fix it. They talk about vi, but gVim works the same way.
Oracle Applications – Business & Technology: Removing ”^M” from SQL*Loader datafile
I did an earlier post where I did this, but I felt like it was sloppy. Also, I did not add files to be ignored. So, here is how to add an existing Eclipse project to Git:
Step 1: In a terminal, change directories to your Eclipse workspace and project (assuming it is called my-project)
cd ~/workspace/my-project
Step 2: intialize the repository
git init
Step 3: add any files you want to ignore — consider any test data that might contain real production data and also consider connection information
vi .git/info/exclude
Assuming you have an Apache Derby database called db, you would exclude all of the database and the log with the following two lines:
db derby.log
If you want to exclude Eclipse specific files, you may choose to add the following two lines:
.classpath .project
Step 4: Add your files to your new Git repository
git add .
Step 5: Commit your files to the repository
git commit -m "My-Project inital code"
Step 6: Tag your code with a version
git tag v1.0
Update: You may want to tag this way so other developers see your tag (thanks Dominic):
git tag -a -m "GIT v1.0" v1.0
Now, your git repository is created and contains the code from your Eclipse project.
I finally upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 last weekend. My wireless card quit working. I tried several things like reinstalling the broadcom driver and all, but it wouldn’t work in Ubuntu 8.10. I thought “”what would it hurt”, I will probably have to reinstall anyway.
The upgrade went with no problems, but it still didn’t fix my wireless problem. I finally determined that my problem was with the network-manager and not my driver because I could see it with ifconfig. So, I completely removed the network-manager, rebooted, and reinstalled. Still no luck. So, I was sitting on the couch programming with no Internet, and it just started working again!
I have noticed a few things working better! First, when I do my dual screens, I noticed that it now places my Applications bar on the laptop screen. Before, it didn’t seem to matter how I switched to dual screens, it would place my Applications bar on the other monitor.
I ran across this interesting link listing free software. I think most of it is Windows-based software though.
Here it is:
This started because I wanted to share a program I had been working on through Google Code.
First, I created the git repository by:
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare$ cd ProjectSarah/
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah$ ls
bin derby.log export.xml lib src timedb
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/skp/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah/.git/
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah$ git add .
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah$
Then, I did a commit:
skp@pecan:~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah$ git commit -m “First Release”Created initial commit 87fa855: First Release
196 files changed, 3456 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 .classpath
create mode 100644 .project
create mode 100644 bin/com/skp/ProjectSarah/ChangeClientButton.class
create mode 100644 bin/com/skp/ProjectSarah/ClientListener.class
create mode 100644 bin/com/skp/ProjectSarah/CreateTimeViewExcel.class
create mode 100644 bin/com/skp/ProjectSarah/CreateTimesheetsButton.class
create mode 100644 bin/com/skp/ProjectSarah/DateField.class…
Now, I created a new directory and started following these directions. One of the problems I had was logging in. I had to use the “My Profile” link on the upper right hand corner of Google Code. That showed what my username was, and then, the password was on the Settings tab.
mkdir ~/app/git-workspace
cd ~/app/git-workspace
git svn clone –username <username> https://project-sarah.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
cd trunk
git fetch ~/app/workspaces/pscompare/ProjectSarah/
git branch tmp $(cut -b-40 .git/FETCH_HEAD)
git tag -a -m “Last fetch” last tmp
INIT_COMMIT=$(git log tmp –pretty=format:%H | tail -1)
git checkout $INIT_COMMIT .
git commit -C $INIT_COMMIT
git rebase master tmp
git branch -M tmp master
git svn dcommit
Now, I was able to browse the source of my program online!
git branch tmp $(cut -b-40 .git/FETCH_HEAD)
As I was driving home, my phone finally asked if I wanted to install an update. I had been reading about Android 1.5, and I was ready for that update! My understanding is that this is the update that was called Cupcake.
I noticed an immediate difference as the phone was starting up. The logo screen was different as it booted. I feel like I have a new phone because everything looks different! Many people say looks don’t have any value, but it did something for me. I haven’t had time to play with it much, but I did notice the Camcorder application and I had a chance to see the virtual keyboard pop up.
I just upgraded my desktop to Xubuntu 9.04, and my Gnome Keyring password quite working. This meant that I could not connect to wireless with the network manager.
So, I deleted the file $HOME/.gnome2/keyring/default.keyring. I had to reenter the passwords, but this was no problem because it is a Desktop that is only on one network.
Hope it helps someone else.