Archive for octobre 2009

28
oct

WiFi power saving & kernel 2.6.31

As of Linux kernel 2.6.31 (currently available on Arch Linux for instance), due to a change in the iwl* drivers, the sysfs entries that were managing power saving on related WiFi chips was removed due to some power management-related bugs.
As such, it’s impossible to manually set powersaving either using sysfs or via a command like [...]

English, Linux, Programming by Jérémie Laval
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06
oct

Wicd support patch for Banshee

Shameless plug to tell I’m alive .
If you are using Wicd and usually stare at Banshee trying to download cover art or post to last.fm while you are disconnected, the following patch add just the support to fix this.
Here is the associated bug report to get the patch integrated.
In other news, school restarted [...]

C#, English, Mono, Programming by Jérémie Laval
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