Installing OpenWRT on the Alix board

I would like my alix based machine to be something more than only a router/firewall, so I’ve decided to install and try OpenWRT: so easy …

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Walkera Lama 2-1 with the WK-2801

The WK-2801E radio can be configured to emulate a 4CH wk-2401 radio but it requires some tweaking to control the Lama 2-1 perfectly.

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Broken SD card pics

Some pictures of a broken SDHC memory card … if you ever asked yourself how they look like internally …

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domain migration

This blog is being migrated to a new domain

http://cris.bytesnblades.net

If there’s somebody listening … it’s time to update your bookmarks …

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updates notifications back to the notification area

With Ubuntu 9.04 the behavior of the notifications for software updates has been changed a bit:
software updates do not get anymore highlighted in the notification area, but the update-manager simply start minimized and hardly catches my eye …

Reverting back the behavior to the sane old one is very simple …

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fixing broken Honey Bee FP2 skids

It looks like the skids of my Honey Bee FP2 break always the same way.
I could repair them with CA glue and some sewing thread.

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Having fun with FreeSpace Open

Space combat simulations have always been among my favorite games and now that I’ve realized that the FreeSpace saga is fully playable under linux, I couldn’t resist to install, play and enjoy it!

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RTC battery on the alix2d3 board

One of the most common problems with the alix boards, in their standard configuration, is the lack of a built-in RTC battery: every time the board is powered off then the clock synchronization gets lost.
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Managing minicom settings

Minicom allows you to store and recall configuration files in a quite handy way.

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Installing Zeroshell on the Alix board

Finally I’ve got some time to play around with the installation of Zeroshell on the alix2d3 board.
The installation requires just a few steps and it’s quite easy.

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