Francis Robichaud

A few posts have been written already on how to get standby to work properly on a Dell inspiron 9400/E1505. I did manage to get this working quite rapidly by fixing three values in the /etc/default/acpi-support file.

vi /etc/default/acpi-support

find and change values of:

SAVE_VBE_STATE=true
POST_VIDEO=false
USE_DPMS=true

you can also try to add “fglrx” in the MODULES_WHITELIST list.

Here is the final result of that file.

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Yesterday I had to find a way to compile libjingle for an eventual use in our university project. So here are a few of the requirements needed to build libjingle and then execute the few examples included in the library. The distro used to compile libjingle is Ubuntu Feisty 7.04.
First you need to install these libraries from the Synaptic Package Manager :

• build-essential
• libspeex-dev
• libspeex1
• libexpat1
• libexpat1-dev
• libssl-dev
• openssl

There are probably a few other libraries missing from the list above, you only need

• Speex 1.1.11.1
• oRTP 0.7.1 (warning only this version is proven to work)
• gcc 4.0.x (I had infinite issues with gcc 3.4.0 and 4.1.0), refer to this post for a post that gives directions on how to install a version of gcc not included in Synpatic. One example is e.g: ./configure –target=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc –enable-languages=c,c++
• iLBC is included in this file, extract the included ilbc-rfc3951.tar.gz, configure it, make it, install it
• LibJingle 0.4.0

LibJingle can be configure using the parameter –with-ilbc=/usr/local/
You should then be able to make libjingle.
Finally, you can execute the application call in the subfolder talk/examples/call which allows to make a vocal connection with other google talk users.

Good Luck ! If you are running in any problem, make sure you have the listed versions of the files written above.

Well, here it is, after a few months of speculation, the Nokia E61i has finally out been announced at Barcelona’s 3GSM event on Febuary 12th 2007. You can access Nokia’s Press release here, or view the device’s page here. Principal feature is a camera on the device’s back and a new joystick that differs from the previous E61 model.
Read more via Engadget.

Surprisingly, after receiving back the package from Nokia Center in Canada, the keyboard backlight was working again. I suspect that the device was shaken during shipping and that the loose contacts have fixed themselves.

Well, thanks to Canada Post for saving some time. I am sorry readers, but you will not get a complete solution on how to fix the device. But trust me, if ever you face that problem, soldering the loose contact is probably candy. I hardly believe that the backlight would need replacement since it’s made of a special material which is reliable.

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