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ever ran into a (x)sane-message claiming an error to scan via hplip like this?

"failed to open device hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP?ip=192.168.12.34"

well, it turned out that on my system (currently ubuntu 9.04) HPLIP was installed fine and even downloading and installing HP’s proprietary code for scanning was done right by HPLIP. what actually was missing is a link on “libhpmud.so”, issuing the following command solved my problem and everything works fine now:

 sudo /bin/ln -s /usr/lib/libhpmud.so.0 /usr/lib/libhpmud.so

for more information, see launchpad bug nr 357801

as always, apple thinks they know what’s best for the user and keep him from adjust anything to its gusto… ever wondered why the photos you sync to your iphon/ipod are completely random and out of order? no matter about filenames or meta-information like exif? no way to sort them? grrrr

well, the filename doesn’t count (otherwise digikam would be a solution by batch-renaming your favorite pictures): no, it’s the file’s timestamp (to be precise, the timestamp of the last change)!!

here’s a neat script to adjust those timestamps so the photos get sorted by mapping an ascending order from the filenames to their respective timestamp:

david uebelacker: iphone bilder sortieren

Today I had a brand-new Sony VAIO VGN-Z41WD on my desk and was asked to set it up with Win7. After creating recovery DVDs with the installed Vista, I tried to enter the BIOS – and failed. This machine is not equipped with ston-aged 8-bit BIOS code but finally manufacturers seem to make the move towards EFI.

Well, F2 is the key to press when the InsydeH2O-logo appears on the boot screen. Pressing other keys along with it seems to confuse the machine (and makes it ignore all of them, which is why I probably failed to enter the EFI-setup at first).

Unfortunately, the Insyde locks out the user from most options available in a classic BIOS setup. Currently it seems like this restriction can be removed, for more information see those blog entries:

http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/2009/07/enable-vt-on-insydeh2o-based-sony-vaio.html
http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/06/enabling-intel-vt-on-the-aspire-8930g/