Har kört Linux på min privata laptop i några år. Skall man vara riktigt petig så är det Ubuntu som är den distribution som jag använder. Har hela tiden följt med på uppgraderingarna som skett och jag måste säga att det har fungerat väldigt bra att uppgradera. Som bootloader används Grub som uppgraderas till version 2.0 i och med version 9.10 i Ubuntu. Ubuntu har dock valt att inte uppgradera booloadern automatiskt vid uppgradering av operativsystem utan detta måste göras manuellt. Bestämde mig idag för at göra uppgraderingen av Grub från version .097 till 2.0. Detta var busenkelt att göra för det vara bara att följa instruktionerna i Upgrading to GRUB 2 From GRUB
Category Archives: technology
Today I enabled 2-step verification in Google Apps
Today I enabled 2-step verification in Google Apps. This means that if you want to you can use 2 factor authentication when logging in to Google Apps services such as GMail. You can’t force your users to use 2-step verification, they must opt-in themselves.
Anyway, I did opt-in with my account and downloaded the Google Authenticator to my Android that is used for generating codes. It all work well and now I’m using 2-factor authentication for my Google account.
Added a second monitor to my laptop with Ubuntu
I decided to move my 21″ monitor from my desktop computer to my laptop that runs Ubuntu. Since I have a DVI interface on my monitor and a HDMI interface on my laptop I had to buy a adapter. I bought one at Clas Olson and it worked perfectly.
How to find the uptime
Now and then I need to find out for how long the server has been running. And it’s easy.
Linux
Just run the command uptime
Windows
Just run the command net statistics server
More disk capacity
Bought 2 new 1.5TB hard drives in the US and they are now installed in my NAS. How easy it was to upgrade, replace disk #1and repair and then replace disk #2 and repair, DONE. I just love my Sonology 
I bought a new router today
Ok, I had problems with my old router so I decided to buy a new one. Didn’t I have warranty left on my old router? I couldn’t remember when I bought it so I had to search for my invoice. I know I bought it in an on-line store but didn’t remember which one and when. I found the invoice in my mailbox and it was InWarehouse and I bought it the 10th of June 2008. I had read on D-Link’s homepage that the warranty time was 2 years. ahhhhh, I missed the warranty time with 2 days…….. Ok, no good to cry over that so I bought a new one today.
The blog software is now updated
I have updated this blog to the latest and greatest version (2.8.4a). We where running WordPress on version 2.7.1 and there was some security issues with that version so it feels good that the upgrade is done.
If you encounter any problems just send an e-mail.
/Peter
Updated my phone to Android 1.6
Today I updated my ADP1 to Android 1.6. I flashed the device using an updated recovery image (read more). The process is simple, this is how I did it.
First we need to download the radio image and the recovery image from HTC. After the files are downloaded it’s time start the update. This is a two step process, first we will install the radio image and then the recovery image.
I’m now using my Google Apps account on Android
When I bought my Android phone 6 months ago I wasn’t able to use my Google Apps account for my own domain (merikan.com). The only account that worked was my GMail account, so I have been using this until today. I wasn’t so eager to switch since i have all my IM friends connected to my GMail account but now I have changed this so it was time to do a change on my phone to.
Problem med flash i Ubuntu
Har haft lite trubbel med flash spelaren på min Ubuntu maskin. Vet att när jag satte upp den så valde jag en av tre flash spelare för Firefox. Kommer inte ihåg vilken jag valde men efter mycket dribblande i Firefox så gav jag upp. Ibland funkade det och ibland inte. Till slut hittade jag en lösning som fick det hela till att fungera. Jag gjorde enligt följande:
- Öppna ett terminal fönster.