Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Before I enter the realms of "kampung mood". Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir Batin to all the peeps in Malaysia.

IBM DB2 XML Superstar competition

My good friend [Re-arrange] from IBM ask me to forward this advertistment, come on UTPIANS let`s bolot this one too:

Earlier this month, IBM has launched the "Search for the XML Superstar" in Malaysia, a brand new ASEAN-wide initiative open to all students, faculty members as well as professional developers.


Besides the opportunity to be an ASEAN XML Superstar, the series of contests allows you to acquire new skills such as XML and database management that can help increase your marketability in the global marketplace. You can participate in three categories:

• Let your creativity fly with Video Mania,


• Show your talent in Query Challenge, and.....


• Take the ultimate challenge in Programming Contest!
  

In addition to learning and honing new skills, you will stand a chance to win Nintendo Wii systems, iPod Nanos and other attractive prizes. Early bird prizes will also be given to those who participate early. So sign up now and get a head start to becoming an XML Superstar!
Please encourage your students to participate in all category --- depending on their interest and expertise. They can join more than one category.

I urge all students taking Dabase Systems related courses to try out the individual Query Challenge, while the Multimedia students can tryout Video Mania. If you do have programming or adv programming class or campus please do consider the Programming Contest.



Website: http://asean.xmlsuperstar.com

Rebuilding kmod for latest kernel.

Blob is bad but life is a bitch . After pushing my system from 2.6.25 to 2.6.26 the kmod-madwifi module borked out thus no wifi for me using internal system.

So i decided to pullof the madwifi src from livna-testing . Before that reason why i admire yet hate my wireles device is here.

We cannot use the source from livna repo (since it's using an unpatched madwifi) instead we need to download it from livna-testing .

Prelim:

$ yum install rpmdevtools kmodtool kernel-devel
$ rpmdev-setuptree /* as normal user not root. */

Steps:

$ cd ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/
$ yumdownloader --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=livna-testing --source kmod-madwifi
$ rpmbuild --rebuild madwifi-kmod-0.9.4-49.r3698.lvn9.src.rpm --define "kernels $(uname -r)" --target "$(uname -m)"

Simple explanation

--define refering to which kernel
--target refering to which architecture/platform (i386,ppc,i686,x86-64)

Now go to ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i686 thus the package is there.. u can use rpm -Uvh or since i love yum so much.

$ yum -C --nogpgcheck localinstall kmod-madwifi-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686-0.9.4-49.r3698.fc9.i686.rpm

Or if all of this sounds giberish and you are on kernel 2.6.26.3-29 here`s the precompiled RPM

Making HP Scanner works in Fedora 9

Just got back my HP F300 3 in 1 scanner/printer/copier . Printing no problem , scanning hurm now that's weird it cannot find my scanner. Solution ?
$ yum search -C scanner |grep HP
libsane-hpaio.i386 : SANE driver for scanners in HP's multi-function devices

install the given package and puff it works in no time.

Domain revert back to Blogspot

Dear avid readers,
due to miscommunication with my crappy reseller i have some troubles renewing my domain (yondie.org) . So i revert back to http://y0nd13.blogspot.com

Not much updates from me since i have several matters i need to take care out. It driving me nuts lately. Meh perhaps this is what we call dugaan puasa?

Meh till then let's start counting the days to Raya!

Selamat Menyambut Kemerdekaan Malaysia ke 51

Oleh kerana ini merupakan rencana bersifat kenegaraan. Kalam ini akan kutulis dalam bahasa ibunda Tanah ini iaitu Bahasa Melayu.

Sudah 51 Tahun takdir negara ini diserahkan kepada penduduknya sendiri. Tidak kepada negara lain, tidak kita serahkan haluan negara di atas angin maupun di bawah angin.

Titik penjajahan bermula dari Tahun 1511 yang kemudiannya berakhir secara rasmi pada tahun 1957 sewajarnya perlu dingati. Kemerdekaan yang disebabkan kemuafakatan antara masyarakat majmuk di Tanah Melayu perlu disemai untuk setiap warisan anak negara.


Ya, negara kita kini tidak lagi dijajah, tiada lagi Bendera Union Jack terpacak di sana sini dan nyanyian lagu "God Save The Queen" tidak lagi berkumandang di corok-corok Radio..

Akan tetapi benarkah kita merdeka?

Ada banyak pandangan, ada yang mengatakan kita belum bebas dari budaya Barat. Di era ini, mana yang bermanfaat sewajarnya kita contohi mana yang tidak seharusnya kita perangi habis-habisan.

Penjajahan secara imperial mungkin dilihat tidak releven lagi dalam dunia masa kini. Maka corak penjajahan telah berubah daripada penawanan negara kepada perang psikologi dan juga ekonomi.

Bagaimana kaedah psikologi yang ditanam ke atas negara-negara bekas jajahan mereka ini? Mereka mengugut, mereka menyindir, mereka menyelar bahawa kebebasan yang diberi akan memudaratkan kita. Kaedah psikologi yang
ditanak oleh penjahanam penjajah ini sangat berkesan. Kesannya seolah-olah jika dinding penjara dirobohkan, banduan-banduan didalamnya tidak akan sama sekali bergerak kerana di dalam otak mereka membayangkan tidak ada kehidupan di dalam nikmat kebebasan.

Itulah hakikat yang cuba diterapkan oleh penjajah-penjajah ini terhadap pembangunan dan penggunaan perisian komputer di negara kita Malaysia yang tercinta ini. Kata mereka, "Kamu salah kami betul ,biar kami tunjukkan kamu jalan yang benar". "Jangan berkongsi banyak sangat nanti kamu rugi, simpan apa yang kamu tahu diam-diam. Rahsia itu cantik ".Diberi kita latihan percuma, bantuan pembelian komputer , diberi lambakan sijil, pujian, amal jariah dan sebagainya yang akhirnya memerangkap kita di dalam arus perniagaan mereka yang rakus.

Ramai yang lemas dan terus tenggelam tanpa timbul , ada yang terumbang-ambing , tetapi sebahagian kecil mula berani menongkah arus melawan penjajah-penjajah ini . Ibarat cili padi, walaupun kecil kesannya cukup kuat. Semoga usaha mereka yang mulia ini akan terus berjalan walaupun tekad menghadapi dugaan dan cabaran yang pelik-pelik.

Perjuangan menentang penjajahan tidak berhenti pada tahun 1957. Ia akan sentiasa diwarisi dari generasi ke generasi lain samada dalam bentuk peperangan minda, fizikal mahupun kalam.


MERDEKA!! MERDEKA!! MERDEKA!!

Enabling Compiz Fusion on my Reinsten

I got myself new shiny rig. A few eye candy effects wouldn't hurt much right? So after a full yum install ccsm, compiz-fusion\* .. i try enabling it for the first time using compiz-manager. Then suddenly the white screen of death appeared . It didn`t actually crash my system but i was taken back for awhile since i had this assumption "Intel 3d drivers works well without any qualms".

Kagesenshi points out compiz-manager --indirect rendering . But it annoys me since compiz manager told me that my card is on the blacklist and it fall back to metacity.

Upon googling , i found out we can actually manipulate an env variable call SKIP_CHECKS . put it yes and all it will skip all the blacklist checking system

so i create a simple bash script and load it on session

#!/bin/bash
SKIP_CHECKS = yes
compiz-manager --indirect-rendering.

So it works


Running xchat with few prism base apps.


P/S: I'm looking for ways so that each prism apps is connected to different proxy servers. I think it's possible , any ideas?