A while back I posted instructions for getting the Aircard 875 to work with Ubuntu Feisty. I am now updating this for Hardy Heron. For me the configuration was much simpler. Here is some information regarding the hardware/software I am using.
- IBM Thinkpad
- Cingular Aircard 875 (note, this is really a Sierra card)
- Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 (updated system as of 20080510)
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Tags: aircard, cingular, ubuntu
Pressing Apple-Esc will launch Front Row. Pretty slick!
I have two drives on my Mac and I wanted to hide the Time Machine drive. I have no need to access this drive and I wanted a cleaner desktop. I found some information online that lead me to a good method to perform the task.
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I have come acros a rather annoying bug in 10.5. It seems that when a disk image (DMG) is mounted, the finder is unable to eject (dismount) the image. I have tried both Apple+E as well as dragging the disk to the trash. Both methods were unsuccessful. The disks can be ejected using the Disk Utility application. See the following URL’s for an ongoing discussion.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1198385&stqc=true
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5677911
I noticed an interesting little feature in the help menu. A search is now integrated directly into the menu. I’m sure this will be nice for those people who RTFM. 
This seems to be present in every application.
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I have been spending the evening looking at my fresh install of Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). It looks like PHP version 5.2.4 is installed by default. As of today, this is the latest version available. So far, the built in web server is not processing .php pages. I’ll look into that next.
UPDATE: Upgrading to 10.5.1 has resolved the issues displaying PHP pages.
I have given up on the Aircard when I switched to using a Mac at work. So, for remote Internet access, I configured my Mac to use my Treo 750. The entire setup is utilizing bluetooth. It took bit of Googling to find the right information.
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A common bug I have run into is a security message saying that the application does not have permission to the data folder. The only way to properly identify this message is to read through the installation log file.
I have increased my chances of getting the service pack to properly install by resetting the file permissions where I keep my data. See the screenshot. The key is to replace permissions on the child objects. This is found on the properties of the data directory (or the location of your SQL system databases), sharing tab, advanced button.
I have been busy configuring a new subversion server for HCL. Our environment is 99% Microsoft so there is already an Active Directory structure in place. Subversion is hosted on Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) and I wanted to leverage the AD for authentication into my repository. Luckily, the installation was pretty straight forward.
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Updated content for Ubuntu 8.04 is available in this post.
I will be taking a trip next week and I wanted to use my department’s WAP card for Internet access. I’m a linux kinda guy though and went on the search for the configuration. I found some notes relating to KDE and OpenSuSE, however I am running Ubuntu Feisty. Here are my modifications to get this card to work.
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