A short break from FOSS»

I will be taking a break from FOSS starting from now. I will be off from all duties, and I will not be following IRC, the mailing lists, Launchpad or any other matters until the break ends.

I will be back any time between Saturday, 5th of November, 22 UTC and Monday, 7th of November, 20 UTC.

November 2, 2011 — Comments Off
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Fixed keyboard in VBox – again»

As I previously mentioned, I had some problems with left Alt and Control keys being switched with each other. After upgrade to Natty, I was having the same problem, but the same fix didn’t work. The quick and a bit dirty solution was the KeyTweak software, which easily remapped the keys inside Windows. No more banging head against the wall (for now)!

I’m actually interested in where this bug is coming from? Is it a problem with Ubuntu, Xfce, the X server, VirtualBox or Windows? The keys work as expected outside VirtualBox (as did they work before the first bugfix as well), but as the solution against the previous bug confirmed, the solution might very well be found outside VirtualBox. The solution for the recurred problem clearly isn’t a bugfix but a workaround.

Anybody have any ideas? I’m willing to test and produce any debug information while I still have this bug.

Edit: It looks like this bug appears under Vinagre (Remote Desktop Viewer) as well! Oh my!

June 28, 2011 — Comments Off
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The blog is back»

I’m back with blogging after a month.

After the visual update the blog has undergone a hosting change – twice. Everything is finally settled and everything on knome.fi should work as they used to work before the changes. If you notice anything weird on any service, or severe slowness, please be in touch.

I apologize for any inconvenience the hosting changes might have caused.

February 18, 2011 — Comments Off
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