Computers

My Logitech LX7 mouse needed a reset

Submitted March 16th, 2008. Last changed May 11th, 2008

Yes, this is your source for current, relevant news. I have a Logitech LX7 cordless mouse, which I use on a Mandriva Linux system. Sometimes I like to spend time trying to figure out which driver is best for it, because it zips around much too fast for me and the K control centre and xset don't do anything to it most of the time. I say most of the time, because I was convinced one change I made to xorg.conf had xset working. But Mandriva "fixes" my xorg.conf for me.

LX7 mouse and xset on Mandriva -- update

Submitted May 11th, 2008. Last changed May 11th, 2008

Now that I've updated my system to Mandriva 2008.1 (2008 Spring), xset seems to work repeatably on my Logitech LX7 wireless mouse.

Drupal 6 is out!

Submitted February 23rd, 2008. Last changed February 24th, 2008

I thought I would try installing Drupal 6.0 on a subdomain just for fun, and document how it went, but it went so fast it didn't leave me much to say. What I did:

  • Get the tarball into the subdomain directory and unpack it. In my case that was a wget -c http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/drupal/files/projects/drupal-6.0.tar.gz over ssh to my webroot directory.
  • Then create a database. In my case that was through the Dreamhost Web Panel.
  • Point the url to the drupal directory (DH Web Panel).

Tested under IE7

Submitted February 22nd, 2008. Last changed February 22nd, 2008

Yep. And it's not quite right.

Also tested on Firefox. Most of the time.

Stephen Fry on the eeepc, from an eeepc

Submitted February 22nd, 2008. Last changed February 22nd, 2008

This is nice to see:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/02/opensource.stephenfry

(Via BoingBoing)

He hasn't been hanging around at eeeuser.com, or he'd have mentioned Xandros, but at least he's talking about it. And using it.

Premiere post!

Submitted December 9th, 2007. Last changed December 9th, 2007

I had to file this under computers since it's essentially a test: can I compose a website with one single piece of content that people can see? Most of the work has been under the hood, and there's more to do under there too. I must admit it's not a very exciting web debut. I'm sure there's a rationalization I can make about that. Not to worry.

Hello world!