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Howto get Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 working in Debian GNU/Linux

Fri, 07/11/2008 - 20:24 — tdobson

Recently I have been trying to get the sound working on a Thinkpad I have been lent (I think it's a T20) in Debian GNU/Linux.

I did

sudo alsaconf

but it couldn't find my card so I ran

lspci -vv

and found

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM Device 0153
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

Howto install, configure and run Phenny and phenny-speak

Sat, 23/08/2008 - 20:04 — tdobson

"Foolproof" instructions to install and run Phenny and phenny-speak on Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.


I've recently rediscovered Phenny, a modular python irc bot, written by Sean B. Palmer, as well as Noah Slater's previously unreleased "phenny-speak" module which uses markov chains to provide a source of amusement.

How to write a really simple IRC bot

Thu, 05/06/2008 - 20:29 — tdobson

Noah Slater of semtard vapourware fame recently demonstrated to me how to write and extremely simple IRC bot in shell scripting.
The bot below is extremely simple, it simply identifies itself, joins a channel then sends a message to a channel.

Getting my M6323 Generic Webcam to Work with GNU/Linux

Mon, 02/06/2008 - 18:50 — tdobson

Getting webcams to work with GNU/Linux is generally a complete nightmare, as a result of different chipsets in the same model, and some working in a vastly different way to others.

However, I was elated a few days ago when I found that my 8 pound, generic, bottom of the range, unbranded webcam worked with GNU/Linux.

I intend to outline I have no idea whether the details of how I got it working. This is is intended to be helpful to someone trying to set their M6323 webcam up or a different Generic webcam, so I'll try and go into as much detail as possible.

My Favorite Book

Mon, 12/05/2008 - 21:56 — tdobson

I'd like to share a few thoughts with you about a book I've been reading recently, which has really inspired me whilst being greatly amusing.
At Barcamp Manchester, they were giving away copies of this book; I picked up one to look at later - I could always ebay it later. Never before has a book of such calibre caused me so much amusement, I seriously recommend this book for it's outstanding range of comic delights.

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