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Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless in linux

After reading all the pages on Thinkwiki and number of others how to install Madwifi driver for Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless card on our Lenovo Thinkpad X61 and trying even ndiswrapper I finally stumbled upon the solution. Apparently this particular card has an unsupported chipset. But it can be made to work by following these [...]

Photos are uploaded

We have finally uploaded photos from May to the beginning of September 2008, i.e. preparations for our first major sailing trip and the voyage itself. We started in Singapore, our destination being Rebak Marina in Langkawi archipelago. Before we made a landing there, however, our engine broke, which made us spend three lovely, though rather [...]

Debian menu in GNOME

One idle afternoon I have looked at GNOME, which I haven’t used for a while. Debian menu was missing. Took me a while, but solution is found:
$ apt-get install menu-xdg
$ dpkg-reconfigure menu
$ dpkg-reconfigure menu-xdg
Then System/Preferences/Main Menu and select Debian menu.
Life is suddenly easier, ain’t it?

Rxvt and Cannot find terminfo entry for ‘rxvt-unicode’

Great lightweight editor that supports Unicode, but seems to be neglected by Linux distros, since starting e.g. screen (what would really our life be like without it…) raises only:
Cannot find terminfo entry for ‘rxvt-unicode’
Remedy:
$ cat “URxvt*termName: rxvt” ~/.Xdefaults

40knots of wind on a sailboat

Upwind in Gale Force 8 from GoodDay on Vimeo.
Inu, ne každý den svítí slunce.