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• NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 not working on Ubuntu 12.04

  - by Jagged

  I've recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit on a HP Envy 15 1104tx. Most stuff appears to be working fine with the exception of the two USB3 ports (USB2 port works fine). I've read a lot of articles but so far have not been able to find a solution. I've tried adding 'pci=nomsi' to '/etc/default/grub' but this made no difference. Some articles suggest booting into Windows and upgrading the firmware on the uPD720200. Any body had any experience of this? Is there a way I can checked the firmware version of the NEC uPD720200 in Linux to see if there is an update available? Any help appreciated. uname -a: Linux HP-ENVY-15-1104tx 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lshw: hp-envy-15-1104tx description: Notebook product: HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC (WF591PA#ABG) vendor: Hewlett-Packard version: 0492110000241910001420000 serial: CNF0301C79 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5335KV sku=WF591PA#ABG uuid=434E4630-3330-3143-3739-60EB6906688F *-core description: Motherboard product: 1522 vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: 36.35 serial: CNF0301C79 slot: Base Board Chassis Location *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: F.2B date: 10/12/2010 size: 1MiB capacity: 1472KiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 13 slot: System board or motherboard size: 16GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 9905428-043.A00LF physical id: 0 serial: E13C4316 slot: Bottom size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 9905428-043.A00LF physical id: 1 serial: E03C3E16 slot: Bottom size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-bank:2 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 9905428-043.A00LF physical id: 2 serial: 672279CC slot: On Board size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-bank:3 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 9905428-043.A00LF physical id: 3 serial: 652286CC slot: On Board size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1d bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz slot: CPU size: 1199MHz capacity: 1199MHz width: 64 bits clock: 1066MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8 *-cache:0 description: L3 cache physical id: 1e slot: L3 Cache size: 8MiB capacity: 8MiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 20 slot: L2 Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 256KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified *-cache:2 description: L1 cache physical id: 21 slot: L1 Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through instruction *-cache description: L1 cache physical id: 1f slot: L1 Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through data *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor DMI vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci msi pciexpress pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:d4100000-d41fffff ioport:c0000000(size=268435456) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Broadway PRO [Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series] vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0 resources: irq:58 memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d4100000-d411ffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:d4140000-d415ffff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series] vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:56 memory:d4120000-d4123fff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: Core Processor PCI Express Root Port 3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci msi pciexpress pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 memory:d4000000-d40fffff *-usb description: USB controller product: uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:d4000000-d4001fff *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor System Management Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.1 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-generic:2 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor System Control and Status Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.2 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-generic:3 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor Miscellaneous Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.3 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 *-generic:4 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor QPI Link vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 *-generic:5 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: Core Processor QPI Routing and Protocol Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 05 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:55 memory:d4200000-d4203fff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:17 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:d3000000-d3ffffff ioport:d0000000(size=16777216) *-network description: Wireless interface product: Centrino Advanced-N 6200 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 35 serial: 00:27:10:40:e4:68 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.2.0-26-generic firmware=9.221.4.1 build 25532 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn resources: irq:54 memory:d3000000-d3001fff *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d2000000-d2ffffff ioport:d1000000(size=16777216) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: c0 serial: 60:eb:69:06:68:8f size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=10.161.0.147 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s resources: irq:57 memory:d2000000-d203ffff ioport:2000(size=128) *-usb description: USB controller product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:20 memory:d4205800-d4205bff *-pci:4 description: PCI bridge product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: a5 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-isa description: ISA bridge product: Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-storage description: RAID bus controller product: 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 logical name: scsi0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:45 ioport:5048(size=8) ioport:5054(size=4) ioport:5040(size=8) ioport:5050(size=4) ioport:5020(size=32) memory:d4205000-d42057ff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: OCZ-VERTEX3 physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 2.15 serial: OCZ-0350P6H316X5KUQE size: 223GiB (240GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000592dd *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: e741f18c-cfc5-4bce-b1e7-f80e517a3a22 size: 207GiB capacity: 207GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2012-06-15 06:49:27 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-06-14 21:23:42 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-07-10 16:18:20 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 15GiB capacity: 15GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 15GiB capabilities: nofs *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 05 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:d4205c00-d4205cff ioport:5000(size=32) *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor QPI Link 0 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor QPI Physical 0 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 105 bus info: pci@0000:ff:03.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:6 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 106 bus info: pci@0000:ff:03.1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:7 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Test Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 107 bus info: pci@0000:ff:03.4 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:8 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Control Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 108 bus info: pci@0000:ff:04.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:9 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Address Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 109 bus info: pci@0000:ff:04.1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:10 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10a bus info: pci@0000:ff:04.2 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:11 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10b bus info: pci@0000:ff:04.3 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:12 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Control Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10c bus info: pci@0000:ff:05.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:13 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Address Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10d bus info: pci@0000:ff:05.1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:14 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10e bus info: pci@0000:ff:05.2 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:15 description: Host bridge product: Core Processor Integrated Memory Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 10f bus info: pci@0000:ff:05.3 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-battery description: Lithium Ion Battery product: NK06053 vendor: SMP-ATL24 physical id: 1 slot: Primary capacity: 4800mWh configuration: voltage=11.1V lspci: 02:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1522 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at d4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked- Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff Capabilities: [150] Latency Tolerance Reporting Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd lsusb (with thumb drive plugged into USB3 port): Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 5986:01d0 Acer, Inc Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:231d Hewlett-Packard

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• .Net Rocks Visual Studio 2010 Road Trip coming to Raleigh, NC May 6th

  - by Jim Duffy

  Listen up .NET developers within 50 miles of Research Triangle Park, NC!  Take out that red, blue, green, black or any other color Sharpie marker you fancy and circle May 6th! Fellow Microsoft Regional Directors Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell are going to be bringing the .Net Rocks Visual Studio 2010 Road Trip to town. What’s that you say, you’ve never been to a .Net Rocks Road Trip event and don’t know what to expect? Let me help with that. I stol… uhhh… I mean I was “inspired” by some content I found on the event information page. “Carl and Richard are loading up the DotNetMobile (a 30 foot RV) and driving to your town again to show off their favorite bits of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0! Richard talks about Web load testing and Carl talks about Silverlight 4.0 and multimedia. And to make the night even more fun, we’re going to bring a mystery rock star from the Visual Studio world to the event and interview them for a special .NET Rocks Road Trip show series. Along the way we’ll be giving away some great prizes, showing off some awesome technology and having a ton of laughs. So come out to the most fun you can have in a geeky evening – and learn a few things along the way about web load testing and Silverlight 4!“   I know I’ll be there so what are you waiting for? Head over to the event registration page and sign up today! Have a day. :-|

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• How To Disable Loading Of Images In Chrome, Firefox and IE

  - by Gopinath

  Many of us find the necessity to disable loading images in web browsers for various reasons. May be when we are at work place, we don’t our boss to notice flashy browser window or we are connected to low bandwidth connections like GPRS which works faster without images. What ever may be the reason, here are the tips to disable images in Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers. Google Chrome – Disable Loading Images To disable loading of images in Google Chrome 1. Click on Tools Icon and choose Options menu item 2. In Google Chrome Options dialog window, switch to the tab Under the hood and click on the button Content Settings 3. Select Images from the list of options available in the left panel and choose the option Do not show any images 4. Close dialog windows and you are done. Firefox – Disable Loading Images To disable loading of images in Firefox 1. Open Firefox 2. Go to Tools -> Options 3. Switch to Content tab 4. Uncheck the option Load images automatically Internet Explorer – Disable Loading Images To disable loading of images in Internet Explorer 1. Launch Internet Explorer 2. Go to Tools -> Internet Options 3. Switch to Advanced tab 4. Uncheck the option Show pictures under Multimedia category cc image credit: flickr/indoloony This article titled,How To Disable Loading Of Images In Chrome, Firefox and IE, was originally published at Tech Dreams. Grab our rss feed or fan us on Facebook to get updates from us.

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• HPET for x86 BSP (how to build it for WCE8)

  - by Werner Willemsens

  Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/WernerWillemsens/archive/2014/08/02/157895.aspx"I needed a timer". That is how we started a few blogs ago our series about APIC and ACPI. Well, here it is. HPET (High Precision Event Timer) was introduced by Intel in early 2000 to: Replace old style Intel 8253 (1981!) and 8254 timers Support more accurate timers that could be used for multimedia purposes. Hence Microsoft and Intel sometimes refers to HPET as Multimedia timers. An HPET chip consists of a 64-bit up-counter (main counter) counting at a frequency of at least 10 MHz, and a set of (at least three, up to 256) comparators. These comparators are 32- or 64-bit wide. The HPET is discoverable via ACPI. The HPET circuit in recent Intel platforms is integrated into the SouthBridge chip (e.g. 82801) All HPET timers should support one-shot interrupt programming, while optionally they can support periodic interrupts. In most Intel SouthBridges I worked with, there are three HPET timers. TIMER0 supports both one-shot and periodic mode, while TIMER1 and TIMER2 are one-shot only. Each HPET timer can generate interrupts, both in old-style PIC mode and in APIC mode. However in PIC mode, interrupts cannot freely be chosen. Typically IRQ11 is available and cannot be shared with any other interrupt! Which makes the HPET in PIC mode virtually unusable. In APIC mode however more IRQs are available and can be shared with other interrupt generating devices. (Check the datasheet of your SouthBridge) Because of this higher level of freedom, I created the APIC BSP (see previous posts). The HPET driver code that I present you here uses this APIC mode. Hpet.reg [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\Hpet] "Dll"="Hpet.dll" "Prefix"="HPT" "Order"=dword:10 "IsrDll"="giisr.dll" "IsrHandler"="ISRHandler" "Priority256"=dword:50 Because HPET does not reside on the PCI bus, but can be found through ACPI as a memory mapped device, you don't need to specify the "Class", "SubClass", "ProgIF" and other PCI related registry keys that you typically find for PCI devices. If a driver needs to run its internal thread(s) at a certain priority level, by convention in Windows CE you add the "Priority256" registry key. Through this key you can easily play with the driver's thread priority for better response and timer accuracy. See later. Hpet.cpp (Hpet.dll) This cpp file contains the complete HPET driver code. The file is part of a folder that you typically integrate in your BSP (\src\drivers\Hpet). It is written as sample (example) code, you most likely want to change this code to your specific needs. There are two sets of #define's that I use to control how the driver works. _TRIGGER_EVENT or _TRIGGER_SEMAPHORE: _TRIGGER_EVENT will let your driver trigger a Windows CE Event when the timer expires, _TRIGGER_SEMAPHORE will trigger a Windows CE counting Semaphore. The latter guarantees that no events get lost in case your application cannot always process the triggers fast enough. _TIMER0 or _TIMER2: both timers will trigger an event or semaphore periodically. _TIMER0 will use a periodic HPET timer interrupt, while _TIMER2 will reprogram a one-shot HPET timer after each interrupt. The one-shot approach is interesting if the frequency you wish to generate is not an even multiple of the HPET main counter frequency. The sample code uses an algorithm to generate a more correct frequency over a longer period (by reducing rounding errors). _TIMER1 is not used in the sample source code. HPT_Init() will locate the HPET I/O memory space, setup the HPET counter (_TIMER0 or _TIMER2) and install the Interrupt Service Thread (IST). Upon timer expiration, the IST will run and on its turn will generate a Windows CE Event or Semaphore. In case of _TIMER2 a new one-shot comparator value is calculated and set for the timer. The IRQ of the HPET timers are programmed to IRQ22, but you can choose typically from 20-23. The TIMERn_INT_ROUT_CAP bits in the TIMn_CONF register will tell you what IRQs you can choose from. HPT_IOControl() can be used to set a new HPET counter frequency (actually you configure the counter timeout value in microseconds), start and stop the timer, and request the current HPET counter value. The latter is interesting because the Windows CE QueryPerformanceCounter() and QueryPerformanceFrequency() APIs implement the same functionality, albeit based on other counter implementations. HpetDrvIst() contains the IST code. DWORD WINAPI HpetDrvIst(LPVOID lpArg) { psHpetDeviceContext pHwContext = (psHpetDeviceContext)lpArg; DWORD mainCount = READDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, GenCapIDReg + 4); // Main Counter Tick period (fempto sec 10E-15) DWORD i = 0; while (1) { WaitForSingleObject(pHwContext->g_isrEvent, INFINITE); #if defined(_TRIGGER_SEMAPHORE) LONG p = 0; BOOL b = ReleaseSemaphore(pHwContext->g_triggerEvent, 1, &p); #elif defined(_TRIGGER_EVENT) BOOL b = SetEvent(pHwContext->g_triggerEvent); #else #pragma error("Unknown TRIGGER") #endif #if defined(_TIMER0) DWORD currentCount = READDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, MainCounterReg); DWORD comparator = READDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, Tim0_ComparatorReg + 0); SETBIT(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, GenIntStaReg, 0); // clear interrupt on HPET level InterruptDone(pHwContext->g_sysIntr); // clear interrupt on OS level _LOGMSG(ZONE_INTERRUPT, (L"%s: HpetDrvIst 0 %06d %08X %08X", pHwContext->g_id, i++, currentCount, comparator)); #elif defined(_TIMER2) DWORD currentCount = READDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, MainCounterReg); DWORD previousComparator = READDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, Tim2_ComparatorReg + 0); pHwContext->g_counter2.QuadPart += pHwContext->g_comparator.QuadPart; // increment virtual counter (higher accuracy) DWORD comparator = (DWORD)(pHwContext->g_counter2.QuadPart >> 8); // "round" to real value WRITEDWORD(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, Tim2_ComparatorReg + 0, comparator); SETBIT(pHwContext->g_hpet_va, GenIntStaReg, 2); // clear interrupt on HPET level InterruptDone(pHwContext->g_sysIntr); // clear interrupt on OS level _LOGMSG(ZONE_INTERRUPT, (L"%s: HpetDrvIst 2 %06d %08X %08X (%08X)", pHwContext->g_id, i++, currentCount, comparator, comparator - previousComparator)); #else #pragma error("Unknown TIMER") #endif } return 1; } The following figure shows how the HPET hardware interrupt via ISR -> IST is translated in a Windows CE Event or Semaphore by the HPET driver. The Event or Semaphore can be used to trigger a Windows CE application. HpetTest.cpp (HpetTest.exe)This cpp file contains sample source how to use the HPET driver from an application. The file is part of a separate (smart device) VS2013 solution. It contains code to measure the generated Event/Semaphore times by means of GetSystemTime() and QueryPerformanceCounter() and QueryPerformanceFrequency() APIs. HPET evaluation If you scan the internet about HPET, you'll find many remarks about buggy HPET implementations and bad performance. Unfortunately that is true. I tested the HPET driver on an Intel ICH7M SBC (release date 2008). When a HPET timer expires on the ICH7M, an interrupt indeed is generated, but right after you clear the interrupt, a few more unwanted interrupts (too soon!) occur as well. I tested and debugged it for a loooong time, but I couldn't get it to work. I concluded ICH7M's HPET is buggy Intel hardware. I tested the HPET driver successfully on a more recent NM10 SBC (release date 2013). With the NM10 chipset however, I am not fully convinced about the timer's frequency accuracy. In the long run - on average - all is fine, but occasionally I experienced upto 20 microseconds delays (which were immediately compensated on the next interrupt). Of course, this was all measured by software, but I still experienced the occasional delay when both the HPET driver IST thread as the application thread ran at CeSetThreadPriority(1). If it is not the hardware, only the kernel can cause this delay. But Windows CE is an RTOS and I have never experienced such long delays with previous versions of Windows CE. I tested and developed this on WCE8, I am not heavily experienced with it yet. Internet forum threads however mention inaccurate HPET timer implementations as well. At this moment I haven't figured out what is going on here. Useful references: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/technical-specifications/software-developers-hpet-spec-1-0a.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Precision_Event_Timer http://wiki.osdev.org/HPET Windows CE BSP source file package for HPET in MyBsp Note that this source code is "As Is". It is still under development and I cannot (and never will) guarantee the correctness of the code. Use it as a guide for your own HPET integration.

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• Oracle ACEs in the House

  - by Justin Kestelyn

  As is customary, the Oracle ACEs have invaded the Oracle Develop Conference agenda.Why? Because Oracle ACE-dom inherently is a stamp of not only expertise, but a unique ability to make that expertise useful to others. Plus, they're a group of "fine blokes" (UK. subjects, educate me: is that really a word?)Perhaps if you're not able to catch one of these sessions, you will be able to see the applicable ACE in action elsewhere, at a conference or user group meeting near you. Session ID Session Title Speaker, Company S313355 Developing Large Oracle Application Development Framework 11g Applications Andrejus Baranovskis, Red Samurai Consulting S316641 Xenogenetics for PL/SQL: Infusing with Java Best Practices and Design Patterns Lucas Jellema, AMIS; Alex Nuijten, AMIS S317171 Building Secure Multimedia Web Applications: Tips and Techniques Marcel Kratochvil, Piction; Melliyal Annamalai, Oracle S315660 Database Applications Lifecycle Management Marcelo Ochoa, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas S315689 Building a High-Performance, Low-Bandwidth Web Architecture Paul Dorsey, Dulcian, Inc. S316003 Managing the Earthquake: Surviving Major Database Architecture Changes Paul Dorsey, Dulcian, Inc.; Michael Rosenblum, Dulcian, Inc. S314869 Introduction to Java: PL/SQL Developers Take Heart Peter Koletzke, Quovera S316184 Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server Using Oracle JDeveloper Peter Koletzke, Quovera; Duncan Mills, Oracle S316597 Using Collections in Oracle Application Express: The Definitive Intro Raj Mattamal, Niantic Systems, LLC S313382 Using Oracle Database 11g Release 2 in an Oracle Application Express Environment Roel Hartman, Logica S313757 Debugging with Oracle Application Express and Oracle SQL Developer Dimitri Gielis, Sumneva S313759 Using Oracle Application Express in Big Projects with Many Developers Dimitri Gielis, Sumneva S313982 Forms2Future: The Ongoing Journey into the Future for Oracle-Based Organizations Lucas Jellema, AMIS; Peter Ebell, AMIS

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• OpenGL - Stack overflow if I do, Stack underflow if I don't!

  - by Wayne Werner

  Hi, I'm in a multimedia class in college, and we're "learning" OpenGL as part of the class. I'm trying to figure out how the OpenGL camera vs. modelview works, and so I found this example. I'm trying to port the example to Python using the OpenGL bindings - it starts up OpenGL much faster, so for testing purposes it's a lot nicer - but I keep running into a stack overflow error with the glPushMatrix in this code: def cube(): for x in xrange(10): glPushMatrix() glTranslated(-positionx[x + 1] * 10, 0, -positionz[x + 1] * 10); #translate the cube glutSolidCube(2); #draw the cube glPopMatrix(); According to this reference, that happens when the matrix stack is full. So I thought, "well, if it's full, let me just pop the matrix off the top of the stack, and there will be room". I modified the code to: def cube(): glPopMatrix() for x in xrange(10): glPushMatrix() glTranslated(-positionx[x + 1] * 10, 0, -positionz[x + 1] * 10); #translate the cube glutSolidCube(2); #draw the cube glPopMatrix(); And now I get a buffer underflow error - which apparently happens when the stack has only one matrix. So am I just waaay off base in my understanding? Or is there some way to increase the matrix stack size? Also, if anyone has some good (online) references (examples, etc.) for understanding how the camera/model matrices work together, I would sincerely appreciate them! Thanks!

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• Public EC Meeting scheduled for 20 November

  - by Heather VanCura

  The minutes and materials from the October 2012 JCP EC Teleconference are now available.  The next JCP EC Meeting, and the first EC Meeting under JCP 2.9, with the Merged EC, is scheduled for 20 November.  The second hour of this meeting will be open to the public at 3:00 PM PST. The agenda includes  JSR 355,  EC merge implementation report, JSR 358 (JCP.next.3) status report, JCP 2.8 status update and community audit program.  Details are below. We hope you will join us, but if you cannot attend, not to worry--the recording and materials will also be public on the JCP.org multimedia page. Meeting details Date & Time Tuesday November 20, 2012, 3:00 - 4:00 pm PST Location Teleconference Dial-in +1 (866) 682-4770 (US) Conference code: 627-9803 Security code: 52732 ("JCPEC" on your phone handset) For global access numbers see http://www.intercall.com/oracle/access_numbers.htm Or +1 (408) 774-4073 WebEx Browse for the meeting from https://jcp.webex.com No registration required (enter your name and email address) Password: JCPEC Agenda JSR 355 (the EC merge) implementation report JSR 358 (JCP.next.3) status report 2.8 status update and community audit program Discussion/Q&A Note The call will be recorded and the recording published on jcp.org, so those who are unable to join in real-time will still be able to participate.

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• Help find correct alsa model for onboard sound (alc887?) that will work with jack and have correct mixer setup

  - by Jazz

  I have a Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 motherboard. I am using Jack for sound - connected to ALSA. I am running Ubuntu 12.04. aplay -l reports card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog] The problem is that the default setup, that alsa decides to use, causes stuttering and xruns no matter how generous I set the frames/period or periods/buffer etc. Also, Jack works fine if I plug in an external USB sound system and use that. My processor is an AMD phenom x4 945, and I have 8GB ram, and Video card is Geforce GTX550 Ti, all of which should be quite capable enough. I also tried Pulseaudio and that works fine, but I need to use Jack At first I thought it might be an interrupt conflict, but I have found that adding "options snd-hda-intel model=generic" to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf causes it to play correctly, but the limited mixer setup lacks controls I need - so this setup isn't good enough. Still, it seems to prove it isn't a hardware conflict. I have tried many other models, such as 3stack, 6stack, auto and even basic, and they all suffer from the stuttering. I eventually found "options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-intel" works without stuttering, and mixer is much closer to what it needs to be. Can anyone help on how to get a correct and accurate model for ALSA to use? More info on the hardware that might help... *-multimedia description: Audio device product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics) physical id: 14.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 resources: irq:16 memory:fe024000-fe027fff

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• Google Introduces Android Gingerbread and Nexus S Phone

  - by Gopinath

  Google today officially announced the availability of next version of Android(version 2.3) nicknamed “Gingerbread”. This is a long awaited upgrade to it’s smartphone platform from Google and below are the highlights of new features: Rich multimedia – including support for VP8 and WebM video and new audio effects. Support for front-facing cameras, SIP/VoIP and Near Field Communication (NFC). Enhancements for game developers, including new sensor types. You can read more about the release at Google blog post and watch this embedded video. Samsung Nexus S – The First Gingerbread Android Phone Samsung’s Nexus S is the first Android phone to be released with Gingerbread operation system. This is a phone that was designed with direct inputs from Google team and comes with a clean install of Android OS – no additional software layers from third party OEMs or carriers. Visit Nexus S site for more details This article titled,Google Introduces Android Gingerbread and Nexus S Phone, was originally published at Tech Dreams. Grab our rss feed or fan us on Facebook to get updates from us.

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• Which Ubuntu version to use on a MAXDATA laptop Eco 3100X ? with this system info

  - by Erjet Malaj

  i am speaking as new ubuntu user, i just have installed ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop, but is running very slow... So i am here to ask you a question: WHich ubuntu version can fit for my laptop MAXDATA Eco 3100x, . My Laptop System Information are: SYSTEM INFORMATION Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) release. GNOME: 2.30.2 (Ubuntu 2010-06-25) Kernel version: 2.6.32-40-generic (#87-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 5 20:26:31 UTC 2012) GCC: 4.4.3 (i486-linux-gnu) Xorg: unknown (25 February 2012 06:59:39AM) (25 February 2012 06:59:39AM) Hostname: lotus-laptop Uptime: 0 days 1 h 6 min CPU INFORMATION GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz Number of CPUs: 1 CPU clock currently at 2390.561 MHz with 512 KB cache Numbering: family(15) model(2) stepping(7) Bogomips: 4781.12 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts cid MEMORY INFORMATION Total memory: 228 MB Total swap: 455 MB STORAGE INFORMATION SCSI device - scsi0 Vendor: ATA Model: IBM-DJSA-210 SCSI device - scsi1 Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-C2502 HARDWARE INFORMATION MOTHERBOARD Host bridge Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650/M650 Host (rev 11) PCI bridge(s) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) USB controller(s) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20) ISA bridge Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 04) IDE interface Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] GRAPHIC CARD VGA controller Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5103 SOUND CARD Multimedia controller Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5203 NETWORK Ethernet controller Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5002 Modem Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 4003 Thanks you asap. :-) E

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• Java ME SDK 3.0.5 is released!

  - by SungmoonCho

    Java ME SDK 3.0.5 went live! For many months, we have been working hard to fix bugs from previous version, and add a lot of new features demanded by Java ME community. You can download the new version from this link. Please see below for more information. NetBeans Integration All Java ME tools are implemented as NetBeans plugins. Device Manager Java ME SDK now supports multiple device managers. You can switch between different versions of device managers. LWUIT 1.5 Support The Resource Editor is available from the Java ME menu to help you design and organize resources for LWUIT applications. For a description of LWUIT 1.5 features, visit the LWUIT download page Network Monitor Integrated with NetBeans profiling tools, the Network Monitor now supports WMA, SIP, Bluetooth and OBEX, SATSA APDU and JCRMI, and server sockets. CPU Profiler Now uses standard NetBeans profiling facilities to view snapshots. Profiling of VM classes can also be toggled on or off. WURFL Device Database The database has been updated with more than 1000 new devices. Tracing - New tracing functionality now includes CLDC VM events, and monitors events such as exceptions, class loading, garbage collection, and methods invocation. New or updated JSR support - Includes support for JSR 234 (Advanced Multimedia Supplements), JSR 253 (Mobile Telephony API), JSR 257 (Contactless Communication API), JSR 258 (Mobile User Interface Customization API), and JSR 293 (XML API for Java ME).

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• TEAM Webinar - WebCenter Sites Connector

  - by kellsey.ruppel

  TEAM Webinar - WebCenter Sites Connector Connect WebCenter Sites 11g to WebCenter Content Thursday, June 21st, 2012 10AM CDT & 5PM CDT Register Now! WebCenter Sites (formerly FatWire) is an innovative web engagement platform that is creating considerable buzz within the Oracle community, especially with the latest release, Sites 11g. Have you been wondering whether Sites is right for your organization? Did you know that you can utilize the power of WebCenter Sites right now alongside your existing WebCenter Content (UCM) implementation? Attend this webinar to learn how the TEAM WebCenter Sites Connector (learn more) allows you to leverage the Oracle WebCenter Content enterprise content management platform and deliver centrally-managed content to all your WebCenter Sites 11g deployments. Furthermore, the Digital Asset Management (DAM) capabilities in WebCenter Content allow your web marketers to spend less time creating manual renditions for multimedia files and more time on achieving your web marketing goals. If you would like to see how you can enrich your web experience using the only WebCenter Sites connector on the market, this webinar is right for you!  Agenda * What's new in WebCenter Sites 11g?  * How can WebCenter Content enhance the Sites experience?  * Leverage centrally-managed content in Sites  * Why should I get started with the TEAM Sites Connector?  * Q & A session  To learn more about TEAM's WebCenter Sites Connector, register for one of our two sessions today: Session One: 10AM CDT Session Two: 5PM CDT TEAM WebCenter Sites Connector 

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• Restore audio settings - cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

  - by Alfred M.

  The internal speaker of my laptop never functionned under Ubuntu. I tried to follow indication on the web and now the jack audio does not work either. The graphic interface for audio management now displays a 'dummy output' instead of the three possible outputs I used to have (one of them was working for the jack output). In a terminal alsamixer raises an error: cannot open mixer: No such file or directory I did try to remove and reinstall alsa-utils but it did not change anything. This happened after a failed atempt to install alsa-driver-linuxant_1.0.23.1_all.deb from here. My sound card seems to be not recognised anymore. After reboot I have no more the sound icon in menu bar the upper right corner. I think I have removed my sound card driver. Indeed, the command sudo lshw -class multimedia indicated audi device as unclaimed. Any idea how I could revert to a better situation (that is jack support and alsa working)? EDIT: The command lspci -nnk | grep -iEA3 audio gives lspci -nnk | grep -iEA3 audio 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1893] 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)

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• Kingston SD reader not working for USB3

  - by user1146334

  I have a Kingston 4-in-1 Multimedia reader. When my PC was formatted with Win7 it worked fine. I decided to change to Ubuntu 14.04 and now it doesn't work. If I plug it into one of the USB2 ports it works fine, but whenever I plug it into one of the USB3 ports, it thinks about it for a minute and then dies. Here's the output of dmesg when it dies [110262.148656] usb 4-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd [110262.170330] usb 4-1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted. [110262.266379] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=11b0, idProduct=6348 [110262.266386] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [110262.266390] usb 4-1: Product: USB3.0 Media Reader [110262.266394] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: Kingston [110262.266398] usb 4-1: SerialNumber: 08735314400198 [110262.272929] usb-storage 4-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [110262.273239] scsi15 : usb-storage 4-1:1.0 [110263.290056] scsi 15:0:0:0: Direct-Access FCR-HS3 -0 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [110263.306622] scsi 15:0:0:1: Direct-Access FCR-HS3 -1 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [110263.323292] scsi 15:0:0:2: Direct-Access FCR-HS3 -2 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [110263.339858] scsi 15:0:0:3: Direct-Access FCR-HS3 -3 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [110263.340332] sd 15:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [110263.340706] sd 15:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 [110263.340850] sd 15:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [110263.340975] sd 15:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 [110264.651847] sd 15:0:0:1: [sde] 31116288 512-byte logical blocks: (15.9 GB/14.8 GiB) [110264.667049] sd 15:0:0:1: [sde] Write Protect is off [110264.667055] sd 15:0:0:1: [sde] Mode Sense: 2f 00 00 00 [110264.682767] sd 15:0:0:1: [sde] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [110264.694975] sd 15:0:0:2: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk [110264.697933] sd 15:0:0:3: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk [110264.729918] sd 15:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk [110264.754189] sde: sde1 [110264.760114] sd 15:0:0:1: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk [110275.377368] usb 4-1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd [110275.398453] usb 4-1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted. [110275.436592] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8802e4fb9980 [110275.436600] xhci_hcd 0000:05:00.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8802e4fb99c0 [110277.263444] usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 3

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• Four Proven Advantages of Online Learning | Outside Cost, Accessibility or Flexibility

  - by Mohit Phogat

  Coursera believes that online courses complement and supplement traditional education (versus a common misconception online will “replace” traditional.) Our research shows that Coursera’s platform, when used concurrently with a traditional classroom setup, is ideal for “blended learning” (i.e., students watch lectures pre-class, then class-time focuses on interactive work and discussion.) Additionally, we agree with Brad Zomick of SkilledUp—an online learning aggregator—who acknowledges an online course “isn’t an alternative at all but rather a different path with its own rewards.” The advantages of Coursera and our apps for mobile were straightforward and conspicuous from the start: we’re free, open, and flexible to learners’ unique needs and style. Over the past two years, however, the evidence proves there are many more tangible benefits to open, online learning. In SkilledUp’s “The Advantages of Online Courses [Infographic]”–crafted from findings of leading educational research–four observations stand out from the overt characteristics: Speedier Learning - “Research shows that online students achieve same or better learning results in about half the time as those in traditional courses” More Active, Engaged & Motivated - Learners thrive “when working with coursework that is challenging but within their capacity to master.” Tangible Skill Building - with an “improved attitude toward learning” Better Teaching Quality - Courses are taught by experts, with various multimedia and cutting-edge technology, and “are usually better organized than traditional courses” This is only the beginning, Courserians! Everyday we hear your incredible stories on how open online courses enrich your lives and enhance your careers. Meanwhile we study the steady stream of scientific, big-data research proving their worth on a large-scale (such as UPenn’s latest research on the welcomed diversity in Coursera-hosted Wharton MBA courses.) Our motto “Learning without Limits” reminds us that open, online courses give tremendous opportunity to those that might not otherwise have access (or time, or money) to study at a high-caliber institution. Source: Coursera

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• Internal Mic not working on Dell Adamo 13

  - by AFD

  So I'm using Elementary Luna Beta (based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) on a spare HDD after successfully using Jupiter release (based on 10.10) for many years. In Jupiter I had my internal mic work out of the box and with Skype installed from deb it was all setup without having to step foot inside the terminal. In Luna Beta the internal mic is not recognised by the OS and so also not recognised by Skype. I believe the hardware is this (from sudo lshw): *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 resources: irq:46 memory:f8600000-f8603fff As well as this I ran cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec which gave me: Codec: IDT 92HD73C1X5 Codec: Intel Cantiga HDMI How do I tweak Luna to get this hardware working properly? I'm able to switch out my Luna HDD with the Jupiter HDD to help troubleshoot what the differences are between the two and why the more recent OS can't find / use the mic correctly. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

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• Cannot Restore GRUB (Ubuntu 11.04 + Win 7)

  - by Benny

  I'm trying to fix GRUB on my PC, but I'm running into serious issues doing so. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm completely crippled right now. Here is the sequence of events for this PC: Installed Windows 7 Split full disk into two partitions (one for win7 and one for multimedia) Long time passed Split one of the partitions into two again Installed Ubuntu 11.04 on new partition A little time passed Windows 7 acting up, reinstall Ubuntu GRUB gone Tried restoring GRUB by mounting and grub-install from live USB Tried switching to a live CD instead of USB (thinking it might be the drive) Now I don't see GRUB and I'm getting "input/output" errors An example i/o error: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xbe86aff6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 48727 391393280 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 48727 77063 227612647+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 77063 91202 113566721 5 Extended /dev/sda5 77063 90622 108908544 83 Linux /dev/sda6 90622 91202 4657152 82 Linux swap / Solaris ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/boot': Input/output error ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cd /mnt ubuntu@ubuntu:/mnt$ ls ls: cannot access etc: Input/output error

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• Plug-in based software design

  - by gekod

  I'm a software developer who is willing to improve his software design skills. I think software should not only work but have a solid and elegant design too to be reusable and extensive to later purposes. Now I'm in search of some help figuring out good practices for specific problems. Actually, I'm trying to find out how to design a piece of software that would be extensible via plug-ins. The questions I have are the following: Should plug-ins be able to access each others functionality? This would bring dependencies I guess. What should the main application offer to the plug-ins if I want to let's say develop a multimedia software which would play videos and music but which could later on get functionality added over plug-ins that would let's say be able to read video status (time, bps, ...) and display it. Would this mean that the player itself would have to be part of the main program and offer services to plug-ins to get such information or would there be a way to develop the player as a plug-in also but offer in some way the possibility to other plug-ins to interact with it? As you see, my questions are mainly for learning purposes as I strive to improve my software development skills. I hope to find help here and apologize if something is wrong with my question.

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• Approach for developing software that will need to be ported to multiple mobile platforms in the future

  - by Jonathan Henson

  I am currently doing the preliminary design for a new product my company will be pushing out soon. We will start on Android, but then we will need to quickly develop the IPhone, IPad.... and then the Windows 8 ports of the application. Basically the only code that wouldn't be reusable is the view specific code and the multimedia functions. This will be an SIP client (of course the user of the app will not know this) with several bells and whistles for our own business specific purposes. My initial thought is to develop all of the engine in C and provide a nice API for the C library since JAVA and .NET will allow native invoking, and I should just be able to directly link to the C lib in objective-C. Is there a better approach for vast code reuse which also remains close to the native platform? I.e. I don't want dependencies such as Mono-droid and the like or complicated interpreter/translator schemes. I don't mind re-coding the view(s) for each platform, but I do not want to have multiple versions of the main engine. Also, if I want to have some good abstraction mechanisms (like I would in say, C++) is this possible? I have read that C++ is not allowed for the IPad and Iphone devices. I would love to handle the media decoding in the C library, but I assume that this will be platform dependent so that probably will not be an option either. Any ideas here?

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• How to recover broken dpkg after lucid-bleed ppa-purge?

  - by TryTryAgain

  Did a ppa-purge of lucid-bleed and dpkg didn't downgrade properly and now it is broken. dpkg: PreDepends: tar (>= 1.23) but 1.22-2ubuntu1 is to be installed What scares me is when simulating the removal of dpkg I get: Removing this package may render the system unusable. Are you sure you want to do that? and then the list of packages which depend on it, which will also be removed, is obviously very long. Is it safe for me to remove dpkg just to reinstall it? How would I ensure the list of packages which were also removed are then reinstalled? Will forcing the version of dpkg help? (FYI: simulating a forced version brings up a much smaller list of applications which will also be removed). Any other suggestions? Additional information based on comments: ppa-purge log: http://pastebin.com/1kT8cLvP If I sudo apt-get install dpkg=1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5 I get The following packages have unmet dependencies: libdpkg-perl: Depends: dpkg (= 1.15.8) but 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5 is to be installed which sucks because that means more would be broken after doing so...but when I force the version through Synaptic I get: To be removed alien, build-essential, cdbs, checkinstall, debhelper, devscripts, dpkg-dev, google-earth-stable, googleearth-package, libdpkg-perl, lintian, lsb, lsb-core, lsb-cxx, lsb-desktop, lsb-graphics, lsb-languages, lsb-multimedia, lsb-printing, lsb-qt4, lsb-security, ubuntu-dev-tools.

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• My new anti-patent BSD-based license: necessary and effective? [closed]

  - by paperjam

  I am writing multimedia software in a domain that is rife with software patents. I want to open source my software but only for the benefit of those who don't play the patent game, that is enthusiasts, small companies, research projects, etc. The idea is, if my code would infringe a software patent somewhere and a company pays to license that patent, they then lose the right to use and distribute my software. Now I detest license proliferation as much as anyone but I can't find an existing OSI approved license that does this. The GPL comes close, but it only restricts distribution, not use. I want to stop someone using my software should they obtain a patent license to do so. Does another license do this job? Is the wording below unambiguous? - I don't want a legal opinion, just whether it would be interpreted as I intend. Copyright (c) <year>, <copyright holder> All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: [ three standard new-BSD conditions not shown here] * No patents are licensed from any third party in respect of redistribution or use of this software or its derivatives unless the patent license is arranged to permit free use and distribution by all. THIS SOFTWARE IS... [standard BSD disclaimer not shown here]

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• my web cam not working prperly in skype 12.04

  - by elvin

  oller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 01) This is the configuration of my web cam when i typed lspci in terminal; how do i find out what type of cam it is. the command letters i wrote here may be wrong.never mind i wrote from my memory.my web cam shows green colour shade and no proper colour.pls help me to fix this problem.2nd option- if i buy microsoft web cam will the image will get corrected.i think my web cam is hyundai electronics make.

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• Sound not working after installing PCI video card and then removing it

  - by bakhshu

  I am running 11.10 on a HP/Compaq Presario sr1010z, and the video/audio was working fine with whatever was in the machine already. Then I installed a new video card (PCI/nVidia), which disabled the audio/video on the old one automatically. But that card didn't work out too well so I removed it. Now the video is back to normal, but the audio is gone. I have tried the following: 1. In BIOS, set audio to on/enable rather than Auto 2. Looked for hardware in System Settings Sound, but nothing shows up there 3. But when I run the sysinfo utility, I get the description of the audio controller When I do a 'sudo aplay -l', I get 'aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found...' And then when I do a 'lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"' I get the following: 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a05 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 I/O ports at a000 [size=256] I/O ports at a400 [size=128] Capabilities: 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

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• error while trying to play .mp4 file

  - by Husni

  after agree to download and install extra multimedia plugins, it says package dependency can not be resolved, with below error: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad:i386: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.15-0ubuntu20 is to be installed Depends: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) but 1.12.3+git20120608.f228769d-0ubuntu0ricotz~quantal0 is to be installed Depends: libcdaudio1 (>= 0.99.12p2) but 0.99.12p2-12 is to be installed Depends: libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2) but 7.27.0-1ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libdvdnav4 (>= 4.2.0+20120524) but 4.2.0+20120524-2 is to be installed Depends: libfaad2 (>= 2.7) but 2.7-8 is to be installed Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8) but 2.34.0-1ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libgsm1 (>= 1.0.13) but 1.0.13-4 is to be installed Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 (= 0.10.23-7ubuntu1) but 0.10.23-7ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.36) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.36) but 0.10.36-1ubuntu2 is to be installed Depends: libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435) but 2:0.1~r459-1ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libopenal1 (>= 1:1.13) but 1:1.14-4ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: liborc-0.4-0 (>= 1:0.4.16) but 1:0.4.16-2 is to be installed Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but 1.2.49-1ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4) but 2.36.3-0ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: librtmp0 (>= 2.3) but 2.4+20111222.git4e06e21-1 is to be installed Depends: libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>= 1.0.9) but 1.0.11-2 is to be installed Depends: libsndfile1 (>= 1.0.20) but 1.0.25-5 is to be installed Depends: libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0) but 1.0.1c-3ubuntu2 is to be installed Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) but 4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0) but 1.1.0-1 is to be installed Depends: libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2) but 2:1.3.2-9 is to be installed

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• Java Magazine: Java at Sea!

  - by Tori Wieldt

  The September/October issue of Java Magazine is now out, with several great Java stories, including: Java At Sea? Liquid Robotics charts a new course with expert help from Java pioneer James Gosling.?  ?Duke’s Choice AwardsMeet this year’s winners! (The awards will be presented at the JavaOne Sunday night reception at the Taylor Street Cafe.)Looking Ahead to Project LambdaJava Language Architect Brian Goetz on the importance of lambda expressions.JCP Q&A: Ben EvansThe London JUG representative talks about the JCP and the Java community.Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6Adam Bien on deep integration with connector services in a lean way.DataFX: Populate JavaFX Controls with Real-World DataTools to retrieve, parse, and render data in a variety of JavaFX controls. Fix ThisStephen Chin challenges your JavaFX skills. Java Magazine is a bi-monthly online publication. It includes technical articles on the Java language and platform; Java innovations and innovators; JUG and JCP news; Java events; links to online Java communities; and videos and multimedia demos. Subscriptions are free.

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