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Lately I have been getting a hard lockup on a work laptop, and I suspect it may be temperature related. Unfortunately with the latest Karmic kernel (2.6.31-17-generic x86_64) I am seeing the following message on boot:

[ 0.943491] ACPI Exception: AE_OK, No or invalid critical threshold 20090521 thermal-384

Additionally, there is no output [...]

Recently I acquired a Novatel Ovation MC950D UMTS Modem. A quick google to find links on how to setup revealed a few generic methods, with nothing very Ubuntu specific. As is turns out, the Mobile Broadband setup is build right into the Network Manager.

I simply configured a udev script to activate [...]

Well, I caught a glimpse of what I expect will be the realm of my next computer purchase; A cheap, functional and powerful netbook with built in UMTS modem and a high resolution LED backlit convertible tablet display with SSD drive and enough RAM to do real tasks and drive a feature rich desktop.

Of course [...]

After mucking about with various combinations of grub2, xen and eucalyptus on Ubuntu Karmic and eventually Debian Squeeze I now have a working cloud computing sandbox using binaries entirely from debian packages.

The final configuration is a Debian Squeeze instance on my HP dv7z laptop running standard grub2, xen and eucalyptus packages. The kernel is [...]

For some time now I have observed the Ubuntu dmesg line
[ 10.799981] input: ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer as /devices/platform/lis3lv02d/input/input8
and wondered if this was (a) a properly recognized piece of hardware, (b) a feature of my laptop or my Seagate STxxxxxxxx hard disk and (c) what applications might take advantage of it, assuming I can [...]

The holidays are all about relaxing; For me, this means a bit of time exploring new technologies during my 18mo son William’s afternoon nap, typically from 1-3pm each day.

Today, I am looking at getting a package-based eucalyptus cloud running on my ZM-80-based laptop, as an experiment for future updates to my linux infrastructure. [...]