Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy x86_64 experience

I had done a small upgraded to my "rig"(as those gamers say :D ) to a C2D processor ,945GC board ,2GB DDR-II 800Mhz RAM etc. So ,thought of removing current hardy 32-bit installation which was sleeping for many months now.as I am almost full time on my Debian Sid.

Now ,I downloaded hardy x86_64 alternate cd iso(debian cli installer) as I feel it is better.install was a breeze.even nv driver for my xfx 7300GT card also configured fine by installer.

I felt(hallucinating?) that 64-bit buntu is a little bit speedy than my Debian ;) .almost it is a trouble-free experience.I hope 64-bit will(should) soon become the de facto standard for processor architecture.

I installed flash 10beta1? plugin using nspluginwrapper.ubuntu automatically installs 32-bit compatibility libraries.no worries. then ,hardy comes with icedtea java and plugin by default ! that is a great step.

then Hardy comes with 2.6.24 kernel.and my motherboard which is a Asus P5GC-MX/1333 with a atheros/attansic L2 onboard lan card.it needs the latest L2 atl2 driver module.so ,I downloaded the kernel driver patch from redhat's maintainer of the driver from here : http://people.redhat.com/csnook/atl2/

I patched this driver with the 2.6.26 kernel source and compiled a custom kernel with atl2 module(latest) built-in.Now ,I wanted to try the latest nvidia 177.13 beta driver for my grpahics card.

already had "build-essential" packages installed in my system.so invoked the binary from a virtual terminal to build the module for the current kernel.It built fine and I modprobe nvidia and restarted gdm to enjoy the latest driver.seriously! I dont find anything interesting though.

OH! I forgot to tell that ,you have to stop X before installing nvidia driver manually.just "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop" or "sudo telinit 1" for the virtual terminal.

lm-sensors is used for measuring processor voltages and processor ,motherboard temperature etc.you can find more info here:
http://lm-sensors.org/

Most of the times ,I uses Gnome Desktop Environment.It has a nice sensor applet showing temperature of processor cores ,graphics card etc and more.then with 2.6.24 default kernel ,coretemp module reported correct temperatures.but after the upgraded to 2.6.26 ,temperature idling showed 58-59 :S !.


yes ,today it is a little hot ,but this much ? so I googled and found that some changes are made on kernel side with kernels above 2.6.25.the displayed temperature is wrong and actual temperature is 58-16=42 !this problem - we may be able to fix by editing /etc/sensors3.conf Hopefully by adding some parameters(forgot!).But ,the permanent solution is to be done from Kernel Developers side :( .

the biking experience

well ,after 6.5 years with trusted Suzuki Fiero Bike I had ,I sold it off for a mint-condition pulsar(DTS-i 180cc ).2 days back I cruised with it through the rough and hilly roads near by.at last ,a bike(except bullet!) which can carry me and cruise fine! .I topped at 110kmph on a straight road via chaali paalam(bridge) in Muvattupuzha ,my home town.

Here is a snap of my pulsar. :D



















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In other news ,I am going to try writing the BE(ECE) arrear exams this time.have to prepare for those pending Mathematics papers :( .any tips for Maths ? I can understand and solve problems.but when it come to exams ,simply I get confused all theorems etc. Bharathiyar University ECE is one of the toughest I heard ,although now it is discontinued(anna uni looks after Engg in Taamil Naadu).We had 7 Mathematics related papers. :| .

still life is boring .I was banned in thinkdigit forum by a admin for supporting FOSS and GNU/Linux .never mind ..

My new Website...blog

well ,I thought of getting a domain name and hosting a blog for a long time.but only yesterday ,that I got the spirit to get one :D

This site/blog is to post my random thoughts ,be it personal or technology related. I am weak in good English although I studied for more than 12+ years ;) .

aah! You are Welcome to My Blog.but few posts only can be expected.

I bought the domain from Ashok of http://ewebguru.com .

Hello World!

Hello , World! :D