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Hamlib project recent actvity
- Michael Black committed [678f01] 07 Mar 2021
- Michael Black committed [3aac60] 07 Mar 2021
- Michael Black committed [a35f39] 07 Mar 2021
- Michael Black committed [4cc151] 07 Mar 2021
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Hamlib Git commits
- Fix macro in usb_port.c 07 Mar 2021
- Another attempt to get python config working multi platform 07 Mar 2021
- Add 50ms pause in icom.c after set_freq and set_mode for possible transceive message which will then get flushed 07 Mar 2021
- rigctld.c add retry of rig_open with an IO error 07 Mar 2021
- Add FTDX101MP to newcat.c command table 07 Mar 2021
- Add RETURNFUNC/ENTERFUNC to network.c 07 Mar 2021
- Fix gai_error to print the status instead of errno 07 Mar 2021
- Add one more level of debug msg history 07 Mar 2021
- Fix FTDX101MP detection 07 Mar 2021
- Fix FTDX101MP detection and renamae ft101 to ft101d 07 Mar 2021
ARRL
- January 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report 06 Mar 2021
- The K7RA Solar Update 05 Mar 2021
- Quantum Receiver Can Detect Huge Swath of the RF Spectrum 04 Mar 2021
- Approaches to Tackle Noise Problems Vary, Remedies Elusive 03 Mar 2021
- ARISS, NASA, and ESA Continue to Probe Amateur Radio Problems on ISS 03 Mar 2021
- AMSAT-DL Operators Track Mars Probes 03 Mar 2021
Category Archives: XFCE 4
Disabling the touchpad on a Dell E6400 with Xubuntu
I dislike touchpads. Okay, that’s not quite true, I truly despise touchpads! Given the choice between a trackpoint (the knob pointer control in the keyboard) and a touchpad (a.k.a. scratchpad), I’ll take the trackpoint every time. I absolutely love the … Continue reading
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Restoring screen brightness step size on XFCE4
I’ve been annoyed by the behavior of recent Debian/XFCE4/GNOME3 releases that have reduced the number of screen brightness levels from the T60’s default of 8 to 4. The problem seems to stem from the removal of hal from recent desktop … Continue reading
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Enable the PC speaker beep in XFCE Terminal
This proved to be a simple fix, follow the instructions. This assumes the pcspkr kernel module is loaded (`lsmod | grep pcspkr’) and not blacklisted in a file in /etc/modprobe.d On to the next question, why? Since I began using … Continue reading
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