HTC Desire Alarm Clock Not Working

Have you got the HTC Desire and the alarm clock is not working?

The HTC Desire is an Android based phone, I was frustrated to find that the alarm would work intermittently. When I went into the clock, set the alarm, the alarm worked great. The next morning the alarm failed to go off… ARGHHHH… Finally after some messing around I figured it out, it was the task killer I was using, would you believe it that when the task killer killed all unclosed and unused applications to free up the memory, it killed the clock as well, well this stopped the alarm from working, even though the clock still worked and the alarm icon was still displayed?? So I added the clock as an exception in the task killer settings and now when I run the task killer the alarm still works.

So if you have one of these phones or maybe another android phone, killing the clock kills the alarm! but the clock still works…!!

Linux Fedora openSUSE Ubuntu DVD

Linux is a popular open source operating system available in a number of flavours, but why use your bandwidth in downloading it? Why not purchase the DVD with your desired flavour on it? With FREE postage to the UK. (other countries please contact me) Choose from: Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu in either 32bit or 64bit (where available). Please note you may receive a ‘plain’ unprinted DVD and or packaging, graphics will be used where available. The lack of graphics on the DVD or case/sleeve will not impair the media. Other flavours may be available, please contact me and enquire.

Renault Mégane Scenic RX4 Workshop / Service Repair Manual

The Renault Mégane Scenic RX4 is a four wheel drive (4×4) version of the Renault Mégane Scenic, which was produced between 2000 and 2003, and was available in both petrol and diesel versions.

Finding information for this car is difficult to say the least, I have however, an electronic version of the Renault Mégane Scenic RX4 Workshop Service Repair Manual available for a small charge.

Please note there is two versions available:

The JA0C with the F4R Petrol engine, Renault code 3323A. (185 pages)

and

The JA1F with the F9Q Diesel engine, Renault code 3415A. (111 pages)

Please also note that these manuals are for the specific differences in the RX4 compared to the standard scenic model, and may not contain some information found on the standard model.

Update:

Now available the RX4 manual pack:

• The JA0C model fitted with the F4R engine, Renault code for this manual is 3323A. (petrol version, 185 pages)
• The JA1F model fitted with the F9Q engine, Renault code for this manual is 3415A. (diesel version, 111 pages)
• The Renault Scenic – Workshop Repair Manual, Renault code for this manual is 2613A. (175 pages)
• The Renault Scenic RX4 – FAULT FINDING ABS – Traction Control, Renault code for this manual is 3416A (56 pages)

With the option of either receiving the pack by email (compressed zip file) or on CD to your door, with FREE UK Postage. (Please contact me for postal / shipping charges outside the UK).

Nokia N86 Macro

The Nokia N96 boasts an 8mp camera and I wanted to test out the macro functions of this exciting handset I had in my possession and compare it to the N95 8GB I had previously.

I think the camera is slower on the N86, mainly due to the size of the image, but the overall quality is better.

Have a look below and see what you think..

To see more images check out my Picasa Image Album

Stafford Explorer Scouts get new website

After many years the explorer scouts get their own website http://www.staffordexplorers.org.uk. Explorer scouts are district based with units. Currently in Stafford there are 6 units including the Young Leaders and Sea Scouts (who have their own site).

I designed and built this site on WordPress a popular blogging publishing platform. I used a modified theme to get the desired layout and effect. Posts and pages can be easily created and updated by the built in web interface or by using Windows Live Writer a free blogging application from Microsoft.

I am looking for ‘bloggers’ from each unit to keep the pages updated, informing others on the activities and adventures they have. Each ‘blogger’ will create their post in their own words and format making for an excited visual layout and read. It is however necessary for myself as the webmaster to make sure that each post and comment conforms with data protection in guidance from the Scout Association.

The domain was donated to the explorers by myself, (as I am an Explorer Scout Leader with the district) is is being hosted on my own sever. This project also included the installation and configuration of WordPress.

Proftpd Fails to load

After a recent server upgrade my ftp server stopped working, checking the log files showed no errors and so on the ‘off chance’ i decided to reboot the server as it had updated a number of critical files.

The server rebooted and everything came back on line, apart from proftpd, this was confusing to say the least.

I finally decided to go through the config file with a fine tooth comb and can across the line:

hiddenstor on

The spelling looked wrong so i added an ‘e’ to the end and tried to restart the service and no still failed with mo messages, so i decided to remove the line and restart again, this time it started perfectly.

It looks like a recent version upgrade removes this option from the settings and caused my error.

SUSE Ambassador

Having been a Fedora Ambassador for a number of years, due to starting out using Redhat Linux in both the desktop and enterprise versions, then moving on to their open source versions Fedora and CentOS.

SuSE Linux went down the same lines by creating openSUSE. This gave me the opportunity to support the development of the platform and contribute by being an ambassador as I prefer to have openSUSE on my laptop and Fedora on my desktop system.

The registration process has been slow though and I am still waiting to be approved as a SUSE member.

Microsoft Windows Vista and Linux Samba Shares

Having Problems with access Samba shares from your linux box?
Getting “error code 0×80070035 network path was not found” even though the path IS correct?
Then try this:-
Run secpol.msc
Go to: Local Policies > Security Options
Find “Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level”
Change Setting from “Send NTLMv2 response only” to
“Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”

Installing PHP 5.2.x on RedHat ES5, CentOS 5, etc

I’ve had to follow this tutorial a few times myself now so decided I should share it with the world.

Problem is, RedHat ES5 does not have support at this time for anything higher than 5.1.6, and we didn’t want to break RPM dependancys etc by installing from source.

To install PHP 5.2.5 (Highest in repository at this time) you can make use of a RPM repository maintained by Remi at:

http://blog.famillecollet.com/post/2005/10/02/8-telechargement-installation-et-yum

He has a repository for each distro, but to save you translating into english for the ES5 one I’ll give you the commands here. Run the following to get up and running:

Execute at the command prompt:

wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-2.noarch.rpm

then:

wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/el5.i386/remi-release-5-4.el5.remi.noarch.rpm

now run:

rpm -Uvh remi-release-5*.rpm epel-release-5*.rpm

You now have the Remi repository on your system, however it is disabled by default. Obviously you don’t want all of your packages been effected by this repository, however to enable it for a specific package, run the following:

yum –enablerepo=remi update php

You should now have the latest PHP5 installed, to verify this run:

php -v

PHP 5.2.5 (cli) (built: Nov 10 2007 10:52:30)
Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies