In my web server logs I regularly see the following -
211.95.78.70 www.ocnar.com - [14/Jan/2009:07:12:00 +0100] "POST http://www.ocnar.com/cgi-bin/textenv.pl HTTP/1.1" 404 345 "-" "-"
I'm assuming it's some kind of hack... but googling it didn't turn up much. Can anyone enlighten me?
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Using Sony Ericsson P1i as a GPRS/3G modem on Acer Aspire One
As I got the Aspire One just prior to travelling, I didn't have time to test using it for internet connectivity using my Sony Ericsson P1i as a GPRS modem. As I'm travelling again soon, I decided to iron out the process in advance.
First I tried using Windows XP running in VirtualBox, with the normal Sony Ericsson tools. This worked largely without any hitches.
On to Linux (Linpus Lite), using a post on bayan ni juan as a reference.
Here's how to do it -
Check to see that the phone is detected when you plug it in. You should see something like the following.
[user@localhost ~]$ dmesg
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
cdc_acm 3-1:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
cdc_acm 3-1:1.3: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
cdc_acm 3-1:1.5: ttyACM2: USB ACM device
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
Check that wvdial is installed. It seems to come with the Aspire One.
[user@localhost ~]$ yum list wvdial
wvdial.i386 1.60-3.fc8 installed
Install gnome-ppp
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install gnome-ppp
Installed: gnome-ppp.i386 0:0.3.23-4.fc8
Complete!
Run gnome-ppp -
[user@localhost ~]$ gnome-ppp
Unfortunately it needs to run as root to access the modem, so give the root password (or invoke via sudo).
Click Setup
Click "Detect" to detect the modem
It should find /dev/ttyACM1
Speed 460800
Add the phone number for GPRS *99#
Phone numbers, *99# (you can use *99***10# to use profile 10 from the phone. I have the phone setup for WAP etc already, so this seems to be unnecessary).
Under init strings, my operator Telia suggests AT+cgdcont=10,,"online.telia.se"
this seems to be unnecessary, perhaps for the same reason cited earlier.
All other settings I left unchanged.
Quit and re-run gnome-ppp (perhaps not required)
Give a Username (test)
Give a Password (test)
Check the box "Remember password"
This seems to be required to workaround a bug in gnome-ppp. Without the box checked, gnome-ppp doesn't respond to the wvdial prompt "Please enter password (or empty password to stop):" - it took me a while to figure this out :)
Press connect, and hopefully you'll get a connection, with IP address, DNS etc.
First I tried using Windows XP running in VirtualBox, with the normal Sony Ericsson tools. This worked largely without any hitches.
On to Linux (Linpus Lite), using a post on bayan ni juan as a reference.
Here's how to do it -
Check to see that the phone is detected when you plug it in. You should see something like the following.
[user@localhost ~]$ dmesg
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
cdc_acm 3-1:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
cdc_acm 3-1:1.3: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
cdc_acm 3-1:1.5: ttyACM2: USB ACM device
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
Check that wvdial is installed. It seems to come with the Aspire One.
[user@localhost ~]$ yum list wvdial
wvdial.i386 1.60-3.fc8 installed
Install gnome-ppp
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install gnome-ppp
Installed: gnome-ppp.i386 0:0.3.23-4.fc8
Complete!
Run gnome-ppp -
[user@localhost ~]$ gnome-ppp
Unfortunately it needs to run as root to access the modem, so give the root password (or invoke via sudo).
Click Setup
Click "Detect" to detect the modem
It should find /dev/ttyACM1
Speed 460800
Add the phone number for GPRS *99#
Phone numbers, *99# (you can use *99***10# to use profile 10 from the phone. I have the phone setup for WAP etc already, so this seems to be unnecessary).
Under init strings, my operator Telia suggests AT+cgdcont=10,,"online.telia.se"
this seems to be unnecessary, perhaps for the same reason cited earlier.
All other settings I left unchanged.
Quit and re-run gnome-ppp (perhaps not required)
Give a Username (test)
Give a Password (test)
Check the box "Remember password"
This seems to be required to workaround a bug in gnome-ppp. Without the box checked, gnome-ppp doesn't respond to the wvdial prompt "Please enter password (or empty password to stop):" - it took me a while to figure this out :)
Press connect, and hopefully you'll get a connection, with IP address, DNS etc.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Alt Gr dead in java gui apps
Its time I blogged about a bug. This one isn't very interesting, but it is annoying. Internationalisation is one of those seemingly simple things that is so hard to get right, due to the huge combination of settings, and solutions.
Whilst trying to do some coding in Netbeans, I found the Alt Gr key not working on my Swedish/Finish keyboard. Pretty important as it gets you the { and } keys! What's so frustrating is that the keys are working perfectly in every other app I've used.
After checking this Netbeans article, I found the solution here in Ubuntu's bug tracker.
$ XMODIFIERS='' /opt/netbeans-6.1/bin/netbeans
Whilst trying to do some coding in Netbeans, I found the Alt Gr key not working on my Swedish/Finish keyboard. Pretty important as it gets you the { and } keys! What's so frustrating is that the keys are working perfectly in every other app I've used.
After checking this Netbeans article, I found the solution here in Ubuntu's bug tracker.
$ XMODIFIERS='' /opt/netbeans-6.1/bin/netbeans
Friday, January 2, 2009
VirtualBox on Acer Aspire One
I'd started to install VMware on my Aspire One (Linux), when I came across
macles* post on VirtualBox. In a couple of hours I had it up and running, with Windows XP as the guest OS, nice.
When reading about VirtualBox, the thing that excited me most was the support for USB devices - ie. it can 'pipe' them through to the guest OS, such that devices not supported in the host OS can be used in the guest OS... nice.
So I gave it a try - first was my HP Laserjet M1005 MFP, printer and scanner - no problems. Install the drivers (in XP), plug in the device, tell VirtualBox to enable it, XP detects it and out comes the test page. Similarly for the Scanner. Mounting ISO images of CDs (eg. install CDs) works beautifully too, something XP itself isn't so good at.
Then the Sony Ericsson P1i PC suite. This is a buggy thing to start with... I can no longer get it to install on my Vista work PC, how about XP under VirtualBox? Basically, no problems! I may have to run VirtualBox on my Vista laptop too :)
It's really nice when things work so well.
macles* post on VirtualBox. In a couple of hours I had it up and running, with Windows XP as the guest OS, nice.
When reading about VirtualBox, the thing that excited me most was the support for USB devices - ie. it can 'pipe' them through to the guest OS, such that devices not supported in the host OS can be used in the guest OS... nice.
So I gave it a try - first was my HP Laserjet M1005 MFP, printer and scanner - no problems. Install the drivers (in XP), plug in the device, tell VirtualBox to enable it, XP detects it and out comes the test page. Similarly for the Scanner. Mounting ISO images of CDs (eg. install CDs) works beautifully too, something XP itself isn't so good at.
Then the Sony Ericsson P1i PC suite. This is a buggy thing to start with... I can no longer get it to install on my Vista work PC, how about XP under VirtualBox? Basically, no problems! I may have to run VirtualBox on my Vista laptop too :)
It's really nice when things work so well.
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