Terratec Hybrid XS

Have you got this kind of device for tv acquisition and you don't know how to install on ubuntu???

well after some days spent surfing in the forums... i found this

ending ... to an useful even if obvious suggestion ...this one...

that's everything you'll need:

wget mcentral.de/empia/installer.sh
 chmod 777 installer.sh
 ./installer.sh

--- reboot ---

monitor too much bright?

It's the case of my glossy display (acer 2920) so I discovered that, under ubuntu, a gamma set to 0.6 it surely better:

1. how to find your preferred gamma settings:
   xgamma -gamma .6
   this will set both colors (rgb) to 0.6 value
2. alternatively it is possible to change each color as in the following example:
   xgamma -rgamma .6 -ggamma .8 -bgamma .6
3. Once discovered the right equilibrium among gammaa values, if you have the superuser rights you can set the xorg configuration in this manner:
   "sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
   modify the monitor section as follows, with your gamma values:
   
   

   Section "Monitor"
     Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
     Gamma           1.03 0.86 0.67
   EndSection
   

   
   
4. If you are not super user enabled???
   
   Open: System->Preferences->Sessions
   Press: Add
   
   Name: Gamma Settings
   Command: xgamma -gamma .6
   Description: optional
   
   

High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime (Ubuntu bug)

starting from this site
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695


here you'll find a workaround:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695/comments/14

Problem::

• Frequent HD clicks -- more than one per 3 minutes while idle, louder than the typical access sounds. Often more than twice per minute. On some disks, the click is very quiet
  
  
• Early hard disk failure never stay parked, due to very frequent disk activity. Thus this cycle occurs often, thus wearing out the drive, and any comparative benefit is negligible (whereas, if the-- some disks are cut down to less than a year of actual uptime.

• Drives are spec'd to a limited number of these cycles. (600,000 is the most common, although some may be spec'd higher or lower).

• The OS not setting disk APM variables according to current disk access pattern.

So ... check your cycles::

• sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda | grep Load_Cycle_Count

  
  (where /dev/hda is replaced with your own hard disk device)

Solution::

Here is how I permanently fixed it:

1) make a file named "99-hdd-spin-fix.sh". The important thing is starting with "99".

2) make sure the file contains the following 2 lines (fix it if you have PATA HDD):
#!/bin/sh
hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

3) give to it execution rights
chmod +x 99-hdd-spin-fix.sh

4) copy this file to 3 locations:
/etc/acpi/suspend.d/
/etc/acpi/resume.d/
/etc/acpi/start.d/

Voila! After that the HDD never spins down on power (looks like it actually spins down on battery at modest rate).
Sorry if the instruction is too detailed, no offense.

Solution at a glance::

sudo gedit /tmp/99-hdd-spin-fix.sh

write inside the file the following lines:

#!/bin/sh
hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda

sudo cp /tmp/99-hdd-spin-fix.sh /etc/acpi/suspend.d/.
sudo cp /tmp/99-hdd-spin-fix.sh /etc/acpi/resume.d/
sudo cp /tmp/99-hdd-spin-fix.sh /etc/acpi/start.d/
sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart

iwl3945 wifi working on unbuntu hardy

I have an acer 2920 with T7500 processor (dual core 2.2ghz)...

after a lot of jumps around several forums I have collapsed here the working solution:

From here:
install backports for drivers

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-hardy

create as super user:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ipw3945

write this line inside:

blacklist ipw3945

--- restart ---

to test if it is working try with:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

probably it is not enough, if you have errors during scanning, you have to do:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945

write inside it the following lines:

alias wlan0 iwl3945
options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1

--- restart --- again