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Force.com IDE in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Posted by chris | Filed under Uncategorized

Being a salesforce.com Constultant I use the Force.com IDE all day every day. However I wanted to be able to use it in Ubuntu. I have see many attempts. However I was finally able to get it working. EXCELLENT:

I found my inspiration from friendlyarm.com

Download Java:

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk

and insert /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun on the top of file /etc/jvm ($sudo gedit /etc/jvm)

$cat /etc/jvm
# This file defines the default system JVM search order. Each
# JVM should list their JAVA_HOME compatible directory in this file.
# The default system JVM is the first one available from top to
# bottom.
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr

Download Eclipse from here.

Extract and Run.

Follow these instructions to get the Force.com IDE setup.

Read more | Comments (2) | April 17th, 2009

MSI Wind – Mac/Ubuntu – Wireless – 802.11bgn 1t2r

Posted by chris | Filed under msi_wind

My wife so very lovingly gave me the fantastic MSI Wind netbook for christmas. It is awesome!

She is a very savvy shopper and got the 6 cell battery, 2GB ram and even an external USB dvd-writer. What a woman!

After reading triple book install guide at msiwind.net I could not wait to give it a try.

Some christmas money afforded me the 500GB hard drive. It now multi boots Windows XP, Ubuntu, and Mac OSX. Nothing new there.

I could not get the wireless to work in MAC OSX. I tried all sorts of different drivers but none worked. I ran belarc in windows and it showed the wireless card as a 802.11bgn 1t2r mini card wireless adapter.

Some googling got me to this driver – http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/STA_RT2860%20D-1.1.1.0%20UI-1.6.8.0_2008_12_04.dmg.

It works. I now have the wireless working on MAC OSX.

It just worked. it just did. I am writing this in hopes that others may find it and save them from hours of looking for the proper drivers for their wind.

UPDATE: I also have Ubuntu 8.10. I now my wireless works on all 3 OS’s

UBUNTU INSTRUCTIONS (source):

1) Install Ubuntu.

2) Download Linux driver from ASUS (card is Atheros(R) AR8121/AR8113 PCI-E): http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?product=1&SLanguage=us-en&type=map&model=P5KPL-CM (note: click on “Drivers” and find “Support Linux Drivers”, which is zip file).

3) Unrar them and transfer to USB drive and place in your EEE.

4) Cd to the src directory (<usb drive mount>/LinuxDrivers/L1e_Lan/l1e-l2e-linux-v1.0.0.4/src)

5) sudo KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make

6) sudo KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make install

7) A file called atl1e.ko is made, that’s your driver. Move to: /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/at1le.ko (If for some reason the atl1e directory isn’t made, just sudo mkdir atl1e, your kernel name may be different)

8 ) Move into the directory from step 7 and: sudo insmod ./atl1e.ko

That’s it, you should have working wired internet now! If it does work, you’ll see the Network Icon immediately start to change to two circles, indicating that it is retrieving an IP address from DHCP.

If you want to have the module load automatically (and you surely do), run

9 ) sudo depmod

Read more | Comments (5) | January 5th, 2009

Happy day – New blogs

Posted by chris | Filed under Annie, Blogging, Family, Melisa, Uncategorized, Wordpress

It has been a fun little project for me. I setup my wife and daughter on wordpress. I am really happy with the results:

Read more | Comments (0) | December 29th, 2008

Pandora Radio– Where have you been all my life?

Posted by Chris | Filed under Audio, Music

Holy Cow. I have heard about pandora radio before. But never really spend time using it. Until today. I installed the Pandora app on my ipod Touch. I now prefer it to my music collection on my ipod. Wow.

It works like this: Type in an artist that you like. I typed in weezer. Now I get to listen to similar music streamed for free. I love it. Try it for yourself – pandora.com.

Read more | Comments (2) | August 28th, 2008

Fast and Furious 4 Trailer

Posted by Chris | Filed under Movies, Trailers, Video

I love movies. I also love cars. Some parts of the fast and furious franchise contained some lame acting. But- The action scenes and car scenes have not dissapointed. This trailer is very exciting!

Rottentomatoes.com has some great information. The movie comes out June 2009.

source: techeblog via jalopnik via rottentomatoes

Read more | Comments (2) | August 27th, 2008

Melisa Merrill is the worlds greatest wife

Posted by Chris | Filed under Melisa

I have been able to spend a lot more time lately with Melisa than I have been able to in the past. This fantastic blessing has helped me realize moreso what a wonderful woman she is and just how lucky I am to have married her.

Each day that goes by, my love and appreciation grows. Melisa– you are truly a special person. Thank you for making my life complete!

Read more | Comments (4) | August 27th, 2008

Whats new with me? Everything!

Posted by Chris | Filed under Blogging, Uncategorized, plunker

Hello Friends– It has been a very long time since I wrote anything in the blog. I think it is time to provide my friends and family a little update.

First and foremost I have a new job. It allows me to work from home and travel. I get to spend a lot of time with my wife and children. It is wonderful. I am now a full time salesforce.com consultant. I work for a company based in chicago. I am working with one of their clients that is a VERY HUGE software company based in Palo Alto. It is a great job and I love it!

This also means that I left LANDesk. I truly loved that job. I had many great friends and that job will be missed.

It was also time for a BLOG update. I changed the layout so that I could have some pics of the kids up there. They are such a huge part of my life and I wanted to share some of there awesome new pictures with you all.

That is all for now–Toph.

Read more | Comments (1) | August 26th, 2008