Monthly Archives: September 2007

Debian package for TWiki LDAP contrib adapter (a bit outdated though)

Posted on 26/09/2007 by Olivier Berger

Currently considering my intention of becoming maintainer of some Debian packages, I realized I had not blogged about the packaging I made for TWikiLdapContrib, an adapter for users and groups management in TWiki based on a LDAP directory. See https://picoforge.int-evry.fr/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Picoforge/Web/TwikiLdapcontribDeb … Continue reading →

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Selecting from multiple X configurations (layouts) automatically at GDM startup or at boot

Posted on 19/09/2007 by Olivier Berger

I’m trying to use different configurations on my laptop : standard linux kernel with proprietary nvidia driver and Xen to allow developping/testing in a hosted dom-U Debian distro, in which case I switch back to the libre nv driver When … Continue reading →

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TwinView on NVidia video card : 2 displays for my laptop

Posted on 14/09/2007 by Olivier Berger

I configured the nvidia (proprietary, shame, shame) driver on my Dell Latitude D820 laptop so that my video card can display on 2 physical screens at the same time (ideal for beamer overhead display in conferences, or with a spare … Continue reading →

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Making A0 posters on GNU/Linux and previewing printout

Posted on 5/09/2007 by Olivier Berger

We’re going to present PicoForge at the JRES 2007 congress, with an A0 poster. I’ve been trying to make one with GNU/Linux of course, but it’s not been an easy task. My main concern was to be able to preview … Continue reading →

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