Chris A. Brandlehner BLOG

Test your Wireless Security with Ubuntu 11.10

Christian Brandlehner — Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:00:37 +0200

I still see several wireless networks with weak or even no security enabled. However if somebody uploads illegally content, like copyrighted movies, you will be held responsible as holder of the internet connection.
As you may not know what kind of security your router has as it has been installed by somebody else or you can't change the configuration you can use a software stack on Ubuntu Linux to test security. Do NOT use this to crack a network you do not own!

Wie man Firefox 4 mit Lotus iNotes 8.5.2 nutzen kann

Christian Brandlehner — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:04:55 +0200

Seit einigen Tagen ist Firefox 4.0 verfügbar. Wie üblich wird dieses Update über die eingebaute Update-Funktion angezeigt und so steigt die Anzahl an Installationen rasch an. Leider ist die mit IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.2 ausgelieferte iNotes Version nicht ohne Änderungen mit Firefox 4.0 kompatibel. Hier eine Anleitung wie man Firefox dennoch für iNotes nutzen kann:

Annoying Scroll-Lock indicator popup on Lenovo Thinkpad with Windows 7

Christian Brandlehner — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On a Lenovo ThinkPad W510 I had an annoying problem with a popup indicating if the Scoll-Lock key was pressed. That tiny little grey window was popping up in the lower right corner of the screen.
The reason for hating that popus is that in Flightsimulator X the Scroll-Lock key is used to open the ATC window. If you play in DirectX fullscreen mode the screen flickers heavily for several seconds.
I found that the indator is not a Thinkpad feature but part of the Widcomm Bluetooth Stack. No idea why that software is doing this kind of stuff but here is the trick how to disable that indicator popup:
Use your registry editor and change the DWORD for KeyIndication in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Widcomm\BTConfig\General to a value 0. To reenable restore the default value of 1.

No sound with AMAROK in Ubuntu Linux 9.10?

Christian Brandlehner — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:34:34 +0200

I had a strange problem with AMAROK not playing any sound. Even weird if I used the test-button in the preferences I did hear sound.
After searching the web I found that you have to install this package: libxine1-ffmpeg

There is a new Fix for Lotus Traveler

Christian Brandlehner — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:21:53 +0200

IBM released a new Lotus Traveler Fix that fixes some issues but also adds some new functions, especially for the Apple iPhone.

IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.x Books

Christian Brandlehner — Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:45:10 +0200

I recommend these books for IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.x:

IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.1 FP1 is now available

Christian Brandlehner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:49:12 +0200

See this TN for download instructions:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24025721

IBM Lotus Domino Change Manager

Christian Brandlehner — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:32:35 +0200

I found a product at the Lotusphere Showcase that seems to be worth having a look. IONET Software offers a change management tool for auditing changes in the Domino Directory. The Change Manager seems to be designed to work fine in a distributed server environment. All software is in Notes databases so no software needs to be installed on the OS or as an extension manager to Domino.

Cool Paragliding Video

Christian Brandlehner — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:59:17 +0200

I found this cool video on YouTube with lots of impressions of the Pre-European Paragliding Championship in Abtenau.
See more information on the European Paragliding Championship 2010 page or on facebook.

How to scoll using the Thinkpad Trackpoint

Christian Brandlehner — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:00:14 +0200

I really like to scroll using the third/blue mouse key on my Thinkpad. I was missing this feature with Ubuntu Linux and found that this solution also worked for my T60p.