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Losing the numpad after having a vnc session

I've recently had the problem that I've lost the keyboard numpad after vnc session.
Turns out that "Mouse keys" have magically been enabled, using the numpad as a virtual mouse.

Thanks to this forum thread a smart user found out how to disable this "feature".
Works like a charm once you've found out what the real issue was.

Motorola VIP 1910 fail

I managed to acquire the source code to the Motorola VIP 1910 iptv box. It went much smoother than I expected. Turns out that the box only accepts code signed by Motorola. Mkáking it impossible for a normal user to run custom code.

Nice way of supporting the spirit of the GPL motorola!

stv06xx in mainline

Some months ago I decided to convert the old bitrotted qc-usb v4l1 driver to the gspca framework as I have an old Quickcam Web donated by a friend.
This was done fairly but not without some problems such as that the webcam is usb 1.1 and needs some time to settle before you can start to program it. If you're too keen on touching its register, all you're going to get is a hung webcam.

Creative Vista Plus webcam

I've recently moved and near my new apartment there's a flea market every saturday.
Today I went poking around and bought a used Creative Vista Plus webcam for 25 SEK (~2 EUR). I plugged it into my main Ubuntu 9.04 machine and it worked right of the bat with the gspca based pac207 driver. Granted, the image is crappy but that is a property of the camera and not of the driver. Kudos to Hans de Goede and the rest of the developers for getting this driver in such a good shape!

What to do when spotify has got black striped in wine

I've had this long-standing issue where Spotify has been largely covered with black patches when emulated with wine. Today I finally resolved the problem:

You need to tweak what version of windows wine is to emulate. When set to Win98 this problem arises. By using the winecfg tool this can be tweaked to WinXp instead and the problem vanishes.

Small status update of the m5602

A brief update:
The ov7660 sensor has been merged. This code is basically untested but I figured it would be better to add the almost working code as this increases the chances that someone who has the time and devotion helps me to get it going.

I've added multiple resolution support to a number of drivers but it turns out it's really hard to get it working when not having the hardware. As such I've given up fixing these until someone, again with the hardware can help me out.