Earl

Oil drained.

Final Gear Oil: Drained

Got the final gear oil drained. Also got the right-side manifolds off, sanded, and put back on with new o-rings.

Note the clever use of the jack stand to support the bike upright for draining. +1 for me!

Also note that my luggage rack frame nearly blocks the drain plug.

Testing the Blogger Android App

Just testing the blogger app on the Galaxy Nexus.

Adding a picture of Kira. Can't place it within the text tho apparently.

Galaxy Nexus: Root & ClockWorkMod Recovery

Turn on USB debugging. Attach the phone to the computer.

‎./adb devices [just to make sure it's recognized]

‎./adb reboot bootloader [to get to the bootloader]

./fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img

Press volume down till you get the "recovery mode" option, and press Power to select recovery. [reboots into CWM]

Select install zip from sdcard

Select "choose zip from sdcard"

Select the su.zip

Back on the computer, in konsole:
./adb shell
then run:
>mount -o rw,remount /system
>mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.bak
(This part didn't work for me: "mv: can't rename '/system/etc/install-recovery.sh': No such file or directory"
>exit [to leave the adb shell]

So, either use root explorer to rename it if it shows up, or use ROM Manager to reinstall CWM.

Then reboot.

Mostly simplicity.

Links:

ClockWorkMod Recovery

Fastboot

su.zip

Original guide

Unlock the Galaxy Nexus Bootloader

Turn on USB debugging. Attach the phone to the computer.

‎./adb devices [just to make sure it's recognized]

‎./adb reboot bootloader [to get to the bootloader]

./fastboot oem unlock [unlocks the bootloader; select yes when asked on the phone]

‎./fastboot reboot

Simplicity.

Adding a Windows HD to an Existing Linux Installation

So I got Duke Nukem forever for Christmas, and unforuntately there is no Linux version. Which, again unfortunately, means I need to add a small HD to my computer that will run Windows (XP Pro, which I have lying around still).

I found a cheap, 40G SATA HD at newegg.

To make Windows install easily, I physically unplugged the main HD which runs PCLOS, then went thru the standard WindowsXP install. When I was done, I plugged the main drive back in, and booted into Linux.

So now I needed to make a Grub entry for the Windows drive. Unfortunately, the standard Grub GUI provided with PCLOS will not work in this case, because the Windows drive is the second drive in the system, and stupid Windows needs to be on the first drive in order to function (stupid Bill Gates).

So, in this case, you need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst manually, and add a secton, mapping hd1 to hd0 and hd0 to hd1 in order to trick Windows into think it's really on the first drive:

title DukeNukem
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
And done.

And now everything works, and I can boot into either Windows or PCLOS just fine.

Only problem now is that I'm all out of gum...

Darned KDE Upgrade: Fixing Dolphin

Lost my information panel during one of the last KDE upgrades. Do this to get it back

Rename or delete the following (dolphinpartrc may not exist):

~/.kde4/share/config/dolphinrc
~/.kde4/share/apps/dolphin/dolphinuirc
~/.kde4/share/apps/dolphinpart/dolphinpartrc

Tip found at the opensuse forums.

It's not Man's Work unless you shed a little blood doing it

Polished half my intakes. Before and after picture. Little difficult to see, but the insides are much smoother. The parting line from the casting is nearly gone now. Flapper wheel and injuries (from trying to get the upper seal off) below.

Before & After

Flapper wheel: 80 Grit

Looked real bad before washing off the blood

Might have hit a major piece of Good Luck

So, when I went to drain the carbs on the Valk today, nothing came out. So, it is entirely possible that at some point over the last several years, I did indeed drain the gas out of the carbs.

Gods that would save me a lot of time and trouble if I don't have to tear all 6 of those gorram things apart.

Will tear one down and see how it looks. If good, I'll hopefully be able to avoid all of that work, and can just dump in some carb cleaner for the first couple of tanks.

Helpful Manifold Tip #1

So, after removing the first two intake manifolds, I removed the two screws for the third (in my case, the third was the left side front). Turns out that if you remove all 6 of those screws, the whole carb bank pivots up, which makes removing the manifolds much easier.

Right side intake manifolds

I'm certain it will be easier to install them that way as well.

I'm also going to polish the insides as long as I have them off. Rumor Mill says that should improve mileage by about 3 mpg. Certainly can't hurt anything.

Note to self: Note the position of that little bent tab at the rear manifold. There is one of those on the left front manifold as well. Not sure what it does, but I want to make sure it goes back in the same position.

Valk Tear Down Day 1

2011-08-25:

Pulled the tank off:

test

pig

Clockwork Recovery on the 3G Xoom

Ref XDA:

Download Clockwork Recovery for the Xoom, then:

Linux:

$ ./adb reboot bootloader
$ ./fastboot flash recovery recovery-solarnz-XXXXXX-XXXX.img
$ ./fastboot reboot

After rebooting:

$ ./adb reboot recovery

Or install Quickboot from the market.

Unlock & Root 3G Xoom

Software needed:

-Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

-Java SDK (use synaptic)

-fastboot (from HTC): http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html#s2

Linux:

Create this file (as root): /etc/udev/rules.d/51.android.rules containing:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

Xoom: Make sure "USB Debugging" is on (Applications->Development)

Linux:

Open konsole in SDK/tools directory (ie: ~/Download/Motorola/xoom/SDK/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools):

$ ./adb reboot bootloader

$ chmod 777 fastboot

$ ./fastboot oem unlock

Wait....

Unlocked!!!

Enter info on Xoom...Make sure "USB Debugging" is on again.

Linux:

$ ./adb reboot bootloader

$ ./fastboot flash boot rootboot.img (From here.)

$ ./fastboot reboot

Wait...

Linux:

$ ./adb remount

$ ./adb push su /system/bin

$./adb shell

# ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

# exit

Install Superuser from market

Install busybox from market

Install Titanium Backup from market (Do NOT install busybox from within Titanium Backup!)

How To Remove Hidden Partitions From Hard Drives

I hate those hidden, virtural CDs that come on some newer external hard drives. Apparently, this is how to remove them: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.

It's a windows app tho. Blech.

Information here.

How To Make Thunderbird Open Links In KDE

Seems like the easiest way to make Thunderbird properly work on PCLOS using KDE is to do this:

1. Go to the config editor (Edit->Preferences==>Advanced->General->Config Editor)
2. Agree to the warning if it pops up
3. Enter this into the filte box at the top: network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http
4. Double-click each entry shown to change it to true.
5. Close the Config Editor.
6. Click a http or https link, and wait for the dialog box to open asking what application to use.
7. Click on Choose and browse to a web browser ("/usr/bin/chromium-browser" for example)
8. Place a check where it says to "Remember my choice" if desired.
9. Profit!

This also works if you click an internal T-bird link, such as "Get Themes" in the Add-ons dialog box. There is a noticable delay before that box pops up tho in that case. Just wait a minute and all will be fine.

More details here at the PCLOS forums.

Random Bowing Thought...

So, Obama can bow down to any foreign leader, but he can't even bend a knee to place a flower at a US soldier's grave, instead just throwing it down.*

* Back during the campaign, when he and McCain laid flowers down at, I think, the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier on Veteran's Day. Gotta look that up for details.

Rooting the Original Droid

Using an SBF file and RSDlite v4.6. From droid-life.com.

How To Unroot The Droid2

On a related note, here's how to unroot the Droid2, assuming no custom ROMs, and no deleting of stock bloatware apps:

• open your trusty terminal app (that's the terminal emulator you downloaded)
• you should see a $ symbol, now do the following (type each line exactly as writen after the "-" but do not type what is in the parenthesis)
• su (give a minute to ask for Superuser Permission. If it doesn't ask, go into Superuser Permissions and grant access to your Terminal Emulator and go back and retry this step)
• now you should see a # symbol (after each of the following steps is processed, you will see a #)
• mount -o rw,remount -text3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
• rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
• rm /system/bin/su
• rm /system/bin/busybox
• mount -o ro,remount -text3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
• reboot your phone. Tada, no more root! To prove this, try opening wireless tether or another program needing root access and you will be rejected.

Rooting The Droid2 Without a PC

From droidforums.net:

Download these and copy to root folder of sdcard:

• rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
• su
• Superuser.apk
• Terminal emulator

Enable USB debugging: Settiings -> applications -> development -> USB debugging

Open terminal emulator and....

• cd /tmp
• cp /sdcard/rage*.bin /tmp/
• chmod 777 rage*.bin
• ./rage*.bin

Wait for about 5 minutes. It may finish and return with a $ prompt.

Hit the Home button, then: Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Running -> Terminal Emulator. Force close terminal emulator.

Return home, then open terminal emulator. (You should have a # prompt. If not, and/or you phone is lagging reboot your phone and start over at "cd /tmp".)

• mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
• cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
• cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
• cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
• chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
• chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
• mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
• exit

Reboot phone.

Check to see if you have the superuser app in your app drawer. Also open terminal emulator and type the following command: "su"

A window should open prompting you to allow it to have superuser permissions.

You now have root.

Also, another droidfurums.net reference here, with what to do after rooting.