"First Post"

Just realized that I didn't say my usual to bloggers "first post" word. So here it's...
I'm going to share some stuff that is interesting to me, hope there will be people that will like it as well.

iPhone posts

I'm one of those lucky guys who owns Apple's iPhone. To tell you the truth it's not as good as they say about it. After normal usage of the device for about 4 month I can tell that as phone it's not convenient and handy as other devices from the same class. But, anyway, my blog is intended to be more technical then just my thoughts and impressions.

I'm going to post a few items about iPhone related things mainly under Linux(Fedora 8 for now).
I'm living currently in Lviv, Ukraine so, certainly, I'm using unlocked/hacked iPhone. Was among those who bought 1.1.1OTB in apple store near Boston, MA. It's easy to unlock it, a lot of things changed since then... Many guys become famous, hi to zibri and Slava Karpenko:). My favorite links on subj:
http://www.iphones.ru/
http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/indexpage.php
http://www.ziphone.org/

The first thing you will need is iTunes. There is no Linux native app. that's why we need to make iTunes work here somehow.

Going to try it under Wine.

DELL Vostro 1400(210-19024) && Fedora 8

Characteristics:
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CPU: Core 2 Duo T7250 2.0GHz(2MB cache 800MHz FSB)
RAM: 2GB (2x 1024MB DDR2 667MHz)
HDD: 160GB
Optical drive: DVD-Super-Multi
Display: 14.1" WXGA (1280x800)
Graphics: Intel GMA3100 256MB
Wireless: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0
Ports, slots: 1 x Express Card / 4 x USB / IEEE1394 / VGA / S-Video / RJ-11 / RJ-45 / Media Direct / Headphones / Mic-in / Card Reader 8in1
Other: Camera 2.0 MPix, infrared slot
OS: Microsoft Vista Basic
Weight: 2.4 kg
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A few issues that I had to solve after Fedora installation.

Network/Wi-Fi:

To make wi-fi work do the following.
Install ndiswrapper from sources: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/

Disable free drivers by adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:
blacklist b43
blacklist ssb

Download windows driver from Dell site for your card:

$lspci | grep -i wlan
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

I used this one.

Unpack it using unzip and install:

$ndiswrapper -i R151519/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf

Check that it's installed successfully:

$ ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)

Now load new driver:

$depmod -a
$modprobe ndiswrapper

Now it's time to install NetworkManager app. It is perfect for laptops and multiple connections to different networks. Install it and configure to run at start-up:

$yum install NetworkManager
$chkconfig --level 345 NetworkManager on
$/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start

Also disable auto start of dhcpclient in network scritps by setting ONBOOT=no in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0, etc.

And, finally, make your system load ndiswrapper automatically each time on startup:
$ndiswrapper -m

P.S.
ndiswrapper support is broken in 2.6.24 kernel. Interesting discussion can be found at LKML:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/28/408
So, if you like latest kernel then you would have to play with GPL-only symbols kernel customization.