Posted on Fri 25 November 2016 in misc • Tagged with ada, linux, kernel, os
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In this part, I will continue porting capabilities to the run-time
The 'Image attribute is used to return the string representation of a value. This value can be integer, boolean, enumeration etc.
The run-time have a separate implementation of the attribute …
Posted on Sat 05 November 2016 in misc • Tagged with ada, linux, kernel, os
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In the previous post I demonstrated that writing Linux kernel modules in Linux is not science fiction.
Yet, the produced module was extremely simple. Before improving it, some foundation needs to be added. Today I want to introduce the secondary stack.
Posted on Sun 23 October 2016 in misc • Tagged with ada, linux, kernel, os
In the following series of blog posts I will document my attempts to write Linux modules using the Ada language.
I am not a professional and my knowledge of the Linux kernel and gnat is not comprehensive. Please pardon me for any inaccuracies I …
Posted on Sat 09 November 2013 in misc • Tagged with Linux, Windows, Wine
It sometimes happens that programs written for old versions of Windows will not work on new versions even with compatibility mode enabled. It is not uncommon for such program to crash and show some cryptic message that even a person of technical background can not understand. Sometimes only a simple …
Posted on Sat 17 August 2013 in misc • Tagged with shell, sh, linux
Very often, when exploring contents of directory trees, I find myself confused between the the "ls" and "cat" commands and mistakenly type one instead of the other. Both these commands are used pretty often and conceptually they have similar meanings. One says "print out a content of directory". The other …
Posted on Fri 02 August 2013 in misc • Tagged with openni, linux
While experimenting with the OpenNI2 samples, I sometimes would get the following error when trying to run one of the executables:
~/OpenNI-Linux-x86-2.2$ Samples/Bin/SimpleViewer
Samples/Bin/SimpleViewer: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenNI2.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The dynamic library file …
I own an old Acer szw4300U scanner. Making it work with Linux is not exactly a plug and play, but not very complex either. Here is how it is done.
An easy way is to use SANE which is a framework that connects scanning software (frontends) with the scanners' …