This is a summary of the steps involved in setting up development tools under Linux for Microchip PIC microcontrollers.
I have created Ubuntu Trusry packages for the most recent versions of gputils, psim and sdcc, and also updated the MPLAB X toolchain plugin for sdcc.
Continue reading Install or update mplabx, gputils, gpsim and sdccA system component crashing will activate the apport reporting system. What is really annoying about this is that the warning pop-up windows will keep appearing long after the problem is solved.
Continue reading System Program Problem Detected – disable apportThere are many excellent tutorials on using git (see below). This page is just a list of git commands for my reference.
Continue reading Get started with gitFollowing the default installation of wireshark it is only possible to capture packets as root, which is clearly less than ideal. It is much better to run wireshark as a non-root user:
Continue reading Wireshark installation and use as non rootpyUSB is an excellent Python package that can significantly simplify USB programming. For most Linux distributions there are packages only for older versions of pyUSB, but since it is actively developed you probably want to have the latest version on your system.
Continue reading Install pyUSB 1.x latest versionAfter having installed Ubuntu Linux 14.04 on an Apple Mac I found that the keyboard layout was not quite correct, e.g. function keys were not easily accesible and some characters were missing. The changes below will turn the keyboard into a keyboard with standard PC layout.
Continue reading Apple keyboard with LinuxThe Microchip MPLabX IDE, IPE and XC8 packages need additional 32-bit libraries and so their installation is slightly more involved than just running the installer scripts.
Continue reading Microchip MPLabX installation on 64-bit Ubuntu systemAfter a recent kernel update I found that the stock CentOS kernel was less than optimal for the CPU I am using, and so I decided to create a kernel optimised for my VIA C7 CPU.
Continue reading CentOS 6.5 kernel compile for VIA C7 CPUUpdate 12/1/2015: It appears that the Nexus 7 is now automatically recognised and made available in xubuntu 14.04.1 Trusty; however, if you are still having trouble, read on.
Continue reading Linux and Nexus 7 USB connectionFollowing an upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 I wanted to install gpsim again. I was pleased to see that it was included in the standard repositories and so I duly installed the stock packages. However, as soon as tried to use it the problems started. After a bit of fiddling around it became obvious that gpsim was compiled for the stock package with the GUI disabled and so a recompile was in order.
Continue reading gpsim, Ubuntu and the case of the missing GUII have recently had to make a backup of the ‘My Documents’ directory of a Windows XP user to a CentOS server.
Continue reading Temporary rsync server installationIf you ever get an ssh session that seems to be stuck, try closing the connection using one of the ssh built-in escape sequences.
Continue reading Escape from sshIf you are getting an error message similar to
/usr/bin/xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/username/.Xauthority
you are probably facing one of the following scenarios.
Continue reading xauth and .XauthorityI like to display keyboard entries, code examples and sample outputs with distinctive formatting using the <pre>, <kbd>, <code>, and <samp> tags. I also like this formatting to appear uniform across the whole web site
Continue reading Don’t like your WordPress theme? Modify it.I really hate it when an application automatically rewrites the code I provide without asking me first.
Continue reading WordPress html code rewriting and the frustration it causesThe 16 commands you need for a fully functional WordPress installation.
Continue reading WordPress installation – 16 commands from start to finishOn occasion you may find that the stock kernel just does not cut the mustard and decide to change some of the configuration parameters and re-compile. Below is a list of the steps involved.
Continue reading CentOS 6.4 kernel compileMy old Ubuntu 12.04 server had serious performance problems with NFS exported home directories and the decision has been taken to use CentOS as the next server distro.
Continue reading CentOS 6.4 installationIf you have ever tried correcting the MP3 tags for many tracks in your music library, you probably have grown tired of the manual process very quickly, just like me.
Continue reading MusicBrainz