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Modalias strings - a practical way to map "stuff" to hardware
-
14th January 2013
-

While looking into how to look up Debian packages based on hardware -information, to find the packages that support a given piece of -hardware, I refreshed my memory regarding modalias values, and decided -to document the details. Here are my findings so far, also available -in -the -Debian Edu subversion repository: - -

Modalias decoded

- -

This document try to explain what the different types of modalias -values stands for. It is in part based on information from -<URL: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Modalias >, -<URL: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26132/how-to-assign-usb-driver-to-device >, -<URL: http://code.metager.de/source/history/linux/stable/scripts/mod/file2alias.c > and -<URL: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/dmidecode/dmidecode.c?root=dmidecode&view=markup >. - -

The modalias entries for a given Linux machine can be found using -this shell script:

- -
-cat $(find /sys -name modalias) | sort -u
-
- -

The supported modalias globs for a given kernel module can be found -using modinfo:

- -
-% /sbin/modinfo psmouse | grep alias:
-alias:          serio:ty05pr*id*ex*
-alias:          serio:ty01pr*id*ex*
-%
-
- -

PCI subtype

- -

A typical PCI entry can look like this. This is an Intel Host -Bridge memory controller:

- -

-pci:v00008086d00002770sv00001028sd000001ADbc06sc00i00 -

- -

This represent these values:

- -
- v   00008086  (vendor)
- d   00002770  (device)
- sv  00001028  (subvendor)
- sd  000001AD  (subdevice)
- bc  06        (bus class)
- sc  00        (bus subclass)
- i   00        (interface)
-
- -

The vendor/device values are the same values outputted from 'lspci --n' as 8086:2770. The bus class/subclass is also shown by lspci as -0600. The 0600 class is a host bridge. Other useful bus values are -0300 (VGA compatible card) and 0200 (Ethernet controller).

- -

Not sure how to figure out the interface value, nor what it -means.

- -

USB subtype

- -

Some typical USB entries can look like this. This is an internal -USB hub in a laptop:

- -

-usb:v1D6Bp0001d0206dc09dsc00dp00ic09isc00ip00 -

- -

Here is the values included in this alias:

- -
- v    1D6B  (device vendor)
- p    0001  (device product)
- d    0206  (bcddevice)
- dc     09  (device class)
- dsc    00  (device subclass)
- dp     00  (device protocol)
- ic     09  (interface class)
- isc    00  (interface subclass)
- ip     00  (interface protocol)
-
+
Second alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy
+
14th May 2013
+

The Debian Edu / Skolelinux +project is making great progress and made its second Wheezy based +release today. This is the release announcement:

+ +

New features for Debian Edu 7.0.0 alpha1 released +2013-05-14

+ +

This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux 7.0.0 edu +alpha1, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

+ +

About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

+ +

Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based +on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely +configured school network. Immediatly after installation a school +server running all services needed for a school network is set up just +waiting for users and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable +Web-UI. A netbooting environment is prepared using PXE, so after +initial installation of the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all +other machines can be installed via the network.

+ +

This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is +not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved +version compared to the Squeeze release.

+ +

Software updates

+
    +
  • Install freemind (0.9.0) by default, and stop installing vym by + default.
    • +
  • Install chromium (26.0.1410.43) by default.
    • +
  • Install goplay (0.5-1.1) to make golearn available by default.
    • +
  • Updated support for Japanese input methods, now based on + ibus-anthy.
    • +
-

The 0900 device class/subclass means hub. Some times the relevant -class is in the interface class section. For a simple USB web camera, -these alias entries show up:

+

Other changes

+
    -

    -usb:v0AC8p3420d5000dcEFdsc02dp01ic01isc01ip00 -
    usb:v0AC8p3420d5000dcEFdsc02dp01ic01isc02ip00 -
    usb:v0AC8p3420d5000dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip00 -
    usb:v0AC8p3420d5000dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc02ip00 -

    +
  • Switched default file system from ext3 to ext4 for speed and + reliability improvements.
    • +
  • Got rid of unwanted winbind daemon and PAM setup activated because + of 706434.
    • +
  • Extended and improved the testsuite tests to detect more possible + problems.
    • +
  • Corrected proxy handling to not set http_proxy to a bogus + direct:// URL.
    • +
  • Corrected proxy setup for diskless workstations.
    • +
  • Corrected PXE setup to use our updated udebs during installation.
    • +
  • Made installation handling of low entropy level more robust.
    • +
  • Create larger partitions for Roaming workstations and Thin client + servers, to make room for all the software installed.
    • +
  • Fix bug in Roaming workstation PAM setup, making it impossible to + log in (706753).
    • +
-

Interface class 0E01 is video control, 0E02 is video streaming (aka -camera), 0101 is audio control device and 0102 is audio streaming (aka -microphone). Thus this is a camera with microphone included.

+

Known issues

+
    -

    ACPI subtype

    +
  • IP resolution for the local hostname give useless IPv6 address + (705900). Only install + libnss-myhostname on roaming workstations until it is fixed.
    • +
  • DVD images are not yet ready.
    • +
  • No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) + available yet (698840).
    • +
  • Missing artwork for the KDE desktop (and probably a few others).
    • +
  • KDE Debian submenu lacks icons.
    • +
  • LXDE menu lacks entry for changing GOsa password + (website). Installing gosa-desktop will be an option.
    • +
  • Backup configuration via web interface is impossible due to + password submission problem + (700257).
    • -

    The ACPI type is used for several non-PCI/USB stuff. This is an IR -receiver in a Thinkpad X40:

    +
-

-acpi:IBM0071:PNP0511: -

+

Where to get it

-

The values between the colons are IDs.

+

To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use

+ -

-dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1UETB6WW(1.66):bd06/15/2005:svnIBM:pn2371H4G:pvrThinkPadX40:rvnIBM:rn2371H4G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: -

+

The MD5SUM of this image is: 685ed76c1aa8e44b12d3fde21faf450b

-

The values present are

- -
- bvn  IBM            (BIOS vendor)
- bvr  1UETB6WW(1.66) (BIOS version)
- bd   06/15/2005     (BIOS date)
- svn  IBM            (system vendor)
- pn   2371H4G        (product name)
- pvr  ThinkPadX40    (product version)
- rvn  IBM            (board vendor)
- rn   2371H4G        (board name)
- rvr  NotAvailable   (board version)
- cvn  IBM            (chassis vendor)
- ct   10             (chassis type)
- cvr  NotAvailable   (chassis version)
-
- -

The chassis type 10 is Notebook. Other interesting values can be -found in the dmidecode source:

- -
-  3 Desktop
-  4 Low Profile Desktop
-  5 Pizza Box
-  6 Mini Tower
-  7 Tower
-  8 Portable
-  9 Laptop
- 10 Notebook
- 11 Hand Held
- 12 Docking Station
- 13 All In One
- 14 Sub Notebook
- 15 Space-saving
- 16 Lunch Box
- 17 Main Server Chassis
- 18 Expansion Chassis
- 19 Sub Chassis
- 20 Bus Expansion Chassis
- 21 Peripheral Chassis
- 22 RAID Chassis
- 23 Rack Mount Chassis
- 24 Sealed-case PC
- 25 Multi-system
- 26 CompactPCI
- 27 AdvancedTCA
- 28 Blade
- 29 Blade Enclosing
-
- -

The chassis type values are not always accurately set in the DMI -table. For example my home server is a tower, but the DMI modalias -claim it is a desktop.

- -

SerIO subtype

- -

This type is used for PS/2 mouse plugs. One example is from my -test machine:

+

The SHA1SUM of this image is: 6c874de157024da13e115bab29c068080a11ec4c

-

-serio:ty01pr00id00ex00 -

+

How to report bugs

-

The values present are

- -
-  ty  01  (type)
-  pr  00  (prototype)
-  id  00  (id)
-  ex  00  (extra)
-
- -

This type is supported by the psmouse driver. I am not sure what -the valid values are.

- -

Other subtypes

- -

There are heaps of other modalias subtypes according to -file2alias.c. There is the rest of the list from that source: amba, -ap, bcma, ccw, css, eisa, hid, i2c, ieee1394, input, ipack, isapnp, -mdio, of, parisc, pcmcia, platform, scsi, sdio, spi, ssb, vio, virtio, -vmbus, x86cpu and zorro. I did not spend time documenting all of -these, as they do not seem relevant for my intended use with mapping -hardware to packages when new stuff is inserted during run time.

- -

Looking up kernel modules using modalias values

- -

To check which kernel modules provide support for a given modalias, -one can use the following shell script:

- -
-  for id in $(cat $(find /sys -name modalias)|sort -u); do \
-    echo "$id" ; \
-    /sbin/modprobe --show-depends "$id"|sed 's/^/  /' ; \
-  done
-
- -

The output can look like this (only the first few entries as the -list is very long on my test machine):

- -
-  acpi:ACPI0003:
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/ac.ko 
-  acpi:device:
-  FATAL: Module acpi:device: not found.
-  acpi:IBM0068:
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/char/nvram.ko 
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko 
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko 
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko 
-  acpi:IBM0071:PNP0511:
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/lib/crc-ccitt.ko 
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/net/irda/irda.ko 
-    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/net/irda/nsc-ircc.ko 
-  [...]
-
- -

If you want to help implementing a system to let us propose what -packages to install when new hardware is plugged into a Debian -machine, please send me an email or talk to me on -#debian-devel.

+

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

- Tags: debian, english. + Tags: debian edu, english.
@@ -277,26 +126,42 @@ machine, please send me an email or talk to me on
-
Moved the pymissile Debian packaging to collab-maint
-
10th January 2013
-

As part of my investigation on how to improve the support in Debian -for hardware dongles, I dug up my old Mark and Spencer USB Rocket -Launcher and updated the Debian package -pymissile to make -sure udev will fix the device permissions when it is plugged in. I -also added a "Modaliases" header to test it in the Debian archive and -hopefully make the package be proposed by jockey in Ubuntu when a user -plug in his rocket launcher. In the process I moved the source to a -git repository under collab-maint, to make it easier for any DD to -contribute. Upstream -is not very active, but the software still work for me even after five -years of relative silence. The new git repository is not listed in -the uploaded package yet, because I want to test the other changes a -bit more before I upload the new version. If you want to check out -the new version with a .desktop file included, visit the -gitweb -view or use "git clone -git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/pymissile.git".

+
Debian, the Linux distribution of choice for LEGO designers?
+
11th May 2013
+

In January, +I +announced a new IRC +channel #debian-lego, for those of us in the Debian and Linux +community interested in LEGO, the +marvellous construction system from Denmark. We also created +a wiki page to have +a place to take notes and write down our plans and hopes. And several +people showed up to help. I was very happy to see the effect of my +call. Since the small start, we have a debtags tag +hardware::hobby:lego +tag for LEGO related packages, and now count 10 packages related to +LEGO and Mindstorms:

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
brickosalternative OS for LEGO Mindstorms RCX. Supports development in C/C++
leocadvirtual brick CAD software
libnxtutility library for talking to the LEGO Mindstorms NX
lnpddaemon for LNP communication with BrickOS
nbccompiler for LEGO Mindstorms NXT bricks
nqcNot Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX
python-nxtpython driver/interface/wrapper for the Lego Mindstorms NXT robot
python-nxt-filersimple GUI to manage files on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT
scratcheasy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up
t2nsimple command-line tool for Lego NXT

+ +

Some of these are available in Wheezy, and all but one are +currently available in Jessie/testing. leocad is so far only +available in experimental.

+ +

If you care about LEGO in Debian, please join us on IRC and help +adding the rest of the great free software tools available on Linux +for LEGO designers.

@@ -309,98 +174,33 @@ git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/pymissile.git".

-
Lets make hardware dongles easier to use in Debian
-
9th January 2013
-

One thing that annoys me with Debian and Linux distributions in -general, is that there is a great package management system with the -ability to automatically install software packages by downloading them -from the distribution mirrors, but no way to get it to automatically -install the packages I need to use the hardware I plug into my -machine. Even if the package to use it is easily available from the -Linux distribution. When I plug in a LEGO Mindstorms NXT, it could -suggest to automatically install the python-nxt, nbc and t2n packages -I need to talk to it. When I plug in a Yubikey, it could propose the -yubikey-personalization package. The information required to do this -is available, but no-one have pulled all the pieces together.

- -

Some years ago, I proposed to -use -the discover subsystem to implement this. The idea is fairly -simple: - -

    - -
  • Add a desktop entry in /usr/share/autostart/ pointing to a program - starting when a user log in.
    • - -
  • Set this program up to listen for kernel events emitted when new - hardware is inserted into the computer.
    • - -
  • When new hardware is inserted, look up the hardware ID in a - database mapping to packages, and take note of any non-installed - packages.
    • - -
  • Show a message to the user proposing to install the discovered - package, and make it easy to install it.
    • - -
- -

I am not sure what the best way to implement this is, but my -initial idea was to use dbus events to discover new hardware, the -discover database to find packages and -PackageKit to install -packages.

- -

Yesterday, I found time to try to implement this idea, and the -draft package is now checked into -the -Debian Edu subversion repository. In the process, I updated the -discover-data -package to map the USB ids of LEGO Mindstorms and Yubikey devices to -the relevant packages in Debian, and uploaded a new version -2.2013.01.09 to unstable. I also discovered that the current -discover -package in Debian no longer discovered any USB devices, because -/proc/bus/usb/devices is no longer present. I ported it to use -libusb as a fall back option to get it working. The fixed package -version 2.1.2-6 is now in experimental (didn't upload it to unstable -because of the freeze).

- -

With this prototype in place, I can insert my Yubikey, and get this -desktop notification to show up (only once, the first time it is -inserted):

- -

- -

For this prototype to be really useful, some way to automatically -install the proposed packages by pressing the "Please install -program(s)" button should to be implemented.

- -

If this idea seem useful to you, and you want to help make it -happen, please help me update the discover-data database with mappings -from hardware to Debian packages. Check if 'discover-pkginstall -l' -list the package you would like to have installed when a given -hardware device is inserted into your computer, and report bugs using -reportbug if it isn't. Or, if you know of a better way to provide -such mapping, please let me know.

- -

This prototype need more work, and there are several questions that -should be considered before it is ready for production use. Is dbus -the correct way to detect new hardware? At the moment I look for HAL -dbus events on the system bus, because that is the events I could see -on my Debian Squeeze KDE desktop. Are there better events to use? -How should the user be notified? Is the desktop notification -mechanism the best option, or should the background daemon raise a -popup instead? How should packages be installed? When should they -not be installed?

- -

If you want to help getting such feature implemented in Debian, -please send me an email. :)

+
Narvik sparer minst 9 millioner på å bruke Skolelinux
+
10th May 2013
+

I fjor sommer ble jeg +gledelig +overrasket over et oppslag i avisen Fremover om Narvik kommunes +bruk av Skolelinux. Oppslaget +var basert på et notat som besvarte spørsmål fra ordfører Tor Nysæter +og rådgiver for skolesektoren, Petter Falkbu, om bruken av Skolelinux +i Narvikskolene og konstnaden ved å gå over til Windows. For litt +over en uke siden siden fikk jeg endelig bedt kommunen om å få innsyn +i dette notatet, og det ble oversendt på epost tirsdag. Jeg fikk +lagt +ut notatet samme dag, og fikk i dag sjekket postlista til Narvik, +der jeg fant notatet som +sak +2013/1023.

+ +

Notatet forteller at Narvik ville måtte betalt minst 9 millioner +for å gå over til Windows på skolene. I tillegg dokumenterer notatet +at læreplanens krav oppfylles uten problemer ved bruk av Skolelinux. +Jeg anbefaler alle å lese de 10 sidene med gode argumenter for å kutte +unødige utgifter på IT i skoleverket. :)

- Tags: debian, english. + Tags: debian edu, norsk.
@@ -408,27 +208,36 @@ please send me an email. :)

-
New IRC channel for LEGO designers using Debian
-
2nd January 2013
-

During Christmas, I have worked a bit on the Debian support for -LEGO Mindstorm -NXT. My son and I have played a bit with my NXT set, and I -discovered I had to build all the tools myself because none were -already in Debian Squeeze. If Debian support for LEGO is something -you care about, please join me on the IRC channel -#debian-lego (server -irc.debian.org). There is a lot that could be done to improve the -Debian support for LEGO designers. For example both CAD software -and Mindstorm compilers are missing. :)

- -

Update 2012-01-03: A -project page -including links to Lego related packages is now available.

+
Debian Wheezy is out - and Debian Edu / Skolelinux should soon follow! #newinwheezy
+
5th May 2013
+

When I woke up this morning, I was very happy to see that the +release announcement +for Debian Wheezy was waiting in my mail box. This is a great +Debian release, and I expect to move my machines at home over to it fairly +soon.

+ +

The new debian release contain heaps of new stuff, and one program +in particular make me very happy to see included. The +Scratch program, made famous by +the Teach kids code movement, is +included for the first time. Alongside similar programs like +kturtle and +turtleart, +it allow for visual programming where syntax errors can not happen, +and a friendly programming environment for learning to control the +computer. Scratch will also be included in the next release of Debian +Edu. + +

And now that Wheezy is wrapped up, we can wrap up the next Debian +Edu/Skolelinux release too. The +first +alpha release went out last week, and the next should soon +follow.

- Tags: debian, english, robot. + Tags: debian, debian edu, english.
@@ -436,104 +245,166 @@ including links to Lego related packages is now available.

-
Lenker for 2013-01-01
-
1st January 2013
-

Her er noen lenker til tekster jeg har satt pris på å lese den -siste måneden.

+
VÃ¥rt konkurransebidrag til #apps4norge bruker @opnedata
+
1st May 2013
+

For noen uker siden, innen fristen 2013-04-15, leverte jeg og +Morten Kjelkenes vårt bidrag til +DIFIs apps4norge-konkurranse +under lagnavnet NUUGs tannlegeteam. +Vi leverte følgende i idé-kategorien:

+ +
+ +

Tittel: Stikk innom tannlegen

+ +

+ +

Beskrivelse:

+ +

Idéen + +

Gjøre det enklere å finne en tannlege som er praktisk for deg, der +pris og reisetid med kollektivt, til fots eller med bil er tatt med i +beregningen, ved å oppgi hvor en bor og jobber, og få forslag til +tannleger både i nærheten og på veien mellom disse stedene.

+ +

Brukeren oppgir hjemmeadresse og jobbadresse, og kanskje også +barnehage. Så kan en også oppgi egen timelønn (for å beregne taps +arbeidsfortjeneste) og om en reiser med kollektivt, til fots eller +kjører bil. Så trykker en søk, og får opp en todelt side med kart og +tekstliste. I kartdelen vises aktuelle tannleger (for eksempel maks +7), og i tekstdelen er de samme tannlegene listet opp, med pris og +reisetid for kollektivtransport, og pris pluss reisekostnad hvis en +reiser med bil. En kan endre sorteringsrekkefølge for listen ved å +trykke på aktuell kolonne, og velge om en skal sortere på pris, +reisetid eller totalkostnad. Kun tannleger som tar imot nye kunder tas +i utganspunktet med i listen. Når brukeren trykker med musa en +tannlegemarkør på kartet kommer det en popup med detaljer om +tannlegen, den samme informasjonen som finnes i listen under kartet, +og lenke til mer informasjon om tannlegen.

+ +

For hvert enkelt tannlegekontor er det tilgjengelig en +informasjonsside med adresse, hjemmesideurl, telefonnummer, lenke til +side for å finne reisebeskrivelse, åpningstider, etc.

+ +

Nytteverdi for brukeren

    +
  • sparer tid pÃ¥ tannlegebesøk
    • +
  • kan utnytte normal reisevei mellom hjem/jobb/barnehage
    • +
  • kan finne aktuell tannlege basert pÃ¥ flere kriterier
    • +
  • sile bort tannleger som ikke tar imot flere kunder
    • +
  • fÃ¥r kart som viser tannleger i nærheten, pÃ¥ tvers av kommunegrenser
    • +
-
  • 2012-12-07 - Myter og - FUD om fri programvare av min venn Christer Gundersen som - kommenterer noen av de pÃ¥standene som er spredt via Computerworld - Norge de siste mÃ¥nedene.
    • +

    Grad av innovasjon, nytenkning og kreativitet

    -
  • BankID er et opplegg der utsteder (dvs. banken eller dens - leverandør) sitter pÃ¥ alt som trengs for Ã¥ bruke BankID, men har - lovet Ã¥ ikke bruke den unntatt pÃ¥ oppdrag fra deg. Det er greit nok - for banktjenester, der banken allerede har full kontroll over - resultatet, men problematisk nÃ¥r det gjelder tilgang til - helseopplysninger og avtaleinngÃ¥else med andre enn banken. Jeg - hÃ¥per protestene brer om seg. +

    Enkel tjeneste som fokuserer på det vi selv mener er relevant ved valg +av tannlege.

    -
      +

      Tjenestekonseptet kan også brukes til andre næringer, f.eks. lege, +butikk, leiebiler, hvis en har aktuell datakilde å koble med.

      + +

      Skulle gjerne hatt med vurdering av tannlegene tilgjengelig, slik +at en kunne finne "flinke" tannleger basert på et eller annet +kriterium.

      + +

      Markedspotensiale - potensiale for å slå gjennom hos mange +brukere

      -
    • 2012-12-11 BankID - blottlegger helseopplysninger
      • +
        +
      • Alle som ønsker eller vurderer Ã¥ skaffe seg ny tannlege, f.eks. nyinnflyttede og studenter
        • +
      • Familier med en travel hverdag
        • +
      -
    • 2012-12-07 - - Helseopplysningene ikke sikre med Bank-ID
      • +

      Felles er at den gjør tannlegen lettere tilgjengelig for de som vil spare tid eller penger.

      -
    • 2012-12-07 - PÃ¥peker - alvorlige, men kjente utfordringer er den offisielle - holdningen til de som lager BankID.
      • +

      Samfunnsøkonomisk nytte - bidrar til å løse +samfunnsutfordringer

      -
    • 2012-12-08 - NTNU - Researcher Warns against Security of Bank ID Password +

      Kutter tid brukt på tannlegebesøk, og penger frigjøres som kan brukes på andre områder. Oppfordrer til bedre bruk av kollektivtransport ved å gi tips om tannleger i nærheten av allerede brukt reisevei mellom hjemme og jobb når en reiser kollektivt.

      -
    +

    X-faktor - “Det lille ekstra...”

    -
  • 2012-12-11 Norske elever er dÃ¥rligst i Europa pÃ¥ algebra +

    Denne tjenesten gir det lille ekstra ved at den ikke slår opp +avstand til tannlege fra et enkelt punkt men avstand fra en reisevei, +slik at en får flere tannleger å velge imellom og kanskje kan spare +enda mer tid og penger enn en ville gjort ved å sjekke kun de nærmest +hjemme eller jobb.

    -
  • 2012-12-11 - Realfagsdødaren +

    Tjenesten gir informasjonen både som kart og som tekstlig oversikt, for å sikre at blinde og svaksynte kan få tilgang til informasjonen selv om de ikke får brukt kartvisningen.

    -
  • 2012-12-21 - - - Noen mÃ¥ bli skuffet - Politiet i Bergen forteller hvor lavt de - prioriterer hverdagskriminalitet.
    • +

    Datasett brukt

    + + -
  • 2012-12-19 - Hvorfor - er barnefamilier fattige?
    • +

    Åpne offentlige datasett brukt i applikasjonen:

    -
  • 2012-12-25 - Den - skjulte minoriteten – konservative kristne i Norge - kronikk av - Bjørn Stærk fra aftenposten
    • +
      +
    • Reisetid med kollektivtrafikk pÃ¥ Østlandet
      • +
    -
  • 2009-05-04 - Folkebiblioteket - 2.0 - Min venn Sturle om opphavsrett og Internett, i debatt med - Olav Torvund.
    • +

    Øvrige datasett brukt i appen/tjenesten:

    +
      +
    • Fakta om tannleger, priser etc (upublisert JSON-API)
      • +
    • Data om statens satser for biltransport
      • +
    • Kartbilder, kartdata
      • +
    • Kommunegrenser, nabokommuner, postnummer
      • +
    • Bilveiruting med OpenStreetmap-data
      • +
    • Kollektivtrafikkkart
      • +
    • Routing med OpenStreetmap-data
      • +
    • Kollektivtrafikkruting for Norge med uviss dataopphav
      • +
    +

    Kategori:

    +
      +
    • Arbeid og velferd
      • +
    • Forbruker
      • +
    • Økonomi
    -

    Og et godt nytt år til dere alle!

    +

    Geografi (dekningsområde for app):

    + +

    Hele landet

    + +
    + +

    Vinneren annonseres 2013-05-08 ved +prisutdelingen +hos DIFI 09:00 til 12:00. Konkurransen blir hard. Det meldes at +38 apper og 50 ideer er registrert som kandidater. Jeg frykter at jeg +ikke rekker innom selv, på grunn av jobb og forpliktelser på +hjemmebanen.

    - Tags: bankid, lenker, norsk, opphavsrett, personvern. + Tags: norsk, nuug, offentlig innsyn.
    @@ -541,24 +412,118 @@ siste måneden.

    -
    A Christmas present for Skolelinux / Debian Edu
    -
    28th December 2012
    -

    I was happy to discover a few days ago that the -Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project also this year received a Christmas present from Another -Agency in Trondheim. NOK 1000,- showed up on our donation account -December 24th. I want to express our thanks for this very welcome -present. As the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is very short on -funding these days, and thus lack the money to do regular developer -gatherings, this donation was most welcome. One developer gathering -cost around NOK 15 000,-, so we need quite a lot more to keep the -development pace we want. Thus, I hope their example this year is -followed by many others. :)

    - -

    The public list of donors can be found on -the -donation page for the project, which also contain instructions if -you want to donate to the project.

    +
    First alpha release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux based on Debian Wheezy
    +
    26th April 2013
    +

    The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is still going strong and made +its first Wheezy based release today. This is the release +announcement:

    + +

    New features for Debian Edu ~7.0.0 alpha0 released +2013-04-26

    + +

    This is the release notes for for Debian Edu / Skolelinux ~7.0.0 +edu alpha0, based on Debian with codename "Wheezy".

    + +

    About Debian Edu and Skolelinux

    + +

    Debian Edu, also known as +Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an +out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school +network. Immediatly after installation a school server running all +services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users +and machines being added via GOsa², a comfortable Web-UI. A netbooting +environment is prepared using PXE, so after initial installation of +the main server from CD, DVD or USB stick all other machines can be +installed via the network.

    + +

    This is the first test release based on Wheezy (which currently is +not released yet). Basically this is an updated and slightly improved +version compared to the Squeeze release.

    + +

    Software updates

    + +
      +
    • Everything which is new in Debian Wheezy, eg: +
        +
      • Linux kernel 3.2.x
        • +
      • Desktop environments KDE "Plasma" 4.8.4, GNOME 3.4, and LXDE 4 + (KDE is installed by default; to choose GNOME or LXDE: see + manual.)
        • +
      • Web browser Iceweasel 10 ESR
        • +
      • LibreOffice 3.5.4
        • +
      • LTSP 5.4.2
        • +
      • GOsa 2.7.4
        • +
      • CUPS print system 1.5.3
        • +
      • Educational toolbox GCompris 12.01
        • +
      • Music creator Rosegarden 12.04
        • +
      • Image editor Gimp 2.8.2
        • +
      • Virtual universe Celestia 1.6.1
        • +
      • Virtual stargazer Stellarium 0.11.3
        • +
      • Scratch visual programming environment 1.4.0.6
        • +
      • New version of debian-installer from Debian Wheezy, see + installation + manual for more details.
        • +
      • Debian Wheezy includes about 37000 packages available for + installation.
        • +
      • More information about Debian Wheezy 7.0 is provided in the + release notes and the installation manual.
        • +
      • +
    + +

    Documentation

    +
      +
    • The (English) Debian Edu Wheezy Manual is fully translated to + German, French, Italian and Danish. Partly translated versions exist + for Norwegian Bokmal and Spanish.
      • +
    + +

    LDAP related changes

    +
      +
    • Slight changes to some objects and acls to have more types to + choose from when adding systems in GOsa. Now systems can be of type + server, workstation, printer, terminal or netdevice.
      • +
    + +

    Other changes

    +
      +
    • LTSP clients start as diskless workstation / thin client can be + configured via command line argument -- or individually adding an + entry in lts.conf or LDAP.
    • +
    • GOsa gui: Now some options that seemed to be available, but are non + functional, are greyed out (or are not clickable). Some tabs are + completely hidden to the end user, others even to the GOsa admin.
      • +
    + +

    Regressions

    +
      +
    • No mass import of user account data in GOsa (ldif or csv) available + yet.
      • +
    + +

    No updated artwork

    + +
      +
    • Updated artwork which is visible during installation, in the login + screen and as desktop wallpaper is still missing or the same as we + had for our Squeeze based release.
      • +
    + +

    Where to get it

    + +To download the multiarch netinstall CD release you can use + + +

    The MD5SUM of this image is: c5e773ddafdaa4f48c409c682f598b6c

    + +

    The SHA1SUM of this image is: 25934fabb9b7d20235499a0a51f08ce6c54215f2

    + +

    How to report bugs

    + +

    http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/ReportBugs

    @@ -571,51 +536,66 @@ you want to donate to the project.

    -
    How to backport bitcoin-qt version 0.7.2-2 to Debian Squeeze
    -
    25th December 2012
    -

    Let me start by wishing you all marry Christmas and a happy new -year! I hope next year will prove to be a good year.

    - -

    Bitcoin, the digital -decentralised "currency" that allow people to transfer bitcoins -between each other with minimal overhead, is a very interesting -experiment. And as I wrote a few days ago, the bitcoin situation in -Debian is about to improve a bit. -The new debian source -package (version 0.7.2-2) was uploaded yesterday, and is waiting -in the NEW queue -for one of the ftpmasters to approve the new bitcoin-qt package -name.

    - -

    And thanks to the great work of Jonas and the rest of the bitcoin -team in Debian, you can easily test the package in Debian Squeeze -using the following steps to get a set of working packages:

    - -
    -git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/bitcoin
-cd bitcoin
-DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE=1 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noupnp fakeroot debian/rules clean
-DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noupnp git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new
-
    - -

    You might have to install some build dependencies as well. The -list of commands should give you two packages, bitcoind and -bitcoin-qt, ready for use in a Squeeze environment. Note that the -client will download the complete set of bitcoin "blocks", which need -around 5.6 GiB of data on my machine at the moment. Make sure your -~/.bitcoin/ directory have lots of spare room if you want to download -all the blocks. The client will warn if the disk is getting full, so -there is not really a problem if you got too little room, but you will -not be able to get all the features out of the client.

    - -

    As usual, if you use bitcoin and want to show your support of my -activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +

    Bitcoin er ikke anonymt - føres Stortinget bak lyset av finansministeren?
    +
    22nd April 2013
    +

    Bitcoin er mye i mediene for +tiden. Jeg følger med via Mylder for å finne +artikler som omtaler +temaet, og takket være dette oppdaget jeg at stortingsrepresentant +Ketil Solvik-Olsen fra FrP nylig har spurt finansminister Sigbjørn +Johnsen om hans syn på Bitcoin, og +fått +svar for noen dager siden. Jeg bet meg spesielt merke til +følgende formulering fra finansministeren:

    + +

    +«Det er også utfordringer ved at handel med Bitcoins er uregulert og +at transaksjonene er anonyme.» +

    + +

    At Bitcoin er anonymt er en myte som spres av både journalister og +andre, så det er ikke veldig overraskende at også finansministeren har +gått på limpinnen. Det er dog litt rart, da jeg håper at +finansdepartementet ikke baserer seg på rykter og myter når de +besvarer Stortinget. Men du trenger ikke bare tro på meg som kilde +til påstanden om at Bitcoin ikke er anonymt. Sondre Rønjom har +via Sikkerhetsbloggen +hos Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet uttalt følgende:

    + +

    +«At [bitcoin] i utgangspunktet +ikke er anonymt, +kommer kanskje som en overraskelse på mange.» +

    + +

    Enhver bevegelse av Bitcoin er offentlig tilgjengelig for alle på +Internet, og en må legge svært mye innsats inn hvis en skal hindre at +nettverksanalyse av transaksjonsloggene kan brukes til å identifisere +brukerne. F.eks. kan en enkelt se hva jeg har mottatt til min +offentliggjorte mottaksadresse ved å besøke blockexplorer og slå opp +adressen +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Det virker dermed på meg ganske klart at å påstå at +Bitcoin-transaksjoner er anonyme strengt tatt er å føre Stortinget bak +lyset.

    + +

    Finansministeren er ikke den eneste som har latt seg forlede av +medieomtalen. I spørsmålet fra Hr. Solvik-Olsen skriver han at «For +noen dager siden kom den første bitcoin-minibanken på Kypros», hvilket +så vidt jeg har klart å finne ut ikke er riktig. Det er annonsert +planer om en slik minibank (fra +BitcoinATM), men jeg finner +intet tegn til at en slik minibank er utplassert noe sted.

    + +

    Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +mine aktiviteter, så setter jeg pris på Bitcoin-donasjoner til min +adresse 15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

    - Tags: bitcoin, debian, english. + Tags: bitcoin, norsk, stortinget.
    @@ -623,74 +603,27 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
    -
    A word on bitcoin support in Debian
    -
    21st December 2012
    -

    It has been a while since I wrote about -bitcoin, the decentralised -peer-to-peer based crypto-currency, and the reason is simply that I -have been busy elsewhere. But two days ago, I started looking at the -state of bitcoin in -Debian again to try to recover my old bitcoin wallet. The package -is now maintained by a -team of -people, and the grunt work had already been done by this team. We -owe a huge thank you to all these team members. :) -But I was sad to discover that the bitcoin client is missing in -Wheezy. It is only available in Sid (and an outdated client from -backports). The client had several RC bugs registered in BTS blocking -it from entering testing. To try to help the team and improve the -situation, I spent some time providing patches and triaging the bug -reports. I also had a look at the bitcoin package available from Matt -Corallo in a -PPA for -Ubuntu, and moved the useful pieces from that version into the -Debian package.

    - -

    After checking with the main package maintainer Jonas Smedegaard on -IRC, I pushed several patches into the collab-maint git repository to -improve the package. It now contains fixes for the RC issues (not from -me, but fixed by Scott Howard), build rules for a Qt GUI client -package, konqueror support for the bitcoin: URI and bash completion -setup. As I work on Debian Squeeze, I also created -a -patch to backport the latest version. Jonas is going to look at -it and try to integrate it into the git repository before uploading a -new version to unstable. - -

    I would very much like bitcoin to succeed, to get rid of the -centralized control currently exercised in the monetary system. I -find it completely unacceptable that the USA government is collecting -transaction data for almost all international money transfers (most are done in USD and transaction logs shipped to the spooks), and -that the major credit card companies can block legal money -transactions to Wikileaks. But for bitcoin to succeed, more people -need to use bitcoins, and more people need to accept bitcoins when -they sell products and services. Improving the bitcoin support in -Debian is a small step in the right direction, but not enough. -Unfortunately the user experience when browsing the web and wanting to -pay with bitcoin is still not very good. The bitcoin: URI is a step -in the right direction, but need to work in most or every browser in -use. Also the bitcoin-qt client is too heavy to fire up to do a -quick transaction. I believe there are other clients available, but -have not tested them.

    - -

    My -experiment -with bitcoins showed that at least some of my readers use bitcoin. -I received 20.15 BTC so far on the address I provided in my blog two -years ago, as can be -seen -on the blockexplorer service. Thank you everyone for your -donation. The blockexplorer service demonstrates quite well that -bitcoin is not quite anonymous and untracked. :) I wonder if the -number of users have gone up since then. If you use bitcoin and want -to show your support of my activity, please send Bitcoin donations to -the same address as last time, -15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

    +
    First Debian Edu / Skolelinux developer gathering in 2013 take place in Trondheim
    +
    16th April 2013
    +

    This years first Skolelinux / +Debian Edu developer gathering take place the coming weekend in Trondheim. +Details about the gathering can be found +on +the FRiSK wiki. The dates are 19-21th of April 2013, and online +participation for those unable to make it in person is very welcome, +and I plan to participate online myself as I could not leave Oslo this +weekend.

    + +

    The focus of the gathering is to work on the web pages and project +infrastructure, and to continue the work on the Wheezy based Debian +Edu release.

    + +

    See you on IRC, #debian-edu on irc.debian.org, then?

    - Tags: bitcoin, debian, english. + Tags: debian edu, english.
    @@ -698,96 +631,55 @@ the same address as last time,
    -
    Piratpartiet på opphavs-retrett?
    -
    19th December 2012
    -

    Jeg ble overrasket over å se at Piratpartiet i -Aftenposten -er referert på følgende:

    +
    Mer innsyn i bakgrunnen for fjerning av ODF fra statens standardkatalog
    +
    9th April 2013
    +

    For cirka en måned siden +ba +jeg om begrunnelse på nektet innsyn i dokumenter om +standardkatalogen fra Fornyingsdepartementet. I dag fikk jeg svar fra +Fornyingsdepartementet, og tilgang til dokumentene. Jeg fikk både +innsyn i vedlegg sendt fra DIFI, og også innsyn i et notat brukt +internt i Fornyingsdepartementet:

    -
    -Når det gjelder retten til opphavsrett for kulturproduktene, mener -Piratpartiet av levetid + 14 år er tilfredsstillende. -
    + -

    Det virker dermed på meg som om Piratpartiet allerede har gjort -retrett fra sin beundringsverdige holdning om at det holdt med 14 års -total vernetid, til sin nye som tar utgangspunkt i levetiden til -opphavspersonen. Jeg håper det baserer seg på en misforståelse hos -piratlederen som blir korrigert tilbake til 14 års total vernetid før -partiet stiller til valg.

    - -

    Hvis du lurer på hvilke problemer lang vernetid bringer med seg, -anbefaler jeg å lese boken Free -Culture av Lawrence Lessig. Jeg og en liten gruppe andre er igang -med å -oversette -boken til bokmål og tar gjerne imot hjelp med oversettelse og -korrekturlesing.

    - -

    Oppdatering 2012-12-20: Oppdaget at -bloggposten -til Geir Aaslid er endret siden i går, og nå inneholder følgende -avsnitt i stedet for det jeg siterte over:

    +

    Det bør nevnes at da jeg ble nektet innsyn hos mottaker +Fornyingsdepartementet på høringsoppsummeringen som DIFI hadde sendt +ut, spurte jeg DIFI om innsyn i stedet. Det fikk jeg i løpet av et +par dager. Moralen er at hvis ikke mottaker ikke vil gi innsyn, spør +avsender i stedet. Kanskje de har forskjellig forståelse av hva som +bør holdes skjult for folket. Her er de tilsvarende dokumentene jeg +fikk innsyn i fra DIFI:

    -
    -Hva vi gjør med opphavsretten er mer komplisert fordi den omfavner så -mange bransjer, med ulike behov. Enhver reform er en forbedring men -det er nærliggende å anta at en opphavsrett lik levetiden, evt + 14 år -er fullt ut tilfredstillende for mange skapere av musikk, film, -litteratur og spill. Det er for det meste de store forlagene som er -imot enhver reform. -
    + + +

    Det jeg synes er mest interessant er endel av aktørene som +protesterte på fjerningen (Kartverket, Drammen kommune), og hvordan +høringsoppsummeringen ikke tar stilling til effekten av å fjerne ODF +fra katalogen.

    - Tags: freeculture, norsk, opphavsrett. + Tags: norsk, standard.
    @@ -795,64 +687,48 @@ misforståelse.

    -
    Ledger - double-entry accounting using text based storage format
    -
    18th December 2012
    -

    A few days ago I came across -a blog post from Joey -Hess describing ledger and -hledger, a text based system for double-entry accounting. I found it -interesting, as I am involved with several organizations where -accounting is an issue, and I have not really become too friendly with -the different web based systems we use. I find it hard to find what I -look for in the menus and even harder try to get sensible data out of -the systems. Ledger seem different. The accounting data is kept in -text files that can be stored in a version control system, and there - -are at least five -different implementations able to read the format. An example -entry look like this, and is simple enough that it will be trivial to -generate entries based on CVS files fetched from the bank:

    - -
    -2004-05-27 Book Store
-      Expenses:Books                 $20.00
-      Liabilities:Visa
-
    - -

    The concept seemed interesting enough for me to check it out and -look for others using it. I found blog posts from -Christine -Spang, -Pete -Keen, -Andrew -Cantino and -Ronald -Ip describing how they use it, as well as a post from -Bradley -M. Kuhn at the Software Freedom Conservancy. All seemed like good -recommendations fitting my need.

    - -

    The ledger -package is available in Debian Squeeze, while the -hledger -package only is available in Debian Sid. As I use Squeeze, ledger -seemed the best choice to get started.

    - -

    To get some real data to test on, I wrote a -web scraper for -LODO, the accounting system used by -the NUUG association, and started to -play with the data set. I'm not really deeply into accounting, but I -am able to get a simple balance and accounting status for example -using the "ledger balance" command. But I will have to -gather more experience before I know if the ledger way is a good fit -for the organisations I am involved in.

    +
    Sandy Island - øya som er synlig hver tirsdag og fredag?
    +
    7th April 2013
    +

    For en stund tilbake gikk nyheten om +Sandy +Island, en øy som var dukket opp på noen kart, men som ikke var +synlig når en sjekket den på satellittbilder. Dagbladet meldte for +eksempel at +«denne +øya finnes på kart, men ikke i virkeligheten». Noe senere begynte +jeg å lese +historier +om Ruffen til mine barn. Dette er historier om sjøormen Ruffen +skapt av Tor Åge Bringsværd, som starter med følgende beskrivelse:

    + +

    +«Langt ute i havet ligger en mystisk øy. Den er bare synlig hver +tirsdag og fredag. Derfor står den ikke på noe kart. På denne øya +ligger et slott, og i slottet bor en gammel, fin sjøormfamilie.» +

    + +

    Det virker åpenbart at Hr. Bringsværd tok feil når han trodde den +ikke var på noe kart, og at noen tydeligvis har vært i nærheten en +tirsdag eller en fredag og fått den med på et kart, mens +satellittbildene er tatt på noen av de fem andre dagene i uka og +dermed ikke ser øya. :)

    + +

    I følge +en +senere artikkel i Dagbladet hevder Shaun Higgins, en forsker fra +New Zealand, at et hvalfangstskip fra 1876 er opprinnelsen til at +spøkelsesøya i det hele tatt havnet på kartet. Det fremgår ikke fra +historien hvilken ukedag de var innom.

    + +

    Jeg har stor sans for Tor Åge Bringsværd. Og han viste nylig en +svært fin side av seg selv da han sa ja til EFNs forespørsel om å gi +ut novellen Kodémus med +Creative Commons-lisens.

    - Tags: debian edu, english, nuug. + Tags: norsk.
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