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  • Lotus Notes on SLED 11 – Attachment Opening Issues

    I recently set up my laptop with the latest version of Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ( with Service Pack 1 ).

    After installing Lotus Notes, I found that PDF attachments were opening up via GIMP and not what my system was set for the default handler.

    Thinking this to be rather odd, I proceeded with making a slight adjustment to allow my default window handler ( GNOME ) make this decision for me.

    To do this I did the following:

    • in /opt/ibm/lotus/notes rename openwith to openwith.old
    • create a sym link by doing the following for GNOME ln -s $(which gnome-open) ./openwith
    • create a sym link by doing the following for KDE ln -s $(which kde-open) ./openwith

    Keep in mind that you only perform the sym link depending on which window environment you are using.

    If you ever want to go back to letting Lotus Notes decide, simply delete the sym link and rename the openwith.old back to openwith.

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  • Rogers HTC Dream Radio Update

    Here is a simple procedure for updating the Rogers HTC Dream phone to the latest radio. It is non-destructive ( meaning, you can keep your existing ROM, settings, apps, etc ).

    This method is for Windows:1 – Download from here
    2 – Extract to a folder like C:\Android\
    3 – Go to a command prompt and go into the folder you extracted the contents to
    4 – Reboot your phone into HBOOT ( hold down the camera button )
    5 – Go into FASTBOOT mode by hitting the Send button when prompted on the phone
    6 – Connect your phone to your computer using USB. Give the computer time to find the drivers, etc.
    7 – At the command prompt, type fastboot devices Your device should show up here. If so, then you are ready to flash the radio.img file.
    8 – At the command prompt, type fastboot flash radio radio.img
    9 – Once this process has completed, press MENU to turn your phone off.You can now turn your phone on with the new 3.22.26.17 radio which will make Rogers happy and give your data back automatically after about 24 hours.  It is recommended that you reboot your phone so that the data can be seen as available.On a couple of phones, I had to add an APN ( Name: Rogers, APN: internet.com ).