ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron, mute speakers when plugging in headphones, acer 5920g

Add to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base the following line

options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-ms7195-dig

From:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=995940

Alternatives found in:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=798945

Getting started with hi-tide under ubuntu 8.04

Check the following pages:

1. http://www.ece101.com/2008/07/getting-started-with-hi-tech-c-i/
2. http://www.ece101.com/2008/07/getting-started-with-hi-tech-c-ii/
3. http://www.ece101.com/2008/07/getting-started-with-hi-tech-c-iii/
4. http://www.ece101.com/2008/08/using-the-pickit-2/
5. http://www.ece101.com/2008/08/configuration-words-for-the-pic16f690/

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pickit2 setup with pk2cmd under ubuntu 8.04

1. Download pk2cmd and unzip the files in a suitable directory (If link is broken search for the main web page of the pickit2 in the microchip website)

2. Read the readme file. Basically:
$ sudo cp pk2cmd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pk2cmd
$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/pk2
$ sudo cp PK2DeviceFile.dat /usr/share/pk2
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/pk2/PK2DeviceFile.dat

Add to your .bashrc the two directories. usr/local/bin:usr/share/pk2 and source if necessary

Follow the these instructions
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For distributions using "udev" (Debian Sid, Ubuntu 6,7,8,...)

The following procedure may be used to be able to connect to the ICD2/Pickit programmers
as a regular user on distributions using udev [thanks to David Williams]:

• Create file /etc/udev/rules.d/026_microchip.rules:

#PICKit
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04d8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0032", MODE="0660", GROUP="microchip"
#PICKit2
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04d8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0033", MODE="0660", GROUP="microchip"
#ICD2
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04d8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="8000", MODE="0660", GROUP="microchip"
#ICD21
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04d8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="8001", MODE="0660", GROUP="microchip"

• Create a group named "microchip" and add your username to this group:

sudo addgroup microchip
(Note: for Arch Linux, it is "groupadd".)
sudo gpasswd -a your_user_name microchip

3. Reboot

4. Test by
$ sudo pk2cmd -P
If root is fine then
$ pk2cmd -P

5. The following websites are also useful:
http://mcuee.blogspot.com/2008/04/pk2cmd-linux-port-under-ubuntu.html
http://home.pacbell.net/theposts/picmicro/

emacs (< 22) & python

Download python-mode.el from http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-mode/
Add the following to the .emacs file:

(autoload 'python-mode "$PATH-TO-EMACS-SCRIPTS/python-mode" "Python Mode." t)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.py\\'" . python-mode))
(add-to-list 'interpreter-mode-alist '("python" . python-mode))

limit download/upload speed using trickle

trickle -s -u 10 -d 30 btdownloadheadless --minport 9211 --maxport 9214 --random_port 0 "filename"