Today I got the new modem from my broadband operator and this wasn't support by usb-modeswitch. Looking at the source code it seemed quite trivial to add support for it and I then got it working using the following configuration file, saved at "/etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b" with:

#######################################################
# Huawei E173s

DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct=0x1c0b

TargetVendor=  0x12d1
TargetProductList="1c05,1c08"

MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"

WaitBefore=1

After that, re-plugging the adapter was enough to get it properly detected and working.

Update: I have sent this information to upstream author to try to get it into next release.

Update: I updated the configuration to my current one that is more stable

The Debian Installer team has just released the first release candidate of squeeze's installer.

The installer itself has got many bugfixes and also some cleanup work. Besides it had also the SpaceFun theme applied into it giving a uniform look and feel to the system.

I would like to publicaly thank the whole team for this release and all the nice work we've all being able to do together. Other teams are also quite important for Debian Installer and we couldn't make all this happen without their help and contribution. They're (in non-specific order) the Release Management Team, CD Team and FTP Team.

Please give this release a good test and tell us if you find something that can be improved.

I would like to wish a Merry Cheristmas for everybody.

This is a good moment to relax and think about the people near you, wish good things to them and your fellows.

Have a very nice time!

Cya!

I have just commited the SpaceFun theme into Debian Installer.

This ought to be available on daily builds tomorrow.

Please give it a try and let me know about any problem.

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A segunda versão beta do Debian Installer acabou de ser lançado. A próxima versão deverá ser a versão utilizada no Debian 6.0 exceto se forem encontrados bugs críticos.

Por favor, efetuem testes e reportem problemas para que possamos corrigi-los o quanto antes.

As modificações e melhorias podem ser vistas em: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2010/20101208

The second beta version of Debian Installer has just been releases. The next version ought to be the one used for the Debian 6.0 except if critical bugs on it are found.

Please, give it a try and report problems so we can fix them as soon as possible.

The changes and improvement can be seen at: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2010/20101208

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Ontem fui ao Teatro Guarany assistir ao show de Ivan Lins em comemoração aos 120 anos do Diário Popular.

O show foi realmente incrível, um dos melhores que já tive oportunidade de assistir e foi realmente uma grande viagem contada desde a década de 70, quando Ivan Lins começou sua carreira. Além da qualidade musical do próprio Ivan Lins, a banda era um espetáculo a parte e possibilitou que esse show realmente ficasse na minha memória.

Caso tenham oportunidade de assistir ao show dele, recomendo

Yesterday I went to Guarany Theather to watch Ivan Lins' show celebrating the 120 years of Diário Popular.

The show was incredible, one of the best of I had opportunity to watch and it was an amazing travel told since the 70's, when Ivan Lins has started his career. Besides the musical quality from Ivan Lins, the band was another show making it remarkable in my memories.

If you have opportunity to what his show, I do recommend it

It has been a long time since I stopped to use my blog (since 2008) but I will try to keep it more up-to-date now.

During the process of getting my data from the backup I also have converted my posts to the ikiwiki and also opted to host it at Branchable.

More to come soon

It's nice to be able to count on friends across vendors. The two new Parted Team members, Joel Andres Granados Moreno and Bryn Reeves from Red Hat, has been working with me to solve the s390 error that was blocking Debian to move to latest parted release (1.8.8 up to now).

They've had a hard time to identify the real problem and we helped each other for those past two weeks. That's awesome to be able to share the work load and be able to get help to solve problems. Even more when this is done for a very important software like Parted.

I do believe this is the way to go for Free Software projects... maybe others could learn from that?

Cheers

Eu desejo um feliz ano novo para todos e que 2008 seja um ótimo ano para todas pessoas envolvidas com Software Livre.

Pessoalmente, eu estou envolvido com muitas pessoas do Software Livre e várias são meus amigos. Eu não poderia esquecer de desejar a todos eles um feliz ano novo.

Agora, vamos largar o computador e nos reunir com a fámilia e amigos.

Vejo todos vocês em 2008!

I wish happy new year to everybody and that 2008 be a great year for all people involved with Free Software.

Personally, I'm involved with many people from Free Software and many of them are friends to me. I couldn't forget to wish the best for all of them.

Now, let's move out of computer and go together with our family and friends.

See you all in 2008!