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Setting up software defined radio in debian...

...is more challenging than I originally expected.

The most helpful site I can find is this one:
http://2h2o.tumblr.com/

Many of my questions were answered with this post:
https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/31717-got-my-sdr-kit-now-what/page-1

but alas it would appear that the gnuradio script takes care of much of the former:

$ wget http://www.sbrac.org/files/build-gnuradio && chmod a+x ./build-gnuradio && ./build-gnuradio

*I did have to update the build script to include 7.5 for it to run.

to enable or disable autologon in linux

run the following command and flag "#" or unflag where needed:

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

alfa awus036h keeps dropping connection and then reconnects only to drop again

open the following file (with admin privileges):
/etc/rc.local


add these lines (before exit command):
sudo iwconfig wlan0 rate 5.5M fixed
sudo iwconfig wlan0 frag 2346
sudo iwconfig wlan0 rts 2347

No keyboard (doesn't work) after upgrading from Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10

After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 I couldn't enter my password to decrypt my drive. It looks like this is an issue with 3.11 kernel.

The solution is as follows:
1) hold shift when starting the computer
2) when grub loads choose an older kernel (for me it was 3.8)
3) run "sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules"
4) add the line "ohci_pci"
5) save the file
6) run "sudo update-initramfs -u"
7) reboot
8) to verify you are running the latest kernel run "uname -r"

I plugged my Linux box into the tv

And I didn't have any sound coming through the HDMI cable. I am currently using Lubuntu and everything else worked perfectly. The problem was I wasn't using the Nvidia drivers. I was seriously hoping to avoid using the Nvidia drivers since it doesn't play well with Lubuntu. All my text ends up super small. Therefore I switched to Ubuntu. 

To get sound over HDMI I had to install pavucontrol:

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

Then select HDMI as the output.

However my login screen still says Lubuntu. To change it to Ubuntu I issued the following command:

sudo update-alternatives - - config default.plymouth 

And selected the Ubuntu option. The to make the changes permanent issue the following command 

sudo update-initramfs -u

Now logging in says Ubuntu :-) 

Sputnik Update

The battery life on this thing is awesome!