Monthly Archives: January 2013

Plasma Active on Nexus 7 with 3G/UMTS

Posted on 2013-01-28 by ruedigergad

Finally, success in getting 3G in Plasma Active on Nexus 7 to work. 😀 I uploaded a patched version of ModemManager to the Nexus 7 hardware-adaptation repository. So far, it seems to work pretty reliable. Please note that I disabled … Continue reading →

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Clojure Guide and Presentation

Posted on 2013-01-28 by ruedigergad

Some time ago I started to write a simple guide about the Clojure programming language. In the meantime I also added an introductory presentation. Finally, I also had the time to push everything to github: https://github.com/ruedigergad/clojure-by-example For those who didn’t … Continue reading →

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Update: Nexus 7 & PlasmaActive vs. 3G

Posted on 2013-01-23 by ruedigergad

Just a small update to (partly) answer my own question: apparently, the 3G modem in the Nexus 7 can be accessed via the cdc_acm Linux kernel driver. Great thanks to whoever activated that option in our hardware-adaptation kernel (I suspect … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Nexus 7 3G Linux Driver?

Posted on 2013-01-09 by ruedigergad

This time I am not announcing something but want to ask a question: is there a driver for the Nexus 7 3G/UMTS/HSPA module/chip for Linux? Here is what I could gather so far: according to some sources the WWAN chip … Continue reading →

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New Rootfs Tarball of Plasma Active for Nexus 7

Posted on 2013-01-08 by ruedigergad

A new rootfs tarball of Plasma Active for Nexus 7 is available: http://download.kde.org/unstable/active/3.0/images/nexus7/plasma-active-nexus7-testing-mer-latest-2013-01-07.tar.bz2.mirrorlist In this snapshot sound and hardware-accelerated video playback (at least for mp4 videos) should work out of the box. Note that you might need to un-mute the … Continue reading →

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