Posts Tagged “Intrepid”

Compile mplayer with VDPAU support on Ubuntu

In this article I’ll show you how you can compile mplayer with VDPAU support on Ubuntu Intrepid but first I’ll try to explain why you would want to recompile mplayer with VDPAU support.
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Important change regarding my git packages repository

Due to changes of Launchpad the address of my repository containing the updated git packages for Ubuntu has changed.
Please change the address as soon as possible.

The old address:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdoes/ubuntu

The new address:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdoes/ppa/ubuntu/

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My PPA is signed.

Yesterday I build the latest git, version 1.6.1.1. for Ubuntu Intrepid on my PPA. This morning when I wanted to upgrade my own machine, I ran into a small problem. It turns out Launchpad has signed my repository and in order to upgrade you’ll need to add the key to the trusted apt key list.

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Updated git packages for Ubuntu Intrepid

I use git quite a lot, for my plugin development and for kernel compiling. I have been creating packages of the latest version for Ubuntu for quite a while. Today I decided to make these packages available to the public by using the Launchpad PPA repository.
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How to update the custom compiled kernel to a new release using git

In a previous article I addressed how to compile a kernel for Ubuntu Intrepid using git and in a follow up article I explained how to compile a new release if you already compiled your own custom kernel using git. The upgrade article was written if the kernel upgrade was one where the only ABI number changed was the last one.
In this article I’ll explain how you can update your previously compiled custom kernel to a newer version, if you used git. This article won’t touch an upgrade of kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.28.

Updates:
Jan 9, 2009: Added git add to the “commit your changes” section.
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