Varun's Blog http://www.varun.org Just some random shots and thoughts Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Trixbox: Trying the G729 Codec http://www.varun.org/2010/07/trixbox-trying-the-g729-codec/ http://www.varun.org/2010/07/trixbox-trying-the-g729-codec/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:37:41 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/?p=329 So far the new G729 codec that I downloaded from http://asterisk.hosting.lv seems to be working great. Using SIP from the iPhone over the 3G network definitely benefits from this low bandwidth codec.

]]> http://www.varun.org/2010/07/trixbox-trying-the-g729-codec/feed/ 0 How to setup a remote SIP extension http://www.varun.org/2010/04/how-to-setup-a-remote-sip-extension/ http://www.varun.org/2010/04/how-to-setup-a-remote-sip-extension/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:44:41 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/?p=326 A good post on the subject of setting up a remote sip extension. This allows me to have SIP extensions over a WAN tunneling in through the my firewall.

]]> http://www.varun.org/2010/04/how-to-setup-a-remote-sip-extension/feed/ 0 A Good Primer on apt-get and dpkg http://www.varun.org/2010/04/a-good-primer-on-apt-get-and-dpkg/ http://www.varun.org/2010/04/a-good-primer-on-apt-get-and-dpkg/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:10:51 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/?p=324 Came across a good primer on using apt-get.

]]> http://www.varun.org/2010/04/a-good-primer-on-apt-get-and-dpkg/feed/ 0 From 30,000 feet above http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/ http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:35:57 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/ Technology has definitely come a long way. I’m writing this post on board Delta flight DL-2106 from San Jose to Atlanta using an in-flight wifi service called gogowifi. Getting a fairly decent speed as well. It’s a red eye, so I’m going to try and tune out so I can be functinal in the morning.

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]]> http://www.varun.org/2009/08/vasona-park-los-gatos/feed/ 0 Ubuntu upgrades http://www.varun.org/2009/07/ubuntu-upgrades/ http://www.varun.org/2009/07/ubuntu-upgrades/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:17 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/?p=309 Spent some time upgrading my linux machines today. The Ubuntu network upgrade from 8.04 to 9.04 went smooth on one of the machines. I had to do the intermediate 8.10 first though. On the other machine (Armada M700), it ran into a kernel bug (specific to 9.04) that caused the machine to hang during startup, so I kept it at xubuntu (XFCE desktop) 8.10. Here’s the bug reference:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/393262

Also, in order to get the nomachines nx client to work here are the settings:

  • Select Desktop = Unix/Custom, and then
  • under Settings, “Run the following command” = /usr/bin/startxfce4
  • and also Options = New Virtual Desktop.
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]]> http://www.varun.org/2009/07/hawaii-pictures/feed/ 3 Waikiki Beach http://www.varun.org/2009/07/waikiki-beach/ http://www.varun.org/2009/07/waikiki-beach/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:13:55 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2009/07/waikiki-beach/ waikiki

]]> http://www.varun.org/2009/07/waikiki-beach/feed/ 0 Hanauma Bay Hawaii http://www.varun.org/2009/07/hanauma-bay-hawaii/ http://www.varun.org/2009/07/hanauma-bay-hawaii/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:27:55 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2009/07/hanauma-bay-hawaii/ 20090710-haunama

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