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Mahesh Asolkar replied on August 10, 2009 15:42 to the problem "configuration problems with my jolicloud" in Jolicloud:

So Steeg is not the only one after all! Thanks for the solution.

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Mahesh Asolkar asked a question in Jolicloud on August 02, 2009 23:21:

Mouse feedback off by quite a bit

When I am using the notebook-remix interface in Jolicloud, I notice that mouse feedback is off by quite a bit. Application icons (and other links) are highlighted as if the mouse hovered over them, but the mouse pointer is nowhere close to the icon. Icons under the mouse pointer are not highlighted. It is very hard to click and start an application with the mouse.

This only happens in the notebook-remix interface. Everywhere else, the mouse behaves well.

Anyone else seeing this? Any idea for a fix?

I must mention that I am using an unsupported laptop (Sony VAIO VGN-T140P).

I've uploaded a video to YouTube to demonstrate this: http://bit.ly/5oi5Z

A comment on the idea "I'd love to see TweetDeck available as an app for jolicloud." in Jolicloud:

Looks like Seesmic in Jolicloud is just a webapp. Not the Adobe AIR application. Still pretty good though. – Mahesh Asolkar, on July 31, 2009 02:17

Mahesh Asolkar replied on July 30, 2009 21:50 to the idea "I'd love to see TweetDeck available as an app for jolicloud." in Jolicloud:

According to their blog (http://www.jolicloud.com/blog/2009/07...), Seesmic is now available in Jolicloud. I would suggest trying that while waiting for TweetDeck. In fact, I like Seesmic more than TweetDeck, although I haven't used it in Jolicloud yet.

Mahesh Asolkar replied on July 30, 2009 15:53 to the question "Can we get jolicloud as a .ISO image instead of an .img" in Jolicloud:

I worked around this problem by using PLoP Bootmanager (google it). I am posting this from Jolicloud, installed on a Laptop that does not support USB boot!

Mahesh Asolkar replied on July 29, 2009 01:39 to the question "Can we get jolicloud as a .ISO image instead of an .img" in Jolicloud:

I tried another method using 'cdrecord' (outlined at http://moblin.org/documentation/test-...), but it did not work. I guess moblin's .img and jolicloud's .img are not quite the same.

On the positive side, I now have a full set of 12 coasters (from in-the-name-of-jolicloud bad CDs!)

Mahesh Asolkar replied on July 28, 2009 19:10 to the question "Can we get jolicloud as a .ISO image instead of an .img" in Jolicloud:

I would like to get my hands on a .iso too. My old laptop (Sony VAIO VGN-140P) is a tiny laptop, I think jolicloud should be just right for the form factor. However, it does not support booting from USB.

I've tried many things (ccd2iso, nrg2iso, mkisofs, plain renaming) to create a .iso file, burn it to a CD and boot from it. But nothing has worked so far.

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Mahesh Asolkar replied on July 13, 2009 18:34 to the question "Possible to put multiple # of comments for multiple posts links on Index page?" in IntenseDebate:

Can someone confirm that this happens only if 'idcomments_post_id' is not used - only 'idcomments_post_url' is used?

I don't use 'idcomments_post_id' - use 'idcomments_post_url' to uniquely identify a blog post.

I am using a custom blogging platform that I am developing to learn PHP.

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Mahesh Asolkar asked a question in Mozilla on June 03, 2009 06:19:

Update Firefox from command line

Is there a way to update Firefox from the command line?

On my Linux desktop, Firefox (nightly build) is installed in /opt directory with root privileges. This is used by more than one users. When I run Firefox, Help -> Check for Updates... menu is grayed out - because I do not have enough privileges I assume. I am reluctant on running Firefox just to update it.

It would be nice to have something like 'sudo firefox --update'.

Mahesh Asolkar replied on April 13, 2009 23:18 to the question "FTP for auto-update download instead of HTTP" in Mozilla:

I noticed that there are a few app.update.url.* entries in about:config. Are they supposed to work if the http is changed to ftp?

Mahesh Asolkar asked a question in Mozilla on April 13, 2009 22:08:

FTP for auto-update download instead of HTTP

When Firefox auto-updates itself (or Thunderbird for that matter), is it possible to use FTP instead of HTTP to download the update?

Mahesh Asolkar replied on December 03, 2008 01:46 to the question "IMAP IDLE command, server side filters - questions" in Mozilla Messaging:

Thanks Thomas - and jcranmer. That helps.

Mahesh Asolkar asked a question in Mozilla Messaging on December 02, 2008 22:18:

IMAP IDLE command, server side filters - questions

I use Thunderbird (3.0 nightly builds) to access MS Exchange 2007 email using IMAP. I've enabled the use of IDLE command so that the server tells Thunderbird when I get an email. However, I don't think it is effective enough. From reading about IMAP and the IDLE command, I have a few questions, may be someone can help me:

1. Does MS Exchange 2007 support the IDLE command the way Thunderbird likes it?

2. Is it true that the server 'pushes' only the email messages in the INBOX? If I have server side filters that move messages into folders upon arrival (which I do, a lot), do I still need to poll the server for those folders?

3. If I enable IDLE command in Thunderbird, and check the 'Check for new messages every N minutes' option, is it just redundant, or does it disable the use of IDLE command?

Mahesh Asolkar replied on November 06, 2008 23:22 to the question "Very slow startup on a Mac" in Songbird:

Ran into this in Songbird 1.0.0rc1, Build 821 on Linux too. Cleaning the profile worked. Thanks.

Mahesh Asolkar replied on September 22, 2008 18:56 to the question "Firefox 3.0.2 freezes on print (RHEL5)" in Mozilla:

Bug 456407 - Firefox3 freezes on print (RHEL5)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug...