Kazams 0.90 released in the unstable-serie. Few modifications to PulseAudio support and a complete port to Gtk3. This version will not work with Gtk2 and there will be no backporting to older Ubuntu releases. Currently only Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 and Precise Pangolin 12.04 are supported.
Bugs addressed and fixes commited to: #896806, #661767, #656864, #662374, #635921, #732166, #739171, #908768, #660673, #660687.
If you had Kazam previously installed from unstable series PPA it will be upgraded automatically. If you are trying new installation, then you’ll find more detailed instructions here.
UPDATE: Kazam 0.91 was released, read more about it.
Kazam is being updated on a daily basis. Right now, most of the effort is directed into porting Kazam to Gtk3. I’ve decided to drop Gtk2 and go with Python and Gnome Introspection. Lots of the code was rewritten and porting is about 80% done. Most of the updates went smoothly with an exception of countdown timer splash screen. Read on, to find out what else has changed.
UPDATE: Kazam 0.91 was released, read more about it.
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Kazam Screencaster is a small program used for screen recording. It was mainly written by Andrew Higginson, you can read his initial blog post about it to get more background info. After the release of Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) there were no updates and and new releases and initial release will fail to install on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). I’ve dug into the sources a little and fixed few minor issues and made everything installable on Ubuntu 11.10.
Later, I’ve exchanged couple of emails with Andrew and offered my help. So, I’ll release an official version of Kazam in mid January and continue to work on it.
UPDATE: Kazam 0.91 was released, read more about it.
Installing Oracle Java SDK in Ubuntu is a pain because not so long ago Oracle decided to change licensing of Java. Which in the long run will hurt only users. Distributions can no longer make automated installs of Oracle Java, users are required to agree with the license displayed on Oracle’s web site. Installing Java SDK in a ‘proper Ubuntu way’ is now a little bit tricky. Read on to learn how to do it.
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UPDATE: Stock kernel driver is fixed in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangoling. Current kernel is 3.2.0-17-generic and everything has been working for quite some time.
If you are using Ubuntu (and probably other distributions too) and you have an on board Realtek RTL8168/8111E PCI Express network adapter you might find your network not working as it should. Slow connections or no connection at all and your logs full of messages like these:
Oct 02 09:13:25 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 12:45:17 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 12:45:20 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:15:12 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:15:13 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:22:13 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Read on if you want to know why this happens and how to solve the problem.
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