Bluetooth applet in GNOME (v 0.27): resolution of the problems

Hello everyone,

many users recently reported problems with GNOME's "Bluetooth applet" - like missing services or unability to connecto to other devices. In my case I had all functions working - but only when logged in as root. As an ordinary user I had an applet in the notification area, but it was "dead".

Searching a lot in the Internet, I occasionally found this bug report: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg611962.html. When I added myself to the "netdev" group, the applet started to work again.

So, if you have problems with "Bluetooth applet", just try to add your users to the "netdev" group.

Cheers,
Andrey.

Bug in the Power Manager by Lenovo (for Thinkpads)

Recently I encountered the known problem with Power Manager: suddenly all my profiles in the Power Manager disappeared, after correcting them in the registry I could not apply them (they had no influence on the laptop settings), etc. While searching for the solution, I found this article: http://lucidmike78.blogspot.com/2007/11/thinkpad-power-manager-problem.html. I followed the steps described in there, and could repair my Power Manager at T43p.

Cheers,
Andrey