September 2009 - skunkworks

Yu Data Network not satisfactory
by Dennis Kioko 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Yu are now country wide, according to some advert, but data has issues outside nairobi. Pages frequently time out, or get stuck on loading if you are using a computer, you get stuck on loading pages. After several calls to customer case, still the same issues. Customer care explain how they are new and still sorting out such issues. Now i have to use saf since I need data. the issue is, are we back to the vuka - unvuka era, where you vuka, discover several short falls and are back to saf? if this people dont focus on quality and customer satisfaction for their few customers, how do they intend to tackle safaricoms market hold? -- with Regards: Kazi kwa vijana and other idiots, all at my blog: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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E-Mail Consultancy : A proposal
by aki 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Many times we openly share info and/or solutions that would normally costs thousands of Kshs in consultancy costs. There are many of us on this list who belong to this category and even go the extra mile for others to help out, virtually. I think a proposal forward would be to have some sort of consultancy services available via email, else we are selling the ICT sector for free without any benefits of years or experience/knowledge. In anycase, if anyone is stuck, they can always google or bing for results. Just sharing a thought, I hope others have also been thinking about such. Do you think this would defeat the idea of the lists or will it make others lives better? Rgds.

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using Blackberry Service on your computer
by David Mugo 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hey, Something helpful for internet and blackberry addicts like me. http://blog.majibu.com/2009/09/15/using-blackberry-service-on-computer-at-n… Enjoy. David. ------------- http://blog.majibu.com

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Keyboard freezing when installing any windows OS.
by Job Muriuki 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

I have tried installing a range of windows operating systems on a Acer aspire 5050 notebook but after installation the keyboard stops responding but the and the processor activity is too high. So skunkers what could be the issue? -- Sent from my mobile device

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Orange 3g+ and email problems
by aki 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

I've been having some on/off smtp issues and opened some tests over the weekend. Emails can show as sent but are not received by the parties. Some include gmail/yahoo. - Some subnets are blacklisted. This led me to check further on reverses and possibly a root cause : Hostname: g-3-3-0-core-as12455.telkom.co.ke ISP: Kenyan Post & Telecommunications Company Organization: Nazarene University Proxy: None detected - Further checks on dnsbl revealed at least 4 problems. Is this Uni responsible for spam and blacklisting? Orange kenya need to isolate this problem asap.

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Ubuntu dependency hell
by Tech List Kenya 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

Haha. Just been hit by the dependency hell. Why does *everything* have to depend on perl? And when are we getting the repair option in ubuntu? Lesson learnt: dpkg -i *.deb is a bad bad idea! Now I have to reinstall my system, or do i have another option? -- Sent from my mobile device

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Androids in Orange Customer Care
by Odhiambo Washington 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

This is quite funny: I tried to call 0771n (where n = XXXXXX) and I get the following "The number you have called has been changed. Please call 991 for assistance". Well, because I am calling from a landline, I decide to call Orange CC via 100 since getting through to 991 is a nightmare. I get a lady who sings to me "Welcome to ...." then I tell her my problem. She goes ahead and insists that the number has no problem at all, even without any testing! I tell her that it's the TKL/Orange systems which are telling me there is a problem. It's not anything of my own creation, and her saying all is well is tantamount to opposing what their systems are telling me, because else, my phone call would go through. ...and guess what next? She asks me to tell the contact I was trying to reach to call 100 and tell them if he is having a problem with his phone.LOL What she's not telling me is how to reach this contact! Just made my day, though I wonder if Orange employs a few androids in Customer Care. Of the Telcos in Kenya, I still think Safaricom has better CC staff though they are not the best. Any opinions? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Linux - Windows file sharing
by Evans Ikua 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

I have a machine running CEntOS 5 and also has samba enabled. I would like to have some Windows machines on the workgroup to have access to its hard disk so that they can share files. I cant see the HDD. Any specific config I need to do?

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FOSS CRM experts
by Evans Ikua 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

I have a contact looking for an open source CRM expert. Please get in touch with me offlist. Thanks. Ikua

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facebook clone
by pithon kamau 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

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