After installing the Postgres on my machine I had some issues regarding it’s connections through sockets. So after a long time of trying to configure correctly I’ve finally gave up and started from scratch. Here is a good post of how to install it (in russian): http://lug.nsk.ru/lugnskru/2010/10/ustanovka-postgresql-9-pgadmin-iii-v-ubuntu-10-04.html. So the steps were the following (for those who don’t know russian). Continue reading »

There are only three providers in my country that provide 3G/GPRS internet, but two of them don’t requre username and password to sign in. Before finding out that NetworkManager has a mobile broadband feature I’ve tried plenty of times to connect using Gnome-PPP and WvDial. Both they were requiring valid username and password, i.e. you can’t connect to provider which doesn’t use any authentication. Continue reading »