Category Archives: linux

Lucid No Video Quirk on Biostar TF7050-M2

Posted on April 28, 2010 by phh

The Nvidia 7050PV video IGP on my Biostar TF7050-M2 motherboard has normally been cranky on install of previous versions of Ubuntu so it was not unexpected when it gave me trouble with Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx”. On starting my flash … Continue reading →

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The New Chumby One

Posted on November 18, 2009 by phh

The Chumby is a device that is hard to describe. It is a small wifi connected computer which runs flash applets (called widgets) from the Chumby servers. What this bedside/kitchen/desk/? device does depends on the widgets you choose to run. … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Karmic on emachines D620

Posted on November 17, 2009 by phh

My Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) install on an emachines D620 yielded default video at 1024×768 with the Vesa driver. The notebook is capable of 1280×800 and the open source Radeon driver has been improving support for the RS690M (ATI 1200 … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Karmic on Averatec 3700

Posted on November 13, 2009 by phh

My sister’s laptop is beginning to feel its age and the recent introduction of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) seemed like an opportunity to revive it. The Averatec 3715-ED1 is a 12.1″ 1024×768 screen, AMD Mobile Sempron 3000, 512MB memory, VIA/S3G … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 Available Now

Posted on October 30, 2009 by phh

Ubuntu 9.10 is out! Please use the torrents to spread the load. Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors for more info. Continue reading →

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Tools for Manipulating .pdf’s

Posted on July 31, 2009 by phh

While working on a site recently had a need to manipulate .pdf files. I found pdftk (http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/) and swftools (http://www.swftools.org/) to be useful. Swftools have been updated recently and for Ubuntu users Karmic Koala (9.10) will be the way to … Continue reading →

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Tweaking the rt2500pci for Jaunty

Posted on April 25, 2009 by phh

With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) it is time to dust off the tweaks I perform with each new version. I have a few RaLink rt2500 based wireless (wifi) pci adapters from MSI . One issue I tweak … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward To Jaunty Netbook Remix

Posted on April 21, 2009 by phh

I have been working with Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Beta and Release Candidate for a few weeks now and I am looking forward to the final release on April 23, 2009. I am particularly interested in the “Netbook Remix” version … Continue reading →

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Oops, Not So Fast

Posted on February 5, 2009 by phh

A few days after installing the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Mini PCI Express Adapter the Acer Aspire One stopped working. It would make it through the POST. It wouldn’t boot up either with the SSD or from Flash. I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Fixed Wireless on Acer Aspire One

Posted on December 9, 2008 by phh

I feel like I have cheated. I have found a solution to the general flakiness of wireless on the One. Wireless has been troublesome on the Acer Aspire One (aao). Kernel 2.6.27 support has been a “work in progress” but … Continue reading →

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