Category Archives: ubuntu

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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No Wireless After 2.6.27-9 Kernel Update

Posted on November 28, 2008 by phh

After the update to kernel version 2.6.27-9 on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), wireless stopped working on my Acer Aspire One. I added ath_pci to the blacklist in /etc/modprobe.d: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and added to the bottom: blacklist ath_pci Saved and … Continue reading →

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Auto Login Prompts for Keyring Password for Wireless Connection

Posted on November 20, 2008 by phh

The kitchen computer is configured to login auto magically using an unprivileged user account. It is using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and it has the annoying habit of asking for the password to allow access to the local keyring for … Continue reading →

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Dual Boot Clock Problem

Posted on November 19, 2008 by phh

On machines that dual boot linux and windows you could have problems with the proper time on the real time clock on the computer. For example, I have a few machines that normally run windows but I periodically run them … Continue reading →

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Inbound Caller ID

Posted on November 18, 2008 by phh

I am using Asterisk/1.4.21.2 and Asterisk GUI version 2.0 on Ubuntu 8.04.1. I recently noticed caller id was not being passed on inbound calls. The solution was to add “callerid=asreceived” to the trunk context(s) in /etc/asterisk/users.conf. You can edit the … Continue reading →

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