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May/09Hauppauge WinTV Nova TD-500 On MythTV
Overview I was scouting for a new TV capture / tuner card for MythTV ever since I moved out and got MythTV running using the roof antenna. The PCI-E stuff is nice but not mature enough in Linux. From my … Continue reading
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May/09Setting Default Linux Shell
My new user I created did not have any shell when I logged in. To set up a shell you need to know where the shell resides with this command: $ which bash where bash is the shell name. Replace … Continue reading
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Apr/09Setting Up CUPS (Print Server) On Ubuntu 8.04
This is an updated post my original post Print Server (CUPS) to the new version of CUPS (1.3.7). There are some configuration changes since the previous version but I will write it from scratch. This time I used the web … Continue reading
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Apr/09Ubuntu 8.10 – The Pain
I had to jump through so many hoops to get Ubuntu 8.10 working. the LTS 8.04 works perfect (more or less) but this version seems very unstable. First I have a bad DVD drive (or bad CD) so it wasn’t … Continue reading
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Mar/09Starting A Program From Command Line to X
A cool little trick when your logged in at the terminal level with an X windows session running e.g Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc and want the program to start in X. I would use it to play tricks or open … Continue reading
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Mar/09Numpad not working under Gnome
Recently the numpad stopped working for some reason. I didn’t bother going into it because I didn’t use that much. The num lock was on but there was nothing to suggest the keyboard was broken. Ubuntu Forum to the rescue. … Continue reading
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Feb/09Auto Login & Lock For Linux & Windows
Overview I had conceived an idea to automatically login and lock the screen. A Google later and I found that I wasn’t the only one. An advantage of this set up is it allows you to login and start up … Continue reading
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Feb/09GNU Screen In Linux
Overview Screen is a handy terminal application which runs on top of Linux terminal itself. This means allows you to create sessions with in a terminal and each session are self contained. A feature that I use of screen is … Continue reading