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Oct/09

Ubuntu No Monitor Defaults To 800×600

Filed Under Linux at 1st October 2009 0:01 by

Overview I recently moved my Long standing Linux box running Ubuntu 8.04 as a headless server which needs X running because of Mythtv. Once it was in place I remoted into the box running Remote Desktop on Linux and VNC … Continue reading →

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Sep/09

Dropbox Case Conflict

Filed Under Linux at 29th September 2009 0:15 by

I was setting up Dropbox but it doesn’t seem to handle folders with the same name as a file in Ubuntu.

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Sep/09

Samba GUI Config

Filed Under Linux at 25th September 2009 0:01 by

I found a handy little tool that allows users to configure Samba without going through the command line. To install on Ubuntu type the following: sudo apt-get install system-config-samba The app can be access in System > Administration > Samba … Continue reading →

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Aug/09

Facebook Picture Upload Crashes Or Errors On FireFox

Filed Under Java, Linux at 31st August 2009 11:33 by

Recently tried to upload pictures to Facebook using Firefox only to find it crashed on me the first time and errored on the second. I thought this was odd considering it uses a Java Applet which should be compatible with … Continue reading →

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Jul/09

Ubuntu Music Streaming Server – Ampache

Filed Under Linux, Music at 22nd July 2009 0:01 by

Overview I wanted a music server for personal use so that I can access my music collection remotely or locally. A web front end with the ability to stream to various players would be key. It had to run on … Continue reading →

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Jul/09

Epson Stylus SX600FW Review

Filed Under Hardware, Review at 1st July 2009 0:01 by

Overview I recently bought a new printer and wanted an all in one unit as well as a cross platform compatibility. I’m bias towards Epson printers which I have had in the past and have had good experience with them. … Continue reading →

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Jun/09

Replace /dev/xxx With UUID

Filed Under Linux at 23rd June 2009 0:01 by

Overview My recent (re)build of my old Intel Pentium 4 system to run in my Linux system has a slight problem with jumping drive points e.g one minute my /home drive on /dev/sdb1 suddent goes to /dev/sda1 after a reboot … Continue reading →

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Jun/09

Stop Services / Daemons Starting Up In Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux at 15th June 2009 0:01 by

To remove daemons from starting up on boot use the following command: sudo update-rc.d servicename remove where servicename is the name of the service. To add the service to start up: sudo update-rc.d servicename defaults To see all your services … Continue reading →