Category Archives: Linux
Resolved: Ubuntu Hardy/Intrepid IBM X30 intel i810 laptop gnome lid close hang
Problem: Since upgrading to Ubuntu Hardy Heron every time the screen lid was closed on my IBM X30 the whole laptop would hard hang, only resolution was to reboot. No remote logins possible, no killing of the x-server, no switching … Continue reading
Referential Integrity and Django.
Since late 2007 I’ve been working on a project involving Django, initially we started developing the software using 0.96 stable release, however recently made the decision to move to the SVN release. One of the main reasons behind this was … Continue reading
High cpu usage from eog / gnome-panel ? blame gtk’s recent-manager.
After re-organising a large number of photos using eog I started to notice spikes of cpu usage while moving from image to image. At first this was just inconvenient but as time went on (and as more photos were viewed) … Continue reading
Redundant bonding of wireless and wired interfaces in Ubuntu.
Recently while attending a networking course which covered redundant multipathing for high availability systems I got to thinking – could this be applied to my wired / wireless network at home? The end result being that removing the wired network … Continue reading
When Good Hard Drives Go Bad
Picture the scene, you return to your system and casually attempt to create a new file on one of your disks. Permission Denied. What? Check you’re logged in as the correct user – check Check that the user has write … Continue reading
Console gaming on a remote X display
I have recently ended up in a situation where creating something like this (see diagram) would allow me to play my Game Cube on my laptop display before I finalise my purchase of a nice new LCD display for my … Continue reading