Update: On Ubuntu 7.04 simply plug the card in and it is automatically detected. Use the normal network manager application to create a 'dialup' connection using /dev/ttyUSB0 as the device. The only weird thing is that you don't need a username and password for the...
I have been a member of the Linux Step by Step Users mailing list since if memory serves me correctly 2000. The list contains a mix of Grey Beards, Security and Programming Specialists, Enthusiasts and people who 'remember when'. The parent website has seen a drop in...
This appears elsewhere on the web but I like to keep my own info just incase I need to refer to it. CTRL+ALT+ENTER
I use XFCE4 and one annoying thing was firefox was opening Nautilus when clicking the Open Containing Folder option in the Firefox Download dialog box The fix: Using a Terminal open nautilus In Nautilus right click on a "folder" object in the window of Nautilus....
As we watch the news, place names are mentioned and we think 'Hmm that is in the Middle East' or 'Yeah that's in South America' but recently I stumbled upon http://www.geosense.net/ and I've discovered I really don't know where exactly many of the worlds countries are...
Yum has a few things needing fixing. For example: I have smolt-0.9.8.3-1.fc7 installed but if I do yum install smolt it replies Nothing to do Logically you would assume that this "Nothing to do" message means "I already have that package installed" but NO. If I do a...
We are almost finished the bathroom. We have been showering for several weeks. The only unfinished portion is the sliding door which I am currently putting a coat of High Gloss Enamel in China White on it. Once that is done our atrophied social life is almost ready to...
At the moment if I do a google of the word "Telarah" I am on page three of the results. If I do a google of "Telarah Linux" I am at the top of the results. Search engines results are interesting but sometimes I feel as if the only visitors to my site are my mother 'hi...
I have embedded my Squirrelmail login into the front of my wordpress blog by putting into the header.php the following function The default squirrelmail code uses the format document.forms[0]. this causes the code to see the first form on the page which may not be...
I found the default Notepad++ behaviour of opening the files that were open last time annoying (if I was programmer the default would be fine). To turn it off: Open Notepad++ Click Settings ==> Preferences ==> MISC Tab Uncheck the "Remember the current session for...