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HP Mini 100 – Making the Function Keys Function
I use Putty to access a character application that makes extensive use of F1-F11 function keys so you can imagine how annoying it is to have to press the fn key every time I wanted an F1. So a trip to the BIOS and change the "Action Key Mode" to <disabled> And...
Chromium Browser Java Plugin on Ubuntu Netbook Edition 11.04 Beta
Install the Java components which are in java-6-openjdk or contained within ubuntu-restricted-extras: sudo apt-get install java-6-openjdk # I used this one because it gives a heap of oft needed codecs sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras To test goto:...
Postbooks Installation Failure
Trying to install Postbooks on a 32 bit Linux Mint 10 installation. There has been an error. /opt/xTuple/postgresql/bin/initdb: error while loading shared libraries: libaudit.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The application will exit...
GMail Annoyances – BCC header not kept in Sent Mail.
Just found an annoying feature of using GMail via IMAP. (Not sure if it's a problem via the web interface) Say you send an email with someone in the To: field and many people in the BCC: field To: ToRecipient1 BCC: recipient1, recipient2, recip3, etc When you send the...
Piwik Dreamhost Cron Job Dieing
My Dreamhost Piwik archive.sh cron job has been failing with an error: php binary not found. Make sure php5 or php exists in PATH. I presume this is due to dreamhost changing the PATH env not to include /usr/local/bin so the Piwik archive.sh code is not finding the...
Excuse Me While I have a Nerd Moment
Just having a lunch in a local Rutherford Cafe. There doesn't seem to be a free WiFi Service anywhere around so I've turned on my HTC Desires Hotspot capability and am now on the web writing this. I'm using a HP Mini 110 which came with Windows 7 and Splashtop...