Recover data from a corrupted USB Key
Corrupted USB Key Restoration Under GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 7.04)
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Fedora 7 – Amavisd Fails to Start
Nov 03 2007 Update - Amavisd again failed to start after an update same error again. This resolved the problem. I just did an yum update to Fedora 7 and rebooted seems that amavisd wasn't starting the complaint was about Compress::Zlib not loading. Long story short...
How to tell what version of Ubuntu you are running
Here are a couple of methods to determine which version of Ubuntu you are running: The contents of file:///usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/index.html has the "Welcome to " information. In my case that is "Welcome to Xubuntu 7.04!". The version number equates to what...
Compiling xfburn on Fedora 7
Fedora sevens xfce4 package is a steaming pile of incompleteness. Here are very rough steps to getting xfburn going. wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libburn-1/libburn-0.3.2.tar.bz2 wget http://www.paldo.org/paldo/sources/libisofs-1/libisofs-0.2.4.tar.bz2 do...
Fedora 7 – So far behind Ubuntu it’s being lapped
I run xfce4 on Fedora 7. Where as xubuntu provides a complete "I can do anything GNOME|KDE can do" environment. Fedora 7's install appears to be a nod to marketing i.e. "Oh yes we have xfce4 aswell" Well it bites.... Although I love the redhat config tool structure...
Ubuntu 7.10 – C compiler cannot create executables – putty compile
Fresh installation of Ubunut 7.10 from disk. No updates. download and compile putty-0.60.tar.gz command ./configure error: C compiler cannot create executables fix: apt-get install libgtk1.2-dev apt-get install gcc apt-get install build-essential ./configure make -f...
Fedora Kernel Upgrade Causes Desktop Clock to Stick
Lastnight did an update to my computer to kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 and rebooted. Following the reboot my desktop clock in both GNOME and XFCE4 seemed to get stuck and not proceed forward. If I issued the date command from a terminal the time seemed correct. The...
Can’t change Wine Sound Driver from OSS to ALSA using winecfg
I just had an issue where I couldn't use the winecfg app to change my default audio driver. It seemed to be locked onto OSS and my system is ALSA. My setup is wine-0.9.41 and Wine Doors version 0.1 on Fedora 7. I tried using vi to change ~/.wine/user.reg...
Getting Telstra Turbo 3G Card aka Sierra Wireless AC875 Going in Linux (Ubuntu 6.06)
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...
Linux StepByStep – http://www.linux-sxs.org/
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...