This was one of those problems that irritated me considerably, since the solution was the last thing that I tried. The issue was that, I noticed, my private key for one of my users on one of my boxes was no longer being accepted. It was still prompting for the password. I tried regenerating the [...]
BASH (bourne again shell), the default shell used on many GNU/Linux distributions, keeps a history of all commands entered. This can be a great convenience. However, scrolling back, I saw a number of commands I would prefer gone in case somebody decided to snoop around my system. Especially the commands where I accidently entered the [...]
Tagged: bash
Since I last installed Gentoo, I noticed spellchecking in many applications wasn’t working – notable Pidgin and Xchat. It’s a necessity! You need to come off as someone who knows how to spell while chatting! It seems the problem was with myspell – the English dictionary for some reason was not installed. So, it was [...]
Tagged: Gentoo
2.6.27 kernel note: Everything works properly in 2.6.27 if you compile the kernel with support for rt61 (or your driver). Run make menuconfig in your kernel source directory (usually /usr/src/linux) and locate the RaLink driver you need in Device Drivers -> Network Device Support -> Wireless Lan. It is located at the bottom. If you [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was recently released. So I upgraded a couple of my computers (that I’m far too lazy and have no time to maintain Gentoo on) to this new release to find that my wireless PCMCIA card did not work on my laptop. Okay – that’s fine. I’ve had this problem since I began [...]
Categories: Guides
Tagged: Ubuntu
Well, I recently ordered a Sansa e280 from Amazon. I was looking for a good mp3 player that the open-source firmware RockBox supported. I noted that the v2 series was not supported, but Amazon did not state that it was such a model. You can imagine my disappointment once it arrived. After debating whether or [...]
Categories: Guides
Tagged: Free Software, GNU/Linux, Guides
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