Tag: Linux
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KDE help: ‘KDE lost my widget!’
Recently I was arranging widgets on my dual screens when I tried to drag one from one monitor to the other. I dropped it where I wanted it to go, and was surprised to see it wasn’t there. No matter, I thought. I opened the widget panel to add it again and was confused to…
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Missing firmware errors during kernel updates
During my recent Debian updates (via the command line), I’ve been seeing this error: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.9-1-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8411-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8402-1.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for…
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My Favourite Linux Commands
As a child of the DOS era, I’ve always been comfortable communicating with a computer without a mouse. Most of my use of Linux is via a desktop environment (KDE and Xfce are my favourites), but I still like to be able to do certain tasks in a terminal window. Here’s a list of commands…
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KDE help: ‘The screen is being locked’ notification
I love the state of KDE (currently 4.9.5) on my main laptop. Mostly. One annoying behaviour is that when I close the lid and re-open it at a later time, there is a notification waiting in the panel that says “The screen is being locked”. It’s about as useless as my car telling me “The…
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Cool Kids Use Old Devices
I’m not what you would call an environmentalist, but I’m trying. I’m also frugal and pragmatic, so my life choices are sometimes guided by less noble ideals than protecting the earth. That said, I’ve recycled for all of my adult life… since university graduation at least. I’ve been buying all my clothes (except socks and…
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KDE help: LibreOffice icons missing in KDE menu?
Recently, I noticed that the Writer icon had disappeared from the favourites tab of my K menu. Naturally, I right clicked and used the Edit Applications function to reset the icon back to normal by finding it in the system icons. There was no problem finding the icon, but as soon as I set it,…
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KDE help: Kubuntu Oneiric Won’t Shut Down Anymore?
I’m really loving Kubuntu 11.10. As usual, I upgraded during the beta phase to avoid the slow downloads after the official release. It was a flawless upgrade: the best I can remember. I even did it using the wireless connection, with no significant hiccups… except this one I hardly noticed. I rarely need to reboot…
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Kubuntu Natty Update Weirdness
I just updated to Kubuntu 11.04 (Natty Beta 2) last night. All went reasonably well except for a few hitches: Inexplicably, several apps were uninstalled including GIMP and Wine. Easily remedied. This weird error message proved more difficult to fix: dpkg: warning: parsing file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/available’ near line 20544 package ‘handbrake-gtk’: error in Version string ‘svn3834ppa1~maverick1’:…
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Lubuntu lost your Windows install?
Recently, I installed Lubuntu 10.10 as a dual boot to Windows 7 on my laptop as a replacement to Linux Mint. Everything seemed to go well until I rebooted and noticed that Windows 7 was no longer listed in the menu options of the GRUB boot manager. Windows wasn’t gone, but GRUB had failed to detect…