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Okay, i finally figured it out, it's a problem with FGLRX

you can duplicate the crash by typing:

sudo aticonfig --set-powerstate=1

now... this is what finally fixed it for me:

sudo...

EDIT: Nevermind that doesn't work either

try:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgI think that fixed it for me, however it's a problem that doesn't happen all the time, so it's hard to be sure

But I'm having this problem on a ThinkPad...

I'm having the same problem, I think it might be a configuration file somewhere.

I think i'm gonna reinstall from scratch this weekend.

I don't think you can go wrong with a ThinkPad!

I'm still running a T60 and have had no problems, works pretty good with linux.

and although it's made by Lenovo, IBM still does their support,...

"v4169sgr" you are the man

I had the same exact problem today!!

reboot and go into recovery mode, goto the command line and login as root
try:

apt-get purge localesor

dpkg --purge localesthen after thats done
...

this may seem stupid but...

I've noticed that alot of flatbed scanners, especially the new small portable LED scanners, have a little lock switch to keep it from moving on the bottom or the side,...

OK...

now I found out the *CORRECT* way to solve this problem, besides just going back to ALSA




sudo apt-get install libflashsupport

probably the easiest way is using synaptic, under the "package" drop down, use "force version" and "lock version"

theres other ways, but that is probably the easiest way to do it

I forgot to mention the facebook chat plugin http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/

pidgin encryption sometimes conflicts with OTR

and OTR is better anyway cause it works with many other IM clients

I'm just wondering what pidgin plugins everybody here uses, theres a lot of pidgin plugins out there but not a central list of them.

Here are the plugins I use:

Buddy State Notification -...

I've been using GnuPG for a while now, but something has always bugged me, I've noticed that alot of messages that were signed with commercial PGP do not say "Hash:**" as the first line.

I was...

IBM/Lenovo thinkpads have LoJack for laptops built into the bios if you want it.

You can write a boot script that will send a signal to a server every time the computer connects to the internet,...

check out "freeradius",
also check out "hostapd"

both are in synaptic

USB 2.0 is a hardware specification, if your computer is less than 8 years old, you should be ok

cisco stuff tends to be pretty bullet proof (even though Linksys is cisco, but linksys stuff is pretty good, but cisco didn't start linksys, they bought them out)

whoops, i should read more closely,

The OS type is set to "Windows XP" right? not other?

bump

I think you can set the sleep time to a lower amount of time if you adjust the screen saver time first

A good example of why networking cable and phone line cables are twisted, the power companies are trying to add internet access available through the power lines, the problem is most power lines...

if the bluetooth LED isn't on under the screen, you need to activate the bluetooth device by pressing "Fn + F5" (possibly multiple times, the same button controls the WiFi, and bluetooth)

toroids are often used in inductors, and they do add inductance to the line

they wrote the site specifically not to work with linux/firefox if you use user-agent switcher and trick the site into thinking you are using internet explorer and windows, it works perfectly