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I have an arm7 quad core device with ubuntu on it. I noticed that all I could get as far as video options was x11 which is choppy and all stuttery full screen. xv failed, opengl failed
and vdpau...

I've never had a problem with autokey but now when I run it it takes up 100 cpu and generally does nothing.
It might be related to an x11 problem but I'm using the most recent beta of kubuntu.

It's in /etc/init.d, so I have to modify the script.

Hey peeps,

I would love to know how to keep IO hogging services like Crashplan delayed for a while so my boot up is smooth and problem free.

Thanks for all the help.

I've been on a serious hunt for a secure cloud backup system. I don't have the hardware to setup my own at the moment. I've been using Crashplan+ for a couple of years and it is nice with its 448-bit...

Uh oh, not good.. I've got one esata port and a few usb 2.0 ports and 2tb could take a looong time.

Model: ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop

Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 2000GB...

Formatted and Filled 2TB Drive But Forgot To Make The Partition:

Is this a problem and/or is there an easy way to fix without losing data?

All the data is there on the drive but there is no...

I've hooked up my external drives to my laptop in Ubuntu via Esata cable. It doesn't automount like usb and I'm getting some strange errors in the log I wonder if someone can make sense out of it. I...

Hey Linux lovers,

Got a new laptop and everything so far besides this issue works out of the box. When my laptop goes to sleep and then I attempt to make it resume the screen stays black. There...

It pains me to boot in to Windows just to watch a documentary on Netflix. The Netflix Dev's said recently that within 6 months we would have a Linux Netflix Plugin but doesn't it already work under...

Ok, I've learned my lesson here.

I haven't found yet a Linux PDF reader app that would highlight, bookmark, notes etc so I normally install Foxit Phantom which I own a copy. I go and download it...

I would love to be able to setup an encrypted home partition and not having to worry about problems occurring after I upgrade to the newest version of Ubuntu. This way I don't have to repeat the...

A very big thank you to whoever is running that repo.
On my little Asus 1000HE 720p video runs smooth as hell.

Bookmarked for posterity.

I love Pinguy OS. I install nautilus elementary and the elementary theme with droid font every time I install Linux Mint but now I don't have to do that.

After auto hiding docky and a couple of...

I updated to grab Firefox 4 Beta 4Pre and there's a nasty bug:


klepto@LUNASYLUM /usr/lib/firefox-4.0b4pre $ firefox-4.0
exec: 159: usr/lib/firefox-4.0b4pre/run-mozilla.sh: not found...

I'm a Linux Mint addict for the longest time. The elemental theme and droid are my favorite theme and font. I may have to give this one a go. How do you think it would work on a netbook like the...

I do a lot of backups from home but things happen such an act of God or bad luck. I'd like to pay around $10 for at least 100GB or better. The service has to have a good gui in linux as well as a web...

Ahh I think this is the culprit:

[31375.008107] wlan0: no probe response from AP 00:1e:2a:5f:60:8c - disassociating
[31376.387792] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:2a:5f:60:8c
[31376.411316]...

In any application that uses a good amount of bandwidth like Transmission
or Sabnzbdplus I see the speed go to normal, shoot through the roof and then reset to 0/kb and repeat. In transmission the...

I have everything setup nicely but I'd like to run some sort of launcher after connected instead of running gnome-terminal then running firefox or something in the terminal. That way I have a wide...

I'm looking to setup X11 forwarding on my machine and secure it either with a vpn or ssh. A portable x11 client is need for access on the go. I am not sure if I am over complicating the issue but...

I've been using Back In Time ever since it was mentioned by Lifehacker.
It works really well for me but what I want to know is when it is time to restore
some folders how do I know which snapshots...

Yesterday I took a brand new WD My Book Studio Edition external hard drive
and formatted it to ext3 fs. I start backing up machines etc and then later I used Image For Linux and backed up my laptop...

I've been testing out "Back in time" and it is a rsync/diff gui which is similar to MacOS's Time Machine. It isn't has great as that but pretty good for a rsync shell. I'll test it out. Any other...