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Thanks. Might be dealing with an actual bug then :/

Any idea how to get it to turn the screen off though, instead of blanking it? Cause that's my main aim here.

My laptop screen never seems to go to sleep. Since I log in via SSH anyway that's less than ideal.

I've managed to switch it off via:

sudo vbetool dpms off

But I'd like classic sleep...

Handing a random person a scalpel does not make him a doctor.

If you're determined to use a tool anyway then nessus (as scholar said) is probably your best shot.

However, since you plan on...

There are two ways to fix that (which I know of). 1. Force refresh rate via xorg 2. Install correct driver.

In our case, it sounds like you are missing a video driver so it defaults to something...

Hi

I want to add a specific local mirror to grab ubuntu updates from.

sources.list

deb ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/archive/ubuntu/dists/ jaunty main
(I realize I need the...

Forget undervolting there is something seriously wrong there.:shock:

At ~70C the CPU starts getting gradual but permanent thermal damage (this will take a while though).

Get the heatsink and...

Not insecurity. For some things the English language just does not have a word.

Like entrepreneur. [From old French].

Languages change and adapt. To demand that they don't is futile and results...

No, I think you'd have to split them into file types and find a suitable tool for each.

And of course you'd lose some vid quality.

On balance I'd say not worth the effort cost/benefit wise.

@1: Try changing the video display type in the VLC settings.

But make very sure you remember the original settings cause the others might not work/crash so you'd want to switch back if it doesn't...

Firefox alone can get close to the 512 mark on a bad day.


While I'm glad that Crysis is running perfectly on your PC, I'd like to point out that as a claim its pretty useless: On Crysis the...

Universities usually don't provide pop/imap access to their email servers...only web interface.

Check web interface for an option to forward all emails.

In the unlikely case that they do...

So you have the solution but not a matching problem. Right.

Use /dev/shm to dump files into the memory. Just remember that its gone when you restart or power gets cut. Unlike your RAMdisk, it will...

OpenGL sound like a heavy overkill for drawing a bit of text to be honest.:confused:

The actual OGL code is usually cross-platform. The tricky part is the initialization of the OGL interface i.e....

I really missed that with chrome. Especially for frequently used sites.

e.g. If I type in slashdot then I don't want to search the web for sites related to slashdot. And yes, I know about...

Looking good. coldReactive has a point though..they pink/green has got to go.:redface:



It's much easier to achieve a clean professional look with fewer colours. You've already got plenty of...

That is an opinion, not a fact.

My opinion is that it *is* coming together nicely...its just not quite there yet. Small, but crucial difference.


I read the release info on the new ATI gfx...

No, shouldn't be a problem.

I've been through a few kernel updates (also running the drivers off the AMD site) & this is the first I hear about that.

Huh? The install doesn't touch the BIOS at all.

To get into the BIOS configuration, you need to press a key. Right at the start, before the actual linux part begins.

Unfortunately the key...

+1 Convenient but not exact the place to store mission critical stuff.


The vast majority of the people on the internet do little else besides email, word processing & instant messaging. I think...

The file is too small to compress.

The Cog is right. Compression programs use a header which contains odds&ends that the app needs to know when decompressing, so the end result will be bigger if
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Agnelli & Nelson - Embrace (Original Mix) :KS

I think the radeonhd driver will probably be the easiest, but it won't do 3D.

Very much depends on your definition of cutting edge.

if it means Beta software then sure. If it means pre-Alpha, then hell no.

The "problem" lies not with the laptop but rather the LCD manufacturers. And the name of the game with LCD manufacturing is economies of scale. Plus Widescreen is perceived to be a feature.

The...

I was just pointing out that the OP lacked any kind of question or request for help or hint as to what is expected.

The fact that it is posted in the Community Cafe suggested that the OP was not...