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Dual booting with GRUB, Ubuntu Jaunty, and Ext4
Ubuntu Jaunty Alpha 3 gave the option if using ext4 so I gave it a try on my experimental machine. There were already partitions for Win 98, Win XP, Intrepid, Kubuntu, and Jaunty Alpha 2. The new grub installed by alpha 3 worked fine but I wanted to reuse the menu.lst file in my Intrepid [...]
Fine tuning Logitech Quickcam Chat in Ubuntu Intrepid
I have managed to get the Logitech Quickcam Chat working under Ekiga and Cheese in Ubuntu Intrepid but at night time my images were very dark. And there was no way of adjusting the brightness. The solution was found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-984126.html. I installed v4l2ucp from http://www.debian-multimedia.org/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/package/v4l2ucp.php. Ran it from the terminal with the command v4l2upc [...]
Citrix ICA Client under Ubuntu Hardy
A friend needed to get into their work Citrix network from Ubuntu Hardy but they were stymied by instructions about installing an ICA Client for Linux. The fact that the login page had links to vastly out-of-date ICA clients for linux didn’t help. The latest ICA client can be found here: http://www.citrix.com/site/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=2755&downloadID=3323&pID=186#top. Version 10.6 was [...]
Better Python Console Gedit Plugin
Just came across Better Python Console – which is a plugin for Gedit, the main text editor in Ubuntu. Think of it as being like IDLE. I use Eclipse with PyDev and the PyDev extension for heavy development and the console for anything quick and dirty. Get the plugin, plus some basic info, here – [...]
Audigy Ubuntu Sound Problem Solved (Digital Jack On)
I couldn’t get any sound from the family/business computer’s Audigy 2 card under Ubuntu Intrepid. Strange – it worked under the dual boot Windows. And I was sure I had had it working before. The problem? Under Sound>Switches the Audigy Digital Jack was set to On. I set it off, made sure all the sound [...]