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Insufficient boot space on Ubuntu

Posted on 24 Jul 2010 by Callum

When installing the latest batch of updates to Ubuntu 10.04 I hit a problem, I ran out of space on my /boot partition. A dialog popped up warning of low space on /boot. Then the install of updates failed because … Continue reading →

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Regenerating nautilus thumbnails

Posted on 13 Jun 2010 by Callum

Sometimes nautilus will try to generate a thumbnail for a video file while it’s downloading. Then  nautilus remembers that it tried, and failed, to generate a thumbnail for that file. Once the file has finished downloading, the thumbnail remains broken. … Continue reading →

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Installing lyx without the bloat

Posted on 12 Jun 2010 by Callum

For a few months now I’ve been researching programs to write in. I have OpenOffice, I tried AbiWord, I use gedit for text files. They’re all good programs, but they’re not what I want to write in. I want something … Continue reading →

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VirtualBox host to guest networking

Posted on 28 Oct 2009 by Callum

I’m creating a new development server on VirtualBox. I was using VMWare until recently, but since upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 64bit, I’ve decided to try VirtualBox instead. I also recommended VirtualBox to my brother, so by using it myself I’ll … Continue reading →

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Mounting LVM vmware disks

Posted on 07 Oct 2009 by Callum

I’ve spent a couple of weeks trying to recover some data from an old vmware machine. I didn’t want to install vmware on my new OS, so I looked into the vmware-mount program. The documentation refers to vmware-mount.pl, but I … Continue reading →

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Considering a Kindle

Posted on 28 Feb 2009 by Callum

I’m considering the purchase of an Amazon Kindle 2. I like reading books but books a’re big and bulky which doesn’t fit very well with my current nomadic lifestyle. I’ve spoken to a few people who recommend the Kindle. However, … Continue reading →

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Skype on Ubuntu 8.10

Posted on 30 Nov 2008 by Callum

Every time I reinstall Skype on Linux I lose sound for some reason. I can hear the other side, but they can’t hear me. I fiddle with the volume settings, and after a while it starts working. This time, I … Continue reading →

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Zend Studio garbled chars fix

Posted on 29 Nov 2008 by Callum

Following my post about installing Zend Studio 5.5.1 on Ubuntu 8.10, Gyorgy posted a comment about a problem with garbled characters. I had noticed the problem myself, but only briefly, I don’t tend to work with very large files. As … Continue reading →

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Full encryption is go!

Posted on 10 Nov 2008 by Callum

This post comes to you from Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, upon a fully encrpted 500GB disk. So if my laptop should fall into the wrong hands, my customers, family and friends can rest assured their data, passwords, photographs or emails … Continue reading →

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Mobile broadband is go!

Posted on 27 Jun 2008 by Callum

I bought a Huawei E220 last week. It took a week or so to arrive. Then I wanted to get myself a 3 mobile broadband account. That turned out to be a pain in the ass. You need to sign … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu lock screen on laptop close lid

Posted on 11 Jun 2008 by Callum

In Fedora 8 when I closed my laptop lid, my screen would lock. Under Ubuntu 8.04 this doesn’t happen. After a bit of digging, I found a solution. The gconf setting is “/apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/blank_screen”. When set to true, closing the lid … Continue reading →

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Zend Studio 5.5.1 on Ubuntu

Posted on 20 May 2008 by Callum

I had some challenges with Zend Studio so I’m posting this for anyone with the same problems (and for my own records). I found the solution here. The issue is related to compiz. Additionally, Sun’s java5 needs to be the … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu is go

Posted on 20 May 2008 by Callum

I have installed Ubuntu. It all seems to be running quite smoothly. VMWare is working, which is nice. I had some initial sound issues with Skype but it looks like it was a volume issue, sorted now. Waiting for Zend … Continue reading →

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Early adventures with Ubuntu

Posted on 16 May 2008 by Callum

I’ve been thinking about switching from Fedora to Ubuntu. I downloaded the latest Ubuntu version a few weeks ago. Today I took the plunge and booted it up. First thing I noticed, no wireless networks. It detected my card and … Continue reading →

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