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2005 Scion tC Black Sand Pearl, 61k Miles For Sale

brett — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:31:26 +0000

PICTURES BELOW Up for sale is a 2005 Black Sand Pearl Scion tC with only 61k miles! The car is in EXCELLENT condition. I change the oil with Mobile One every 5 thousand miles (mobile one oil is fine for up to 10k miles). This is a 5 speed, manual transmission with many aftermarket features. A/C [...]

How to: Install a theme for Kubuntu (KDE)

brett — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:38 +0000

Pick a plasma theme here. Use this simple command to install a kde theme for kubuntu! (No need for sudo) If the folder is compressed, extract the contents. Open up terminal, change to the directory of the theme, and run: plasmapkg -t theme -install ./

Fix Long, Loud Beep / Popping During Kubuntu Shutdown

brett — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:05:20 +0000

I’m not sure what exactly causes this problem, but one of my computers running Kubuntu 9.10 has had this problem involving a long system beep during shutdown. Blacklisting the pc speaker didn’t work, nor did relentless searching for answers, until a post on Ubuntu forums finally answered my question. The fix involves disabling the splash screen: Edit [...]

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Multi Touch (Touchpad) in Ubuntu 9.10, Synaptics Driver (How-to)

brett — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:02:58 +0000

If you have a multi-touch enabled touchpad for your laptop and are using ubuntu, it may not automatically be recognized and enabled. Here are some directions on how to do that. These directions were compiled from two sources, credited below. Setting up Synaptics driver Type in terminal gksudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi Create and save file with this content: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo [...]

Fix the Tick Sound in Ubuntu 9.10

brett — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:51:20 +0000

Some power settings were changed in Ubuntu / Kubuntu 9.10 that makes the speaker amp turn off when not in use–it then turns on before playing a sound, creating a (rather annoying) ‘tick’ sound. To fix this: Edit the file: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf Look for the following line of code towards the bottom: options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N Change that line to: options [...]

EasyTexter.com

brett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:58 +0000

Send SMS text messages from your web browser to many US carriers. http://easytexter.com Update: Easytexter.com Currently down. Update 2: Easytexter.com is back up and running!

StickyButton.com

brett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:37:07 +0000

A flash game site.. constantly under construction. http://stickybutton.com/

Downgrade Grub 2 to Grub Legacy (Ubuntu 9.10)

brett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:27:52 +0000

I have experienced a load of problems with GRUB 2 (betas that are included in Ubuntu 9.10–why did they include a beta, anyway?) so I sought a method to downgrade, or revert to GRUB legacy (ver 0.97). Below are detailed instructions, all found from the following post. Credit to posters. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1330347 Reverting to GRUB Legacy If a user [...]