System: AMD Phenom X4 Geforce 7900 GTS or 8400GS Lucid Lynx AMD64 Problem: The current driver fails on some Systems with default kernel 2.6.32 Solution: – go http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-lucid/ – download kernel images for your System and headers into a folder named kernel – go into folder kernel with #cd kernel – install pakets with #sudo […]
Category: Software Bugs
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04: Nautilus hangs freeze Desktop at FTP SFTP mount
System: i386 Lucid Lynx default setup Problem: If you try to mount a local ftp share Nautilus stops working by loading files of a folder like 100 Images Solution: Remove Samba-Common and Nautilus-share with #sudo aptitude remove nautilus-share samba-commone –purge try now ftp mount..this bug is reported and unsolved
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: JWM Window Manager hangs on Login
Bug: If you want to use JWM as fast Window Manager instead of Gnome you got a little Bug, after Login at GDM Login Manager the JWM Desktop seems to hang. Background: missing deps of menu and menu-xdg Solution: #sudo aptitude install menu menu-xdg #sudo update-menus #sudo service gdm restart if you miss some installed […]
How to compile the Centos SME Server 7.4 Linux Kernel 2.6.34
Download the latest stable kernel from the http://www.kernel.org/ unpack the downloaded source file. Steps: # wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 # tar xjf tar xjf linux-2.6.34.tar.bz2 # ln -s linux-2.6.34 linux # cd linux # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make menuconfig (here you can select .config as preselected .config from old kernel) # make rpm (Compile the […]
Change Default Browser on Debian Ubuntu Linux to Opera
run as root/sudo: #update-alternatives –config x-www-browser System shows: Auswahl Alternative ———————————————– 1 /usr/bin/iceweasel *+ 2 /usr/bin/opera Enter: 2 relogin into X-Server/Desktop and Opera is default!
Review and Testing Ubuntu 10.04 on Thinkpad R50p
Today i setup Ubuntu 10.04 on my old Thinkpad R50p Short Review: console-kit-daemon more than 30 threads unsolved bug since 9.04 – bad – fast nice easy Setup Dialog – good – does not Support fglrx ATI 3D Drivers – bad – fast Boot new Gui-Desktop with changed Window Buttons on left – bad – […]
Thinkpad R50p ATI xserver hanging freeze sometimes Debian Lenny
Hardware: R50p with ATI Graphic 128MB 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2] (rev 80) System: Debian Lenny 5.0 Driver: fglrx Solution: install cpufrequtils #sudo apt-get install cpufrequtils edit #nano /etc/initrd/cpufrequtils change line “ondemand” to “performance” check System #dmesg System show “unstable clocksource” last line edit #sudo nano /etc/boot/menu.lst add […]
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 Bug vnc4server press “m” not usable! vnc4server
Problem: If you install vnc4server and open a ssh tunnel session to you Lucid Lynx Server you can’t press little key “m” cause it highlights taskbar indicator applet! Solution1: 1. edit /home/username/.vnc/xstartup 2. add lines: #!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following two lines for normal desktop: # unset SESSION_MANAGER # exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] […]
Security Bug smeserver-phpmyadmin-multiuser-2.11.3-3.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
If you use: smeserver-phpmyadmin-multiuser-2.11.3-3.el4.sme.noarch.rpm and run db configuration setprop access private the Login Interfaces is public !!! Please take newer version: smeserver-phpmyadmin-multiuser-2.11.9-XX.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
IBM Thinkpad X30 xorg.conf Ubuntu Debian Intel Corporation 82830 CGC
Problem: The X30 uses a shared Videoram with a Intel Graphic Chip 82830 which makes bad errors by default, sometime the Buttons are shown grey on grey or Text is unreadable at Gnome or LXDE Solution: # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian […]
Thinkpad X30 freeze if the Lid is closed Gnome Desktop Ubuntu Intel Graphic
Problem: If you use Gnome with Ubuntu 7.10 8.04 8.10 on an Thinkpad X30 and close the Display Lid the Laptop freeze into unknown state. Only a hard reset wakes up the laptop. Solution: Disable the Lid Action at Gnome-Energy-Settings to “IGNORE”
smbpasswd changes samba password and unix password too
Problem: At newer Linux Setups with Samba 3 by default smbpasswd changes the user unix login password and samba share password. For higher security i prefer different passwords like on debian SARGE Solution: edit as root /etc/samba/smb.conf enter unix password sync = no (Yes=default) restart samba /etc/init.d/samba restart set new different passwords for a user […]