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1st, hardwire your new laptop. Now you should be connected to the net. Open up your terminal and install the driver using apt-get. From what I've read there is a bug using the driver manager. Now to install your new broadcom driver, use the following cmd: sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter I rebooted 1st before removing the hardwire, but from what I've read, you should be good to go at this point without a reboot.
The only bummer is it doesn't display my connection's default gateway as windows ipconfig does. Just a quick note for myself ;)
In your user's home directory, create a file called .xscreensaver (notice the period at the beginning). If the file already exists, stoked but in ubuntu 8.10 it does not out of the box. Add this line to .xscreensaver: imageDirectory: /home/[your username]/Pictures/Favorites/ Save your file and launch a shell window. Run this cmd: sudo dpkg -S glslideshow.desktop That's it, should be good to go. Test out your new screensaver ;)
The usermod function allows you to modify an existing user. Useful for adding your user to another group on the system. To add the user to supplemental group: usermod -a -G groupname username To modify your user's primary group: usermod -g groupname username
Ubuntu 8.10 ships with a beta version of firefox 3. While I really like a lot of the subtle interface changes (like web address autocomplete), none of my vital extensions work with version 3. I need firebug, web developer toolbar, and zend studio toolbar, and last time I checked, none of these extensions have been updated yet for the ff 3 beta. It's not complicated at all, but not quite so obvious either. Run synaptic and remove the following packages: firefox-3.0 firefox-gnome-support Now you need to delete your settings directory from your home folder. Open up your terminal and run: sudo rm -rf .mozilla Now everything should be uninstalled enough for you to install the firefox-2 package. sudo apt-get install firefox-2 Now just to be sure, run firefox and go to Help -> About Mozilla Firefox That screen will tell you which version is running. Let me know if you have any troubles and I'll try to help out as best I can ;) Today...June 17 is Download Day! Grab a copy of firefox 3. Looks like http://spreadfirefox.com is down at the moment. It's a Drupal error "Unable to connect to Database"...ouch, they must be getting pounded with traffic ;) http://mozilla.org/ is still live at the moment. Even if you already have it, just download a copy to help mozilla break the world record for most downloads in a day.
Election day is coming June 3rd. I'm headed down there in the morning to help out any way I can. If anyone is interested in coming along, don't waste your own gas, get in touch with me before then =) Eric has also organized a meetup group that scheduled for tomorrow (May 31st, 3 pm) in case anyone would like to get to know what he's all about, come down, shake his hand and ask him yourself.
To those of us who remember the spirit of protest in Ocean Beach in the 1960s, [mayoral candidate] Eric Bidwell is a breath of fresh air. By playing along with the Sanders campaign and publicly exposing its attempt to corrupt him, he revealed the true Sanders administration in a most powerful way. Maybe he can wake up the apathetic public to what is really going on in our city government. Mr. Bidwell has displayed the conscience to know right from wrong,
the smarts to beat Sanders at his own game and the guts to actually do
it. Well done! After years of watching San Diego turn into a high-rise live-in Disneyland for wealthy yuppies, run by land developers and crooked politicians, I had almost given up hope for our city’s future. Eric Bidwell has given me new hope. With Mr. Bidwell around, I think this city might have a fighting chance to survive intact. I expect to hear a lot more from him in the coming years. by Michael WilliamsSDNews.Com
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