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Ubuntu Broadcom wireless driver
Ubuntu 8.04 will not detect your broadcom wireless network card, but no worries...there is an easy fix.

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.
11.12.2008 01:16 am
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*nix equivilent to windows ipconfig
the linux cmdline equivilent to windows ipconfig is ifconfig.

The only bummer is it doesn't display my connection's default gateway as windows ipconfig does. Just a quick note for myself ;)
11.07.2008 05:50 pm
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Configure GLSlideShow directory
When I asked google, there are many complicated ways of getting your own pictures to display for your screensaver's slideshow directory. However, this method is very simple and probably the correct way of configuring glslideshow.

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 ;)
11.03.2008 03:55 pm
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usermod command
I was doing this a different way that seemed to work, but I'm not sure it was correct.

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
6.24.2008 07:59 am
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Firefox 2 in Ubuntu 8.10
Hardy Heron has been available for quite a while now so I'm sure all you foss/*nix fans are aware of this solution, but I'm posting it for good measure anyhow (probably because I'm bored and burnt out on moving/work atm).

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.
6.17.2008 09:06 am
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Eric Bidwell - KUSI mayoral debate
Eric Bidwell's performance at the KUSI debate. The audio and video are out of sync in this recording so I'm shrinking the player as much as possible. Also, hopefully some of you can get over his appearance and listen to the man speak.


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.
5.30.2008 11:10 am
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Unconventional Candidate a Breath of Fresh Air - Michael Williams

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 Williams

SDNews.Com
5.30.2008 10:30 am
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