Self Compiled Kernel Stops Booting in Ubuntu 14.04 [Fixed]

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After switching from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 I've noticed my self compiled kernels would not boot well. There was always an error that a d...

Fix for blank screen or black display after resume with open source radeon drivers in Xorg

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The bug was reported in detail  here . The fix comes in two ways: For just echo mem > /sys/power/state to work, use the  1. kerne...

Converting OpenCard Files to Anki [manual approach]

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It's a bit troublesome, a better solution would probably be to create an XSLT file as an export filter from Impress to CSV. (A good sta...

Fix for "GLX error: Can not get required symbols" in Xorg log file / No 3D graphics with radeon Open source driver

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If you get the error:  "(EE) GLX error: Can not get required symbols"  when trying to use the open source "radeon" drive...

How to configure Darktable with OpenCL for your AMD APU

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I was really curious for a piece of working opencl software. Then I found out that a software I love actually also does opencl! The only iss...

Darktable: Twice as fast with OpenCL!

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In my setup (AMD A4), using opencl with darktable is about twice as fast as using the dual-core cpu.  It's not working out of the box...

Using the Kernel NTFS driver with Ubuntu

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To make life easier for the average user, Ubuntu installed a link at /sbin/mount.ntfs to ntfs-3g, thus automatically mounting all ntfs drive...

Speeding up NTFS writes in Linux

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Sometimes you want to do some serious operations on ntfs volumes in Linux - and if it's only virus scanning. This can be slow. It will p...

Ignore Package Dependency in dpkg

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If you want to install a package, which has a dependency you want to ignore, e.g. because it's wrong, outdated or unnecessary, you may u...

Fixing a Broken Cursor with AMD/ATI fglrx Drive: Steam, Braid, Wine: Option UseFastTLS 2

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If you notice a broken cursor, which may means the cursor doesn't show up at all is a black square is a square mixed black and/or with p...

Installing Windows 8 on USB - The easy way

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There are several different guides for installing Windows 8 on a USB disk, which often unpack an installation file of install.wim, which is ...

Removing Crossover Deletes All Your Bottles

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You have to be extremely careful when uninstalling crossover, because generally, it will always remove all your bottles of all your applicat...

Darktable Open Source RAW Darkroom

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I've just become a fan of this amazing piece of software . Just everything about it seems to be perfect. The noise reduction is stunning...

Quickly Shrinking the File Size of a PDF File on the Command Line in Linux

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Ok, I'm most linking to a great page here. But I'll also give you my favorite choice: GhostScript, which is available almost on eve...

Automatically Disable your Touchpad - Enhancing Palm Detection in Linux

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I have already posted an entry somewhere on this blog on how to disable your touch pad if you plug in a usb mouse. But I've just found o...

Fixing Panasonic LUMIX Wifi - "Connection to Access Point Failed"

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This error occurred to me with a Fritz Box as access point and WPA/WPA2 mixed mode. The first time the camera still connected, later attem...

A Smear Safe Android Lock Screen

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You know that when you use a lock screen, it's often quite easy to know your combination by simply looking at the grease traces of your ...

Sipgate.com Closes

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I've recently found out the USA service seems to end. It's still going on in other countries, though, apparently. Well the margins i...

Decrypting Android Encryption is Really Easy

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Especially if you encrypt your phone only with a PIN, it appears that it's quite easy to find that PIN . More than that, there is alread...

Disable Customized Ads in Google

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Google has a webpage where you can opt out of apps customized to your profile . Note that the popup will be high up on the page, where you p...