In previous entries I discussed problems with random wireless disconnects. The problem seems to be that the router was going down briefly, causing the interface to time out, but not reconnect. Therefore, I was stuck with a lingering connection that was technically “up”, but inoperable.
I had disabled NetworkManager because Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex) was still in [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux
Tagged: GNU/Linux, NetworkManager, Ubuntu
VIM and FTP haven’t really been the greatest couple in my experience. While it does work, it tends to give me disconnected errors after being idle a while rather than handling it itself. Usually, attempting the operation again works just fine. However, there are times where not even that works and I keep receiving the [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux
Some time ago, while using Gentoo, I modified the kernel to stop a wireless problem I had been having and forgot to make a post about it. Now, I’ve switched by to Ubuntu (didn’t have time to administer Gentoo and compile everything, and I missed Ubuntu). Luckily, version 8.10 BETA was released just a few [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux, Uncategorized
BASH (bourne again shell), the default shell used on many GNU/Linux distributions, keeps a history of all commands entered. This can be a great convenience. However, scrolling back, I saw a number of commands I would prefer gone in case somebody decided to snoop around my system. Especially the commands where I accidently entered the [...]
Tagged: bash
Since I last installed Gentoo, I noticed spellchecking in many applications wasn’t working – notable Pidgin and Xchat. It’s a necessity! You need to come off as someone who knows how to spell while chatting!
It seems the problem was with myspell – the English dictionary for some reason was not installed. So, it [...]
Tagged: Gentoo
2.6.27 kernel note: Everything works properly in 2.6.27 if you compile the kernel with support for rt61 (or your driver). Run make menuconfig in your kernel source directory (usually /usr/src/linux) and locate the RaLink driver you need in Device Drivers -> Network Device Support -> Wireless Lan. It is located at the bottom. If you [...]
I’m sure it’s painfully aware how much I hate iPods by the amount of content on this page supporting the elimination of DRM. This post just goes to support that.
A friend of mine is having a problem with their iPod. The iTunes library decided to be an ass and get rid of most of their [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux
Well, it’s that time again. Gentoo is great – you have an incredible amount of control over the distribution. However, that can also be a bad thing. I screwed a few things up, and it got to the point where it’d be faster to spend the two days reinstalling and reconfiguring Gentoo than it would [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux
Recently, after an update, I experienced some rather irritating problems with GNOME or any other GTK+-based environment (Xfce, GDM). Xinerama was not working properly. That is, I have TwinView enabled, but everything would span both monitors (except for maximized applications). This includes the GNOME panel, GDM login screen, etc. Xfce would recognize only one monitor [...]
Categories: GNU/Linux
Copyright © 2009,2010 Mike Gerwitz
Mike Gerwitz (RSS) + Sator-ii theme by Felipe Lavín
Content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 license
![[FSF Associate Member]](/images/fsf-member.png "[Mike Gerwitz - FSF Associate Member]"){kind=small}
