When BETA testing Ubuntu Karmic (9.10), I noticed that the whole boot process wasn’t so fast. This was primarily due to Grub 2 hanging for nearly 35 seconds each boot.
I haven’t the time to figure out what Grub is trying to do in that amount of time, but I did notice a solution. I have [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: grub, Ubuntu
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- November 1, 2009 – 12:10 am
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- By Mike Gerwitz
This is an issue that has irritated me enough that I feel I should post my work-around. On Ubuntu (I’m not sure since what version – I’m currently using 9.04 Jaunty), I’ve noticed that every once in a while, gnome-screensaver would hang when I tried to log back in. Let me clarify a little. When [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: GNOME, Ubuntu
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- October 1, 2009 – 3:38 am
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- By Mike Gerwitz
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
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- November 20, 2008 – 12:47 am
- Author:
- By Mike Gerwitz
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
Tagged: kernel, Ubuntu
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- October 15, 2008 – 10:32 am
- Author:
- By Mike Gerwitz
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was recently released. So I upgraded a couple of my computers (that I’m far too lazy and have no time to maintain Gentoo on) to this new release to find that my wireless PCMCIA card did not work on my laptop. Okay – that’s fine. I’ve had this problem since I began [...]
Categories: Guides
Tagged: Ubuntu
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- May 15, 2008 – 8:21 am
- Author:
- By Mike Gerwitz