Dec

15

CIFS VFS Shutdown Error When Using SMBFS

December 15, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in Linux Fixes

I recently installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and set up access to (DNS-321) my network shares using smbfs; as in the post “Sharing the Same Files Between Two PC’s”. Shortly afterwards, when rebooting, shutting down, etc. I received this error message: ACPID: Exiting NM_SYSTEM_SETTING: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: Devices removed (UDI: /org/freedesktop/hal/devices/net_00_30_1B_BE_38_3D) [601.136038] CIFS VFS: [...]

Dec

14

Leave the Num Lock On!

December 14, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Linux Fixes

I recently (finally) upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (I’ve always had issues with x.10 releases for some reason). Until the upgrade I wanted to remain with the LTS track, but (it seems) less developers are supporting it, hence the move. I’ve performed excessive numbers of installs of Ubuntu and various applications on test boxes, but they [...]

Dec

9

Is There Any Good Screencasting in Ubuntu?

December 9, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in Applications

One of the things I’ve personally found frustrating in Linux is the development status of screencasting applications, or lack thereof. Some projects remain in beta, never coming to fruition, and eventually being abandoned. Others have quirks that seem to cause different issues based on what system they’re installed on. Why am I posting about this? [...]

Dec

8

Some of the Best Linux Videos

December 8, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in Experiences

I had some spare time over lunch today, and revisited some of the best Linux video links that have been sent to me. Some of them are really great (and we’ve probably seen before), but I just wanted to share them as it’s nice to watch cool things from time to time… Flying Penguins: Prodigy: [...]

Dec

7

Font Management for Ubuntu Linux

December 7, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Applications

As someone whose business also provides web development and graphic design, among other services, it was a real treat to bump into this font management gem (a few hours ago) “Fonty Python”. As the name implies, it’s a python based application used to manage fonts – Great if you have a lot of fonts that [...]

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