Mar
13
Quick Fix: Black Desktop Background and Lost Icons
March 13, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 24 Comments
Posted in How To
Just a short post for any of you that encounter the same issue I just did. I booted up this morning (Ubuntu Linux 8.04 – Hardy) and logged in, no problem. But my desktop background image (the wallpaper) had disappeared, along with my desktop icons. Also, the desktop background was all black. Rebooting did not [...]
Jun
20
Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Hardware Installation.
June 20, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Hands On, How To
As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on. To recap, here is the list of hardware used: Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone – NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, [...]
May
23
How to Get Network and Video Working in Shuttle Computers.
May 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How To
Just a quick afterthought to my last post, if you are trying the get the integrated ethernet network card and the integrated (nvidia) video working in your Shuttle based hardware (specifically Shuttle SN68SG2), there is an easy (and fast) solution here:
May
23
Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box – Part 2 of 2
May 23, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To
Earlier this month, I posted Part 1 of “Browser Problems – Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box” where the issue of being able to load different environments to test web site development was discussed. In this post (Part 2), I’ve received all the hardware (Shuttle SN68SG2) and am happy to note that the unit is [...]

