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by grimdestripador
Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:27 pm
Forum: Chat about Linux
Topic: Sickening sight from Mint-X
Replies: 4
Views: 1547

Re: Sickening sight from Mint-X

Lol
Judge a book by its cover?
Judge a kernal by its icon?
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: How to disable <Alt>-`
Replies: 3
Views: 872

Re: How to disable <Alt>-`

Cool, a new trick. Onward to using <Alt>-`
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:54 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Illegible characters
Replies: 3
Views: 646

Re: Illegible characters

I get those when I have my ram clocked incorrectly and my computer is in the midst of crashing. You also might have a dying harddrive. Do tell, have you booted off a LIVE DVD and does it behave the same?
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:48 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Trouble with aliases and .bashrc
Replies: 4
Views: 2080

Re: Trouble with aliases and .bashrc

the Terminal application known as gnome-terminal does not read .bashrc, but rather .profile. The behaviour, in short, is as follows: bash started as an interactive login shell: reads ~/.profile bash started as an interactive non-login shell: reads ~/.bashrc I believe that bashrc is used for scripts....
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Not getting any Youtube sound in Chromium - *sometimes*
Replies: 3
Views: 985

Re: Not getting any Youtube sound in Chromium - *sometimes*

Sometimes my audio gets set for the output device os SPDIF, this is usually the digital sound chanel sent rhough the HDMI port of your audio card, rather than your motherbord's sound card.
by grimdestripador
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:32 pm
Forum: Cinnamon
Topic: Unable to see any activated desklets
Replies: 7
Views: 1494

Re: Unable to see any activated desklets

I have been able to add desklets to my desktop in such a way that they don't appear on the desktop. I have a dual monitor configuration, and my Primary monitor is on the right. My primary monitor is taller than my secondary monitor (on the left). When the desklets appear on the desktop they take the...
by grimdestripador
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:21 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: share drive
Replies: 6
Views: 1034

Re: share drive

Simplest file share ever, setup SSH on your server. Then use filezilla client to SFTP. 1) Simple to setup, sudo apt-get install ssh filezilla 2) Simple to use, your password is already your system user. 3) Available Everywhere. Programs like winSCP, Filezilla, sshfs make for many options 4) Secure, ...
by grimdestripador
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Not getting any Youtube sound in Chromium - *sometimes*
Replies: 3
Views: 985

Re: Not getting any Youtube sound in Chromium - *sometimes*

Not sure, but this could be an issue of your webbrowser playing videos with HTML5 video VS Flash Video. If you choose "Sound Settings', in the "Applications" tab, are there individual sound bars?
by grimdestripador
Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:41 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: SSH remote server?
Replies: 1
Views: 486

Re: SSH remote server?

I belive you are looking for a dyndns.org account. Years ago I configured a linux server to update the dyndns.org IP address upon sucessfull DHCP of the ethernet card. So I'm sure you can do it too.
by grimdestripador
Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:23 pm
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Suspend on lid close when connected to external monitor
Replies: 4
Views: 4394

Re: Suspend on lid close when connected to external monitor

Often sleep and low power modes are custom to the motherboard. Laptops tend to have highly modified and non standard low power states. Also most laptops pull air through the keyboard, and will tend to overheat things like your harddrive and video card if your screen is closed. I've heard of taking a...
by grimdestripador
Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:17 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Window Edges Deformed
Replies: 5
Views: 1032

Re: Window Edges Deformed

There can also be an aspect ratio mismatch. Sometimes when booting the live CD on a computer connected HDMI to a 1080p screen, i get strange reported resolutions which arn't the same aspect ratio, thus relating to a pixle mismatch and dithering and anti-aliasing effects occuring.
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:40 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Window Edges Deformed
Replies: 5
Views: 1032

Re: Window Edges Deformed

I have a bad DVI and VGA minitor cable which creates ghosting to mainly vertical lines on the screen. The higher the resolution the worse it seems to get. Perhaps try swapping out video cables.
by grimdestripador
Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:37 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: How can I automatically mount vboxsf?
Replies: 17
Views: 5568

Re: How can I automatically mount vboxsf?

i had this same issue. I just made a script on the desktop which ran the mount commands.
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:27 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: XP doesn't recognize .iso files
Replies: 8
Views: 2239

Re: XP doesn't recognize .iso files

Update on good programs in windows. The site http://www.ninite.com is a lot like a package manager. It simplifies the installs of programs, without the nagging "Next" buttons on the installation wizards. I suggest using this downloader because the download link at imgburn's own site instal...
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:59 pm
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Dual booting from second hard drive
Replies: 10
Views: 2750

Re: Dual booting from second hard drive

Install or keep windows intact and don't change boot settings for your primary HD. Instead: Plug in yoru second harddrive. Physically Remove your primary HD when you boot from LM Installer DVD. You second (and only) hardrive should be the only partitions detected. This will force LM instller to plac...
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:54 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: XP doesn't recognize .iso files
Replies: 8
Views: 2239

Re: XP doesn't recognize .iso files

Also be carefull with imgburn, it used to be opensource, now its open sourced mallware drive by downloader. It mucked up my windows installation. Aparently, it is a silent downlaoder for mallware which downloads more mallware, takes over home page, installs widgets on desktop. They do have an opt ou...
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:09 pm
Forum: Sound
Topic: Flash videos all green purple and distorted
Replies: 6
Views: 2880

Re: Flash videos all green purple and distorted

Answer: Click on the flash object, get settings/properties. Toggle between (On/Off) hardware acceleation. Although I kinda like my martian and venetian colored newscasts..
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 17, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Mint Installer RUINED AGAIN when will you learn?
Replies: 7
Views: 2236

Re: Mint Installer RUINED AGAIN when will you learn?

I too would like to be able to do LVM on a crypted install. I do not believe this to be a Help Desk, where it would be approparate to demand and yell. Perhaps you can take a reapproach to this using some persuasive writing skills. In the end, if you want a feature, perhaps you should petition others...
by grimdestripador
Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: Other topics
Topic: Raid 5 with USB disks
Replies: 3
Views: 1012

Re: Raid 5 with USB disks

While I appreciate trying new things. RAID is not a backup nor was it intended to run over USB. I can go on and on about technical details concerning the futile nature of your efforts. May I suggest you purchase a NAS, having the RAID connect to SATA drives directly is the way to go. Also RAID is no...

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