I received a new monitor for xmas and wanted to set up dual display (twinview) for Ubuntu 9.10. I already had the proprietary Nvidia drivers install, and it was very easy to get the dual monitors up and running. However, I always got this error when trying to save the configuration: Can’t parse /etc/X11/xorg.conf. And […]
It seems like every time I upgrade Kubuntu, my sound doesn’t work anymore. I guess “doesn’t work” isn’t the right term. It seems that the output is muted. If I type pavucontrol into the command line and then go to output devices on the volume control window that pops up, the Internal Audio Analog […]
I have decided to play around with NetBeans 6.5. I used NetBeans 4 years ago for a little Java programming while getting my Master’s degree and since they recently added PHP support and have a thriving development community, thought it would be a good time to give it a try again. IFirst, I need to […]
I recently purchased a video camera that I can mount on the side of my ski goggles and decided to have a go at video editing with Linux. I used a USB cord to plug the cam into my computer and manually grabbed the .avi files off the mounted drive. I installed Cinelerra and played […]
In addition to the problems I have had with KDE after my upgrade to 8.10, I also lost my sound. I have been trolling the Internet trying to find a solution and finally got it fixed after a couple days of frustration. I followed the instructions here for PulseAudio, and now everything seems to […]