Building PDF from Ubuntu Documentation
People frequently ask for PDF versions of the Ubuntu System Help. We have a toolchain to build them but why not do it yourself? This is true of any DocBook – dblatex is in the Ubuntu repositories and...
View ArticleInstall Arch Linux on an Aspire One
I recently decided to reinstall a perfectly good install of Arch on my Aspire One because someone said they couldn’t get it to work. I don’t know why this install was more troublesome than the last but...
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Watch TV with VLC and a Freecom DVB-T Stick
One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV. When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV. I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had success under...
View ArticleBash
Two things that improve my bash productivity – stopping the cursor keys inserting characters in vim and history search in bash. Edit ~/.vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc (for system wide) and add turn off vi...
View ArticleCompaq CQ10 failed BIOS update
A friend brought me a Compaq CQ10 over earlier. It seems it lost power during a Softpaq BIOS update. Initially the screen was booting to the HP BIOS recovery screen, attempting to rewrite and failing...
View ArticleRepair Samsung NC10 MBR
I removed Ubuntu from a Samsung NC10 yesterday, now the F4 recovery option doesn’t work. Please excuse the lack of screen shots on this Howto but I couldn’t think how to capture from the recovery...
View ArticleNexus 7 screen not coming on
My Google Nexus 7 had a weird fault earlier, its screen wouldn’t come on – just what you need before a nine hour flight. I tried a reset – it appeared to be caught in a loop with some static displayed...
View ArticleWord 2013 stopped saving
Wasted a good chunk of last night and today farting around with Microsoft Office 2013 after it decided to crash every time I saved. No idea what caused it, other than that it started after I had pasted...
View ArticleProblems updating Nexus 7 (grouper) to Android 4.4.2
Latest update failed (4.3 to 4.4.2 I think) – just a forever spinning Nexus logo. Overwrote the tablet with a stock Nexus 7 (nakasi) image and all is well, besides needing to reconfigure everything and...
View ArticleSamsung RV511 backlight and Fedora 20
Put Fedora 20 on my Samsung RV511 yesterday, everything worked out of the box except the backlight. Using the keys or the slider moved the animation but didn’t change the brightness – which was set to...
View ArticleDeauthorise old computers from iTunes
This took me a while to work out, on iTunes 12.2.1.16 (64-bit). Open iTunes then from the menu iTunes Store→View Account. Once you’ve entered your password your details appear and you can click the...
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Install Android Studio on Ubuntu
Android Studio is a great development environment and is available on Ubuntu. I’m using Ubuntu Mate 16.10 “Yakkety Yak”. First install a Java Development Kit (JDK). OpenJDK is pre-installed or you...
View ArticleFlashing Nexus 9 factory image
This tablet was super fast when I got it but now it lags and drives me nuts. I’d seen someone post on Reddit that flashing the factory image helped so I gave it a go. Factory images are available here...
View ArticleSimple Arch Linux Installation
This is a quick post to remind myself of the stuff I do when re-installing Arch. Installation Set keyboard layout loadkeys uk Update the system clock timedatectl set-ntp true Partition, format and...
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