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Fix for Constant Hard Drive Clicking Noise in Ubuntu
06 months ago
If you are reading this it is probably because you have a laptop that keeps making a disconcerting clicking sound. You suspect that it may be the hard drive – and you are probably correct. It very well could be on its way out, and doing a full backup certainly can’t hurt anything… The racket could be something else though, it could actually be a feature of your hard drive. Let’s fix the “feature”!
Acer 4830T TimelineX No Audio on Ubuntu / Mint
148 months ago
by Andrew D. Anderson
in Mint
If you are trying to run Mint 11 or Ubuntu 11.04 on an Acer Aspire 4830T TimelineX Laptop, then you’ll no doubt notice the lack of audio from the internal speakers. Luckily, fixing the issue is painless.
change remote desktop listening port
01 year ago
by Andrew D. Anderson
in Microsoft
The most common reason for wanting to change the listening port for Windows Remote Desktop is to connect to multiple machines behind a firewall or routing device. In reality, a better method is to simply use the port forwarding feature of your router or firewall. However, some routers do not offer a robust enough feature set and there are other legitimate reasons of wanting to change the remote desktop port number. For instance, you may want to make a demilitarized machine (one connected directly to the internet) marginally less susceptible to an attack, or resolve a port conflict with another service.
Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.11 Touchpad Quitting
41 year ago
by Andrew D. Anderson
in Ubuntu
There seems to be a bug in the newer Ubuntu releases where disabling your touchpad via the hardware toggle button disables it permanently for your user under the gnome desktop. It sometimes disables your ability to type, too. The mouse works at the log-in screen, but after you log in, it quits working. Luckily, there is a relatively painless fix.
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