Category: Linux
Posts about and around the operating system Linux and all open source stuff I use or write
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opengl bug with nvidia 8600 GT and MythTV
apt-get build-dep mythtv apt-get source mythtv apt-get install devscripts download the mythtv sources (mythtv_0.21.0+fixes17880-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu1.diff.gz, mythtv_0.21.0+fixes17880-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu1.dsc, mythtv_0.21.0+fixes17880-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu1_all.deb) from: http://uk.weeklybuilds.mythbuntu.org/mythbuntu/ubuntu/pool/main/m/mythtv/ dpkg-source -x mythtv_0.21.0+fixes17880-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu1.dsc cd mythtv-0.21.0+fixes17880 dch -i (put some comments in about…
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Download Tedtalks via the RSS feed
I regularly watch the videos provided by Tedtalks. But this is only O.K. when you are using a browser. If you want to save the videos for later viewing you…
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no nvidia open source linux drivers
Well, it seems like Nvidia has put the cards on the table and will not provide open source drivers for Linux. It will continue to ship the pretty good but…
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Switching from opensuse to mythbuntu
My first linux distribution was debian. Then I switched to gentoo. Fed up with all the compiling stuff, I switched to SuSE, mainly because back then the drivers for AVM…
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Xorg, DVI and the Belinea o.display 2_22″ wide
So I scavenged around for settings that might fix the problem. After a lot of restarts of the Xorg server I got the problem ironed out. The following lines have…