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USB TV BOX

Just got a noname MODEL:USB2.OBOX (or 0BOX?) and attached to my D630 running EL5U2 (i386).. Attaching gives Jul 30 13:19:55 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7Jul 30 13:19:55 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice in messages and got a brand new Bus 002…

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Linux DVD9 to DVD5

Found and used dvd95 and that works quite nice with gnome – also with kde .. But has problems with some dvds..Testing k9copy. That is exclusively for KDE .. But EL and fedora does it nicely along. Hastested k9copy .. That is nice too .. But did not solve the some-dvdissues .. It seems now…

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Convert .nrg image to .iso

Converting .nrg image to .iso: Fedora:# yum install nrg2iso…$ nrg2iso image.nrg image.iso Note that your .nrg image might already be an ISO (at leas a UDF dump) so you can use it to burn to DVD using GnomeBaker

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D/Port Replicator Headphone Not Working

On my D630 and Dell D-Port Replicator running OEL5U2 I cannot get any sound from the jack on the port replicator. Thanks to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2218245#post2218245 below is the way to get it running: In the volume control, under the switches tab, enable IEC958. If theswitch isn’t there, unhide it from within the preferences menu. You may…

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xulrunner and firefox

For especially Firefox 3.0 (beta) be sure that your xulrunner packageis intact.. Otherwise firefox will not work at all / or at leastappropriately.

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Adding Java plugin to Firefox

Add a link ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_11/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so

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Where is the application menu files on EL

/usr/share/applications

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ALSA and Intel HDA

With your current also you cannot get sound from your sound hardware. dmesg shows: snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_pcm_close snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_resume snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_pcm_open snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_set_rate snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_mixer snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_bus snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_suspend snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_pcm_assign snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_mpu401_uart_new snd_intel8x0: Unknown symbol snd_ac97_tune_hardware lspci…

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HOWTO: Extract WINMAIL.DAT on Linux

Maybe it has been many times that you got a WINMAIL.DAT attachement from another person, using MS Outlook for a mail unfortunately. That file is in the TNEF (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format) as a proprietary format of MS. See: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q241538 Apart from asking the sender to turn of TNEF as per above document and ask…

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Multi-Desktop KDE and Applications to be Displayed on All of the Desktops ALWAYS

This may be required to have your chat and mail windows on every desktop in KDE. One example can be for Gaim: Right click on the window titleAdvanced -> Special Window SettingsSelect “Use window class (whole application)” and click OKSelect tab: Geometry Check “Desktop” Select “Apply Initially” Select “All Desktops”Restart the application and see.. The…

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