Mar 23 2012
Recently upgraded to Debian Wheezy (testing). The improvements are nice, and the visual effects and the quick search are great, but the gnome shell requires some minor tweaks. While to maximize you can move your window to the center top of the screen there is no way to minimize except for right clicking and selecting [...]
Jan 27 2012
To update/upgrade iceweasel to latest version in Debian Squeeze do the following: Add these two repositories into /etc/apt/source.list deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release then aptitude update apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel DONE. You should see: apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The [...]
Oct 2 2011
During upgrade of Lenny to Squeeze I run into an an issue with upgrading grub to grub2. My 4x2Tb drivers were created using GDP partition. As a result of the upgrade the grub-pc had an issue with my gpt partition. If you receive any of these errors you might be in a similar situation. The [...]
Sep 28 2011
If you need to share printers, samba print server is for you. You will be able to Install drivers for each printer on the server Users will be able to double click on the new printer and it will get automatically installed and show up in their “Printers and Faxes” You will be able to [...]
Jun 13 2011
Hello, To install Mozilla Lightning on Debian squeeze do the following: aptitude install iceowl-extension Fixes the following issues: If you are trying to install lightning plugin version 1.0b1 January 12, 2010 2.5 MB Works with: Thunderbird 3.0b4 – 3.0.* SeaMonkey 2.0b2 – 2.0.* and you are using amd64 then you might be getting these errors [...]
May 30 2011
Some basic videos that everybody in technology world should know and learn: Setup Domain Controller and know how to access your shared drives, setup user accounts, join domain, and use tools available to you. (1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGfwfWcLFMw (2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PelA-_gT2qE (3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hrhwzN15A4 (4)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-7g_gA9NCg (5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1AZgXqi2yQ Know how to record your desktop so you can record and do training manuals for [...]
Mar 6 2011
Hello, Installing Debian Squeeze on new I7 Core Dell Latitude E65, was easy. Installation went through ok, but after installation has finished, the X would not work. You can find details here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616604 Some details on fixing X was to login, and replace Xorg.conf. -Setting-up-Linux-Debian-Squeeze-on-a-Dell-Latitude-E6510-with-Nvida-Quadro-NVS-3100M-and-1920×1080-Display After getting the X to work, this is a great [...]