When you are using a lightweight window manager (fluxbox, openbox, jwm…) the first issue you will probably encounter is how to mount an usb drive. Of course the manual way of doing things as a root or a sudo works (meaning: sudo mount /dev/volume_name mountpoint_name) but it can get a bit frustrating to do it every single time when a new usb appears – so here are two ways to make things automatic. Continue reading
Category Archives: system fixes
Modprobe tweaks: Getting rid of the beeping sound and fixing Intel problems when using alsa
Recently I switched to a new machine. To problems I encountered with my new system were: 1. My hda-intel sound card was not working, so no sound. 2. Every time I entered to a display manager the system made a beeping sound. Continue reading
Ubuntu 13.04 and the dummy sound problem
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution which you can find many different opinions out there. As I have been using the latest of Ubuntu, meaning 13.04, for a while I have found it to be usable and reasonably stable in daily usage. There has been only one major problem which I have so far encountered which related to Pulseaudio and my sound system giving me a constant “complaint” about dummy output/input which rendered my sound experience completely nonexistent.
So in case someone else is having problems with Ubuntu 13.04 showing only the “dummy output/input” device here are some tips that will hopefully get problems sorted out. Continue reading
Network connection problems appendix
As I did a detailed post about solving some tricky network problems (see here:https://www.techtimejourney.net/?p=667) I realized that there is still one common network issue which will need some elaboration. Imagine that you will start up your Linux and suddenly you realize that you do not have an IP address because the network configuration failed during the startup. One way to fix this is of course to restart the computer but there is also a better way: use if network configuration commands. Continue reading