Last weekend I finally decided to give the Windows 7 beta a try. I’ve got three hard drives in my computer. Drive 1 has Windows 2000 and Ubuntu 8.04 on it. The Grub boot loader is on the master boot record to select the OS at boot time. Drive 2 is set up as a …
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I previously did a post on how to Create a Button to Restart USB in Ubuntu. The purpose of that procedure was to get the USB hub in my HP w2207 monitor to recognize a flash drive that had been inserted into one of the ports. Well I’ve found a better way to force this …
Continue reading Force USB Device Discovery in UbuntuI’ve been using my MSI Wind U100-432US for a few weeks now. If you’re interested in my initial review, you can find it here. Shortly after getting this great small laptop I decided it was time to install Ubuntu. I decided to go for a Hardy install because of its Long Term Support status. I …
Continue reading Ubuntu on the MSI WindI first wrote about the Logitech LX8 back in August, 2008. The one feature that had eluded me was the side scrolling with the tilt wheel. Through some information I found on fellow blogger Ken Zutter’s site, I now have my LX8 working in Ubuntu including the side scrolling feature. The key was to go …
Continue reading Update: Logitech LX8 in UbuntuI’ve been using my HP w2207 flat panel monitor for some time now. My only frustration has been that I haven’t been able to get the USB ports on the side to work unless I have a device plugged in when the computer boots. I think this is more the fault of Ubuntu than it …
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