by ray | Sep 1, 2014 | Dropbox, Linux / Ubuntu
Sometimes, the Ubuntu Software Center doesn’t have the most up-to-date version of a particular software. I encountered this the other day with Dropbox and Ubuntu 14.04. While trying to switch accounts on my old installation of Dropbox, I got a message that I had...
by ray | Sep 1, 2014 | DNS, Dyn, Untangle
After completing the setup of an Untangle firewall for your network, one of the first things you will probably want to configure is remote access. To configure remote access of your Untangle firewall, follow these steps below: 1) Enable HTTPS administration. 2) You...
by ray | Apr 8, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
1) Browse to Network Printer 2) For Device URI, select dnssd – mine was “dnssd://Brother%20HL-2270DW%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/” 3) For Make and Model, select “Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor...
by ray | Apr 8, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
1) Download this – http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100515301.html 2) Extract and copy directory to Desktop 3) Open Terminal and type “cd Desktop” 4) Type “cd cnijfilter-mx450series-3.90-1-deb” 5) Type “chmod +x...
by ray | Mar 30, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install hal sudo mkdir /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe sudo mkdir /etc/hal/fdi/information /usr/sbin/hald –daemon=yes –verbose=yes Now you should be able to use the latest Chrome browser....
by ray | Jan 14, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
Open Terminal. Type “sudo apt-get remove indicator-messages” Logout and log back in.
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Microsoft Windows
Why would anyone want to launch the Add Printer Wizard from the command line? Wouldn’t it be easier to just click Start –> Control Panel –> Printers and Faxes –> Add a printer? Well, not if you’re logged in as a user without administrative privileges, and you can’t...
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
Check out this tool: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
To Install/Update Nvidia card drivers open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Mac OS X
Someone recently asked me how to change their Mac’s computer name because they were annoyed by the extra lengthy default in the ‘Computer Name’ screensaver. Although this individual was concerned about their screensaver, changing your Mac’s name is also important...
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
For shutdown: sudo poweroff For restart: sudo reboot
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Xbox
I have a Comtrend AR-5200u modem and I was having trouble connecting to the internet. On the IPv6 LAN Application page, do the following: 1) Enable DHCPv6 Server 2) Stateless with Refresh Time of 600 sec 3) Enable RADVD 4) RA interval min of 3 sec 5) RA interval max...
by ray | Jan 10, 2014 | Linux / Ubuntu
Here’s how you can install the Netflix-Desktop in Ubuntu 13.04. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
SD Card setup To boot the Raspberry Pi, you need an SD card installed with a bootloader and a suitable Operating System. Some Raspberry Pi kits will come with a ready-to-go card, but if you didn’t receive one you will need to prepare your own: Official images...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
Display Startx fails to start If you just get errors instead of a desktop when typing startx you may be out of storage space on the SD card. By default there are only a few hundred MB free in the 2 GB main partition, which can quickly fill up if you download files....
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Linux / Ubuntu
From the console, either a remote SSH session or from in front of the machine you also have access to the following commands: shutdown poweroff The second command will take no arguments and immediately begin shutting down the machine, simply run as root : poweroff...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Linux / Ubuntu
Introduction Nano is a text editor suited to working in UNIX. It is not as powerful as PC window-based editors, as it does not rely on the mouse, but still has many useful features. Most nano commands are invoked by holding down the Ctrl key (that is, the control...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
Where to start? Any easy question to ask, but a very difficult one to answer! If you are looking for any information related to SD Cards and setup look here If you need to get a RPi, the see the Buying Guide. If you need to know what equipment you will need and how to...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
This page contains links to SD card images for various Linux distributions. For each distribution, we provide both a direct HTTP download, a torrent file and a SHA-1 hash; the total number of concurrent direct downloads is limited, so we encourage you to use the...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
SoC Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU, GPU, DSP, and SDRAM) CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core (ARM11 family) GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0, 1080p30 h.264/MPEG-4 AVC high-profile decoder Memory (SDRAM): 256 Megabytes (MiB) Video outputs: Composite RCA, HDMI Audio outputs:...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
There has been a lot of speculation about the power supply design for the production Raspberry Pi devices. The alpha boards use a pair of switch-mode power supplies to generate 5V and 3V3 rails from a 6-20V input on a coaxial jack, and LDOs to generate the low-current...
by ray | Jul 17, 2012 | Raspberry Pi
A good power supply that will supply 5V is vital. Red power LED does not light, nothing on display The power is not properly connected. Red power LED is blinking The red power LED should never blink, because it is hard-wired to the 3.3V power supply rail. If it is...
by ray | Feb 7, 2012 | IT / Tech News
Find IE and then right click the application and then go to the Shortcut tab and then look at the Target area. It should be something like this–“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” Make sure there are no extra strings after the...
by ray | Aug 15, 2011 | IT / Tech News
From the Start window, type “Local Security Policy.” 1) Go to Security Settings > Account Policies > Password Policy. 2) Disable the option “Password must meet complexity requirements.” 3) Make sure that the “Maximum password...
by ray | Jul 21, 2011 | IT / Tech News
Logmein is a great little app, which bypasses all the mess. If you like the mess and you are an IT person who wants to connect remotely the hard way just because then read on. First, you are going to have to determine your public IP. If you have a home internet...
