by call | Feb 26, 2011 | error, to print, where, Ubuntu
Ubuntu 10.10, WHERE 4.6. Prints fail silently, but the record of Cups (/var/log/cups/error_log) contains an error:Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Canon_MX310_series) from localhosty más arriba:Syntax...
by call | Aug 10, 2010 | Without category
Windows 7 allows one to set a second sound card for voice applications, which is very nice if you have two cards or an USB headset, since you automatically get voice calls on your headphones from apps that support the feature. In others, like Ventrilo, you’ve to...
by call | Jul 17, 2010 | laptop, mac, optical drive, tech support
PowerBook G4 15 (PowerBook G4 15, PowerBook G4 15…), PowerBook G4 15, PowerBook G4 15 “PowerBook G4 15” out of it’s place...
by call | Jun 18, 2010 | database, error, Linux, music, player, Rhythmbox, troubleshooting, Ubuntu, XDG
Updated Rhythmbox from Lucid to Maverick’s version, to see if it would improve cold startup times. It didn’t, but it did break sync with my iTouch, besides rescanning all my collection. So I downgraded back to Lucid, only to find Rhythmbox had...
by call | May 20, 2010 | Installation, ProfilesDir, Windows, Windows XP
On the GUI installation, the following error appears on starting the “Windows Install” stage:”Setup failed to install the product catalogs. This is a fatal error. The setup log files should contain more information.”(Español: “The program...
by call | May 7, 2010 | error, Installation, Linux, troubleshooting, Ubuntu, update
While overall smooth, a couple of details had to be fixed after upgrading Ubuntu Karmic to Lucid:Grub didn’t automatically select the previous OS I started, as before:Had to add “GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true” to /etc/default/grub (and run update-grub...
by call | May 1, 2010 | data loss, dual boot, hibernation, Linux, recovery, Windows
Booting Windows over an hibernated Linux is not a good idea. I just lost 20 GiB of data in a shared NTFS partition…I hibernated Ubuntu Lucid one day, and the next I fired up my computer. Some update messed up the saved option in Grub, so instead of booting...
by call | Nov 24, 2009 | Without category
Never mind the draconian DRM and that you can’t use an iPod as something as basic as mobile storage; the hardware is still excelent, and it does the few things they allow with remarkable stability and ease –too easy for my taste though, I wish half...
by call | Nov 19, 2009 | 793mb, monitor, samsung, screen, syncmaster, tech support
Brown lines appear from the right, “stabbing” at any onscreen text and the mouse cursor, like the ghost of Winamp has taken possesion of the screen. It happens randomly, after the monitor has been on for a while (heat?), and stops as suddenly as it...
by call | Jun 30, 2008 | hotsynch, palm, pda, troubleshooting
Actually, the PDA says “Synchronizing Tasks” (or whatever conduit runs before Backup), but the PC shows “Making backup copies of the PDA’s databases” (or something like that). And indeed, Tasks are already synchronized and the Palm hangs...
