While manually editing and tweaking my video configuration for Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) to get better performance for my ATI Radeon 9200 I accidentally butchered the config. (Tee-hee oops!)
Thankfully it reverts to a low setting at least allowing me into the desktop to load a terminal and start correcting my errors.
First off – if you can’t figure out what you did, just blast it and start over with this command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
This will load the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file back as it was at install. Restart your x-server and things should be operational from a clean slate, unless you get the following message:
md5sum: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
In which case, something you did wiped out your configuration entirely, and dpkg doesn’t want to reload it. This is easily recoverable:
sudo touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
This places an empty file in the location, allowing dpkg to do it’s thing without error.
I will be attending a pot-luck this afternoon, so I’ve whipped up a batch of meatless chili. It’s cooking away as I write this and I can hardly wait to give it a taste in a few hours.
The rough recipe is as follows:
1 onion (chopped)
3 garlic cloves (minced)
1 can (796ml) crushed tomatoes
1 can (796ml) diced tomatoes
1 can (341ml) whole kernel corn (drained)
1 can (284ml) mushrooms (drained)
1 can (540ml) Six Bean Medely (drained)
1 can (540ml) White Kidney Beans (drained)
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
4 tbsp Club House Tex Mex Seasoning
Combine all ingredients into crock pot. Cook on high for 1 hour, then reduce to low for another 4 to 8 8 to 12 hours. Enjoy.
Edit: Slow cookers take a while to really make everything just right - under 8 hours won't do it for this recipe. Also, for those who want a little meat in their chili you can replace the second can of beans with the equivalent in browned beef or chicken. Make sure you cook thoroughly if you do that.
Some progress on my attempt to use World of Warcraft on Ubuntu Linux has been made – in fact, with enough tweaking I’ve managed to get a decent frame rate and eliminate the icon artifacts I was getting. Most of the tweaks involved editing the Config.wtf file World of Warcraft store it’s settings in.
This screenshot was taken under Ubuntu Linux 7.10, standing a little ways outside of Orgrimmar. It’s hard to see at this size, but the frame rate is 21fps. Up top where the location name appears there is some icons from the top toolbar in Gnome flickering through.
Next up is Adobe Photoshop CS2. While the program installed and appeared to run – I initially messed up with the installers – reloading the CD got me the Setup.exe I needed. Licensing is still a pain with this program. It will not connect over the Internet to Adobe’s servers, and the activate by telephone option exits with an error stating there is not enough disk space. (There is)
I wiped out the installation and reinstalled, opting for the 30 day trial option. At least I can use it for a month while I figure out how to get the appropriate registry keys recognized. There is no point calling Adobe for this since they do not support Linux.
Multitrack Studio for Windows is a program I’ve used from time to time to record and mix music ideas. There are other programs for Linux available, I just wanted to see if it would work. It does, although stopping playback can cause it to stutter into an audio loop and crash with a buffer underrun error more often than not.
Although iTunes works under Linux with Wine, I was unhappy with the performance – I don’t have an iPod so I was willing to try a program which was organized in the same manner, but native for Linux. I was half figuring I might need to write one, then I found Banshee. This program does it all, and it does it very nicely. It’s designed for Gnome, and Ubuntu users can install it right from the Synaptic Package Manager.
I will document the list of tweaks I did to World of Warcraft when I have time, and will update on the status of the Photoshop licensing if I get it resolved.
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